2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship[1] was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008. Safuan Said won the men's singles Gold.[2] New Zealand won the pairs, fours and Leonard Trophy with only Scotland preventing a clean sweep by claiming the triples.

World Outdoor Championships 2008
11th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationNew Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand
Date(s)12–24 January 2008.
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
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Medallists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
Men's singles
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  Safuan Said   Aron Sherriff   Ryan Bester   Ali Forsyth
Men's pairs
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  Russell Meyer
Gary Lawson
  Darren Burnett
Billy Mellors
  Safuan Said
Fairul Izwan Abd Muin
  Aron Sherriff
Nathan Rice
Men's triples
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  Wayne Hogg
Willie Wood
David Peacock
  Samuela Tuikiligana
Curtis Mar
Keshwa Goundar
  Keith Roney
Chris Stadnyk
Hiren Bhartu
  Azim Azami Ariffin
Azwan Shuhaimi
Mohd Amir Mohd Yusof
Men's fours
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  Andrew Todd
Richard Girvan
Russell Meyer
Gary Lawson
  Nathan Rice
Bill Cornehls
Wayne Turley
Mark Casey
  Mark Bantock
Stephen Farish
Robert Newman
Graham Shadwell
  Wayne Perry
Clinton Roets
Billy Radloff
Brian Dixon
Men's team   New Zealand   Australia   Malaysia   N/A
Women's singles
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  Val Smith   Ellen Falkner   Siti Zalina Ahmad   Kelsey Cottrell
Women's pairs
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  Jo Edwards
Val Smith
  Wendy King
Ellen Falkner
  Bernie O’Neill
Margaret Johnston
  Lynsey Armitage
Karen Murphy
Women's triples
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  Sylvia Burns
Loraine Victor
Lorna Trigwell
  Claire Duke
Julie Keegan
Kelsey Cottrell
  Marina Khan
Jan Khan
Sharon Sims
  Hannah Smith
Anwen Butten
Kathy Pearce
Women's fours
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  Lynsey Armitage
Claire Duke
Julie Keegan
Karen Murphy
  Hannah Smith
Anwen Butten
Isabel Jones
Wendy Price
  Alison Bell
Donna McNally
Bernie O’Neill
Jennifer Dowds
  Nor Shafeeqah Yahya
Nur Fidrah Noh
Azlina Arshad
Nor Hashimah Ismail
Women's team   Australia   New Zealand   Malaysia   N/A

Results edit

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W. M. Leonard Trophy edit

Pos Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1   New Zealand 21 23 16 23 83
2   Australia 22 20 18 22 82
3   Malaysia 23 21 21 16 81
4   Scotland 17 22 23 18 80
5   Canada 21 19 20 15 75
6   England 15 17 17 21 70
7   South Africa 19 18 12 20 69
8   Ireland 16 11 19 19 65
9   Fiji 13 16 22 12 63
10   Zimbabwe 9 13 13 9 44
11   Hong Kong 7 15 14 8 44
12   Namibia 8 14 7 13 42
13   Wales 10 4 10 17 41
14   Jersey 11 9 6 14 40
15   Papua New Guinea 14 12 3 11 40
16   Spain 12 5 15 5 37
17   Guernsey 18 3 8 4 33
18   Brunei 4 7 11 6 28
19   Israel 2 6 9 10 27
20   Norfolk Island 6 10 2 7 25
21   Cook Islands 5 8 5 2 20
22   Thailand 3 1 4 1 9
23   Argentina 1 2 1 3 7

Taylor Trophy edit

Pos Player Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1   Australia 22 22 23 24 91
2   New Zealand 24 24 21 20 89
3   Malaysia 21 19 19 22 81
4   England 23 23 15 19 80
5   Scotland 19 18 20 18 75
6   Wales 13 14 22 23 72
7   South Africa 15 16 24 17 72
8   Philippines 16 17 16 16 65
9   Ireland 12 21 11 21 65
10   Canada 20 20 12 13 65
11   Hong Kong 8 10 17 15 50
12   Jersey 11 5 18 12 46
13   Norfolk Island 14 11 8 10 43
14   Fiji 18 9 10 4 41
15   Israel 9 6 13 7 35
16   Namibia 7 8 9 11 35
17   Brunei 4 13 1 14 32
18   Spain 2 7 14 8 31
19   Zambia 1 15 5 9 30
20   Swaziland 6 12 7 3 28
21   Botswana 17 1 6 1 25
22   Cook Islands 10 4 2 6 22
23   Samoa 5 3 4 2 14
24   Argentina 3 2 3 5 13

References edit

  1. ^ "2008 Results". Burnside Bowling Club.
  2. ^ "Top of the world Malaysian". The Star Online.
  3. ^ "2008 Results". Burnside Bowling Club.