# 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's singles

The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship women's singles was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia. Some of the qualifying Rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North.
Karen Murphy won the women's singles Gold.

## Section tables
### Pool 1

| Pos | Player | P | W | L | F | A | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Val Smith | 11 | 8 | 3 | 221 | 148 | 16 | +73 |
| 2 | Karen Murphy | 11 | 8 | 3 | 212 | 147 | 16 | +65 |
| 3 | Kelly McKerihen | 11 | 8 | 3 | 215 | 184 | 16 | +31 |
| 4 | Debbie Wilford | 11 | 8 | 3 | 186 | 158 | 16 | +28 |
| 5 | Ruthie Gilor | 11 | 7 | 4 | 186 | 185 | 14 | +1 |
| 6 | Caroline Taylor | 11 | 6 | 5 | 204 | 177 | 12 | +27 |
| 7 | Yu Xiao Yan | 11 | 5 | 6 | 169 | 202 | 10 | -33 |
| 8 | Songsin Tsao | 11 | 5 | 6 | 178 | 211 | 10 | -33 |
| 9 | Milagros Witheridge | 11 | 4 | 7 | 187 | 188 | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | Lynn Greenland | 11 | 3 | 8 | 169 | 204 | 6 | -35 |
| 11 | Karina Bisson | 11 | 3 | 8 | 163 | 206 | 6 | -43 |
| 12 | Pauline Lekone | 11 | 1 | 10 | 138 | 218 | 2 | -80 |

### Pool 2

| Pos | Player | P | W | L | F | A | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Natalie Melmore | 11 | 8 | 3 | 215 | 143 | 16 | +72 |
| 2 | Tracy-Lee Botha | 11 | 7 | 4 | 205 | 169 | 14 | +36 |
| 3 | Cliodhan Eadie | 11 | 7 | 4 | 211 | 177 | 14 | +34 |
| 4 | Tammy Tham | 11 | 7 | 4 | 212 | 180 | 14 | +32 |
| 5 | Umar Sit Ervi Fedarussanti | 11 | 7 | 4 | 216 | 192 | 14 | +24 |
| 6 | Claire Johnston | 11 | 6 | 5 | 214 | 160 | 12 | +54 |
| 7 | Emma Firyana Saroji | 11 | 6 | 5 | 189 | 176 | 12 | +13 |
| 8 | Saskia Schaft | 11 | 6 | 5 | 187 | 194 | 12 | -7 |
| 9 | Yoko Goda | 11 | 5 | 6 | 169 | 204 | 10 | -35 |
| 10 | Dorothy Gibbons | 11 | 4 | 7 | 150 | 200 | 8 | -50 |
| 11 | Kimberly Heiser | 11 | 2 | 9 | 122 | 223 | 4 | -101 |
| 12 | Elizabeth Moceiwai | 11 | 1 | 10 | 154 | 226 | 2 | -72 |

## Finals

| Play Offs | Play Offs | Play Offs | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| Melmore | Melmore | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Melmore | Melmore | 15 | | | |
| | | | Murphy | Murphy | 21 | | | |
| Murphy | Murphy | 21 | Murphy | Murphy | 21 | | | |
| Botha | Botha | 11 | | | | | | |
| Botha | Botha | 11 | | | | Murphy | Murphy | 21 |
| | | | | | | Smith | Smith | 17 |
| Smith | Smith | | | | | | | | Smith | Smith | 17 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Smith | Smith | 21 | | | |
| | | | McKerihen | McKerihen | 12 | | | |
| McKerihen | McKerihen | 21 | McKerihen | McKerihen | 12 | | | |
| Eadie | Eadie | 18 | | | | | | |

