# 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

The 1969 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Elizabethan Bowls Club in Rockdale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 4–12 December 1969.
The event was organised by the newly affiliated International Women's Bowling Board in 1969 without the British Isles as members. This resulted in a first International Tournament with just six nations taking part. Gladys Doyle won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs, triples and fours Gold and Taylor trophies all went to South Africa.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's singles | Gladys Doyle | Elsie McDonald | Norma Massey |
| Women's pairs | Elsie McDonald May Cridlan | Pam Hart Jean Turnbull | Olive Patton Clarice Woolley |
| Women's triples | Sara Sundelowitz Yetta Emanuel Kathy Bidwell | Norma Massey Connie Hicks Mary Ormsby | Alice Murphy Phyl Spyers Gladys Doyle |
| Women's fours | Sara Sundelowitz Yetta Emanuel Kathy Bidwell May Cridlan | Ateca Robinson Elva Bradley Olive Patton Clarice Woolley | Pam Hart Connie Hicks Jean Turnbull Mary Ormsby |
| Women's team | South Africa | Australia | Fiji |

## Results
### Women's singles – round robin

| Round | Tie 1 | Tie 2 | Tie 3 |
| Round 1 | PNG 21 USA 6 | Aus 21 Fij 3 | Can 5 SAf 21 |
| Round 2 | PNG 21 Aus 9 | Can 21 USA 3 | SAf 15 Fij 21 |
| Round 3 | PNG 21 Can 5 | Aus 17 SAf 21 | Fij 21 USA 13 |
| Round 4 | SAf 21 USA 10 | PNG 21 Fij 6 | Aus 21 Can 10 |
| Round 5 | SAf 21 PNG 11 | Aus 21 USA 5 | Fij 21 Can 10 |
| Pos | Player | P | W | L | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Gladys Doyle | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | +48 |
| 2 | Elsie McDonald | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | +35 |
| 3 | Norma Massey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | +29 |
| 4 | Dorrie Costello | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -8 |
| 5 | Isabelle Gilboard | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -36 |
| 6 | Dorothy Mumma | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -68 |

### Women's pairs – round robin

| Round | Tie 1 | Tie 2 | Tie 3 |
| Round 1 | PNG 30 USA 14 | Aus bt Fij 17 | SAf 36 Can 12 |
| Round 2 | Aus 38 PNG 4 | USA 22 bt Can | SAf bt Fij 15 |
| Round 3 | Can 23 PNG 22 | SAf 24 Aus 22 | USA bt Fij 18 |
| Round 4 | SAf 24 USA 13 | Fij 21 by PNG | Aus 39 Can 5 |
| Round 5 | SAf bt PNG | Aus bt USA | Fij bt Can |
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Elsie McDonald & May Cridlan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Pam Hart & Jean Turnbull | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Olive Patton & Clarice Woolley | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4+ |
| 4 | Dorothy Veitch & Dorothy Mumma | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Betty Glassey & Kon Allum | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Olive Parker & Joyce Aitken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
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### Women's triples – round robin

| Round | Tie 1 | Tie 2 | Tie 3 |
| Round 1 | PNG 25 USA 13 | Aus 29 Fij | SAf 57 Can 9 |
| Round 2 | Aus 20 PNG 19 | Can 15 USA 15 | SAf 37 Fij 10 |
| Round 3 | PNG 39 Can 10 | Aus 19 SAf 19 | Fij 30 USA 10 |
| Round 4 | PNG 32 Fij 15 | SAf 21 bt USA | Aus 30 Can 13 |
| Round 5 | SAf bt PNG | Aus bt USA | Fij bt Can |
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Sara Sundelowitz, Yetta Emanuel & Kathy Bidwell | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9+ |
| 2 | Norma Massey, Connie Hicks & Mary Ormsby | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Alice Murphy, Phyl Spyers & Gladys Doyle | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Ateca Robinson, Elva Bradley & Dorrie Costello | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Vivian Esch, Genevieve Knight & Eleanor Holmes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Molly Brew, Chris Burke & Isabelle Gilboard | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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### Women's fours – round robin

| Round | Tie 1 | Tie 2 | Tie 3 |
| Round 1 | Fij 25 Aus 24 | USA 18 PNG 17 | SAf 25 Can 11 |
| Round 2 | Aus 28 PNG 9 | Can 12 USA 28 | SAf 37 Fij 12 |
| Round 3 | PNG 32 Can 13 | Aus 17 SAf 22 | Fij 24 USA 18 |
| Round 4 | SAf 31 USA 6 | Fij 22 PNG 14 | Aus 27 Can 16 |
| Round 5 | Aus 23 USA 14 | SAf 38 PNG 7 | Fij 19 Can 18 |
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Sara Sundelowitz, Yetta Emanuel, Kathy Bidwell & May Cridlan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | +100 |
| 2 | Ateca Robinson, Elva Bradley, Olive Patton & Clarice Woolley | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -9 |
| 3 | Pam Hart, Connie Hicks, Jean Turnbull & Mary Ormsby | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +33 |
| 4 | Vivian Esch, Genevieve Knight, Dorothy Veitch & Eleanor Holmes | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -41 |
| 5 | Alice Murphy, Phyl Spyers, Betty Glassey & Kon Allum | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -22 |
| 6 | Molly Brew, Chris Burke, Olive Parker & Joyce Aitken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -61 |

### Taylor Trophy

| Pos | Player | Singles | Pairs | Triples | Fours | Total |
| 1 | South Africa | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Australia | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | Fiji | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | United States | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |