Australian National Bowls Championships

Australian bowls event

Australian National Bowls ChampionshipsTournament information

Sport| Lawn bowls
Location| Australia
Established| 1913
Administrator| Bowls Australia
Website| Bowls Australia

The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open are competitions in Australia for bowls. They are organised by Bowls Australia. Bowls dates back to 1845 in Australia but it was not until 1910, during the 1910 Carnival of Bowls, that South Australia proposed the formation of the Australian Bowling Council (consisting of the six states) which duly formed the following year in 1911. The first National Singles Championships were held in 1913, with each state holding the Championships in turn.[1][2][3] The Championships were also known as the Carnival at one stage.[2]

The Championships were not held for a twelve year period from 2005 until 2016 when the Australian Open effectively replaced the National Championships. They Nationals returned in 2017 at the Club Sapphire Merimbula but the Australian Open continued to be held and remains a significant national event.[4][5]

The Championships were severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic with the 2020 Championships held over until May 2021. When they eventually took place not all of the events could be completed due to further problems with the pandemic.[6] The 2021 championships were finally held in April 2022.[7]

## Australian Men's National Championships

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Year  | Singles  | Pairs  | Triples  | Fours  | Ref

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1913 | W E Sayers (Ballarat) | not held | not held | W Arnott
G A Chapman
J Yeo
Harry Moses |
1914 | Louis Waxman (Armadale) | not held | not held | W A Hotchin
J C Stewart
S W Smith
L Waxman |
1915–1921 not held due to World War I |
1922 | T A Williams (Ballarat) | not held | not held | T Alexander
A Alexander
A Fuller
T Lewis |
1923 not held |
1924 | John Gustafson (Fremantle) | not held | not held | E J Whykes
T Young
W M Morgan
T A Williams |
1925 not held |
1926 | Andy Oastler (Camberwell) | not held | not held | H Maidment
M B Wilson
C Wyett
W Miller |
1927 | Frank Dobbie (City of Camberwell) | not held | not held | H P Walsh
S Solomon
J Puls
F W Hardham |
1928–1929 not held |
1930 | A B Stanley (Moreland) | not held | not held | E Daley
G A Holmes
J A Ferguson
A B Stanley |
1931 | Frank Dobbie (City of Camberwell) | not held | not held | W Bleach Jr.
W A Hotchin
J C Blair
W Bleach Sr. |
1932–1933 not held |
1934 | T Williams (South Park) | G L Jacobs
A U Alley (Composite) | not held | Harold Murray
G A Holmes
J A Ferguson
A B Stanley |
19351 not held |
1936 | E W Walker (Oakleigh) | H W Brown
R T Harrison (Composite) | not held | J Murray
N F Daws
G L Jacobs
A U Alley |
1937 not held |
1938 | Frank Livingstone (Onehunga) | Percy Hutton
Howard Mildren (South Park) | not held | Harold Murray
Aub Murray
Charlie McNeill
Tom Kinder |
1939–1946 not held due to World War II |
1947 | Jack Petchell (Sturt) | J Bunce
T H Jackett (City of Hawthorn) | not held | C Hill
A Toose
H Carne
F Winn |
1948 | Jack Gordon (Coorparoo) | A E C Treloar
M C Wood (Adelaide) | not held | F J Bleazby
W Jepson
C L P Lilburne
N F Daws |
1949 | Glyn Bosisto (Victoria) | Bert Palm
W A Maughan (Bundaberg) | not held | John Cobley
James Cobley
Len Knight
Charles Cordaiy |
1950 not held |
1951 | Glyn Bosisto (Auburn) | A E C Treloar
M C Wood (Adelaide) | not held | T H Jackett
R T Rundle
A C Davies
Glyn Bosisto |
1952 | Glyn Bosisto (Auburn) | J D Blackwell
M P Bussau (Nhill) | not held | H Murrell
T R Salmond
H Rutherford
H Littler |
1953 | Glyn Bosisto (Auburn) | David Long
John Bird (Ryde) | not held | Elgar Collins
Walter Maling
Charles Beck
Neville Green |
1954 not held |
1955 | Charlie McNeill (Hamilton) | W J Truscott
Harry Snook (Composite) | not held | J D Robinson
L A Beasley
G K Hutton
W R Tate |
1956 not held |
1957 | Albert Newton (City) | R L Davis
