Bowls England National Championships (Women's Singles Four Wood)

The Bowls England National Championships (Women's Singles Four Wood) is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]

The Four Wood singles is the traditional variation of the game, see - Glossary of bowls terms.

Past Winners

Year	Champion	County	Runner-up	County
1932	Ethel 'Tiggie' Tigg	Surrey	No record
1933	Louisa King	Surrey	No record
1934	Mrs Holman	Surrey	No record
1935	Mrs McDonnell	Devon	No record
1936	Lily Parnell	Somerset	Miss J Culling	Essex
1937	Mrs Batsford	Middlesex	Mrs Sayer	Surrey
1938	Miss Culling	Essex	No record
1939	Violet 'Nibby' Howard	Devon	Mrs Worth	Leicestershire
1946	Maud 'Chilly' Chillman	Sussex	Miss Crawford	Hampshire
1947	Clara Johns	Sussex	Mrs Simister	Middlesex
1948	Violet 'Nibby' Woodhead (née Howard)	Devon	Mrs Harding	Sussex
1949	Maud 'Chilly' Chillman	Sussex	Mrs Oliver	Durham
1950	Mrs 'Buckie' Buckland	Surrey	Mrs Harris	Durham
1951	Bessie Burden	Kent	May 'Cooney' Colquhoun	Middlesex
1952	Marjorie Colley	Devon	Mrs Courtenay	Somerset
1953	Mrs Lavender	Sussex	Edith May Hook	Gloucestershire
1954	Mrs D Franklin	Surrey	Mrs Hillier	Sussex
1955	Annie Beath	Yorkshire	Mrs C D Coleman	Surrey
1956	Nancie Whalley	Somerset	May 'Cooney' Colquhoun	Middlesex
1957	Miss E F Wilson	Sussex	Clara 'Mac' McNaughton	Northumberland
1958	Nancie Whalley	Somerset	Mavis Steele	Middlesex
1959	Mrs J Lucking	Berkshire	Annie Beath	Yorkshire
1960	Mrs L Coxall	Kent	Mrs L H Jolliffe	Yorkshire
1961	Mavis Steele	Middlesex	Mrs E R Ferry	Wiltshire
1962	Mavis Steele	Middlesex	Mrs M Powell	Warwickshire
1963	Mrs F Carvell	Middlesex	Mrs M Lindfield	Sussex
1964	Mrs D Dowling	Surrey	Mrs J Lucking	Berkshire
1965	Mrs J Auld	Durham	Mrs E Routledge	Cumberland
1966	Mrs D Hills	Northumberland	Mrs 'Buckie' Buckland	Surrey
1967	Dorothy Payne	Dorset	Mrs E Harris	Warwickshire
1968	Lilian Bufton	Warwickshire	Dorothy Tayler	Cornwall
1969	Mavis Steele	Middlesex	Mollie Ward	Suffolk
1970	Nancie Colling	Somerset	Mavis Steele	Middlesex
1971	Christine Frost	Devon	Daphne Leese	Middlesex
1972	Mollie Ward	Suffolk	Mrs A Russell	Bedfordshire
1973	Miss E P King	Dorset	Mrs A Shipton	Dorset
1974	Vera Peck	Suffolk	Joan Sparkes	Essex
1975	Ivy Lawson	Durham	Margo Attwood	Somerset
1976	Jeannie Croot	Gloucestershire	Pamela Allison	Oxfordshire
1977	Betty Stubbings	Yorkshire	Norma Shaw	Durham
1978	Eileen Logan	Middlesex	Brenda Atherton	Nottinghamshire
1979	Lorraine Hawes	Berkshire	Mrs M Fawkes	Sussex
1980	Phyllis Derrick	Surrey	Mrs J Haynes	Huntingdonshire
1981	Margaret Madden	Yorkshire	Christine Rumball	Hertfordshire
1982	Wendy Clarke	Hampshire	Phoebe Spence	Yorkshire
1983	Jean Valls	Surrey	Mary Price	Buckinghamshire
1984	Olive Henery	Wiltshire	Mrs M Gooding	Devon
1985	Ena Clarke	Leicestershire	Wendy Line	Hampshire
1986	Betty Maisey	Essex	Jayne Roylance	Norfolk
1987	Norma May	Cornwall	Mary Price	Buckinghamshire
1988	Mary Price	Buckinghamshire	Wendy Barnard	Devon
1989	Jean Baker	Derbyshire	Wendy Line	Hampshire
1990	Barbara Till	Hampshire	Joan Howlett	Nottinghamshire
1991	Jean Evans	Huntingdonshire	Edna Bessell	Somerset
1992	Wendy Line	Hampshire	Liz Shorter	Norfolk
1993	Dorothy Prior	Worcestershire	Carole Lloyd	Hampshire
1994	Ingrid Betke	Essex	Pat Kirk	Middlesex
1995	Janet Newman	Cornwall	Vi Wade	Northamptonshire
1996	Mary Price	Buckinghamshire	Katherine Hawes	Oxfordshire
1997	Mary Price	Buckinghamshire	Jean Baker	Derbyshire
1998	Norma Shaw	Durham	Gill Mitchell	Northamptonshire
1999	Joyce Hadfield	Cornwall	Jayne Smith	Bedfordshire
2000	Ann Anderson	County Durham	Janet Green	Dorset
2001	Sue Harriott	Devon	Cindy Edmondson	Cumbria
2002	Helen Wall	Derbyshire	Jayne Christie	Bedfordshire
2003	Shirley Page	Hertfordshire	Wendy King	Kent
2004	Amy Monkhouse	Lincolnshire	Norma Beales	Buckinghamshire
2005	Julie Saunders	Hampshire	Sue Davies	Worcestershire
2006	Barbara Adams	Leicestershire	Barbara Bellamy	Devon
2007	Edna Bessell	Somerset	Ellen Falkner	Cambridgeshire
2008	Edna Bessell	Somerset	Margaret Watts	Northamptonshire
2009	Jayne Croxall	Nottinghamshire	Sally Butcher	Suffolk
2010	Natalie Melmore	Devon	Jackie Gibson	Norfolk
2011	Ellen Falkner	Cambridgeshire	Amy Gowshall	Lincolnshire
2012	Amy Truran	Sussex	Amy Gowshall	Lincolnshire
2013	Amy Truran	Sussex	Sue Davies	Worcestershire
2014	Natalie Melmore	Devon	Sue Evans	Devon
2015	Sophie Tolchard	Devon	Gemma Barnett	Surrey
2016	Donna Knight	Oxfordshire	Rachel Mackriell	Sussex
2017	Kirsty Richards [2]	Warwickshire	Natalie Chestney	Devon
2018	Sophie Tolchard [3]	Devon	Amy Gowshall	Lincolnshire
2019	Jamie-Lea Winch [4]	Leicestershire	Teresa Parnell	Durham
2020	cancelled		due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

References

1. "Past Records". Bowls England.
2. "Richards captures prestigious national singles crown". Stratford Observer.
3. "Results Portal" (PDF). Bowls England.
4. "2019 National singles" (PDF). Bowls England.
5. "PLANS FOR 2020 IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK". Bowls England.