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1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

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Women's World Outdoor Championships 1985
5th Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationAustralia Melbourne, Australia
Date(s)13 February – 4 March, 1985.
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
← 1984 1988 →

The 1985 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at the Reservoir Bowling Club[2] in Preston, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia from 13 February to 4 March 1985.

Merle Richardson of Australia won the Sylko Trophy (Singles Gold medal), Australia also won the Sussex Trophy (Pairs) and Worthing Trophy (Triples). Scotland secured the Henselite Trophy (Fours) and Australia won the Taylor Trophy, sponsored by the Daily Mirror for the being the best overall team.[3]

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's singles Australia
Merle Richardson
Fiji
Maraia Lum On
New Zealand
Rhoda Ryan
Women's pairs Australia
Merle Richardson
Fay Craig
Fiji
Maraia Lum On
Willow Fong
England
Jean Valls
Norma Shaw
Women's triples Australia
Dorothy Roche
Norma Massey
Mavis Meadowcroft
Hong Kong
Helen Wong
Rae O'Donnell
Sandra Zakoske
Wales
Linda Parker
Mair Jones
Rita Jones
Women's fours Scotland
Sarah Gourlay
Elizabeth Christie
Annette Evans
Frances Whyte
Australia
Mavis Meadowcroft
Norma Massey
Fay Craig
Dorothy Roche
England
Mavis Steele
Betty Stubbings
Brenda Atherton
Jean Valls
Women's Team Australia Australia England England New Zealand New Zealand

Results

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Women's singles – round robin

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Pos Player P W L Pts
1 Australia Merle Richardson 18 18 0 18
2 Fiji Maraia Lum On 18 16 2 16
3 New Zealand Rhoda Ryan 18 15 3 15
4 England Norma Shaw 18 15 3 15
5 Zimbabwe Flo Kennedy 18 14 4 14
6 Republic of Ireland Eileen Bell 18 13 5 13
7 Canada June Bell 18 11 7 11
8 Israel Helen Gordon 18 10 8 10
9 Papua New Guinea Kathy Sigimet 18 10 8 10
10 Scotland Senga McCrone 18 10 8 10
11 Wales Julie Davies 18 10 8 10
12 Botswana Babs Anderson 18 9 9 9
13 Samoa Pula Laufili V. Faraimo 18 8 10 8
14 Hong Kong Lena Sadick 18 7 11 7
15 Kenya Alice Mayers 18 6 12 6
16 Jersey Margaret Blatmann 18 5 13 5
17 United States Muriel 'Pat' Boehm 18 5 13 5
18 Argentina Maria de Gismondi 18 4 14 4
19 Eswatini Cynthia Thompson 18 4 14 4

Women's pairs – round robin

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Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Australia Merle Richardson & Fay Craig 18 14 0 3 28 +44
2 Fiji Maraia Lum On & Willow Fong 18 14 0 4 28 +28
3 England Jean Valls & Norma Shaw 18 13 0 5 26
4 Republic of Ireland Eileen Bell & Nan Allely 18 12 1 5 25
5 New Zealand Joyce Osborne & Barbara Kunicich 18 12 1 5 25
6 Scotland Elizabeth Christie & Senga McCrone 18 12 0 6 24
7 Israel Helen Gordon & Rina Lebel 18 11 0 7 22
8 Canada Alice Duncalf & Jean Black 18 11 0 7 22
9 Papua New Guinea Kathy Sigimet & Maggie Worri 18 10 1 7 21
10 Zimbabwe Peggy Mitchell & Onei Dolphin 18 10 1 7 21
11 United States Edith Denton & Muriel 'Pat' Boehm 18 10 0 8 20
12 Wales Julie Davies & Betty Morgan 18 9 1 8 19
13 Hong Kong Joan Humphreys & Lena Sadick 18 9 0 9 18
14 Kenya Alice Mayers & Mavis Cattermole 18 9 0 9 18
15 Jersey Margaret Blattmann & Jean Lowery 18 8 0 10 16
16 Botswana June Fulton & Babs Anderson 18 7 0 11 14
17 Eswatini Jenny Viegas & Cynthia Thompson 18 7 0 11 14
18 Argentina Maria de Gismondi & Maria Rohan 18 4 1 13 9
19 Samoa Pativaine Ainuu & Pula Laufili V. Faraimo 18 4 1 13 9

