2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's fours

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

The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's fours was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008. ^[1]

Andrew Todd, Richard Girvan, Russell Meyer and Gary Lawson won the men's fours gold medal. ^{[1] [2]}

Section tables

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Wayne Hogg, Billy Mellors, Willie Wood & David Peacock	10	9	0	1	196	150	18	+46
2	Mark Bantock, Stephen Farish, Robert Newman & Graham Shadwell	10	7	2	1	217	106	16	+111
3	Jonathan Ross, Jim Baker, Jeremy Henry & Neil Booth	10	7	0	3	192	137	14	+55
4	Neil Rees, Martin Selway, Robert Horgan & Andrew Atwood	10	5	2	3	186	143	12	+43
5	Mark Sandford, Keith Roney, Chris Stadnyk & Hiren Bhartu	10	6	0	4	189	147	12	+42
6	Arun Kumar, Samuela Tuikiligana, Curtis Mar & Keshwa Goundar	10	4	1	5	149	172	9	-23
7	David Kontente, David Hakak, Colin Silberstein & Haviv Takin	10	4	1	5	135	186	9	-51
8	Heron Lau, Robin Chok, KK Yeung & James Keung	10	4	0	6	157	180	8	-23
9	Yahya HJ Osman, Chuchu PM Salleh, Hitam Salleh & Lockman Salleh	10	3	1	6	165	176	7	-11
10	Mac Timms, Nigel Collins, Garry Collins & Gary Pitschou	10	1	1	8	121	223	3	-102
11	Michael Liu, Dennis Mijnhijmer, Frank de Vries & Thira Maithai	10	1	0	9	128	215	2	-87

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Nathan Rice, Bill Cornehls, Wayne Turley & Mark Casey	11	9	1	1	264	112	19	+152
2	Andrew Todd, Richard Girvan, Russell Meyer & Gary Lawson	11	11	0	0	238	135	22	+103
3	Azim Azami Ariffin, Azwan Shuhaimi, M Amir M Yusof & Fairul Izwan Abd Muin	11	9	0	2	239	156	18	+83
4	Wayne Perry, Clinton Roets, Billy Radloff & Brian Dixon	11	6	1	4	188	170	13	+18
5	Derek Boswell, Alan Shaw, Lee Nixon & Cyril Renouf	11	6	0	5	189	183	12	+6
6	Sandy Joubert, Julian Viljoen, Tollie Cronje & Graham Snyman	11	5	0	6	173	186	12	-13
7	Gagina Babona, Pomat Topal, Pokatou Pomaleu & Nadu Namun	11	5	0	6	175	199	10	-24
8	Norman Gardiner, Bryan Ray, Cedric Edwards & Denis Streak	11	5	0	6	180	206	10	-26
9	Kerry Roberts, Phil Jones, Peter Walkinshaw & Jim Rawlinson	11	4	1	6	149	228	9	-79
10	Clive English, Barry Latham, Keith Jones & Mick Johnson	11	3	2	6	166	190	8	-24
11	Jorge Barreto, Clemente Bausili, Rafael Goodliffe & Raul Pollet	11	2	1	8	137	242	5	-105
12	Ioane Inatou, Tuouna Putara, Vaine Henry & Philip Tangi	11	1	1	9	135	226	3	-91

Finals

	Play Offs					Semifinals					Gold medal
	New Zealand		20
	Ireland		17
						New Zealand		21
						South Africa		9
	South Africa		19
	Scotland		12
											New Zealand		20
											Australia		10
	Australia		27
	Wales		9
						Australia		23
						England		14
	England		28
	Malaysia		8

