1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1977
3rd World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Worthing, England
Date(s)	21 May - 05 June, 1977.
Category	World Outdoor Championships
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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	Elsie Wilkie	13	9	4	18
2	June Bell	13	9	4	18
3	Norma de la Motte	13	9	4	18
4	Dot Foley	13	8	5	16
5	Helen Gordon	13	8	5	16
6	Norma Massey	13	8	5	16
7	Helen Wong	13	7	6	14
8	Lilian Nicholas	13	7	6	14
9	Mavis Steele	13	6	7	12
10	Eva Neil	13	6	7	12
11	Nessie Burnett	13	6	7	12
12	Peggy Chalmers	13	4	9	8
13	R Stableford	13	2	11	4
14	Dorothy Bacon	13	2	11	4

Women's Pairs - Round Robin

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

Women's Triples - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Janet Osborne, Enid Morgan & Margaret Pomeroy	13	10	1	2	21
2	Cis Winstanley, Pearl Dymond & Hazel Harper	13	10	0	3	20
3	United States	13	8	1	4	17
4	Connie Hicks, Merle Richardson & Norma Massey	13	8	0	5	16
5	Hong Kong	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 Hunt	13	6	0	7	12
11	Papua New Guinea	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

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	Janet Osborne, Enid Morgan, Margaret Pomeroy & Janet Ackland	13	9	1	3	19
4	Scotland	13	9	0	4	18
5	Papua New Guinea	13	7	1	5	15
6	Irene Foote, Pearl Dymond, Cis Winstanley & Hazel Harper	13	7	0	6	14
7	Hong Kong	13	7	0	6	14
8	Ireland	13	6	1	6	13
9	United States	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

Pos	Player	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Total
1	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.