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1988 World Championships

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The 1988 World Bowls Championships were held in Auckland. In the triples final New Zealand was up against Scotland. As this clip shows, the game went down to the wire.

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Lindsay Knight, Bowls, pétanque and tenpin – Lawn bowlers and competitions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/37982/1988-world-championships (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Lindsay Knight, published 15 May 2012, updated 1 January 2015.