# 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

The 1977 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 21 May to 5 June 1977.
Elsie Wilkie successfully defended her singles title which was held in a round robin format.
The pairs went to Hong Kong, the triples to Wales and the fours to Australia. The Taylor Trophy was won by the Australian team.

## 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 |