1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1981
4th Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location Toronto, Canada
Date(s)1 August - 15 August 1981.
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship

The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto, Canada, from 1 to 15 August 1981.[2] Swaziland replaced Samoa two weeks before the competition started due to the Samoan General Strike

Norma Shaw of England won the singles Gold and double world champion Elsie Wilkie struggled with the difficult greens finishing last of 18. The Pairs went to Ireland, the Triples to Hong Kong and the Fours to England. The Taylor Trophy was won by the English team.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's singles
Norma Shaw
Flo Kennedy
Helen Wong
Women's pairs
Eileen Bell
Nan Allely
Maraia Lum On
Willow Fong
Norma Shaw
Gloria Thomas
Irene Molyneux
Women's triples
Rae O'Donnell
Linda King
Lena Sadick
Eileen Fletcher
Mavis Steele
Betty Stubbings
Margaret Mills
Women's fours
Eileen Fletcher
Mavis Steele
Betty Stubbings
Gloria Thomas
Irene Molyneux
Joan Humphreys
Rae O'Donnell
Linda King
Lena Sadick
Edith Silverman
Molly Skudowitz
Helen Gordon
Rina Lebel
Bernice Pillemer
Women's Team England Hong Kong Zimbabwe

Results

Women's singles – round robin

Pos Player P W L Pts
1 Norma Shaw 17 15 2 30
2 Flo Kennedy 17 13 4 26
3 Helen Wong 17 12 5 24
4 Eileen Bell 17 12 5 24
5 Esther Clark 17 11 6 22
6 Muriel 'Pat' Boehm 17 10 7 20
7 Maraia Lum On 17 10 7 20
8 Margaret Pomeroy 17 9 8 18
9 Miriam Jankelowitz 17 9 8 18
10 Sue Hulley 17 8 9 16
11 Sylvia Keeling 17 8 9 16
12 Mavis Meadowcroft 17 7 10 14
13 Dorothy Randle 17 6 11 12
14 Dot Foley 17 6 11 12
15 Peggy Chalmers 17 6 11 12
16 Dina Byman 17 5 12 10
17 Margaret Mitchell 17 3 14 6
18 Elsie Wilkie 17 3 14 6

Women's pairs – round robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Eileen Bell & Nan Allely 17 14 0 3 28
2 Maraia Lum On & Willow Fong 17 12 1 4 25
3 Norma Shaw, Gloria Thomas & Irene Molyneux+ 17 12 0 5 24
4 Australia 17 11 0 6 22
5 Wales 17 10 1 6 21
6 Flo Kennedy & another 17 10 0 7 20
7 Guernsey 17 9 0 8 18
8 Annette Tidd & Debbie Ballem 17 8 0 9 16
9 Helen Wong & Joan Humphreys 17 8 0 9 16
10 Liz James & another 17 7 1 9 15
11 Scotland 17 7 1 9 15
12 Zambia 17 7 0 10 14
13 Miriam Jankelowitz & another 17 7 0 10 14
14 New Zealand 17 7 0 10 14
15 United States 17 6 0 11 12
16 Papua New Guinea 17 5 0 12 10
17 Malawi 17 4 0 13 8
18 Jersey 17 3 0 14 6

+ Injury replacement

Women's triples – round robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Rae O'Donnell, Linda King & Lena Sadick 17 14 0 3 28
2 Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele & Betty Stubbings 17 13 0 4 26
3 Margaret Mills 17 12 1 4 25
4 Scotland 17 11 1 5 23
5 Wales 17 10 1 6 21
6 Australia 17 10 1 6 21
7 Fiji 17 10 0 7 20
8 Zambia 17 9 1 7 19
9 Dorothy Randle, Jean Wintermute & Selina Jarvis 17 8 1 8 17
10 Mabel Stewart, Eileen O'Hara & Margaret Dunlop 17 8 1 8 17
11 United States 17 7 0 10 14
12 Israel 17 6 0 11 12
13 New Zealand 17 6 0 11 12
14 Papua New Guinea 17 5 0 12 10
11 Malawi 17 3 1 13 7
12 Guernsey 17 3 1 13 7
13 Jersey 17 2 1 14 5
14 Cynthia Thompson 17 2 0 15 4

Women's fours – round robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings, Gloria Thomas & Irene Molyneux+ 17 13 0 4 26
2 Joan Humphreys, Rae O'Donnell, Linda King & Lena Sadick 17 12 0 5 24
3 Edith Silverman, Molly Skudowitz, Helen Gordon, Rina Lebel & Bernice Pillemer 17 11 1 5 23
4 Anna Bates, Margaret Mills 17 11 0 6 22
5 Willow Fong, Janki Gaunder 17 11 0 6 22
6 Mabel Stewart, Eileen O'Hara, Margaret Dunlop & Nan Allely 17 10 1 6 21
7 Betty Morgan, B Thomas 17 10 0 7 20
8 Cissie McPharland 17 9 0 8 18
9 Kathy Bruce, Ann Meir 17 8 1 8 17
10 Corinna Folkins, Erma Artist, Lilly Godfrey & Edith MacWilliams 17 8 0 9 16
11 New Zealand 17 8 0 9 16
12 Maggie Worri 17 7 1 9 15
13 Merle Richardson, Shirley Kelly, Dulcie McCollom & Dot Jenkinson 17 6 1 10 13
14 Margaret Penman 17 6 1 10 13
15 Annette Tidd, Debbie Ballem, Jean Wintermute & Selina Jarvis 17 6 0 11 12
16 Barbara Le Moignan, Jean Lowery, Doreen Gray, another 17 6 0 11 12
17 Cynthia Thompson, Liz James 17 4 0 13 8
18 P Jones 17 4 0 13 8

Taylor Trophy

Pos Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 England 15 24 26 26 91
2 Hong Kong 12 16 28 24 80
3 Zimbabwe 13 20 25 22 80
4 Ireland 12 28 17 21 78
5 Fiji 10 25 20 22 77
6 Wales 9 21 21 20 71
7 Australia 7 22 21 13 63
8 Zambia 8 14 19 17 58
9 Israel 9 14 12 23 58
10 Scotland 11 15 23 18 57
11 United States 10 12 14 16 52
12 Canada 6 16 17 12 51
13 New Zealand 3 14 12 16 45
14 Guernsey 6 18 7 8 39
15 Papua New Guinea 3 10 10 15 38
16 Swaziland 8 15 4 8 35
17 Malawi 6 8 7 13 34
18 Jersey 5 6 5 12 28

References

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