The women's senior singles is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.
The event is for women aged 55 and over on 1 April in the year of competition. Until 1988 it was for over 60s.
Past winners YearChampionRunner-upScoreRef1974Clarice Reynolds (Nottinghamshire) 1975Mrs G Burrell (Sussex) 1976Mrs A Shipton (Dorset) 1977Miss E Ward (Surrey) 1978Mrs D. Smith (Lincolnshire) Mrs P. Cobourne (Cambs) 21–20 1979Mrs N Caudle (Gloucestershire) 1980Mrs S Hurley (Cornwall) 1981Mrs H. Goddard (Gloucestershire) J. Messenger (Cumbria) 1982Joyce Duller (Cambridgeshire) Mary Simmonds (Suffolk) 21–10 1983Mrs K Steer (Warwicks) 1984Hilda Hill (Warwicks) Freda Swanwick (Lincs) 21–18 1985Mrs A Joyner (Somerset) Joyce Ward (Norfolk)21–20 1986 Mrs K Green (Hampshire) Jean Gilbert (Northants) 1987 Doreen Fletcher (Hampshire) Noreen Wardell (Surrey) 21–18 1988Christine Sissons (Yorkshire) Gwen Daniel (Cornwall)21–17 1989Sylvia Parker (Northants) Joyce Collins (Sussex) 21–17 1990Iris Roberts (Bedfordshire) Margaret Ketley (Hertfordshire) 21–11 1991A Kerslake (Hertfordshire) S Langdon (Somerset) 1992 Mavis Steele (Middx) Jean Woodrough (Wilts) 1993 G Lloyd (Worcestershire)D Hutton (Durham) 1994 Margaret Dyer (Somerset) Maria Shuttleworth (Northumberland) 1995 June Foster (Yorkshire) Rosemary Ludar-Smith (Essex) 1996 Margaret Dyer (Somerset) Pam Jones (Surrey) 1997 Wendy Barnard (Devon) Daphne Pratt (Hertfordshire) 21–10 1998 Wendy Barnard (Devon) Joan Mason (Durham) 1999 Rosemary Ludar-Smith (Essex) Elizabeth Garrity (Cumbria) 2000 Daphne Pratt (Hertfordshire) Doreen Smith (Cambridgeshire) 2001 Sue Springell (Buckinghamshire) Nova Edwards (Somerset) 2002 Elizabeth Garrity (Cumbria) Carol Penson (Oxfordshire) 2003 Sandra Maguire (Nottinghamshire) Gloria Thomas (Cornwall) 2004 Val Ayres (Gloucestershire) Wendy Anderson (Wiltshire) 2005 Wendy Anderson (Wiltshire) Di Wilkinson (Warwickshire) 2006 Janet Scott (Warwickshire) Val Bingley (Essex) 2007 Janet Hardiy (Wiltshire) Sue Harriott (Devon) 2008 Jayne Roylance (Norfolk) Ann Anderson (Durham) 2009Teresa Pearson (Durham) Andrea Dickinson (Suffolk) 2010Wendy Davies (Sussex) Pauline Proud (Isle of Wight) 2011Liz Garrity (Cumbria) Carol Gaskins (Oxfordshire) 2012Sue Davies (Worcestershire) Sue Springell (Buckinghamshire)2013Moira Self (Suffolk) Pauline Proud (Isle of Wight) 2014Alex Jacobs (Wiltshire) Sue Latham (Gloucestershire) 2015Alex Jacobs (Wiltshire) Eleanor Benvie (Lancashire) 2016Ann Anderson (Durham)Bet Aubrey (Berkshire) 2017Jenny Dempsey (Northamptonshire)Brenda Bowyer (Essex) 2018Sue Allen (Yorkshire) Andrea Dickinson (Norfolk) 2019Rachel Mackriell (Sussex) Janet Eames (Nottinghamshire) 2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021Sandra Maguire (Forest Oaks, Notts)Janet Williamson (Hyde Abbey, Hants)21–182022Anne Bernard (Ryde Marina, IOW)Caroline Cullum (Cleethorpes, Lincs)21–122023Kate Kyle (Shepshed Town, Leics)Sue Allen (Swinton, Yorks)21–172024Fiona Waters (Victoria WSM, Som)Caroline Campion (Banbury Central, Oxon)21–152025 Pauline Clark (Egham, Surrey)Brenda Bowyer (Rochford, Essex)21–12
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