Bowls England National Championships (men's senior pairs)
Appearance
English National Bowls Championships | ||
---|---|---|
Men elite | singles | singles 2w |
singlesCC | pairs | |
triples | fours | |
Women elite | singles | singles 2w |
singlesCC | pairs | |
triples | fours | |
Men junior | singles | pairs |
Women junior | singles | pairs |
Men senior | singles | pairs |
fours | ||
Women senior | singles | pairs |
fours | ||
Men team | Middleton | Balcomb |
WhiteRose | TopClub | |
2Fours | ||
Women team | Johns | Walker |
AmyRose | TopClub | |
Mixed | Pairs | Fours |
The men's senior pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]
The event is for men aged 55 and over on 1 April in the year of competition. Until 1988 it was for over 60s.[2]
Past winners
[edit]Year | Champions | County | Runners-up | County | Score | Ref |
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1974 | Frank Farey & Arthur Parkin | Middx | [3] | |||
1975 | Bill Stowe & Fred Jenkins | Warwicks | Arthur Green & Les Banks | Sussex | 20–15 | [4] |
1976 | Les Traves & Ivor Boys | Kent | Eric Thulborn & Alf Page | Cambs | [5] | |
1977 | E. Rayner & Fred Summers | Worcs | [6] | |||
1978 | F. Ash & H. Stevenson | Surrey | [7] | |||
1979 | E. C. Weston & E. C. Websell | Hants | ||||
1980 | G. C. Collinson & W. Hughes | Glocs | ||||
1981 | J. Adams & A. Whitehead | Bucks | ||||
1982 | Jim Grigor & Bernard Read | Lincs | Middx | 24–11 | [8] | |
1983 | T. S. Fenn & A. P. Lucas | Suffolk | ||||
1984 | Wilf Firby & Harry Wadham | Som | John Nunn & Peter Hills | Suffolk | 21–20 | [9][10] |
1985 | B. Walker & R. Kivell | Devon | ||||
1986 | ||||||
1987 | Reg Theobald & Cyril Morgan | Middx | Joe Hughes & Raymond Wall | Northumb | 19-18 | [11] |
1988 | Alfred Baylis & Tony Russell | Worcs | Bev Thompson & Cecil Exton | Wilts | 25-16 | [12] |
1989 | Cyril Bowers & Derek Mee | Notts | Gordon Townsend & Harry Reynolds | Warwicks | 27-16 | [13][14] |
1990 | Reg Jackson & Barney Fernandes | Wilts | Ray Watson & Reg Paine | Middx | 22-12 | [15] |
1991 | Ken Manderson & Peter Line | Hants | T. C. Clipston & Terry James | Northants | 25-22 | |
1992 | R. S. Bell & J. Stothard | Durham | W. D. Gee & D. Lewis | Bucks | 20-9 | |
1993 | Ken Manderson & Peter Line | Hants | Edward Hayward & Walter Hayward | Sussex | 23-11 | [16] |
1994 | Brian Arnold & Don Griffin | Hunts | Henry Booth & Alan Leach | Lancs | 15-14 | [17] |
1995 | F. A. Palmer & K. Broughton | Sussex | N. Chamberlain & W. Faulkner | Herts | 20-16 | |
1996 | Bernard Walsham & Alan Walsham | Lincs | Ken Wardle & Robert Burch | Devon | 17-16 | [18] |
1997 | Arthur Peacock & Luke Went | Essex | Michael Truran & Ian Gooding | Sussex | 28-8 | |
1998 | Pat Pinnegar & Roy Hennessy | Glocs/Som | Brian Miller & Dennis Alderton | Sussex | 22-16 | |
1999 | Michael Haywood & John Godden | Leics | Derek Balfour & Peter Bryant | Berks | 20-14 | [19] |
2000 | Chris Reynolds & Ian Watson | Sussex | Douglas Bale & Derek James | Devon | 24-11 | |
2001 | F. Smith & R. Walters | Cornwall | D. Weston & D. Crowson | Northants | 23-20 | |
2002 | David Macey & David Hynard | Som | Pat Riley & Lyn James | Essex | 28-18 | |
2003 | Alan Waite & Peter Picknell | Bucks | Robert Clews & David Snell | Wilts | 22-21 | |
2004 | Ken Marsh & Barry Bendall | Hants | J. Wilson & M. Crafer | Essex | 27-11 | |
2005 | Attilio Ciampini & Robert Yeamans | Middx | B. Nicholls & J. Dobson | Hants | 29-8 | |
2006 | John Crabb & Barry Patterson | Dorset | Alan Cawdell & Len Wildman | Herts | 20–17 | |
2007 | William Hamilton & Brian Pigott | Warwicks | Gordon Niven & Graham Booth | Lancs | 30–15 | |
