KENT COUNTY BOWLING ASSOCIATION
Founded in 1911
PAIRS
PAST COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Winners and Runners-Up from 1911
WINNERS
1911 Not Played
1912 I.E. Mellor & J. Grindley (Woolwich & Plumstead)
1913 S.L. Redford & J. Landen (Gillingham)
1914 C.A. Ware & H.E. Sales (The Grove, Tunbridge Wells)
1915 C.A. Ware & H.E. Sales(The Grove, Tunbridge Wells)
1916 C. Hardy & T.B. Cording (Bromley Town)
1917 J. Green & T.B. Cording (Bromley Town)
1918 W. Barlow & D. Davies (Borough of Greenwich)
1919 A. Davies & W.A. King (Canterbury)
1920 E.N. Crawley & C. Burton (Gillingham)
1921 F.G. Thornton & C.C. Wright (Ramsgate)
1922 F.W. Finnis & J. Adams (Canterbury)
1923 C. Arter & C.R. Hirst (Mountsfield Park)
1924 D. Campbell & I. Berry (Kearsney)
1925 G.E. Morris & H.W. Shearing (Darnley)
1926 A.G. Hymas & C.W. Colebrooke (Tun. Wells, Grosvenor)
1927 C. Walton & W. Jeffrey (Faversham)
1928 W.W. Buckell & R. Slater (Callenders)
1929 W.W. Buckell & R. Slater (Callenders)
1930 C. Jewhurst & P.D. Tomlinson (Margate)
1931 J.B. Fuller & E.A. Cozens (Southern Railway)
1932 R. Slater & T. Wilman (Callenders)
1933 W.W. Buckell & R. Slater (Callenders)
1934 W.W. Buckell & R. Slater (Callenders)
1935 H.V. Kay & H.O. Bristow (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1936 A. West & R. Rankin (Darnley)
1937 G. Rogers & R. Harrison (Imperial Paper Mills)
1938 R. Rankin & A. West (Darnley)
1939 J. Bethune & H.J. Underhill (Kemsley)
1940-44 No Competition
1945 E.S. Quinnell & G.G. Gilmour (Tun. Wells, Culverden)
1946 M. Shirlaw & A. Stacey (Sidcup)
1947 J. Rhodes & E.C. Johnson (Dane Park)
1948 E.C. Draper & J.S. Drew (Herne Bay)
1949 W. Goldsack & W. Braddock (Kearsney)
1950 E.S. Quinnell & G.G. Gilmour (Tun. Wells, Culverden)
1951 S.W. Filmer & C. Walton (Faversham)
1952 G. Philcox & W.E. Wood (Tun. Wells, Grosvenor)
1953 B.P. Ball & T. Cunliffe (Betteshanger Colliery)
1953 B.P. Ball & T. Cunliffe (Betteshanger Colliery)
1954 W. Barlow & E.H. Barker (Bellingham)
1955 A.T. Murray & F.H. Warren (Woolwich & Plumstead)
1956 W. Holness & F.B. Anderson (Canterbury)
1957 R. Craske & J.L. Mewis (R.A.C.S.)
1958 J. Drummond & C. Sweeting (Mayow)
1959 R. Sainsbury & A. Aston (Bellingham)
1960 F.W. Smith & H.B. Annand (Herne Bay)
1961 F.H. Watling & S.E. Martin (Livesey Memorial)
1962 D.W. Butchart & F. Orchard (V.C.D.)
1963 J. Ballantyne & L.G. Strouts (Bowaters, Sittingbourne)
1964 L. Hanmore & D. Cole (Tun. Wells, Grosvenor)
1965 A.R. Cornish & F.E. Barnes (Wear Bay)
1966 F.F.H. Coomber & D., Crocker (Metrogas A.A.S.)
1967 G. Lawson & C. Amos (Canterbury)
1968 E. Bines & S.E. Martin (Livesey Memorial)
1969 E. Thompson & E.A. Ware (Chatham)
1970 H.J. Underhill & F. Cooper (Bowaters, Sittingbourne)
1971 D. Cross & D. Crocker (Livesey Memorial)
1972 D. Cross & D. Crocker (Livesey Memorial)
1973 L. Kaneen & E. Bines (Livesey Memorial)
1974 M.F. Phillips & F.G. Sekjer (Thames Polytechnic)
1975 S. Eldridge & F. Cox (Cray Cottage)
1976 M.F. Phillips & F.G. Sekjer (Thames Polytechnic)
1977 F.F.H. Coomber & R.G. Harris (Livesey Memorial)
1978 J. Armstrong & J. McMeakin (Sandwich)
1979 F. Jacobs & L. Shoobridge (Bowaters, Sittingbourne)
