Lawn bowls at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was the 11th appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games. Competition at the 1982 Commonwealth Games took place in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September until 9 October 1982 at the Moorooka Bowls Club in Moorooka.
Scotland topped the lawn bowls medal table by virtue of winning two gold medals.
Willie Wood won the singles and Scotland doubled up in the pairs. Australia won the fours and Zimbabwe won the women's triples.
Medal table
Medallists Event Gold Silver BronzeMen's singles Willie Wood Rob Parrella Peter BellissMen's pairs John Watson David Gourlay Sr. Lyn Perkins Spencer Wilshire Denis Dalton Peter RheubenMen's fours Rob Dobbins Keith Poole Bert Sharp Don Sherman Rowan Brassey Morgan Moffat Danny O'Connor Jim Scott Sammy Allen Frank Campbell Willie Watson John McCloughlinWomen's triples Flo Kennedy Anna Bates Margaret Mills Pearl Dymond Jennifer Simpson Joyce Osborne Mavis Steele Norma Shaw Betty Stubbings
Results Scotland won the Singles and Pairs with Australia winning the Fours. The debut of women's competition was with a Triples tournament.
Men's singles – round robin Pos Player P W L F A Pts 1 Willie Wood 12 11 1 242 153 22 2 Rob Parrella 12 10 2 240 129 20 3 Peter Belliss 12 10 2 232 155 20 4 Garin Beare 12 9 3 226 175 18 5 David Corkill 12 8 4 212 191 16 6 Alan Windsor 12 7 5 226 163 14 7 Burnie Gill 12 6 6 214 186 12 8 Krishna Gaunder 12 5 7 175 220 10 9 Russell Hankey 12 4 8 180 231 8 10 Tom Green 12 3 9 171 230 6 11 David Tso 12 2 10 176 245 4 12 Graham Croft 12 2 10 160 241 4 13 John Thackray 12 1 11 132 249 2
Men's pairs – round robin Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 John Watson & David Gourlay Sr. 14 11 1 2 375 207 23 2 Lyn Perkins & Spencer Wilshire 14 11 1 2 337 222 23 3 Denis Dalton & Peter Rheuben 14 10 1 3 357 232 21 4 Peter Line & Bill Hobart 14 10 0 4 335 242 20 5 Billy McKelvey & Brendan McBrien 14 10 0 4 302 244 20 6 Ian Dickison & Phil Skoglund 14 7 2 5 363 214 16 7 Alfred Daniel & Rolf Meyer 14 8 0 6 283 266 16 8 Chiu Shun Dang & George Souza Jr. 14 7 1 6 292 267 15 9 Marcel Coutouly & John Jones 14 5 2 7 264 309 12 10 Pat O'Brien & Tony Schillaci 14 5 1 8 274 282 11 11 Caucau Turagabeci & Peter Fong 14 5 0 9 281 330 10 12 Dave Duncalf & Dave Brown 14 5 0 9 256 330 10 13 Ron Anderson & Derek Rhodes 14 3 1 10 237 367 7 14 Duncan Naysmith & Tommy Powell 14 3 0 11 231 357 6 15 Jack Riley & Willie Watson 14 0 0 14 159 467 0
Men's fours – round robin Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Rob Dobbins, Keith Poole, Bert Sharp, Don Sherman 13 12 0 1 311 195 24 2 Rowan Brassey, Morgan Moffat, Danny O'Connor, Jim Scott 13 11 0 2 325 186 22 3 Sammy Allen, Frank Campbell, Willie Watson, John McCloughlin 13 10 0 3 270 219 20 4 Jim Morgan, Cliff Williams, Alun Thomas, Ray Williams 13 8 0 5 254 251 16 5 Alex McIntosh, John Harper, Brian Rattray, Jock Fleming 13 7 1 5 268 248 15 6 Ronnie Jones, Bill Watkins, Glen Patton, Barrie McFadden 13 7 1 5 251 249 15 7 Allan Bernstein, Kenneth Redman, Harry Bishop, Bill Cumming 13 7 0 6 279 237 14 8 Jimmy Hobday, Tommy Armstrong, George Turley, Len Bowden 13 6 1 6 262 252 13 9 13 6 0 7 278 250 12 10 13 5 0 8 248 255 10 11 13 5 0 8 239 273 10 12 Jim Cushnahan 13 3 1 9 242 281 7 13 13 1 1 11 170 330 3 14 13 0 1 12 181 334 1
Women's triples – round robin Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Flo Kennedy, Anna Bates & Margaret Mills 15 13 0 2 327 211 26 2 Pearl Dymond, Jennifer Simpson, Joyce Osborne 15 11 0 4 311 206 22 3 Mavis Steele, Norma Shaw, Betty Stubbings 15 10 2 3 306 206 22 4 Rosemary O'Brien, Eva Wilcher, Patricia Smith 15 11 0 4 308 217 22 5 Hilda Hall, Ann Meir, Sylvia Keeling 15 9 2 4 270 226 20 6 Eileen Bell, Nan Allely, Daisy Fraser 15 9 2 4 270 242 20 7 Linda King, Sarah Rae O'Donnell, Merle Walker 15 9 0 6 268 259 18 8 Babs Anderson, Evelyn Thomas, Yvonne Richards 15 7 0 6 254 252 14 9 Margaret Pomeroy, Janet Ackland, Gillian Miles 15 6 0 9 276 247 12 10 Liz James, Evelyn Gibbs, Anne Green 15 5 1 9 249 309 11 11 Jessie Adamson, Janet Menzies, Jessie Lawson 15 5 0 10 249 292 10 12 Carmel King, Betty Dunbavan, Maggie Worri 15 5 0 10 243 294 10 13 Asenati Vaeau, Vaiee Siaosi, Hilda Heather 15 5 0 10 197 277 10 14 Filo O'Meagher, Maraia Lum On, Teresa Hughes 15 4 1 10 250 264 9 15 Debbie Ballam, Alice Duncalf, Agnes Bowlby 15 4 0 11 222 290 8 16 Mavis Cattermole, Alice Mayers, Jean Haggerty 15 3 0 12 165 343 6
References
See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games