Bowls England National Championships (Balcomb Trophy)

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The Balcomb Trophy is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships. [1]

It is an Inter-County Double Rink Competition for men's teams.

Past winners

YearChampionsRunners-upScoreRef
1993LeicestershireLancashire20-14
1994LincolnshireWorcestershire21-15 [2]
1995CumbriaHampshire18-17
1996BuckinghamshireEssex18-17
1997NottinghamshireCornwall25-16
1998BerkshireSuffolk21-16
1999CumbriaKent23-20
2000NorfolkWorcestershire22-19
2001SuffolkKent18-15 [3]
2002KentNorthumberland22-13
2003YorkshireNorthamptonshire23-21
2004KentYorkshire27-20
2005DevonSurrey20-19
2006BerkshireDevon39-38
2007County DurhamKent37-36
2008DerbyshireCornwall40-36
2009LeicestershireCornwall48-23
2010BerkshireDevon49-36
2011[LancashireCornwall41-27
2012NorthumberlandCornwall44-42
2013HampshireEssex52-34
2014WarwickshireHuntingdonshire41-38
2015DevonKent45–40
2016LeicestershireNorthumberland40–38
2017EssexDevon43–29
2018LancashireCambridgeshire44–43
2019WarwickshireEssex40–37 [4]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2021 NorthamptonshireHampshire40–34 [6]
2022 EssexYorkshire45–27 [7]
2023 EssexCumbria45–36 [8]
2024 NorfolkDurham47–23 [9]
2025 LeicestershireEssex69–43 [10]

References

  1. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  2. "'For the Record'" . The Times. 5 September 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 19 August 2024 via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. "Bowls" . Worthing Herald. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 25 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "2019 Balcomb Trophy results" (PDF). Bowls England.
  5. "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  6. "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. "2023 National Championships Balcomb Trophy". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  9. "2024 National Championships Balcomb Trophy". Bowls England. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  10. "Balcomb Trophy". Bowls England. Retrieved 17 August 2025.