Bowls England National Championships (men's pairs)

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

History

From 1912 and 1920 the winner received the Sir Thomas Dewar Cup.

Venues

  • 1912–1913 (Belmont BC, Streatham)
  • 1914, 1926 (Bellingham BC, Bellingham, Catford)
  • 1919 (South London & Balham clubs, Balham/Wandsworth)
  • 1920 (Great Northern Railway AC, Gordon Hill, London)
  • 1921 (Summerhill Gosforth & Portland clubs, Newcastle upon Tyne)
  • 1922, 1928, 1935 (Croydon BC, South Croydon)
  • 1923 (Wellingborough BC, Wellingborough)
  • 1924, 1936, 1938–1939 (Temple Bowling Club, Denmark Hill)
  • 1925 (City & Spa clubs, Gloucester)
  • 1927 (Preston Park, Brighton)
  • 1929 (Victoria Park & Westcote clubs, Leicester)
  • 1930–1934, 1937, 1945–1957 (Paddington Recreation Ground)
  • 1958–1973 (Watney's Sports Club, Mortlake)
  • 1974–2013 (Worthing Bowls Club, Beach House Park)
  • 2014–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

Past winners

Year County Champion Club County Runner-up Club Score Ref
1912 Somerset J. Osmond & S. Clout Clarence Park Surrey Woollacott & Watson Malden 30–18 [2]
1913 Kent C. Booth & A. E. Godsall Forest Hill Essex W. T. Darke & F. T. Fisher Southend-on-Sea 29–16 [3]
1914 Somerset A.P.Derrick & S.T.Ewens Bristol Northumberland R. B. Charlton & N. C. Barnfather Hexham-on-Tyne 17–16 [4]
1915–1918 No competition due to war
1919 Bedfordshire R. Hutchinson & D. B. Dawson Beech Hill, Luton Middlesex A. R. Gordon & E Woodroffe Met. Special Constabulary, Y Div 27–10 [5]
1920 Somerset Montagu Cooper & P. E. Hall Taunton Deane Middlesex W. McFarlane & A. Grassick Crouch Hill 26–16 [6]
1921 Sussex R. John & T. Harwood Preston, Brighton Leicestershire A. Middleton & W. T. Hart Abbey Park 28–11 [7]
1922 Durham J. J. Carr & T. W. Kirtley Roker Park Oxfordshire A. E. Allen & J. G. Darlow East Oxford 20–14 [8]
1923 Northumberland Jos. Robinson & James W. Dick Gosforth Devon C. W. Webber & J. Lang Exeter City 29–13 [9]
1924 Somerset H. M. Cooper & P. E. Hall Taunton Wiltshire A. E. Harris & R. Uncles Bradford-on-Avon 21–16
1925 Leicestershire A. Ward & A. Middleton Abbey Park Hampshire E.C. Redman & G. F. Crabb Banister Park 23–20
1926 Dorset Bamber & Dewland Poole Park Berkshire L. A. King & Tom Tickle Park Institute 24–13
1927 Dorset Read & Ramsbottom Poole Park Kent W. Jeffrey & C. Walton Faversham 22–10
1928 Northamptonshire W. Pendred & W. J. Mitchell Wellingborough Middlesex W Thomas & F Euscher Downhills, Tottenham 31–13
1929 Cumberland T. Sibson & Dr. Lambert Carlisle Subscription Wiltshire B. S. Case & E. J. Case Salisbury 30–15
1930 Somerset W. F. Wheeler & W. Date Frome Selwood Cumberland H. Graham & J. Turner Carlisle Subscription 24–12
1931 Somerset J. Williams & E. W. Fortune St. George's Warwickshire R. J. Bowden & Rev. J. S. Crole Tally Ho 29–15
1932 Northamptonshire Arthur Bull & George Bull Wellingborough Kent William Jeffrey & Colin Walton Faversham 25–14 [10]
1933 Kent Robert Slater & Billy Buckell Callenders Hampshire C.W.Phillips & W.H.Brett Richmond Park 30–14
1934 Kent Robert Slater & Billy Buckell Callenders Berkshire J. F. Thomas & Tom Tickle Park Institute 21–14
