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Women's World Outdoor Championships 1981
4th Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationCanada Toronto, Canada
Date(s)1 August - 15 August 1981.
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
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The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto, Canada, from 1 to 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.

Medallists

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

Results

Women's singles – round robin

Pos Player P W L Pts
1 England Norma Shaw 17 15 2 30
2 Zimbabwe Flo Kennedy 17 13 4 26
3 Hong Kong Helen Wong 17 12 5 24
4 Eileen Bell 17 12 5 24
5 Scotland Esther Clark 17 11 6 22
6 United States Muriel 'Pat' Boehm 17 10 7 20
7 Fiji Maraia Lum On 17 10 7 20
8 Wales Margaret Pomeroy 17 9 8 18
9 Israel Miriam Jankelowitz 17 9 8 18
10 Eswatini Sue Hulley 17 8 9 16
11 Zambia Sylvia Keeling 17 8 9 16
12 Australia Mavis Meadowcroft 17 7 10 14
13 Canada Dorothy Randle 17 6 11 12
14 Guernsey Dot Foley 17 6 11 12
15 Malawi Peggy Chalmers 17 6 11 12
16 Jersey Dina Byman 17 5 12 10
17 Papua New Guinea Margaret Mitchell 17 3 14 6
18 New Zealand 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 Fiji Maraia Lum On & Willow Fong 17 12 1 4 25
3 England Norma Shaw, Gloria Thomas & Irene Molyneux+ 17 12 0 5 24
4 Australia Australia 17 11 0 6 22
5 Wales Wales 17 10 1 6 21
6 Zimbabwe Flo Kennedy & another 17 10 0 7 20
7 Guernsey Guernsey 17 9 0 8 18
8 Canada Annette Tidd & Debbie Ballem 17 8 0 9 16
9 Hong Kong Helen Wong & Joan Humphreys 17 8 0 9 16
10 Eswatini Liz James & another 17 7 1 9 15
11 Scotland Scotland 17 7 1 9 15
12 Zambia Zambia 17 7 0 10 14
13 Israel Miriam Jankelowitz & another 17 7 0 10 14
14 New Zealand New Zealand 17 7 0 10 14
15 United States United States 17 6 0 11 12
16 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 17 5 0 12 10
17 Malawi Malawi 17 4 0 13 8
18 Jersey Jersey 17 3 0 14 6

+ Injury replacement

Women's triples – round robin

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

Women's fours – round robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 England Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings, Gloria Thomas & Irene Molyneux+ 17 13 0 4 26
2 Hong Kong Joan Humphreys, Rae O'Donnell, Linda King & Lena Sadick 17 12 0 5 24
3 Israel Edith Silverman, Molly Skudowitz, Helen Gordon, Rina Lebel & Bernice Pillemer 17 11 1 5 23
4 Zimbabwe Anna Bates, Margaret Mills 17 11 0 6 22
5 Fiji 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 Wales Betty Morgan, B Thomas 17 10 0 7 20
8 Scotland Cissie McPharland 17 9 0 8 18
9 Zambia Kathy Bruce, Ann Meir 17 8 1 8 17
10 United States Corinna Folkins, Erma Artist, Lilly Godfrey & Edith MacWilliams 17 8 0 9 16
11 New Zealand New Zealand 17 8 0 9 16
12 Papua New Guinea Maggie Worri 17 7 1 9 15
13 Australia Merle Richardson, Shirley Kelly, Dulcie McCollom & Dot Jenkinson 17 6 1 10 13
14 Malawi Margaret Penman 17 6 1 10 13
15 Canada Annette Tidd, Debbie Ballem, Jean Wintermute & Selina Jarvis 17 6 0 11 12
16 Jersey Barbara Le Moignan, Jean Lowery, Doreen Gray, another 17 6 0 11 12
17 Eswatini Cynthia Thompson, Liz James 17 4 0 13 8
18 Guernsey P Jones 17 4 0 13 8

Taylor Trophy

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

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