1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Explained

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1981
Number:	4
Series:	Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location:	Toronto, Canada
Dates:	1 August - 15 August 1981.
Category:	World Bowls Championship
Prev:	1980
Next:	1984

The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto, Canada, from 1 to 15 August 1981.^[2] 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.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

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	Norma Shaw	Flo Kennedy
Women's pairs			Norma Shaw Gloria Thomas Irene Molyneux
Women's triples		Eileen Fletcher Mavis Steele Betty Stubbings	Margaret Mills
Women's fours	Eileen Fletcher Mavis Steele Betty Stubbings Gloria Thomas Irene Molyneux		Edith Silverman Molly Skudowitz Helen Gordon Rina Lebel Bernice Pillemer
Women's Team	England	Hong Kong	Zimbabwe

Results

Women's singles – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Norma Shaw	17	15	2	30
2	Flo Kennedy	17	13	4	26
3		17	12	5	24
4		17	12	5	24
5	Esther Clark	17	11	6	22
6		17	10	7	20
7	Maraia Lum On	17	10	7	20
8		17	9	8	18
9		17	9	8	18
10		17	8	9	16
11		17	8	9	16
12		17	7	10	14
13		17	6	11	12
14		17	6	11	12
15		17	6	11	12
16		17	5	12	10
17		17	3	14	6
18		17	3	14	6

Women's pairs – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		17	14	0	3	28
2		17	12	1	4	25
3	Norma Shaw, Gloria Thomas & Irene Molyneux+	17	12	0	5	24
4	Australia	17	11	0	6	22
5	Wales	17	10	1	6	21
6	Flo Kennedy & another	17	10	0	7	20
7	Guernsey	17	9	0	8	18
8	Annette Tidd & Debbie Ballem	17	8	0	9	16
9		17	8	0	9	16
10	Liz James & another	17	7	1	9	15
11	Scotland	17	7	1	9	15
12	Zambia	17	7	0	10	14
13	Miriam Jankelowitz & another	17	7	0	10	14
14	New Zealand	17	7	0	10	14
15	United States	17	6	0	11	12
16	Papua New Guinea	17	5	0	12	10
17	Malawi	17	4	0	13	8
18	Jersey	17	3	0	14	6

+ Injury replacement

Women's triples – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		17	14	0	3	28
2		17	13	0	4	26
3	Margaret Mills	17	12	1	4	25
4	Scotland	17	11	1	5	23
5	Wales	17	10	1	6	21
6	Australia	17	10	1	6	21
7	Fiji	17	10	0	7	20
8	Zambia	17	9	1	7	19
9	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	17	7	0	10	14
12	Israel	17	6	0	11	12
13	New Zealand	17	6	0	11	12
14	Papua New Guinea	17	5	0	12	10
11	Malawi	17	3	1	13	7
12	Guernsey	17	3	1	13	7
13	Jersey	17	2	1	14	5
14		17	2	0	15	4

Women's fours – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=600	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings, Gloria Thomas & Irene Molyneux+	17	13	0	4	26
2		17	12	0	5	24
3		17	11	1	5	23
4		17	11	0	6	22
5		17	11	0	6	22
6	Mabel Stewart, Eileen O'Hara, Margaret Dunlop & Nan Allely	17	10	1	6	21
7	Betty Morgan, B Thomas	17	10	0	7	20
8	Cissie McPharland	17	9	0	8	18
9		17	8	1	8	17
10		17	8	0	9	16
11	New Zealand	17	8	0	9	16
12		17	7	1	9	15
13	Merle Richardson, Shirley Kelly, Dulcie McCollom & Dot Jenkinson	17	6	1	10	13
14		17	6	1	10	13
15	Annette Tidd, Debbie Ballem, Jean Wintermute & Selina Jarvis	17	6	0	11	12
16	Barbara Le Moignan, Jean Lowery, Doreen Gray, another	17	6	0	11	12
17		17	4	0	13	8
18	P Jones	17	4	0	13	8

Taylor Trophy

width=20	Pos	width=200	Team	width=20	Singles	width=20	Pairs	width=20	Triples	width=20	Fours	width=20	Total
1	England	15	24	26	26	91
2	Hong Kong	12	16	28	24	80
3	Zimbabwe	13	20	25	22	80
4	Ireland	12	28	17	21	78
5	Fiji	10	25	20	22	77
6	Wales	9	21	21	20	71
7	Australia	7	22	21	13	63
8	Zambia	8	14	19	17	58
9	Israel	9	14	12	23	58
10	Scotland	11	15	23	18	57
11	United States	10	12	14	16	52
12	Canada	6	16	17	12	51
13	New Zealand	3	14	12	16	45
14	Guernsey	6	18	7	8	39
15	Papua New Guinea	3	10	10	15	38
16	Swaziland	8	15	4	8	35
17	Malawi	6	8	7	13	34
18	Jersey	5	6	5	12	28

Notes and References

1. Book: Sullivan, Patrick. Guinness Bowls Records. 1986. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-414-3.
2. News: Eileen looks best for a medal . 1 August 1981. Ireland's Saturday Night . 17 September 2022. 5 . The British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
3. Web site: Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 17 Aug. 1981]. The Times.
4. Web site: 1981 Fall Review. Bowls USA. 2015-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201113/http://www.bowlsusa.us/bowls_mag/1981/1981-04.pdf. 2016-03-04. dead.
5. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 3 Aug. 1981, p. 13. The Times.
6. Web site: "Sports in Brief." Times, 4 Aug. 1981, p. 14. The Times.
7. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 6 Aug. 1981, p. 12. The Times.
8. Web site: "For the record." Times, 7 Aug. 1981, p. 15. The Times.
9. Web site: "Sports in Brief." Times, 8 Aug. 1981, p. 16. The Times.
10. Web site: Bowls." Times, 10 Aug. 1981, p. 12. The Times.
11. Web site: Allan, Gordon. "Bowls." Times, 11 Aug. 1981, p. 12. The Times.
12. Web site: Allan, Gordon. "Bowls." Times, 14 Aug. 1981, p. 13. The Times.