Northampton Express Bowls Tours
Year Venue County Hotel TOUR SECRETARY
1972 Blackpool Lancashire Reads Court C Buswell
1973 Blackpool Lancashire Reads Court C Buswell
1974 Margate Kent C Buswell
1977 Brighton East Sussex Oriental Place C Buswell
1978 Brighton East Sussex Oriental Place C Buswell
1979 Shanklin Isle of Wight West Hill Manor Hotel C Buswell
1980 Shanklin Isle of Wight West Hill Manor Hotel C Buswell
1981 Torquay Devon C Buswell
1982 Weston-super-Mare Somerset Salisbury Hotel C Buswell
1983 Weston-super-Mare Somerset Salisbury Hotel C Buswell
1984 Bournemouth Dorset & Hampshire C Buswell
1985 Eastbourne East Sussex Langham Hotel C Buswell
1986 Eastbourne East Sussex Langham Hotel C Buswell
1988 Weston-super-Mare Somerset C Buswell
1989 Clacton Essex Mayflower Hotel C Buswell
1990 Clacton Essex Mayflower Hotel C Buswell
1991 Weymouth Dorset C Buswell
1992 Scarborough North Yorkshire C Buswell
1993 Newquay Cornwall Grantham Astor Hotel C Buswell
1994 Newquay Cornwall Grantham Astor Hotel C Buswell
1995 Southsea Hampshire C Buswell
1996 Cliftonville Kent Smiths Court Hotel C Buswell
1997 Cliftonville Kent Smiths Court Hotel C Buswell
1998 Weymouth Dorset Crown Hotel C Buswell
1999 Weymouth Dorset Crown Hotel K G Berrill
2000 Ilfracombe North Devon Collingwood Hotel K G Berrill
2001 Southsea Hampshire Glendower Hotel K G Berrill
2002 Weston-super-Mare Somerset Baymead Hotel K G Berrill
2003 Weston-super-Mare Somerset Birchfield Hotel K G Berrill
2004 Eastbourne East Sussex Afton Hotel C Bland
2005 Eastbourne East Sussex Afton Hotel C Bland
2006 Weymouth Dorset Crown Hotel C Bland
2007 Torquay Devon Frognel Hall C Bland
2008 Torquay Devon Inglewood Hotel C Bland
2009 Great Yarmouth Norfolk Princes Hotel C Bland
2010 Great Yarmouth Norfolk Princes Hotel C Bland
2011 Bournemouth Dorset & Hampshire Bourne Hall Hotel C Bland
2012 Torquay Devon Inglewood Hotel C Bland
2013 Eastbourne East Sussex Afton Hotel C Bland
2014 Eastbourne East Sussex Afton Hotel C Bland
2015 Sandown Isle of Wight Carlton Hotel C Bland
2016 Torquay Devon Rainbow International Hotel C Bland
2017 Torquay Devon Riviera Hotel C Bland
2018 Weston-super-Mare Somerset Royal Grosvenor Hotel C Bland
2019 Weston-super-Mare Somerset Royal Grosvenor Hotel C Bland
2020 Shanklin Isle of Wight Ocean View Hotel C Bland
2021 Weston-super-Mare Somerset Royal Grosvenor Hotel C Bland
2022 Eastbourne East Sussex Afton Hotel C Bland
2023 Eastbourne East Sussex Afton Hotel C Bland
2024 Weston-super-Mare Somerset Royal Grosvenor Hotel C Bland
FOOTNOTES
1The first three tours were weekends. All tours since 1977 have been for a week.
2There was no tour in 1987.
3The 2020 tour was during the Covid pandemic. With the bowls clubs on the Isle of Wight all closed, twenty-two
tourists enjoyed a 5 day holiday instead.