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The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto , Canada , from 1–15 August 1981. 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.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Medallists [ ]
Results [ ]
Women's singles – round robin [ ]
Women's pairs – round robin [ ]
+ Injury replacement
Women's triples – round robin [ ]
Pos
Player
P
W
D
L
Pts
1
Rae O'Donnell , Linda King & Lena Sadick
17
14
0
3
28
2
Eileen Fletcher , Mavis Steele & Betty Stubbings
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
, &
17
8
1
8
17
10
Ireland
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 [ ]
Pos
Player
P
W
D
L
Pts
1
Eileen Fletcher , Mavis Steele , Betty Stubbings , Gloria Thomas & Irene Molyneux +
17
13
0
4
26
2
Joan Humphreys , Rae O'Donnell , Linda King & Lena Sadick
17
12
0
5
24
3
Edith Silverman , Molly Skudowitz , Helen Gordon , Rina Lebel & Bernice Pillemer
17
11
1
5
23
4
Anna Bates , Margaret Mills
17
11
0
6
22
5
Willow Fong , Janki Gaunder
17
11
0
6
22
6
N Dunlop, Nan Allely
17
10
1
6
21
7
Betty Morgan , B Thomas
17
10
0
7
20
8
S McPharland
17
9
0
8
18
9
,
17
8
1
8
17
10
Corinna Folkins , , &
17
8
0
9
16
11
New Zealand
17
8
0
9
16
12
Maggie Worri
17
7
1
9
15
13
Merle Richardson , Shirley Kelly , & Dot Jenkinson
17
6
1
10
13
14
17
6
1
10
13
15
, , &
17
6
0
11
12
16
, , , another
17
6
0
11
12
17
, Liz James
17
4
0
13
8
18
P Jones
17
4
0
13
8
Taylor Trophy [ ]
Pos
Team
Singles
Pairs
Triples
Fours
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
References [ ]
^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records . Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3 .
^ "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 17 Aug. 1981" . The Times .
^ "1981 Fall Review" (PDF) . Bowls USA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-02 .
^ " "Bowls." Times, 3 Aug. 1981, p. 13" . The Times .
^ " "Sports in Brief." Times, 4 Aug. 1981, p. 14" . The Times .
^ " "Bowls." Times, 6 Aug. 1981, p. 12" . The Times .
^ " "For the record." Times, 7 Aug. 1981, p. 15" . The Times .
^ " "Sports in Brief." Times, 8 Aug. 1981, p. 16" . The Times .
^ "Bowls." Times, 10 Aug. 1981, p. 12" . The Times .
^ "Allan, Gordon. "Bowls." Times, 11 Aug. 1981, p. 12" . The Times .
^ "Allan, Gordon. "Bowls." Times, 14 Aug. 1981, p. 13" . The Times .
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