2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Squash championship held in Christchurch, New Zealand

World Outdoor Championships 2008

11th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location|  Christchurch, New Zealand
Date(s)| 12–24 January 2008.
Category| World Bowls Championship

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Events at the 2008
World Bowls Championship

Singles| men| women
Pairs| men| women
Triples| men| women
Fours| men| women

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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.

## Medallists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Bronze

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Men's singles
details |  Safuan Said |  Aron Sherriff |  Ryan Bester |  Ali Forsyth
Men's pairs
details |  Russell Meyer
Gary Lawson |  Darren Burnett
Billy Mellors |  Safuan Said
Fairul Izwan Abd Muin |  Aron Sherriff
Nathan Rice
Men's triples
details |  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
details |  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
details |  Val Smith |  Ellen Falkner |  Siti Zalina Ahmad |  Kelsey Cottrell
Women's pairs
details |  Jo Edwards
Val Smith |  Wendy King
Ellen Falkner |  Bernie O’Neill
Margaret Johnston |  Lynsey Armitage
Karen Murphy
Women's triples
details |  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
details |  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

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### W. M. Leonard Trophy

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Pos  | Team  | Singles  | Pairs  | Triples  | Fours  | Total

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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

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Pos  | Player  | Singles  | Pairs  | Triples  | Fours  | Total

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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

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

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