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Bowls England National Championships (Balcomb Trophy)

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The Balcomb Trophy is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]

It is an Inter-County Double Rink Competition for men's teams.

Past winners

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Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref
1993 Leicestershire Lancashire 20-14
1994 Lincolnshire Worcestershire 21-15 [2]
1995 Cumbria Hampshire 18-17
1996 Buckinghamshire Essex 18-17
1997 Nottinghamshire Cornwall 25-16
1998 Berkshire Suffolk 21-16
1999 Cumbria Kent 23-20
2000 Norfolk Worcestershire 22-19
2001 Suffolk Kent 18-15 [3]
2002 Kent Northumberland 22-13
2003 Yorkshire Northamptonshire 23-21
2004 Kent Yorkshire 27-20
2005 Devon Surrey 20-19
2006 Berkshire Devon 39-38
2007 County Durham Kent 37-36
2008 Derbyshire Cornwall 40-36
2009 Leicestershire Cornwall 48-23
2010 Berkshire Devon 49-36
2011 [Lancashire Cornwall 41-27
2012 Northumberland Cornwall 44-42
2013 Hampshire Essex 52-34
2014 Warwickshire Huntingdonshire 41-38
2015 Devon Kent 45–40
2016 Leicestershire Northumberland 40–38
2017 Essex Devon 43–29
2018 Lancashire Cambridgeshire 44–43
2019 Warwickshire Essex 40–37 [4]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2021 Northamptonshire Hampshire 40–34 [6]
2022 Essex Yorkshire 45–27 [7]
2023 Essex Cumbria 45–36 [8]
2024 Norfolk Durham 47–23 [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  2. ^ "'For the Record'". The Times. 5 September 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "Bowls". Worthing Herald. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "2019 Balcomb Trophy results" (PDF). Bowls England.
  5. ^ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  6. ^ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. ^ "2023 National Championships Balcomb Trophy". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 National Championships Balcomb Trophy". Bowls England. Retrieved 26 August 2023.