# 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's fours

The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's fours was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia. Some of the qualifying Rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North.
Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie, Wayne Ruediger and Aron Sherriff won the men's fours Gold.

## Section tables
### Pool 1

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | F | A | L | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Neil Booth, Ian McClure, James Talbot, Paul Daly | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 192 | 143 | 18 | +49 |
| 2 | Jason Greenslade, Jonathan Tomlinson, Chris Blake, Andrew Fleming | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 146 | 17 | +67 |
| 3 | Stuart Airey, Robert Newman, Graham Shadwell, Mark Bantock | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 218 | 136 | 16 | +82 |
| 4 | Richard Girvan, Ali Forsyth, Matt Gallop, Tony Grantham | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 233 | 133 | 15 | +100 |
| 5 | Azwan Shuhaimi, Fairus Jabal, Khairul Anuar Abdul Kadir, Soufi Rusli | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 210 | 155 | 15 | +55 |
| 6 | Willem Esterhuizen, Douw Calitz, Ewald Vermeulen, Jean Viljoen | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 192 | 171 | 13 | +21 |
| 7 | Roy Garden, Tom Craven, Manuel Silva, Clive Robertson | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 183 | 181 | 8 | +2 |
| 8 | Frank Pain, Paul Brown, Brian Robertson, Graham Cathcart, John Muldoon | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 156 | 232 | 8 | -76 |
| 9 | Ricky Wong, Jimmy Tam, Another, Another | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 149 | 229 | 8 | -80 |
| 10 | Colin Silberstein, Roi Ben-Ari, Noam Yehudai, Dan Slodovnik | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 162 | 207 | 6 | -45 |
| 11 | Brahim Haji Naim, Haiji Ibrahim Haiji Rosli, Bujang Md Ali, Another | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 151 | 220 | 6 | -69 |
| 12 | Thailand | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 131 | 237 | 2 | -106 |

### Pool 2

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | F | A | L | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie & Wayne Ruediger | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 256 | 124 | 19 | +132 |
| 2 | Alex Marshall, Graeme Archer, Darren Burnett & David Peacock | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 233 | 136 | 16 | +97 |
| 3 | Gidion Vermeulen, Bobby Donnelly, Clinton Roets & Petrus Breitenbach | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 201 | 146 | 16 | +55 |
| 4 | John Bezear, George Whitelaw, Michel Larue, Steve Santana | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 188 | 174 | 16 | +14 |
| 5 | Neil Furman, Loren Dion, Bill Brault, Aaron Zangl | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 196 | 181 | 15 | +15 |
| 6 | Danny Ho, Andy Chan, Stanley Lai, Alex Ng | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 206 | 182 | 11 | +24 |
| 7 | Thomas Greechan, Lee Nixon, Greg Davis, Jamie MacDonald | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 171 | 166 | 11 | +5 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Portacio, Christopher Dagpin, Ronald Lising, Angelo Morales | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 194 | 185 | 8 | +9 |
| 9 | Samuela Tuikiligana, Semesa Naiseravati, David Aitcheson, Abdul Kalim | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 173 | 216 | 7 | -43 |
| 10 | Ken Emura, Hisaharu Satoh, Junji Goda, Hirokazu Mori | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 156 | 199 | 6 | -43 |
| 11 | Kitso Robert, Remmy Kebapetse, Joshua Mothusi, Kabo Gaboutloeloe | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 114 | 256 | 4 | -142 |
| 12 | Gary Oughton, Fabio d'Avila Melo, Peter Gordon, Alex Lojelo Munn | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 126 | 249 | 3 | -123 |

## Finals

| Play Offs | Play Offs | Play Offs | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| Ireland | Ireland | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Ireland | Ireland | 18 | | | |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | 19 | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 16 | South Africa | South Africa | 19 | | | |
| England | England | 15 | | | | | | |
| England | England | 15 | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 13 |
| | | | | | | Australia | Australia | 22 |
| Australia | Australia | | | | | | | | Australia | Australia | 22 |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Australia | Australia | 23 | | | |
| | | | Scotland | Scotland | 22 | | | |
| Scotland | Scotland | 19 | Scotland | Scotland | 22 | | | |
| Wales | Wales | 15 | | | | | | |

