# Bowls England National Championships (women's pairs)

The women's pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.

## 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 | Mrs Roberts & Mrs Craxford | Southgate | Middlesex | & | | |
| 1933 | Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel Tigg | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Mrs Fry & Clara Johns | Cavendish Eastbourne | Sussex |
| 1934 | Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel Tigg | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Miss Meill & Mrs Woodcock | Southbourne | Sussex |
| 1935 | Mrs Hopwell & Mrs Palmer | Hilly Fields | Kent | Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick | Newton Abbot | Devon |
| 1936 | Mrs Merralls & Mrs Hallett | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | Mrs Batsford & Mrs Shewan | Temple Fortune | Middlesex |
| 1937 | Louisa King & Mrs E. M. Privett | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick | Newton Abbot | Devon |
| 1938 | Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick | Newton Abbot | Devon | Mrs Batsford & Mrs Shewan | Temple Fortune | Middlesex |
| 1939 | Mrs Graham & Madge Haynes | Rosehill | Surrey | Mrs Thornberry & Mrs Cordell | New Milton | Hampshire |
| 1940–1945 No competition due to war ||||||||
| 1946 | Mrs C. D. Franklin & Mrs Mew | Motspur Park | Surrey | Mrs W. Harris & Mrs J. Barnwell | Bilton Road | Warwicks |
| 1947 | Mrs Monkcom & Mrs Stoat | Ilford | Essex | Mrs F.J. Pearce & Mrs C. Read | Lymington | Hampshire |
| 1948 | Mrs E. Joyes & Mrs D. Coleman | Sheen | Surrey | Mrs Chamberlain & Mrs Reeves | White Hall | Essex |
| 1949 | Winnie Winslow & Gladys Holmes | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Mrs Horne & Mrs Houghton | Southampton | Hampshire |
| 1950 | Mrs F. N. Dickinson & Mrs A. Broughton | Sidmouth | Devon | Mrs Crawford & Mrs Bell | Horden Welfare | Durham |
| 1951 | Mrs C. Gipson & Louisa Coxall | Sittingbourne | Kent | Mrs D. Coleman & Mrs E. Joyes | Sheen | Surrey |
| 1952 | Olive Tomblin & Mrs M. Bannister | Racecourse Northampton | Northants | Maude Ford & Ellen Whyte-Rickard | Moorsdown | Hants |
| 1953 | Marjorie Colley & Joan Colley | Torbay | Devon | Elsie Baldwin & Florence Smith | Avenue Leamington | Warwicks |
| 1954 | Winnie Winslow & Gladys Holmes | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Elsie Cornish & Mable Damon | Strawberry Hill | Middlesex |
| 1955 | Kathleen McDowall & Mrs Hallatt | Redland | Gloucs | Ada Casewell & Annie Beath | Zetland Park | Yorks |
| 1956 | Mrs R. Evans & Mrs L. Johnson | Folkestone Park | Kent | Mrs F Turner & Miss R Mattock | Nailsworth | Gloucs |
| 1957 | Mrs M D Munn & Mrs H R Gibson | Loxford | Essex | Mrs B Herbert & Mrs E Clarke | Oadby | Leics |
| 1958 | Mrs M Goodman & E Youldon | Tavistock, Sir Francis Drake | Devon | Mrs A Welshman & R M B Robertson | Muswell Hill | Middlesex |
| 1959 | Dorothy Winterburn & Lena Careswell | Hornsey | Middlesex | Molly Butters & Peggy Spowart | Cowpen & Crofton | Northumberland |
| 1960 | Lilian Bufton & Minnie Powell | Tally Ho | Warwicks | Monica Astle & Doreen Clark | Lakeside | Notts |
| 1961 | Jess Freeman & Ethel Wilson | Kettering | Northants | Mrs C Bloomfield & K Hassell | Scunthorpe | Lincs |
| 1962 | Mrs F A Morgan & V C Boyle | Hastings & St Leonards | Sussex | Mrs V Broome & M Noyes | Island Bohemian | Berks |
| 1963 | Mrs L Stewart & K Fairbairn | Banister Park | Hampshire | Mrs A Turnbull & M Wainwright | Beech Park | Surrey |
| 1964 | Violet Stevens & Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Ivy Kelly & Winnie Hollow | Newton Abbott | Devon |
| 1965 | Eleanor Routledge & Lily Wise | Silloth | Cumberland | Winifred Smith & Daphne Leese | Pymm | Middlesex |
