Bowls England National Championships (men's triples)

The Bowls England National Championships (Men's Triples) is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships. ^[1]

Venues

• 1945–1957 (Paddington Recreation Ground)
• 1958–1973 (Watney's Sports Club, Mortlake)
• 1974–2013 (Worthing Bowls Club, Beach House Park)
• 2014–2023 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

• 1982-1987 (Gateway Building Society)
• 1988-1991 (The Woolwich)
• 1993-1995 (Sanatogen)
• 2003–2005 (National Express)
• 2006 (Waitrose)
• 2023 (Aviva)

Past winners

Year	County	Champion	Club	County	Runner-up	Club	Score	Ref
1945	Cornwall	Leslie Pascoe, Tom McCulloch, Maurice Ferris	Penzance	Middlesex	J.G Peart, H. Anderson, Andy Wilson	Parsons Green	20-10
1946	Yorkshire	Bill Jones, T. Fennell, Arthur Gladders	Saltburn	Surrey	E Bowditch, A. Brown, W. J. Weare	Magdalen Park	19-9	[2]
1947	Surrey	S. A. Vallance, C. H. Godwin, Charles Walder	Redhill	Sussex	Arthur Knowling, Albert Knowling, Fred Sparks	Worthing	20-19
1948	[Kent	B. Bassant, Sidney Filmer, Colin Walton	Faversham	Devon	L Parkinson, Harold Webber, N Willington	Torbay Country Club	14-11
1949	Sussex	Percy Brazier, Harry Skingley, Henry Mann	Worthing Pavilion	Warwickshire	H. Butterill, Frank M. Edge, Howard E. Beard	Three Spires, Coventry	16-8
1950	Herefordshire	Joe Mee, Dick Beaven, Billy Edwards	Hereford	Northamptonshire	H. Wills, F. Tye, G. Fox	Rushden Town	21-11	[3]
1951	Oxfordshire	E. F. Bowtell, H. C. Halliday, B. L. Rogers	North Oxford	Middlesex	W. Hooper, C. A. Birtles, F. Rogers	Century	21-13
1952	Berkshire	W. J. Stone, L. G. Stone, F. H Thomas	Reading	County Durham	R. H. Stokeld, T. D. Brown, L. Whitworth	New Herrington	20-13
1953	County Durham	S. R. Bates, W. R. Vickerton, S. J. Bates	Darlington Woodland	Northamptonshire	Frank Purser, Albert Knight, C. J. Knight	Abington	19-11
1954	Suffolk	N.Richards, P.Richards, E Dodge	Rookery	Devon	J. P. Copp, R. G. Grater, Harold Shapland	Tiverton Borough	23-9
1955	Hampshire	J. Jones, E. Maindonald, R. Taylor	Southbourne	Worcestershire	R. A. Fry, E. Perritt, G. Grove	Evesham	23-12
1956	Warwickshire	H. Bryan, G. Higginson, Arthur H. Meredith	Avenue, Leamington Spa	Wiltshire	Walter Barnett, Bill Winchcombe, Granville Poppitt	Swindon North End	22-18
1957	Lincolnshire	C.Bass, D.Else, H Campbell	Redbourn	Middlesex	I.Walters, E.Brandon, J Stewart	Crouch Hill	29-15
1958	Lancashire	C. Garside, W. Mailin, J. Cragg	Blackpool	Hertfordshire	W. McWhirr, A. W. Barker, G.Frost	Townsend, St. Albans	17-10
1959	Hertfordshire	F.I.Smith, G.W.Scott	Hatfield	Hampshire	E. S. Hayes, H. Lewry, Peter Line	Banister Park	26-10
1960	Dorset	Percy Baker, Ernie Milnthorpe, Harry Shave	Poole Park	Cumberland	J. Kelly, J. Dominey, J. Hodgson	Edenside	13-12
1961	Gloucestershire	H.Sadler, F.Price, G.Ham	Stroud	Lincolnshire	P.Blythin, G.Robinson, S.Batchelor	Grimsby New Clee	17-15
1962	Warwickshire	Thomas R. Whittaker, Gilbert Fuller, Victor Amphlett	Leamington Spa	Middlesex	E. Sussex, W. Simpson, J. Holliday	West Ealing	19-12
