2008 World Indoor Bowls Championship

World Indoor Championships 2008
World Indoor Championships 2008
30th World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)	08-27, January, 2008.
Category	World 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 Singles	Alex Marshall
Women's Singles	Ceri Ann Davies
Men's Pairs	Andy Thomson & Ian Bond
Mixed Pairs	David Gourlay & Ceri Ann Davies

Draw and results

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Men's singles

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

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

Men's Pairs

First round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

1	David Gourlay Billy Jackson	9	11
	Stewart Anderson John Candlish	4	3		1	Gourlay Jackson	10	7
8	Les Gillett Richard Morgan	9	8	2	8	Gillett Morgan	7	4
	Ray Pearse Bernie Melville	6	9	0					1	Gourlay Jackson	5	6
4	Jason Greenslade Robert Weale	9	5	1					5	Bond Thomson	10	6
	Gary Kelly Simon Colvin	5	8	2		Kelly Colvin	2	5
5	Ian Bond Andy Thomson	9	10		5	Thomson Bond	9	9
	Mark Harding Phil Rowlands	5	8										5	Thomson Bond	4	11	2
2	Greg Harlow Mark McMahon	11	5	2									2	Harlow McMahon	11	6	1
	Neil Smith Adam Tidby	5	10	1	2	Harlow McMahon	7	9
7	Mark Royal John Price	11	8		7	Royal Price	2	4
	Paul Girdler Ken Walker	6	6						2	Harlow McMahon	8	11
3	Alex Marshall Paul Foster	8	12						3	Marshall Foster	8	5
	Steve Martitz Louis Fourie	6	2		3	Marshall Foster	12	9
6	Kelvin Kerkow Mervyn King	12	9		6	Kerkow King	9	3
	Francis Yau Jamie MacGowan	2	5

Women's singles

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

	Ceri Ann Davies	13	7

	Linda Ralph	3	3
					Davies	9	9

					Brown	8	9
	Caroline Brown

	bye
										Davies	14	9

										Lambert	1	3
	Desiree Lambert	7	11

	Mary Ann Beath	4	2
					Lambert	5	10	2

					Johnston	8	4	1
	Claire Johnston

	bye
															Davies	11	10

															Stavrou	7	1
	Debbie Stavrou

	bye
					Stavrou	9	11

					Merrien	7	4
	Alison Merrien	11	9

	Karen Dawson	4	5
										Stavrou	8	2	2

										Ashby	5	12	0
	Carol Ashby	7	9

	bye	6	7
					Ashby	10	14

					White	6	2
	Georgia White	11	11

	Helen Tuohy	2	3

Mixed Pairs

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

	David Gourlay & Ceri Ann Davies	7	8

	Robert Weale & Desire Lambert	5	7
						Gourlay & Davies	12	12

						Foster & Ralph	2	5
	Paul Foster & Linda Ralph	8	7	2

	Andy Thomson & Debbie Stavrou	5	9	1
										Gourlay & Davies	10	5	2

										Marshall & Brown	7	11	1
	Jason Greenslade & Georgia White	5	7	1

	Greg Harlow & Claire Johnston	10	6	2
						Harlow & Johnston	3	3

						Marshall & Brown	9	10
	Alex Marshall & Caroline Brown	9	8

	Mervyn King & Carol Ashby	7	7