The women's singles two wood is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.
The two-wood singles is a newer variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.
Venues 1939–1974 (Wimbledon Park) 1975–present (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)
Sponsors 1981–1985 (Lombard) 1986–1993 (Liverpool Victoria) 1994–1996 (Double Century Sherry) 2000–2001 (Steradent) 2002–2004 (National Express) 2023–present (Aviva)
Past winners YearChampionClubCountyRunner-upClubCountyRef1939 Lily Parnell Clarence Park Somerset Mrs Yerbury Bloomfield BathSomerset 1940–1944 No competition due to war1946 Sarah Osey Oxford CityBerks & Bucks Mrs Gadbury Ardagh, BristolGloucs1947 Louisa Coxall Sittingbourne Kent Maud ChillmanHampden ParkSussex1948 Frances CarvellGunnersbury Middlesex Maud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex1949 Maud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex Doris RigbyBelgrave Leices1950 Mrs F. N. Dickinson Sidmouth Devon Rosetta Capstick Gunnersbury Middlesex1951 Florence Wright HordenDurham Helen ClaytonHorsham Sussex1952 Evelyn CourtenayYeovil Somerset Mrs C. Carr Western ParkLeics1953 Winnifred Griffiths Plymouth Hoe DevonMaud Chillman Hampden Park Sussex1954 Mrs H. TaylorLoxford Essex Eveline Wheeler Richmond Park Bournemouth Hants1955Audrey Frances ThomasIlford Essex Mrs E K Simpson SouthgateMiddlesex1956 Minna Chamberlain RuberyVictoria Essex Eleanor Cordy Allen IpswichSuffolk1957 Doreen ClarkEricsson'sNotts Gwen Webber BarnstapleDevon1958 Annie BeathZetland Park, RedcarYorkshire Mrs S. BulmerBowburn Durham1959 Lena Careswell HornseyMiddlesex Violet Rawlings Gidea Park Essex1960 Gwen Webber Ashleigh RoadDevon Mavis Cripps DovercourtEssex1961 Mabel DarlingtonNuneaton Warwicks Joyce Lucking Windsor Castle Berks1962 Mrs M. SmithIlford Essex Winnie WinslowSalisbury Wilts1963 Mrs L. CudmoreFleming Park Hants Mrs I. ParhamShell Essex1964 Ena BucklandSouth Norwood Surrey Mrs A. SmithKettering Northants1965 Nancie EvansFrome Selwood Somerset Mrs E. KnightLakeside Notts1966 Mrs M Harrison WolveyWarwicks Mrs V L Turner Hook & SouthboroughSurrey1967 Ivy Burns Avenue LeamingtonWarwicks Mrs E StevensMisbourne Bucks1968 Edna Britton Vernon ParkNotts Iris Smith WatfordHerts1969 Joan HuntAtherley Hants Doreen Clark LakesideNotts1970 Phyllis Derrick Magdalen ParkSurrey Mrs M Allan Courtfield CarlisleCumberland1971 Mrs N Galloway Owton LodgeDurham Mrs D SmithDevizesWilts1972 Brenda AthertonPlessey Notts Mrs B. Forton Norfolk BCNorfolk1973 Mrs W StevensonAuriol Park Surrey Ruth ButterworthYPI Hull Yorkshire1974 Lana MaynardHatfield Herts Mrs J. A. Laws Whitley & MonkseatonNorthumberland1975 Joan Hunt AtherleyHampshireAnne ShiptonBroadstone Dorset1976 Eileen KingPoole Park Dorset Norah Greenwood SilebyNorthumberland1977 Winifred Hall CulverMiddlesex Anne Shipton BroadstoneDorset1978 Norma ShawRopner Park Durham Eileen FletcherPoole Park Dorset1979 Irene MolyneuxOxford City & County Oxfordshire Phyllis DerrickMagdalen Park Surrey1980 Betty Newborn BelgraveLeics Margaret LockwoodOxford City & County Oxfordshire1981 Eveline GascoigneSilver Band Notts Verinia