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 to 24 January 2008.[1]

World Outdoor Bowls Championships 2008 - men's pairs
11th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationNew Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand
Date(s)12–24 January 2008.
CategoryWorld 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

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Section A

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.