| Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Singles | men | women |
| Pairs | men | women |
| Triples | men | women |
The men's pairs competition began on October 4, 2010. [1] and finished on October 11, 2010.
| Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Singles | men | women |
| Pairs | men | women |
| Triples | men | women |
The men's pairs competition began on October 4, 2010. [1] and finished on October 11, 2010.
| Team | Players | Played | Won | Lost | F | A | Pts | Set Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa | Shaun Addinall & Gerry Baker | 11 | 10 | 1 | 222 | 130 | 20 | +13 |
 Australia | Mark Berghofer & Aron Sherriff | 11 | 10 | 1 | 271 | 121 | 20 | +12 |
 Scotland | Darren Burnett & Neil Speirs | 11 | 8 | 3 | 223 | 120 | 16 | +10 |
 Northern Ireland | Gary McCloy & Ian McClure | 11 | 8 | 3 | 196 | 169 | 16 | +3 |
 Canada | Michel Larue & Keith Roney | 11 | 7 | 4 | 207 | 152 | 14 | +5 |
 Brunei | Haji Naim Brahim & Abdul Rahman bin Haji Omar | 11 | 6 | 5 | 196 | 168 | 12 | 0 |
 Papua New Guinea | Reuben Soten & Anthony Yogio | 11 | 5 | 6 | 170 | 168 | 10 | –4 |
 Cook Islands | Tupou Maihia & Kairua Takai | 11 | 4 | 7 | 159 | 221 | 8 | –1 |
 Kenya | Eric Langton & Michael Sewe | 11 | 3 | 8 | 146 | 234 | 6 | –6 |
 Swaziland | Graham Byars & Hannes Nienaber | 11 | 3 | 8 | 118 | 241 | 6 | –9 |
 Botswana | Phemelo Kebapetse & Oabona Motladiile | 11 | 2 | 9 | 150 | 251 | 4 | –10 |
 Niue | John Kumitau & Motufoli Vakaheketaha | 11 | 0 | 11 | 141 | 224 | 0 | –13 |
| Team | Players | Played | Won | Lost | F | A | Pts | Set Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Malaysia | Khairul Annuar Abdul Kadir & Fairul Izwan Abd Muin | 11 | 9 | 2 | 243 | 113 | 18 | +15 |
 Jersey | Malcolm De Sousa & John Lowery | 11 | 9 | 2 | 218 | 152 | 18 | +9 |
 England | Stuart Airey & Mervyn King | 11 | 8 | 3 | 220 | 127 | 16 | +9 |
 Wales | Jason Greenslade & Martin Selway | 11 | 8 | 3 | 201 | 142 | 16 | +9 |
 Malta | Brendan Aquilina & Francis Vella | 11 | 6 | 5 | 205 | 164 | 12 | +8 |
 New Zealand | Richard Collett & Dan Delany | 11 | 6 | 5 | 229 | 170 | 12 | –1 |
 India | Dinesh Kumar & Prince Mahto | 11 | 6 | 5 | 172 | 193 | 12 | –4 |
 Malawi | Laurence Arthur & Julian Arthur | 11 | 4 | 7 | 173 | 207 | 8 | –4 |
 Guernsey | Don Batiste & Ian Merrien | 11 | 4 | 7 | 149 | 207 | 8 | –7 |
 Samoa | Edward Bell & Petelo Gabriel | 11 | 3 | 8 | 161 | 196 | 6 | –6 |
 Namibia | Willem Esterhuizen & Jean Viljoen | 11 | 2 | 9 | 92 | 323 | 4 | –17 |
 Falkland Islands | George Paice & Gerald Reive | 11 | 1 | 10 | 160 | 229 | 2 | –11 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Match | ||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | South Africa | 10 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Scotland | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Scotland | 9 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Jersey | 6 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | South Africa | 8 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| B3 | England | 7 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Malaysia | 8 | 4 | Bronze Medal Match | ||||||||||||||||
| B3 | England | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| B3 | England | 12 | 10 | A3 | Scotland | 1 | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Australia | 4 | 5 | B1 | Malaysia | 15 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
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