| 1966 | Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis Derrick | Magdalen Park | Surrey | Phyllis Angove & Edith Ferry | Newquay | Cornwall |
| 1967 | Mrs F Lewis & M Pickvance | Sun | Herts | Ada Watson & Margaret Morrison | West Bridgford | Notts |
| 1968 | Mrs R. Crutchley & Mrs I. Oliver | Danson Park | Kent | Mrs H. Welch & Mrs E. Bridgewater | Zetland Park | Yorkshire |
| 1969 | Mrs D Barclay & F E Jarvis | Northdown | Kent | Mrs E Knight & M Rice | Peterborough | Northants |
| 1970 | Mrs B Tregonning & Daphne Leese | Hornsey | Middlesex | Mrs E Carter & D Lower | Hurstpierpoint | Sussex |
| 1971 | Mary Bartlett & Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Mrs R Hanger & A Wright | Kettering Services | Northants |
| 1972 | Mrs M Light & L Parkhurst | | Hampshire | Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis Derrick | Magdalen Park | Surrey |
| 1973 | Betty Norbury & Ivy Burns | Avenue | Warwicks | Mrs H Garner & T Barton | South Norwood | Surrey |
| 1974 | Mrs P Mortimer & Winnie Hollow | Newton Abbot | Devon | Mrs D Sands & Esther Stanberry | Spalding Castle | Lincolnshire |
| 1975 | Joan Hunt & Betty Taylor | Atherley | Hampshire | Alice Bates & Jean Allcock | Goodwood | Leicestershire |
| 1976 | Margaret Lockwood & Irene Molyneux | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Jean Valls & Chris Wessier | Raynes Park | Surrey |
| 1977 | Evelyn Scorer & Ethel Rutherford | Whitley | Northumberland | Elsie Clempson & Peggy Nash | Wendover | Bucks |
| 1978 | Anne Pascoe & Gloria Thomas | Helston | Cornwall | Wynne Anderson & Joan Sparkes | Central Park | Essex |
| 1979 | Anita Kaye & Alice Steventon | Torbay | Devon | Mrs B Hall & G Lamb | Edmonton | Middlesex |
| 1980 | Mary Burnett & Norma Shaw | Stockton | Durham | Doris Etchells & Margaret Allan | Courtfield Carlisle | Cumbria |
| 1981 | Sophia Simmons & Iris Smith | Watford | Herts | Mary Pepper & Joan Curtis | Yatton | Somerset |
| 1982 | Chris Wessier & Jean Valls | Raynes Park | Surrey | Wendy Clarke & Enid Fairhall | Southampton | Hampshire |
| 1983 | Chris Wessier & Jean Valls | Raynes Park | Surrey | Sally Batchelor & Kathy Coles | Falcon Chelmsford | Essex |
| 1984 | Anne Pascoe & Eileen Perrett | Plymouth Hoe | Devon | Pam Davies & Joy Adamson | Croydon | Surrey |
| 1985 | Dorothy Lewis & Pip Green | Oadby | Leicestershire | Vera Booth & Maureen Timms | Whitnash | Warwickshire |
| 1986 | Freda Brown & Gladys Lye | Townsend | Herts | Mary Brill & Sheila Jones | Bridport | Dorset |
| 1987 | Pamela Hood & Betty Annison | Norwich | Norfolk | Betty Johnson & Norma Shaw | Stockton | Durham |
| 1988 | Margaret Elliott & Mavis Wellington | Kingsbridge | Devon | Sylvia Francis & Mary Atkinson | Broomfield | Middlesex |
| 1989 | Betty Johnson & Norma Shaw | Stockton | Durham | Hilary Cooke & Jean Pindar | Springfield Park | Yorkshire |
| 1990 | Maureen Christmas & Jenny Tunbridge | Chesterton | Cambridgeshire | Margaret Bonsor & Jean Baker | Alfreton | Derbyshire |
| 1991 | Dora Farman & Joan Campbell | Tonbridge | Kent | Jackie Turner & Brenda Atherton | Carlton Conway | Notts |
| 1992 | Joyce Morgan & June Larter | Chesterton | Cambridgeshire | Anita de-Meza & Jan Stern | Harrow | Middlesex |
| 1993 | June Boosey & Kay Havord | Hatfield | Herts | Ann Dennis & Carol Branchett | Milton Regis | Kent |
| 1994 | Joan Carpenter & Rhona Darling | Portsmouth | Hants | Mabel Hodge & Jan Stern | Northolt | Middlesex |
| 1995 | Norma Beales & Mary Price | Burnham | Bucks | Jenny Moore & Wendy Barnard | Brixham | Devon |
| 1996 | Gail Fitzgerald & Audrey Moore | Haynes Park Hornchurch | Essex | Sheila Jones & Sue Hawkesworth | Bridport | Dorset |
| 1997 | Ann Beale & Carol Duckworth | Braintree | Essex | Deborah Healey & Sharon Rickman | Raynes Park | Surrey |