## Results

Women's singles section 1 :
| Round 1 – Nov 29 | | |
| New Zealand | Australia | 21–20 |
| Canada | Philippines | 21–13 |
| Wales | Jersey | 21–14 |
| Israel | Spain | 21–18 |
| China | Thailand | 21–19 |
| Norfolk Island | Botswana | 21–12 |
| Round 2 – Nov 29 | | |
| Israel | Wales | 21–17 |
| Australia | Philippines | 21–15 |
| Canada | New Zealand | 21–18 |
| China | Botswana | 21–13 |
| Norfolk Island | Thailand | 21–11 |
| Jersey | Spain | 21–8 |
| Round 3 – Nov 30 | | |
| Norfolk Island | Philippines | 21–12 |
| Spain | Botswana | 21–18 |
| New Zealand | Wales | 21–17 |
| Australia | Jersey | 21–10 |
| Canada | China | 21–12 |
| Thailand | Israel | 21–17 |
| Round 4 – Nov 30 | | |
| Jersey | Botswana | 21–11 |
| Wales | Norfolk Island | 21–9 |
| China | Philippines | 21–16 |
| Canada | Thailand | 21–20 |
| Australia | Spain | 21–12 |
| Israel | New Zealand | 21–16 |
| Round 5 – Nov 30 | | |
| Canada | Spain | 21–19 |
| New Zealand | Thailand | 21–4 |
| Philippines | Israel | 21–12 |
| Wales | Botswana | 21–19 |
| Norfolk Island | Jersey | 21–6 |
| Australia | China | 21–7 |
| Round 6 – Dec 1 | | |
| Wales | Canada | 21–11 |
| Israel | China | 21–14 |
| Thailand | Spain | 21–19 |
| Australia | Botswana | 21–4 |
| Jersey | Philippines | 21–19 |
| New Zealand | Norfolk Island | 21–1 |
| Round 7 – Dec 1 | | |
| New Zealand | Botswana | 21–12 |
| Australia | Wales | 21–20 |
| China | Spain | 21–9 |
| Israel | Jersey | 21–9 |
| Thailand | Philippines | 21–18 |
| Norfolk Island | Canada | 21–18 |
| Round 8 – Dec 2 | | |
| Wales | China | 21–9 |
| New Zealand | Jersey | 21–12 |
| Canada | Australia | 21–7 |
| Norfolk Island | Israel | 21–5 |
| Spain | Philippines | 21–10 |
| Botswana | Thailand | 21–8 |
| Round 9 – Dec 2 | | |
| Philippines | Botswana | 21–4 |
| Israel | Canada | 21–18 |
| New Zealand | Spain | 21–14 |
| Thailand | Wales | 21–18 |
| Norfolk Island | Australia | 21–17 |
| China | Jersey | 21–19 |
| Round 10 – Dec 3 | | |
| New Zealand | China | 21–5 |
| Israel | Botswana | 21–9 |
| Spain | Norfolk Island | 21–8 |
| Australia | Thailand | 21–11 |
| Philippines | Wales | 21–6 |
| Canada | Jersey | 21–17 |
| Round 11 – Dec 3 | | |
| Wales | Spain | 21–7 |
| Norfolk Island | China | 21–14 |
| Australia | Israel | 21–5 |
| Canada | Botswana | 21–15 |
| Philippines | New Zealand | 21–19 |
| Thailand | Jersey | 21–13 |
Women's singles section 2 :
| Round 1 – Nov 29 | | |
| Netherlands | Cyprus | 21–16 |
| Brunei | Fiji | 21–16 |
| Japan | United States | 21–16 |
| England | Malaysia | 21–20 |
| Scotland | South Africa | 21–14 |
| Ireland | Hong Kong | 21–16 |
| Round 2 – Nov 29 | | |
| Ireland | Netherlands | 21–17 |
| England | Scotland | 21–15 |
| Brunei | United States | 21–14 |
| Fiji | Japan | 21–16 |
| Hong Kong | Cyprus | 21–10 |
| South Africa | Malaysia | 21–17 |
| Round 3 – Nov 30 | | |
| South Africa | Japan | 21–9 |
| England | Ireland | 21–19 |
| Cyprus | United States | 21–11 |
| Hong Kong | Malaysia | 21–7 |
| Brunei | Scotland | 21–18 |
| Netherlands | Fiji | 21–15 |
| Round 4 – Nov 30 | | |
| United States | Hong Kong | 21–20 |
| Japan | Ireland | 21–15 |
| Brunei | South Africa | 21–18 |
| Malaysia | Cyprus | 21–7 |
| England | Netherlands | 21–9 |
| Scotland | Fiji | 21–20 |
| Round 5 – Nov 30 | | |
| Scotland | Cyprus | 21–3 |
| England | Fiji | 21–5 |
| Netherlands | South Africa | 21–19 |
| Ireland | United States | 21–3 |
| Japan | Hong Kong | 21–19 |
| Brunei | Malaysia | 21–18 |
| Round 6 – Dec 1 | | |
| Ireland | Scotland | 21–14 |
| South Africa | Hong Kong | 21–10 |
| England | Japan | 21–2 |
| Malaysia | United States | 21–12 |
| Netherlands | Brunei | 21–18 |
| Cyprus | Fiji | 21–10 |
| Round 7 – Dec 1 | | |
| Hong Kong | Netherlands | 21–9 |
| South Africa | Fiji | 21–8 |
| Scotland | Japan | 21–10 |
| England | United States | 21–3 |
| Malaysia | Ireland | 21–12 |
| Cyprus | Brunei | 21–17 |
| Round 8 – Dec 2 | | |
| Ireland | Brunei | 21–20 |
| Hong Kong | England | 21–19 |
| Scotland | Malaysia | 21–1 |
| Japan | Netherlands | 21–20 |
| South Africa | Cyprus | 21–11 |
| United States | Fiji | 21–12 |
| Round 9 – Dec 2 | | |
| Netherlands | Scotland | 21–19 |
| South Africa | United States | 21–12 |
| Cyprus | England | 21–15 |
| Ireland | Fiji | 21–12 |
| Malaysia | Japan | 21–16 |
| Hong Kong | Brunei | 21–14 |
| Round 10 – Dec 3 | | |
| Hong Kong | Scotland | 21–20 |
| Malaysia | Fiji | 21–18 |
| South Africa | Ireland | 21–18 |
| Brunei | England | 21–13 |
| Netherlands | United States | 21–2 |
| Japan | Cyprus | 21–8 |
| Round 11 – Dec 3 | | |
| Hong Kong | Fiji | 21–7 |
| Scotland | United States | 21–7 |
| England | South Africa | 21–7 |
| Ireland | Cyprus | 21–11 |
| Brunei | Japan | 21–11 |
| Malaysia | Netherlands | 21–6 |