World Tournament Highest Overall Average by Percentage                
  Senior Women's Championship Complete Tournament   
  40 Point Games Started 1982 - To date                  
      Highest  
By     Winner Winner Shoes Winner Opponent Total Winner Opponent  
Year Winner Opponent Placed Score Pitched Ringers Ringers Ringers % Game  % Game World Location
2024 Wei Xiao (BC) Heidi Harada (BC) 4th. 45-12 36 28 16 44 77.78% 44.44% Kennewick, Washington (*)
2023 San Juanita Murray (TX) Laurie Lampkin (KY) 3rd. 41-3 24 21 9 30 87.50% 37.50% Lansing, Michigan (*)
2022 Sheila Shepard (CO) Diane Luiz (CA) 1st. 43-7 30 24 12 36 80.00% 40.00% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2021 Sheila Shepard (CO) Laurie Lampkin (KY) 1st. 41-9 32 24 14 38 75.00% 43.75% Winnemucca, Nevada (*)
2020 WT Cancelled - Pandemic Covid-19 Virus                  
2019 Terry Beagle (MI) Linda Aurell (CT) 3rd. 45-0 22 19 5 24 86.36% 22.73% 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
Updated After World 2024
2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus
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