1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1981
4th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Toronto, Canada
Date(s)	01 August - 15 August 1981.
Category	World Outdoor Championships
← 1977 1985 →

The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto, Canada, from 1–15 August 1981. 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.

Results

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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 Zankelowitz	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	D Byman	17	5	12	10
17	M 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	Zimbabwe	17	10	0	7	20
7	Guernsey	17	9	0	8	18
8	Annette Tidd & Debbie Ballem	17	8	0	9	16
9	Hong Kong	17	8	0	9	16
10	Swaziland	17	7	1	9	15
11	Scotland	17	7	1	9	15
12	Zambia	17	7	0	10	14
13	Israel	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

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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	Zimbabwe	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	Ireland	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	Swaziland	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	Hong Kong	17	12	0	5	24
3	Israel	17	11	1	5	23
4	Zimbabwe	17	11	0	6	22
5	Fiji	17	11	0	6	22
6	Ireland	17	10	1	6	21
7	Wales	17	10	0	7	20
8	Scotland	17	9	0	8	18
9	Zambia	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	Papua New Guinea	17	7	1	9	15
13	Merle Richardson, Shirley Kelly, Delcie McCollom & Dot Jenkinson	17	6	1	10	13
14	Malawi	17	6	1	10	13
15	Canada	17	6	0	11	12
16	Jersey	17	6	0	11	12
17	Swaziland	17	4	0	13	8
18	Guernsey	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

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