# 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's triples

The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's triples was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008.
Wayne Hogg, Willie Wood and David Peacock of Scotland won the gold medal.

## Section tables
### Section A

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Mark Walton, Stephen Farish & Graham Shadwell | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 236 | 113 | 18 | +123 |
| 2 | Bill Cornehls, Wayne Turley & Mark Casey | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 237 | 120 | 17 | +117 |
| 3 | Wayne Hogg, Willie Wood & David Peacock | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 219 | 128 | 14 | +91 |
| 4 | Azim Azami Ariffin, Azwan Shuhaimi & Mohd Amir Mohd Yusof | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 133 | 14 | +63 |
| 5 | Ken Chan, KK Yeung & James Keung | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 162 | 185 | 10 | -23 |
| 6 | Clinton Roets, Billy Radloff & Brian Dixon | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 151 | 187 | 8 | -36 |
| 7 | Neil Rees, Mike Prosser & Andrew Atwood | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 151 | 191 | 7 | -40 |
| 8 | Nigel Collins, Garry Collins & Gary Pitschou | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 149 | 193 | 7 | -44 |
| 9 | Julian Viljoen, Tollie Cronje & Douw Calitz | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 163 | 162 | 6 | +1 |
| 10 | Ioane Inatou, Tuouna Putara & Philip Tangi | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 108 | 250 | 6 | -142 |
| 11 | Gagina Babon, Pokatou Pomaleu & Nadu Namun | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 119 | 229 | 3 | -110 |

### Section B

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Shots |
| 1 | Jonathan Ross, Jeremy Henry & Neil Booth | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 230 | 126 | 19 | +104 |
| 2 | Andrew Todd, Richard Girvan & Ali Forsyth | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 243 | 127 | 18 | +116 |
| 3 | Samuela Tuikiligana, Curtis Mar & Keshwa Goundar | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 188 | 130 | 18 | +58 |
| 4 | Keith Roney, Chris Stadnyk & Hiren Bhartu | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 218 | 153 | 15 | +65 |
| 5 | Clive English, Keith Jones & Mick Johnson | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 224 | 163 | 15 | +61 |
| 6 | Norman Gardiner, Cedric Edwards & Denis Streak | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 181 | 189 | 11 | -8 |
| 7 | Yahya HJ Osman, Chuchu PM Salleh & Hitam Salleh | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 193 | 10 | -17 |
| 8 | David Kontente, Colin Silberstein & Haviv Takin | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 177 | 208 | 10 | -31 |
| 9 | Derek Boswell, Alan Shaw & Cyril Renouf | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 166 | 182 | 6 | -16 |
| 10 | Dennis Mijnhijmer, Frank de Vries & Surasek Phonghanyudh | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 164 | 201 | 6 | -37 |
| 11 | Kerry Roberts, Peter Walkinshaw & Jim Rawlinson | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 110 | 253 | 2 | -143 |
| 12 | Jorge Barreto, Juan Garcia Cabello & Raul Pollet | 11 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 110 | 262 | 2 | -152 |

## Finals

| Play Offs | Play Offs | Play Offs | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| Scotland | Scotland | 22 | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 14 | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 14 | Scotland | Scotland | 26 | | | |
| | | | Canada | Canada | 11 | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 20 | Canada | Canada | 11 | | | |
| England | England | 14 | | | | | | |
| England | England | 14 | | | | Scotland | Scotland | 16 |
| | | | | | | Fiji | Fiji | 14 |
| Fiji | Fiji | 19 | | | | | | | Fiji | Fiji | 14 |
| Australia | Australia | 14 | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 14 | Fiji | Fiji | 24 | | | |
| | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 17 | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 15 | Malaysia | Malaysia | 17 | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 13 | | | | | | |

