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

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

The two-wood singles is a newer variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.

Venues

• 1939–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
• 1975–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

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

Past winners

Year	Champion	Club	County	Runner-up	Club	County	Ref
1939	Lily Parnell	Clarence Park	Somerset	Mrs Yerbury	Bloomfield Bath	Somerset	[2]
1940–1944 No competition due to war
1946	Sarah Osey	Oxford City	Berks & Bucks	Mrs Gadbury	Ardagh, Bristol	Gloucs	[3]
1947	Louisa Coxall	Sittingbourne	Kent	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	[4]
1948	Frances Carvell	Gunnersbury	Middlesex	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	[5]
1949	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	Doris Rigby	Belgrave	Leices	[6]
1950	Mrs F. N. Dickinson	Sidmouth	Devon	Rosetta Capstick	Gunnersbury	Middlesex	[7]
1951	Florence Wright	Horden	Durham	Helen Clayton	Horsham	Sussex	[8]
1952	Evelyn Courtenay	Yeovil	Somerset	Mrs C. Carr	Western Park	Leics	[5]
1953	Winnifred Griffiths	Plymouth Hoe	Devon	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	[5]
1954	Mrs H. Taylor	Loxford	Essex	Eveline Wheeler	Richmond Park Bournemouth	Hants	[9]
1955	Audrey Frances Thomas	Ilford	Essex	Mrs E K Simpson	Southgate	Middlesex	[10]
1956	Minna Chamberlain Rubery	Victoria	Essex	Eleanor Cordy Allen	Ipswich	Suffolk	[11]
1957	Doreen Clark	Ericsson's	Notts	Gwen Webber	Barnstaple	Devon	[12]
1958	Annie Beath	Zetland Park, Redcar	Yorkshire	Mrs S. Bulmer	Bowburn	Durham	[13]
1959	Lena Careswell	Hornsey	Middlesex	Violet Rawlings	Gidea Park	Essex	[14]
1960	Gwen Webber	Ashleigh Road	Devon	Mavis Cripps	Dovercourt	Essex	[15]
1961	Mabel Darlington	Nuneaton	Warwicks	Joyce Lucking	Windsor Castle	Berks	[16]
1962	Mrs M. Smith	Ilford	Essex	Winnie Winslow	Salisbury	Wilts	[5]
1963	Mrs L. Cudmore	Fleming Park	Hants	Mrs I. Parham	Shell	Essex	[5]
1964	Ena Buckland	South Norwood	Surrey	Mrs A. Smith	Kettering	Northants	[17]
1965	Nancie Evans	Frome Selwood	Somerset	Mrs E. Knight	Lakeside	Notts	[18]
1966	Mrs M Harrison	Wolvey	Warwicks	Mrs V L Turner	Hook & Southborough	Surrey	[19]
1967	Ivy Burns	Avenue Leamington	Warwicks	Mrs E Stevens	Misbourne	Bucks	[20]
1968	Edna Britton	Vernon Park	Notts	Iris Smith	Watford	Herts	[21]
1969	Joan Hunt	Atherley	Hants	Doreen Clark	Lakeside	Notts	[5]
1970	Phyllis Derrick	Magdalen Park	Surrey	Mrs M Allan	Courtfield Carlisle	Cumberland
1971	Mrs N Galloway	Owton Lodge	Durham	Mrs D Smith	Devizes	Wilts
1972	Brenda Atherton	Plessey	Notts	Mrs B. Forton	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	[22]
1973	Mrs W Stevenson	Auriol Park	Surrey	Ruth Butterworth	YPI Hull	Yorkshire	[23]
1974	Lana Maynard	Hatfield	Herts	Mrs J. A. Laws	Whitley & Monkseaton	Northumberland	[24]
1975	Joan Hunt	Atherley	Hampshire	Anne Shipton	Broadstone	Dorset	[25]
1976	Eileen King	Poole Park	Dorset	Norah Greenwood	Sileby	Northumberland	[26]
1977	Winifred Hall	Culver	Middlesex	Anne Shipton	Broadstone	Dorset	[27]
1978	Norma Shaw	Ropner Park	Durham	Eileen Fletcher	Poole Park	Dorset	[5]
1979	Irene Molyneux	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Phyllis Derrick	Magdalen Park	Surrey	[28]
1980	Betty Newborn	Belgrave	Leics	Margaret Lockwood	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	[29]
1981	Eveline Gascoigne	Silver Band	Notts	Verinia Lewis	Bodmin	Cornwall	[30]
1982	Kath Steer	King's Heath	Warwicks	Win Scales	Herne Bay	Kent	[31]
