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Atlantic Bowls Championships

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Atlantic Bowls Championships
Tournament information
SportLawn bowls
LocationVarious
Established1993
Defunct2021
AdministratorWorld Bowls

The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it would no longer be held. Originally the Championships were for women only and were called the Atlantic Rim Championships. In 2007 men competed for the first time at the event.

The 2001 tournament due to be held in Namibia was cancelled due to opposition from the Namibia Sports Commission.[1] The next tournament was held in 2005.

In 2021, the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. World Bowls then decided that the World Championships would take place every two years starting in 2023. This also resulted in the fact that qualifying events for the Championships were no longer required meaning the Atlantic Championships and Asia Pacific Bowls Championships were terminated.[2]

1993 Florida, United States

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Inaugural event held at Sun City Center 19–31 October. For women only and medals determined by round robin.[3][4]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's Singles England Norma Shaw Wales Rita Jones South Africa Barbara Redshaw
Women's Pairs Barbara Cameron
Phillis Nolan
England Norma Shaw
Gwen Daniel
Namibia Cathelean du Plessis
Anne Ainsworth
Women's Triples Wales Mary Davies
Val Howell
Rita Jones
England Edna Bessell
Shirley Page
Margaret Heggie
Guernsey Jean Simon
Eunice Thompson
Sally Paul
Women's Fours Scotland Sarah Gourlay
Senga McCrone
Janice Maxwell
Frances Whyte
Wales Mary Davies
Val Howell
Linda Evans
Betty Morgan
England Edna Bessell
Gwen Daniel
Shirley Page
Margaret Heggie

1995 Durban, South Africa

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18-30 April, for women only and medals determined by round robin.[5][6]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's Singles South Africa Jo Peacock England Norma Shaw Phillis Nolan
Women's Pairs South Africa Lorna Trigwell
Jo Peacock
England Gill Fitzgerald
Norma Shaw
Barbara Cameron
Phillis Nolan
Women's Triples South Africa Lyn Dwyer
Hester Bekker
Colleen Grondein
Wales Ann Sutherland
Judith Wason
Rita Jones
Jersey Denise Falkner
Jean Jones
Val Stead
Women's Fours Scotland Betty Forsyth
Frances Whyte
Liz Dickson
Eleanor Allan
South Africa Lorna Trigwell
Lyn Dwyer
Hester Bekker
Colleen Grondein
England Gill Fitzgerald
Mary Price
Jean Baker
Norma Hazzledine

1997 Llandrindod Wells, Wales

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22 August-2 September, for women only and medals determined by round robin of 12 teams.[7][8]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's Singles England Mary Price Margaret Johnston Wales Betty Morgan
Women's Pairs England Katherine Hawes
Mary Price
Phillis Nolan
Margaret Johnston
Guernsey Jean Simon
Anne Simon
Women's Triples Wales Sarah Mansbridge
Betty Morgan
Kathy Pearce
Jersey Alison Birch
Karina Horman
Jean Lowery
Scotland Kathy Houston
Susan Kelly
Joyce Lindores
Women's Fours South Africa Jannie de Beer
Barbara Redshaw
Lorna Trigwell
Hester Bekker
Wales Sarah Mansbridge
Nina Shipperlee
Kathy Pearce
Rita Jones
Scotland Susan Kelly
Janice Maxwell
Sarah Gourlay
Kathy Houston

1999 Cape Town, South Africa

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Goodwood BC, 21–28 March, for women only. The tournament grew from 12 teams to 16 teams and was organised into two groups of eight, with the winners of each group meeting in the final.[9][10]

Event Gold Silver
Women's Singles Margaret Johnston Scotland Margaret Letham
Women's Pairs Scotland Margaret Letham
Joyce Lindores
South Africa Lesley Hartwell
Hester Bekker
Women's Triples Donna McNally
Dorothy Kane
Margaret Johnston
Eswatini Dawn Squires
Wendy Vickery
Mariana Goddard
Women's Fours South Africa Trish Steyn
Ellen Cawker
Hester Bekker
Lorna Trigwell
England Katherine Hawes
Catherine Popple
Mary Price
Norma Shaw

2005 Bangor, Northern Ireland

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Ward Park, 13–23 August. For women only and only one bronze medal awarded.[11]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's Singles Scotland Kay Moran Wales Betty Morgan MBE Jersey Gean O'Neil
Women's Pairs South Africa Sharon Glenn
Esme Steyn
Scotland Margaret Letham
Joyce Lindores
England Michelle Barlow
Edna Bessell
Women's Triples England Sue Harriott
Ellen Falkner
Doreen Hankin
Israel Tami Kamzel
Naomi Fix
Irit Grenchel
Jersey Christine Grimes
Gean O'Neil
Gina le Long
Women's Fours England Sue Harriott
Edna Bessell
Ellen Falkner
Doreen Hankin
Scotland Joyce Lindores
Margaret Letham
Betty Forsyth
Seona Black
Donna McNally
Lisa McDonagh
Mandy Cunningham
Chrissie O'Gorman

