World Outdoor Championships 1996
8th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Adelaide, Australia (Men's)  Royal Leamington Spa, England (Women's)
Date(s)	18–31 March 1996 (Men's) 3–18 August 1996 (Women's)
Category	World Bowls Championship
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The 1996 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at the Lockleys Bowls Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 18 to 31 March 1996.

The 1996 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa, England from 3 to 18 August 1996.^[2]

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
Men's singles	Tony Allcock	Jeff Rabkin	Kelvin Kerkow	Richard Corsie
Men's pairs	Sammy Allen Jeremy Henry	Richard Corsie Alex Marshall	Robert Weale Will Thomas	Cameron Curtis Rex Johnston
Men's triples	George Adrain Kenny Logan Willie Wood	Peter Belliss Andrew Curtain David File	Theuns Fraser Ashley van Winkel Kevin Campbell	Kelvin Kerkow Ian Taylor Stephen Anderson
Men's fours	Andy Thomson Brett Morley David Cutler John Bell	Chris Blake Jason Davies Will Thomas Robert Weale	Ian Taylor Cameron Curtis Rex Johnston Stephen Anderson	Andrew Curtain David File Gary Lawson Peter Belliss
Men's team	Scotland			N/A
Women's singles	Carmen Anderson	Wendy Line	Joyce Lindores	N/A
Women's pairs	Margaret Johnston Phillis Nolan	Jean Jones Sheila Syvret	Litia Tikoisuva Radhika Prasad	N/A
Women's triples	Jannie de Beer Barbara Redshaw Hester Bekker	Margaret Sumner Gordana Baric Daphne Shaw	Ann Sutherland Judith Wason Betty Morgan	N/A
Women's fours	Gordana Baric Marilyn Peddell Margaret Sumner Daphne Shaw	Jannie de Beer Marge Ellis Barbara Redshaw Lorna Trigwell Hester Bekker	Norma Shaw Gill Fitzgerald Mary Price Jean Baker	N/A
Women's team	South Africa	England	Scotland	N/A

Results

Men's singles – round robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Tony Allcock	6	6	0	150	90	12	+60
2	Noel Kennedy	6	5	1	149	100	10	+49
3	Jose Riveros	6	3	3	132	106	6	+26
4	Oliver Fowler	6	3	3	124	123	6	+1
5	Panipasa Matailevu	6	2	4	106	134	4	-28
6	Faimanu Amituanai	6	2	4	103	139	4	-36
7	Thira Mathai	6	0	6	78	150	0	-72

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Richard Corsie	7	6	1	173	93	12	+80
2	Rowan Brassey	7	6	1	159	98	12	+61
3	Sammy Allen	7	5	2	162	117	10	+45
4	Jonathan Queripel	7	5	2	145	142	10	+3
5	Barry Wilson	7	3	4	132	141	6	-9
6	Allan Thomas	7	2	5	104	163	4	-59
7	Jacob Vanderventer	7	1	6	108	170	2	-62
8	Patrick Knight	7	0	7	116	175	0	-59

Section C

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Jeff Rabkin	7	6	1	173	118	12	+55
2	Neil Burkett	7	6	1	164	111	12	+53
3	Douw Calitz	7	4	3	163	129	8	+34
4	Mark Gilliland	7	4	3	148	128	8	+20
5	Arthur Hicks	7	4	3	159	151	8	+8
6	J Poyep Pomaleau	7	2	5	125	157	4	-32
7	Z Baba	7	2	5	107	156	4	-49
8	Hon Yoong Chai	7	0	7	86	175	0	-89

Section D

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Kelvin Kerkow	6	6	0	150	82	12	+68
2	Mark McCormick	6	5	1	144	90	10	+54
3	John Price	6	4	2	136	106	8	+30
4	David Le Marquand	6	3	3	130	116	6	+14
5	Pita Totoo	6	2	4	97	134	4	-37
6	P Shaw	6	1	5	100	139	2	-39
7	Tom Dion	6	0	6	60	150	0	-72

Finals

	Semifinals					Gold medal
	Allcock		25
	Kerkow		21
						Allcock		25
						Rabkin		15
	Rabkin		25
	Corsie		16

