2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's pairs

Bowls championship held in Christchurch, New Zealand World Outdoor Bowls Championships 2008 - men's pairs 11 World Outdoor Bowls Championships NZL Christchurch, New Zealand 12–24 January 2008. World Bowls Championship The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's pairs was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/291.html 2008 Results Burnside Bowling Club Russell Meyer and Gary Lawson of New Zealand won the gold medal.http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10487600 Bowls: Kiwis take hard-fought world title New Zealand Herald + 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.http://m.bt.com.bn/local_sport/2008/01/29/naim_was_only_there_in_name Naim was only there in name Brunei Times 2016-12-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20150212234431/http://m.bt.com.bn/local_sport/2008/01/29/naim_was_only_there_in_name 2015-02-12 usurped Section tables Section A Pos Player P W D L F A Pts Shots1 SCO Darren Burnett & Billy Mellors 10 9 0 1 247 119 18 +1282 ENG Mark Bantock & Robert Newman 10 9 0 1 212 106 18+1063 CAN Mark Sandford & Ryan Bester 10 8 0 2 206 119 16+874 RSA Gerry Baker & Wayne Perry 10 6 0 4 195 147 12+485 HKG Heron Lau & Robin Chok 10 6 0 4 155 169 12-146 PNG Peter Juni & Pomat Topal 10 4 0 6 156 179 8 -237 Norfolk Island Neil Tall & Phil Jones 10 4 0 6 140 196 8-568 Cook Islands Vaine Henry & Munokoa Totoo 10 3 0 7 145 197 6-529 ISR David Hakak & Danny Keet 10 2 0 8 138 195 4-5710 WAL Martin Selway & Robert Horgan 10 2 0 8 129 203 4-7411Guernsey 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 NZL Russell Meyer & Gary Lawson 11 10 0 1 258 120 20 +1382 MAS Safuan Said & Fairul Izwan Abd Muin 11 10 0 1 251 145 20+1063 AUS Aron Sherriff & Nathan Rice 11 8 0 3 241 129 16+1124 FIJ Arun Kumar & Ratish Lal 11 8 0 3 221 146 16+755 NAM Sandy Joubert & Graham Snyman 11 6 0 5 192 173 12+196 ZIM Roy Garden & Bryan Ray 11 5 1 5 185 191 11-67 IRE Jim Baker & Martin McHugh 11 5 0 6 161 164 10-38 JER Jamie Macdonald & Lee Nixon 11 3 1 7 176 199 7-239 Brunei Haji J Brahim Naim+ & Lockman Salleh 11 3 0 8 182 214 6 -3210 ESP Nick Cole & Barry Latham 11 3 0 8 166 208 6 -4211ARG Clemente Bausili & Rafael Goodliffe 11 2 0 9 121 270 4-14912THA Michael Liu & Thira Maithai 11 2 0 9 127 322 4-195 Finals Play Offs Semifinals Gold medal SCO Scotland 20 FIJ Fiji 9 MAS Malaysia 20 CAN Canada 8 NZL New Zealand 19 RSA South Africa 14 AUS Australia 20 ENG England 10 SCO Scotland 17 MAS Malaysia 16 NZL New Zealand 19 AUS Australia 12 SCO Scotland 13 NZL New Zealand 18 Results men's pairs Section 1Round 1 - Jan 12 22-837-1016-1522-1120-12Round 2 - Jan 12 25-1320-1435-515-1320-17Round 3 - Jan 13 21-1022-1127-922-1328-8Round 4 - Jan 13 21-1224-1413-1120-1418-15Round 5 - Jan 13 20-1121-726-923-1417-14Round 6 - Jan 14 22-1330-920-720-1325-12Round 7 - Jan 14 36-519-1216-1419-1016-11Round 8 - Jan 15 26-628-1222-1720-1017-9Round 9 - Jan 15 27-1120-1521-1324-1117-16Round 10 - Jan 16 24-1125-1224-1425-931-10Round 11 - Jan 16 20-1314-1315-1413-818-14 men's pairs Section 2Round 1 - Jan 12 21-928-930-547-224-619-16Round 2 - Jan 12 19-919-1429-618-1329-1217-15Round 3 - Jan 13 26-916-1332-1122-1633-536-4Round 4 - Jan 13 22-819-1819-1625-1423-919-12Round 5 - Jan 13 24-730-919-1017-1533-1521-15Round 6 - Jan 14 30-619-1127-625-1716-1517-17Round 7 - Jan 14 39-820-1220-1413-1114-1220-17Round 8 - Jan 15 15-1316-1520-1519-1323-1116-13Round 9 - Jan 15 21-925-1215-1321-917-1536-8Round 10 - Jan 16 16-924-1022-928-1129-1139-12Round 11 - Jan 16 20-1426-1222-927-824-1718-11 References Men