Bowls England National Championships (women's singles four wood)

The women's singles four wood is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships. ^{[1] [2]}

The four-wood singles is the traditional variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.

Venues

• 1932–1933 (Blackheath & Greenwich Club)
• 1934–1934 (Balham Constitutional Bowls Club)
• 1935–1936 (Pitshanger Park, Ealing)
• 1937–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
• 1975–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

• 1981–1985 (Lombard)
• 1986–1993 (Liverpool Victoria)
• 1994–1996 (Double Century Sherry)
• 2000, 2002–2004 (National Express)
• 2001–2001 (Steradent)
• 2023–2024 (Aviva)

Past winners

Year	Champion	Club	County	Runner-up	Club	County	Ref
1932	Ethel Tigg	Waddon Residents	Surrey	Mrs Hope	Maidenhead	Berkshire	[3]
1933	Louisa King	Waddon Residents	Surrey	Mrs Harris	Torquay	Devon	[4]
1934	Mrs S. Holman	Waddon Residents	Surrey	Mrs Harris	Blackheath	Kent	[5]
1935	Mrs McDanall	Torbay Country	Devon	Mrs Harris	Blackheath	Kent	[6]
1936	Lily Parnell	Clarence Park	Somerset	Josephine Culling	New Town, Colchester	Essex	[7]
1937	Mrs Batsford	Temple Fortune	Middlesex	Mrs E. Sayer	Oxted	Surrey	[8]
1938	Josephine Culling	New Town, Colchester	Essex	Mrs C L Veasey	Dulwich	Surrey	[9]
1939	Violet Howard	Newton Abbot	Devon	Mrs Worth	Victoria	Leicestershire	[10]
1940–1944 No competition due to war
1946	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	Miss Crawford	Bournemouth	Hampshire	[11]
1947	Clara Johns	Hastings & St. Leonards	Sussex	Mrs B. Simister	Southgate	Middlesex	[12]
1948	Violet Woodhead (née Howard)	Paignton	Devon	Mrs D Harding	Old Town, Eastbourne	Sussex	[13]
1949	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	Mrs Oliver	New Lampton	Durham	[14]
1950	Ena Buckland	South Norwood	Surrey	Mrs L. E. Harris	Durham City	Durham	[15]
1951	Bessie Burden	Ashford	Kent	May Colquhoun	Lammas	Middlesex	[16]
1952	Marjorie Colley	Torbay Country	Devon	Evelyn Courtenay	Victoria Park, Bridgwater	Somerset	[17]
1953	Ivy May Lavender	Hastings & St. Leonards	Sussex	Edith May Hook	Stroud	Gloucestershire	[18]
1954	Dorothy Franklin	Sheen	Surrey	Gladys Hillier	Bogonor Regis	Sussex	[19]
1955	Annie Beath	Zetland Park, Redcar	Yorkshire	Mrs D. C. Coleman	Sheen	Surrey	[20]
1956	Nancie Whalley	Frome Selwood	Somerset	May Colquhoun	Lammas	Middlesex	[21]
1957	Florrie Wilson	Hastings & St. Leonards	Sussex	Clara McNaughton	Whitley & Monkseaton	Northumberland	[22]
1958	Nancie Whalley	Frome Selwood	Somerset	Mavis Steele	Watling Association	Middlesex	[23]
1959	Joyce Lucking	Royal Household	Berkshire	Annie Beath	Zetland Park, Redcar	Yorkshire	[24]
1960	Louisa Coxall	Milton Regis	Kent	Helen Jolliffe	Harrogate	Yorkshire	[25]
1961	Mavis Steele	Watling Association	Middlesex	Edith Ferry	Stratton Church Ways	Wiltshire	[26]
1962	Mavis Steele	Watling Association	Middlesex	Minnie Powell	Tally Ho!	Warwickshire	[27]
1963	Frances Carvell	Gunnersbury	Middlesex	Mary Linfield	Maltravers	Sussex	[28]
1964	Daisy Dowling	West Streatham	Surrey	Joyce Lucking	Royal Household	Berkshire	[29]
1965	Janet Auld	Silksworth	Durham	Eleanor Routledge	Silloth	Cumberland	[30]
1966	Dora Hills	Morpeth	Northumberland	Ena Buckland	South Norwood	Surrey	[31]
1967	Dorothy Payne	Greenhill	Dorset	Eva Harris	Rugby Town	Warwickshire	[32]
1968	Lilian Bufton	Tally Ho!	Warwickshire	Dorothy Tayler	Newquay	Cornwall	[33]
1969	Mavis Steele	Watling Association	Middlesex	Mollie Ward	Sparrows Nest	Suffolk	[34]
1970	Nancie Colling (née Whalley)	Frome Selwood	Somerset	Mavis Steele	Watling Association	Middlesex	[35]
1971	Christine Frost	Phear Park	Devon	Daphne Leese	Hornsey	Middlesex	[36]
1972	Mollie Ward	Sparrows Nest	Suffolk	Mrs A Russell	Luton Co-op	Bedfordshire	[37]
1973	Eileen King	Poole Park	Dorset	Anne Shipton	Broadstone	Dorset	[38]
1974	Vera Peck	Borough of Eye	Suffolk	Joan Sparkes	Central Park	Essex	[39]
1975	Ivy Lawson	Spennymoor	Durham	Margo Attwood	Street	Somerset	[40]
1976	Jeannie Croot	Canford	Gloucestershire	Pamela Allison	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	[41]
