Nations Cup Winners

The Nations Cup is YC&AC’s annual international festival of lawn bowls. From 1955 until at least 1991 when records from that period stop, the “International Lawn Bowls Trophy” (pictured below) was the prize.

The full list of winners as we know them follows after the photograph.

1955 Born in Japan

W.H. Helm, D.J. Helm, F.S. Harriss, G.E. Beatty

1956 Continental

Mrs S.G. Bielous, Mrs E. Crane, M.A. Guterres, S.G. Bielous

1957 France

A. Boise, D. Dentici, E. Kirch, H. Morita

1958 Portugal

Mrs G. Dasilva, M. Maher, A Da Rosa, H. Fernandes

1959 Continental

Mrs S.G. Bielous, Mrs M.A. Guterres, H. Van Echten, Mr S.G. Bielous

1960 Continental

Mrs S.G. Bielous, Mrs M.A. Guterres, Mr M.A. Guterres, Mr S.G. Bielous

1961 Belgium

Mrs T. Verleysen, Mrs C. Verleysen, M Verleysen, R Verleysen

1962 Belgium

Mrs. T. Verlyesen, Mrs C. Verleysen, M. Verleysen, R. Verleysen

1963 Portugal

D. Maher, E. Dasilva, M. Maher, H. Fernandes

1964 Affiliation not recorded (Continental?)

S.G. Bielous, Mrs. M.A. Guterres, M.A. Guterres, S.G. Bielous

1965 Ukraine

S.G. Bielous, Mrs S.G. Bielous, G. Bielous, M. Bielous

1966 Born in Japan

C. Fernandes, F. Kawasjee, G. Beatty, D. Helm

1967 Swiss

K. Huegli, A. Kaufmann, W. Preisig, AA Weiss

1968 Commonwealth

C. Arab, H. Cameron, EC Freeman, H. Freeman

1969 USA

D. Noble?, D. Collins, R. Miftahittin

1970 Born in Japan

E.J. Da Silva, D. Dentici, D. Helm, G. Beatty

1971 Affiliation not recorded

E.G. Freeman, H. Freeman, O. Moser, M. Da Roza

1972~1984 NO RECORD

1985 India

C. Arab, V. Kumar, J. Pahlajirai, B. Hathiramani

1986 NO RECORD

1987 Japan

Y. Umbhau, T. Helm, H. Sato, R. Miftahittin

1988 USA

J. Bocik, D. Collins, L. Hill

1989 USA

D. Nicole, D. Collins, R. Miftahittin

1990/91 Japan

T. Helm, V. Komor, J. Wilkinson

1991~1999 NO RECORD

2000 Portugal

Taeko Fernandes, Limie Benevedes, Poy Fernandes

2001 Switzerland

Otto Moser, Patrick Niederhauser, Marcel Niederhauser

2002 United Asia

Cecil Baclay, Reiko Cooper, Nori Sequeira

2003 Japan

Ayako Fong, Noriko Walker, Junko Wilkinson

2004 Australia

Andrew Longfellow, Carmel O’Brien. Ray Sullivan

2005 Australia

Ray Sullivan, Virginia Longfellow, John Lewer

2006 Japan Residents

Zack Niederhauser, Yoko Lum, Satoko Wiley

2007 England

Stephen Hill, Liz Rayne, Gill Dale-Batters

2008 USA

Buddy Ferrie, Todd Wiley, Ignacio Lara

2009 Switzerland

Willi Holzer, Marcel Niederhauser, Patrick Niederhauser

2010 Japan Samurai

Seishi Yoda, Toshiharu Saito, Shinya Fujiwara

2011 Switzerland

Willi Holzer, Marcel Niederhauser, Hans Spiess

2012 India

Vinod Kumar, K. “Jiro” Pahlajrai, Satish Tandon

2013 Japan Ninja

Masumi Turney, Kazuko Yasuda, Shinya Fujiwara

2014 Japan Ninja

Masumi Turney, Kazuko Yasuda, Shinya Fujiwara

2015 India

I.M. Chugani, S. Tandon, W. Chiang

2016 Japan Ninja

Masumi Turney, Kazuko Yasuda, Shinya Fujiwara

2017 Ebi Fly

Toshi Arai, Saori Hamada, Ichiro Ito

2018 United Kingdom

Russell Brown, James Hegarty, Alex Hendy

2019 Typhoon Japan

Jun Adachi, Makoto Honjo, Seishi Yoda

2020 Black Thunder

Makoto Honjo, Shigemitsu Itoh, Toshi Kurosawa

2021 Hot Curry

Ishu Chugani, Shion Sakurai, Satish Tandon

2022 Black Thunder

Makoto Honjo, Toshi Kurosawa, Shigemitsu Itoh

2023 New India

Vinod Kumar, Shion Sakurai, Satish Tandon

2024 Black Thunder

Makoto Honjo, Toshi Kurosawa, Shigemitsu Itoh

2023 Nations Cup winners New India

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