The men's singles four wood is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.

The four-wood singles is the traditional variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.

History The singles event was originally contested to win the Sir Thomas Brook Hitchen gold medal and then from 1913 and 1920 it was called the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup.

The 1908 final was started at the Upper Clapton greens but was suspended with Knight leading 14–7 following the death of the skip during the fours event. The final resumed at the Streatham Constitutional Club the following day.

Venues

1905–1907, 1910 (Upper Clapton BC, Clapton, London) 1908 (Streatham Constitutional Club, Streatham) 1909 (Leicester BC, Leicester} 1911 (Forest Hill BC, Forest Hill, London) 1912–1913 (Belmont BC, Streatham) 1914, 1926 (Bellingham BC, Bellingham, Catford) 1919 (South London & Balham clubs, Balham/Wandsworth) 1920 (Great Northern Railway AC, Gordon Hill, London) 1921 (Summerhill Gosforth & Portland clubs, Newcastle upon Tyne) 1922, 1928, 1935 (Croydon BC, South Croydon) 1923 (Wellingborough BC, Wellingborough) 1924, 1936, 1938–1939 (Temple Bowling Club, Denmark Hill) 1925 (City & Spa clubs, Gloucester) 1927 (Preston Park, Brighton) 1929 (Victoria Park & Westcote clubs, Leicester) 1930–1934, 1937, 1945–1957 (Paddington Recreation Ground) 1958–1973 (Watney's Sports Club, Mortlake) 1974–2013 (Worthing Bowls Club, Beach House Park) 2014–present (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

1982–1987 (Gateway Building Society) 1988–1991 (The Woolwich) 1993–1995 (Sanatogen) 2001-2001 (Yoplait) 2003–2005 (National Express) 2006 (Waitrose) 2023–present (Aviva)

