Bowls England National Championships (Walker Cup)

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The Walker Cup is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships. [1] [2]

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

Past winners

YearChampionRunner-upScoreRef
1958WarwickshireBuckinghamshire
1959DurhamDevon
1960DevonLeicestershire
1961GloucestershireNorthumberland
1962SurreySuffolk
1963YorkshireDevon
1964NottinghamshireHampshire
1965SuffolkSomerset
1966SuffolkMiddlesex
1967MiddlesexSuffolk
1968HertfordshireNorthumberland
1969DevonBedfordshire
1970SomersetYorkshire
1971MiddlesexNorthumberland
1972DevonNottinghamshire
1973HampshireLincolnshire
1974SurreyDurham
1975WarwickshireGloucestershire
1976LincolnshireDevon
1977SomersetDevon
1978EssexNorfolk
1979WarwickshireMiddlesex
1980MiddlesexCambridgeshire
1981MiddlesexDurham
1982DevonLincolnshire
1983OxfordshireGloucestershire
1984MiddlesexHuntingdonshire
1985SurreyNorthamptonshire
1986OxfordshireHampshire
1987NottinghamshireMiddlesex
1988OxfordshireHertfordshire
1989CornwallDurham
1990OxfordshireDevon
1991NorfolkHampshire
1992SuffolkSomerset
1993CornwallLincolnshire
1994SurreyCornwall
1995OxfordshireSomerset
1996SomersetKent
1997YorkshireDorset
1998SurreyHuntingdonshire
1999HertfordshireBedfordshire
2000LincolnshireKent
2001HuntingdonshireCornwall [3]
2002DurhamHuntingdonshire
2003CumbriaKent46–24 [4]
2004CambridgeshireSomerset
2005HuntingdonshireGloucestershire
2006DevonKent [5]
2007HertfordshireBedfordshire
2008SomersetBerkshire
2009DurhamWarwickshire
2010DevonEssex
2011SurreyLincolnshire
2012HuntingdonshireCumbria
2013DurhamOxfordshire
2014SurreyNottinghamshire
2015DevonLincolnshire
2016LeicestershireDevon
2017SomersetKent
2018SussexYorkshire [6]
2019LincolnshireNorthamptonshire [7]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021 LincolnshireKent47–29 [9]
2022 KentWiltshire40–29 [10]
2023 LincolnshireNorfolk32–27 [11]

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References

  1. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  2. "Walker Cup winners". Bowls England.
  3. "The Daily Results Service'" . The Times. 8 Aug 2001. p. 32. Retrieved 24 Aug 2023 via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. "The results service" . The Times. 5 Aug 2003. p. 32. Retrieved 19 Aug 2024 via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. "The Results Service'" . The Times. 7 Aug 2006. p. 51. Retrieved 21 Aug 2023 via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. "2018 Walker Cup" (PDF). Bowls England.
  7. "2019 Walker Cup" (PDF). Bowls England.
  8. "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  9. "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  10. "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  11. "2023 National Championships Walker Cup". Bowls England. Retrieved 27 August 2023.