KENT COUNTY BOWLING ASSOCIATION
Founded in 1911
Kent successes in the England National Championships
SINGLES
1911 J. Work (Grove) - Finalist
1919 E.E. Moore (Bellingham) - Winner
1920 A.E. Godsall (Forest Hill) - Winner
1925 C. Burton (Gillingham) - S/Finalist
1926 A.P. Poingdestre (Bromley) - Finalist
1927 M. Orchard (Forest Hill) - S/Finalist
1928 W. Barlow (Bellingham) - Finalist
1929 R.G. Colquhoun (Bromley) - Winner
1931 D. Campbell (Kearsney) - S/Finalist
1950 F. Clements (V.C.D.) - S/Finalist
1957 R. Middleton (Bromley) - S/Finalist
1981 A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) - Winner
1981 G.A. Smith (Old Colfeian) - S/Finalist
1993 G. Charlton (Folkestone Park) - Finalist
1995 P. Butcher (Blackheath & Greenwich) - S/Finalist
1997 A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) - S/Finalist
2001 G. Charlton (Sandwich) - Winner
2009 M. Lonie (Folkestone Park) - S/Finalist
2013 C. Baugh (Sidcup) Qtr/Finalist
2016 S. P. Green (Sandwich) - Winner
2018 R. Kendrick (VCD) - Qtr/Finalist
2018 S. Marrett (Halls) - Qtr/Finalist
2023 L. King (Appleyard) Winner
2024 H. Goodwin (Appleyard) - Finalist
TWO WOOD SINGLES
2019 T. Bishop (Bromley) Finalist
PAIRS
1913 C.A. Booth & A.E. Godsall (Forest Hill) - Winners
1925 I. Berry & D. Campbell (Kearsney) - S/Finalists
1927 W. Jeffrey & C. Walton (Faversham) - Finalists
1927 A.P. Poingdestre & W. Gomer (Bromley) - S/Finalists
1932 W. Jeffrey & C. Walton (Faversham) - Finalists
1933 R. Slater & W.W. Buckell (Callenders) - Winners
1934 R. Slater & W.W. Buckell (Callenders) - Winners
1935 H.V. Kay & H.O. Bristow (Blackheath & Greenwich) - Finalists
1945 G. Douglas & J.T. Snelgar (Bellingham) - Winners
1945 E.S. Quinnell & G.G. Gilmour (Tunbridge Wells, Culverden) - S/Finalists
1966 L.S. Rowan & J. McMeakin (Sandwich) - Finalists
1971 D. Cross & D. Crocker (Livesey Memorial) - Winners
1972 D. Cross & D. Crocker (Livesey Memorial) - S/Finalists & Winners of British Isles Championships
1976 M.F. Phillips & F.G. Sekjer (Thames Polytechnic) - Finalists
1980 R. Price & L.G. Platts (Betteshanger Col. Wel.) - S/Finalists
1984 O. Jones & L. Haynes (Lenham) - Winners
1987 B. James & S. Savage (North Heath Social) - S/Finalists
1992 G. Smith & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) - Winners
1993 G. Smith & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) - Finalists
1999 M. Arnold & G. Charlton (Sandwich) - Finalist
2006 P. Field & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) - Qtr/Finalists
2007 C. Goldsmith & G. Charlton (Sandwich) - Winners
2007 M. Homersham & K. Weyand (St. Lawrence) - Qtr/Finalists
2016 P. Farthing & S. Marrett (Halls) Semi-Finalists
2019 R. Kendrick & J. Haskins (VCD) Winners
TRIPLES
1948 B. Bassant, S.W. Filmer & Colin Walton (Faversham) - Winners
1950 G. Pearce, W. Combe, & E. Keith (Aylesford Paper Mills) - S/Finalists
1954 E. Chammings, H.C. Simmonds & E.H. Barker (Bellingham) - S/Finalists
1954 W. Stevenson, J. Drummond & C.V. Sweeting (Forest Hill) - Winners
1969 J. Armstrong, L. Rowan & J. McMeakin (Sandwich) - Finalists
1982 R. Stewart, O. Jones & L. Haynes (Lenham) - Winners
1986 M. Wilde, G. Chapman & M. Sekjer (Maidstone) - Finalists
1989 J. Chandler, T. Heppell & M. Sekjer (Blackheath & Greenwich) - S/Finalists
1997 P. Hayler, G. Smith & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) - S/Finalists