L A Fitzpatrick (Ballan) | not held | C Jackson
C Hoath
K Spry
Glyn Bosisto |
1958 not held |
1959 | Keith Downie (Newcastle City) |  | not held | Wally Bourne
Bert Flugge
Laurie Poole
Keith Poole |
1960 not held |
1961 | Ellis Crew (NSW) | J W West
Jim McCain (St George/Bexley) | not held | Bill Sneyd
S Carter
E McCarthy
Ron Marshall |
1962 not held |
1963 | Ron Marshall (Queensland) | John Reynolds
Gus Bianchetto (NSW) | not held | Dave Downie
H Hill
S Owen
W Dart |
1964 not held |
1965 | Noel Osborne (Taree) | John Slater
Alan Griffin (St George) | not held | Alan Crawford
Harry Beveridge
Keith Martin
Geoff Kelly |
1966 not held |
1967 | Tom Eastall (Penguin, Tas) | Ron Soulsby
John Grant (Yarrawonga) | not held | Harry Lyon
Abe Corrall
Stan Lane
Mick Reynolds |
1968 not held |
1969 | Martin Millsom (Footscray City) | Alan Smith
Albert Newton (City) | not held |  |
1970 | Merv Davy (Queensland) | Bill Jackson (Gosford)
Bob Pinkerton (Camden) | not held | Vic Hayes
R Morton
Peter Rheuben
Frank Soars | [2]
1971 not held |
1972 | Clive White (Queensland) [2] | I Stanton
R Baird (Queensland) [2] | not held | Stan Coomber
H Wyper
E Stewart
Keith Poole | [2]
1973 not held |
1974 | Colin Thorn (WA) | Ron Butler
Col Lindsay (WA) | not held | Tisha McIntosh
Barry Salter
Jim Woodward
Alan Freeman |
1975 | Cec Liddell | Roy Souter (Wiseman Park)
Phil Flynn (Illawarra) | not held | Tisha McIntosh
Barry Salter
Kenny Williams
Ken Woods |
1976 not held |
1977 | Barrie Baxter (Queensland) | Robert Parrella
Brian Gillett (Queensland) | not held | Cecil Bransky
David Blumberg
Jim Hall
Reg Robinson |
1978 not held |
1979 | Jim Yates (Moreland, Vic) | Robert Parrella
Brian Gillett | not held |
1980 not held |
1981 | Jack Hosking (Victoria) | Wally Bonaguro
Keith Lindner (SA) | not held | Clarrie Watkins
Bob Bartlett
Sam Clough
Jim McDonnell |
1982 not held |
1983 | Jack Christey (NSW) |  | not held | Peter Rheuben
Ivan Vlatko
Jim Hall
David Blumberg | [8]
1984 not held |
1985 |  | Dennis Katunarich
| not held | Dennis Katunarich
Brian Katunarich
John Rainoldi
Paul Richards |
1986 | Peter Lawson (Tasmania) | Dennis Katunarich
John Rainoldi (WA) | not held | Charlie Hayes |
1987 | Terry Baldwin (Warilla, NSW) | Rex Johnston
Bruce Linton | not held |  | [9]
1988 | Ian Ross (Victoria) | Ian Schuback
Fred Diamond | not held | John Hurst
Ian Jarvis
Colin Gee
Harold Fisher |
1989 not held |
1990 | Peter Rheuben |  | not held | Cameron Curtis | [10]
1991 |  |  | not held |  |
1992 |  |  | not held |  |
1993 |  |  | not held |  |
1994 | John Noonan |  | not held |  | [11]
1995 |  |  | not held |  |
1996 |  |  | not held |  |
1997 |  |  | not held |  |
1998 |  |  | not held |  |
1999 |  |  | not held |  |
2000 | Bill Cornehls |  | not held |  |
2001–2016 not held |
2017 | Aron Sherriff | Anthony Kiepe
Des Cann Jr. | Sean Ingham
Kevin Anderson
Ryan Bester | Des Cann Jr.
Matthew Lucas
Brett Wilkie
Nathan Rice |
2018 | Ray Pearse | Jade Groenewege
Sean Baker | Alan Howard
Peter Balderson
Mitchell Mears | Jordan Yates
Darren Burgess
Jay Bye-Norris
Anthony Flapper |
2019 | Matthew Baus | Jade Groenewege
Sean Baker | Josh Berry
Chris Herden
Ben Twist | Joshua Appleyard
Brad Johns
Robert Meadows
Lee Schraner | [12][13][14]
2020 | cancelled | Lee Schraner
Brad Marron< | Corey Wedlock
Gary Kelly
Brendan Aquilina | Aaron Teys
Corey Wedlock
Brendan Aquilina
Jamie Turner | [15][16][17]
2021 | Blake Nairn | Aron Sherriff
Sean Ingham | Nick Cahill
Barrie Lester
Aron Sherriff | Paul Sinden
Adam Graham
Anthony Einfeld
Mark Masel |
2022 | Rob McMullen | Jack McShane
Shawn Thompson | Nino Vlahovic
Winston Brackley
Brett Mahoney | Jordan Yates
Paul Williamson
Brad Willoughby
Anthony Flapper |
2023 | Cody Packer | Corey Wedlock
Gary Kelly | Roger Stevens
Dean Drummond
Peter Brown | Craig Donaldson
Mathew Pietersen
David Ferguson
Ben Twist | [18][19][20][21]
2024 | Jay Bye-Norris | Ben Winther
Brett Spurr | Andrew Evans
Jake Rynne
Kane Nelson | Tyler Pettigrew
Brad Piper
Cody Gerick
Kane Nelson | [22]