2007 Ayr, Scotland

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Ayr Northfield BC - 13–22 July 2007, third place playoffs determined bronze medal.[12][13][14]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles Canada Ryan Bester Guernsey Matt Le Ber Jersey Jamie MacDonald
Men's Pairs Wales Martin Selway
Robert Horgan
Jersey Derek Boswell
Cyril Renouf
Scotland David Kelly
Darren Burnett
Men's Triples Wales Neil Rees
Mike Prosser
Andrew Atwood
Michael Higgins
Gary McCloy
Clifford Craig
Guernsey Paul Wakeham
Len Le Ber
Ian Merrien
Men's Fours South Africa Gerry Baker
Billy Radloff
Clinton Roets
Handré Marais
Jersey Cyril Renouf
Derek Boswell
Alan Shaw
Thomas Greechan
Wales Martin Selway
Robert Horgan
Neil Rees
Andrew Atwood
Women's Singles South Africa Colleen Webb Israel Ruthie Gilor Jennifer Dowds
Women's Pairs Scotland Kay Moran
Margaret Letham
Canada Clarice Fitzpatrick
Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong
Israel Irit Grenchel
Ruthie Gilor
Women's Triples England Lynne Whitehead
Jean Baker
Amy Monkhouse
Wales Isabel Jones
Anwen Butten
Kathy Pearce
Canada Shirley Ko
Kelly McKerihen
Harriette Pituley
Women's Fours Jersey Lindsey Greechan
Christine Grimes
Joan Renouf
Liz Cole
South Africa Cheryl Cox
Loraine Victor
Sylvia Burns
Lorna Trigwell
Canada Kelly McKerihen
Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong
Clarice Fitzpatrick
Harriette Pituley

2009 Johannesburg, South Africa

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The Wanderers 3–16 May 2009[15][16]

Event Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
Men's Singles South Africa Gerry Baker England Sam Tolchard Wales Jason Greenslade Israel Boaz Markus
Men's Pairs Wales Jason Greenslade
Robert Weale
Men's Triples South Africa Wayne Perry
Stuart Milligan
Bobby Donnelly
England Sam Tolchard
Stuart Airey
Graham Shadwell
Wales Martin Selway
David Harding
Marc Wyatt
Myles Greenfield
Men's Fours South Africa Wayne Perry
Johann Pierre du Plessis
Stuart Milligan
Bobby Donnelly
England Mark Bantock
Stuart Airey
Robert Newman
Graham Shadwell
Wales Martin Selway
David Harding
Marc Wyatt
Robert Weale
Jersey Derek Boswell
John Lowery
Terry Allen
Cyril Renouf
Women's Singles Israel Ruthie Gilor Wales Kathy Pearce Netherlands Saskia Schaft England Ellen Falkner
Women's Pairs Scotland Caroline Brown
Margaret Letham
England Edna Bessell
Ellen Falkner
Jennifer Dowds
Bernie O'Neill
Women's Triples Wales Isabel Jones
Wendy Price
Kathy Pearce
Namibia Beatrix Lamprecht
South Africa Sylvia Burns
Jenny Jones
Pam Landau
Women's Fours Wales Hannah Smith
Wendy Price
Isabel Jones
Anwen Butten
South Africa Sylvia Burns
Jenny Jones
Pam Landau
Susan Nel
United States Marita Nierth
Irene Webster
Jan Hargraves
Maryna Hyland
Karen Woodside
Mandy Cunningham
Bernie O'Neill
Sandra Bailie

2011 Paphos, Cyprus

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Athena Beach Hotel, 17–30 October 2011[17]

Event Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
Men's Singles England Jamie Chestney Wales Jonathan Tomlinson Jersey Malcolm De Sousa South Africa Bobby Donnelly
Men's Pairs South Africa Bobby Donnelly
Gerry Baker
Ian McClure
Gary Kelly
Scotland Grant Logan
David Peacock
Jersey Malcolm De Sousa
Michael Rive
Men's Triples England John Hick
Graham Shadwell
Jamie Chestney
Scotland Martyn Rice
Alister Kennedy
Graeme Archer
South Africa Wayne Parry
Clinton Roets
Gidion Vermeulen
Cyprus

Loukas Paraskeva
Men's Fours Scotland Martyn Rice
Alister Kennedy
Grant Logan
Graeme Archer
Ian McClure


Martin McHugh
Wales Sion Jones
Mark Harding
Andrew Fleming
David Axon
Israel Yair Bekier
Allan Saitowitz
Roi Ben-Ari
Colin Silberstein
Women's Singles Catherine McMillen England Natalie Melmore Scotland Claire Johnston Jersey Christine Grimes
Women's Pairs Scotland Claire Johnston
Margaret Letham
South Africa Tracy-Lee Botha
Colleen Piketh
United States Dee McSparran
Janice Bell
Spain Peta Rhodes
Yvonne Briden
Women's Triples Scotland Anne Dunwoodie
Mandy O'Donnell
Lorna Smith
England Julie Saunders
Natalie Melmore
Ellen Falkner
South Africa Helen Grundlingh
Santjie Steyn
Susan Nel
Spain
Janet Dando
Sheri Fletcher
Women's Fours England Julie Saunders
Sian Gordon
Ellen Falkner
Amy Gowshall
South Africa Helen Grundlingh
Santjie Steyn
Susan Nel
Colleen Piketh