1980 R. Price & L.G. Platts (Betteshanger Col. Wel.)
1981 D. Diaper & R. Smith (V.C.D.)
1982 L. Mutton & R. Lewing (Hesketh Park)
1983 O. Jones & L. Haynes (Lenham)
1984 L. Yeomanson & D. Yeomanson (Tunbridge Wells)
1985 J. Evenden & N.D. Evenden (Empire Paper Mills)
1986 D. Moffatt & G.A. Smith (Old Colfeian)
1987 B. James & S. Savage (North Heath Social)
1988 C. Tingey & N. Kemp (Westbrook)
1989 G. Smith & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1990 D. Glazier & A. Cannon (Folkestone Park)
1991 D. Hilley & M. Heppell (Cyphers)
1992 G. Smith & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1993 G. Smith & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1994 R. Stother & N. Perkins (Old Colfeian)
1995 D. Hanmore & J. Dunn (Grosvenor)
1996 P. Doughty & G. Brock (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1997 K. Butts & P. Molyneux (Holmesdale)
1998 M. Higgins & D.J. Williams (Old Colfeian)
1999 B. Hornsby & M. Sekjer (Blackheath & Greenwich)
2000 H. Davies & J. Woodley (Bellingham)
2001 G. Smith & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
2002 S. McCaughan & J. Dunn (Sandwich)
2003 T. London & M. Milgate (Tunbridge Wells)
2004 K. Bateup & D. Hanmore (Tunbridge Wells)
2005 A. Cook & R. Cook (Horton Kirby)
2006 P. Fields & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
2007 C. Goldsmith & G. Charlton (Sandwich)
2008 R. Pickering & I. Way (West Wickham)
2009 C. Goldsmith & G. Charlton (Sandwich)
2010 A. Boatwright & R. Shields (Horton Kirby)
2011 D. King & C. Smith (Bromley)
2012 P. Field & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
2013 P. Field & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
2014 M.Harris, J. Jarvis (Queenborough)
2015 D.Boast, S.Savage (Met. Police)
2016 P.Farthing/ S. Marrett (Halls)
2017 P. Barnicott/ L. King (Milton Regis)
2018 A. Rodger/ P. Martin (Blackheath & Greenwich)
2019 J. Haskins/ R. Kendrick (VCD)
2020 No Competition due to Covid 19
2021 T. Bishop/ M. Cheeseman (Bromley)
2022 J. King/ T. Marshment (V.C.D,)
2023 J. Pounds/ S. Coyle (Appleyard)
RUNNERS UP
1911 Not Played
1912 W.T. Huggett & H. Albrow (Grove)
1913 W. Ladd & T. Rutter (Kearsney)
1914 W.J. Hall & P. Fox (Folkestone)
1915 F. Lumley & W. Smith (Sydenham)
1916 J.F. Barber & W.A. King (Canterbury)
1917 J. Thompson & G.L. Florence (Greenwich)
1918 F.L. Saunders & H. Cole (Grosvenor)
1919 L.G. Richards & A. Mc’Que (Bellingham)
1920 A.T. Mills & C.W. Winsall (Bellingham)
1921 V. Clark & P. Clark (Tunbridge Wells)
1922 V. Clark & P. Clark (Tunbridge Wells)
1923 J.A. Ceasar & F.W. Drayson (Canterbury)
1924 J. Blackman & A. Walker (T/Wells)
1925 I. Berry & D. Campbell (Kearsney)
1926 C. Jewhurst & J. Wood (Margate)
1927 A.P. Poingdestre & W.W. Gomer (Bromley)
1928 J. Litterick & M. Orchard (Forest Hill)
1929 W. Rye & W.A.B. Rattey (Canterbury)
1930 J. McGregor & E.R. Thwaite (Gravesend)
1931 L.G. Betteney & G. Allen (Callenders)
1932 W. Jeffrey & C. Walton (Faversham)
1933 C. Jewhurst & P.D. Tomlinson (Margate)
1934 H.V. Kay & H.O. Bristow (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1935 J. Williamsons & F. Wood (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1936 C.C. Wright & J. Hoare (St. Lawrence)