Results

Men's fours section 1 Round 1 - Jan 20   Ireland   Hong Kong 18-15   England   Thailand 27-10   Scotland   Fiji 21-10   Canada   Wales 23-14   Israel   Guernsey 17-16 Round 2 - Jan 20   Scotland   Ireland 19-17   Wales   Brunei 17-16   Israel   Thailand 13-12   Hong Kong   Fiji 19-12   England   Guernsey 14-14 Round 3 - Jan 20   Ireland   Thailand 19-18   England   Canada 29-7   Scotland   Israel 21-15   Wales   Hong Kong 21-14   Brunei   Fiji 17-13 Round 4 - Jan 21   Ireland   Fiji 20-15   England   Israel 22-8   Scotland   Canada 22-15   Hong Kong   Guernsey 27-11   Brunei   Thailand 27-11 Round 5 - Jan 21   Ireland   Canada 25-6   England   Hong Kong 30-3   Thailand   Wales 14-11   Fiji   Guernsey 17-10   Brunei   Israel 19-19 Round 6 - Jan 22   England   Ireland 21-4   Scotland   Brunei 24-17   Wales   Guernsey 40-6   Canada   Thailand 34-3   Fiji   Israel 19-11 Round 7 - Jan 22   Ireland   Brunei 23-9   Scotland   Guernsey 22-14   Israel   Canada 14-12   Hong Kong   Thailand 22-15   England   Wales 16-16 Round 8 - Jan 23   Scotland   Thailand 19-12   Wales   Israel 20-15   Canada   Guernsey 24-14   Hong Kong   Brunei 23-15   Fiji   England 23-15 Round 9 - Jan 23   England   Wales 22-10   Wales   Ireland 20-11   Canada   Hong Kong 19-10   Fiji   Thailand 23-15   Brunei   Guernsey 22-9 Round 10 - Jan 24   Ireland   Guernsey 22-7   England   Brunei 21-11   Scotland   Wales 14-13   Canada   Fiji 30-3   Israel   Hong Kong 16-12 Round 11 - Jan 24   Ireland   Israel 33-7   Scotland   Hong Kong 24-15   Canada   Brunei 19-13   Guernsey   Thailand 20-18   Fiji   Wales 14-14

Men's fours section 2 Round 1 - Jan 20   Australia   Spain 20-11   New Zealand   Namibia 27-11   Jersey   Papua New Guinea 23-15   Zimbabwe   Argentina 20-13   Malaysia   Norfolk Island 38-3   Cook Islands   South Africa 20-15 Round 2 - Jan 20   Australia   Zimbabwe 21-10   New Zealand   Papua New Guinea 23-5   South Africa   Norfolk Island 16-14   Namibia   Jersey 21-20   Spain   Argentina 17-17   Malaysia   Cook Islands 15-15 Round 3 - Jan 20   Australia   Cook Islands 29-11   New Zealand   South Africa 17-16   Namibia   Spain 22-9   Jersey   Argentina 34-11   Malaysia   Zimbabwe 31-17   Papua New Guinea   Norfolk Island 20-13 Round 4 - Jan 21   Australia   Papua New Guinea 29-10   New Zealand   Jersey 26-11   South Africa   Argentina 17-14   Spain   Zimbabwe 16-14   Malaysia   Namibia 29-4   Norfolk Island   Cook Islands 17-16 Round 5 - Jan 21   Australia   New Zealand 20-10   Namibia   Cook Islands 25-8   Jersey   Malaysia 16-14   Spain   South Africa 21-8   Norfolk Island   Argentina 16-10   Papua New Guinea   Zimbabwe 27-13 Round 6 - Jan 22   Australia   South Africa 17-11   New Zealand   Cook Islands 20-7   Zimbabwe   Namibia 16-11   Malaysia   Spain 23-14   Norfolk Island   Jersey 23-6   Papua New Guinea   Argentina 26-15 Round 7 - Jan 22   Australia   Norfolk Island 31-10   New Zealand   Argentina 32-11   South Africa   Namibia 27-11   Zimbabwe   Jersey 18-14   Spain   Cook Islands 26-7   Malaysia   Papua New Guinea 18-13 Round 8 - Jan 23   Australia   Malaysia 20-11   New Zealand   Zimbabwe 20-13   South Africa   Papua New Guinea 20-10   Jersey   Cook Islands 15-13   Argentina   Namibia 15-11   Spain   Norfolk Island 18-18 Round 9 - Jan 23   Australia   Namibia 21-9   New Zealand   Spain 27-6   Jersey   South Africa 20-8   Zimbabwe   Norfolk Island 26-12   Malaysia   Argentina 27-7   Papua New Guinea   Cook Islands 23-13 Round 10 - Jan 24   Australia   Jersey 21-14   New Zealand   Malaysia 20-18   South Africa   Zimbabwe 23-11   Namibia   Norfolk Island 31-6   Argentina   Cook Islands 19-7   Papua New Guinea   Spain 18-15 Round 11 - Jan 24   Australia   Argentina 35-5   South Africa   Malaysia 27-15   Namibia   Papua New Guinea 17-8   Jersey   Spain 16-13   Zimbabwe   Cook Islands 22-18   Norfolk Island   New Zealand 17-16

References

1. "2008 Results". Burnside Bowling Club.
2. ""Bowls." Times [London, England] 28 Jan. 2008". The Times .