Bowls England National Championships (men's senior pairs)

The men's senior pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships. ^[1]

The event is for men aged 55 and over on 1 April in the year of competition. Until 1988 it was for over 60s. ^[2]

Past winners

Year	Champions	County	Runners-up	County	Score	Ref
1974	Frank Farey & Arthur Parkin	Middx				[3]
1975	Bill Stowe & Fred Jenkins	Warwicks	Arthur Green & Les Banks	Sussex	20–15	[4]
1976	Les Traves & Ivor Boys	Kent	Eric Thulborn & Alf Page	Cambs		[5]
1977	E. Rayner & Fred Summers	Worcs				[6]
1978	F. Ash & H. Stevenson	Surrey				[7]
1979	E. C. Weston & E. C. Websell	Hants
1980	G. C. Collinson & W. Hughes	Glocs
1981	J. Adams & A. Whitehead	Bucks
1982	Jim Grigor & Bernard Read	Lincs		Middx	24–11	[8]
1983	T. S. Fenn & A. P. Lucas	Suffolk
1984	Wilf Firby & Harry Wadham	Som	John Nunn & Peter Hills	Suffolk	21–20	[9] [10]
1985	B. Walker & R. Kivell	Devon
1986
1987	Reg Theobald & Cyril Morgan	Middx	Joe Hughes & Raymond Wall	Northumb	19-18	[11]
1988	Alfred Baylis & Tony Russell	Worcs	Bev Thompson & Cecil Exton	Wilts	25-16	[12]
1989	Cyril Bowers & Derek Mee	Notts	Gordon Townsend & Harry Reynolds	Warwicks	27-16	[13] [14]
1990	Reg Jackson & Barney Fernandes	Wilts	Ray Watson & Reg Paine	Middx	22-12	[15]
1991	Ken Manderson & Peter Line	Hants	T. C. Clipston & Terry James	Northants	25-22
1992	R. S. Bell & J. Stothard	Durham	W. D. Gee & D. Lewis	Bucks	20-9
1993	Ken Manderson & Peter Line	Hants	Edward Hayward & Walter Hayward	Sussex	23-11	[16]
1994	Brian Arnold & Don Griffin	Hunts	Henry Booth & Alan Leach	Lancs	15-14	[17]
1995	F. A. Palmer & K. Broughton	Sussex	N. Chamberlain & W. Faulkner	Herts	20-16
1996	Bernard Walsham & Alan Walsham	Lincs	Ken Wardle & Robert Burch	Devon	17-16	[18]
1997	Arthur Peacock & Luke Went	Essex	Michael Truran & Ian Gooding	Sussex	28-8
1998	Pat Pinnegar & Roy Hennessy	Glocs/Som	Brian Miller & Dennis Alderton	Sussex	22-16
1999	Michael Haywood & John Godden	Leics	Derek Balfour & Peter Bryant	Berks	20-14	[19]
2000	Chris Reynolds & Ian Watson	Sussex	Douglas Bale & Derek James	Devon	24-11
2001	F. Smith & R. Walters	Cornwall	D. Weston & D. Crowson	Northants	23-20
2002	David Macey & David Hynard	Som	Pat Riley & Lyn James	Essex	28-18
2003	Alan Waite & Peter Picknell	Bucks	Robert Clews & David Snell	Wilts	22-21
2004	Ken Marsh & Barry Bendall	Hants	J. Wilson & M. Crafer	Essex	27-11
2005	Attilio Ciampini & Robert Yeamans	Middx	B. Nicholls & J. Dobson	Hants	29-8
2006	John Crabb & Barry Patterson	Dorset	Alan Cawdell & Len Wildman	Herts	20–17
2007	William Hamilton & Brian Pigott	Warwicks	Gordon Niven & Graham Booth	Lancs	30–15
2008	Vic Cole & Malcolm Stark	Essex	Keith Corris & Keith Corris	Cornwall	21–20
2009	Don Sheriff & Peter Adams	Herts	Roger Martin & Tony Scarr	Hunts	27–11
2010	David Welsh & James Morley	Sussex	David McManus & Anthony Little	Cumbria	25–21
2011	David Parr & Charlie Gay	Cornwall	John Abson & Alan Cawdell	Herts	19–13
2012	Richard Hall & Adrian Burbridge	Worcs	Eddie Hughes & Ray Breame	Cumbria	25–8
2013	David Snell, Mel Biggs & Paul Sloman	Wilts	Robert Fuller & John Haines	Northants	20–18
2014	Les Jinks & Dave Brennan	Derbyshire	Alan Ley & Mike Peterson	Oxon	20–18
2015	David Snell & Mel Biggs	Wilts	Barry Williams & Tony Aubrey	Berks	26–13
2016	John Bell & Rick Gallagher	Cumbria	Roy Burnett & David Hanger	Dorset	21–14
2017	Dave Labrum & Malcolm Drage	Bucks	Ian Watson & Keith Holman	Sussex	23–16
2018	Paul Comley & Colin Whitehead	Oxon	Ronnie Thomas & Kevin Williams	Cornwall	24–7
2019	Dave Labrum & Malcolm Drage	Bucks	Martin Smith & Mark Atkins	Herefords	22–15	[20]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic						[21]
2021	Stuart Stephens & Jim Garner	Dorset	Howard Watts & Raymond Gaskins	Oxfordshire	17–10	[22]
2022	Steve Smith & Graham Ashby	Warwicks	Steve Parr & Ken Weyand	Kent	19–6	[23]
2023	Philip Russell & Jerry Rumball	Herts	Michael Jelfs & Phillip Gladden	Oxfordshire	27–3	[24]
2024

References

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3. "Southall Pair lift national bowls title" . Middlesex County Times. 11 October 1974. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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6. "News" . Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 27 September 1979. Retrieved 20 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Tournament could stay in Torquay" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 30 September 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "On top of the world" . Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian. 1 October 1982. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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14. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Telegraph Publications. pp. 157–158. ISBN   0-330-31364-9.
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16. "Bowls" . Worthing Herald. 17 September 1993. Retrieved 20 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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19. "Around the bowling Greens" . Worthing Herald. 16 September 1999. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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22. "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
23. "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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