2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Explained

World Outdoor Championships 2012
Number:	12
Series:	World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location:	Adelaide, Australia
Dates:	24 November - 9 December 2012.
Category:	World Bowls Championship
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship^[1] was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 November to 9 December 2012.

Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North.

Leif Selby won the men's singles Gold and the pairing of Alex Marshall and Paul Foster took the pairs Gold.^[2] Scotland also won the triples but Australia struck Gold in the fours and Leonard Trophy.

In the women's events Australia were dominant winning the singles won by Karen Murphy, pairs, triples and Taylor Trophy. Only the Scotland team managed to stop a complete clean sweep after claiming the fours.

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	width=200 style="background-color: #cc9966;"	Bronze
Men's singles				Gerry Baker
Men's pairs	Alex Marshall Paul Foster	Aron Sherriff Leif Selby	Ryan Bester John Bezear	Jamie Chestney Graham Shadwell
Men's triples
Men's fours	Mark Casey Brett Wilkie Wayne Ruediger Aron Sherriff	Gidion Vermeulen Bobby Donnelly Clinton Roets Petrus Breitenbach	Alex Marshall Graeme Archer Darren Burnett David Peacock
Men's Team	Australia	Scotland	South Africa	N/A
Women's singles	Karen Murphy		Kelly McKerihen
Women's pairs	Rebecca Quail Kelsey Cottrell
Women's triples
Women's fours
Women's Team	Australia	New Zealand	Scotland	N/A

Results

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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	Australia	24+3	23+2	23+2	24+3	104
2	Scotland	20	24+3	24+3	21+1	96
3	South Africa	21+1	16	18	23+2	81
4	New Zealand	22+1	17	22+1	17	80
5	Canada	23+2	22+1	11	18	77
6	Ireland	12	19	21+1	22+1	76
7	Wales	16	20	14	20	70
8	England	15	21+1	12	19	68
9	Jersey	19	15	17	12	63
10	Malaysia	17	13	16	16	62
11	Namibia	6	18	13	14	51
12	China	8	14	19	8	49
13	Japan	18	1	20	6	45
14	Philippines	10	8	15	10	43
15	Hong Kong	13	4	10	13	40
16	Fiji	14	9	8	7	38
17	United States	7	10	5	15	37
18	Zimbabwe	4	11	9	11	35
19	Spain	9	6	2	9	26
20	Israel	11	3	7	5	26
21	Brazil	2	12	1	2	17
22	Botswana	1	7	6	3	17
23	Thailand	5	5	3	1	14
24	Brunei	3	2	4	4	13

Taylor Trophy

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	singles	width=20	pairs	width=20	triples	width=20	fours	width=20	Total
1	Australia	24+3	24+3	24+3	16	97
2	New Zealand	23+2	23+2	23+2	18	93
3	Scotland	14	21+1	22+1	24+3	86
4	England	22+1	20	18	20	81
5	South Africa	20	18	19	21+1	79
6	Wales	13	19	21+1	22+1	77
7	Malaysia	12	14	16	23+2	67
8	Philippines	7	22+1	15	19	64
9	Israel	15	13	14	13	55
10	Hong Kong China	17	11	20	6	54
11	Netherlands	10	15	9	15	49
12	Canada	21+1	4	17	5	48
13	Ireland	19	12	7	8	46
14	Spain	5	17	11	9	42
15	Jersey	4	16	12	10	42
16	Fiji	2	9	10	17	38
17	Cyprus	6	10	8	12	36
18	Norfolk Island	18	8	5	3	34
19	Brunei	16	5	2	11	34
20	Thailand	11	2	13	4	30
21	United States	3	6	4	14	27
22	Japan	8	3	6	2	19
23	China	9	7	1	1	19
24	Botswana	1	1	3	7	12

Notes and References

Web site: 2012 Results. Taylor Bowls. 7 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150207214808/http://www.taylorbowls.com/news/news.php?id=264. 7 February 2015. dead.
Web site: Foster & Marshall world pairs champions. Bowls Scotland. 7 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151119191847/http://bowlsscotland.com/news/latest-news/255-foster-and-marshall-world-pairs-champions. 19 November 2015. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Full draw and Results. Fox Sports.