1998 C. Miles, M. Arnold & G. Charlton (Sandwich) - Finalists
2001 M. Lonie, D. Clark & C. Taylor (Folkestone Park) - Finalists
2002 M. Johnson, C. Hall & P. Barnicott (UK Paper, Sittingbourne) - S/-Finalists
2003 P. Field, T. Heppell & A.E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) - S/Finalists
2004 D. Langley, K. Fox & R. Pearce (Buckland Mill) - S/-Finalists
2012 S.Marrett, T. Heppell & A. E. Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) S/Finalists
2021 S. Marret, J. Haskins, R. Kendrick (V.C.D.) Quarter Finalists
2021 D. Mason, G. Allen, J. Kelly (V.C.D) Quarter Finalists
FOURS
1907 Forest Hills - Finalists
1913 Bellingham - Finalists
1914 Gillingham - Finalists
1926 Margate - S/Finalists
1927 Margate - Winners
1929 Ashford S. Railway - S/Finalists
1932 Faversham - S/Finalists
1933 Deal - S/Finalists
1945 Faversham - Finalists
1946 Faversham - Winners
1949 Tunbridge Wells - S/Finalists
1950 Eltham - Finalists
1958 Livesey Memorial - Finalists
1961 Bexleyheath Conservatives - S/Finalists
1965 Chatham - S/Finalists
1967 Sandwich - Winners
1981 Old Colfeian - S/Finalists
1987 Livesey Memorial - S/Finalists
1989 Blackheath & Greenwich - Winners
1989 Blackheath & Greenwich - S/Finalists
1999 Blackheath & Greenwich - Finalists
2000 Blackheath & Greenwich - S/Finalists
2009 Milton Regis - Quarter Finalists
2009 Herne Bay - Quarter Finalists
2010 Herne Bay - Finalists
2010 Halls - Quarter Finalists
2014 Blackheath & Greenwich – S/Finalists
2014 Sandwich – Semi Finalists
2017 St. Lawrence - Finalists
2019 VCD - S/Finalists
2022 VCD - Finalists
2024 Appleyard - Quarter Finalists
NATIONAL CLUB TWO-FOURS
1973 Sandwich - Finalists
1975 Livesey Memorial - S/Finalists
1980 Bexleyheath Conservatives - Finalists
1985 Old Colfeian - Qtr/Finalists
1986 Old Colfeian - Qtr/Finalists
1987 Blackheath & Greenwich - S/Finalists
1988 Blackheath & Greenwich - Qtr/Finalists
1990 Blackheath & Greenwich - Finalists
1991 Palm Cottage - Qtr/Finalists
1992 Horton Kirby - Qtr/Finalists
1993 Blackheath & Greenwich - Winners
1995 Folkestone Park - Qtr/Finalists
1996 Blackheath & Greenwich - S/Finalists
1999 Blackheath & Greenwich - Finalists
2000 Sandwich - Qtr/Finalists
2002 AEI/Henley - S/Finalists
2003 AEI/Henley - Qtr/Finalists
2004 Sandwich - Winners
2005 V.C.D. - Qtr/Finalists
2007 Horton Kirby - Qtr/Finalists
2010 Folkestone Park - Qtr/Finalists
2014 Sandwich - Winners
2015 Sandwich - S/Finalists
2019 Sandwich - Qtr/Finalists
INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (MIDDLETON CUP)
1912 Winners
1923 Finalists
1925 Finalists
1929 Winners
1947 S/Finalists
1974 Winners
1987 Winners
1989 Winners
1991 Winners
1992 Qtr/Finalists
1993 Winners
1995 S/Finalists
1998 Qtr/Finalists
1999 Finalists
2000 Qtr/Finalists
2001 Finalists
2007 Qtr/Finalists
2008 S/Finalists
2009 Qtr/Finalists
2010 S/Finalists
2015 S/Finalists
2016 Finalists
2017 Finalists
2018 Qtr/Finalists
2019 Finalists
2020 No Competition due to Covid 19
2021 Winners
COUNTY TOP FOUR COMPETITION
1982 R. Price, M.A. Luker, G.A. Smith, D. Crocker - Finalists
1999 P. Barnicott, G. Smith, G. Charlton, A. Thomson - Finalists
2000 P. Barnicott, G. Charlton, G. Smith, A. Thomson - S/Finalists
2001 P. Barnicott, G. Charlton, G. Smith, A. Thomson - Finalists
2002 P. Barnicott, D. Hanmore, G. Charlton, A. Thomson - Winners
