1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Explained

World Outdoor Championships 1996
Number:	8
Series:	World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location:	Adelaide, Australia (Men's)  Royal Leamington Spa, England (Women's)
Dates:	18–31 March 1996 (Men's) 3–18 August 1996 (Women's)
Category:	World Bowls Championship
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The 1996 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at the Lockleys Bowls Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 18 to 31 March 1996.

The 1996 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa, England from 3 to 18 August 1996.^[2]

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	width=200 style="background-color: #cc9966;"	Bronze
Men's singles	Tony Allcock	Jeff Rabkin	Kelvin Kerkow	Richard Corsie
Men's pairs			Robert Weale Will Thomas	Cameron Curtis Rex Johnston
Men's triples	George Adrain Kenny Logan Willie Wood		Theuns Fraser Ashley van Winkel Kevin Campbell	Kelvin Kerkow Ian Taylor Stephen Anderson
Men's fours	Andy Thomson Brett Morley David Cutler John Bell	Chris Blake Jason Davies Will Thomas Robert Weale
Men's team	Scotland			N/A
Women's singles			Joyce Lindores	N/A
Women's pairs			Litia Tikoisuva Radhika Prasad	N/A
Women's triples			Ann Sutherland Judith Wason Betty Morgan	N/A
Women's fours				N/A
Women's team	South Africa	England	Scotland	N/A

Results

Men's singles – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		6	6	0	150	90	12	+60
2	Noel Kennedy	6	5	1	149	100	10	+49
3	Jose Riveros	6	3	3	132	106	6	+26
4		6	3	3	124	123	6	+1
5		6	2	4	106	134	4	-28
6		6	2	4	103	139	4	-36
7	Thira Mathai	6	0	6	78	150	0	-72

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1	Richard Corsie	7	6	1	173	93	12	+80
2	Rowan Brassey	7	6	1	159	98	12	+61
3		7	5	2	162	117	10	+45
4	Jonathan Queripel	7	5	2	145	142	10	+3
5	Barry Wilson	7	3	4	132	141	6	-9
6	Allan Thomas	7	2	5	104	163	4	-59
7	Jacob Vanderventer	7	1	6	108	170	2	-62
8	Patrick Knight	7	0	7	116	175	0	-59

Section C

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1	Jeff Rabkin	7	6	1	173	118	12	+55
2	Neil Burkett	7	6	1	164	111	12	+53
3	Douw Calitz	7	4	3	163	129	8	+34
4	Mark Gilliland	7	4	3	148	128	8	+20
5	Arthur Hicks	7	4	3	159	151	8	+8
6	J Poyep Pomaleau	7	2	5	125	157	4	-32
7	Z Baba	7	2	5	107	156	4	-49
8	Hon Yoong Chai	7	0	7	86	175	0	-89

Section D

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		6	6	0	150	82	12	+68
2	Mark McCormick	6	5	1	144	90	10	+54
3		6	4	2	136	106	8	+30
4	David Le Marquand	6	3	3	130	116	6	+14
5		6	2	4	97	134	4	-37
6	P Shaw	6	1	5	100	139	2	-39
7	Tom Dion	6	0	6	60	150	0	-72

Finals

Men's pairs – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=300	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		7	7	0	0	180	111	14	+69
2		7
3	Norfolk Island	7
4	Namibia	7
5		7
6		7
7	Western Samoa	7
8	Malawi	7	1	0	6	97	199	2	-102

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=300	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		6	5	0	1	167	85	10	+82
2		6
3		6
4	Kenya	6	2	1	3	97	130	5	-33
5	Inatio Akaruru & Another	6	2	0	4	92	150	4	-58
6		6
7	Malaysia	6

Section C

width=20	Pos	width=300	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		6
2	Jersey	6
3	Canada	6
4	Swaziland	6
5	Zimbabwe	6
6	Papua New Guinea	6
7	Thailand	6	1	0	5	92	176	2	-84

Section D

width=20	Pos	width=300	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		7
2		7
3		7
4	Singapore	7
5		7
6	Botswana	7
7		7
8		7