## Results

Men's fours section 1 :
| Round 1 – Nov 24 | | |
| England | New Zealand | 18–12 |
| China | Brunei | 26–13 |
| Namibia | Zimbabwe | 17–13 |
| Wales | Israel | 21–12 |
| Spain | Thailand | 22–7 |
| Malaysia | Ireland | 25–4 |
| Round 2 – Nov 24 | | |
| Namibia | Wales | 23–11 |
| Israel | Zimbabwe | 15–13 |
| England | Malaysia | 19–19 |
| China | Thailand | 20–15 |
| Ireland | New Zealand | 16–13 |
| Spain | Brunei | 18–16 |
| Round 3 – Nov 25 | | |
| Israel | China | 26–12 |
| New Zealand | Namibia | 20–7 |
| England | Zimbabwe | 15–11 |
| Ireland | Thailand | 15–11 |
| Wales | Spain | 29–5 |
| Brunei | Malaysia | 19–12 |
| Round 4 – Nov 25 | | |
| China | Zimbabwe | 23–17 |
| Malaysia | Thailand | 23–10 |
| Ireland | Spain | 30–9 |
| England | Israel | 24–6 |
| Wales | New Zealand | 16–12 |
| Namibia | Brunei | 18–11 |
| Round 5 – Nov 25 | | |
| Ireland | Israel | 23–14 |
| New Zealand | Spain | + |
| Wales | Malaysia | 22–16 |
| Namibia | China | 23–14 |
| Zimbabwe | Brunei | 22–10 |
| England | Thailand | 30–4 |
| Round 6 – Nov 26 | | |
| Ireland | Namibia | 18–13 |
| Wales | Thailand | 24–10 |
| Spain | Israel | 22–19 |
| England | China | 22–12 |
| Malaysia | Zimbabwe | 24–21 |
| New Zealand | Brunei | 30–14 |
| Round 7 – Nov 26 | | |
| Thailand | Israel | 20–14 |
| England | Namibia | 17–17 |
| New Zealand | China | 30–5 |
| Wales | Zimbabwe | 15–15 |
| Malaysia | Spain | 22–11 |
| Ireland | Brunei | 15–11 |
| Round 8 – Nov 27 | | |
| Namibia | Thailand | 26–14 |
| New Zealand | Zimbabwe | 15–15 |
| Ireland | England | 18–11 |
| Wales | Brunei | 27–9 |
| Malaysia | Israel | 19–7 |
| Spain | China | 25–6 |
| Round 9 – Nov 27 | | |
| Ireland | Wales | 19–11 |
| Malaysia | China | 24–6 |
| New Zealand | Israel | 24–7 |
| Namibia | Spain | 26–11 |
| England | Brunei | 22–13 |
| Zimbabwe | Thailand | 18–13 |
| Round 10 – Nov 28 | | |
| New Zealand | Thailand | 28–13 |
| Wales | China | 20–10 |
| Brunei | Israel | 18–16 |
| England | Spain | 25–7 |
| Malaysia | Namibia | 16–11 |
| Ireland | Zimbabwe | 20–10 |
| Round 11 – Nov 28 | | |
| Israel | Namibia | 26–11 |
| Wales | England | 17–15 |
| Brunei | Thailand | 17–14 |
| China | Ireland | 15–14 |
| New Zealand | Malaysia | 25–10 |
| Zimbabwe | Spain | 28–14 |
Men's fours section 2 :
| Round 1 – Nov 24 | | |
| Brazil | Jersey | 17–13 |
| Philippines | Japan | 25–10 |
| United States | Botswana | 25–10 |
| Australia | South Africa | 15–10 |
| Canada | Scotland | 21–13 |
| Hong Kong | Fiji | 29–19 |
| Round 2 – Nov 24 | | |
| Japan | Botswana | 24–11 |
| Australia | Scotland | 15–13 |
| United States | Philippines | 20–18 |
| Jersey | Fiji | 18–10 |
| Hong Kong | Brazil | 19–7 |
| Canada | South Africa | 19–9 |
| Round 3 – Nov 25 | | |
| United States | Canada | 23–15 |
| Botswana | Brazil | 20–13 |
| Australia | Fiji | 19–19 |
| South Africa | Hong Kong | 21–15 |
| Scotland | Japan | 16–15 |
| Jersey | Philippines | 14–14 |
| Round 4 – Nov 25 | | |
| Botswana | Hong Kong | 15–14 |
| United States | Fiji | 22–9 |
| Canada | Japan | 22–12 |
| South Africa | Brazil | 15–13 |
| Jersey | Australia | 20–16 |
| Scotland | Philippines | 20–10 |
| Round 5 – Nov 25 | | |
| Scotland | Brazil | 46–4 |
| Australia | Philippines | 21–12 |
| Canada | Jersey | 16–12 |
| Fiji | Botswana | 20–12 |
| United States | Hong Kong | 22–15 |
| South Africa | Japan | 17–14 |
| Round 6 – Nov 26 | | |
| Scotland | Fiji | 21–11 |
| South Africa | Botswana | 33–4 |
| Australia | United States | 21–12 |
| Hong Kong | Canada | 28–8 |
| Jersey | Japan | 21–11 |
| Philippines | Brazil | 26–9 |
| Round 7 – Nov 26 | | |
| Hong Kong | Jersey | 18–12 |
| Canada | Philippines | 17–14 |
| Scotland | United States | 28–6 |
| Australia | Botswana | 36–5 |
| South Africa | Fiji | 20–16 |
| Japan | Brazil | 16–12 |
| Round 8 – Nov 27 | | |
| Japan | Fiji | 21–9 |
| Australia | Hong Kong | 34–10 |
| Scotland | Australia | 16–13 |
| United States | Jersey | 19–14 |
| Canada | Brazil | 21–14 |
| Philippines | Botswana | 29–9 |
| Round 9 – Nov 27 | | |
| Jersey | Scotland | 19–16 |
| Canada | Botswana | 18–14 |
| Australia | Brazil | 34–8 |
| Hong Kong | Japan | 26–9 |
| South Africa | United States | 18–13 |
| Fiji | Philippines | 25–18 |
| Round 10 – Nov 28 | | |
| Scotland | Hong Kong | 20–17 |
| South Africa | Philippines | 25–13 |
| Canada | Fiji | 24–13 |
| Australia | Japan | 23–8 |
| Jersey | Botswana | 20–9 |
| Brazil | United States | 17–17 |
| Round 11 – Nov 28 | | |
| Hong Kong | Philippines | 15–15 |
| Scotland | Botswana | 24–5 |
| Australia | Canada | 22–7 |
| Fiji | Brazil | 22–12 |
| United States | Japan | 17–16 |
| South Africa | Jersey | 20–8 |
+ Spain defaulted fixture against New Zealand due to illness and John Muldoon was a replacement