2004 R. Kendrick, D. Hanmore, P. Barnicott, G. Charlton - Winners
2010 G. Allan, J. Kelly, S Whiting, D. Mason - Finalists
COUNTY TOP TWO FOURS COMPETITION
2007 R. Kendrick, C. Hall, J. Dunn, P. Barnicott
K. Moss, M. Johnson, A. Dunn, G. Charlton - Finalists
2024 Semi Finalists
TOP CLUB COMPETITION
2007 V.C.D. - S/Finalists
2009 Milton Regis - S/Finalists
2019 Bromley Qtr/Finalists
2021 Bromley - Winners
2022 Appleyard - Quarter Finalists
2023 Appleyard - Winners
NATIONAL CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
1984 B. Ward (Livesey Memorial) - Finalist
1988 G.A. Smith (Blackheath & Greenwich) - Finalist
1989 G. Spencely (Faversham) - Qtr/Finalist
1991 T. Duncan (Forest Hill) - Qtr/Finalist
1994 M. Arnold (Margate) - Winner
1996 D. Hilley (Cyphers) - Qtr/Finalist
1998 J. Dunn (Sandwich) - Qtr/Finalist
2000 C. Payne (Winget) - S/Finalist
2000 C. Smith (Old Colfeian) - Qtr/Finalist
2001 J. Dunn (Betteshanger) - S/Finalist
2005 M. Goord (Eltham) - Finalist
2009 R. Foreman (Cranbrook) - S/Finalist
2010 G. Charlton (Sandwich) - Qtr/Finalist
2014 P. Woolford (Ashord) – Finalist
2016 P. Martin (Milton Regis) Winner
2019 R. Kendrick (VCD) S/Finalist
2022 H. Goodwin (Appleyard) - Winner
NATIONAL SENIOR SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
1993 S.C. Hatt (Maidstone) - Finalist
1997 C. Owen (Tunbridge Wells, Culverden) - Finalist
2001 T. Bishop (Metropolitan Police, Hayes) - Winner
2002 N. Wood (St. Lawrence) - Qtr/Finalist
2003 K. Gates (Hythe) - S/Finalist
2004 B. Vickers (Metropolitan Police, Hayes) - S/Finalist
2005 B. Stone (Baker Bexford) - Winner
2006 R. Evans (Lenham) - Qtr/Finalist
2007 A. Robinson (Rochester) - Qtr/Finalist
2008 A. Cutterham (Civil Service) - Qtr/Finalist
2010 G. Charlton (Sandwich) - Qtr/Finalist
2014 Chris Smith (Bromley) – S/Finalist
2015 Alan Cornfoot (Canterbury) - Qtr/Finalist
2018 J. Barnes (Bromley) Qtr/Finalist
2024 K. Weyand (St. Lawrence) Winner
NATIONAL SENIOR PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
1996 R. Shilling & L. Anning (St. Lawrence) - Qtr/Finalists
2001 A. Bunce & M. Longley (Bromley) - Qtr/Finalists
2003 S. Allan & G. Mitchell (Folkestone Park) - Qtr/Finalists
2004 D. Cross & R. Riley (Nat. West. Bank) - Qtr/Finalists
2005 M. Day (Borstal) & R. Howell (AEI Henley) - Qtr/Finalists
2007 S. Dorell & R. Herridge (Folkestone Park) - Qtr/Finalists
2009 M. Talbot & G. Wills (Canterbury) - Qtr/Finalists
2012 R. Breame & E. Hughes (Bromley) - Finalists
2022 S. Parr & K. Weyand (St. Lawrence) - Finalists
NATIONAL JUNIOR SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
1994 J. Dunn (Sandwich) - Qtr/Finalist
1996 C. James (Canterbury) - Qtr/Finalist
1997 C. James (Canterbury) - Finalist
2008 P. Woolford (Ashford Town) - Qtr/Finalist
2009 S. Whiting (Herne Bay) - Qtr/Finalist
2009 P. Woolford (Ashford Town) - Qtr/Finalist
2015 P. Martin (Milton Regis) - Finalist
2017 P. Foster (Canterbury) - Qtr/Finalist
2019 J. Avery (Folkestone Park) Winner
NATIONAL JUNIOR PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
2019 J. Vandepeer & I. Jenner S/Finalists
NATIONAL COUNTY JUNIOR TWO FOURS COMPETITION
1997 S/Finalists
2000 S/Finalists
2018 Finalists
2022 Winners
2023 Winners
SENIOR PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
2018 DAVID KING, STEVE LOVELL, GARY BROCK & CHRIS SMITH (BROMLEY) - Qtr/Finalists