Past winners YearCountyChampionClubCountyRunner-upClubScoreRef1905 Middlesex James Carruthers Muswell Hill Northumberland James Telford Newcastle, West End 21–11906 County Durham C. L. Cummings Sunderland Middlesex A. W. Taylor Finsbury Park 21–81907 Cumberland James Emmerson Edenside, Carlisle Leicestershire H. W. Gibson Leicester 21–121908 Surrey R. Knight Loughborough Junction Cumberland M. Turner Carlisle Subscription 21–91909 Northumberland James W. Dick Gosforth Berkshire Harry Childs Reading 21–101910 Northamptonshire Frank Shatford Conservative Kettering Somerset J. Dauncy Victoria Weston-super-Mare 21–101911 Cumberland John Postlethwaite Carlisle Courtfield Kent James Work Tunbridge Wells Grove 21–141912 Middlesex W. J. Jones Crouch Hill Cumberland G. E. Edmondson Holme Head, Carlisle 23–121913 County Durham Charles Gibb Sunderland Ashbrooke Middlesex James Carruthers Muswell Hill 21–91914 Surrey Douglas Irvine Watson Maldon Surrey W. Dean Balham 21–15 1915–1918 No competition due to war1919 Kent Ernie Moore Bellingham Hampshire E. Dean Richmond Park, Bournemouth 21–161920 Kent A. E. Godsall Forest Hill Northumberland Willie Hamilton Summerhill, Newcastle 21–141921 Surrey A. F. Warner Belmont Sussex J. Harwood Preston, Brighton 21–31922 Northumberland Willie Hamilton Hexham Devon C. G. Roach Plymouth Hoe 21–161923 Leicestershire William Wade Hinckley Buckinghamshire G. Sainsbury Wendover & Chiltern Hills 21–151924 Devon Frederick Hodge Torrington Hampshire Edward Redman Banister Park 21–181925 Devon Harold Webber Plymouth Somerset William Jennings Taunton Deane 21–151926 Devon Robert Jack Sir Francis Drake, Plymouth Kent Alfred Poingdestre Bromley 21–161927 Berkshire Tom Tickle Park Institute, Reading Hampshire Edward Redman Banister Park 21–171928 Hampshire George Wright Southern Railway, Eastleigh Kent Bill Barlow Bellingham 21–141929 Kent Robert Colquhoun Bromley Sussex Ernie Gudgeon Preston, Brighton 21–201930 Leicestershire William Wade Hinckley Devon Harold Webber Plymouth 21–101931 Isle of Wight Edwin Topp Ryde Gloucestershire Henry Duggan Gloucester 21–81932 Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park Somerset Ernie Fortune St George's, Bristol 21–141933 Middlesex James McKinlay Paddington Isle of Wight Percy Guy Shanklin 21–181934 Hampshire Archibald Cochrane Southampton County Durham Matthew Burdon Dunelm 21–71935 Yorkshire Billy Linton Smith's Docks Isle of Wight Jack Gallagher Cowes 21–151936 Buckinghamshire Dick Goodson Chesham Sussex Arthur Knowling Jr. Worthing 21–161937 Yorkshire William Prentice Redcar, Zetland Devon Harold Webber Torbay C. Club 21–141938 Hampshire Keith Cross Cosham Northumberland Harry Cook Tynemouth 21–151939 Northumberland Jack Laws Summerhill Oxfordshire Algernon Allen City & County Club, Oxford 21–8 1940–1944 No competition due to war1945 Yorkshire Albert Allison 'Bert' Keech Bootham Gloucestershire Robbie Robison Henleaze 21–191946 Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park Berkshire Ernest Newton Windsor & Eton 21–201947 Sussex Peter Mercer Worthing Northumberland Jimmy Thompson North Shields 21–141948 Berkshire Ernie Newton Windsor & Eton Gloucestershire Ernie Fortune Bristol Greenbank 21–91949 Oxfordshire Algernon Allen Oxford City & County Middlesex Arthur Collins West Ealing 21–81950 Northumberland Jimmy Thompson North Shields, West End County Durham Lloyd Whitworth New Herrington 21–151951 Hertfordshire Alfred Pikesley St. Albans Bedfordshire Stanley Jackson Luton Town 21–171952 Dorset Percy BakerPoole Park Oxfordshire Algernon Allen Oxford City & County 21–201953 Essex Richard Cramp Clay Hall Warwickshire Frank Watts Rugby 21–121954 Northumberland John Griffiths Wallsend Borough Gloucestershire George Ham Stroud 21–141955 Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park Yorkshire Jack Fletcher York Co-op 21–131956 Berkshire Norman Butler Windsor & Eton Devon Charlie Webber Rock Park, Barnstaple 21–161957 Middlesex Norman King Parliament Hill Hertfordshire Frank Smith Hatfield 21–41958 Hampshire Harry Powell Farnborough British Legion Isle of Wight Frank Crockford Bembridge 21–101959 Surrey Kenneth Coulson Croydon Yorkshire Tom Fleming Middlesbrough, Albert Park 21–111960 Somerset David Bryant Clevedon Yorkshire Tom Fleming Middlesbrough, Albert Park 21–111961 Hampshire Peter Line Banister Park Lincolnshire Ernie Hopcroft Ruston Bucyrus 21–91962 Dorset Charles Mercer Lyme Regis Surrey Ernie Lake Old Coulsdon 21–201963 Cumberland Charlie Graham Edenside, Carlisle Hertfordshire Harry Haynes Welwyn Garden City 21–201964 Hampshire Peter Line Banister Park Sussex John Scadgell Worthing 21–191965 Sussex Ralph Lewis Preston, Brighton Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park 21–161966 Somerset David Bryant Clevedon Northumberland Harry Kinnersley Morpeth 21–171967 Worcestershire Bill Irish Droitwich, Vines Park Devon Fred