Australian National Bowls Championships

Australian National Bowls Championships

Tournament information
Sport	Lawn bowls
Location	Australia
Established	1913
Administrator	Bowls Australia
Website	Bowls Australia

The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open 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

Year	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Ref
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]

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

Year	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Ref
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	[22][13][23]
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]

Men's Australian Open

Year	Singles	Pairs	Fours triples until 2014	Ref
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	[24]
2023	Aron Sherriff	Aaron Wilson Ben Twist	Barrie Lester Corey Wedlock Aaron Teys Aron Sherriff	[25]
2024	Aron Sherriff	Joseph Clarke Jack McShane	Ray Pearse Peter Taylor Gary Kelly Carl Healey	[26][27]

Women's Australian Open

Year	Singles	Pairs	Fours triples until 2014	Ref
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	[28]
2023	Cassandra Millerick	Genevieve Delves Natasha Van Eldik	Olivia Cartwright Laura Butler Chloe Stewart Katelyn Inch	[25]
2024	Laura Butler	Ellen Fife Kristina Krstic	Louise Cronan Leanne Chinery Emma Boyd Kelly McKerihen	[26][27]

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