1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Explained

The 1988 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, from 30 January to 14 February 1988.

David Bryant won a third singles Gold defeating Willie Wood in the final.^[2] New Zealand won the Pairs and Triples,^[3] Ireland won the Fours. The Leonard Trophy went to England.

The 1988 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the same venue but ten months later.Janet Ackland claimed the Women's singles, Ireland won the pairs, Australia scooped the triples and fours^[4] but England won the Taylor Trophy.^[5]

Medallists

width=110	Event	width=200 style="background-color: gold;"	Gold	width=200 style="background-color: silver;"	Silver	width=200 style="background-color: #cc9966;"	Bronze
Men's singles		Willie Wood	Garin Beare
Men's pairs	Rowan Brassey Peter Belliss	David Bryant Tony Allcock	Robert Weale Will Thomas
Men's triples	Ian Dickison Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund	Willie Paul Willie Wood Alex McIntosh	John Ottaway Wynne Richards John Bell
Men's fours	Rodney McCutcheon John McCloughlin Sammy Allen Jim Baker	Rowan Brassey Ian Dickison Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund
Men's team	England	New Zealand	Scotland
Women's singles	Janet Ackland	Margaret Johnston	Millie Khan
Women's pairs			Wendy Line Mary Price
Women's triples	Marion Stevens Greeta Fahey Dorothy Roche	Norma Shaw Jayne Roylance Barbara Fuller
Women's fours	Norma Wainwright Marion Stevens Greeta Fahey Dorothy Roche
Women's team	England	Australia	Ireland

Results

Men's 'DB Draught' singles – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		11	11	0	275	152	11
2		11	8	3	257	197	8
3		11	8	3	252	199	8
4	George Souza Jr.	11	8	3	244	201	8
5		11	7	4	246	171	7
6		11	5	6	216	214	5
7	Andy Taylor	11	5	6	211	241	5
8		11	4	7	221	238	4
9		11	4	7	221	238	4
10	David Le Marquand	11	3	8	217	245	3
11		11	3	8	203	258	3
12		11	0	11	66	275	0

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	8	2	242	157	8
2		10	7	3	237	158	7
3		10	6	4	222	172	6
4	Alf Wallace	10	6	4	218	202	6
5		10	6	4	215	200	6
6		10	5	5	198	200	5
7	Jose Riveros	10	4	6	215	227	4
8		10	4	6	178	211	4
9		10	4	6	184	226	4
10	Peter Fong	10	3	7	167	231	3
11		10	1	9	152	244	1

Bronze medal matchBeare beat Williams 25–22.

Gold medal matchBryant beat Wood 25–22.

Men's 'Budget Rent-a-Car' pairs – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		11	11	0	0	305	169	22
2		11	8	1	2	285	165	17
3		11	8	0	3	264	185	16
4	Brian Boze & Malcolm Stewart	11	7	1	3	255	212	15
5		11	7	0	4	275	176	14
6		11	6	0	5	260	156	12
7	Ray Mascarenhas & Johnny Kakakis	11	5	2	4	216	236	12
8		11	5	0	6	211	223	10
9		11	3	1	7	210	227	7
10	Linke Bausili & Jose Riveros	11	2	0	9	182	258	4
11		11	1	1	9	201	263	3
12		11	0	0	11	102	495	0

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	9	0	1	261	152	18
2		10	7	1	2	225	182	15
3		10	7	0	3	229	161	14
4	Caucau Turagabeci & Peter Fong	10	7	0	3	218	178	14
5		10	6	1	3	211	192	13
6		10	5	0	5	185	203	10
7		10	3	1	6	188	211	7
8		10	3	0	7	200	210	6
9		10	3	0	7	186	223	6
10		10	2	0	8	157	242	4
11		10	1	1	8	143	269	3

Bronze medal matchWales beat Canada 24–13.

Gold medal matchNew Zealand beat England 18–16.

Men's 'Mitsubishi Mirage' triples – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		11	9	1	1	245	118	19
2		11	9	0	2	252	141	18
3		11	8	1	2	249	153	17
4		11	8	0	3	189	155	16
5		11	7	0	4	208	148	14
6		11	7	0	4	201	179	14
7		11	4	2	5	198	169	10
8		11	3	2	6	168	203	8
9		11	3	0	8	164	198	6
10		11	3	0	8	164	217	6
11		11	2	0	9	149	241	4
12		11	0	0	11	81	346	0

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	8	0	2	215	146	16
2		10	6	1	3	207	153	13
3		10	6	1	3	193	162	13
4		10	6	0	4	203	179	12
5		10	6	0	4	174	167	12
6		10	5	1	4	197	150	11
7		10	5	1	4	209	169	11
8		10	5	0	5	159	183	10
9		10	3	1	6	164	204	7
10		10	1	1	8	134	217	3
11		10	1	0	9	116	241	2

Bronze medal matchEngland beat Papua New Guinea 19–14.

