2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's pairs

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

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]

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.