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

Year Champion Runner-up Score Ref
1974 Clarice Reynolds (Nottinghamshire) [3]
1975 Mrs G Burrell (Sussex)
1976 Mrs A Shipton (Dorset)
1977 Miss E Ward (Surrey)
1978 Mrs D. Smith (Lincolnshire) Mrs P. Cobourne (Cambs) 21–20 [4]
1979 Mrs N Caudle (Gloucestershire)
1980 Mrs S Hurley (Cornwall)
1981 Mrs H. Goddard (Gloucestershire) J. Messenger (Cumbria) [5]
1982 Joyce Duller (Cambridgeshire) Mary Simmonds (Suffolk) 21–10 [6]
1983 Mrs K Steer (Warwicks)
1984 Hilda Hill (Warwicks) Freda Swanwick (Lincs) 21–18 [7]
1985 Mrs A Joyner (Somerset) Joyce Ward (Norfolk) 21–20 [8]
1986 Mrs K Green (Hampshire) Jean Gilbert (Northants) [9]
1987 Doreen Fletcher (Hampshire) Noreen Wardell (Surrey) 21–18 [10]
1988 Christine Sissons (Yorkshire) Gwen Daniel (Cornwall) 21–17 [11]
1989 Sylvia Parker (Northants) Joyce Collins (Sussex) 21–17 [12]
1990 Iris Roberts (Bedfordshire) Margaret Ketley (Hertfordshire) 21–11 [13]
1991 A Kerslake (Hertfordshire) S Langdon (Somerset)
1992 Mavis Steele (Middx) Jean Woodrough (Wilts) [14]
1993 G Lloyd (Worcestershire) D Hutton (Durham)
1994 Margaret Dyer (Somerset) Maria Shuttleworth (Northumberland)
1995 June Foster (Yorkshire) Rosemary Ludar-Smith (Essex)
1996 Margaret Dyer (Somerset) Pam Jones (Surrey) [15]
1997 Wendy Barnard (Devon) Daphne Pratt (Hertfordshire) 21–10 [16]
1998 Wendy Barnard (Devon) Joan Mason (Durham)
1999 Rosemary Ludar-Smith (Essex) Elizabeth Garrity (Cumbria)
2000 Daphne Pratt (Hertfordshire) Doreen Smith (Cambridgeshire)
2001 Sue Springell (Buckinghamshire) Nova Edwards (Somerset)
2002 Elizabeth Garrity (Cumbria) Carol Penson (Oxfordshire)
2003 Sandra Maguire (Nottinghamshire) Gloria Thomas (Cornwall)
2004 Val Ayres (Gloucestershire) Wendy Anderson (Wiltshire)
2005 Wendy Anderson (Wiltshire) Di Wilkinson (Warwickshire)
2006 Janet Scott (Warwickshire) Val Bingley (Essex)
2007 Janet Hardiy (Wiltshire) Sue Harriott (Devon)
2008 Jayne Roylance (Norfolk) Ann Anderson (Durham)
2009 Teresa Pearson (Durham) Andrea Dickinson (Suffolk)
2010 Wendy Davies (Sussex) Pauline Proud (Isle of Wight)
2011 Liz Garrity (Cumbria) Carol Gaskins (Oxfordshire)
2012 Sue Davies (Worcestershire) Sue Springell (Buckinghamshire)
2013 Moira Self (Suffolk) Pauline Proud (Isle of Wight)
2014 Alex Jacobs (Wiltshire) Sue Latham (Gloucestershire)
2015 Alex Jacobs (Wiltshire) Eleanor Benvie (Lancashire)
2016 Ann Anderson (Durham) Bet Aubrey (Berkshire)
2017 Jenny Dempsey (Northamptonshire) Brenda Bowyer (Essex)
2018 Sue Allen (Yorkshire) Andrea Dickinson (Norfolk) [17]
2019 Rachel 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]

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. ^ "Waverley pair go through". Nottingham Evening Post. 20 September 1975. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Bowls". Cambridge Daily News. 23 September 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Bowls". Daily Mirror. 17 September 1981. Retrieved 20 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. ^ "Bowls". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 17 September 1984. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "So close". Lynn Advertiser. 20 September 1985. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Jean pipped to top title". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 17 September 1986. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. pp. 120–121. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  11. ^ Newby, Donald (1989). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 89. Telegraph Publications. pp. 163–165. ISBN 0-330-31093-3.
  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. ^ "Duo earn national glory". Surrey Herald. 24 September 1992. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Golden oldies almost double goldies". Clevedon Mercury. 19 September 1996. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Golden oldies almost double goldies". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 17 September 1997. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "2018 Senior Singles" (PDF). Bowls England.
  18. ^ "2019 Senior Singles" (PDF). Bowls England.
  19. ^ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  20. ^ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  21. ^ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  22. ^ "2023 National Championships women's senior singles". Bowls England. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  23. ^ "2024 National Championships men's senior singles". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2024.