Paula Montgomery
Erin Smith
Sarah-Jane Coleman
United States

Margi Rambo
Janice Bell

2015 Paphos, Cyprus

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Athena Beach Hotel, 30 November - 13 December[18]

Event Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
Men's Singles England Jamie Walker Scotland Darren Burnett Guernsey Todd Priaulx Gary Kelly
Men's Pairs Gary Kelly
Ian McClure
Scotland Paul Foster
Alex Marshall
England Louis Ridout
Graham Shadwell
Israel Daniel Alonim
Tzvika Hadar
Men's Triples Scotland Stewart Anderson
Neil Speirs
Darren Burnett
Wales Paul Taylor
Steve Harris
Robert Weale
England Andrew Knapper
Jamie Walker
Robert Newman
Aaron Tennant
Neil Mulholland
Martin McHugh
Men's Fours Jersey Greg Davis
Scott Ruderham
Cyril Renouf
Gus Hodgetts
Scotland Stewart Anderson
Neil Speirs
Paul Foster
Alex Marshall
Wales Ross Owen
Paul Taylor
Kevin James
Steve Harris
Aaron Tennant
Neil Mulholland
Ian McClure
Martin McHugh
Women's Singles Catherine Beattie Netherlands Saskia Schaft England Sophie Tolchard Guernsey Lucy Beere
Women's Pairs South Africa Nici Neal
Colleen Piketh
Cyprus Fran Davis
Linda Ryan
England Rebecca Wigfield
Wendy King
Scotland Rebecca Craig
Claire Johnston
Women's Triples Erin Smith
Bernie O'Neill
Sandra Bailie
England Jamie-Lea Winch
Sophie Tolchard
Ellen Falkner
Scotland Lorraine Malloy
Stacey McDougall
Lorna Smith
South Africa Sylvia Burns
Anneke Snyman
Susan Nel
Women's Fours Scotland Rebecca Craig
Lorraine Malloy
Stacey McDougall
Claire Johnston
Wales Laura Daniels
Jess Sims
Kathy Pearce
Anwen Butten
South Africa Anneke Snyman
Sylvia Burns
Nici Neal
Susan Nel
England Rebecca Wigfield
Jamie-Lea Winch
Wendy King
Ellen Falkner

2019 Cardiff, Wales

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Barry Athletic BC, Dinas Powys BC, Penarth Windsor BC, Penylan BC, 10–23 May[19][20]

Event Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
Men's Singles England Jamie Walker Scotland Darren Burnett Wales Daniel Salmon Adam McKeown
Men's Pairs England Steven Mitchinson
Jamie Walker
Scotland Paul Foster
Alex Marshall
Jersey Derek Boswell
Ross Davis
Malta Mark Malogorski
Brendan Aquilina
Men's Triples South Africa Prince Neluonde
Jason Evans
Billy Radloff
Scotland Ronnie Duncan
Derek Oliver
Darren Burnett
England David Bolt
Ian Lesley
Sam Tolchard
Namibia Piet Appollis
Johan Jacobs
Willem Esterhuizen
Men's Fours ScotlandRonnie Duncan
Derek Oliver
Paul Foster
Alex Marshall
Jersey Derek Boswell
Scott Ruderham
Greg Davis
Malcolm De Sousa
Wales Ben Thomas
Ross Owen
Steve Harris
Jonathan Tomlinson
Aaron Tennant
Neil Mulholland
Andrew Kyle
Mark Wilson
Women's Singles Israel Ruthie Gilor Guernsey Lucy Beere England Natalie Chestney Scotland Caroline Brown
Women's Pairs South Africa Nici Neal
Colleen Piketh
Guernsey Rose Ogier
Lucy Beere
Wales Sara Nicholls
Ysie White
England Rebecca Wigfield
Natalie Chestney
Women's Triples England Jamie-Lea Winch
Lorraine Kuhler
Sian Honnor
Scotland Hannah Smith
Claire Johnston
Caroline Brown
South Africa Jacqui Janse van Rensburg
Esme Kruger
Anneke Snyman
Ashleigh Rainey
Courtney Wright
Shauna O'Neill
Women's Fours Wales Melanie Thomas
Bethan Russ
Ysie White
Anwen Butten
South Africa Jacqui Janse van Rensburg
Nici Neal
Esme Kruger
Anneke Snyman
Scotland Hannah Smith
Stacey McDougall
Megan Grantham
Claire Johnston
Zimbabwe Allyson Dale
Melanie James
Heather Singleton
Kerry Craven

See also

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World Bowls Events

References

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