Men's pairs – round robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Richard Corsie & Alex Marshall	7	7	0	0	180	111	14	+69
2	Donald Piketh & Neil Burkett	7
3	Norfolk Island	7
4	Namibia	7
5	Sebastian Sanchez Keenan & Jose Riveros	7
6	George Kaminsky & Chaim Miller	7
7	Western Samoa	7
8	Malawi	7	1	0	6	97	199	2	-102

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Sammy Allen & Jeremy Henry	6	5	0	1	167	85	10	+82
2	Rowan Brassey & Gary Lawson	6
3	Noel Kennedy & Willie Lai	6
4	Kenya	6	2	1	3	97	130	5	-33
5	Inatio Akaruru & Another	6	2	0	4	92	150	4	-58
6	Jack Behling & Tom Dion	6
7	Malaysia	6

Section C

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Robert Weale & Will Thomas	6
2	Jersey	6
3	Canada	6
4	Swaziland	6
5	Zimbabwe	6
6	Papua New Guinea	6
7	Thailand	6	1	0	5	92	176	2	-84

Section D

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Cameron Curtis & Rex Johnston	7
2	Tony Allcock & Andy Thomson	7
3	Panipasa Matailevu & Caucau Turagabeci	7
4	Singapore	7
5	Jon Queripel & Bernie Simon	7
6	Botswana	7
7	Andre Luiz Binello & Garoldo Sa Campos	7
8	Jacob Vanderventer & Arthur Kayesa	7

Finals

	Semifinals					Gold medal
	Scotland		22
	Australia		11
						Scotland		19
						Ireland		21
	Ireland		17
	Wales		12

Men's triples – round robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Kelvin Kerkow, Ian Taylor, Stephen Anderson	6	6	0	0	132	64	12	+68
2	Jeff Rabkin, Leon Blum & Lawrence Mendelsohn	6	5	0	1	128	73	10	+55
3	Skippy Arculli, Jack Lucey & Michael Siddall	6	3	1	2	113	96	7	+17
4	Namibia	6	2	1	3	121	99	5	+22
5	Guernsey	6	2	0	4	90	111	4	-21
6	Singapore	6	1	0	5	86	129	2	-43
7	Kenya	6	1	0	5	59	157	2	-98

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Theuns Fraser, Ashley van Winkel, Kevin Campbell	7	6	0	1	177	85	12	+92
2	Ian McClure, Gary McCloy & Noel Graham	7	6	0	1	180	90	12	+90
3	Wales	7	5	0	2	180	107	10	+73
4	Swaziland	7	3	0	4	83	122	6	-39
5	Malaysia	7	2	1	4	108	111	5	-3
6	Argentina	7	2	1	4	96	133	5	-37
7	Cook Islands	7	2	0	5	96	147	4	-51
8	Thailand	7	1	0	6	80	205	2	-125

Section C

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	George Adrain, Kenny Logan, Willie Wood	6	6	0	0	133	57	12	+76
2	Canada	6	4	1	1	116	87	9	+29
3	Jersey	6	3	1	2	109	95	7	+14
4	Brazil	6	3	0	3	96	105	6	-9
5	Botswana	6	3	0	3	99	110	6	-11
6	Zambia	6	1	0	5	85	124	2	-39
7	Western Samoa	6	0	0	6	79	139	0	-60

Section D

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Peter Belliss, Andrew Curtain, David File	7	7	0	0			14
2	Brett Morley, David Cutler & John Bell	7	6	0	1	141	101	12	+40
3	Fiji	7	5	0	2	155	110	10	+45
4	Mel Stewart, Ken Wallis & Danny Ho	7	3	0	4	148	107	6	+41
5	Hilton Marillos, Michael McNeill & Cedric Edwards	7	3	0	4			6
6	Norfolk Island	7	2	0	5	84	118	4	-34
7	Papua New Guinea	7	2	0	5	91	130	4	-39
8	Malawi	7	0	0	7	60	218	0	-158

Finals

	Semifinals					Gold medal
	Scotland		23
	South Africa		11
						Scotland		26
						New Zealand		5
	New Zealand		18
	Australia		17