1963	Middlesex	W. J. Thomas, Maurice Ellicott, Jim Girdwood	Paddington	Suffolk	J. Clarke, J. Strang, H.G. Stammers	Rookery	20-14
1964	Kent	W. Stevenson, J. Drummond, C. V. Sweeting	Forest Hill	Northamptonshire	Stan Carter, Ray Brook, Bobby Stenhouse	Wellingborough Town	17-16
1965	Northamptonshire	Ernest Willson, Les Coker, Mick Cooper	Kettering Lodge	Surrey	A.Owen, T.G.Howard, A.Martin	Dulwich	21-10
1966	Somerset	William Elliott, David Rhys Jones, David Bryant	Clevedon	Hampshire	E.Websell, A Ashworth, Harry Powell	British Legion, Farnborough	22-12
1967	Northumberland	Arnold Bryson, George Boag, Fred Lumley	Summerhill	Isle of Wight	S. Vidler, Cecil Baker, S. G. Wade	Ryde	18-15
1968	Northamptonshire	Harold Sturgess, Jack Forster, Ron Crawley	Wellingborough Town	Surrey	R. Greenway, J. Slater, Fred Mortimore	Esher	20-18
1969	Northamptonshire	Eric Randell, George Wills, Mick Cooper	Rushden Town	Kent	J. Armstrong, Les Rowan, John McMeakin	Sandwich	18-15
1970	Bedfordshire	R. Wicks, Dick Meyrick, W. Mead	Luton, George Kent	Nottinghamshire	R. Smedley, J. Smedley, George Smedley	Yeoman Hill Park	25-11
1971	Buckinghamshire	John Lewis, Ian Harvey, Arthur Plested	Marlow	Oxfordshire	J. Hazlewood, B. Boscot, Fred Beer	Banbury Chestnuts	16-15
1972	Cornwall	David Cutler, Chris Yelland, Bill Olver	St. Austell	Yorkshire	T. W. Roberts, E. Fennell, Gill Gillis	Hull Road Park	16-14
1973	Northumberland	George Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Bolton	Swan Hunter and W. R. Ltd	County Durham	R. Irwin, A. Ridley, W. C. Watson	Herrington Workmens	14-13
1974	Warwickshire	John Barratt, Ralph Shakespeare, Ronald Gildert	English Electric	Norfolk	Brian Taylor, Frank Hart, Peter Paul	County Arts	19-16
1975	Hampshire	G. Kirby, W. Stewart, Harry Powell	British Legion, Farnborough	Cambridgeshire	David Cornwell, John Campton	City of Ely	23-15
1976	Cumbria	Ron Baxter, Joe Baxter, John Bell	Wigton	Norfolk	Ted Browne, Arthur Waters, Sidney Wisdom	Wymondham Dell	18-11
1977	Somerset	John Knight, David Rhys Jones, David Bryant MBE	Clevedon	Devon	Eric Fricker, Brian Lee, Norman Chalk	Torbay C.C.	22-13
1978	Nottinghamshire	William Thompson, Dave Thompson, Geoffrey Mee	Rainworth Miners Welfare	Essex	Roy Howard, Alan McElrea, Ernest Edwards	Crittall Silver End	23-16
1979	Somerset	Roy Hedges, Frankie Brown, Peter Brimble	Bristol	Somerset	S. Pitman, D. Avery, J. Sleeman	Victoria, Weston-Super-Mare	25-20	[4]
1980	Lancashire	Charles Pilkington, Tony Horobin, Gordon Niven	Heaton Hall	Hampshire	Graham Standley, Norman Shelley, Peter Line	Banister Park	20-12
1981	Huntingdonshire	George Heathcote, Mick Durber, David Howells	St. Peters	Yorkshire	Melvin West, George Cuthbertson, Gordon Stevenson	Y.P.I. Hull	22-9
1982	Kent	Bob Stewart, Oliver Jones, Len Haynes	Lenham	Northamptonshire	John Clipston, Eric Thomason, Ernie Tredwell	Kingsthorpe	25-11
1983	Suffolk	John Barell, Graham Cutts, Roy Cutts	Marlborough	Suffolk	Keith Caddy, Roger Denny, Ken Freeman	Framlingham Castle	19-18
1984	Somerset	Gordon James, Len Branfield, Pip Branfield	Clevedon	Northamptonshire	Chris Bussey, Rab Donoghue, Tony Holmes	Kettering Lodge	15-12
