Bowls England National Championships (women's pairs)

The women's pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.

Venues 1932–1933 (Blackheath & Greenwich Club) 1934–1934 (Balham Constitutional Bowls Club) 1935–1936 (Pitshanger Park, Ealing) 1937–1974 (Wimbledon Park) 1975–present (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–present (Aviva)

Past winners YearChampionClubCountyRunner-upClubCountyRef1932 Mrs Roberts & Mrs Craxford Southgate Middlesex & 1933 Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel Tigg Waddon Residents Surrey Mrs Fry & Clara Johns Cavendish Eastbourne Sussex1934 Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel Tigg Waddon Residents Surrey Miss Meill & Mrs Woodcock Southbourne Sussex1935 Mrs Hopwell & Mrs Palmer Hilly Fields Kent Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick Newton Abbot Devon1936 Mrs Merralls & Mrs Hallett Tunbridge Wells Kent Mrs Batsford & Mrs Shewan Temple Fortune Middlesex1937 Louisa King & Mrs E. M. Privett Waddon ResidentsSurrey Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick Newton Abbot Devon1938 Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick Newton Abbot Devon Mrs Batsford & Mrs Shewan Temple Fortune Middlesex1939 Mrs Graham & Madge Haynes Rosehill Surrey Mrs Thornberry & Mrs Cordell New Milton Hampshire 1940–1945 No competition due to war1946 Mrs C. D. Franklin & Mrs Mew Motspur Park Surrey Mrs W. Harris & Mrs J. Barnwell Bilton Road Warwicks1947 Mrs Monkcom & Mrs Stoat Ilford Essex Mrs F.J. Pearce & Mrs C. Read Lymington Hampshire1948 Mrs E. Joyes & Mrs D. Coleman Sheen Surrey Mrs Chamberlain & Mrs Reeves White Hall Essex1949 Winnie Winslow & Gladys Holmes Salisbury Wiltshire Mrs Horne & Mrs Houghton Southampton Hampshire1950 Mrs F. N. Dickinson & Mrs A. Broughton Sidmouth Devon Mrs Crawford & Mrs Bell Horden Welfare Durham1951 Mrs C. Gipson & Louisa Coxall Sittingbourne Kent Mrs D. Coleman & Mrs E. Joyes Sheen Surrey1952 Olive Tomblin & Mrs M. Bannister Racecourse Northampton Northants Maude Ford & Ellen Whyte-Rickard Moorsdown Hants1953 Marjorie Colley & Joan ColleyTorbay Devon Elsie Baldwin & Florence Smith Avenue Leamington Warwicks1954Winnie Winslow & Gladys Holmes Salisbury Wiltshire Elsie Cornish & Mable Damon Strawberry Hill Middlesex1955 Kathleen McDowall & Mrs Hallatt RedlandGloucs Ada Casewell & Annie Beath Zetland Park Yorks1956 Mrs R. Evans & Mrs L. Johnson Folkestone Park Kent Mrs F Turner & Miss R Mattock Nailsworth Gloucs1957 Mrs M D Munn & Mrs H R Gibson Loxford Essex Mrs B Herbert & Mrs E Clarke Oadby Leics 1958 Mrs M Goodman & E Youldon Tavistock, Sir Francis Drake Devon Mrs A Welshman & R M B Robertson Muswell HillMiddlesex1959 Dorothy Winterburn & Lena Careswell Hornsey Middlesex Molly Butters & Peggy Spowart Cowpen & Crofton Northumberland1960 Lilian Bufton & Minnie Powell Tally Ho Warwicks Monica Astle & Doreen Clark Lakeside Notts1961 Jess Freeman & Ethel Wilson Kettering Northants Mrs C Bloomfield & K Hassell Scunthorpe Lincs1962 Mrs F A Morgan & V C Boyle Hastings & St Leonards Sussex Mrs V Broome & M Noyes Island Bohemian Berks1963 Mrs L Stewart & K Fairbairn Banister Park Hampshire Mrs A Turnbull & M Wainwright Beech Park Surrey1964 Violet Stevens & Mavis