World Indoor Championships 2008
30th World Indoor Bowls Championships
LocationEngland Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)08-27, January, 2008.
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
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The 2008 World Indoor Bowls Championships [1] was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-27 January 2008.[2] The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays.
Alex Marshall won the men's singles defeating Ian Bond in the final achieving a record fifth title. Despite the fact that a women's singles tournament was held Ceri Ann Davies also competed in the men's singles competition, and became the first woman to win matches in the final stages of the event with victories over Glenn Skipp in the preliminary round, and Jamie Hill in the first round.[3]

Winners

Event Winner
Men's SinglesScotland Alex Marshall
Women's SinglesAustralia Ceri Ann Davies
Men's PairsEngland Andy Thomson & England Ian Bond
Mixed PairsAustralia David Gourlay & Australia Ceri Ann Davies

Draw and results

[4]

Men's singles

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 Scotland Alex Marshall 11 8 2
Republic of Ireland Gary Kelly 2 9 0 1 Scotland Marshall 6 6 2
16 New Zealand Jamie Hill 10 1 0 Australia Davies+ 5 8 0
Australia Ceri Ann Davies + 4 11 2 1 Scotland Marshall 6 10
8 Australia Kelvin Kerkow 6 8 2 9 England King 5 2
England Adam Tidby 7 7 0 8 Australia Kerkow 9 6 0
9 England Mervyn King 10 9 9 England King 2 8 2
England Danny Brown 5 1 1 Scotland Marshall 10 8
4 Scotland Paul Foster 11 10 13 England Jackson 6 3
Wales David Axon 6 2 4 Scotland Foster 7 3
13 England Billy Jackson 12 11 13 England Jackson 7 8
Australia Steve Glasson 1 5 13 England Jackson 7 5
5 Wales Jason Greenslade 5 10 2 12 England Royal 6 5
Scotland John McHutcheson 10 4 0 5 Wales Greenslade 6 5
12 England Mark Royal 16 10 12 England Royal 6 8
South Africa Robin Ashby 0 0 1 Scotland Marshall 10 11
3 England Greg Harlow 9 3 10 England Bond 2 5
England Simon Skelton 9 10 England Skelton 9 11
14 England Les Gillett 9 10 14 England Gillett 3 11
England Andrew Ware 5 3 England Skelton 7 10
6 Wales Robert Weale 7 7 England Knight 5 9
England Stephen Knight 7 8 England Knight 4 9 2
11 England Mark McMahon 10 5 1 New Zealand Fisher 9 7 0
New Zealand Neil Fisher 6 7 2 England Skelton 5 4
2 Australia David Gourlay 8 4 0 10 England Bond 5 9
England Graham Smith 3 9 2 England Smith 7 9
15 Wales John Price 10 11 15 Wales Price 6 9
England Danny Denison 7 4 England Smith 7 4
7 England Andy Thomson 9 11 10 England Bond 9 11
England Philip Last 4 0 7 England Thomson 3 10 1
10 England Ian Bond 6 10 2 10 England Bond 11 6 2
New Zealand Terry Johnson 9 6 1

Men's Pairs

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 Australia David Gourlay

England Billy Jackson

9 11
Scotland Stewart Anderson

Scotland John Candlish

4 3 1 Australia Gourlay

England Jackson

10 7
8 England Les Gillett

Wales Richard Morgan

9 8 2 8 England Gillett

Wales Morgan

7 4
Australia Ray Pearse

Australia Bernie Melville

6 9 0 1 Australia Gourlay

England Jackson

5 6
4 Wales Jason Greenslade

Wales Robert Weale

9 5 1 5 England Bond

England Thomson

10 6
England Gary Kelly

England Simon Colvin

5 8 2 England Kelly

England Colvin

2 5
5 England Ian Bond

England Andy Thomson

9 10 5 England Thomson

England Bond

9 9
Wales Mark Harding

Wales Phil Rowlands

5 8 5 England Thomson

England Bond

4 11 2
2 England Greg Harlow

England Mark McMahon

11 5 2 2 England Harlow

England McMahon

11 6 1
England Neil Smith

England Adam Tidby

5 10 1 2 England Harlow

England McMahon

7 9
7 England Mark Royal

Wales John Price

11 8 7 England Royal

Wales Price

2 4
New Zealand Paul Girdler

New Zealand Ken Walker

6 6 2 England Harlow

England McMahon

8 11
3 Scotland Alex Marshall

Scotland Paul Foster

8 12 3 Scotland Marshall

Scotland Foster

8 5
South Africa Steve Martitz

South Africa Louis Fourie

6 2 3 Scotland Marshall

Scotland Foster

12 9
6 Australia Kelvin Kerkow

England Mervyn King

12 9 6 Australia Kerkow

England King

9 3
Canada Francis Yau

Canada Jamie MacGowan

2 5

Women's singles

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
                    
Australia Ceri Ann Davies 13 7
New Zealand Linda Ralph 3 3
Australia Davies 9 9
Scotland Brown 8 9
Scotland Caroline Brown
bye
Australia Davies 14 9
New Zealand Lambert 1 3
New Zealand Desiree Lambert 7 11
United States Mary Ann Beath 4 2
New Zealand Lambert 5 10 2
Scotland Johnston 8 4 1
Scotland Claire Johnston
bye
Australia Davies 11 10
England Stavrou 7 1
England Debbie Stavrou
bye
England Stavrou 9 11
Guernsey Merrien 7 4
Guernsey Alison Merrien 11 9
Scotland Karen Dawson 4 5
England Stavrou 8 2 2
England Ashby 5 12 0
England Carol Ashby 7 9
bye 6 7
England Ashby 10 14
Australia White 6 2
Australia Georgia White 11 11
England Helen Tuohy 2 3

Mixed Pairs

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
Scotland David Gourlay &
Australia Ceri Ann Davies 		7 8
Wales Robert Weale &
New Zealand Desire Lambert 		5 7
Scotland Gourlay &
Australia Davies 		12 12
Scotland Foster &
New Zealand Ralph 		2 5
Scotland Paul Foster &
New Zealand Linda Ralph 		8 7 2
England Andy Thomson &
England Debbie Stavrou 		5 9 1
Scotland Gourlay &
Australia Davies 		10 5 2
Scotland Marshall &
Scotland Brown 		7 11 1
Wales Jason Greenslade &
Australia Georgia White 		5 7 1
England Greg Harlow &
Scotland Claire Johnston 		10 6 2
Wales Harlow &
Scotland Johnston 		3 3
Scotland Marshall &
Scotland Brown 		9 10
Scotland Alex Marshall &
Scotland Caroline Brown 		9 8
England Mervyn King &
England Carol Ashby 		7 7

References

  1. ↑ "Home". worldbowls.com.
  2. ↑ "The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  3. ↑ "The Telegraph". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  4. ↑ "2008 Results". World Bowls Tour. Archived from the original on September 2, 2011.
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