Finals

Men's triples – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		6	6	0	0	132	64	12	+68
2		6	5	0	1	128	73	10	+55
3		6	3	1	2	113	96	7	+17
4	Namibia	6	2	1	3	121	99	5	+22
5	Guernsey	6	2	0	4	90	111	4	-21
6	Singapore	6	1	0	5	86	129	2	-43
7	Kenya	6	1	0	5	59	157	2	-98

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		7	6	0	1	177	85	12	+92
2	Ian McClure, Gary McCloy & Noel Graham	7	6	0	1	180	90	12	+90
3	Wales	7	5	0	2	180	107	10	+73
4	Swaziland	7	3	0	4	83	122	6	-39
5	Malaysia	7	2	1	4	108	111	5	-3
6	Argentina	7	2	1	4	96	133	5	-37
7	Cook Islands	7	2	0	5	96	147	4	-51
8	Thailand	7	1	0	6	80	205	2	-125

Section C

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		6	6	0	0	133	57	12	+76
2	Canada	6	4	1	1	116	87	9	+29
3	Jersey	6	3	1	2	109	95	7	+14
4	Brazil	6	3	0	3	96	105	6	-9
5	Botswana	6	3	0	3	99	110	6	-11
6	Zambia	6	1	0	5	85	124	2	-39
7	Western Samoa	6	0	0	6	79	139	0	-60

Section D

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		7	7	0	0			14
2	Brett Morley, David Cutler & John Bell	7	6	0	1	141	101	12	+40
3	Fiji	7	5	0	2	155	110	10	+45
4	Mel Stewart, Ken Wallis & Danny Ho	7	3	0	4	148	107	6	+41
5		7	3	0	4			6
6	Norfolk Island	7	2	0	5	84	118	4	-34
7	Papua New Guinea	7	2	0	5	91	130	4	-39
8	Malawi	7	0	0	7	60	218	0	-158

Finals

Men's fours – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		7	6	0	1	191	96	12	+95
2	Scotland	7	6	0	1	189	111	12	+78
3		7	5	1	1	181	115	11	+66
4	Zimbabwe	7	4	0	3	142	129	8	+13
5	Jersey	7	3	0	4	166	124	6	+42
6	Malawi	7	2	0	5	96	209	4	-113
7	Inatio Akaruru	7	1	1	5	105	181	3	-76
8	Singapore	7	0	0	7	82	187	0	-105

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		6	4	0	2	151	99	8	+52
2		6	4	0	2	126	111	8	+15
3	Namibia	6	4	0	2	118	114	8	+4
4	Canada	6	3	1	2	121	112	7	+9
5	Papua New Guinea	6	3	0	3	112	117	6	-5
6		6	2	1	3	112	120	5	-8
7	Brazil	6	0	0	6	94	161	0	-67

Section C

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		7	7	0	0	280	87	14	+143
2	South Africa	7	5	0	2			10
3	Guernsey	7	5	0	2	149	134	10	+15
4	Malaysia	7	4	0	3	150	134	8	+14
5	Swaziland	7	4	0	3	156	145	8	+11
6	Botswana	7	2	0	5	122	170	4	-48
7	Kenya	7	1	0	6	105	183	2	-78
8	Thailand	7	0	0	7			0

Section D

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		6	6	0	0	185	87	12	+98
2	Israel	6	4	0	2	142	100	8	+42
3	Fiji	6	3	0	3	136	107	6	+29
4		6	3	0	3	111	118	6	-7
5	Western Samoa	6	3	0	3	92	158	6	-66
6	Argentina	6	2	0	4	136	131	4	+5
7	Zambia	6	0	0	6	90	191	0	-101

Finals

Women's singles – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1	Wendy Line	15
2	Joyce Lindores	15
3		15
4	Babs Anderson	15
5	Litia Tikoisuva	15
6	Matimba Like	15
7	Judy Howat	15
8		15
9		15
10	Merle Swerdlow	15
11		15
12	Jean Joubert	15
13	Maureen Burns	15							-align=center	14	Marie Taylor	15
15	Maria Vasquez	15
16	Regina Banares	15

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		13
2	Rita Jones	13
3	Willow Fong	13
4	Jo Peacock	13
5	Anne Simon	13
6	Liz James	13
7	Anita Nivala	13
8	Val Stead	13
9	Angela Chau	13
10		13
11	Manuia Porter	13
12	Rita Pereira	13
13	Dorrien Ives	13
14	N Yoshimoto	13