1935 Yorkshire Bill Jones & G. Gladders Saltburn-by-Sea Kent H. V. Kay & H. O. Bristow Blackheath & Greenwich 23–13
1936 Sussex J.T.F.Fountain & W.Weekes White Rock, Hastings Somerset R. L. G. Simpson & G. Ellis Bloomfield, Bath 19–18
1937 Sussex Arthur Knowling & Albert Knowling Worthing Gloucestershire J.J. Armer & F.R. Robinson Bristol St Andrews 27–13
1938 Sussex Arthur Knowling & Albert Knowling Worthing Yorkshire R. B. Latheron & E. Raine Harrogate 22–16
1939 County Durham J. Mitchell & R. L. Snowball Durham City Northumberland J. A. Bagley & J. Hall Summerhill 24–16
1940–1944 No competition due to war
1945 Kent G. Douglas & Jack Snelgar Bellingham Northamptonshire W. T. Lawton & Albert Knight Abington 17–15
1946 Cornwall W H Daniel & Maurice Ferris Penzance Wiltshire Cyril Daniel & Reg Cooper Swindon 24–23
1947 Worcestershire Will Lock & Sid Adams County Ground Wiltshire E. E. Jenkins & Ernie Pullin Chippenham 26–21
1948 Devon Harold Shapland & Reg Grater Tiverton Boro Yorkshire Ted Ashton & Albert Allison 'Bert' Keech Bootham 22–17 [11]
1949 County Durham Sid Race & Bob Gittins Darlington R. A. Buckinghamshire D. Harvey & G.W. Morton Marlow 24–20 [12]
1950 Dorset Percy Baker & Len Piper Poole Park Cumberland Isaac Benson & Joseph Hodgson Edenside 22–15 [13]
1951 Oxfordshire R. Duke & P. Harvey South Oxford Devon B. Morgan & Freddie Horn Torquay 19–15
1952 Devon B. Morgan & Freddie Horn Torquay Northumberland T. Cook & C. T. Coffer Collingwood 23–11
1953 Yorkshire J. Fowler & T. Mitchell Bootham Dorset Percy Baker & Len Piper Poole Park 19–15
1954 County Durham P. Bell & Wiffles Heath Dean and Chapter Wiltshire G. W. Chapman & W. T. Clements Trowbridge Town 22–19
1955 Sussex Harry Ward & John Scadgell Worthing Surrey Vic Oliver & Harry Gardiner Croydon 24–14 [14]
1956 County Durham Harry Watson & Les Watson Darlington East Park Wiltshire Ernie Pullin & Alec Pullin Chippenham Town 16–14 [15]
1957 Sussex Gordon Sparkes & Arthur Knowling Jr. Worthing Oxfordshire J.Smart & F.Baldwin Banbury Borough 22–9
1958 Surrey Joe Martin & Arthur Hatto Mid-Surrey Nottinghamshire Stan Morley & Ken Cooper Lenton Unionists 24–12
1959 Middlesex Fred Harris & Jim Brayley Paddington Somerset Roger Harris & David Bryant Clevedon 19–17
1960 Buckinghamshire Charlie Plater & Arthur Philbey Aylesbury Boro Somerset George Brett & Peter Brimble Bristol 23–12
1961 Suffolk Albert Race & Percy Denny Marlborough Surrey Ron Merritt & Reg Norris Chipstead 17–15
1962 Dorset Percy Baker & Harry Shave Poole Park Hampshire George Hooker & Arthur Houghton Atherley 21–14 [16]
1963 Dorset Bill Reynolds & Tom Rogers Greenhill Cambridgeshire Horace Lake & Fred Green March Conservative 22–17
1964 Worcestershire Gerald Webb & Peter Coates M. E. B. Cumberland John Dixon & L. Dixon Penrith Castle Park 19–17
1965 Somerset David Rhys-Jones & David Bryant Clevedon Sussex Rex Glover-Phillips & John Scadgell Worthing 24–21 [17]
1966 Sussex Rex Glover-Phillips & John Scadgell Worthing Kent Les Rowan & John McMeakin Sandwich 23–17 [18]
1967 Northamptonshire Trevor Morgan & John Hope County Ground Suffolk Frank Morris & Vic Woodward Marlborough 18–15
1968 Surrey Alan Barnett & Noel Jackson Dulwich Northumberland Philip Furness & Harry Kinnersley Morpeth 21–16