1985	Somerset	Kenneth Frost, David Rhys Jones, David Bryant CBE	Clevedon	Cumbria	Ron Baxter, Ronald Gass, John Bell	Wigton	20-11
1986	Dorset	Adam Tidby, Barry Stone, Chris Martin	Poole Park	Kent	Martin Wilde, Geoff Chapman, Martyn Sekjer	Maidstone	19-6
1987	Worcestershire	Mark Weaver, John Weaver, Grant Burgess	Worcester County Ground	Gloucestershire	Paul Glastonbury, Martin Brown, Nigel Dolphin	Stroud	24-10
1988	Leicestershire	Dave Sheppard, John Stephenson, Paul Clarke	Belgrave	Somerset	Ron Tuggey, Dave Bessant, Pip Branfield	Clevedon	17-11
1989	Sussex	Paul Butler, Colin Knight, Andrew Jordan	Southbourne	Wiltshire	Ken Norman, Arthur Jackson, Hedley Bowen	Swindon	20-18
1990	Gloucestershire	Andrew Wills, Jack Drummond-Henderson, Tony Allcock	Cheltenham	Warwickshire	Michael Hawkins, David Bennett, Simon Davies	Welford on Avon	18-16
1991	Cumbria	Paul Barlow, Andrew Baxter, John Bell	Wigton	Oxfordshire	Ian Henwood, Mark Peachy, Robert Mackie	Summertown	16-15
1992	Buckinghamshire	Maurice Cracknell, Ray Gaskins, Ted Hanger	Chandos Park	Dorset	Bob Powell, Mark Tomberry Adam Tidby	Poole Park	19-3
1993	Sussex	Paul Lewis, Mark Ireland, David Williams<	Preston, Brighton	Suffolk	Ashley Sale, John Barrell, Roy Cutts	Marlborough	21-20
1994	Devon	E. Collins, John C. Evans, Danny Denison	Torquay	Berkshire	Graham Waldron, Robert Newman, Michael Newman	Reading B.C	15-12
1995	Gloucestershire	Andrew Wills, Simon Jones, Tony Allcock	Cheltenham	Cumbria	Richard Sampson, Trevor Taylor, David Taylor	Courtfield	16-14
1996	Somerset	Barrie Smith, Mike Davies, Don Fowkes	British Cellophane	Isle of Wight	Chris New, Peter Furmidge, Peter Dunstan	Cowes Medina	21-17
1997	Cumbria	Paul Barlow, Andrew Baxter, Steven Farish	Wigton	Lincolnshire	Billy Jackson, Kim Kielty, Danny Brown	St. Giles, Lincoln	15-13
1998	Lancashire	Tony King, Barry Kitson, David Colbourne	Bolton	Kent	Clive Miles, Mike Arnold, Gordon Charlton	Sandwich	23-17
1999	Hampshire	Dean Morgan, Russell Morgan, Julian Haines	Boscombe Cliff	Warwickshire	Kenneth Ashby, Colin Jacox, Graham Ashby	Stoke, Coventry	19-11
2000	Northumberland	Paul Ging, Stephen Birdsey, Stanley Lant	Northern Electric	Hampshire	Matthew Marchant, Charlie Bailey, Dorian Bishop	Civil Service Portsmouth	15-12
2001	Nottinghamshire	Nick Cammack, Duncan Robinson, Brett Morley	Siemens	Kent	Matt Lonie, Dave Clark, Chris Taylor	Folkestone Park	21-11
2002	[Oxfordshire	Gary Lucas, Alan Prew, Greg Moon	Banbury Borough	Nottinghamshire	Michael Bowley, David Baird, Phil Dickens	Cavaliers	23-17
2003	Berkshire	Bernard Greenough, Robert Newman, Michael Newman	Reading	Suffolk	George Ward, Duncan Snape, Brian Andrews	Melton	15-13
2004	Yorkshire	Stephen Dilks, Christopher Kelly, Mark Walton	Nafferton	Berkshire	Gordon Knapper, Andrew Knapper, Bill Hing	Desborough	29-6
2005	Wiltshire	Mel Biggs, Neil Hope, Mark Dyer	Westlecot	Cornwall	Ian Powell, Mark Read, Richard Bray	Stenalees	19-16
2006	Leicestershire	John Torrington, Steven Wade, Andrew Irons	Blaby	Oxfordshire	Greg Moon, Alan Prew, Gary Lucas	Banbury Borough	19- 5
