2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Pairs

The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Pairs was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12–24 January 2008.[1]

World Outdoor Bowls Championships 2008 - Men's Pairs
11th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Date(s)	12–24 January 2008.
Category	World Bowls Championship

Russell Meyer and Gary Lawson of New Zealand won the gold medal.[2]

+ Bizarrely there is confusion as to the actual Brunei team that competed. Although HJ Brahim Naim is listed as competing in the singles & pairs he publicly announced that he was not there after missing his flight.[3]

Section tables

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Darren Burnett & Billy Mellors	10	9	0	1	247	119	18	+128
2	Mark Bantock & Robert Newman	10	9	0	1	212	106	18	+106
3	Mark Sandford & Ryan Bester	10	8	0	2	206	119	16	+87
4	Gerry Baker & Wayne Perry	10	6	0	4	195	147	12	+48
5	Heron Lau & Robin Chok	10	6	0	4	155	169	12	-14
6	Peter Juni & Pomat Topal	10	4	0	6	156	179	8	-23
7	Neil Tall & Phil Jones	10	4	0	6	140	196	8	-56
8	Vaine Henry & Munokoa Totoo	10	3	0	7	145	197	6	-52
9	David Hakak & Danny Keet	10	2	0	8	138	195	4	-57
10	Martin Selway & Robert Horgan	10	2	0	8	129	203	4	-74
11	Mac Timms & Ian Merrien	10	2	0	8	120	213	4	-93

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Russell Meyer & Gary Lawson	11	10	0	1	258	120	20	+138
2	Safuan Said & Fairul Izwan Abd Muin	11	10	0	1	251	145	20	+106
3	Aron Sherriff & Nathan Rice	11	8	0	3	241	129	16	+112
4	Arun Kumar & Ratish Lal	11	8	0	3	221	146	16	+75
5	Sandy Joubert & Graham Snyman	11	6	0	5	192	173	12	+19
6	Roy Garden & Bryan Ray	11	5	1	5	185	191	11	-6
7	Jim Baker & Martin McHugh	11	5	0	6	161	164	10	-3
8	Jamie Macdonald & Lee Nixon	11	3	1	7	176	199	7	-23
9	Haji J Brahim Naim+ & Lockman Salleh	11	3	0	8	182	214	6	-32
10	Nick Cole & Barry Latham	11	3	0	8	166	208	6	-42
11	Clemente Bausili & Rafael Goodliffe	11	2	0	9	121	270	4	-149
12	Michael Liu & Thira Maithai	11	2	0	9	127	322	4	-195

Finals

	Play Offs					Semifinals					Gold medal
	Scotland		20
	Fiji		9
						Scotland		17
						Malaysia		16
	Malaysia		20
	Canada		8
											Scotland		13
											New Zealand		18
	New Zealand		19
	South Africa		14
						New Zealand		19
						Australia		12
	Australia		20
	England		10

Results

Men's Pairs Section 1 Round 1 - Jan 12  Wales  Cook Islands 22-8  Scotland  Guernsey 37-10  England  South Africa 16-15  Papua New Guinea  Hong Kong 22-11  Norfolk Island  Israel 20-12 Round 2 - Jan 12  Canada  Papua New Guinea 25-13  South Africa  Wales 20-14  England  Israel 35-5  Hong Kong  Guernsey 15-13  Norfolk Island  Cook Islands 20-17 Round 3 - Jan 13  Canada  Guernsey 21-10  Scotland  Papua New Guinea 22-11  South Africa  Norfolk Island 27-9  Israel  Wales 22-13  England  Cook Islands 28-8 Round 4 - Jan 13  Canada  South Africa 21-12  Scotland  Cook Islands 24-14  England  Papua New Guinea 13-11  Hong Kong  Israel 20-14  Norfolk Island  Guernsey 18-15 Round 5 - Jan 13  Canada  Israel 20-11  Scotland  South Africa 21-7  England  Guernsey 26-9  Hong Kong  Cook Islands 23-14  Papua New Guinea  Wales 17-14 Round 6 - Jan 14  Canada  Scotland 22-13  South Africa  Cook Islands 30-9  England  Norfolk Island 20-7  Hong Kong  Wales 20-13  Papua New Guinea  Guernsey 25-12 Round 7 - Jan 14  Scotland  Wales 36-5  England  Canada 19-12  Guernsey  Cook Islands 16-14  Hong Kong  Norfolk Island 19-10  Papua New Guinea  Israel 16-11 Round 8 - Jan 15  Canada  Wales 26-6  Scotland  Norfolk Island 28-12  South Africa  Papua New Guinea 22-17  Israel  Guernsey 20-10  England  Hong Kong 17-9 Round 9 - Jan 15  Canada  Hong Kong 27-11  Wales  Norfolk Island 20-15  Scotland  England 21-13  South Africa  Guernsey 24-11  Cook Islands  Israel 17-16 Round 10 - Jan 16  Canada  Norfolk Island 24-11  Scotland  Hong Kong 25-12  South Africa  Israel 24-14  England  Wales 25-9  Cook Islands  Papua New Guinea 31-10 Round 11 - Jan 16  Scotland  Israel 20-13  Guernsey  Wales 14-13  Hong Kong  South Africa 15-14  Cook Islands  Canada 13-8  Norfolk Island  Papua New Guinea 18-14

