English National Bowls Championships | ||
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Men elite | singles | singles 2w |
singlesCC | pairs | |
triples | fours | |
Women elite | singles | singles 2w |
singlesCC | pairs | |
triples | fours | |
Men junior | singles | pairs |
Women junior | singles | pairs |
Men senior | singles | pairs |
fours | ||
Women senior | singles | pairs |
fours | ||
Men team | Middleton | Balcomb |
WhiteRose | TopClub | |
2Fours | ||
Women team | Johns | Walker |
AmyRose | TopClub | |
Mixed | Pairs | Fours |
The women's top club is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships. [1] [2]
Year | Champion | County | Runner-up | County |
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2008 | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Sutton | Surrey |
2009 | Kings | Devon | Wellingborough | Northamptonshire |
2010 | Portishead RBL | Somerset | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire |
2011 | Saffron Ladies | Sussex | Forest Oaks | Nottinghamshire |
2012 | Wigton | Cumbria | Croydon | Surrey |
2013 | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Egham | Surrey |
2014 | Egham | Surrey | Saffron Ladies | Suffolk |
2015 | Egham | Surrey | Banbury Central | Oxfordshire |
2016 | Wigton | Cumbria | Kings | Devon |
2017 | Wigton | Cumbria | Parkway | Huntingdonshire |
2018 | Kings | Devon | Sutton | Surrey |
2019 | Kings [3] [4] | Devon | Baldock | Hertfordshire |
2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic . [5] | |||
2021 | Kings [6] | Devon | Appleyard | Kent |
2022 | Kings [7] | Devon | Gerrards Cross | Buckinghamshire |
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