# 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

| Year | Champion | Club | County | Runner-up | Club | County |
| 1932 | Ethel Tigg | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Mrs Hope | Maidenhead | Berkshire |
| 1933 | Louisa King | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Mrs Harris | Torquay | Devon |
| 1934 | Mrs S. Holman | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Mrs Harris | Blackheath | Kent |
| 1935 | Mrs McDanall | Torbay County | Devon | Mrs Harris | Blackheath | Kent |
| 1936 | Lily Parnell | Clarence Park | Somerset | Josephine Culling | Brightlingsea | Essex |
| 1937 | Mrs Batsford | Temple Fortune | Middlesex | Mrs E. Sayer | Oxted | Surrey |
| 1938 | Josephine Culling | Brightlingsea | Essex | Mrs C L Veasey | Dulwich | Surrey |
| 1939 | Violet Howard | Newton Abbot | Devon | Mrs Worth | Victoria | Leicestershire |
| 1940–1944 No competition due to war ||||||||
| 1946 | Maud Chillman | Hampden Park | Sussex | Miss Crawford | Bournemouth | Hampshire |
| 1947 | Clara Johns | Hastings | Sussex | Mrs B. Simister | Southgate | Middlesex |
| 1948 | Violet Woodhead (née Howard) | Paignton | Devon | Mrs Harding | Eastbourne | Sussex |
| 1949 | Maud Chillman | Hampden Park | Sussex | Mrs Oliver | New Lampton | Durham |
| 1950 | Ena Buckland | South Norwood | Surrey | Mrs L. E. Harris | Durham City | Durham |
| 1951 | Bessie Burden | Ashford | Kent | May Colquhoun | Lammas | Middlesex |
| 1952 | Marjorie Colley | Torbay Country | Devon | Evelyn Courtenay | Yeovil | Somerset |
| 1953 | Ivy May Lavender | Hastings & St. Leonards | Sussex | Edith May Hook | Stroud | Gloucestershire |
| 1954 | Dorothy Franklin | Sheen | Surrey | Gladys Hillier | Bogonor Regis | Sussex |
| 1955 | Annie Beath | Zetland Park, Redcar | Yorkshire | Mrs D. C. Coleman | Sheen | Surrey |
| 1956 | Nancie Whalley | Frome Selwood | Somerset | May Colquhoun | Lammas | Middlesex |
| 1957 | Florrie Wilson | Hastings & St. Leonards | Sussex | Clara McNaughton | Whitely & Monkseaton | Northumberland |
| 1958 | Nancie Whalley | Frome Selwood | Somerset | Mavis Steele | Harrow | Middlesex |
| 1959 | Joyce Lucking | Windsor Castle | Berkshire | Annie Beath | Zetland Park, Redcar | Yorkshire |
| 1960 | Louisa Coxall | Milton Regis | Kent | Helen Jolliffe | Harrogate | Yorkshire |
| 1961 | Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Edith Ferry | Stratton Church Ways | Wiltshire |
| 1962 | Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Minnie Powell | Tally Ho | Warwickshire |
| 1963 | Frances Carvell | Gunnersbury | Middlesex | Mary Linfield | Maltravers | Sussex |
| 1964 | Daisy Dowling | West Streatham | Surrey | Joyce Lucking | Royal Household | Berkshire |
| 1965 | Janet Auld | Silksworth | Durham | Eleanor Routledge | Silloth | Cumberland |
| 1966 | Dora Hills | Morpeth | Northumberland | Ena Buckland | South Norwood | Surrey |
| 1967 | Dorothy Payne | Greenhill | Dorset | Eva Harris | Rugby Town | Warwickshire |
| 1968 | Lilian Bufton | Tally Ho | Warwickshire | Dorothy Tayler | Newquay | Cornwall |
| 1969 | Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Mollie Ward | Sparrows Nest | Suffolk |
| 1970 | Nancie Colling (née Whalley) | Frome Selwood | Somerset | Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex |
| 1971 | Christine Frost | Phear Park | Devon | Daphne Leese | Hornsey | Middlesex |
| 1972 | Mollie Ward | Sparrows Nest | Suffolk | Mrs A Russell | Luton Co-op | Bedfordshire |
| 1973 | Eileen King | Poole Park | Dorset | Anne Shipton | Broadstone | Dorset |
| 1974 | Vera Peck | Eye | Suffolk | Joan Sparkes | Central Park | Essex |
| 1975 | Ivy Lawson | Spennymoor | Durham | Margo Attwood | Street | Somerset |
| 1976 | Jeannie Croot | Canford | Gloucestershire | Pamela Allison | Oxford City | Oxfordshire |
| 1977 | Betty Stubbings | Pickering | Yorkshire | Norma Shaw | Ropner Park | Durham |
| 1978 | Eileen Logan | Bounds Green | Middlesex | Brenda Atherton | Plessey | Nottinghamshire |
| 1979 | Lorraine Hawes | Bracknell | Berkshire | Margaret Fawkes | Bogonor Regis | Sussex |
