Bowls England National Championships (women's senior pairs)

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

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

Past winners

Year	Champion	County	Runner-up	County	Ref
1974	W Thatcher & J Lucking	Berks
1975	E Hollick & W Griffiths	Devon
1976	Ruth Towle & Anne Cockayne	Notts			[3]
1977	Peggy King & Elsie Batchelor	Middx
1978	R Murray & N Horner	Northumb			[4]
1979	B Robertson & I Smallbone	Worcs
1980	Olive Bennett & Betty Neillis	Som			[5]
1981	M Hewlett & M Howard	Surrey
1982	Jean Holden & Betty Warters	Hunts	Gladys Cuthbert & Elsie French	Cambs	[6]
1983	T Drayton & P Soulsby	Surrey	Christine Featherstone & Kathleen Warne	Devon	[7]
1984	Mabel Simons & Claire Reynolds	Notts	Margaret Harrison & Kath Saill	Glocs	[8]
1985	J Ward & another	Norfolk
1986	L Maynard & G Berry	Herts	B Bratton & A Marshall	Wilts
1987	Eileen Smith & Joan Steven	Sussex	Elfreda Saunders & Doreen Fletcher	Hants	[9]
1988	Barbara Carey & Peggy Edwards	Glocs	Pauline Bray & Audrey Wright	Northants	[10]
1989	Audrey Galasinski & Philippa Green	Leics	Lilian Wright & Joan Daniels	Cambs	[11] [12]
1990	Peggy Edwards & Barbara Carey	Glocs	Irene Molyneux & Margaret Ellis	Oxon	[13]
1991	M Harrison & D Brown	Dorset	S Drage & J Pittam	Northants	[14]
1992	L Gadd & L Ward	Sussex	H Morley & J Foster	Yorks
1993	Joyce Morgan & June Larter	Cambs	E Brough & E Massey	Devon	[15]
1994	Joyce Chelin & Brenda Keller	Yorks	Lilian Gibbs & Patsy Walker	Middx
1995	Pat Oliver & Peggy Roache	Glocs	Rosemary Ludar-Smith	Essex
1996	Wendy Anderson & Doris Woodley	Wilts	Win Sowerby & Audrey Reeves	Cumbria
1997	Irene Barber & Pat Launders	Middx	Marian Williams & Molly Rackham	Lincs
1998	Jean Rees & Mary Collard	Som	Jacqui Cook & Margaret Grosvenor	Warwicks
1999
2000	Cindy Edmundson & Noreen Fleet	Cumbria	Joyce Chelin & Anita Haw	Yorks
2001	Nova Edwards & Jill Price	Bucks	Pat Terry & Joyce Harman	Sussex
2002	Ruth Bond & Christine Theedom	Devon	Jacqui Cook & Margaret Grosvenor	Warwicks
2003	Jenny Moore & Wendy Barnard	Devon	Doreen Hodson Smith & Sue Larkins	Herts
2004	Jenny Whitlock & Edna Bessell	Som	Maureen Christmas & Rene Bretherton	Cambs
2005	Una Prideaux & Crystal Eathorne	Cornwall	Gill Blackmore & Carolyne Morgan	Oxon
2006	Jayne Roylance & Margaret Hannant	Norfolk	Brenda Lines & Pam Hughes	Middx
2007	Janet Cropper & Evelyn Franklin	Lancs	Lilian Fletcher & Brenda Atherton	Notts
2008	Brenda Thomas & Sue Springell	Bucks	Hazel Bass & Anne Hadley	Hunts
2009	Margaret McColl & Pam Margrett	Glocs	Mary Taylor & Kay Kerley	Hants
2010	Gwen Xuereb & Geraldine Reeve	Norfolk	Teresa Pearson & Gill Jones	Durham
2011	Teresa Pearson & Gill Jones	Durham	Lydia Munn & Carol Morton	Kent
2012	Judith Staunton & Joan Walmsley	Somerset	Joyce Jones & Janet Cropper	Lancs
2013	Ingar Newman & Norma Beales	Surrey	Karen Tandler & Marian Wheatley	Herefords
2014	Yvonne Woodcock & Wendy Davies	Sussex	Carole Robertson & Pamela Armstrong	Bucks
2015	Pat Logan & Marjorie Crowe	Worcestershire	Judy Bacon & Beverley Wall	Berks
2016	Carol Inserra & Lynn Green	Leicestershire	Linda Challenger & Lindsay Collin	Glocs
2017	Lesley Johnson & Margaret Holden	Hampshire	Rita Gerry & Julia Stannard	Glocs
2018	Glynis Morgan & Joan Rodgerson	Durham	Lesley Johnson & Margaret Holden	Hants	[16]
2019	Lorraine Hume & Rachel Mackriell	Sussex	Pat Clarke & Christine Webb	Norfolk	[17]
No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic					[18]
2021	Moira Self & Julie Spice	Suffolk	Kirsty Cox & Caroline Cullum	Lincolnshire	[19]
2022	Lynn Williams & Elaine Amery	Somerset	Patricia Browne & Sheila Storey	Northumberland	[20]
2023	Linda Churchman & Cheryl Salisbury	Cambridgeshire	Margaret Smith & Teresa Orriss	Surrey	[21]

References

1. "Past Records". Bowls England.
2. "Len Somers in national finals" . Buckinghamshire Examiner. 13 September 1974. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Holiday bowls win" . Nottingham Evening Post. 19 October 1976. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Tournament could stay in Torquay" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 30 September 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Holiday for champions" . Central Somerset Gazette. 16 October 1980. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Duller is champion" . Cambridge Daily News. 23 September 1982. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Bitton pair reach final" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 15 September 1983. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Bowls" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 17 September 1984. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. pp. 120–121. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
10. Newby, Donald (1989). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 89. Telegraph Publications. pp. 163–165. ISBN   0-330-31093-3.
11. "Bowling with Harry Reynolds" . Rugby Advertiser. 21 September 1989. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
12. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Telegraph Publications. pp. 157–158. ISBN   0-330-31364-9.
13. Newby, Donald (1991). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. p. 149-150. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
14. "Jacox by a whisker" . Rugby Advertiser. 21 September 1991. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
15. "Duo come up trumps" . Cambridge Daily News. 11 September 1993. Retrieved 21 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
16. "2018 Senior Pairs" (PDF). Bowls England.
17. "2018 Senior Pairs" (PDF). Bowls England.
18. "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
19. "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
20. "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
21. "2023 National Championships women's senior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2023.