1977	Betty Stubbings	Pickering	Yorkshire	Norma Shaw	Ropner Park	Durham	[42]
1978	Eileen Logan	Bounds Green	Middlesex	Brenda Atherton	Plessey	Nottinghamshire	[43]
1979	Lorraine Hawes	Bracknell	Berkshire	Margaret Fawkes	Bogonor Regis	Sussex	[44]
1980	Phyllis Derrick	Magdalen Park	Surrey	Joan Haynes	Peterborough	Huntingdonshire	[45]
1981	Margaret Madden	Wilton Recar	Yorkshire	Christine Rumball	Watford	Hertfordshire	[46]
1982	Wendy Clarke	Southampton	Hampshire	Phoebe Spence	Middlesbrough	Yorkshire	[47]
1983	Jean Valls	Raynes Park	Surrey	Mary Price	Burnham	Buckinghamshire	[48]
1984	Olive Henery	Swindon	Wiltshire	Madeline Gooding	Exmouth Madeira	Devon	[49]
1985	Ena Clarke	Countesthorpe	Leicestershire	Wendy Line	Southampton	Hampshire	[50]
1986	Betty Maisey	Barking	Essex	Jayne Roylance	North Walsham	Norfolk	[51]
1987	Norma May	Camborne	Cornwall	Mary Price	Burnham	Buckinghamshire	[52]
1988	Mary Price	Burnham	Buckinghamshire	Wendy Barnard	Brixham	Devon	[53]
1989	Jean Baker	Alfreton	Derbyshire	Wendy Line	Southampton	Hampshire	[54]
1990	Barbara Till	Milton Park	Hampshire	Joan Howlett	West Bridgford	Nottinghamshire	[55]
1991	Jean Evans	Perkins	Huntingdonshire	Edna Bessell	Yeovil	Somerset	[56]
1992	Wendy Line	Southampton	Hampshire	Liz Shorter	County Arts	Norfolk	[57]
1993	Dorothy Prior	Hewell Redditch	Worcestershire	Carole Lloyd	Milton Park	Hampshire	[58]
1994	Ingrid Betke	Thaxted	Essex	Pat Kirk	Wealdstone	Middlesex	[59]
1995	Janet Newman	St Austell	Cornwall	Vi Wade	Kingsthorpe	Northamptonshire	[60]
1996	Mary Price	Burnham	Buckinghamshire	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City	Oxfordshire	[61]
1997	Mary Price	Burnham	Buckinghamshire	Jean Baker	Blackwell	Derbyshire	[62]
1998	Norma Shaw	Norton-on-Tees	Durham	Gill Mitchell	Kettering Lodge	Northamptonshire	[63]
1999	Joyce Hadfield	Newquay	Cornwall	Jayne Smith	Henlow Park	Bedfordshire	[64]
2000	Ann Anderson	Woodland Darlington	County Durham	Janet Green	West Moors	Dorset	[65]
2001	Sue Harriott	Exmouth Madeira	Devon	Pat Kirk	Wealdstone	Middx	[66]
2002	Helen Wall	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	Jayne Christie	Henlow Park	Bedfordshire	[67]
2003	Shirley Page	Baldock	Hertfordshire	Wendy King	Milton Regis	Kent	[68]
2004	Amy Monkhouse	Waltham Park	Lincolnshire	Norma Beales	Burnham	Buckinghamshire	[69]
2005	Julie Saunders	Richmond Park	Hampshire	Sue Davies	Broadway	Worcestershire	[70]
2006	Barbara Adams	Market Bosworth	Leicestershire	Barbara Bellamy	Newton Abbot	Devon	[71]
2007	Edna Bessell	Yeovil	Somerset	Ellen Falkner	City of Ely	Cambridgeshire	[72]
2008	Edna Bessell	Yeovil	Somerset	Margaret Watts	Desborough	Northamptonshire	[72]
2009	Jayne Croxall	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	Sally Butcher	Borough of Eve	Suffolk	[72]
2010	Natalie Melmore	Kings	Devon	Jackie Gibson	Thetford Staniforth	Norfolk	[72]
2011	Ellen Falkner	St. Neots	Cambridgeshire	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	[72]
2012	Amy Truran	Homefield Park	Sussex	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	[72]
2013	Amy Truran	Homefield Park	Sussex	Sue Davies	Broadway	Worcestershire	[72]
2014	Natalie Melmore	Kings	Devon	Sue Evans	Honiton	Devon	[72]
2015	Sophie Tolchard	Kings	Devon	Gemma Barnett	Cheam	Surrey	[72]
2016	Donna Knight	Oxford City	Oxfordshire	Rachel Mackriell	Eastbourne	Sussex	[72]
2017	Kirsty Richards	Kings Heath	Warks	Natalie Chestney	Kings	Devon	[73]
2018	Sophie Tolchard	Kings	Devon	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincs	[74]
2019	Jamie-Lea Winch	Kingscroft	Leics	Teresa Parnell	Stockton	Durham	[75]
No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic							[76]
2021	Stef Branfield	Clevedon	Somerset	Chris Mitchell	Purton	Wiltshire	[72]
2022	Rebecca Moorbey	Parkway	Hunts	Elaine Score	Springhouse	Essex	[77]
2023	Stef Branfield	Clevedon	Somerset	Jayne Christie	Potton	Bedfordshire	[78]
2024	Izzie White	Chester Road	Worcs	Anne Bernard	Ryde Marina	IOW	[79]
2025	Stef Branfield	Clevedon	Som	Sophie Tolchard	Kings	Devon	[80]

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