1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1977
3rd World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location England Worthing, England
Date(s) 21 May - 05 June, 1977.
Category World Outdoor Championships
 1973 1981 

The 1977 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held in Worthing, England, from 21 May - 5 June 1977.
Elsie Wilkie successfully defended her singles title which was held in a round robin format.
The Pairs went to Hong Kong, the Triples to Wales and the Fours to Australia. The Taylor Trophy was won by the Australian team.

Results

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Women's Singles - Round Robin

Pos Player P W L Pts
1 New Zealand Elsie Wilkie 13 9 4 18
2 Canada June Bell 13 9 4 18
3 Papua New Guinea Norma de la Motte 13 9 4 18
4 Guernsey Dot Foley 13 8 5 16
5 Israel Helen Gordon 13 8 5 16
6 Australia Norma Massey 13 8 5 16
7 Hong Kong Helen Wong 13 7 6 14
8 Wales Lilian Nicholas 13 7 6 14
9 England Mavis Steele 13 6 7 12
10 Scotland Eva Neil 13 6 7 12
11 Republic of Ireland Nessie Burnett 13 6 7 12
12 Malawi Peggy Chalmers 13 4 9 8
13 Jersey R Stableford 13 2 11 4
14 United States Dorothy Bacon 13 2 11 4

Women's Pairs - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Hong Kong Evie Chok & Helen Wong 13 12 0 1 24
2 Australia Lorna Lucas & Dot Jenkinson 13 11 1 1 23
3 Wales Janet Ackland & Lilian Nicholas 13 7 1 5 15
4 Republic of Ireland Nessie Burnett & Ellen Cameron 13 7 1 5 15
5 New Zealand Irene Foote & Elsie Wilkie 13 7 1 5 15
6 England Joan Hunt & Mavis Steele 13 6 1 6 13
7 Papua New Guinea Marion Bramwell & Norma de la Motte 13 6 0 7 12
8 Scotland Eva Neil & Jean Frame 13 6 0 7 12
9 Canada Shirley Otis & June Bell 13 6 0 7 12
10 Guernsey Pamela Le Tissier & Dot Foley 13 6 0 7 12
11United States Irma Artist & Muriel 'Pat' Boehm 13 5 1 7 11
12 Malawi Peggy Chalmers & Margaret Penman 13 3 0 10 6
13 Israel Edith Cohen-Mintz & Molly Skudowitz 13 3 0 10 6
14 Jersey Margaret Blattman & G Crossley 13 3 0 10 6

Women's Triples - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Wales Janet Osborne, Enid Morgan & Margaret Pomeroy 13 10 1 2 21
2 New Zealand Cis Winstanley, Pearl Dymond & Hazel Harper 13 10 0 3 20
3 United States United States 13 8 1 4 17
4 Australia Connie Hicks, Merle Richardson & Norma Massey 13 8 0 5 16
5 Hong Kong Hong Kong 13 7 1 5 15
6 Republic of Ireland Ireland 13 7 1 5 15
7 Scotland Scotland 13 7 0 6 14
8 England Margaret Lockwood, Mabel Darlington & Joan Sparkes 13 7 0 6 14
9 Israel Israel 13 6 1 6 13
10 Canada Violet Eastwood, Freda Munro & Nell Hunt 13 6 0 7 12
11Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 13 5 0 8 10
12 Jersey Jersey 13 3 0 10 6
13 Malawi Malawi 13 3 0 10 6
14 Guernsey Guernsey 13 1 1 11 3

Women's Fours - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Australia Dot Jenkinson, Connie Hicks, Lorna Lucas & Merle Richardson 13 10 0 3 20
2 England Margaret Lockwood, Joan Hunt, Mabel Darlington & Joan Sparkes 13 10 0 3 20
3 Wales Janet Osborne, Enid Morgan, Margaret Pomeroy & Janet Ackland 13 9 1 3 19
4 Scotland Scotland 13 9 0 4 18
5 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 13 7 1 5 15
6 New Zealand Irene Foote, Pearl Dymond, Cis Winstanley & Hazel Harper 13 7 0 6 14
7 Hong Kong Hong Kong 13 7 0 6 14
8 Republic of Ireland Ireland 13 6 1 6 13
9 United States United States 13 6 0 7 12
10 Canada Violet Eastwood, Freda Munro, Nell Hunt & Shirley Otis 13 4 1 8 9
11Israel Israel 13 4 1 8 9
12 Guernsey Guernsey 13 4 0 9 8
13 Malawi Malawi 13 4 0 9 8
14 Jersey Jersey 13 2 1 10 3

Taylor Trophy

Pos Player Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 Australia Australia 6th 2nd 4th 1st 1st

References

  1. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  2. "1977 Sports Results". Sydney Morning Herald.