Lawn bowls at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls
at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Lawn bowls ; at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Balgreen Bowls Club
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates	24 July – 2 August 1986
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Lawn bowls at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the 12th appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games.^[1] Competition at the 1986 Commonwealth Games took place at the Balgreen Bowls Club in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 24 July until 2 August 1986.^[2]

Wales topped the lawn bowls medal table by virtue of winning two gold medals.^[3]

Medal table

* Host nation (Scotland)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Ian Dickison	Ian Schuback	Richard Corsie
Men's pairs	Grant Knox George Adrain	Bill Boettger Ronnie Jones	Chris Ward David Ward
Men's Fours	Hafod Thomas Jim Morgan Robert Weale Will Thomas	Dan Milligan Dave Brown Dave Houtby Dave Duncalf	Billie Montgomery Ernie Parkinson Roy McCune Willie Watson
Women's singles	Wendy Line	Senga McCrone	Babs Anderson
Women's pairs	Freda Elliott Margaret Johnston	Jenny Nicolle Marie Smith	Betty Stubbings Jean Valls
Women's fours	Linda Parker Linda Evans Joan Ricketts Rita Jones	Audrey Hefford Betty Schenke Clarice Power Patricia Smith	Barbara Fuller Brenda Atherton Madge Allan Mary Price

^[4] The Women's pairs and Fours were inaugurated during these Games.

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts	Shots
1	Ian Dickison	12	11	1	22	+81
2	Ian Schuback	12	9	3	18	+61
3	Richard Corsie	12	9	3	18	+58
4	Alf Wallace	12	8	4	16	+28
5	Peter Fong	12	7	5	14	+39
6	Andy Thomson	12	7	5	14	0
7	Ray Hill	12	6	6	12	+23
8	Stan Espie	12	6	6	12	+15
9	Keith Bosley	12	4	8	8	-51
10	David Le Marquand	12	4	8	8	-60
11	Mel David	12	3	9	6	-48
12	Mike Smith	12	2	10	4	-69
13	Ray Young	12	2	10	4	-77

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
1	Grant Knox & George Adrain	12	12	0	0	24	+121
2	Bill Boettger & Ronnie Jones	12	9	0	3	18	+57
3	Chris Ward & David Ward	12	8	0	4	16	+61
4	Lyn Perkins & Spencer Wilshire	12	8	0	4	16	+44
5	David Tso & M B Hassan Jr.	12	6	1	6	13	-11
6	Davy Hamilton & Rodney McCutcheon	12	6	0	6	12	+19
7	Maurice Symes & Wayne Nairn	12	5	1	6	11	+5
8	Caucau Turagabeci & Jagdeo Singh	12	5	0	7	10	-42
9	Arthur Black & Kevin Henricks	12	4	0	8	8	-18
10	Bill Haining & David Broad	12	4	0	8	8	-24
11	Bill Crawford & Mike Nicolle	12	4	0	8	8	-47
12	John Thackray & Ray Mascarenhas	12	3	1	8	7	-71
13	John Jones & Marcel Coutouly	12	2	1	9	5	-94

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
1	Hafod Thomas, Jim Morgan, Robert Weale, Will Thomas	11	8	1	2	17	+45
2	Dan Milligan, Dave Brown, Dave Houtby, Dave Duncalf	11	7	1	3	15	+60
3	Billie Montgomery, Ernie Parkinson, Roy McCune, Willie Watson	11	7	0	4	14	+53
4	John Murtagh, Keith Slight, Morgan Moffat, Stewart McConnell	11	7	0	4	14	+28
5	Danny Ho, George Souza Jr., Mark McMahon, Noel Kennedy	11	6	0	5	12	+38
6	Graham Robertson, Jim Boyle, Malcolm Graham, Willie Harkness	11	6	0	5	12	-9
7	Julian Haines, Len Bowden, Martyn Sekjer, Pip Branfield	11	5	0	6	10	+12
8	Dennis Rose, Dereck Rhodes, James Benson, Johnie Kakakis	11	5	0	6	10	-20
9	Bryce Stewart, Michael Hill, Peter Sardelic, Raymond Laycock^[5]	11	5	0	6	10	-22
10	Eminoni Cavaduadua, Geoff O'Meagher, Krishna Gaunder, Peter Thaggard	11	4	0	7	8	-52
11	David Thompson, Hayley Abrahams, John Kemp, Thomas O'Lynn	11	3	0	8	6	-79
12	Bernard Simon, Bob Murphy, Clarence Blondel, Gary Pitschou	11	2	0	9	4	-54

