Women's World Outdoor Championships 1977
3rd Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationEngland Worthing, England
Date(s)21 May - 05 June, 1977.
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
 1976 1980 

The 1977 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held in Worthing, England, from 21 May to 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.[2]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's singles New Zealand
Elsie Wilkie
Canada
June Bell
Papua New Guinea
Norma de la Motte
Women's pairs Hong Kong
Elvie Chok
Helen Wong
Australia
Lorna Lucas
Dot Jenkinson
Wales
Janet Ackland
Lilian Nicholas
Women's triples Wales
Joan Osborne
Enid Morgan
Margaret Pomeroy
New Zealand
Cis Winstanley
Pearl Dymond
Hazel Harper
United States
Corinna Folkins
Dorothy Bacon
Louise Godfrey
Women's fours Australia
Dot Jenkinson
Connie Hicks
Lorna Lucas
Merle Richardson
England
Margaret Lockwood
Joan Hunt
Mabel Darlington
Joan Sparkes
Wales
Joan Osborne
Enid Morgan
Margaret Pomeroy
Janet Ackland
Women's team Australia Australia Wales Wales New Zealand New Zealand

Results

Women's singles – round robin

Pos Player P W L Pts
1New Zealand Elsie Wilkie139418
2Canada June Bell139418
3Papua New Guinea Norma de la Motte139418
4Guernsey Dot Foley138516
5Israel Helen Gordon138516
6Australia Norma Massey138516
7Hong Kong Helen Wong137614
8Wales Lilian Nicholas137614
9England Mavis Steele136712
10Scotland Eva Neil136712
11Republic of Ireland Nessie Burnett136712
12Malawi Peggy Chalmers13498
13Jersey R Stableford132114
14United States Dorothy Bacon132114

Women's pairs – round robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1Hong Kong Elvie Chok & Helen Wong13120124
2Australia Lorna Lucas & Dot Jenkinson13111123
3Wales Janet Ackland & Lilian Nicholas1371515
4Republic of Ireland Nessie Burnett & Ellen Cameron1371515
5New Zealand Irene Foote & Elsie Wilkie1371515
6England Joan Hunt & Mavis Steele1361613
7Papua New Guinea Marion Bramwell & Norma de la Motte1360712
8Scotland Eva Neil & Jean Frame1360712
9Canada Shirley Otis & June Bell1360712
10Guernsey Pamela Le Tissier & Dot Foley1360712
11United States Irma Artist & Muriel Pat Boehm1351711
12Malawi Peggy Chalmers & Margaret Penman1330106
13Israel Edith Cohen-Mintz & Molly Skudowitz1330106
14Jersey Margaret Blattman & G Crossley1330106

Women's triples – round robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1Wales Joan Osborne, Enid Morgan & Margaret Pomeroy13101221
2New Zealand Cis Winstanley, Pearl Dymond & Hazel Harper13100320
3United States Corinna Folkins, Dorothy Bacon, Louise Godfrey1381417
4Australia Connie Hicks, Merle Richardson & Norma Massey1380516
5Hong Kong Marie Rozario, Joyce Liddell & Bea da Silva1371515
6Republic of Ireland Ireland1371515
7Scotland Scotland1370614
8England Margaret Lockwood, Mabel Darlington & Joan Sparkes1370614
9Israel Israel1361613
10Canada Violet Eastwood, Freda Munro & Nell Hunter1360712
11Papua New Guinea Margaret Araji, Betty Glassey, Margaret Ramsbotham1350810
12Jersey Jersey1330106
13Malawi Malawi1330106
14Guernsey Guernsey1311113

Women's fours – round robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1Australia Dot Jenkinson, Connie Hicks, Lorna Lucas & Merle Richardson13100320
2England Margaret Lockwood, Joan Hunt, Mabel Darlington & Joan Sparkes13100320
3Wales Joan Osborne, Enid Morgan, Margaret Pomeroy & Janet Ackland1391319
4Scotland Scotland1390418
5Papua New Guinea Marion Bramwell, Margaret Araji, Betty Glassey, Margaret Ramsbotham1371515
6New Zealand Irene Foote, Pearl Dymond, Cis Winstanley & Hazel Harper1370614
7Hong Kong Marie Rozario, Joyce Liddell, Bea da Silva & Elvie Chok1370614
8Republic of Ireland Ireland1361613
9United States Corinna Folkins, Louise Godfrey, Irma Artist & Muriel Pat Boehm1360712
10Canada Violet Eastwood, Freda Munro, Nell Hunt & Shirley Otis134189
11Israel Israel134189
12Guernsey Guernsey134098
13Malawi Malawi134098
14Jersey Jersey1321103

Taylor Trophy

Pos Player Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1Australia Australia6th2nd4th1st75
2Wales Wales8th3rd1st3rd71
3New Zealand New Zealand1st5th2nd6th67
4Hong Kong Hong Kong7th1st5th7th67

References

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