| 1980 | Phyllis Derrick | Magdalen Park | Surrey | Joan Haynes | Peterborough | Huntingdonshire |
| 1981 | Margaret Madden | Wilton Recar | Yorkshire | Christine Rumball | Watford | Hertfordshire |
| 1982 | Wendy Clarke | Southampton | Hampshire | Phoebe Spence | Middlesbrough | Yorkshire |
| 1983 | Jean Valls | Raynes Park | Surrey | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire |
| 1984 | Olive Henery | Swindon | Wiltshire | Madeline Gooding | Exmouth | Devon |
| 1985 | Ena Clarke | Countesthorpe | Leicestershire | Wendy Line | Southampton | Hampshire |
| 1986 | Betty Maisey | Barking | Essex | Jayne Roylance | North Walsham | Norfolk |
| 1987 | Norma May | Camborne | Cornwall | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire |
| 1988 | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | Wendy Barnard | Brixham | Devon |
| 1989 | Jean Baker | Alfreton | Derbyshire | Wendy Line | Southampton | Hampshire |
| 1990 | Barbara Till | Milton Park | Hampshire | Joan Howlett | West Bridgford | Nottinghamshire |
| 1991 | Jean Evans | Perkins | Huntingdonshire | Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset |
| 1992 | Wendy Line | Southampton | Hampshire | Liz Shorter | County Arts | Norfolk |
| 1993 | Dorothy Prior | Hewell Redditch | Worcestershire | Carole Lloyd | Milton Park | Hampshire |
| 1994 | Ingrid Betke | Thaxted | Essex | Pat Kirk | Wealdstone | Middlesex |
| 1995 | Janet Newman | St Austell | Cornwall | Vi Wade | Kingsthorpe | Northamptonshire |
| 1996 | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City | Oxfordshire |
| 1997 | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | Jean Baker | Blackwell | Derbyshire |
| 1998 | Norma Shaw | Norton-on-Tees | Durham | Gill Mitchell | Kettering Lodge | Northamptonshire |
| 1999 | Joyce Hadfield | Newquay | Cornwall | Jayne Smith | Henlow Park | Bedfordshire |
| 2000 | Ann Anderson | Woodland Darlington | County Durham | Janet Green | West Moors | Dorset |
| 2001 | Sue Harriott | Exmouth Madeira | Devon | Pat Kirk | Wealdstone | Middx |
| 2002 | Helen Wall | South Derbyshire | Derbyshire | Jayne Christie | Henlow Park | Bedfordshire |
| 2003 | Shirley Page | Baldock | Hertfordshire | Wendy King | Milton Regis | Kent |
| 2004 | Amy Monkhouse | Waltham Park | Lincolnshire | Norma Beales | Burnham | Buckinghamshire |
| 2005 | Julie Saunders | Richmond Park | Hampshire | Sue Davies | Broadway | Worcestershire |
| 2006 | Barbara Adams | Market Bosworth | Leicestershire | Barbara Bellamy | Newton Abbot | Devon |
| 2007 | Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | Ellen Falkner | City of Ely | Cambridgeshire |
| 2008 | Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | Margaret Watts | Desborough | Northamptonshire |
| 2009 | Jayne Croxall | Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | Sally Butcher | Borough of Eve | Suffolk |
| 2010 | Natalie Melmore | Kings | Devon | Jackie Gibson | Thetford Staniforth | Norfolk |
| 2011 | Ellen Falkner | St. Neots | Cambridgeshire | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire |
| 2012 | Amy Truran | Homefield Park | Sussex | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire |
| 2013 | Amy Truran | Homefield Park | Sussex | Sue Davies | Broadway | Worcestershire |
| 2014 | Natalie Melmore | Kings | Devon | Sue Evans | Honiton | Devon |
| 2015 | Sophie Tolchard | Kings | Devon | Gemma Barnett | Cheam | Surrey |
| 2016 | Donna Knight | Oxford City | Oxfordshire | Rachel Mackriell | Eastbourne | Sussex |
| 2017 | Kirsty Richards | Kings Heath | Warks | Natalie Chestney | Kings | Devon |
| 2018 | Sophie Tolchard | Kings | Devon | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincs |
| 2019 | Jamie-Lea Winch | Kingscroft | Leics | Teresa Parnell | Stockton | Durham |
| No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Stef Branfield | Clevedon | Somerset | Chris Mitchell | Purton | Wiltshire |
| 2022 | Rebecca Moorbey | Parkway | Hunts | Elaine Score | Springhouse | Essex |
| 2023 | Stef Branfield | Clevedon | Somerset | Jayne Christie | Potton | Bedfordshire |
| 2024 | Izzie White | Chester Road | Worcs | Anne Bernard | Ryde Marina | IOW |