Men's fours – round robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Ian Taylor, Cameron Curtis, Rex Johnston, Stephen Anderson	7	6	0	1	191	96	12	+95
2	Scotland	7	6	0	1	189	111	12	+78
3	Noel Graham, Jeremy Henry, Ian McClure, Gary McCloy	7	5	1	1	181	115	11	+66
4	Zimbabwe	7	4	0	3	142	129	8	+13
5	Jersey	7	3	0	4	166	124	6	+42
6	Malawi	7	2	0	5	96	209	4	-113
7	Inatio Akaruru	7	1	1	5	105	181	3	-76
8	Singapore	7	0	0	7	82	187	0	-105

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Andrew Curtain, David File, Gary Lawson, Peter Belliss	6	4	0	2	151	99	8	+52
2	Willie Lai, Mel Stewart, Ken Wallis & Danny Ho	6	4	0	2	126	111	8	+15
3	Namibia	6	4	0	2	118	114	8	+4
4	Canada	6	3	1	2	121	112	7	+9
5	Papua New Guinea	6	3	0	3	112	117	6	-5
6	John Christian, Graeme Forsyth, Sid Cooper, Garry Ryan	6	2	1	3	112	120	5	-8
7	Brazil	6	0	0	6	94	161	0	-67

Section C

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Andy Thomson, Brett Morley, David Cutler & John Bell	7	7	0	0	280	87	14	+143
2	South Africa	7	5	0	2			10
3	Guernsey	7	5	0	2	149	134	10	+15
4	Malaysia	7	4	0	3	150	134	8	+14
5	Swaziland	7	4	0	3	156	145	8	+11
6	Botswana	7	2	0	5	122	170	4	-48
7	Kenya	7	1	0	6	105	183	2	-78
8	Thailand	7	0	0	7			0

Section D

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Chris Blake, Jason Davies, Will Thomas, Robert Weale	6	6	0	0	185	87	12	+98
2	Israel	6	4	0	2	142	100	8	+42
3	Fiji	6	3	0	3	136	107	6	+29
4	Jack Behling, Skippy Arculli, Jack Lucey & Michael Siddall	6	3	0	3	111	118	6	-7
5	Western Samoa	6	3	0	3	92	158	6	-66
6	Argentina	6	2	0	4	136	131	4	+5
7	Zambia	6	0	0	6	90	191	0	-101

Finals

	Semifinals					Gold medal
	England		26
	New Zealand		16
						England		20
						Wales		9
	Wales		23
	Australia		22

Women's singles – round robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Wendy Line	15
2	Joyce Lindores	15
3	Margaret Johnston	15
4	Babs Anderson	15
5	Litia Tikoisuva	15
6	Matimba Like	15
7	Judy Howat	15
8	Nor Hashimah Ismail	15
9	Cora Howard-Williams	15
10	Merle Swerdlow	15
11	Dorothy Paniani	15
12	Jean Joubert	15
13	Maureen Burns	15
14	Marie Taylor	15
15	Maria Vasquez	15
16	Regina Banares	15

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Carmen Anderson	13
2	Rita Jones	13
3	Willow Fong	13
4	Jo Peacock	13
5	Anne Simon	13
6	Liz James	13
7	Anita Nivala	13
8	Val Stead	13
9	Angela Chau	13
10	Lady Karina Okuk	13
11	Manuia Porter	13
12	Rita Pereira	13
13	Dorrien Ives	13
14	N Yoshimoto	13

Bronze medal match
Lindores bt Jones 25-4

Gold medal match
Anderson bt Line 25-9

Women's pairs – round robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Margaret Johnston & Phillis Nolan	15
2	Jo Peacock & Lorna Trigwell	15
3	Papua New Guinea	15
4	Zimbabwe	15
5	Rita Jones & Ann Dainton	15
6	Norfolk Island	15
7	Cook Islands	15
8	Israel	15
9	Namibia	15
10	Swaziland	15
11	Zambia	15
12	Linda Smith & Rosemary Allen	15
13	Spain	15
14	Argentina	15
15	Netherlands	15
16	Japan	15

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Jean Jones & Sheila Syvret	14
2	Litia Tikoisuva & Radhika Prasad	14
3	Julie Forrest & Joyce Lindores	14
4	Norma Shaw, Mavis Wellington+, Gill Fitzgerald	14
5	Marilyn Peddell & Willow Fong	14
6	Canada	14
7	Anne Simon & Jean Simon	14
8	Heather Lewis & Kottia Spangler	14
9	New Zealand	14
10	Kenya	14
11	Botswana	14
12	Malaysia	14
13	Western Samoa	14
14	Singapore	14
15	Jeanette Lewis & Shashe Chabra	14

