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

Events at the 2008 World Bowls Championship
Singles	men	women
Pairs	men	women
Triples	men	women
Fours	men	women

The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Fours was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12–24 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

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