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

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 Pairs was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12–24 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

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