Championships not held - 1915-21, 1913, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939–46, 1950, 1954, 1956, 2001-2016

## Australian Women's National Championships

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Year  | Singles  | Pairs  | Triples  | Fours  | Ref

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1969 | Mary Ormsby |  |  |  |
1986 | Greta Fahey |  |  |  |
2017 | Kylie Whitehead | Natasha Jones
Lynsey Clarke | Lynne Thompson
Genevieve Delves
Natasha Scott | Natasha Jones
Lynsey Clarke
Julie Keegan
Chloe Stewart |
2018 | Carla Krizanic | Anne Johns
Kelsey Cottrell | Louise Cronin
Kate Walker
Katrina Wright | Laura Merz
Robyn O'Brien
Therese Hastings
Helen Morss |
2019 | Chloe Stewart | Katelyn Inch
Julie Keegan | Val Hardy
Judy Beesley
Jo Martin [14] | Erin Swatridge
Kay Moran
Jamie-Lee Worsnop
Ellen Ryan | [23][13][24]
2020 | cancelled | Genevieve Delves
Natasha Van Eldik | Kate Matthews
Genevieve Delves
Natasha Van Eldik | Isabella Lawson
Leigh Fortington
Maria Rigby
Ester Regan | [15][16][17]
2021 | Bolivia Millerick | Cassandra Millerick
Kelsey Cottrell | Rebecca Van Asch
Debra Lee
Jess McMullen | Claire Sanders
Laureen Smith
Anne Miles
Kylie Whitehead |
2022 | Kelsey Cottrell | Sam Ferguson
Anne Johns | Kerry Andersen
Rhonda Prosser
Kaye Blackwell | Amanda Masters
Shaan Saunders
Shari Solly
Jennie Bruce |
2023 | Jessie Cottell | Claire Turley
Lynsey Clarke | Kate Matthews
Genevieve Delves
Natasha Van Eldik | Jamie-Lee Worsnop
Ellen Falkner
Ellen Ryan
Karen Murphy | [18][19][20][21]
2024 | Kelly McKerihen | Natasha Russell
Dawn Hayman | Brenda Balchin
Brenda Thompson
Noelene Dutton | Helen Heal
Robyn O'Brien
Hailey Packer
Kristina Krstic | [22]

## Men's Australian Open

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Year  | Singles  | Pairs  | Fours
triples until 2014  | Ref

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2005 | Shane Globits | Bill Cornehls
Michael Wilks | Bill Cornehls
Kevin Walsh
Michael Wilks |
2006 | Russell Meyer | Mark Nitz
Mark Strochnetter | Alan Dove
Graham Edwards
Wayne Roberts |
2007 | Robert Doody | Matthew Marchant
Greg Harlow | Brody Pitham
John Bezear
Shane Garvey |
2008 | Leif Selby | Ryan Bester
Gary Lawson | Carl Healey
Trentan Healey
Scott Bateup |
2009 | Brett Wilkie | Ian McMahon
Mark Casey | Mark Berghofer
Robbie Thompson
Mark Jacobsen |
2010 | Aron Sherriff | Mervyn King
Stuart Airey | Paul Jopson
Ben Twist
Kurt Brown |
2011 | Leif Selby | Neville Rodda
Lee Schraner | Nick McIntyre
Matthew Flapper
Ali Forsyth |
2012 | Mark Casey | Leif Selby
Nathan Rice | Ray Lawerson
James Pearce
Alan Dove |
2013 | Aaron Wilson | Russell Green Jnr
Dylan Fisher | Tony Crammond
Dave Caldwell
Peter Bobrige |
2014 | Nathan Wilson | Andrew Rees
Brendon Baker | Simon Mitchell
Brodie Turner
Jon Dimopoulos
Michael Cronin |
2015 | Aaron Teys | Robbie Wild
Sean Baker | Steven Dennis
Nathan Pedersen
Wayne Ruediger
Scott Thulborn |
2016 | Aron Sherriff | Steven Dennis
Nathan Pedersen | Steven Dennis
Nathan Pedersen
Wayne Ruediger
Scott Thulborn |
2017 | Nathan Pedersen | Josh Thornton
Barrie Lester | Ryan Burnett
Darren Burnett
Paul Foster
Alex Marshall |
2018 | Ryan Bester | Chris Herden
Carl Healey | Ryan Burnett
Nathan Rice
Jeremy Henry
Alex Marshall |
2019 | Aron Sherriff | Ray Pearse
Aron Sherriff | Bradley Lawson
Scott De Jongh
Jamie Anderson
Kurt Brown |
2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
2021 | Aaron Wilson | Matt Johnstone
Cody Packer | Ray Pearse
Aaron Hewson
Ben Twist
David Ferguson |
2022 | Aron Sherriff | Aaron Wilson
Ben Twist | Carl Healey
Wayne Ruediger
Nathan Pedersen
Gary Kelly | [25]
2023 | Aron Sherriff | Aaron Wilson
Ben Twist | Barrie Lester
Corey Wedlock
Aaron Teys
Aron Sherriff | [26]
2024 | Aron Sherriff | Joseph Clarke
Jack McShane | Ray Pearse
Peter Taylor
Gary Kelly
Carl Healey | [27][28]

