The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [ 1] was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto , Canada , from 1 to 15 August 1981.[ 2] 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.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Women's singles – round robin
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Women's pairs – round robin
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+ Injury replacement
Women's triples – round robin
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Women's fours – round robin
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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
Mabel Stewart, Eileen O'Hara, Margaret Dunlop & Nan Allely
17
10
1
6
21
7
Betty Morgan , B Thomas
17
10
0
7
20
8
Cissie McPharland
17
9
0
8
18
9
Kathy Bruce , Ann Meir
17
8
1
8
17
10
Corinna Folkins , Erma Artist , Lilly Godfrey & Edith MacWilliams
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 , Dulcie McCollom & Dot Jenkinson
17
6
1
10
13
14
Margaret Penman
17
6
1
10
13
15
Annette Tidd , Debbie Ballem , Jean Wintermute & Selina Jarvis
17
6
0
11
12
16
Barbara Le Moignan , Jean Lowery , Doreen Gray , another
17
6
0
11
12
17
Cynthia Thompson , Liz James
17
4
0
13
8
18
P Jones
17
4
0
13
8
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
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^ "Eileen looks best for a medal" . Ireland's Saturday Night . 1 August 1981. p. 5. Retrieved 17 September 2022 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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^ "1981 Fall Review" (PDF) . Bowls USA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-02 .
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^ " "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 .
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^ "Allan, Gordon. "Bowls." Times, 11 Aug. 1981, p. 12" . The Times .
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