Bowls England National Championships (top club)

The top club is one of the men's team events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1][2] Kings BC, arguably the leading team in England have won the event four years running and the team includes Louis Ridout, Jamie Chestney and Sam Tolchard.[3]

Past winners

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Year Champions County Runner-up County Score Ref
2003 Felixstowe & Suffolk Suffolk Westlecot Wilts 3–2
2004 North Walsham (EBA) Norfolk Gerrards Cross Bucks 3–2
2005 Gerrards Cross Bucks Gosforth Northumb 3–2
2006 Felixstowe & Suffolk Suffolk Worcester Worcs 4–1
2007 Banbury Borough Oxon Westlecot Wiltshire 3–2
2008 Aldershot Traction Athletic Hants Romford Essex 3–2
2009 Boscombe Cliff Hants Bristol Som 5–0
2010 Rugby Warks Shaldon Devon 3–2
2011 Worcester Worcs Rugby Warks 3–2
2012 Worcester Worcs Shaldon Devon 3–2
2013 Cavaliers Notts Stenalees Cornwall 3.5–1.5
2014 St Austell Cornwall Kingsthorpe Northants 3–2
2015 Gosforth Northumb Garston Herts 3–2
2016 Kings Torquay Devon Royal Wootton Bassett Wilts 4–1
2017 Kings Torquay Devon Reading Berks 5–0
2018 Kings Torquay Devon Norfolk BC Norfolk 3–2
2019 Kings Torquay Devon Gerrards Cross Bucks 4–1 [3]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [4]
2021 Bromley Kent Culm Vale Devon 3–2 [5]
2022 Cheltenham Glocs Culm Vale Devon 3–2 [6]
2023 Appleyard Kent Shanklin IOW 3–2 [7]
2024 Gerrards Cross Bucks Reading Berks 3.5–1.5 [8]

References

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  1. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  2. ^ "Top Club winners". Bowls England.
  3. ^ a b "KINGS SECURE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE MEN'S TOP CLUB TITLE". Bowls England.
  4. ^ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  5. ^ "Top Club". Bowls England. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. ^ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ^ "2023 National Championships men's top club". Bowls England. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  8. ^ "2024 National Championships men's top club". Bowls England. Retrieved 27 August 2023.