Men's Pairs Section 2 Round 1 - Jan 12  New Zealand  Fiji 21-9  Zimbabwe  Argentina 28-9  Namibia  Ireland 30-5  Australia  Thailand 47-2  Spain  Brunei 24-6  Malaysia  Jersey 19-16 Round 2 - Jan 12  Ireland  Fiji 19-9  New Zealand  Zimbabwe 19-14  Namibia  Argentina 29-6  Jersey  Brunei 18-13  Spain  Thailand 29-12  Malaysia  Australia 17-15 Round 3 - Jan 13  New Zealand  Namibia 26-9  Zimbabwe  Ireland 16-13  Jersey  Thailand 32-11  Australia  Brunei 22-16  Fiji  Argentina 33-5  Malaysia  Spain 36-4 Round 4 - Jan 13  Ireland  Jersey 22-8  New Zealand  Australia 19-18  Namibia  Brunei 19-16  Spain  Argentina 25-14  Fiji  Malaysia 23-9  Thailand  Zimbabwe 19-12 Round 5 - Jan 13  New Zealand  Spain 24-7  Namibia  Thailand 30-9  Australia  Ireland 19-10  Argentina  Jersey 17-15  Malaysia  Zimbabwe 33-15  Brunei  Fiji 21-15 Round 6 - Jan 14  New Zealand  Argentina 30-6  Australia  Spain 19-11  Fiji  Namibia 27-6  Malaysia  Brunei 25-17  Thailand  Ireland 16-15  Zimbabwe  Jersey 17-17 Round 7 - Jan 14  New Zealand  Thailand 39-8  Zimbabwe  Spain 20-12  Namibia  Jersey 20-14  Fiji  Australia 13-11  Malaysia  Ireland 14-12  Brunei  Argentina 20-17 Round 8 - Jan 15  Ireland  Brunei 15-13  Namibia  Spain 16-15  Australia  Zimbabwe 20-15  Argentina  Thailand 19-13  Fiji  Jersey 23-11  Malaysia  New Zealand 16-13 Round 9 - Jan 15  Ireland  Argentina 21-9  New Zealand  Brunei 25-12  Zimbabwe  Namibia 15-13  Australia  Jersey 21-9  Fiji  Spain 17-15  Malaysia  Thailand 36-8 Round 10 - Jan 16  New Zealand  Ireland 16-9  Jersey  Spain 24-10  Australia  Namibia 22-9  Fiji  Zimbabwe 28-11  Malaysia  Argentina 29-11  Brunei  Thailand 39-12 Round 11 - Jan 16  Ireland  Spain 20-14  New Zealand  Jersey 26-12  Zimbabwe  Brunei 22-9  Australia  Argentina 27-8  Fiji  Thailand 24-17  Malaysia  Namibia 18-11

References

1. "2008 Results". Burnside Bowling Club.
2. "Bowls: Kiwis take hard-fought world title". New Zealand Herald.
3. "Naim was only there in name". Brunei Times. Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2016-12-09.