Gold medal matchNew Zealand beat Scotland 18–15.

Men's 'Tellus' fours – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		11	10	1	0	280	145	21
2		11	9	1	1	351	145	19
3		11	9	0	2	279	182	18
4		11	6	0	5	231	214	12
5		11	6	0	5	220	212	12
6		11	6	0	5	223	217	12
7	David Brown, Ronnie Jones, Bill Boettger, Dave Duncalf	11	6	0	5	219	214	12
8		11	6	0	5	228	223	12
9		11	3	0	8	209	255	6
10	Taitu’uga Rokeni, Fiu Asi, Taua Faasoo, Fetalaiga Kirisome	11	2	0	9	184	249	4
11		11	2	0	9	178	283	4
12		11	0	0	11	105	368	0

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	9	0	1	248	146	18
2		10	8	0	2	247	149	16
3		10	8	0	2	245	157	16
4		10	6	1	3	225	172	13
5		10	5	1	4	200	164	11
6		10	5	1	4	204	190	11
7		10	4	1	5	194	190	9
8		10	3	0	7	162	263	6
9		10	2	0	8	160	242	4
10		10	1	1	8	143	245	3
11		10	1	1	8	166	275	3

Bronze medal matchEngland beat Wales 21–18.

Gold medal matchIreland beat New Zealand 26–15.

W.M.Leonard Trophy

width=20	Pos	width=200	Team	width=20	Singles	width=20	Pairs	width=20	Triples	width=20	Fours	width=20	Total
1	England	23	22	21	21	87
2	New Zealand	15	23	23	22	83
3	Scotland	22	19	22	18	81
4	Australia	20	13	19	19	71
5	Wales	19	20	10	20	69
6	Ireland	18	14	14	23	69
7	Zimbabwe	21	11	15	13	60
8	Hong Kong	16	15	11	17	59
9	Papua New Guinea	12	16	20	10	58
10	Israel	14	18	12	14	58
11	Canada	17	21	6	11	55
12	Fiji	4	17	13	15	49
13	Zambia	11	6	16	12	45
14	Botswana	6	11	7	16	40
15	Jersey	5	9	18	7	39
16	United States	7	7	17	6	37
17	Swaziland	9	8	9	8	34
18	Guernsey	13	5	3	9	30
19	Western Samoa	2	10	8	5	25
20	Malawi	8	2	5	4	19
21	Argentina	10	4	2	2	18
22	Kenya	3	3	4	3	13
23	Japan	1	1	1	1	4

Women's 'Thomas Cook' Singles – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		11	9	2	230	168	9
2		11	8	3	219	168	8
3		11	8	3	223	182	8
4		11	7	4	227	161	7
5		11	7	4	208	190	7
6		11	6	5	200	184	6
7		11	5	6	205	197	5
8		11	5	6	203	186	5
9		11	5	6	196	197	5
10		11	4	7	170	196	4
11		11	1	10	128	229	1
12		11	0	11	88	239	0

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	8	2	209	169	8
2		10	7	3	197	149	7
3		10	6	4	186	186	6
4		10	5	5	195	172	5
5		10	5	5	189	181	5
6		10	5	5	180	171	5
7		10	5	5	174	191	5
8		10	4	6	188	178	4
9		10	4	6	186	193	4
10		10	3	7	161	203	3
11		10	3	7	143	209	3

Bronze medal matchKhan beat Lum On 25–24.

Gold medal matchAckland beat Johnston 25–20.