Steele Watling Middlesex Ivy Kelly & Winnie Hollow Newton Abbott Devon1965 Eleanor Routledge & Lily Wise SillothCumberland Winifred Smith & Daphne Leese Pymm Middlesex1966Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis Derrick Magdalen Park Surrey Phyllis Angove & Edith Ferry Newquay Cornwall1967 Mrs F Lewis & M Pickvance Sun Herts Ada Watson & Margaret Morrison West Bridgford Notts1968 Mrs R. Crutchley & Mrs I. Oliver Danson Park Kent Mrs H. Welch & Mrs E. Bridgewater Zetland Park Yorkshire1969 Mrs D Barclay & F E Jarvis Northdown Kent Mrs E Knight & M Rice Peterborough Northants1970 Mrs B Tregonning & Daphne Leese Hornsey Middlesex Mrs E Carter & D Lower Hurstpierpoint Sussex1971 Mary Bartlett & Mavis Steele Watling Middlesex Mrs R Hanger & A Wright Kettering Services Northants1972 Mrs M Light & L Parkhurst Hampshire Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis Derrick Magdalen Park Surrey1973 Betty Norbury & Ivy Burns Avenue Warwicks Mrs H Garner & T Barton South Norwood Surrey1974 Mrs P Mortimer & Winnie Hollow Newton AbbotDevon Mrs D Sands & Esther Stanberry Spalding CastleLincolnshire1975 Joan Hunt & Betty Taylor Atherley Hampshire Alice Bates & Jean Allcock Goodwood Leicestershire1976 Margaret Lockwood & Irene Molyneux Oxford City & County Oxfordshire Jean Valls & Chris WessierRaynes Park Surrey1977 Evelyn Scorer & Ethel Rutherford Whitley Northumberland Elsie Clempson & Peggy NashWendover Bucks1978 Anne Pascoe & Gloria Thomas Helston Cornwall Wynne Anderson & Joan Sparkes Central Park Essex1979 Anita Kaye & Alice Steventon Torbay Devon Mrs B Hall & G Lamb Edmonton Middlesex1980 Mary Burnett & Norma Shaw Stockton Durham Doris Etchells & Margaret Allan Courtfield Carlisle Cumbria1981 Sophia Simmons & Iris Smith Watford Herts Mary Pepper & Joan Curtis Yatton Somerset1982 Chris Wessier & Jean Valls Raynes Park Surrey Wendy Clarke & Enid FairhallSouthampton Hampshire1983 Chris Wessier & Jean Valls Raynes Park Surrey Sally Batchelor & Kathy Coles Falcon ChelmsfordEssex1984 Anne Pascoe & Eileen PerrettPlymouth Hoe DevonPam Davies & Joy Adamson Croydon Surrey1985 Dorothy Lewis & Pip GreenOadby Leicestershire Vera Booth & Maureen Timms Whitnash Warwickshire1986 Freda Brown & Gladys Lye Townsend Herts Mary Brill & Sheila Jones Bridport Dorset1987 Pamela Hood & Betty Annison Norwich Norfolk Betty Johnson & Norma Shaw Stockton Durham1988 Margaret Elliott & Mavis WellingtonKingsbridge Devon Sylvia Francis & Mary AtkinsonBroomfield Middlesex1989 Betty Johnson & Norma Shaw StocktonDurham Hilary Cooke & Jean Pindar Springfield Park Yorkshire1990 Maureen Christmas & Jenny Tunbridge Chesterton Cambridgeshire Margaret Bonsor & Jean Baker Alfreton Derbyshire1991 Dora Farman & Joan Campbell Tonbridge Kent Jackie Turner & Brenda AthertonCarlton Conway Notts1992 Joyce Morgan & June Larter Chesterton Cambridgeshire Anita de-Meza & Jan Stern Harrow Middlesex1993 June Boosey & Kay Havord Hatfield Herts Ann Dennis & Carol Branchett Milton Regis Kent1994 Joan Carpenter & Rhona Darling PortsmouthHants Mabel Hodge & Jan Stern Northolt Middlesex1995 Norma Beales & Mary Price Burnham Bucks Jenny Moore & Wendy Barnard Brixham Devon1996 Gail Fitzgerald & Audrey Moore Haynes Park Hornchurch Essex