Bowls England National Championships (women's champion of champions) explained

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

History

The event started in 1989, five years after the inauguration of the equivalent men's event, the Bowls England National Championships (men's champion of champions).

Venues

• 1989–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

• 1991–1994 (Henselite)
• 2000 (National Express)
• 2005 (Thomas Cook)
• 2023–2024 (Aviva)

Past winners

Year	Champion	Club	County	Runner-up	Club	County	Ref
1989	Brenda Brown	Colchester	Essex	Jill Price	Burnham-on-Sea	Somerset	[2]
1990		Kettering Lodge	Northamptonshire		Sunbury Sports	Middlesex	[3]
1991	Kay Martin	Atherley	Hampshire	Shirley Sullivan	Woodley	Berkshire	[4]
1992	Maureen Tims	Whitnash	Warwickshire		Great Beddow	Essex	[5]
1993	Margaret Reeve	Caer Glow	Gloucestershire	Linda Jarman	Chesterton	Cambridgeshire	[6]
1994		Blackwell	Derbyshire	Pam Garden	Egham	Surrey	[7]
1995	Bridget Hay	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	Yvonne Wallington	Milton Regis	Kent	[8]
1996	Gill Fitzgerald	Kettering Lodge	Northamptonshire	Judy Fawcett	Nafferton	Yorkshire
1997	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Frances Hewitt	Bridport	Dorset	[9]
1998		Waltham Park	Lincs	Joan Crapper	Beech Hill	Bedfordshire	[10]
1999	Amy Gowshall	Waltham Park	Lincs		Norfolk BC	Norfolk
2000	Suzanne Gurr	Folkestone Park	Kent	Cindy Edmondson	Skelton	Cumbria	[11] [12]
2001	Linda Ryan	Civil Service	Kent	Diana Whittingham	Kingsway	Sussex	[13]
2002	Jane Baxter-Avison	Arnold Park	Notts		City of Ely	Cambridgeshire	[14]
2003	Amy Monkhouse	Waltham Park	Lincs	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire
2004	Amy Monkhouse	Waltham Park	Lincs	Frances Hewett	Bridport	Dorset	[15]
2005	Sue Evans	Honiton	Devon	Marilyn Gozna	Portishead RBL	Somerset	[16]
2006	Elaine Score	United Services	Essex	Christine Pearson	Moreton-in-Marsh	Gloucestershire	[17]
2007	Amy Monkhouse	Waltham Park	Lincs	Joyce Hadfield	St Austell	Cornwall
2008	Rebecca Smith	Clock House	Essex	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire
2009	Amy Monkhouse	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	Natalie Melmore	Kings Torquay	Devon
2010	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Amy Monkhouse	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	[18]
2011	Lynne Bowen	Broadway	Worcestershire	Jo Skelton	Stute	Derbyshire
2012	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	Caroline Campion	Banbury Central	Oxfordshire
2013	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	Julie Leake	Poole Park	Dorset
2014	Helen McDermaid	Watchet	Somerset	Jean Stephens	Newmarket Avenue	Cambridgeshire
2015	Donna Brookes	Bletchley Town	Buckinghamshire	Carol Dixon	New Lount	Leicestershire
2016	Rebecca Wigfield	Desborough Town	Northamptonshire	Elaine Score	The Springhouse	Essex
2017	Ellen Falkner	Littleport	Cambridgeshire	Kirsty Hembrow	Taunton Deane	Somerset
2018	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	[19]
2019	Ellen Falkner	Littleport	Cambridgeshire	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	[20]
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	[21]
2021	Ellen Falkner MBE	Littleport	Cambridgeshire	Stef Branfield	Clevedon	Somerset	[22]
2022		Poole Park	Dorset	Sue Allen	Swinton	Yorkshire	[23]
2023	Annalisa Dunham	Carters Park	Lincs	Donna Rock	Sherborne	Dorset	[24]
2024	Stef Branfield	Clevedon	Som	Sue Allen	Swinton	Yorks	[25]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
2. News: 'Shaw claims her seventh national title' (1989) . 7 Aug 1989 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 29 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
3. News: Jones, D.R. (1990) 'Fitzgerald excels once more' . 9 Aug 1990 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 33 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
4. News: Bowls . Birmingham Mail . 5 August 1991 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
5. News: Results at a glance . Grimsby Daily Telegraph . 3 August 1992 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
6. News: 'For the Record' . 2 Aug 1993 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 20 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
7. News: Bowls . Liverpool Daily Post . 1 August 1994 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
8. News: Bridget chats her way to title . Western Daily Press . 7 August 1995 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
9. News: For the Record . 11 Aug 1997 . The Times . 27 Aug 2023 . 36 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
10. News: 'Gowshall powers to title' (1998) . 10 Aug 1998 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 24 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
11. News: 'For the record' . 14 Aug 2000 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 34 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
12. News: Gurr in great form . Aberdeen Evening Express . 14 August 2000 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2024.
13. News: Jones, D.R. (2001) 'Ryan reigns supreme at Leamington' . 13 Aug 2001 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 37 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
14. News: The results service . 12 Aug 2002 . The Times . 21 Aug 2023 . 37 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
15. News: 'The Results Service' . 5 Aug 2004 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 41 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
16. News: 'The Results Service' . 6 Aug 2005 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 88 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
17. News: 'The Results Service' . 12 Aug 2006 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 83 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
18. News: 'Hawes on a high' . 9 Sep 2010 . The Times . 24 Aug 2023 . 60 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
19. Web site: 2018 Champion of Champions. Bowls England.
20. Web site: 2019 Champion of Champions. Bowls England.
21. Web site: Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak. Bowls England.
22. Web site: Daily Round Up. Bowls England. 28 August 2021.
23. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Bowls England . 11 September 2022.
24. Web site: 2023 National Championships Women's cofc . Bowls England . 15 August 2023.
25. Web site: 2024 National Championships women's cofc . Bowls England . 28 August 2024.