| 1998 | Maureen Monkton & Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | Helen Tuohy & Pat Launders | Shepherd's Bush | Middlesex |
| 1999 | Jean Morris & Jill Edson | Park | Lincolnshire | Pam Davis & Joy Adamson | Croydon | Essex |
| 2000 | Pauline Morgan & Sue Lagdon | Minehead | Somerset | Mary Taylor & Kay Kerley | Oakley | Hampshire |
| 2001 | Audrey Stephens & Chris Grigg | Bournvill | Warwickshire | Rosemary Spetch & Wendy Hardy | Poole Park | Dorset |
| 2002 | Linda Smith & Tracy Powell | Leominster | Herefordshire | Brenda Brown & Liz Tunn | Colchester | Essex |
| 2003 | Jennie Groves & Jane Baxter-Avison | Arnold Park | Nottinghamshire | Kim Smith & Pat McCumiskey | Purley Bury | Surrey |
| 2004 | Jean Simmons & Maureen Tims | Leamington Spa | Warwickshire | Ann Parker & Sylvia Offler | Forest Oaks | Nottinghamshire |
| 2005 | Sarah Newsom & Catherine Popple | Peterborough | Huntingdonshire | Wendy King & Sandy Hazell | Milton Regis | Kent |
| 2006 | Val Osmond & Sue Latham | Ardagh | Gloucestershire | Linda Smith & Tracy Powell | Leominster | Herefordshire |
| 2007 | Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner | City of Ely | Cambridgeshire | Jane Baldwin & Michelle Barlow | St Ives | Huntingdonshire |
| 2008 | Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner | City of Ely | Cambridgeshire | Ruth Rogers & Natalie Melmore | Kings Torquay | Devon |
| 2009 | Lynne Bowen & Jean Baker | Blackwell | Derbyshire | Rosemary Addison & Jayne Christie | St Neots | Cambridgeshire |
| 2010 | Oriole Hocking & Sandra Parker | Silloth | Cumbria | Sharon Kitchener & Sally Butcher | Felixstowe & Suffolk | Suffolk |
| 2011 | Christine Gowshall & Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | Hannah Overton & Michelle Barlow | Whittlesey Manor | Huntingdonshire |
| 2012 | Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner | St Neots | Cambridgeshire | Katherine Rednall & Margaret Insley | Felixstowe & Suffolk | Suffolk |
| 2013 | Rosemary Corney & Brenda Plumpton | Alton Social | Hampshire | Lynne Bowen & Sue Davies | Broadway | Worcestershire |
| 2014 | Lynda Smith & Tracey Powell | Leominster | Herefordshire | Sophie Tolchard & Natalie Melmore | Kings Torquay | Devon |
| 2015 | Donna Knight & Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Linda Churchman & Cheryl Salisbury | Littleport | Cambridgeshire |
| 2016 | Sophie Tolchard & Natalie Chestney | Kings Torquay | Devon | Cassidy Lenton & Harriet Stevens | Kings Torquay | Devon |
| 2017 | Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner | Littleport | Cambridgeshire | Sue Cooke & Alex Jacobs | Box | Wiltshire |
| 2018 | Suzanne Cotton & Diana Jones | Kingston | Yorkshire | Hazel Marke & Margaret Holden | Alton Social | Hampshire |
| 2019 | Sheila Plaskitt & Penny Strong | Dunholme | Lincolnshire | Emma Cooper & Natalie Chestney | Kings Torquay | Devon |
| 2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | 2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | 2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | 2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | 2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | 2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | 2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Katy Smith & Lucy Smith | Westlecot | Wiltshire | Margaret Smith & Sharmishta Patel | Sutton | Surrey |
| 2022 | Sophie Tolchard & Harriet Stevens | Kings Torquay | Devon | Tracey Johnson & Joanne Rowe | Borough of Eye | Suffolk |
| 2023 | Carol Gaskins & Donna Grant | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Gill Grantham & Alison Spreadborough | Sir Francis Drake | Devon |
| 2024 | Katherine Hawes-Watts & Lorraine Kuhler | Oxford City & County | Oxon | Caroline Cullum & Amy Pharaoh | Cleethorpes | Lincs |