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[edit]
Results[edit]
Women's singles – round robin[edit]
Women's pairs – round robin[edit]
Women's triples – round robin[edit]
Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
1 | Joan Osborne, Enid Morgan & Margaret Pomeroy | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
2 | Cis Winstanley, Pearl Dymond & Hazel Harper | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
3 | Corinna Folkins, Dorothy Bacon, Louise Godfrey | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
4 | Connie Hicks, Merle Richardson & Norma Massey | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
5 | Marie Rozario, Joyce Liddell & Bea da Silva | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
6 | Ireland | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
7 | Scotland | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
8 | Margaret Lockwood, Mabel Darlington & Joan Sparkes | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
9 | Israel | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
10 | Violet Eastwood, Freda Munro & Nell Hunter | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
11 | Margaret Araji, Betty Glassey, Margaret Ramsbotham | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
12 | Jersey | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
13 | Malawi | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
14 | Guernsey | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
Women's fours – round robin[edit]
Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
1 | Dot Jenkinson, Connie Hicks, Lorna Lucas & Merle Richardson | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
2 | Margaret Lockwood, Joan Hunt, Mabel Darlington & Joan Sparkes | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
3 | Joan Osborne, Enid Morgan, Margaret Pomeroy & Janet Ackland | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
4 | Scotland | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
5 | Marion Bramwell, Margaret Araji, Betty Glassey, Margaret Ramsbotham | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
6 | Irene Foote, Pearl Dymond, Cis Winstanley & Hazel Harper | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
7 | Marie Rozario, Joyce Liddell, Bea da Silva & Elvie Chok | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
8 | Ireland | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
9 | Corinna Folkins, Louise Godfrey, Irma Artist & Muriel Pat Boehm | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
10 | Violet Eastwood, Freda Munro, Nell Hunt & Shirley Otis | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
11 | Israel | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
12 | Guernsey | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
13 | Malawi | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
14 | Jersey | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
Taylor Trophy[edit]
Pos | Player | Singles | Pairs | Triples | Fours | Total |
1 | Australia | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 75 |
2 | Wales | 8th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 71 |
3 | New Zealand | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 67 |
4 | Hong Kong | 7th | 1st | 5th | 7th | 67 |
References[edit]