| Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Singles | men | women |
| Pairs | men | women |
| Triples | men | women |
The men's triples competition began on 4 October 2010. [1] and finished on 10 October 2010. The gold medal was won by South Africa who won the final over Australia after a tie-break. The bronze medal was won by England, who only lost one match all tournament.
| Team | Players | P | W | L | F | A | Pts | Set Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa | Johann Pierre du Plessis, Wayne Perry, Gidion Vermeulen | 10 | 8 | 2 | 192 | 117 | 16 | +6 |
 Australia | Brett Wilkie, Wayne Turley, Mark Casey | 10 | 7 | 3 | 215 | 111 | 14 | +13 |
 Wales | Chris Blake, Andrew Fleming, Marc Wyatt | 10 | 7 | 3 | 177 | 153 | 14 | +4 |
 Scotland | Wayne Hogg, David Peacock, Willie Wood | 10 | 7 | 3 | 172 | 137 | 14 | +1 |
 New Zealand | Shannon McIlroy, Richard Girvan, Andrew Todd | 10 | 6 | 4 | 180 | 120 | 12 | +7 |
 Canada | Hiren Bhartu, Steve McKerihen, Fred Wallbank | 10 | 5 | 5 | 165 | 156 | 10 | +1 |
 Namibia | Willem Esterhuizen, Steven Peake, Graham Snyman | 10 | 5 | 5 | 143 | 174 | 10 | –4 |
 Brunei | Yakup Amit, Md Ali Bujang, Haji Haji Ibrahim | 10 | 4 | 6 | 136 | 199 | 8 | –5 |
 India | Sunil Bahadur, Dinesh Kumar, Prince Mahto, Mahip Tirkey | 10 | 3 | 7 | 161 | 164 | 6 | –1 |
 Malta | Leonard Callus, Michael Debono, Joseph Saragozza | 10 | 2 | 8 | 134 | 187 | 4 | –8 |
 Niue | Vihekula Kanaihu, Ian McKenna, Kolonisi Polima | 10 | 1 | 9 | 88 | 245 | 2 | –20 |
| Team | Players | P | W | L | F | A | Pts | Set Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England | Mark Bantock, Robert Newman & Graham Shadwell | 9 | 9 | 0 | 187 | 115 | 18 | +14 |
 Malaysia | Mohd Amir Mohd Yusof, Syed Mohamad Syed Akil, Azim Azami Ariffin | 9 | 8 | 1 | 189 | 92 | 16 | +10 |
 Guernsey | Garry Collins, Dan De la Mare, Gary Pitschou | 9 | 6 | 3 | 155 | 124 | 12 | +6 |
 Northern Ireland | Paul Daly, Martin McHugh, Neil Booth | 9 | 6 | 3 | 179 | 128 | 12 | +9 |
 Kenya | Michael Bedan, Ngugi Njuguna, Martin Nyaga | 9 | 5 | 4 | 130 | 167 | 10 | –2 |
 Norfolk Island | John Christian, Tim Sheridan, Bazza Wilson | 9 | 3 | 6 | 136 | 151 | 6 | –7 |
 Botswana | Boitumelo Mosinyi, Gabatladiwe Motshidisi, Kitso Robert | 9 | 2 | 7 | 136 | 162 | 4 | –2 |
 Cook Islands | Vaine Henry, Ioane Ina Tou, Denis Tokorangi | 9 | 2 | 7 | 118 | 169 | 4 | –7 |
 Jersey | Derek Boswell, Allan Quemard, Cyril Renouf | 9 | 2 | 7 | 132 | 175 | 4 | –8 |
 Papua New Guinea | Harry Kaisa, Lucas Roika, Soling Tiba | 9 | 2 | 7 | 106 | 185 | 4 | –8 |
Jersey won 5 sets with a shot difference of -43 to finish ahead of Papua New Guinea who won 5 sets with a shot difference of -79.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Match | ||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | South Africa | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Wales | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| B3 | Guernsey | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Wales | 8 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | South Africa | 9 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Australia | 6 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| B1 | England | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B1 | England | 3 | 7 | 4 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
| A2 | Australia | 11 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Malaysia | 1 | 8 | A3 | Wales | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| A2 | Australia | 14 | 10 | B1 | England | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||
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