MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER PERSONALITY OF THE DAY: Warmest and best wishes to all competitors in Joan Mutale (Zambia) the New Zealand Teams at the 2008 World Zambia is one of the few African coun- Bowls Championships in Christchurch. tries in attendance at the World Bowls Congratulations to gold medalists Gary Law- Championships. Triples skipper Joan son and Russell Meyer for their men’s pairs Mutale says her side is thoroughly win, and Val Smith for the women’s singles - enjoying the experience, despite the what great performances. long 20-hour flight to Christchurch. To other competitors, good luck for upcoming events. Mutale bagged her first personal vic- Helen Clark tory yesterday at the championships Prime Minister of New Zealand Jersey caused an upset yesterday in the when her triples dominated Samoa, women’s triples, defeating Australia, 26 - 15 25 - 16. Mutale had competed in the GOODFELLOW HOSPITALISED singles competition last week. Angie Goodfellow, women’s triples and fours skip from Spain was excited and looking forward to be playing in the champs in Christchurch. However, as many She is a mother of two and enjoys players will be aware, she fell ill and has had a serious operation because of an tennis and music. This is her third aneurism on the brain. Goodfellow is currently in Christchurch Hospital where she world championships. is making a good recovery. It would be greatly appreciated if the teams she would have played against could donate some sort of memento - for eg. a signed shirt. Zambia have nine active bowling greens and 300 members. The na- WEEK ONE GOLD MEDALISTS UPDATE tionals are held twice each year. Val Smith (NZL) - women’s singles gold Pairs (with Jo Edwards): 2nd section one, 8 wins, 1 loss, 16 points TWILIGHT ZONE SCORELINES BETWEEN ENGLAND & WALES Wayne Hogg, Willie Wood, David Peacock (SCO) - men’s triples gold On Tuesday afternoon, the English and Welsh men’s fours and women’s triples Fours (with Billy Mellors): 2nd section one, 7 wins, 1 loss, 14 points both recorded draws in their respective matches between the two rivals at differ- Lesley Armitage, Claire Duke, Julie Keegan & Karen Murphy (AUS) - women’s ence venues, and what was remarkable was that both matches had 16 - all scoreli- fours gold nes! Armitage & Murphy (pairs): 1st section one, 9 wins, 0 losses, 18 points Keegan & Duke (triples): 1st section two, 7 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, 15 points UMPIRING AND MARKING SKILLS DVD AVAILABLE Gary Lawson, Russell Meyer (NZL) - men’s pairs gold World Bowls: Umpiring and Marking Skills DVD now available from the Dales Fours (with Todd & Girvan): 2nd section two, 8 wins, 1 loss, 16 points Sports Surfaces Trade Stand in the Traders’ Hall. Cost NZ $25. THURSDAY 24 JANUARY DRAW

