Bowls England National Championships (women's senior singles)

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The women's senior singles 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

YearChampionRunner-upScoreRef
1974Clarice Reynolds (Nottinghamshire) [3]
1975Mrs G Burrell (Sussex)
1976Mrs A Shipton (Dorset)
1977Miss E Ward (Surrey)
1978Mrs D. Smith (Lincolnshire)Mrs P. Cobourne (Cambs)21–20 [4]
1979Mrs N Caudle (Gloucestershire)
1980Mrs S Hurley (Cornwall)
1981Mrs H. Goddard (Gloucestershire)J. Messenger (Cumbria) [5]
1982Joyce Duller (Cambridgeshire)Mary Simmonds (Suffolk)21–10 [6]
1983Mrs K Steer (Warwicks)
1984Hilda Hill (Warwicks)Freda Swanwick (Lincs)21–18 [7]
1985Mrs A Joyner (Somerset)Joyce Ward (Norfolk)21–20 [8]
1986Mrs K Green (Hampshire)Jean Gilbert (Northants) [9]
1987Doreen Fletcher (Hampshire)Noreen Wardell (Surrey)21–18 [10]
1988Christine Sissons (Yorkshire)Gwen Daniel (Cornwall)21–17 [11]
1989Sylvia Parker (Northants)Joyce Collins (Sussex)21–17 [12]
1990Iris Roberts (Bedfordshire)Margaret Ketley (Hertfordshire)21–11 [13]
1991A Kerslake (Hertfordshire)S Langdon (Somerset)
1992 Mavis Steele (Middx)Jean Woodrough (Wilts) [14]
1993G Lloyd (Worcestershire)D Hutton (Durham)
1994Margaret Dyer (Somerset)Maria Shuttleworth (Northumberland)
1995June Foster (Yorkshire)Rosemary Ludar-Smith (Essex)
1996Margaret Dyer (Somerset)Pam Jones (Surrey) [15]
1997Wendy Barnard (Devon)Daphne Pratt (Hertfordshire)21–10 [16]
1998Wendy Barnard (Devon)Joan Mason (Durham)
1999Rosemary Ludar-Smith (Essex)Elizabeth Garrity (Cumbria)
2000Daphne Pratt (Hertfordshire)Doreen Smith (Cambridgeshire)
2001Sue Springell (Buckinghamshire)Nova Edwards (Somerset)
2002Elizabeth Garrity (Cumbria)Carol Penson (Oxfordshire)
2003Sandra Maguire (Nottinghamshire) Gloria Thomas (Cornwall)
2004Val Ayres (Gloucestershire)Wendy Anderson (Wiltshire)
2005Wendy Anderson (Wiltshire)Di Wilkinson (Warwickshire)
2006Janet Scott (Warwickshire)Val Bingley (Essex)
2007Janet Hardiy (Wiltshire) Sue Harriott (Devon)
2008 Jayne Roylance (Norfolk)Ann Anderson (Durham)
2009Teresa Pearson (Durham)Andrea Dickinson (Suffolk)
2010Wendy Davies (Sussex)Pauline Proud (Isle of Wight)
2011Liz Garrity (Cumbria)Carol Gaskins (Oxfordshire)
2012Sue Davies (Worcestershire)Sue Springell (Buckinghamshire)
2013Moira Self (Suffolk)Pauline Proud (Isle of Wight)
2014Alex Jacobs (Wiltshire)Sue Latham (Gloucestershire)
2015Alex Jacobs (Wiltshire)Eleanor Benvie (Lancashire)
2016Ann Anderson (Durham)Bet Aubrey (Berkshire)
2017Jenny Dempsey (Northamptonshire)Brenda Bowyer (Essex)
2018Sue Allen (Yorkshire)Andrea Dickinson (Norfolk) [17]
2019Rachel Mackriell (Sussex)Janet Eames (Notttinghamshire) [18]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [19]
2021 Sandra Maguire (Forest Oaks, Notts)Janet Williamson (Hyde Abbey, Hants)21–18 [20]
2022 Anne Bernard (Ryde Marina, IOW)Caroline Cullum (Cleethorpes, Lincs)21–12 [21]
2023 Kate Kyle (Shepshed Town, Leics)Sue Allen (Swinton, Yorks)21–17 [22]
2024 Fiona Waters (Victoria WSM, Som)Caroline Campion (Banbury Central, Oxon)21–15 [23]

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