2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's singles

The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's singles was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.

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

Safuan Said won the men's singles Gold.

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

Section tables

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Safuan Said	10	9	1	198	147	18	+51
2	Aron Sherriff	10	8	2	206	118	16	+88
3	Ryan Bester	10	8	2	182	113	16	+69
4	Ali Forsyth	10	7	3	192	128	14	+64
5	Peter Juni	10	6	4	185	171	12	+14
6	Nick Cole	10	4	5	172	158	10	+14
7	Mike Prosser	10	4	6	150	165	8	-15
8	Roy Garden	10	4	6	156	195	8	-39
9	Neil Tall	10	2	8	129	196	4	-67
10	Haji J Brahim Naim+	10	2	8	109	191	4	-82
11	Danny Keet	10	0	10	113	210	0	-97

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Gerry Baker	11	10	1	228	142	20	+86
2	Darren Burnett	11	9	2	214	132	18	+82
3	Gary Pitschou	11	8	3	201	151	16	+50
4	Martin McHugh	11	7	4	205	163	14	+42
5	Mark Walton	11	7	4	202	169	14	+33
6	Ratish Lal	11	7	4	202	189	14	+13
7	Jamie Macdonald	11	5	6	203	181	10	+22
8	Douw Calitz	11	4	7	177	215	8	-38
9	Ken Chan	11	4	7	153	206	6	-53
10	Munokoa Totoo	11	3	8	168	211	6	-43
11	Surasek Phonghanyudh	11	2	9	160	221	4	-61
12	Juan Garcia Cabello	11	0	11	98	231	0	-133

Finals

	Play Offs					Semifinals					Gold medal
	Said		21
	McHugh		11
						Said		21
						Bester		20
	Bester		21
	Burnett		12
											Said		21
											Sherriff		10
	Sherriff		21
	Pitschou		17
						Sherriff		21
						Forsyth		20
	Forsyth		21
	Baker		18

Results

Men's singles section 1
Round 1 – Jan 20
Australia	Zimbabwe	21–11
New Zealand	Norfolk Island	21–7
Spain	Israel	21–0
Canada	Wales	21–3
Malaysia	Papua New Guinea	21–20
Round 2 – Jan 20
Australia	Papua New Guinea	21–15
Canada	New Zealand	21–16
Zimbabwe	Spain	21–18
Malaysia	Israel	21–5
Brunei	Norfolk Island	21–7
Round 3 – Jan 20
Australia	Israel	21–10
Wales	Norfolk Island	21–11
Canada	Brunei	21–6
Malaysia	Zimbabwe	21–12
Papua New Guinea	Spain	21–18
Round 4 – Jan 21
Australia	Wales	21–11
Canada	Papua New Guinea	21–5
Spain	Brunei	21–3
Malaysia	New Zealand	21–17
Norfolk Island	Israel	21–19
Round 5 – Jan 21
Australia	Norfolk Island	21–14
New Zealand	Wales	21–7
Zimbabwe	Israel	21–17
Malaysia	Spain	21–16
Papua New Guinea	Brunei	21–18
Round 6 – Jan 22
New Zealand	Zimbabwe	21–7
Wales	Brunei	21–8
Canada	Norfolk Island	21–12
Spain	Australia	21–18
Papua New Guinea	Israel	21–18
Round 7 – Jan 22
Australia	Brunei	21–1
New Zealand	Spain	21–8
Canada	Zimbabwe	21–15
Malaysia	Wales	21–17
Papua New Guinea	Norfolk Island	21–6
Round 8 – Jan 23
New Zealand	Brunei	21–7
Wales	Israel	21–13
Spain	Canada	21–12
Malaysia	Australia	21–20
Papua New Guinea	Zimbabwe	21–18
Round 9 – Jan 23
Australia	New Zealand	21–12
Wales	Spain	21–7
Canada	Israel	21–5
Malaysia	Brunei	21–9
Norfolk Island	Zimbabwe	21–9
Round 10 – Jan 24
Australia	Canada	21–2
New Zealand	Papua New Guinea	21–19
Zimbabwe	Wales	21–19
Malaysia	Norfolk Island	21–10
Brunei	Israel	21–16
Round 11 – Jan 24
New Zealand	Israel	21–10
Canada	Malaysia	21–9
Zimbabwe	Brunei	21–15
Spain	Norfolk Island	21–20
Papua New Guinea	Wales	21–9

Men's singles section 2
Round 1 – Jan 20
England	Scotland	21–7
South Africa	Cook Islands	21–7
Ireland	Hong Kong	21–7
Guernsey	Jersey	21–12
Thailand	Argentina	21–17
Fiji	Namibia	21–13
Round 2 – Jan 20
Scotland	South Africa	21–18
Jersey	Argentina	21–9
Namibia	Thailand	21–19
Ireland	Cook Islands	21–11
Guernsey	Fiji	21–15
Hong Kong	England	21–18
Round 3 – Jan 20
Scotland	Ireland	21–9
England	Cook Islands	21–18
South Africa	Hong Kong	21–13
Jersey	Namibia	21–12
Guernsey	Thailand	21–16
Fiji	Argentina	21–5
Round 4 – Jan 21
Scotland	Argentina	21–17
England	Jersey	21–15
South Africa	Thailand	21–12
Namibia	Cook Islands	21–15
Guernsey	Hong Kong	21–9
Fiji	Ireland	21–15
Round 5 – Jan 21
Scotland	Hong Kong	21–1
South Africa	England	21–9
Jersey	Cook Islands	21–14
Ireland	Argentina	21–6
Guernsey	Namibia	21–15
Fiji	Thailand	21–19
Round 6 – Jan 22
South Africa	Guernsey	21–4
Namibia	Argentina	21–14
Ireland	England	21–8
Thailand	Hong Kong	21–15
Fiji	Jersey	21–20
Cook Islands	Scotland	21–18
Round 7 – Jan 22
Scotland	Guernsey	21–14
England	Thailand	21–10
South Africa	Fiji	21–14
Ireland	Jersey	21–19
Cook Islands	Argentina	21–6
Hong Kong	Namibia	21–16
Round 8 – Jan 23
Scotland	Fiji	21–7
South Africa	Ireland	21–20
Jersey	Thailand	21–10
Namibia	England	21–20
Guernsey	Argentina	21–10
Hong Kong	Cook Islands	21–14
Round 9 – Jan 23
Scotland	Namibia	21–10
England	Fiji	21–19
South Africa	Jersey	21–17
Ireland	Thailand	21–14
Guernsey	Cook Islands	21–7
Hong Kong	Argentina	21–11
Round 10 – Jan 24
Scotland	Thailand	21–9
England	Argentina	21–1
South Africa	Namibia	21–13
Jersey	Hong Kong	21–10
Guernsey	Ireland	21–14
Fiji	Cook Islands	21–19
Round 11 – Jan 24
Scotland	Jersey	21–15
England	Guernsey	21–15
South Africa	Argentina	21–12
Ireland	Namibia	21–14
Fiji	Hong Kong	21–14
Cook Islands	Thailand	21–19