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.

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1969
1st Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Rockdale, Sydney, New South Wales
Date(s)	04 - 12 December 1969.
Category	World Bowls Championship
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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