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2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

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

Results

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W. M. Leonard Trophy

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

Taylor Trophy

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