2008 | Vic Cole & Malcolm Stark | Essex | Keith Corris & Keith Corris | Cornwall | 21–20 | |
2009 | Don Sheriff & Peter Adams | Herts | Roger Martin & Tony Scarr | Hunts | 27–11 | |
2010 | David Welsh & James Morley | Sussex | David McManus & Anthony Little | Cumbria | 25–21 | |
2011 | David Parr & Charlie Gay | Cornwall | John Abson & Alan Cawdell | Herts | 19–13 | |
2012 | Richard Hall & Adrian Burbridge | Worcs | Eddie Hughes & Ray Breame | Cumbria | 25–8 | |
2013 | David Snell, Mel Biggs & Paul Sloman | Wilts | Robert Fuller & John Haines | Northants | 20–18 | |
2014 | Les Jinks & Dave Brennan | Derbyshire | Alan Ley & Mike Peterson | Oxon | 20–18 | |
2015 | David Snell & Mel Biggs | Wilts | Barry Williams & Tony Aubrey | Berks | 26–13 | |
2016 | John Bell & Rick Gallagher | Cumbria | Roy Burnett & David Hanger | Dorset | 21–14 | |
2017 | Dave Labrum & Malcolm Drage | Bucks | Ian Watson & Keith Holman | Sussex | 23–16 | |
2018 | Paul Comley & Colin Whitehead | Oxon | Ronnie Thomas & Kevin Williams | Cornwall | 24–7 | |
2019 | Dave Labrum & Malcolm Drage | Bucks | Martin Smith & Mark Atkins | Herefords | 22–15 | [20] |
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | [21] | |||||
2021 | Stuart Stephens & Jim Garner | Dorset | Howard Watts & Raymond Gaskins | Oxfordshire | 17–10 | [22] |
2022 | Steve Smith & Graham Ashby | Warwicks | Steve Parr & Ken Weyand | Kent | 19–6 | [23] |
2023 | Philip Russell & Jerry Rumball | Herts | Michael Jelfs & Phillip Gladden | Oxfordshire | 27–3 | [24] |
2024 | Ken Sawyer & Tim Bloomer | Glocs | Richard Spriggs & Steve Gunnell | Essex | 22–21 | [25] |
References
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- ^ "News". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 27 September 1979. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tournament could stay in Torquay". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 30 September 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "On top of the world". Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian. 1 October 1982. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Axeing spurs Wilf to final". Bristol Evening Post. 31 July 1985. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bowls". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 17 September 1984. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. pp. 120–121. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1989). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 89. Telegraph Publications. pp. 163–165. ISBN 0-330-31093-3.
- ^ "County Stars take a caning". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 30 September 1989. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Telegraph Publications. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-330-31364-9.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. p. 149-150. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Bowls". Worthing Herald. 17 September 1993. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "National champions". Cambridge Daily News. 17 September 1993. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Alan moves jack to win the pairs". Nottingham Evening Post. 18 September 1996. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Around the bowling Greens". Worthing Herald. 16 September 1999. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "2019 senior pairs results" (PDF). Bowls England.
- ^ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
- ^ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "2023 National Championships senior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "2024 National Championships men's senior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2024.