## Results

Men's triples section 1 :
| Round 1 - Jan 12 | | |
| Scotland | Cook Islands | 30-6 |
| England | Papua New Guinea | 26-6 |
| Australia | Malaysia | 21-12 |
| Wales | Guernsey | 30-11 |
| Hong Kong | South Africa | 21-14 |
| Round 2 - Jan 12 | | |
| Scotland | South Africa | 22-11 |
| England | Australia | 21-15 |
| Namibia | Guernsey | 18-18 |
| Malaysia | Papua New Guinea | 33-6 |
| Hong Kong | Cook Islands | 41-4 |
| Round 3 - Jan 13 | | |
| Scotland | Hong Kong | 23-10 |
| South Africa | Guernsey | 15-11 |
| Namibia | Wales | 20-8 |
| Malaysia | England | 24-7 |
| Cook Islands | Papua New Guinea | 15-12 |
| Round 4 - Jan 13 | | |
| England | South Africa | 24-10 |
| Australia | Scotland | 21-10 |
| Wales | Cook Islands | 20-10 |
| Malaysia | Guernsey | 17-12 |
| Papua New Guinea | Namibia | 17-16 |
| Round 5 - Jan 13 | | |
| Scotland | Papua New Guinea | 44-3 |
| England | Cook Islands | 37-6 |
| Wales | South Africa | 17-15 |
| Namibia | Australia | 17-17 |
| Hong Kong | Guernsey | 21-15 |
| Round 6 - Jan 14 | | |
| Scotland | Malaysia | 26-8 |
| England | Hong Kong | 24-8 |
| Australia | Guernsey | 28-8 |
| Cook Islands | Namibia | 15-14 |
| Wales | Papua New Guinea | 16-16 |
| Round 7 - Jan 14 | | |
| England | Scotland | 28-7 |
| South Africa | Cook Islands | 23-13 |
| Australia | Papua New Guinea | 24-10 |
| Malaysia | Namibia | 18-14 |
| Hong Kong | Wales | 19-14 |
| Round 8 - Jan 15 | | |
| Scotland | Namibia | 25-12 |
| England | Wales | 33-10 |
| Australia | South Africa | 20-14 |
| Guernsey | Papua New Guinea | 18-14 |
| Malaysia | Hong Kong | 24-5 |
| Round 9 - Jan 15 | | |
| Scotland | Wales | 16-12 |
| England | Namibia | 16-12 |
| Australia | Wales | 27-12 |
| Guernsey | Cook Islands | 24-14 |
| Malaysia | South Africa | 22-10 |
| Round 10 - Jan 16 | | |
| South Africa | Namibia | 19-18 |
| Australia | Wales | 27-12 |
| Guernsey | Scotland | 17-16 |
| Hong Kong | Papua New Guinea | 17-16 |
| Cook Islands | Malaysia | 20-14 |
| Round 11 - Jan 16 | | |
| England | Guernsey | 20-15 |
| South Africa | Papua New Guinea | 20-19 |
| Australia | Cook Islands | 35-5 |
| Namibia | Hong Kong | 22-9 |
| Malaysia | Wales | 24-12 |
Men's triples section 2 :
| Round 1 - Jan 12 | | |
| New Zealand | Thailand | 20-14 |
| Ireland | Norfolk Island | 37-5 |
| Zimbabwe | Brunei | 24-11 |
| Canada | Argentina | 38-2 |
| Spain | Israel | 27-14 |
| Fiji | Jersey | 20-12 |
| Round 2 - Jan 12 | | |
| New Zealand | Zimbabwe | 32-7 |
| Ireland | Jersey | 19-15 |
| Israel | Argentina | 27-18 |
| Fiji | Norfolk Island | 12-11 |
| Brunei | Thailand | 17-9 |
| Canada | Spain | 19-19 |
| Round 3 - Jan 13 | | |
| New Zealand | Brunei | 26-8 |
| Ireland | Fiji | 12-9 |
| Jersey | Argentina | 22-9 |
| Canada | Israel | 25-17 |
| Spain | Zimbabwe | 20-20 |
| Thailand | Norfolk Island | 26-9 |
| Round 4 - Jan 13 | | |
| New Zealand | Jersey | 17-11 |
| Ireland | Zimbabwe | 22-16 |
| Israel | Thailand | 16-15 |
| Canada | Norfolk Island | 19-8 |
| Argentina | Brunei | 18-15 |
| Fiji | Spain | 26-10 |
| Round 5 - Jan 13 | | |
| New Zealand | Norfolk Island | 26-7 |
| Ireland | Thailand | 24-9 |
| Israel | Zimbabwe | 15-14 |
| Canada | Jersey | 21-9 |
| Spain | Brunei | 17-15 |
| Fiji | Argentina | 18-11 |
| Round 6 - Jan 14 | | |
| Ireland | Brunei | 23-19 |
| Zimbabwe | Argentina | 15-11 |
| Israel | Norfolk Island | 21-12 |
| Canada | Thailand | 28-15 |
| Spain | Jersey | 20-12 |
| Fiji | New Zealand | 12-10 |
| Round 7 - Jan 14 | | |
| New Zealand | Ireland | 17-9 |
| Zimbabwe | Thailand | 20-13 |
| Jersey | Norfolk Island | 29-11 |
| Canada | Fiji | 17-13 |
| Spain | Argentina | 28-6 |
| Brunei | Israel | 18-16 |
| Round 8 - Jan 15 | | |
| New Zealand | Canada | 18-15 |
| Ireland | Israel | 19-10 |
| Zimbabwe | Jersey | 16-11 |
| Spain | Norfolk Island | 34-2 |
| Fiji | Brunei | 24-15 |
| Thailand | Argentina | 23-12 |
| Round 9 - Jan 15 | | |
| New Zealand | Israel | 33-14 |
| Ireland | Canada | 20-9 |
| Fiji | Zimbabwe | 20-16 |
| Brunei | Jersey | 17-15 |
| Norfolk Island | Argentina | 17-7 |
| Thailand | Spain | 19-18 |
| Round 10 - Jan 16 | | |
| Ireland | Argentina | 33-5 |
| Israel | Jersey | 18-12 |
| Canada | Zimbabwe | 19-16 |
| Spain | New Zealand | 19-18 |
| Fiji | Thailand | 19-7 |
| Brunei | Norfolk Island | 25-13 |
| Round 11 - Jan 16 | | |
| New Zealand | Argentina | 26-11 |
| Zimbabwe | Norfolk Island | 17-15 |
| Jersey | Thailand | 18-14 |
| Spain | Ireland | 12-12 |
| Fiji | Israel | 15-9 |
| Brunei | Canada | 16-8 |