1969 Somerset David Rhys-Jones & David Bryant MBE Clevedon Bedfordshire Alan Papworth & George Crawley Arlesey 25–11
1970 County Durham Billy Thompson & Tommy Bransby Pennywell Lincolnshire Roy Goom & Alf Beck Bristol 21–10
1971 Kent Denis Cross & Dave Crocker Livesey Memorial Warwickshire Ernest Over & Bert Jacox Stoke, Coventry 23–17 [19]
1972 Dorset Ray Dawes & Charles Price Greenhill Northumberland John Comballack & Mike Kirkpatrick Angus 20–19
1973 Cumberland Tommy Armstrong & Ronald Milburn Penrith Castle Pk Middlesex Roger Gibbins & Reginald Paine L.T.A.S.S.A. 25–15 [20]
1974 Somerset David Rhys-Jones & David Bryant MBE Clevedon Lincolnshire Bernard Gedney & Fred Smith Burton House 17–14
1975 Northumberland George Davis & John Nelson North Shields West End Yorkshire William Campbell & Peter Inch Middlesbrough Co-Op 22–14
1976 Nottinghamshire Peter Goulding & Jeff Berrington Plessey Kent Maurice Phillips & Frank Sekjer Thames Poly 16–12
1977 Worcestershire Clive Hall & Tony Russell Brotherhood Somerset Paul Branfield & Pip Branfield Clevedon 21–18
1978 Northumberland Stanley Lant & Robert Keenleyside Angus Hampshire Jimmy Hobday & Anthony Gabb Boscombe Cliff 23–22
1979 Norfolk Eddie Bell & Malcolm Wade Wymondham Dell Leicestershire Paul Clarke & Tony Allcock Belgrave 21–19
1980 Suffolk Keith Cady & Roger Denny Framlingham Castle Cornwall Richard Worth & Peter Gilbert Kensey Vale 24–18
1981 Lincolnshire Alan Bates & Richard White Burton House Worcestershire Alec Jackson & Clive Hall Brotherhood 24–13
1982 Bedfordshire David Hirst & John McConnell Bedford Borough Northumberland Alan Mackenzie & Michael McGreevy Angus 22–12
1983 County Durham George Turley & Mal Hughes Eldon Grove Yorkshire Keith Parker & Mick Parker Scarcroft 17–16 [21]
1984 Kent Ollie Jones & Len Haynes Lenham Buckinghamshire Jim Higgs & Geoff Springell Marlow 17–15
1985 Yorkshire Peter Richardson & Frank Maxwell Haxby Road County Durham Ken Briscoe & Keith Renwick Hylton Colliery 16–15
1986 County Durham David Kilner & Cliff Simpson Owton Lodge Norfolk Brian Taylor & Gary Blake County Arts 26–10
1987 Lancashire David Holt & Thomas Armstrong Bolton Middlesex Dave Rowlands & Ken Morrison Uxbridge 23–21 [22]
1988 Leicestershire John Stephenson & Paul Clarke Belgrave Nottinghamshire Brett Morley & Peter Goulding Plessey 17–14
1989 Essex David McCathie & Paul Maynard Essex County Lancashire Mike Leach & Charles Tattersall Newton Hall 25–16
1990 Norfolk John Ottaway & Roger Guy Wymondham Dell Middlesex Colin Harman & Paul Cater West Ealing 19–15 [23]
1991 Cumbria Ronald Gass & John Bell Wigton Middlesex Jim Marsh & Dave Hall N.P.L. 29–16 [24]
1992 Kent Gary Smith & Andy Thomson Blackheath & Greenwich Sussex John Durrant & Richard Moses Hollingbury Park 24–17 [25]
1993 Warwickshire Rob Robinson & Richard Brittan Erdington Court Kent Gary Smith & Andy Thomson Blackheath & Greewich 25–24
1994 Northumberland Keith Wood & Michael Bennett Ponteland County Durham Alan Theobald & Dave Webb Gateshead 26–6
1995 Wiltshire Mel Biggs & Steve Warren Westlecot Essex J. Donnelly & Roy Farrant Loxford Park 21–20
1996 Worcestershire Ian Maddox & Robert Stanley Bank House Hotel Gloucestershire Andrew Wills & Tony Allcock MBE Cheltenham 20–19