Women's pairs – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		11	10	0	1	264	163	20
2		11	9	0	2	286	147	18
3		11	9	0	2	279	168	18
4		11	7	0	4	243	205	14
5		11	5	0	6	198	209	10
6		11	5	0	6	168	276	10
7	Carmen Bishop & Novi Browning	11	4	0	7	190	221	8
8		11	4	0	7	189	229	8
9		11	4	0	7	201	246	8
10	Ann Meir & Helen Graham	11	3	0	8	195	227	6
11		11	3	0	8	183	238	6
12		11	3	0	8	164	229	6

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	9	0	1	224	164	18
2		10	7	0	3	242	166	14
3		10	7	0	3	219	185	14
4		10	6	1	3	238	170	13
5		10	6	1	3	223	186	13
6		10	5	0	5	208	174	10
7		10	5	0	5	214	182	10
8		10	4	0	6	182	213	8
9		10	4	0	6	174	216	8
10		10	1	0	9	135	262	2
11		10	0	0	10	138	266	0

Bronze medal matchEngland beat New Zealand 20–15.

Gold medal matchIreland beat Botswana 22–13.

Women's triples – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	7	1	2	214	157	15
2		10	7	1	2	181	139	15
3		10	7	0	3	192	165	14
4		10	5	1	4	182	144	11
5		10	5	0	5	188	157	10
6		10	5	0	5	177	159	10
7		10	5	0	5	179	173	10
8		10	5	0	5	168	189	10
9		10	3	2	5	160	189	8
10		10	2	1	7	134	185	5
11		10	1	0	9	123	235	2

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	10	0	0	199	146	20
2		10	6	1	3	197	138	13
3		10	6	1	3	191	141	13
4		10	5	1	4	178	150	12
5		10	5	1	4	160	149	11
6		10	5	0	5	201	178	10
7		10	4	0	6	157	186	8
8		10	4	0	6	152	189	8
9		10	3	0	7	147	198	6
10		10	2	1	7	164	194	5
11		10	2	0	8	127	206	4

Bronze medal matchHong Kong beat Scotland 18–9.

Gold medal matchAustralia beat England 22–13.

Women's 'Bell Tea' fours – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	9	0	1	205	114	18
2		10	8	0	2	172	145	16
3		10	7	0	3	173	120	14
4		10	6	0	4	167	161	12
5		10	5	0	5	161	137	10
6		10	5	0	5	141	159	10
7		10	4	0	6	146	158	8
8		10	4	0	6	141	172	8
9		10	3	0	7	123	172	6
10		10	2	8	9	127	164	4
11		10	2	0	8	123	172	4

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		10	8	0	2	168	124	16
2		10	6	1	3	162	129	13
3		10	6	0	4	156	130	12
4		10	4	3	3	166	153	11
5		10	5	0	5	147	140	10
6		10	4	2	4	149	170	10
7		10	4	1	5	142	121	9
8		10	4	0	6	141	161	8
9		10	3	2	5	122	143	8
10		10	3	0	7	130	183	6
11		10	2	1	7	130	159	5

Bronze medal matchWales beat Ireland 22–18.

Gold medal matchAustralia beat England 20–19.

Taylor Trophy

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	Singles	width=20	Pairs	width=20	Triples	width=20	Fours	width=20	Total
1	England	17	21	21	21	80
2	Australia	16	19	22	22	79
3	Ireland	22	23	10	19	74
4	Wales	23	9	18	20	70
5	New Zealand	21	20	16	12	69
6	Scotland	19	17	19	15	65
7	Hong Kong	11	16	20	17	64
8	Zimbabwe	8	15	17	18	58
9	Fiji	20	18	15	2	55
10	Botswana	12	22	4	9	47
11	Papua New Guinea	9	13	8	16	46
12	Canada	13	8	12	11	44
13	Cook Islands	18	11	1	13	43
14	Israel	5	6	13	10	34
15	Zambia	7	5	14	6	32
16	United States	3	12	11	5	31
17	Norfolk Island	10	10	6	4	30
18	Jersey	15	14	0	0	29
19	Western Samoa	4	3	5	14	26
20	Singapore	14	1	2	7	24
21	Guernsey	6	7	3	8	24
22	Argentina	2	2	9	3	16
23	Kenya	1	4	7	1	13

Notes and References

1. Book: Newby, Donald. Bowls Year Book 89. 1989. Daily Telegraph. 0-330-31093-3.
2. Web site: David Rhys Jones. "Bryant keeps rolling along." Times [London, England] 16 Feb. 1988]. The Times.
3. Web site: David Rhys Jones. "Skoglund wins brave smile from the Scots." Times [London, England] 8 Feb. 1988]. The Times.
4. Web site: David Rhys Jones. "World glory for Ireland pair." Times [London, England] 26 Nov. 1988]. The Times.
5. Web site: Australian Newspaper Archives. Trove.