1937 G.H. Fieldgate & A.G. Fitch (Gillingham Liberals)
1938 J. Rowson & B. Ball (Betteshanger)
1939 T. Machon & M. Orchard (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1940-44 No Competition
1945 G. Douglas & J.T. Snelgar (Bellingham)
1946 G. Kemp & T.W. Robinson (St.Lawrence)
1947 J. Wilson & E. Dedryvere (Cyphers)
1948 W.S. Phillips & H. Peck (Old Colfeian)
1949 H. Merchant & A. South (Swanscombe)
1950 A. Graham & F.W. Smith (Herne Bay)
1951 S. Jackson & J. Broad (V.C.D.)
1952 W. Hubert & G. Parker (Danson Park)
1953 A. Turner & F. Wood (Woolwich & Plumstead)
1953 A. Turner & F. Wood (Woolwich & Plumstead)
1954 F. Colebrooke & S. Colebrooke (Gillingham Liberals)
1955 A.T. Russell & T. Machon (Bellingham)
1956 J. Martin & A.H. Eggleston (Northfleet)
1957 G. Fowler & W.B. Braggs (Gillingham Masonic)
1958 W. Head & T. Ward (B-Lloyds, Kemsley)
1959 F. Parnicott & J. Galer (Loose)
1960 R. Sainsbury & A. Aston (Bellingham)
1961 R. Sainsbury & A. Aston (Bellingham)
1962 F.H. Watling & S.E. Martin (Livesey Memorial)
1963 H.A. Smith & P. Bacchus (Canterbury)
1964 J. Cassells & P.A. Bates (West Beckenham Cons.)
1965 L. Kaneen & S.E. Martin (Livesey Memorial)
1966 L. Rowan & J. McMeakin (Sandwich)
1967 K. Watterson & E. Brett (Bexleyheath Conservatives)
1968 M.I. Baker & S. Bennett (Sundridge)
1969 B. Wilde & P. Arnold (Maidstone Gas Sports)
1970 D. Neale & F. MacDonald (Ramsgate)
1971 A. Aldridge & J.W. Wardle (Blue Circle S & S)
1972 J. McMeakin & L. Rowan (Sandwich)
1973 R. Haynes & R.T. Dunk (Bexleyheath Conservatives)
1974 D. Nethercott & S.R. Freezer (Midland Bank)
1975 H. Butler & M.A. Luker (The Grove)
1976 W.J. Harris & P.L. Higgs (Bexleyheath Conservatives)
1977 R. Keating & A. Fletcher (Civil Service)
1978 A.F. Lewis & W. Spenst (Kearsney)
1979 H. Stapley & B. Gay (Bowaters, Northfleet)
1980 R.F. Ault & S.J. King (Bellingham)
1981 S. Savage & M. Sekjer (Thames Ploytechnic)
1982 F. Cooper & G. Shoobridge (Bowaters, Sittingbourne)
1983 N. McVicar & W. Gordon (Bellingham)
1984 O. Jones & L. Haynes (Lenham)
1985 T. Fellows & M. Hopekirk (Lenham)
1986 D. Bowyer & T. Ralph (Cobham)
1987 R. Webster & R. Hurren (Ashford Town)
1988 G. Horton & M. Sekjer (Maidstone)
1989 C. Taylor & G. Charlton (Folkestone Park)
1990 D. Hilley & M. Heppell (Cyphers)
1991 H. Wakeman & T. Clifford (Hartley Country Club)
1992 M. Woodward & T. Campbell (Swanscombe)
1993 D. Reeves & G. Charlton (Folkestone Park)
1994 G. Smith & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1995 R. Stother & N. Perkins (Old Colfeian)
1996 D. Potter & C. Taylor (Folkestone Park)
1997 L. Shoobridge & R. Jenkins (UK Paper)
1998 P. Butcher & M. Sekjer (Blackheath & Greenwich)
1999 M. Arnold & G. Charlton (Sandwich)
2000 J. Speers & R. Hubbard (Betteshanger)
2001 D. Hanmore & W. Funnell (Tunbridge Wells)
2002 P. Farthing & R. Cain (Halls)
2003 A. Kemp & P. Adams (Woolwich & Plumstead)
2004 P. Fields & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)
2005 P. Putnam & G. Constant (V.C.D.)
2006 R. Abbs & R. Cumming (Bellingham)
2007 M. Homersdale & K. Wayand (St. Lawrence)
2008 G. Clarke & C. Burnham (Northfleet)
2009 M. Homersdale & K. Wayand (St. Lawrence)
2010 G. Clark & C. Burnham (Gravesend)
2011 M. Goldacre & D. Stern (Bearstead & Thurnham)
2012 K. Bateup & D. Hanmore (Tunbridge Wells)
2013 M. Goldacre & D. Stern (Bearstead & Thurnham)
2014 D. Mason & I. Robb (Herne Bay)
2015 A. Boatwright & R. Kendrick (V.C.D.)
2016 P. Field/ A. Thomson MBE (Blackheath & Greenwich)
2017 S. Savage/ G. Brock (Bromley)
2018 T. Bishop/ M. Cheeseman (Bromley)
2019 G. Knowles/ N. Bowden (Appleyard)
2020 No Competition due to Covid 19
2021 K. Moss/ Simon Green (Sandwich)
2022 M. Fisher/ S. Wells (Canterbury)
2023 A. Lewis/ I. Robb (Herne Bay)