2007	Norfolk	Charles West, Chris Willgress, Wayne Willgress	Norfolk	Leicestershire	Matthew Bass, Christoper Rogers, Neil Hope	Holwell Sports	16-14
2008	Northamptonshire	Richard Mann, Roger Tansley, Vernon Geary	Kingsthorpe	Essex	Lee Chaplin, Kevin Maguire, John Tully	Elm Park	14-12
2009	Cambridgeshire	Jamie Stewart, Rob Drew, Richard Catton	Cambridge & County	Devon	Dave Veal, Glenn Allen, Robert Paxton	Exonia	17-14	[5]
2010	Suffolk	Mark Todd, John Catchpole, Ian Catchpole	Halesworth Angel	Devon	Tony Coombes, Michael Coombes, Terry Evans	Bitton Park	19- 9
2011	Devon	Darren James, Neil Popham, Steve Bonetta	Bideford	Bedfordshire	Rhys Lee, Steven Mead, Luke Nunn	Barton-le-Clay	17-15
2012	Sussex	Glen Newton, Nick Wingfield, Shaun Godfrey	White Rock	Wiltshire	James Nobbs, Neil Smith, Gary Morphet	Wootton Bassett	25-10
2013	Berkshire	Dan Weatherly‐Emberson, Adrian Collins & Andrew Knapper	Tilehurst	Gloucestershire	Nick Holliday, Mark Perry, Stuart Hodges	Cheltenham	19-12
2014	Wiltshire	Andrew Colebrooke, Russell Francis & Graham Shadwell	Spencer Moulton	Oxfordshire	David Clanfield, Paul Sharman & Alan Prew	Carterton	15-14
2015	Huntingdonshire	James Harford, Simon Law & Stuart Popple	Parkway	Leicestershire	Ken Frost, Roger Cooper & Shane Hayes	Leicester	16-10
2016	Devon	Ian Lesley, James Webber & Ollie Lucas	Shaldon	Middlesex	Paul Reynolds, Chris Harris & Tony Waller	Ladygate	15–14
2017	Huntingdonshire	Ean Morton, Mike Robertson & Tristan Morton	Parkway	Devon	Louis Ridout, Sam Tolchard & Jamie Chestney	Kings Torquay	15–14
2018	Lancashire	David Lockhart, Ian Mayne & Chris Gale	Heaton Hall	Devon	Louis Ridout, Sam Tolchard & Jamie Chestney	Kings Torquay	18–12	[6]
2019	Berkshire	Scott Winskill, Mark Hancock & Andrew Knapper	Tilehurst	Cumbria	Kevin Harrison, Mark Irwin & Stuart Irwin	Aspatria	16–13	[7]
No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic								[8]
2021	Essex	Christopher Muir, Steve Gunnell & Edward Morris	Essex County	Devon	Lee Phillips, James Hampton & Kevin Phillips	Topsham	18–11
2022	Cumbria	Kevin Harrison, Mark Irwin & Stuart Irwin	Aspatria	Derbyshire	Josh Grant, Dan Thornhill & Phil Broughton	Stute	14–10	[9]
2023	Bucks	Michael Gomme, Matthew Hyde & Andrew Briden	Gerrards Cross	Essex	Simon Kittle, Steve Gunnell & Ed Morris	Essex County	15–14	[10]

References

1. "Past Records". Bowls England.
2. "Triple Bowls son by Saltburn" . Western DDaily Herald. 28 August 1946. Retrieved 23 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Hereford win Triples". Nottingham Journal. 23 August 1950. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Sports Summary" . Daily Mirror. 20 August 1979. Retrieved 23 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "'Historic win for trio'" . The Times. 17 August 2009. p. 55. Retrieved 23 August 2023– via The Times Digital Archive.
6. "triples results" (PDF). Bowls England.
7. "triples results" (PDF). Bowls England.
8. "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
9. "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
10. "2023 National Championships Men's pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2023.