Men’s Fours Men’s Singles Women’s Pairs Women’s Triples 9.00am (S represents section) 9.00am (S represents section) 9.00am (S represents section) 9.00am (S represents section) Canada v. Fiji Burn 1—S 1 Spain BYE Samoa v. Swaziland Burn 13—S 1 Norfolk Island v. Wales Papa 1—S 1 Guernsey v. Ireland Burn 2—S 1 Malaysia v. Norfolk Island Burn 8—S 1 Fiji v. Jersey Burn 14—S 1 Hong Kong China v. Israel Papa 2—S 1 Brunei v. England Burn 3—S 1 Australia v. Canada Burn 9—S 1 Argentina v. Brunei Burn 15—S 1 Argentina v. Brunei Papa 3—S 1 Hong Kong China v. Israel Burn 4—S 1 New Zealand v. Papua New Guinea Burn 10—S 1 Ireland v. New Zealand Burn 16—S 1 Ireland v. New Zealand Papa 4—S 1 Thailand BYE Brunei v. Israel Burn 11—S 1 Spain v. Zambia Burn 17—S 1 Botswana v. England Papa 5—S 1 Scotland v. Wales Burn 6—S 1 Wales v. Zimbabwe Burn 12—S 1 Australia v. England Burn 18—S 1 South Africa v. Namibia Papa 6—S 1 Papua New Guinea v. Spain Fend 7—S 2 Namibia v. South Africa Papa 7—S 2 Botswana v. Cook Islands Fend 1—S 2 Jersey v. Philippines Fend 13—S 2 Malaysia v. New Zealand Fend 8—S 2 Guernsey v. Ireland Papa 8—S 2 Israel v. Norfolk Island Fend 2—S 2 Scotland v. Swaziland Fend 14—S 2 Argentina v. Cook Islands Fend 9—S 2 Argentina v. England Papa 9—S 2 Malaysia v. Philippines Fend 3—S 2 Australia v. Cook Islands Fend 15—S 2 Namibia v. Norfolk Island Fend 10—S 2 Hong Kong China v. Jersey—Papa 10—S 2 South Africa v. Namibia Fend 4—S 2 Malaysia v. Samoa Fend 16—S 2 Australia v. Jersey Fend 11—S 2 Cook Islands v. Fiji Papa 11—S 2 Scotland v. Wales Fend 5—S 2 Canada v. Fiji Fend 17—S 2 South Africa v. Zimbabwe Fend 12—S 2 Scotland v. Thailand Papa 12 –S 2 Canada v. Hong Kong China Fend 6—S 2 Spain v. Zambia Fend 18—S 2 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm Ireland v. Israel Burn 1—S 1 Brunei v. Zimbabwe Burn 13—S 1 Jersey v. New Zealand Burn 7—S 1 Ireland v. South Africa Papa 1—S 1 Fiji v. Wales Burn 2—S 1 Norfolk Island v. Spain Burn 14—S 1 Argentina v. Australia Burn 8—S 1 England v. Namibia Papa 2—S 1 Hong Kong China v. Scotland Burn 3—S 1 Israel v. New Zealand Burn 15—S 1 England v. Swaziland Burn 9—S 1 Hong Kong China v. Norfolk Island Papa 3—S 1 England BYE Australia