1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Explained

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1977
Number:	3
Series:	Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location:	Beach House Park, Worthing, England
Dates:	21 May - 05 June, 1977.
Category:	World Bowls Championship
Prev:	1976
Next:	1980

The 1977 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 21 May to 5 June 1977.^[2]

Elsie Wilkie successfully defended her singles title which was held in a round robin format.^[3]

The pairs went to Hong Kong, the triples to Wales and the fours to Australia. The Taylor Trophy was won by the Australian team.^[4]

Medallists

width=110	Event	width=200 style="background-color: gold;"	Gold	width=200 style="background-color: silver;"	Silver	width=200 style="background-color: #cc9966;"	Bronze
Women's singles
Women's pairs	Elvie Chok Helen Wong	Lorna Lucas Dot Jenkinson	Janet Ackland Lilian Nicholas
Women's triples	Joan Osborne Enid Morgan Margaret Pomeroy	Cis Winstanley Pearl Dymond Hazel Harper	Corinna Folkins Dorothy Bacon Louise Godfrey
Women's fours	Dot Jenkinson Connie Hicks Lorna Lucas Merle Richardson		Joan Osborne Enid Morgan Margaret Pomeroy Janet Ackland
Women's team	Australia	Wales	New Zealand

Results

Women's singles – round robin

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1		13	9	4	18
2		13	9	4	18
3		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		13	6	7	12
10		13	6	7	12
11		13	6	7	12
12		13	4	9	8
13		13	2	11	4
14		13	2	11	4

Women's pairs – round robin

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1	Elvie Chok & Helen Wong	13	12	0	1	24
2	Lorna Lucas & Dot Jenkinson	13	11	1	1	23
3		13	7	1	5	15
4		13	7	1	5	15
5	Irene Foote & Elsie Wilkie	13	7	1	5	15
6		13	6	1	6	13
7		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

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1		13	10	1	2	21
2		13	10	0	3	20
3		13	8	1	4	17
4		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		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		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

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		13	10	0	3	20
2		13	10	0	3	20
3		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		13	7	0	6	14
7		13	7	0	6	14
8	Ireland	13	6	1	6	13
9		13	6	0	7	12
10		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

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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

Notes and References

1. Book: Sullivan, Patrick. Guinness Bowls Records. 1986. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-414-3.
2. News: Beach House Park . Worthing Gazette . 4 May 1977 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 5 August 2024.
3. News: Alan's new date . Daily Mirror . 27 May 1977 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 5 August 2024.
4. Web site: 1977 Sports Results. Sydney Morning Herald.