## Women's Australian Open

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Year  | Singles  | Pairs  | Fours
triples until 2014  | Ref

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2005 | Roma Dunn | Arleen Jeffrey
Maria Rigby | Brooke Edwards
Gayle Edwards
Jan Hurst |
2006 | Julie Keegan | Margaret Fairbairn
Helen Bosisto | Katherine Hawes
Jean Baker
Catherine Popple |
2007 | Siti Zalina Ahmad | Noi Tucker
Therese Hastings | Karin Wilkinson
Margaret Smith
Beth Quinlain |
2008 | Katrina Wright | Linda Gardiner
Gail Waitai | Corinne Crouch
Kay Moran
Katrina Wright |
2009 | Kelsey Cottrell | Lynsey Armitage
Karen Murphy | Kay Moran
Anne Johns
Karen Murphy |
2010 | Joyce Lindores | Sharyn Renshaw
Therese Hastings | Clare McCaul
Jan Khan
Val Smith |
2011 | Lisa Phillips | Kay Moran
Karen Murphy | Kelsey Cottrell
Anne Johns
Lynsey Armitage |
2012 | Lynsey Armitage | Victoria Troster
Elise Cowan | Kelsey Cottrell
Anne Johns
Lynsey Armitage |
2013 | Lisa Phillips | Kelsey Cottrell
Lynsey Armitage | Samantha Shannahan
Claire Turley
Lisa Phillips |
2014 | Anne Johns | Emma Brown
Noelene Dutton | Anne Johns
Rebecca Van Asch
Kelsey Cottrell
Lynsey Clarke |
2015 | Ellen Ryan | Emma Brown
Noelene Dutton | Samantha Noronha
Natalie Noronha
Carla Odgers
Natasha Scott |
2016 | Natasha Scott | Anne Johns
Rebecca Van Asch | Tiffany Brodie
Amelia Bruggy
Georgia White
Chloe Stewart |
2017 | Ellen Ryan | Ellen Ryan
Julie Keegan | Tiffany Brodie
Amelia Bruggy
Georgia White
Chloe Stewart |
2018 | Rebecca Van Asch | Gayle Edwards
Brooke Edwards | Lindg Qu
Leeane Poulson
Dianne Strawbridge
Marilyn Emerton |
2019 | Natasha Scott | Genevieve Delves
Dawn Hayman | Lynsey Clarke
Anne Johns
Kelsey Cottrell
Rebecca Van Asch |
2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
2021 | Natasha Van Eldik | Lynsey Clarke
Kelsey Cottrell | Sam Ferguson
Anne Johns
Lynsey Clarke
Kelsey Cottrell |
2022 | Kelsey Cottrell | Paris Baker
Olivia Bloomfield | Sam Ferguson
Rebecca Van Asch
Lynsey Clarke
Kelsey Cottrell | [29]
2023 | Cassandra Millerick | Genevieve Delves
Natasha Van Eldik | Olivia Cartwright
Laura Butler
Chloe Stewart
Katelyn Inch | [26]
2024 | Laura Butler | Ellen Fife
Kristina Krstic | Louise Cronan
Leanne Chinery
Emma Boyd
Kelly McKerihen | [27][28]

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