Bronze medal match
Lindores bt Jones 25-4

Gold medal match
Anderson bt Line 25-9

Women's pairs – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		15
2	Jo Peacock & Lorna Trigwell	15
3	Papua New Guinea	15
4	Zimbabwe	15
5	Rita Jones & Ann Dainton	15
6	Norfolk Island	15
7	Cook Islands	15
8	Israel	15
9	Namibia	15
10	Swaziland	15
11	Zambia	15
12	Linda Smith & Rosemary Allen	15
13	Spain	15								-align=center	14	Argentina	15
15	Netherlands	15
16	Japan	15

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		14
2	Litia Tikoisuva & Radhika Prasad	14
3		14
4		14
5	Marilyn Peddell & Willow Fong	14
6	Canada	14
7	Anne Simon & Jean Simon	14
8		14
9	New Zealand	14
10	Kenya	14
11	Botswana	14
12	Malaysia	14
13	Western Samoa	14								-align=center	14	Singapore	14
15	Jeanette Lewis & Shashe Chabra	14

+ Replacement

Bronze medal match
Fiji bt South Africa 28-17

Gold medal match
Ireland bt Jersey 21-19

Women's triples – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		14
2	Wendy Line, Jean Baker, Mary Price	14
3		14
4	Jean Martel, Jennifer Nicolle & Sally Paul	14
5	Namibia	14
6	Swaziland	14
7	Zambia	14
8	Cook Islands	14
9	Canada	14
10	United States	14
11	Fiji	14
12	Singapore	14
13	Malaysia	14								-align=center	14	Kenya	14
15	Spain	14

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		14
2	Ann Sutherland, Judith Wason, Betty Morgan	14
3	Botswana	14
4	New Zealand	14
5		14
6	Israel	14
7	Rosemary McMahon, Elizabeth Li & Angela Chau	14
8		14
9	Papua New Guinea	14
10	Norfolk Island	14
11	Argentina	14
12	Netherlands	14
13	India	14								-align=center	14	Western Samoa	14
15	Japan	14

Bronze medal match
Wales bt England 17-14

Gold medal match
South Africa bt Australia 19-12

Women's fours – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=600	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		14
2		14
3		14
4	Israel	14
5	Swaziland	14
6	Cook Islands	14
7	Botswana	14
8	Zambia	14
9		14
10		14
11	Singapore	14
12	United States	14
13	Kenya	14								-align=center	14	Netherlands	14
15	Malaysia	14

+ Replacement

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=600	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		14
2		14
3		14
4		14
5		14
6	Fiji	14
7	Papua New Guinea	14
8	Spain	14
9	Norfolk Island	14
10	Namibia	14
11		14
12	India	14
13	Western Samoa	14								-align=center	14	Argentina	14
15	Japan	14

Bronze medal match
England bt New Zealand 24-21

Gold medal match
Australia bt South Africa 18-15

Taylor Trophy

width=20	Pos	width=200	Team	width=20	Singles	width=20	Pairs	width=20	Triples	width=20	Fours	width=20	Total
1	South Africa	24	28	30	29	111
2	England	29	25	27	28	109
3	Scotland	28	27	26	26	107
4	Australia	25	22	29	30	106
5	Wales	27	23	28	25	103
6	Jersey	16	30	21	23	90
7	Ireland	26	31	15	14	86
8	New Zealand	18	15	24	27	84
9	Fiji	22	29	10	20	79
10	Botswana	23	10	25	18	76
11	Norfolk Island	30	21	11	13	75
12	Guernsey	21	19	23	10	73
13	Canada	17	20	13	22	72
14	Israel	11	17	20	24	72
15	Swaziland	20	12	19	21	72
16	Papua New Guinea	12	26	14	17	69
17	Zambia	19	11	18	16	64
18	Cook Islands	10	18	16	19	63
19	Namibia	7	14	22	11	54
20	Hong Kong	13	8	17	12	50
21	Zimbabwe	14	24	0	0	38

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Bowls Championships. worldbowls.com. 4 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224133114/http://www.worldbowls.com/Portals/9/Past%20results/World%20Championships-past%20results.pdf. 24 February 2015. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Times Archives. The Times. 4 March 2015. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235618/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/. dead.