Bowls England National Championships (women's singles four wood)

The women'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.

Venues 1932–1933 (Blackheath & Greenwich Club) 1934–1934 (Balham Constitutional Bowls Club) 1935–1936 (Pitshanger Park, Ealing) 1937–1974 (Wimbledon Park) 1975–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors 1981–1985 (Lombard) 1986–1993 (Liverpool Victoria) 1994–1996 (Double Century Sherry) 2000, 2002–2004 (National Express) 2001–2001 (Steradent) 2023–2024 (Aviva)

Past winners YearChampionClubCountyRunner-upClubCountyRef1932 Ethel Tigg Waddon Residents Surrey Mrs Hope Maidenhead Berkshire1933 Louisa King Waddon Residents Surrey Mrs HarrisTorquay Devon1934 Mrs S. Holman Waddon Residents Surrey Mrs Harris Blackheath Kent1935 Mrs McDanall Torbay Country Devon Mrs HarrisBlackheath Kent1936 Lily Parnell Clarence Park Somerset Josephine Culling New Town, Colchester Essex1937 Mrs Batsford Temple Fortune Middlesex Mrs E. Sayer Oxted Surrey1938 Josephine CullingNew Town, Colchester EssexMrs C L VeaseyDulwich Surrey1939 Violet Howard Newton Abbot Devon Mrs Worth Victoria Leicestershire 1940–1944 No competition due to war1946 Maud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex Miss Crawford Bournemouth Hampshire1947 Clara Johns Hastings & St. Leonards Sussex Mrs B. Simister Southgate Middlesex1948 Violet Woodhead (née Howard) Paignton Devon Mrs D Harding Old Town, Eastbourne Sussex1949 Maud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex Mrs Oliver New Lampton Durham1950 Ena Buckland South Norwood Surrey Mrs L. E. Harris Durham City Durham1951 Bessie Burden Ashford Kent May Colquhoun Lammas Middlesex1952 Marjorie Colley Torbay Country Devon Evelyn Courtenay Victoria Park, BridgwaterSomerset1953 Ivy May Lavender Hastings & St. Leonards Sussex Edith May Hook Stroud Gloucestershire1954 Dorothy Franklin Sheen Surrey Gladys Hillier Bogonor Regis Sussex1955 Annie Beath Zetland Park, Redcar Yorkshire Mrs D. C. Coleman Sheen Surrey1956 Nancie Whalley Frome Selwood Somerset May Colquhoun Lammas Middlesex1957 Florrie Wilson Hastings & St. Leonards Sussex Clara McNaughton Whitley & Monkseaton Northumberland1958 Nancie Whalley Frome Selwood Somerset Mavis Steele Watling Association Middlesex1959 Joyce Lucking Royal Household Berkshire Annie Beath Zetland Park, Redcar Yorkshire1960 Louisa Coxall Milton Regis Kent Helen Jolliffe Harrogate Yorkshire1961 Mavis Steele Watling Association Middlesex Edith FerryStratton Church Ways Wiltshire1962 Mavis Steele Watling Association Middlesex Minnie Powell Tally Ho! Warwickshire1963 Frances Carvell Gunnersbury Middlesex Mary Linfield Maltravers Sussex1964 Daisy Dowling West Streatham Surrey Joyce Lucking Royal Household Berkshire1965 Janet Auld Silksworth Durham Eleanor Routledge Silloth Cumberland1966 Dora Hills Morpeth Northumberland Ena Buckland South Norwood Surrey1967 Dorothy Payne Greenhill Dorset Eva Harris Rugby Town Warwickshire1968 Lilian Bufton Tally Ho! Warwickshire Dorothy Tayler Newquay Cornwall1969 Mavis Steele Watling Association Middlesex Mollie Ward Sparrows Nest Suffolk1970 Nancie Colling (née Whalley) Frome Selwood Somerset Mavis Steele Watling Association Middlesex1971 Christine Frost Phear Park Devon Daphne Leese Hornsey Middlesex1972 Mollie WardSparrows Nest Suffolk Mrs A RussellLuton Co-op Bedfordshire1973 Eileen King Poole Park Dorset Anne Shipton Broadstone Dorset1974 Vera Peck Borough of Eye Suffolk Joan Sparkes Central Park Essex1975 Ivy LawsonSpennymoor Durham Margo Attwood Street Somerset1976 Jeannie Croot Canford Gloucestershire Pamela Allison