The women's pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1][2]

Venues

  • 1932–1933 (Blackheath & Greenwich Club)
  • 1934–1934 (Balham Constitutional Bowls Club)
  • 1935–1936 (Pitshanger Park, Ealing)
  • 1937–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
  • 1975–2023 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

Past winners

Year Champion Club County Runner-up Club County Ref
1932Mrs Roberts & Mrs CraxfordSouthgateMiddlesex&
1933Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel TiggWaddon ResidentsSurreyMrs Fry & Clara JohnsCavendish EastbourneSussex[3]
1934Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel TiggWaddon ResidentsSurreyMiss Meill & Mrs WoodcockSouthbourneSussex[4]
1935Mrs Hopwell & Mrs PalmerHilly FieldsKentViolet Howard & Mrs M E QuickNewton AbbotDevon[5]
1936Mrs Merralls & Mrs HallettTunbridge WellsKentMrs Batsford & Mrs ShewanTemple FortuneMiddlesex[6]
1937Louisa King & Mrs E. M. PrivettWaddon ResidentsSurreyViolet Howard & Mrs M E QuickNewton AbbotDevon[7]
1938Violet Howard & Mrs M E QuickNewton AbbotDevonMrs Batsford & Mrs ShewanTemple FortuneMiddlesex[8]
1939Mrs Graham & Madge HaynesRosehillSurreyMrs Thornberry & Mrs CordellNew MiltonHampshire[9]
1940–1945 No competition due to war
1946Mrs C. D. Franklin & Mrs MewMotspur ParkSurreyMrs W. Harris & Mrs J. BarnwellBilton RoadWarwicks[10]
1947Mrs Monkcom & Mrs StoatIlfordEssexMrs F.J. Pearce & Mrs C. ReadLymingtonHampshire[11]
1948Mrs E. Joyes & Mrs D. ColemanSheenSurreyMrs Chamberlain & Mrs ReevesWhite HallEssex[12]
1949Winnie Winslow & Gladys HolmesSalisburyWiltshireMrs Horne & Mrs HoughtonSouthamptonHampshire[13]
1950Mrs F. N. Dickinson & Mrs A. BroughtonSidmouthDevonMrs Crawford & Mrs BellHorden WelfareDurham[14]
1951Mrs C. Gipson & Louisa CoxallSittingbourneKentMrs D. Coleman & Mrs E. JoyesSheenSurrey[15]
1952Olive Tomblin & Mrs M. BannisterRacecourse NorthamptonNorthantsMaude Ford & Ellen Whyte-RickardMoorsdownHants[16]
1953Marjorie Colley & Joan ColleyTorbayDevonElsie Baldwin & Florence SmithAvenue LeamingtonWarwicks[17]
1954Winnie Winslow & Gladys HolmesSalisburyWiltshireElsie Cornish & Mable DamonStrawberry HillMiddlesex[18]
1955Kathleen McDowall & Mrs HallattRedlandGloucsAda Casewell & Annie BeathZetland ParkYorks[19]
1956Mrs R. Evans & Mrs L. JohnsonFolkestone ParkKentMrs F Turner & Miss R MattockNailsworthGloucs[20]
1957Mrs M D Munn & Mrs H R GibsonLoxfordEssexMrs B Herbert & Mrs E ClarkeOadbyLeics[21]
1958Mrs M Goodman & E YouldonTavistock, Sir Francis DrakeDevonMrs A Welshman & R M B RobertsonMuswell HillMiddlesex
1959Dorothy Winterburn & Lena CareswellHornseyMiddlesexMolly Butters & Peggy SpowartCowpen & CroftonNorthumberland[22]
1960Lilian Bufton & Minnie PowellTally HoWarwicksMonica Astle & Doreen ClarkLakesideNotts[23]
1961Jess Freeman & Ethel WilsonKetteringNorthantsMrs C Bloomfield & K HassellScunthorpeLincs
1962Mrs F A Morgan & V C BoyleHastings & St LeonardsSussexMrs V Broome & M NoyesIsland BohemianBerks
1963Mrs L Stewart & K FairbairnBanister ParkHampshireMrs A Turnbull & M WainwrightBeech ParkSurrey[24]
1964Violet Stevens & Mavis SteeleWatlingMiddlesexIvy Kelly & Winnie HollowNewton AbbottDevon[25]
1965Eleanor Routledge & Lily WiseSillothCumberlandWinifred Smith & Daphne LeesePymmMiddlesex
