Bowls England National Championships (Balcomb Trophy)

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

Year Champions Runners-up Score Ref
1993LeicestershireLancashire20-14
1994LincolnshireWorcestershire21-15[2]
1995CumbriaHampshire18-17
1996BuckinghamshireEssex18-17
1997NottinghamshireCornwall25-16
1998BerkshireSuffolk21-16
1999CumbriaKent23-20
2000NorfolkWorcestershire22-19
2001SuffolkKent18-15[3]
2002KentNorthumberland22-13
2003YorkshireNorthamptonshire23-21
2004KentYorkshire27-20
2005DevonSurrey20-19
2006BerkshireDevon39-38
2007County DurhamKent37-36
2008DerbyshireCornwall40-36
2009LeicestershireCornwall48-23
2010BerkshireDevon49-36
2011[LancashireCornwall41-27
2012NorthumberlandCornwall44-42
2013HampshireEssex52-34
2014WarwickshireHuntingdonshire41-38
2015DevonKent45–40
2016LeicestershireNorthumberland40–38
2017EssexDevon43–29
2018LancashireCambridgeshire44–43
2019WarwickshireEssex40–37[4]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic[5]
2021NorthamptonshireHampshire40–34[6]
2022EssexYorkshire45–27[7]
2023EssexCumbria45–36[8]
2024NorfolkDurham47–23[9]
2025LeicestershireEssex69–43[10]

References

  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.
  10. ↑ "Balcomb Trophy". Bowls England. Retrieved 17 August 2025.