# 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's pairs

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.
Russell Meyer and Gary Lawson of New Zealand won the gold medal.
+ 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.

## 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 | Play Offs | Play Offs | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| Scotland | Scotland | 20 | | | | | | |
| Fiji | Fiji | 9 | | | | | | |
| Fiji | Fiji | 9 | Scotland | Scotland | 17 | | | |
| | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 16 | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 20 | Malaysia | Malaysia | 16 | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 8 | | | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 8 | | | | Scotland | Scotland | 13 |
| | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 18 |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 19 | | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 18 |
| South Africa | South Africa | 14 | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 14 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 19 | | | |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 12 | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 20 | Australia | Australia | 12 | | | |
| England | 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 |