1966Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis DerrickMagdalen ParkSurreyPhyllis Angove & Edith FerryNewquayCornwall[26]
1967Mrs F Lewis & M PickvanceSunHertsAda Watson & Margaret MorrisonWest BridgfordNotts
1968Mrs R. Crutchley & Mrs I. OliverDanson ParkKentMrs H. Welch & Mrs E. BridgewaterZetland ParkYorkshire[27]
1969Mrs D Barclay & F E JarvisNorthdownKentMrs E Knight & M RicePeterboroughNorthants[28]
1970Mrs B Tregonning & Daphne LeeseHornseyMiddlesexMrs E Carter & D LowerHurstpierpointSussex[29]
1971Mary Bartlett & Mavis SteeleWatlingMiddlesexMrs R Hanger & A WrightKettering ServicesNorthants[30]
1972Mrs M Light & L ParkhurstHampshireHelen O'Donnell & Phyllis DerrickMagdalen ParkSurrey[31]
1973Betty Norbury & Ivy BurnsAvenueWarwicksMrs H Garner & T BartonSouth NorwoodSurrey
1974Mrs P Mortimer & Winnie HollowNewton AbbotDevonMrs D Sands & Esther StanberrySpalding CastleLincolnshire
1975Joan Hunt & Betty TaylorAtherleyHampshireAlice Bates & Jean AllcockGoodwoodLeicestershire[32]
1976Margaret Lockwood & Irene MolyneuxOxford City & CountyOxfordshireJean Valls & Chris WessierRaynes ParkSurrey
1977Evelyn Scorer & Ethel RutherfordWhitleyNorthumberlandElsie Clempson & Peggy NashWendoverBucks[33]
1978Anne Pascoe & Gloria ThomasHelstonCornwallWynne Anderson & Joan SparkesCentral ParkEssex[34]
1979Anita Kaye & Alice SteventonTorbayDevonMrs B Hall & G LambEdmontonMiddlesex
1980Mary Burnett & Norma ShawStocktonDurhamDoris Etchells & Margaret AllanCourtfield CarlisleCumbria[35]
1981Sophia Simmons & Iris SmithWatfordHertsMary Pepper & Joan CurtisYattonSomerset
1982Chris Wessier & Jean VallsRaynes ParkSurreyWendy Clarke & Enid FairhallSouthamptonHampshire[36]
1983Chris Wessier & Jean VallsRaynes ParkSurreySally Batchelor & Kathy ColesFalcon ChelmsfordEssex[37]
1984Anne Pascoe & Eileen PerrettPlymouth HoeDevonPam Davies & Joy AdamsonCroydonSurrey[38]
1985Dorothy Lewis & Pip GreenOadbyLeicestershireVera Booth & Maureen TimmsWhitnashWarwickshire[39]
1986Freda Brown & Gladys LyeTownsendHertsMary Brill & Sheila JonesBridportDorset[40]
1987Pamela Hood & Betty AnnisonNorwichNorfolkBetty Johnson & Norma ShawStocktonDurham
1988Margaret Elliott & Mavis WellingtonKingsbridgeDevonSylvia Francis & Mary AtkinsonBroomfieldMiddlesex[41]
1989Betty Johnson & Norma ShawStocktonDurhamHilary Cooke & Jean PindarSpringfield ParkYorkshire
1990Maureen Christmas & Jenny TunbridgeChestertonCambridgeshireMargaret Bonsor & Jean BakerAlfretonDerbyshire[42]
1991Dora Farman & Joan CampbellTonbridgeKentJackie Turner & Brenda AthertonCarlton ConwayNotts[43]
1992Joyce Morgan & June LarterChestertonCambridgeshireAnita de-Meza & Jan SternHarrowMiddlesex[44]
1993June Boosey & Kay HavordHatfieldHertsAnn Dennis & Carol BranchettMilton RegisKent[45]
1994Joan Carpenter & Rhona DarlingPortsmouthHantsMabel Hodge & Jan SternNortholtMiddlesex[46]
1995Norma Beales & Mary PriceBurnhamBucksJenny Moore & Wendy BarnardBrixhamDevon[47]
1996Gail Fitzgerald & Audrey MooreHaynes Park HornchurchEssexSheila Jones & Sue HawkesworthBridportDorset[48]
1997Ann Beale & Carol DuckworthBraintreeEssexDeborah Healey & Sharon RickmanRaynes ParkSurrey[49]
1998Maureen Monkton & Edna BessellYeovilSomersetHelen Tuohy & Pat LaundersShepherd's BushMiddlesex[50]
