World Tournament Highest Overall Average by Percentage                
    Senior Women's Championship Complete Tournament                   
    40 Point Games Started 1982                  
                    Highest    
  By     Winner Winner Shoes Winner Opponent Total Winner Opponent  
  Year Winner Opponent Placed Score Pitched Ringers Ringers Ringers % Game  % Game World Location
  2020 WT Cancelled - Pandemic Covid-19 Virus                 West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
  2019 Sheila Shepard (CO) Julia K. Charlton (IN) 1st. 40-1 20 17 4 21 85.00% 20.00% Wichita Falls, Texas (*)
  2018 Sheila Shepard (CO) Linda Aurell (CT) 2nd. 45-16 48 37 28 65 77.08% 58.33% Florence, South Carolina (*)
  2017 Ora Lee Jeardoe (KS) Linda Aurell (CT) 2nd. 41-3 36 30 19 49 83.33% 52.78% St. George, Utah (*)
  2016 Sheila Shepard (CO) Audra Craven (MO) 1st. 41-14 42 34 25 59 80.95% 59.52% Montgomery, Alabama (*)
  2015 Ruth Rife (OH) Vicki Marteney (FL) 1st. 43-18 48 38 29 67 79.17% 60.42% Topeka, Kansas (*)
  2014 Ruth Rife (OH) Sheila Shepard (CO) 1st. 42-8 54 44 33 77 81.48% 61.11% Buffalo, New York (*)
  2013 Sheila Shepard (CO) Audra Craven (MO) 1st. 42-0 22 18 5 23 81.82% 22.73% St. George, Utah (*)
  2012 Gert Wilcziek (WI) Connie Reimer (IN) 1st. 42-5 36 32 19 51 88.89% 52.78% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
  2011 Gert Wilcziek (WI) Marlene Cooper (OH) 2nd. 40-3 30 28 16 44 93.33% 53.33% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
  2010 Rivers Prewette (NC) Jenny D. Morris (IN) 3rd. 43-1 38 33 20 53 86.84% 52.63% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
  2009 Sheila Shepard (CO) Verdell J. Woollard (FL) 1st. 42-6 50 48 36 84 96.00% 72.00% Springfield, Illinois (*)
  2009 Rivers Prewette (NC) Verdell J. Woollard (FL) 2nd. 40-6 42 39 28 67 92.86% 66.67% Springfield, Illinois (*)
  2008 Rivers Prewette (NC) Jane Jordan (SC) 1st. 42-3 46 41 27 68 89.13% 58.70% York, Pennsylvania (*)
  2007 Verdell J. Woollard (FL) Carolyn Boehnemann (TX) 3rd. 43-14 34 22 13 35 64.71% 38.24% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
  2006 Lucille Leis (ON-CAN) Marlys Timm (MN) 1st. 40-6 22 16 6 22 72.73% 27.27% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
  2005 Angeline Moisan (PQ-CAN) Mary Ann Peninger (KS) 1st. 41-22 52 41 35 76 78.85% 67.31% Bakersfield, California (*)
  2004 Mary Ann Peninger (KS) Lucille Leis (ON-CAN) 2nd. 42-7 34 27 15 42 79.41% 44.12% Pocatello, Idaho (*)
  2003 Rivers Prewette (NC) Rosalie Judy (WV) 1st. 40-0 24 23 10 33 95.83% 41.67% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
  2002 LaVerne Fenlon (MI) Edi Holland (MN) 1st. 43-11 46 35 23 58 76.09% 50.00% Red Deer, Canada (*)
  2001 Jan Turnquist (MN) Edi Holland (MN) 1st. 40-14 48 37 29 66 77.08% 60.42% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
  2000 LaVerne Ewing (OR) Lucille Leis (ON-CAN) 3rd. 40-7 26 21 10 31 80.77% 38.46% Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
  1999 Teddy Guillotte (CA) Aileen Godfrey (NC) 1st. 44-7 58 50 39 89 86.21% 67.24% Greenville, Ohio
  1998 LaVerne Ewing (OR) Rosalie Judy (WV) 3rd. 40-9 46 39 30 69 84.78% 65.22% Ainsworth, Nebraska 
  1997 Teddy Guillotte (CA) Salley Grooms (NE) 1st. 40-6 48 41 31 72 85.42% 64.58% Kitchener, Ontario (*)
  1996 Patty Sapp (OR) Loree Meier (MO) 3rd. 40-15 42 34 26 60 80.95% 61.90% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
  1995 Teddy Guillotte (CA) Iris Sandham (GA) 1st. 40-6 38 30 20 50 78.95% 52.63% Perry, Georgia (*)
  1994 No Sr. Women's Tournament Held                   Syracuse, New York (*)
  1993 No Sr. Women's Tournament Held                   Spearfish, South Dakota
  1992 Ruth Hangen (NY) Carrie Carrpenter (NY) 5th. 40-15 38 30 22 52 78.95% 57.89% Columbus, Ohio (*)
  1991 Marg Spray (FL) Evelyn Goshaw (WI) 1st. 45-1 32 25 11 36 78.13% 34.38% Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
  1990 Marg Spray (FL) Cyrena Spenaski (WI) 1st. 40-17 42 32 24 56 76.19% 57.14% Stone Mtn., Georgia (*)
  1989 Cyrena Spenaski (WI) Betty Branson (IN) 1st. 42-8 42 28 17 45 66.67% 40.48% Spearfish, South Dakota
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