1997 Dorset Shaun Nutman & Adam Tidby Dorchester Northumberland Bryan Taylor & Anthony Kempster Gosforth 19–14
1998 Warwickshire Kenneth Ashby & Graham Ashby Stoke, Coventry Lincolnshire Kim Keilty & Daniel Brown St Giles, Lincoln 24–12
1999 Northamptonshire Barry Fokerd & Paul Broderick Wellingborough Kent Michael Arnold & Gordon Charlton Sandwich 24–23
2000 Cumbria Paul Barlow & Stephen Farish Wigton Suffolk John Rednall & Clive Webb Felixstowe & Suffolk 24–14 [26]
2001 Cambridgeshire Maurice Miller & Tony Merrell March Conservative Surrey Ray Otley & Mark Overington Cranleigh R.B.L. 18–17
2002 Buckinghamshire Peter Picknell & Keith Hawes Iver Heath Worcestershire Mark Stones & Grant Burgess Gilt Edge 17–13
2003 Suffolk John Rednall & Clive Webb Felixstowe & Suffolk Worcestershire Simon Jones & Mark Atkins Worcester 20–10
2004 Norfolk Ian Wynter & Jamie Chestney Downham Ex-Service Bedfordshire Rhys Lee & Luke Nunn Barton-le-Clay 19–16
2005 Warwickshire Simon Gilbert & Andrew Smith Avenue, L Spa Yorkshire Scott Burrell & Mark Walton Nafferton 24–9
2006 Oxfordshire Greg Moon & Gary Lucas Banbury Borough Dorset Dave Smith & Neil Burroughs Greenhill 17–16
2007 Kent Colin Goldsmith & Gordon Charlton Sandwich Buckinghamshire Eric Smith & Peter McGuinness Gerrards Cross 22–21
2008 Suffolk Andy Meikle & Adrian Holden Felixstowe & Suffolk Cumbria John Baird & Rick Gallagher Carlisle Subscription 20–10
2009 Dorset Martin Pavey & Jamie Lockwood Dorchester Surrey Michael O'Leary & Jeff O'Leary Epsom Park 24–11
2010 Huntingdonshire Wayne Bailey & Tristan Morton White Hart Lancashire Chris Gale & Jason Parkinson (Manchester Commonwealth 22–19
2011 Worcestershire Dean Hemming & Robert Stanley Worcester Nottinghamshire Duncan Robinson & Brett Morley Trent Vale 23–11
2012 Bedfordshire Rhys Lee & Luke Nunn Barton-le-Clay Berkshire Adrian Chipper & Chris Holliday Wokingham 19–18
2013 Essex Lloyd Sabatini & Edward Morris Essex County Northumberland Steve Pallas & Chris Yeomans Gosforth 21–16
2014 Warwickshire Craig Carter & Tom Millership Rugby Lincolnshire Nick Orrey & Mathew Orrey Grantham 22–4
2015 Somerset Peter Shaw & James Amery Taunton Buckinghamshire Malcolm Drage & Dean Brookes Bletchley Town 20–16
2016 Devon Sam Tolchard & Louis Ridout Kings Torquay Herefordshire Mike Ricketts & Dan Holmes Ledbury 20–13
2017 Lincolnshire Steve Hill & Martin Spencer Royal Mail Cart Cumbria John Baird & Rick Gallagher Carlisle Subscription 20–19
2018 Somerset Neil Williams & Sam Steel Watchet Surrey Mark Dunne & Mark Jones West End 19–12 [27]
2019 Kent Jason Haskins & Roger Kendrick VCD Isle of Wight Darren Griffith & Jack Berry Shanklin 18–8 [28]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [29]
2021 Norfolk John Tufts & Wayne Willgress Norfolk BC Devon Sam Tolchard & Louis Ridout Kings, Torquay 15–6 [30]
2022 Huntingdonshire Lewis Baker & Nick Brett Brampton BC Buckinghamshire Matt Hyde & Andrew Briden Gerrards Cross 20–9 [31]
2023 Leicestershire Nick Wardle & Joe Dawson Kingscroft Essex Steve Gunnell & Edward Morris Essex County 16–15 [32]
2024 Hunts Ean Morton & Tristan Morton Parkway Warwicks Dan Box & Andrew Walters Welford-On-Avon 23–9 [33]

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