1999Jean Morris & Jill EdsonParkLincolnshirePam Davis & Joy AdamsonCroydonEssex[51]
2000Pauline Morgan & Sue LagdonMineheadSomersetMary Taylor & Kay KerleyOakleyHampshire[52]
2001Audrey Stephens & Chris GriggBournvillWarwickshireRosemary Spetch & Wendy HardyPoole ParkDorset[53]
2002Linda Smith & Tracy PowellLeominsterHerefordshireBrenda Brown & Liz TunnColchesterEssex[54]
2003Jennie Groves & Jane Baxter-AvisonArnold ParkNottinghamshireKim Smith & Pat McCumiskeyPurley BurySurrey
2004Jean Simmons & Maureen TimsLeamington SpaWarwickshireAnn Parker & Sylvia OfflerForest OaksNottinghamshire[55]
2005Sarah Newsom & Catherine PopplePeterboroughHuntingdonshireWendy King & Sandy HazellMilton RegisKent[56]
2006Val Osmond & Sue LathamArdaghGloucestershireLinda Smith & Tracy PowellLeominsterHerefordshire
2007Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerCity of ElyCambridgeshireJane Baldwin & Michelle BarlowSt IvesHuntingdonshire[57]
2008Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerCity of ElyCambridgeshireRuth Rogers & Natalie MelmoreKings TorquayDevon[58]
2009Lynne Bowen & Jean BakerBlackwellDerbyshireRosemary Addison & Jayne ChristieSt NeotsCambridgeshire[58]
2010Oriole Hocking & Sandra ParkerSillothCumbriaSharon Kitchener & Sally ButcherFelixstowe & SuffolkSuffolk[58]
2011Christine Gowshall & Amy GowshallCleethorpesLincolnshireHannah Overton & Michelle BarlowWhittlesey ManorHuntingdonshire[58]
2012Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerSt NeotsCambridgeshireKatherine Rednall & Margaret InsleyFelixstowe & SuffolkSuffolk[58]
2013Rosemary Corney & Brenda PlumptonAlton SocialHampshireLynne Bowen & Sue DaviesBroadwayWorcestershire[58]
2014Lynda Smith & Tracey PowellLeominsterHerefordshireSophie Tolchard & Natalie MelmoreKings TorquayDevon[58]
2015Donna Knight & Katherine HawesOxford City & CountyOxfordshireLinda Churchman & Cheryl SalisburyLittleportCambridgeshire[58]
2016Sophie Tolchard & Natalie ChestneyKings TorquayDevonCassidy Lenton & Harriet StevensKings TorquayDevon[58]
2017Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerLittleportCambridgeshireSue Cooke & Alex JacobsBoxWiltshire[59]
2018Suzanne Cotton & Diana JonesKingstonYorkshireHazel Marke & Margaret HoldenAlton SocialHampshire[60]
2019Sheila Plaskitt & Penny StrongDunholmeLincolnshireEmma Cooper & Natalie ChestneyKings TorquayDevon[61]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic[62]
2021Katy Smith & Lucy SmithWestlecotWiltshireMargaret Smith & Sharmishta PatelSuttonSurrey[63]
2022Sophie Tolchard & Harriet StevensKings TorquayDevonTracey Johnson & Joanne RoweBorough of EyeSuffolk[64]
2023Carol Gaskins & Donna GrantOxford City & CountyOxfordshireGill Grantham & Alison SpreadboroughSir Francis DrakeDevon[65]

References

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  2. ↑ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publications Ltd, Nottingham (pre ISBN).
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  60. ↑ "2018 pairs results" (PDF). Bowls England.
  61. ↑ "2019 pairs results" (PDF). Bowls England.
  62. ↑ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
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