European Bowls Team Championships

The European Bowls Championship is a biennial continental lawn bowls tournament for European nations, organised by the European Bowls Union (EBU).[1] Three events are held; Men's Pairs, Ladies Pairs and Mixed Fours, in which gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded.[1] The overall Team Champions are determined based on a points system.

European Bowls Championship
Tournament information
Established	1997
Organisation(s)	European Bowls Union (EBU)
Format	Men's Pairs Ladies Pairs Mixed Pairs Team Champions
Current champion(s)
England (overall team)  Guernsey (men's pairs)  England (ladies pairs)  England (mixed fours)

History

The tournament was established so it enabled smaller countries in Europe to participate competitively against other more established bowls-playing countries,[2] maintaining the EBU's prinicple aim, which is to foster and develop the sport of lawn bowls throughout Europe.[3]

The first championship was held in 1997, with financial help from the Guernsey Tourist Board.[3] The format of the championship has changed throughout the tournament's history.[4]

Participating nations

There are currently sixteen member nations affiliated to the European Bowls Union (EBU),[5][6] while a President's Select also competes and, in the past, a European Select has competed at the championship.

•  Cyprus
•  England
•  Germany
•  Guernsey
• Ireland
•  Israel
•  Isle of Man
•  Jersey
•  Portugal
•  Scotland
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Netherlands
•   Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  Wales

Championship Medalists

Year	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref
1997	Guernsey	Team Champions	Ireland	Wales	Scotland	[3][7]
1999	Jersey Les Creux Bowling Club	Team Champions	England	Scotland	Spain	[3][8]
2001	Jersey Les Creux Bowling Club	Team Champions	Scotland	Wales	Ireland	[3][9]
2003	Portugal Vilamoura Bowling Club	Mixed Pairs	Jersey[10] David Le Marquand Gaynor Thomas
		Team Champions	England	Israel	Ireland	[3][11]
2005	Portugal Vilamoura Bowling Club	Overall Individual	England[12] Catherine Popple		Guernsey[13][14] Alison Merrien	[3][15]
		Men's Singles			Guernsey[13] Matt Le Ber
		Ladies Singles		Guernsey[13][16] Alison Merrien
		Mixed Pairs
		Team Champions	Scotland	England	Ireland
2007	Cyprus Athena Beach [17]	Overall Individual	England Catherine Popple	Scotland Iain McLean	Scotland Lynn Stein	[3][12][18]
		Men's Singles	Scotland Iain McLean	England Nick Brett  England Simon Skelton	Not awarded
		Ladies Singles	England Catherine Popple	Scotland Lynn Stein	England Mo Monkton
		Mixed Pairs
		Team Champions	England Nick Brett Simon Skelton Catherine Popple Mo Monkton	Scotland Iain McLean Grant Logan Lynn Stein Caroline Brown	Spain[19] Nick Cole Jackie Breslin Pam Cole Maggie Lawley
2009	Cyprus Athena Beach [20]	Overall Individual	Jersey[21][22] Cyril Renouf	Guernsey[13][21] Lucy Beere	Scotland Colin Peacock	[3][23][24]
		Men's Singles	Jersey Cyril Renouf	Scotland Colin Peacock	England Nick Brett
		Ladies Singles	Guernsey[13] Lucy Beere	Cyprus Linda Ryan	Scotland Lynn Stein
		Mixed Pairs		Guernsey[13][25] Garry Collins Alison Merrien
		Team Champions	Scotland David Peacock Jim Gilrut Lynn Stein Michelle Cooper	England Nick Brett Simon Skelton Sue Davies Mo Monkton	Guernsey[13][26][27] Matt Le Ber Garry Collins Alison Merrien Lucy Beere
2011	Portugal Vilamoura Bowling Club [28][29]	Men's Pairs	Wales[4][30][31] Marc Wyatt David Harding	England	Ireland	[3][32] [33][34][35]
		Ladies Pairs	Jersey[36][37][38] Katie Nixon Joan Renouf	England	Wales[4][30][31] Lisa Forey Caroline Taylor
		Mixed Pairs	Wales[4][30][31] Marc Wyatt David Harding Lisa Forey Caroline Taylor	Scotland[39] Derek Oliver Robert Grant Susan Murray Claire Douglas	Israel[40] Zvika Hadar Danny Slodovnik Tami Kamel Ruthie Gilor
		Team Champions	Wales[4][30][31] Marc Wyatt David Harding Lisa Forey Caroline Taylor	England	Scotland[39] Derek Oliver Robert Grant Susan Murray Claire Douglas
2013	Spain Emerald Isle Bowling Club and San Miguel Bowling Club [41][42]	Men's Pairs	Scotland[43] Colin Walker Derek Oliver	Wales[43] Roger Jones Wayne Griffiths	Ireland[43] Stephen Shields Mark Wilson	[3][44] [45][46][47]
		Ladies Pairs	Spain[48][49] Janet Dando Lynn Greenland	England[2][50] Jamie-Lea Winch Wendy King	Jersey Chris Grimes Joan Renouf
		Mixed Fours	England[2][50] Jamie Walker Robert Paxton Jamie-Lea Winch Wendy King	Scotland Colin Walker Derek Oliver Susan Murray Lynn Stein	Spain[48][49] Pete Bonsor Graham Cathcart Janet Dando Lynn Greenland
		Team Champions	England[2][50] Jamie Walker Robert Paxton Jamie-Lea Winch Wendy King	Scotland Colin Walker Derek Oliver Susan Murray Lynn Stein	Spain[48][49] Pete Bonsor Graham Cathcart Janet Dando Lynn Greenland
2015	Israel Ramat Gan Bowling Club [51][52]	Men's Pairs	Guernsey[13][27][53] Matthew Solway Matthew le Ber	Jersey[54][55] Derek Boswell Cyril Renouf	England[55][56] Alex Walton Ashley Caress	[3][57]
		Ladies Pairs	England[56] Rebecca Field Amy Stanton	Netherlands[54][58] Saskia Schaft Norma Duin	Guernsey[13][27][53] Jackie Nicolle Lucy Beere
		Mixed Pairs	England[55][56] Alex Walton Ashley Caress Rebecca Field Amy Stanton	Guernsey[13][27][53] Matthew Solway Matthew Le Ber Jackie Nicholle Lucy Beere	Ireland[54][59] Stuart Bennett Aaron Tennant Sile Garvey Sarah-Jane Coleman
		Team Champions	England[55][56] Alex Walton Ashley Caress Rebecca Field Amy Stanton	Guernsey[13][27][53] Matthew Solway Matthew Le Ber Jackie Nicholle Lucy Beere	Netherlands[58] Ralph de Rooij Frank de Vries Saskia Schaft Norma Duin

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External links

• The 2013 European Team Championships EBU.