BYE Ireland v. Samoa Burn 10—S 1 Brunei v. Wales Papa 4—S 1 Brunei v. Canada Burn 5—S 1 Papua New Guinea v. Wales Burn 17—S 1 Fiji v. Spain Burn 11—S 1 Argentina v. Israel Papa 5—S 1 Guernsey v. Thailand Burn 6—S 1 Canada v. Malaysia Burn 18—S 1 Brunei v. Zambia Burn 12—S 1 Botswana v. New Zealand Papa 5—S 1 New Zealand v. Norfolk Island Fend 7—S 2 England v. Guernsey Papa 7—S 2 Hong Kong China v. Wales Fend 1—S 2 Cook Islands v. Swaziland Fend 13—S 2 Argentina v. Australia Fend 8—S 2 Jersey v. Scotland Papa 8—S 2 Botswana v. Canada Fend 2—S 2 Fiji v. Zambia Fend 14—S 2 Jersey v. Spain Fend 9—S 2 Fiji v. Hong Kong China Papa 9—S 2 Cook Islands v. Namibia Fend 3—S 2 Malaysia v. Spain Fend 15—S 2 Cook Islands v. Zimbabwe Fend 10—S 2 Cook Islands v. Thailand Papa 10—S 2 Norfolk Island v. Philippines Fend 4– S 2 Jersey v. Scotland Fend 16—S 2 Malaysia v. South Africa Fend 11—S 2 Ireland v. Namibia Papa 11—S 2 Israel v. South Africa Fend 5—S 2 Australia v. Philippines Fend 17—S 2 Namibia v. Papua New Guinea Fend12—S 2 Argentina v. South Africa Papa 12– S 2 Malaysia v. Scotland Fend 6—S 2 Canada v. Samoa Fend 18—S 2

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SECTION 1 WED 23 JAN RESULTS SECTION 1 WED 23 JAN RESULTS P W D L +/- Pts S1 NZL 22 FIJ 15 P W D L +/- Pts S1 RSA 18 NFI 16 1 AUS 9 9 0 0 111 18 1 NZL 9 8 0 1 104 16 S1 AUS 24 SWA 9 S1 NZL 22 WAL 13 2 NZL 9 8 0 1 87 16 2 WAL 9 6 1 2 33 13 S1 ENG 22 SAM 13 S1 ENG 26 BRU 11 3 ENG 9 8 0 1 77 16 3 RSA 9 6 0 3 36 12 4 IRE 9 6 0 3 52 12 S1 ZAM 19 ARG 17 4 ENG 9 5 1 3 23 11 S1 IRE 21 ARG 10 5 ZAM 9 5 0 4 -37 10 S1 IRE 25 JER 11 5 HKC 9 5 0 4 44 10 S1 NAM 19 ISR 17 6 SWA 9 4 0 5 -20 8 S1 BRU 26 ESP 17 6 ISR 9 4 1 4 -7 9 S1 HKC 18 BOT 17 7 ESP 9 3 0 6 -31 6 7 IRE 9 4 1 4 -12 9 S1 NZL 20 ZAM 7 S1 NZL 24 NAM 14 8 FIJ 9 3 0 6 -38 6 8 NFI 9 4 0 5 2 8 9 BRU 9 3 0 6 -40 6 S1 AUS 19 IRE 11 9 NAM 9 4 0 5 -27 8 S1 ENG 16 RSA 11 10 SAM 9 2 0 7 -35 4 S1 ENG 14 ESP 8 10 BOT 9 2 1 6 -19 5 S1 WAL 19 ISR 14 11 ARG 9 2 0 7 -73 4 S1 JER 17 SWA 14 11 ARG 9 2 0 7 -137 4 S1 IRE 23 BOT 12 12 JER 9 1 0 8 -53 2 S1 FIJ 19 ARG 18 12 BRU 9 1 1 7 -40 3 S1 HKC 44 ARG 8 S1 BRU 21 SAM 19 S1 NFI 16 BRU 15 S2 CAN 14 WAL 12 SECTION 2 SECTION 2 S2 AUS 18 MAS 9 P W D L +/- Pts S2 SCO 20 HKC 13 P W D L +/- Pts S2 JER 22 CAN 14 1 SCO 9 9 0 0 114 18 S2 RSA 17 COK 16 1 AUS 9 7 1 1 106 15 S2 SWA 34 SAM 7 2 MAS 9 8 1 0 81 17 S2 NAM 20 BOT 16 2 MAS 9 7 0 2 38 14 S2 ESP 12 SCO 11 3 PHI 9 7 0 2 67 14 3 SCO 9 6 1 2 79 13 S2 MAS 13 NFI 13 S2 FIJ 17 COK 14 4 CAN 9 6 