Bowls England National Championships (Middleton Cup)

English National Bowls Championships

Men elite	singles	singles 2w
	singlesCC	pairs
	triples	fours
Women elite	singles	singles 2w
	singlesCC	pairs
	triples	fours
Men junior	singles	pairs
Women junior	singles	pairs
Men senior	singles	pairs
	fours
Women senior	singles	pairs
	fours
Men team	Middleton	Balcomb
	WhiteRose	TopClub
	2Fours
Women team	Johns	Walker
	AmyRose	TopClub
Mixed	Pairs	Fours
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The Middleton Cup is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.^[1]

It is an Inter-County Championship for six rinks of men's teams.

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Ref
1911	Middlesex	Surrey	88–85
1912	Kent	Devon
1913	Middlesex	Sussex	82–56
1914	Surrey	Essex
1915–1918 No competition due to war
1919	Bedfordshire	Devon
1920	Surrey	Essex
1921	Surrey	Devon
1922	Bedfordshire	Berkshire
1923	Surrey	Kent
1924	Surrey	Middlesex
1925	Middlesex	Kent	119–102
1926	Northumberland	Essex
1927	Surrey	Cumberland and Westmorland
1928	Surrey	Devon
1929	Kent	Northumberland
1930	Northumberland	Essex
1931	Surrey	Isle of Wight
1932	Northamptonshire	Surrey
1933	Surrey	Hampshire
1934	Northamptonshire	Hampshire
1935	Hampshire	Northamptonshire	121–100
1936	Gloucestershire	Surrey
1937	Surrey	Hampshire
1938	Dorset	County Durham
1939	Surrey	Northumberland
1940–1944 No competition due to war
1945	Northumberland	Hampshire
1946	Yorkshire	Sussex
1947	Yorkshire	Devon
1948	Devon	Gloucestershire
1949	Devon	Surrey
1950	Devon	Surrey
1951	Northumberland	Middlesex
1952	Middlesex	Surrey	121–109
1953	Yorkshire	Surrey
1954	Middlesex	Nottinghamshire	147–82
1955	Surrey	Somerset
1956	Sussex	Yorkshire
1957	Surrey	Northamptonshire
1958	Surrey	Buckinghamshire
1959	Devon	Northumberland
1960	Surrey	Hampshire
1961	Nottinghamshire	Somerset
1962	Middlesex	Hampshire	120–118
1963	Hampshire	Essex	125–114
1964	Leicestershire	Warwickshire
1965	Middlesex	Northamptonshire	134–89
1966	Norfolk	Hampshire
1967	Hampshire	Middlesex	117–90
1968	Hampshire	Suffolk	131–103
1969	Middlesex	Hertfordshire
1970	Warwickshire	Middlesex	124–115
1971	Hampshire	Middlesex	110–104
1972	Surrey	County Durham
1973	Yorkshire	Middlesex
1974	Kent	Lincolnshire
1975	Surrey	Hampshire
1976	Lincolnshire	Surrey
1977	Somerset	Middlesex
1978	Yorkshire	Nottinghamshire
1979	Somerset	Hampshire
1980	Northamptonshire	Somerset	125–112
1981	Somerset	Norfolk
1982	Berkshire	Nottinghamshire
1983	Surrey	Somerset	109–108
1984	Somerset	Northumberland	127–103	^[2]
1985	Northumberland	Lincolnshire	117–108
1986	Wiltshire	Leicestershire	129–114
1987	Kent	Essex	142–89
1988	Northumberland	Lincolnshire	126–117
1989	Kent	Lancashire	117–107
1990	Yorkshire	Dorset	136–113
1991	Kent	Devon	123–107
1992	Norfolk	Cornwall	120–112
1993	Kent	Cumbria	145–73
1994	Cumbria	Middlesex	102–98
1995	Cumbria	Suffolk	119–107
1996	Lincolnshire	Worcestershire	112–102
1997	Norfolk	Lancashire	113–109
1998	Lancashire	Warwickshire	117–109
1999	Cumbria	Kent	125–114
2000	County Durham	Norfolk	123–117
2001	Cumbria	Kent	112–109
2002	Devon	Essex	122–113
2003	Devon	Lincolnshire	128–122
2004	Devon	Surrey	116–110
2005	Cumbria	Oxfordshire	126–115
2006	Norfolk	Cumbria	108–105
2007	Devon	Huntingdonshire	125–112
2008	Devon	Norfolk	120–109
2009	Cornwall	Yorkshire	128–103
2010	Cornwall	Huntingdonshire	126–109
2011	Devon	Berkshire	117–106
2012	Norfolk	Wiltshire	118–114
2013	Berkshire	Devon	115–105
2014	Hampshire	Norfolk	126–106
2015	Devon	Cumbria	125–113
2016	Devon	Kent	115–104
2017	Devon	Kent	127–95
2018	Leicestershire	Devon	119–119 (9–1 extra ends)
2019	Devon	Kent	120–79	^[3]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic				^[4]
2021	Kent	Northamptonshire	121–111	^[5]
2022	Berkshire	Hertfordshire	133–95	^[6]
2023	Lincolnshire	Berkshire	115–98	^[7]
2024	Wiltshire	Northumberland	106–91	^[8]
2025	Devon	Lincolnshire	125–111	^[9]

Bowls England National Championships (Middleton Cup)

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