1983	Norma Shaw	Ropner Park	Durham	Joan Plackett	Worthing	Sussex	[32]
1984	Val Vintiner	Lammas	Middlesex	Eileen Bird	Sherwood	Notts	[33]
1985	Joan Bryant	Brockenhurst	Hants	Margaret Wilson	Bembridge	Isle of Wight	[34]
1986	Norma Shaw	Ropner Park	Durham	Mary Saunders	Eye	Suffolk	[35]
1987	Sue Franklin	Woolpack Wisbech	Norfolk	Jean Frame	West Bridgford	Notts	[36]
1988	Jayne Roylance	North Walsham	Norfolk	Gwen Daniels	Penryn	Cornwall	[37]
1989	Catherine Anton	Peterborough	Hunts	Edna Bessell	Yeovil	Somerset	[38]
1990	Gill Fitzgerald	Kettering Lodge	Northants	Beryl Noble	Luton Town	Beds	[39]
1991	Wendy Line	Southampton	Hants	Jean Baker	Alfreton	Derbyshire	[40]
1992	Margaret Dyer	Clevedon Promenade	Somerset	Jean Cleft	Durham City	Durham	[41]
1993	Val Chatfield	Woolwich & Plumstead	Kent	Kathie Scott	Crawley	Sussex	[42]
1994	Brenda Whitehead	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	Gill Fitzgerald	Kettering Lodge	Northants	[43]
1995	Liz Shorter	County Arts	Norfolk	Sharon Rickman	Raynes Park	Surrey	[44]
1996	Margaret Ashford	Beccles	Suffolk	Catherine Anton	Peterborough	Hunts	[45]
1997	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Ann Parker	Carlton Conway	Notts	[46]
1998	Maureen Christmas	Chesterton	Cambs	Cindy Edmonson	Skelton Penrith	Cumbria	[47]
1999	Elizabeth Messer	Southbourne	Hants	Lynne Whitehead	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	[48]
2000	Maureen Timms	Whitnash	Warwicks	Janet Green	West Moors	Dorset	[49]
2001	Brenda Atherton	Carlton Conway	Notts	Kath Baxter	Wigton	Cumbria	[50]
2002	Janet Hardie	Westinghouse	Wiltshire	Heather Stapleford	Oakham	Leics	[5]
2003	Ann Dennis	Milton Regis	Kent	Sue Davies	Broadway	Worcs	[5]
2004	Shirley Page	Baldock	Herts	Janet Cropper	Bolton	Lancs	[5]
2005	Amy Monkhouse	Waltham Park	Lincolnshire	Theresa Parnell	Stockton	Durham	[5]
2006	Wendy King	Milton Regis	Hampshire	Joan Garner	Erdington Court	Warwickshire	[5]
2007	Jean Baker	Blackwell	Derbyshire	Amy Stanton	Wellington	Somerset	[5]
2008	Edna Bessell	Yeovil	Somerset	Doreen Hankin	Egham	Surrey	[5]
2009	Wendy King	Milton Regis	Hampshire	Joan Walmsley	Bath	Somerset	[5]
2010	Sue Davies	Broadway	Worcestershire	Shirley Page	Baldock	Hertfordshire	[5]
2011	Ellen Falkner	St Neots	Cambridgeshire	Muriel Scott	North Tawton	Devon	[5]
2012	Pat Bourne	Purley Bury	Surrey	Sue Dadson	Southbourne	Hampshire	[5]
2013	Rebecca Wigfield	Desborough	Northamptonshire	Brenda Whitehead	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	[5]
2014	Rebecca Field	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	Kate Herbison	Congresbury	Somerset	[5]
2015	Margaret Smith	Sutton	Surrey	Jessica Eley	Bushey	Hertfordshire	[5]
2016	Joan Welch	Riverain	Herts	Gillian Lamprey	Lowestoft Railway	Suffolk	[5]
2017	Jamie-Lea Winch	Kingscroft	Leicestershire	Sophie Tolchard	Kings	Devon	[51]
2018	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	Rebecca Field	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	[52]
2019	Sophie Tolchard	Kings	Devon	Donna Rock	Gillingham	Dorset	[53]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic							[54]
2021	Stef Branfield	Clevedon	Somerset	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City	Oxfordshire	[55]
2022	Rhianna Russell	Welwyn & District	Hertfordshire	Jennifer Southby	Barstead & Thurnham	Kent	[56]
2023	Laura Holden	Clevedon	Som	Shannon Maughan	Bletchley Town	Bucks	[57]
2024	Laura Holden	Clevedon	Som	Lorraine Kuhler	Oxford City & County	Oxon	[58]

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