Oxford City & County Oxfordshire1977 Betty Stubbings PickeringYorkshire Norma Shaw Ropner Park Durham1978 Eileen Logan Bounds Green Middlesex Brenda Atherton Plessey Nottinghamshire1979 Lorraine Hawes Bracknell Berkshire Margaret Fawkes Bogonor Regis Sussex1980 Phyllis Derrick Magdalen Park Surrey Joan Haynes Peterborough Huntingdonshire1981 Margaret Madden Wilton Recar Yorkshire Christine Rumball Watford Hertfordshire1982 Wendy Clarke Southampton Hampshire Phoebe Spence Middlesbrough Yorkshire1983 Jean Valls Raynes Park Surrey Mary Price Burnham Buckinghamshire1984 Olive Henery Swindon Wiltshire Madeline Gooding Exmouth Madeira Devon1985 Ena Clarke Countesthorpe Leicestershire Wendy Line Southampton Hampshire1986 Betty Maisey Barking Essex Jayne Roylance North Walsham Norfolk1987 Norma May Camborne Cornwall Mary Price Burnham Buckinghamshire1988 Mary Price BurnhamBuckinghamshire Wendy Barnard BrixhamDevon1989 Jean Baker AlfretonDerbyshire Wendy Line SouthamptonHampshire1990 Barbara Till Milton ParkHampshire Joan Howlett West BridgfordNottinghamshire1991 Jean Evans PerkinsHuntingdonshire Edna Bessell YeovilSomerset1992 Wendy Line SouthamptonHampshire Liz Shorter County ArtsNorfolk1993 Dorothy PriorHewell Redditch Worcestershire Carole LloydMilton Park Hampshire1994 Ingrid BetkeThaxted Essex Pat Kirk WealdstoneMiddlesex1995 Janet NewmanSt Austell Cornwall Vi WadeKingsthorpe Northamptonshire1996 Mary PriceBurnham Buckinghamshire Katherine HawesOxford City Oxfordshire1997 Mary Price BurnhamBuckinghamshire Jean BakerBlackwell Derbyshire1998 Norma ShawNorton-on-Tees Durham Gill MitchellKettering Lodge Northamptonshire1999 Joyce HadfieldNewquay Cornwall Jayne Smith Henlow ParkBedfordshire2000 Ann AndersonWoodland Darlington County Durham Janet GreenWest Moors Dorset2001 Sue HarriottExmouth Madeira DevonPat KirkWealdstone Middx2002 Helen WallSouth Derbyshire Derbyshire Jayne ChristieHenlow Park Bedfordshire2003 Shirley Page BaldockHertfordshire Wendy KingMilton Regis Kent2004 Amy MonkhouseWaltham Park Lincolnshire Norma Beales BurnhamBuckinghamshire2005 Julie SaundersRichmond Park Hampshire Sue DaviesBroadway Worcestershire2006 Barbara Adams Market Bosworth Leicestershire Barbara BellamyNewton Abbot Devon2007 Edna Bessell Yeovil Somerset Ellen Falkner City of ElyCambridgeshire2008 Edna Bessell Yeovil Somerset Margaret Watts Desborough Northamptonshire2009Jayne Croxall Mansfield Nottinghamshire Sally ButcherBorough of Eve Suffolk2010Natalie Melmore Kings Devon Jackie GibsonThetford Staniforth Norfolk2011Ellen Falkner St. Neots Cambridgeshire Amy Gowshall Cleethorpes Lincolnshire2012Amy Truran Homefield Park Sussex Amy Gowshall Cleethorpes Lincolnshire2013Amy Truran Homefield Park Sussex Sue Davies Broadway Worcestershire2014Natalie Melmore Kings Devon Sue Evans Honiton Devon2015Sophie Tolchard Kings Devon Gemma Barnett Cheam Surrey2016Donna Knight Oxford City OxfordshireRachel Mackriell Eastbourne Sussex2017Kirsty Richards Kings Heath WarksNatalie Chestney Kings Devon2018Sophie Tolchard Kings DevonAmy Gowshall Cleethorpes Lincs2019Jamie-Lea WinchKingscroft Leics Teresa Parnell Stockton DurhamNo competition due to COVID-19 pandemic2021Stef Branfield Clevedon Somerset Chris Mitchell Purton Wiltshire2022Rebecca MoorbeyParkway Hunts Elaine Score Springhouse Essex2023 Stef BranfieldClevedonSomerset Jayne ChristiePotton Bedfordshire2024Izzie WhiteChester RoadWorcsAnne BernardRyde MarinaIOW2025 Stef Branfield ClevedonSomSophie TolchardKings Devon2026 Maddie BurgessKingscroft LeicsVicky CookWorkingtonCumbria

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