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts	Shots
1	Wendy Line	11	9	2	18	+51
2	Senga McCrone	11	9	2	18	+49
3	Babs Anderson	11	7	4	14	+40
4	Nell Hunter	11	6	5	12	+32
5	Greeta Fahey	11	6	5	12	+11
6	Maraia Lum On	11	6	5	12	+11
7	Joan Humphreys	12	6	5	12	0
8	Eileen Bell	11	6	5	12	-13
9	Rhoda Ryan	11	5	6	10	+15
10	Ann Dainton	11	5	6	10	-7
11	Margaret Blattman	11	1	10	2	-81
12	Pam le Tissier	11	0	10	0	-142

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
1	Freda Elliott & Margaret Johnston	10	9	0	1	18	+97
2	Jenny Nicolle & Marie Smith	10	7	1	2	15	+25
3	Betty Stubbings & Jean Valls	10	6	0	4	12	+42
4	Rosemary McMahon & Sandi Zakoske	10	6	0	4	12	+20
5	Janet Ackland & Margaret Pomeroy	10	5	0	5	10	+32
6	Joyce Osborne & Millie Khan	10	5	0	5	10	+14
7	Alice Duncalf & Dorothy Macey	10	5	0	5	10	+9
8	Greta Boyle & Nan Mulholland	10	4	0	6	8	-10
9	Beryl Godfrey & Hilda Pochon	10	4	0	6	8	-38
10	Eve Thomas & Margaret Green	10	2	1	7	5	-112
11	Janki Gaunder & Willow Fong	10	1	0	9	2	-79

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
1	Linda Parker, Linda Evans, Joan Ricketts, Rita Jones	12	10	0	2	20	+73
2	Audrey Hefford, Betty Schenke, Clarice Power, Patricia Smith	12	9	0	3	18	+64
3	Barbara Fuller, Brenda Atherton, Madge Allan, Mary Price	12	8	0	4	16	+107
4	Helen Wong, Josephine Hollis, Linda King, Rae O'Donnell	12	7	1	4	15	+21
5	Daphne Le Breton, Denise Page, Jennifer Simpson, Vera Bindon	12	7	0	5	14	+21
6	Anne Green, Liz James, Mariana Goddard, Wendy Vickery	12	7	0	5	14	-28
7	Annette Evans, Frances Whyte, Jen Menzies, Sarah Gourlay	12	6	1	5	13	+19
8	Betty Olssen, Filo O'Meagher, La Young, Robin Forster	12	4	2	6	10	+1
9	Fleur Bougourd, Hilda White, June Finigan, Peggy Fish	12	5	0	7	10	-56
10	Denise David, Jacqueline Rhodes, Olwen Leadbitter, Yvonne Richards	12	4	0	8	8	-13
11	Hilda Hamilton, Kathleen Megrath, Maureen Mallon, Nan Allely	12	4	0	8	8	-51
12	Dorothy Mogridge, Elaine Jones, Jean Wintermute, Mari Paterson	12	3	1	8	7	-43
13	Audrey Ross, Edith Haining, Iris Hartley, Margaret Penman	12	1	1	10	3	-114

↑ "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
↑ "Times Archives". The Times.
↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallits - Bowls". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
↑ The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.
↑ "Wednesday's program". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1986. Retrieved 2 July 2024.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Wales	2	0	0	2
2	Scotland*	1	1	1	3
3	England	1	0	3	4
4	Northern Ireland	1	0	1	2
5	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
6	Australia	0	2	0	2
6	Canada	0	2	0	2
8	Guernsey	0	1	0	1
9	Botswana	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		6	6	6	18