World Outdoor Championships 2012 women's singles
12th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Adelaide, Australia
Date(s)	24 November – 9 December 2012.
Category	2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Events at the 2012 World Bowls Championship
Singles	men	women
Pairs	men	women
Triples	men	women
Fours	men	women

The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship women's singles^[1] was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia. Some of the qualifying Rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North.^[2]

Karen Murphy won the women's singles Gold.^[3][4]

Section tables

Pool 1

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Val Smith	11	8	3	221	148	16	+73
2	Karen Murphy	11	8	3	212	147	16	+65
3	Kelly McKerihen	11	8	3	215	184	16	+31
4	Debbie Wilford	11	8	3	186	158	16	+28
5	Ruthie Gilor	11	7	4	186	185	14	+1
6	Caroline Taylor	11	6	5	204	177	12	+27
7	Yu Xiao Yan	11	5	6	169	202	10	-33
8	Songsin Tsao	11	5	6	178	211	10	-33
9	Milagros Witheridge	11	4	7	187	188	8	-1
10	Lynn Greenland	11	3	8	169	204	6	-35
11	Karina Bisson	11	3	8	163	206	6	-43
12	Pauline Lekone	11	1	10	138	218	2	-80

Pool 2

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Natalie Melmore	11	8	3	215	143	16	+72
2	Tracy-Lee Botha	11	7	4	205	169	14	+36
3	Cliodhan Eadie	11	7	4	211	177	14	+34
4	Tammy Tham	11	7	4	212	180	14	+32
5	Umar Sit Ervi Fedarussanti	11	7	4	216	192	14	+24
6	Claire Johnston	11	6	5	214	160	12	+54
7	Emma Firyana Saroji	11	6	5	189	176	12	+13
8	Saskia Schaft	11	6	5	187	194	12	-7
9	Yoko Goda	11	5	6	169	204	10	-35
10	Dorothy Gibbons	11	4	7	150	200	8	-50
11	Kimberly Heiser	11	2	9	122	223	4	-101
12	Elizabeth Moceiwai	11	1	10	154	226	2	-72

Finals

Play Offs

Semifinals

Gold medal

Melmore

bye

Melmore

15

Murphy

21

Murphy

21

Botha

11

Murphy

21

Smith

17

Smith

bye

Smith

21

McKerihen

12

McKerihen

21

Eadie

18

Results

Women's singles section 1 Round 1 – Nov 29  New Zealand  Australia 21–20  Canada  Philippines 21–13  Wales  Jersey 21–14  Israel  Spain 21–18  China  Thailand 21–19  Norfolk Island  Botswana 21–12 Round 2 – Nov 29  Israel  Wales 21–17  Australia  Philippines 21–15  Canada  New Zealand 21–18  China  Botswana 21–13  Norfolk Island  Thailand 21–11  Jersey  Spain 21–8 Round 3 – Nov 30  Norfolk Island  Philippines 21–12  Spain  Botswana 21–18  New Zealand  Wales 21–17  Australia  Jersey 21–10  Canada  China 21–12  Thailand  Israel 21–17 Round 4 – Nov 30  Jersey  Botswana 21–11  Wales  Norfolk Island 21–9  China  Philippines 21–16  Canada  Thailand 21–20  Australia  Spain 21–12  Israel  New Zealand 21–16 Round 5 – Nov 30  Canada  Spain 21–19  New Zealand  Thailand 21–4  Philippines  Israel 21–12  Wales  Botswana 21–19  Norfolk Island  Jersey 21–6  Australia  China 21–7 Round 6 – Dec 1  Wales  Canada 21–11  Israel  China 21–14  Thailand  Spain 21–19  Australia  Botswana 21–4  Jersey  Philippines 21–19  New Zealand  Norfolk Island 21–1 Round 7 – Dec 1  New Zealand  Botswana 21–12  Australia  Wales 21–20  China  Spain 21–9  Israel  Jersey 21–9  Thailand  Philippines 21–18  Norfolk Island  Canada 21–18 Round 8 – Dec 2  Wales  China 21–9  New Zealand  Jersey 21–12  Canada  Australia 21–7  Norfolk Island  Israel 21–5  Spain  Philippines 21–10  Botswana  Thailand 21–8 Round 9 – Dec 2  Philippines  Botswana 21–4  Israel  Canada 21–18  New Zealand  Spain 21–14  Thailand  Wales 21–18  Norfolk Island  Australia 21–17  China  Jersey 21–19 Round 10 – Dec 3  New Zealand  China 21–5  Israel  Botswana 21–9  Spain  Norfolk Island 21–8  Australia  Thailand 21–11  Philippines  Wales 21–6  Canada  Jersey 21–17 Round 11 – Dec 3  Wales  Spain 21–7  Norfolk Island  China 21–14  Australia  Israel 21–5  Canada  Botswana 21–15  Philippines  New Zealand 21–19  Thailand  Jersey 21–13

Women's singles section 2 Round 1 – Nov 29  Netherlands  Cyprus 21–16  Brunei  Fiji 21–16  Japan  United States 21–16  England  Malaysia 21–20  Scotland  South Africa 21–14  Ireland  Hong Kong 21–16 Round 2 – Nov 29  Ireland  Netherlands 21–17  England  Scotland 21–15  Brunei  United States 21–14  Fiji  Japan 21–16  Hong Kong  Cyprus 21–10  South Africa  Malaysia 21–17 Round 3 – Nov 30  South Africa  Japan 21–9  England  Ireland 21–19  Cyprus  United States 21–11  Hong Kong  Malaysia 21–7  Brunei  Scotland 21–18  Netherlands  Fiji 21–15 Round 4 – Nov 30  United States  Hong Kong 21–20  Japan  Ireland 21–15  Brunei  South Africa 21–18  Malaysia  Cyprus 21–7  England  Netherlands 21–9  Scotland  Fiji 21–20 Round 5 – Nov 30  Scotland  Cyprus 21–3  England  Fiji 21–5  Netherlands  South Africa 21–19  Ireland  United States 21–3  Japan  Hong Kong 21–19  Brunei  Malaysia 21–18 Round 6 – Dec 1  Ireland  Scotland 21–14  South Africa  Hong Kong 21–10  England  Japan 21–2  Malaysia  United States 21–12  Netherlands  Brunei 21–18  Cyprus  Fiji 21–10 Round 7 – Dec 1  Hong Kong  Netherlands 21–9  South Africa  Fiji 21–8  Scotland  Japan 21–10  England  United States 21–3  Malaysia  Ireland 21–12  Cyprus  Brunei 21–17 Round 8 – Dec 2  Ireland  Brunei 21–20  Hong Kong  England 21–19  Scotland  Malaysia 21–1  Japan  Netherlands 21–20  South Africa  Cyprus 21–11  United States  Fiji 21–12 Round 9 – Dec 2  Netherlands  Scotland 21–19  South Africa  United States 21–12  Cyprus  England 21–15  Ireland  Fiji 21–12  Malaysia  Japan 21–16  Hong Kong  Brunei 21–14 Round 10 – Dec 3  Hong Kong  Scotland 21–20  Malaysia  Fiji 21–18  South Africa  Ireland 21–18  Brunei  England 21–13  Netherlands  United States 21–2  Japan  Cyprus 21–8 Round 11 – Dec 3  Hong Kong  Fiji 21–7  Scotland  United States 21–7  England  South Africa 21–7  Ireland  Cyprus 21–11  Brunei  Japan 21–11  Malaysia  Netherlands 21–6

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