Horn Torquay 21–121968 Essex Norman Groves Witham Hampshire Walter PhillipsBoscombe Cliff 21–151969 Hampshire Jimmy Davidson Boscombe Cliff Dorset Jim BurnsGreenhill 21–101970 Northumberland Harry Kershaw Heaton Victoria Somerset Sandy Sandall St. Andrews 21–121971 Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon Cornwall John Blewett Penlee 21–181972Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon Yorkshire Bob Robertson Middlesbrough Co-op 21–161973 Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon Buckinghamshire Ian Harvey Marlow 21–121974 Worcestershire Bill Irish Droitwich, Vines Park Northumberland Tom Wilkinson Swan Hunter 21–101975 Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon Middlesex Robert Gibbins L.T.A.S.S.A. 22-151976 Surrey Tony O'Connell Wimbledon Durnsford Lincolnshire Bill Hobart Boston Sleaford Road 21–171977 Norfolk Chris Ward Cromer Buckinghamshire David Goldring Woburn Sands 21–91978 Somerset Charlie Burch Taunton Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon 22-111979 Cornwall David Cutler St. Austell Suffolk Chris Southgate Risbygate 21–141980 County Durham Tom Buller View Lane Park Dorset Lou Trim West Moors Memorial 21–181981 Kent Andy Thomson Blackheath & Greenwich Surrey Alan Windsor Woking Park 21–201982 Norfolk Chris Ward Cromer Buckinghamshire Bret Long Slough 21–101983 Cumbria John Bell Wigton) Northumberland Kevin Bone Gosforth 21–131984 Surrey Wynne Richards Mid Surrey Leicestershire John Kilyon Loughborough 21–151985 Devon Ron Keating Plymouth Civil Service Cumbria Ron Gass Wigton 21–81986 Surrey Wynne Richards Mid Surrey Cumbria David Taylor British Rail 21–181987 Lancashire David Holt Bolton Gloucestershire Tony Allcock Cheltenham 21–51988 Cornwall Richard Bray Stenalees Somerset Ian Middlemast Bath 21–121989 Norfolk John Ottaway Wymondham Dell Isle of Wight Barry Croad Ventnor 25-131990 Gloucestershire Tony Allcock MBE Cheltenham Buckinghamshire Kirk Smith Denham 25-121991 Gloucestershire Tony Allcock MBE Cheltenham Warwickshire David Hobbis Stratford upon Avon 21–31992 Cumbria Stephen Farish Wigton Yorkshire Hugh Duff West Park, Hull 21–181993 Devon John Wickham Totnes Kent Gordon Charlton Folkestone Park 21–171994 Nottinghamshire Brett Morley G.P.T. Derbyshire Paul Wilkinson Long Eaton Town 21–141995 County Durham John Leeman Craghead Gloucestershire Les Gillett Cheltenham 21–131996 Norfolk John Ottaway Wymondham Dell County Durham Andrew Kirtland Hundens Park 21–181997 Warwickshire Richard Brittan Erdington Court Hertfordshire Martyn ColesGarston 21–171998Worcestershire Grant Burgess Gilt Edge Oxfordshire Les Gillett Banbury Borough 21–201999 Huntingdonshire Nick Brett White Hart Warwickshire Graham Ashby Stoke, Coventry 21–202000 Norfolk John Ottaway Wymondham Dell Buckinghamshire Andrew Wise Marlow 21–92001 Kent Gordon Charlton Sandwich Warwickshire Mark Clarke Kings Heath 21–182002 Hampshire Martyn Sekjer Southampton SC Hertfordshire Andrew Briden Herts BC 21–22003 Yorkshire Paul Allenby Riverview Yorkshire Mark Walton Nafferton 21–132004Yorkshire Mark Walton Nafferton Essex Joe Stamper Lionmede 21–172005 Middlesex Simon Jee Parsons Green Nottinghamshire Nick Cammack Trent Vale 21–112006Yorkshire Mark Walton Nafferton Gloucestershire Lee Williamson Barnwood 21–16 2007 Essex Andrew Squire Maldon Yorkshire Mark Walton Nafferton 21–102008 Devon Sam Tolchard Kings, Torquay Derbyshire Simon Skelton Stute 21–82009Derbyshire Simon Skelton Stute Surrey Steve Tuohy Egham 21–202010 Essex Steven Mitchinson Romford Sussex Scott Edwards Hove & Kingsway 21–82011 County Durham David Bolt Silksworth Warwickshire Graham Ashby Rugby 21–152012Hampshire Tom Bishop Atherley Norfolk Wayne Willgress Norfolk BC 21–202013Worcestershire Andrew Walters Worcester Suffolk John Rednall Felixstowe & Suffolk 21–142014Gloucestershire Lee Williamson Cheltenham Devon Jamie Chestney Kings, Torquay 21–182015Cumbria Ben Sherwen Whitehaven Yorkshire Vinnie O'Neill Middlesbrough 21–192016 Kent Simon Green Sandwich Worcestershire Andrew Walters Worcester 21–132017 Northamptonshire Jamie Walker Northampton West EndNorthamptonshire Darren Childs Northampton West End 21–142018 Devon Louis Ridout Kings Torquay Essex Andrew Squire Maldon 21–162019 Essex Ed Morris Essex County Northamptonshire Jamie Walker Northampton West End 21–142020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic2021 Devon Sam Tolchard Kings, Torquay County Durham David Bolt Silksworth 21–122022 Essex Ed Morris Essex County Warwickshire Andrew Walters Welford-on-Avon 21–172023 Kent Lewis King Appleyard Leicestershire Darren Allsopp New Lount 21–102024 Devon Jamie Walker Culm Vale Kent Harry Goodwin Appleyard 21–112025 KentIsaac JennerAppleyardCumbriaDavid ForsterWorkington21–192026 HuntingdonTristan MortonParkwayLeicestershireMartin AllsoppNew Lount21–13

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