World Tournament Shortest Game by Year
Senior Women's Championship Complete Tournament
40 Point Games Started 1982  Shortest
      Winner Winner Game Winner Opponent Total Winner Opponent Combined  
Year Winner Opponent Placed Score Shoes Ringers Ringers Ringers %  % Avg. World Location
2024 San Juanita Murray (TX) Laurie Lampkin (KY) 3rd. 40-3 28 19 8 27 67.86% 28.57% 48.21% Kennewick, Washington (*)
2023 San Juanita Murray (TX) Laurie Lampkin (KY) 3rd. 41-3 24 21 9 30 87.50% 37.50% 62.50% Lansing, Michigan (*)
2023 Maxine Griffith (TN) Pat Stumpf (MN) 1st. 42-0 24 20 7 27 83.33% 29.17% 56.25% Lansing, Michigan (*)
2022 Linda Roach (FL) Jan Knaub (CO) 6th. 41-2 22 15 2 17 68.18% 9.09% 38.64% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2021 Sheila Shepard (CO) Laurie Lampkin (KY) 1st. 41-9 32 24 14 38 75.00% 43.75% 59.38% Winnemucca, Nevada (*)
2021 Laurie Lampkin (KY) Diane Luiz (CA) 7th. 40-21 32 19 12 31 59.38% 37.50% 48.44% Winnemucca, Nevada (*)
2020 WT Cancelled - Pandemic Covid-19 Virus                    
2019 Sheila Shepard (CO) Julia K. Charlton (IN) 1st. 40-1 20 17 4 21 85.00% 20.00% 52.50% Wichita Falls, Texas (*)
2018 Sheila Shepard (CO) Mary Fimbres (AZ) 2nd. 40-6 28 18 8 26 64.29% 28.57% 46.43% Florence, South Carolina (*)
2017 Peggy Stitt (MI) Audra Craven (MO) 7th. 41-8 32 17 7 24 53.13% 21.88% 37.50% ST. George, Utah (*)
2016 Ruth Rife (OH) Linda Aurell (CT) 2nd. 41-6 28 19 9 28 67.86% 32.14% 50.00% Montgomery, Alabama (*)
2015 Ruth Rife (OH) Linda Aurell (CT) 1st. 42-13 28 18 9 27 64.29% 32.14% 48.21% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2015 Ora Lee Jeardoe (KS) Vicki Marteney (FL) 2nd. 40-2 28 20 8 28 71.43% 28.57% 50.00% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2014 Ruth Rife (OH) Georgina McCormick (VT) 1st. 40-5 24 19 7 26 79.17% 29.17% 54.17% Buffalo, New York (*)
2013 Sheila Shepard (CO) Audra Craven (MO) 1st. 42-0 22 18 5 23 81.82% 22.73% 52.27% ST. George, Utah (*)
2012 Ruth Rife (OH) Jane Schrantz (PA) 4th. 40-7 26 22 11 33 84.62% 42.31% 63.46% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2011 Rivers Prewette (NC) Roena Branson (MO) 3rd. 41-12 34 24 14 38 70.59% 41.18% 55.88% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2010 Sheila Shepard (CO) Roena Branson (MO) 1st. 41-3 30 26 14 40 86.67% 46.67% 66.67% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2009 Rivers Prewette (NC) Connie Reimer (IN) 2nd. 43-6 26 23 11 34 88.46% 42.31% 65.38% Springfield, Illinois (*)
2008 Rivers Prewette (NC) Judy Dennis (MI) 1st. 40-11 36 30 20 50 83.33% 55.56% 69.44% York, Pennsylvania (*)
2007 Connie Reimer (IN) Carolyn Boehnemann (TX) 2nd. 42-8 34 21 9 30 61.76% 26.47% 44.12% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
2007 Verdell Woollard (FL) Carolyn Boehnemann (TX) 3rd. 43-14 34 22 13 35 64.71% 38.24% 51.47% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
2006 Lucille Leis (ON-CAN) Marlys Timm (MN) 1st. 40-6 22 16 6 22 72.73% 27.27% 50.00% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
2005 Mary Ann Peninger (KS) Edie McKinney (WI) 2nd. 40-10 28 22 12 34 78.57% 42.86% 60.71% Bakersfield, California (*)
2004 Mary Ann Peninger (KS) Ruth Hudson (MO) 2nd. 40-4 28 20 9 29 71.43% 32.14% 51.79% Pocatello, Idaho (*)
2003 Rivers Prewette (NC) Rosalie Judy (WV) 1st. 40-0 24 23 10 33 95.83% 41.67% 68.75% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
2002 Marion Thomsen (NE) Edie McKinney (WI) 3rd. 42-16 38 19 12 31 50.00% 31.58% 40.79% Red Deer, Canada (*)
2001 Lucille Leis (ON-CAN) Edith McKinney (WI) 3rd. 43-9 30 24 13 37 80.00% 43.33% 61.67% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2000 LaVerne Ewing (OR) Lucille Leis (ON-CAN) 3rd. 40-7 26 21 10 31 80.77% 38.46% 59.62% Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
2000 Rosalie Judy (WV) Iris Sandham (GA) 5th. 43-2 26 18 5 23 69.23% 19.23% 44.23% Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
1999 Carrie Carpenter (FL) Edi Holland (MN) 2nd. 42-12 36 27 18 45 75.00% 50.00% 62.50% Greenville, Ohio
1998 Marlene Carr (CA) LaVerne Ewing (OR) 6th. 40-13 36 29 20 49 80.56% 55.56% 68.06% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1997 Teddy Guillotte (CA) Rosalie Judy (WV) 1st. 42-3 32 27 15 42 84.38% 46.88% 65.63% Kitchener, Ontario (*)
1996 Loree Meier (MO) Emalene Pearce (AZ) 5th. 42-3 28 19 7 26 67.86% 25.00% 46.43% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
1995 Teddy Guillotte (CA) Cyrena Srenaski (WI) 1st. 40-0 30 20 8 28 66.67% 26.67% 46.67% Perry, Georgia (*)
1994 No Sr. Women's Tournament Held                     Syracuse, New York (*)
1993 No Sr. Women's Tournament Held                     Spearfish, South Dakota
1992 Carrie Carpenter (FL) Betty Branson (IN) 2nd. 45-13 36 26 23 49 72.22% 63.89% 68.06% Columbus, Ohio (*)
1991 Marg Spray (FL) Genevieve Lavett (GA) 1st. 40-6 28 21 11 32 75.00% 39.29% 57.14% Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
1990 Marg Spray (FL) Helen Eakins (OH) 1st. 41-7 36 24 14 38 66.67% 38.89% 52.78% Stone Mtn., Georgia (#)
1990 Marg Spray (FL) Evelyn Moore (AL) 1st. 40-4 36 26 14 40 72.22% 38.89% 55.56% Stone Mtn., Georgia (#)
1989 Frances Davis (WY) Helen Showers (WY) 3rd. 40-16 34 19 11 30 55.88% 32.35% 44.12% Spearfish, South Dakota 1st. Year
Updated After World 2024
2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus  
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