+ Replacement

Bronze medal match
Fiji bt South Africa 28-17

Gold medal match
Ireland bt Jersey 21-19

Women's triples – round robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Jannie de Beer, Barbara Redshaw, Hester Bekker	14
2	Wendy Line, Jean Baker, Mary Price	14
3	Margaret Letham, Betty Forsyth, Sarah Gourlay	14
4	Jean Martel, Jennifer Nicolle & Sally Paul	14
5	Namibia	14
6	Swaziland	14
7	Zambia	14
8	Cook Islands	14
9	Canada	14
10	United States	14
11	Fiji	14
12	Singapore	14
13	Malaysia	14
14	Kenya	14
15	Spain	14

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Margaret Sumner, Gordana Baric, Daphne Shaw	14
2	Ann Sutherland, Judith Wason, Betty Morgan	14
3	Botswana	14
4	New Zealand	14
5	Sue Noel, Karina Horman & Val Stead	14
6	Israel	14
7	Rosemary McMahon, Elizabeth Li & Angela Chau	14
8	Pauline Mackie, Helen Taylor & Christine O'Gorman	14
9	Papua New Guinea	14
10	Norfolk Island	14
11	Argentina	14
12	Netherlands	14
13	India	14
14	Western Samoa	14
15	Japan	14

Bronze medal match
Wales bt England 17-14

Gold medal match
South Africa bt Australia 19-12

Women's fours – round robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Jannie de Beer, Marge Ellis+, Barbara Redshaw, Lorna Trigwell, Hester Bekker	14
2	Norma Shaw, Gill Fitzgerald, Mary Price, Jean Baker	14
3	Margaret Letham, Julie Forrest, Betty Forsyth & Sarah Gourlay	14
4	Israel	14
5	Swaziland	14
6	Cook Islands	14
7	Botswana	14
8	Zambia	14
9	Pauline Mackie, Christine O'Gorman, Helen Taylor & Phillis Nolan	14
10	Rosemary McMahon, Linda Smith, Elizabeth Li & Rosemary Allen	14
11	Singapore	14
12	United States	14
13	Kenya	14
14	Netherlands	14
15	Malaysia	14

+ Replacement

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Gordana Baric, Marilyn Peddell, Margaret Sumner, Daphne Shaw	14
2	Millie Khan, Bett Prattley, Marie Watson & Marlene Castle	14
3	Ann Sutherland, Ann Dainton, Judith Wason & Betty Morgan	14
4	Sue Noel, Karina Horman, Jean Jones & Sheila Syvret	14
5	Alice Duncalf, Jean Roney, Maureen Thompson & Noreen Welsh	14
6	Fiji	14
7	Papua New Guinea	14
8	Spain	14
9	Norfolk Island	14
10	Namibia	14
11	Jean Simon, Jean Martel, Sally Paul & Jennifer Nicolle	14
12	India	14
13	Western Samoa	14
14	Argentina	14
15	Japan	14

Bronze medal match
England bt New Zealand 24-21

Gold medal match
Australia bt South Africa 18-15

Taylor Trophy

Pos	Team	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Total
1	South Africa	24	28	30	29	111
2	England	29	25	27	28	109
3	Scotland	28	27	26	26	107
4	Australia	25	22	29	30	106
5	Wales	27	23	28	25	103
6	Jersey	16	30	21	23	90
7	Ireland	26	31	15	14	86
8	New Zealand	18	15	24	27	84
9	Fiji	22	29	10	20	79
10	Botswana	23	10	25	18	76
11	Norfolk Island	30	21	11	13	75
12	Guernsey	21	19	23	10	73
13	Canada	17	20	13	22	72
14	Israel	11	17	20	24	72
15	Swaziland	20	12	19	21	72
16	Papua New Guinea	12	26	14	17	69
17	Zambia	19	11	18	16	64
18	Cook Islands	10	18	16	19	63
19	Namibia	7	14	22	11	54
20	Hong Kong	13	8	17	12	50
21	Zimbabwe	14	24	0	0	38