Sheila Jones & Sue Hawkesworth Bridport Dorset1997 Ann Beale & Carol Duckworth Braintree Essex Deborah Healey & Sharon Rickman Raynes Park Surrey1998 Maureen Monkton & Edna Bessell Yeovil Somerset Helen Tuohy & Pat Launders Shepherd's Bush Middlesex1999 Jean Morris & Jill Edson Park Lincolnshire Pam Davis & Joy Adamson Croydon Essex2000 Pauline Morgan & Sue Lagdon Minehead Somerset Mary Taylor & Kay Kerley Oakley Hampshire2001 Audrey Stephens & Chris GriggBournvill Warwickshire Rosemary Spetch & Wendy Hardy Poole Park Dorset2002 Linda Smith & Tracy Powell Leominster Herefordshire Brenda Brown & Liz Tunn Colchester Essex2003 Jennie Groves & Jane Baxter-AvisonArnold Park Nottinghamshire Kim Smith & Pat McCumiskey Purley Bury Surrey2004 Jean Simmons & Maureen TimsLeamington Spa Warwickshire Ann Parker & Sylvia Offler Forest OaksNottinghamshire2005 Sarah Newsom & Catherine Popple Peterborough Huntingdonshire Wendy King & Sandy Hazell Milton Regis Kent2006 Val Osmond & Sue Latham Ardagh Gloucestershire Linda Smith & Tracy PowellLeominster Herefordshire2007 Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerCity of Ely Cambridgeshire Jane Baldwin & Michelle BarlowSt Ives Huntingdonshire2008 Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner City of ElyCambridgeshire Ruth Rogers & Natalie Melmore Kings TorquayDevon2009Lynne Bowen & Jean BakerBlackwell Derbyshire Rosemary Addison & Jayne ChristieSt Neots Cambridgeshire2010Oriole Hocking & Sandra ParkerSilloth Cumbria Sharon Kitchener & Sally Butcher Felixstowe & SuffolkSuffolk2011Christine Gowshall & Amy GowshallCleethorpes Lincolnshire Hannah Overton & Michelle BarlowWhittlesey Manor Huntingdonshire2012Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerSt Neots Cambridgeshire Katherine Rednall & Margaret InsleyFelixstowe & Suffolk Suffolk2013Rosemary Corney & Brenda PlumptonAlton Social Hampshire Lynne Bowen & Sue DaviesBroadway Worcestershire2014Lynda Smith & Tracey PowellLeominster Herefordshire Sophie Tolchard & Natalie MelmoreKings Torquay Devon2015Donna Knight & Katherine HawesOxford City & County Oxfordshire Linda Churchman & Cheryl SalisburyLittleport Cambridgeshire2016Sophie Tolchard & Natalie Chestney Kings TorquayDevon Cassidy Lenton & Harriet StevensKings Torquay Devon2017 Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner Littleport Cambridgeshire Sue Cooke & Alex Jacobs Box Wiltshire2018 Suzanne Cotton & Diana Jones Kingston Yorkshire Hazel Marke & Margaret Holden Alton SocialHampshire2019 Sheila Plaskitt & Penny StrongDunholmeLincolnshire Emma Cooper & Natalie Chestney Kings Torquay Devon2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic2021 Katy Smith & Lucy SmithWestlecot Wiltshire Margaret Smith & Sharmishta PatelSutton Surrey2022 Sophie Tolchard & Harriet StevensKings Torquay Devon Tracey Johnson & Joanne Rowe Borough of Eye Suffolk2023 Carol Gaskins & Donna GrantOxford City & County OxfordshireGill Grantham & Alison SpreadboroughSir Francis Drake Devon2024 Katherine Hawes-Watts & Lorraine KuhlerOxford City & CountyOxonCaroline Cullum & Amy PharaohCleethorpesLincs2025 Caroline Cullum & Amy PharaohCleethorpesLincsLauren Selway & Emma CooperKingsDevon

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