Lewis BodminCornwall1982 Kath SteerKing's Heath Warwicks Win Scales Herne BayKent1983 Norma ShawRopner Park Durham Joan PlackettWorthing Sussex1984 Val VintinerLammas Middlesex Eileen Bird SherwoodNotts1985 Joan BryantBrockenhurst Hants Margaret WilsonBembridge Isle of Wight1986 Norma ShawRopner Park Durham Mary SaundersEye Suffolk1987 Sue Franklin Woolpack WisbechNorfolk Jean FrameWest Bridgford Notts1988 Jayne RoylanceNorth Walsham Norfolk Gwen Daniels PenrynCornwall1989 Catherine AntonPeterboroughHunts Edna BessellYeovil Somerset1990 Gill Fitzgerald Kettering LodgeNorthants Beryl NobleLuton Town Beds1991 Wendy LineSouthampton Hants Jean BakerAlfreton Derbyshire1992 Margaret DyerClevedon Promenade Somerset Jean CleftDurham City Durham1993 Val ChatfieldWoolwich & Plumstead Kent Kathie ScottCrawley Sussex1994 Brenda WhiteheadNorfolk BC Norfolk Gill FitzgeraldKettering Lodge Northants1995Liz ShorterCounty Arts Norfolk Sharon RickmanRaynes Park Surrey1996 Margaret Ashford BecclesSuffolk Catherine AntonPeterborough Hunts1997 Katherine HawesOxford City & County Oxfordshire Ann ParkerCarlton Conway Notts1998 Maureen Christmas ChestertonCambs Cindy Edmonson Skelton PenrithCumbria1999 Elizabeth MesserSouthbourne Hants Lynne Whitehead Norfolk BCNorfolk2000 Maureen Timms WhitnashWarwicks Janet GreenWest Moors Dorset2001 Brenda Atherton Carlton ConwayNotts Kath Baxter WigtonCumbria2002 Janet HardieWestinghouse Wiltshire Heather StaplefordOakham Leics2003 Ann Dennis Milton Regis Kent Sue Davies BroadwayWorcs2004 Shirley PageBaldock Herts Janet CropperBolton Lancs2005 Amy MonkhouseWaltham Park Lincolnshire Theresa Parnell StocktonDurham2006 Wendy KingMilton Regis Hampshire Joan GarnerErdington Court Warwickshire2007 Jean BakerBlackwell Derbyshire Amy StantonWellington Somerset2008 Edna BessellYeovil Somerset Doreen HankinEgham Surrey2009Wendy KingMilton Regis Hampshire Joan WalmsleyBath Somerset2010Sue DaviesBroadway Worcestershire Shirley PageBaldock Hertfordshire2011Ellen FalknerSt Neots Cambridgeshire Muriel ScottNorth Tawton Devon2012Pat BournePurley Bury Surrey Sue DadsonSouthbourne Hampshire2013Rebecca WigfieldDesborough Northamptonshire Brenda WhiteheadNorfolk BC Norfolk2014Rebecca FieldNorfolk BC Norfolk Kate HerbisonCongresburySomerset2015Margaret SmithSutton Surrey Jessica EleyBushey Hertfordshire2016Joan WelchRiverainHertsGillian LampreyLowestoft Railway Suffolk2017 Jamie-Lea WinchKingscroft Leicestershire Sophie TolchardKings Devon2018 Amy GowshallCleethorpes Lincolnshire Rebecca FieldNorfolk BC Norfolk2019 Sophie TolchardKings Devon Donna RockGillingham Dorset2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic2021Stef BranfieldClevedon Somerset Katherine HawesOxford City Oxfordshire2022Rhianna RussellWelwyn & District Hertfordshire Jennifer SouthbyBarstead & Thurnham Kent2023Laura HoldenClevedonSomShannon MaughanBletchley TownBucks2024Laura HoldenClevedonSomLorraine KuhlerOxford City & CountyOxon2025 Jane MurphyBletchley TownBucksKat BowmanNew LountLeics 2026 Emily KernickRoyal Leamington SpaWarwicksKatherine Hawes-WattsHeadingtonOxon
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