0 3 10 12 4 JER 9 6 1 2 43 13 5 RSA 9 5 0 4 -15 10 S2 PHI 17 ISR 16 5 PHI 9 6 0 3 43 12 S2 PHI 25 ZAM 7 6 WAL 9 4 0 5 18 8 S2 WAL 23 NFI 11 6 ESP 9 6 0 3 -6 12 S2 JER 26 AUS 15 7 NFI 9 3 1 5 -9 7 S2 SCO 30 COK 7 7 SWA 9 3 0 6 -37 6 S2 MAS 21 CAN 14 8 HKC 9 3 0 6 -23 6 8 FIJ 9 3 0 6 -48 6 S2 RSA 18 HKC 17 S2 SCO 23 COK 8 9 ISR 9 3 0 6 -23 6 9 SAM 9 3 0 6 -71 6 S2 MAS 18 CAN 12 S2 ZAM 25 SAM 16 10 NAM 9 2 0 7 -48 4 10 CAN 9 2 1 6 -35 5 11 COK 9 2 0 7 -48 4 S2 ISR 24 BOT 16 11 ZAM 9 1 2 6 -57 4 S2 FIJ 17 ESP 15 12 BOT 9 1 0 8 -124 2 S2 PHI 25 NAM 10 12 COK 9 1 0 8 -55 2 S2 PHI 27 SWA 18 MEN’S SINGLES MEN’S FOURS

SECTION 1 WED 23 JAN RESULTS SECTION 1 WED 23 JAN RESULTS P W D L +/- Pts S1 NZL 21 BRU 7 P W D L +/- Pts S1 SCO 19 THA 12 1 MAS 8 8 0 0 52 16 1 ENG 9 6 2 1 101 14 S1 WAL 21 ISR 13 S1 WAL 20 ISR 15 2 CAN 8 7 0 1 76 14 2 SCO 8 7 0 1 36 14 S1 ESP 21 CAN 12 S1 CAN 24 GUE 14 3 AUS 9 7 0 2 69 14 3 WAL 8 5 1 2 44 11 4 NZL 8 5 0 3 51 10 S1 MAS 21 AUS 20 4 IRE 8 5 0 3 14 10 S1 HKC 20 BRU 14 5 PNG 8 5 0 3 4 10 S1 PNG 21 ZIM 18 5 CAN 8 4 0 4 9 8 S1 FIJ 23 ENG 15 6 ESP 9 4 0 5 13 8 S1 NFI BYE 6 FIJ 8 4 0 4 4 8 S1 IRE BYE 7 WAL 8 4 0 4 -1 8 7 HKC 8 4 0 4 -10 8 S1 AUS 21 NZL 12 S1 ENG 22 SCO 10 8 ZIM 8 2 0 6 -47 4 8 BRU 8 3 1 4 5 7 9 NFI 8 2 0 6 -55 4 S1 WAL 21 ESP 7 9 ISR 8 3 1 4 -29 7 S1 WAL 20 IRE 11 10 BRU 8 1 0 7 -81 2 S1 CAN 21 ISR 5 10 THA 9 1 0 8 -85 2 S1 CAN 19 HKC 10 11 ISR 8 0 0 8 -81 0 S1 MAS 21 BRU 9 11 GUE 8 0 1 7 -89 1 S1 FIJ 23 THA 15 S1 NFI 21 ZIM 9 S1 BRU 22 GUE 9 S1 PNG BYE S1 ISR BYE S2 SCO 21 FIJ 7 S2 AUS 20 MAS 11 SECTION 2 SECTION 2 P W D L +/- Pts S2 RSA 21 IRE 20 P W D L +/- Pts S2 NZL 20 ZIM 13 1 RSA 9 8 0 1 69 16 S2 JER 21 THA 10 1 AUS 9 9 0 0 115 18 S2 RSA 20 PNG 10 2 SCO 9 7 0 2 64 14 S2 NAM 21 ENG 20 2 NZL 9 8 0 1 102 16 S2 JER 15 COK 13 3 GUE 9 7 0 2 49 14 3 MAS 9 6 1 2 97 13 S2 GUE 21 ARG 10 S2 ARG 15 NAM 11 4 IRE 9 6 0 3 42 12 4 JER 9 5 0 4 10 10 5 ENG 9 5 0 4 7 10 S2 HKC 21 COK 14 5 RSA 9 4 0 5 -6 8 S2 ESP 18 NFI 18 6 FIJ 9 5 0 4 4 10 S2 SCO 21 NAM 10 6 PNG 9 4 0 5 -18 8 S2 AUS 21 NAM 9 7 JER 9 4 0 5 17 8 S2 ENG 21 FIJ 19 7 ZIM 9 4 0 5 -18 8 S2 NZL 27 ESP 6 8 NAM 9 4 0 5 -23 8 8 ESP 9 3 2 4 -18 8 S2 RSA 21 JER 17 S2 JER 20 RSA 8 9 HKC 9 4 0 5 -35 8 9 NFI 9 3 1 5 -55 7 S2 IRE 21 THA 14 10 COK 9 2 0 7 -43 4 10 NAM 9 3 0 6 -47 6 S2 ZIM 26 NFI 12 11 THA 9 2 0 7 -47 4 S2 GUE 21 COK 7 11 COK 9 1 1 7 -75 3 S2 MAS 27 ARG 7 12 ARG 9 0 0 9 -104 0 S2 HKC 21 ARG 11 12 ARG 9 1 1 7 -87 3 S2 PNG 23 COK 13

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