Women's triples – round robin

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Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Australia Dorothy Roche, Norma Massey & Mavis Meadowcroft 18 17 0 1 34
2 Hong Kong Helen Wong, Rae O'Donnell & Sandra Zakoske 18 15 0 3 30
3 Wales Linda Parker, Mair Jones & Rita Jones 18 14 1 3 29
4 England Brenda Atherton, Betty Stubbings & Mavis Steele 18 14 0 4 28
5 New Zealand Daphne Le Breton, Jean Moffat, Rhoda Ryan 18 13 0 5 26
6 Scotland Sarah Gourlay, Annette Evans & Frances Whyte 18 13 0 5 26
7 Fiji Janki Gaunder, Adi Losalini Browne & Filo O'Meagher 18 12 1 5 25
8 Canada June Bell, Agnes Bowlby & Jean Wintermute 18 11 1 6 23
9 Zimbabwe Flo Kennedy, Ilya Loader, Margaret Mills 17 11 1 6 23
10 Botswana Heather Roberts, Margaret Farmer & Yvonne Richards 17 11 0 7 22
11 Republic of Ireland Myra Wilson, Marie Barber & Margaret Johnston 18 10 0 8 20
12 United States Jo Gilbert, Isabella Forbes & Corinna Folkins 18 9 0 9 18
13 Eswatini Di Cochram, Liz James & Pat MacDonagh 18 8 0 10 16
14 Papua New Guinea Kapa Rawali, Onno Pelei & Olive Babaga 18 7 1 10 15
15 Israel Bernice Pillemer, Bernice Katz & Miriam Jankelowitz 18 6 1 11 13
16 Jersey Barbara Le Moignan, Doreen Gay, Kath Hickman 18 6 1 11 13
17 Kenya Sue Hesketh, Muriel Jennings, Jean Haggerty 18 5 1 12 11
18 Samoa Matua Ane Faaso'o, Josephine Hunt & Lemafoe Lagaala-Porter 18 3 0 15 6
19 Argentina Dora de Jahn, Leyla de Gourville & Susana de Cantarini 18 2 0 16 4

Women's fours – round robin

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Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Scotland Sarah Gourlay, Elizabeth Christie, Annette Evans & Frances Whyte 18 15 1 2 31
2 Australia Mavis Meadowcroft, Norma Massey, Fay Craig & Dorothy Roche 18 15 0 3 30
3 England Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings, Brenda Atherton & Jean Valls 18 14 1 3 29
4 New Zealand Daphne Le Breton, Barbara Kunicich, Joyce Osborne & Jean Moffat 18 13 1 4 27
5 Zimbabwe Peggy Mirchell, Ilya Loader, Onei Dolphin, Margaret Mills 18 13 0 5 26
6 Hong Kong Sandra Zakoske, Joan Humphreys, Rae O'Donnell & Helen Wong 18 13 0 5 26
7 Israel Bernice Pillemer, Bernice Katz, Miriam Jankelowitz & Rina Lebel 18 12 1 5 25
8 Wales Linda Parker, Mair Jones, Rita Jones & Betty Morgan 18 12 0 6 24
9 Republic of Ireland Myra Wilson, Marie Barber, Nan Allely & Margaret Johnston 18 11 0 7 22
10 Botswana Heather Roberts, June Fulton, Margaret Farmer & Yvonne Richards 18 10 1 7 21
11 Eswatini Di Cochram, Liz James, Pat MacDonagh & Jenny Viegas 18 9 0 9 18
12 United States Jo Gilbert, Edith Denton, Isabella Forbes & Corinna Folkins 18 8 0 10 16
13 Samoa Pativaine Ainuu, Matua Faaso’o, Josephine Hunt & Lemafoe Lagaala-Porter 18 8 0 10 16
14 Fiji Janki Gaunder, Adi Losalini Browne, Willow Fong & Filo O'Meagher 18 8 0 10 16
15 Papua New Guinea Kapa Rawali, Onno Pelei, Olive Babaga & Maggie Worri 18 7 1 10 15
16 Canada Agnes Bowlby, Jean Wintermute, Alice Duncalf & Kathy Finch 18 7 0 11 14
17 Kenya Sue Hesketh, Muriel Jennings, Jean Haggerty & Mavis Cattermole 18 5 0 13 10
18 Jersey Barbara Le Moignan, Doreen Gay, Kath Hickman & Jean Lowery 18 4 0 14 8
19 Argentina Dora de Jahn, Leyla de Gourville, Susana de Cantarini & Maria Rohan 18 2 0 16 4

Taylor Trophy

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Pos Player Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 Australia Australia 19 19 19 18 75
2 England England 16 17 16 17 66
3 New Zealand New Zealand 17 15 15 16 63
4 Scotland Scotland 12 14 15 19 60
5 Fiji Fiji 18 18 13 8 57
6 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 15 11 12 15 53
7 Republic of Ireland Ireland 14 16 9 11 50
8 Wales Wales 12 8 17 12 49
9 Hong Kong Hong Kong 6 7 18 15 46
10 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 12 11 6 5 44
11 Israel Israel 12 13 5 13 43
12 Canada Canada 13 13 12 4 42
13 Botswana Botswana 8 4 10 10 32
14 United States United States 4 9 8 8 29
15 Eswatini Swaziland 2 4 7 9 26
16 Samoa Western Samoa 7 2 2 8 19
17 Kenya Kenya 5 7 3 3 18
18 Jersey Jersey 4 5 5 2 16
19 Argentina Argentina 2 2 1 1 6

References

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  1. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  2. ^ World Bowls Committee (1985). 5th Women's World Bowls Souvenir Programme, pages 12-13. World Bowls Committee.
  3. ^ "Australian Newspaper Archives". Trove.