1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1977
3rd Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Beach House Park, Worthing, England
Date(s)	21 May - 05 June, 1977.
Category	World Bowls Championship

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's singles	Elsie Wilkie	June Bell	Norma de la Motte
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	Margaret Lockwood Joan Hunt Mabel Darlington Joan Sparkes	Joan Osborne Enid Morgan Margaret Pomeroy Janet Ackland
Women's team	Australia	Wales	New Zealand

Results

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	Rose 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	Elvie 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	Joan Osborne, Enid Morgan & Margaret Pomeroy	13	10	1	2	21
2	Cis Winstanley, Pearl Dymond & Hazel Harper	13	10	0	3	20
3	Corinna Folkins, Dorothy Bacon, Louise Godfrey	13	8	1	4	17
4	Connie Hicks, Merle Richardson & Norma Massey	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	Margaret Lockwood, Mabel Darlington & Joan Sparkes	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	Margaret Araji, Betty Glassey, Margaret Ramsbotham	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	Joan Osborne, Enid Morgan, Margaret Pomeroy & Janet Ackland	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	Irene Foote, Pearl Dymond, Cis Winstanley & Hazel Harper	13	7	0	6	14
7	Marie Rozario, Joyce Liddell, Bea da Silva & Elvie Chok	13	7	0	6	14
8	Ireland	13	6	1	6	13
9	Corinna Folkins, Louise Godfrey, Irma Artist & Muriel Pat Boehm	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	75
2	Wales	8th	3rd	1st	3rd	71
3	New Zealand	1st	5th	2nd	6th	67
4	Hong Kong	7th	1st	5th	7th	67

References

1. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
2. "Beach House Park". Worthing Gazette. 4 May 1977. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Alan's new date". Daily Mirror. 27 May 1977. Retrieved 5 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "1977 Sports Results". Sydney Morning Herald.