Part 2 - 13/11/15 Bowls: Scottish International Open


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a superb final bowl to take the set 6-5. The first four ends of the

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second set followed a similar pattern with the measurement

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struggling to find a length. Enslaved won all four to establish a

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5 shot lead. But the Scot found his aim in the next end. He was closing

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on Greenslade. His final bowl came close to choosing the gap to a

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point. More drama at end eight. Anderson's draw knocked

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Greenslade's bowl out of contention and suddenly he was ahead. But he

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left the door open, and Greenslade showed nerves of steel with his

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final bowl to take the match to a tie-break. Jason, the 2004 Scottish

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Open champion, won the first end leaving Anderson with a difficult

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draw. He played it to perfection. But Greenslade had another chance to

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win the match with his one remaining bowl. The drive worked a treat. He

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wins an epic semifinal. It really was a fantastic semifinal.

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Jason Greenslade, he has been playing some wonderful bowls all

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week. Stewart Anderson, too. But Jason was on fire this morning and

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he is through to the final. We will be showing that live on BBC Two

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Scotland tomorrow. But who will he play? Either Greg Harlow or Darren

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Burnett. Bowler is having a pretty good year but it is nothing compared

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to the previous 12 months. The world champion in January, Commonwealth

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champion in June. 2014 will go down as one of his greatest. But it is

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not being easy -- but it is not easy fitting in being one of the best

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bowlers in the fitting in being one of the best

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bowlers in the world with being a policeman. Most of us in the top 16

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work outside of it, with different jobs. It is difficult for myself,

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being a police officer, to juggle. The more you win, the more you seem

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to be playing in distant areas. It is a fine balance. I have been

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working this week more than I would have. So I have been coming to the

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venues, literally having to focus on the game and then I am away again,

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getting out of the zone. It seems to have worked this week. I have been

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at the venue for the hours I have been here, focused, and then I come

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back for the next round. It has worked well. I have put no pressure

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on myself in this event. I have tried to be laid-back. I have not

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really focused on the event. Not as much as I previously have. But it

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seems to have worked. I have been a really relaxed. It has worked

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brilliantly. In flashes, I have played consistently well and that is

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what has happened in each of my games. Hopefully I can do more of

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that. I reckon at Perth, my record many years ago was very good. To get

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to the semifinal this year is definitely a big improvement. I'm

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looking forward to it. 2014 is definitely a very big year in my

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life. Commonwealth gold, it is going to be very difficult to beat. But I

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suppose you strive to win it back again. It was hard to win at the

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first time, no doubt, but now I have done it, I would like to get it back

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again. Me and Greg Harlow, we have met a few times recently. I think we

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met in the last two World Championships. I managed to just get

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past him. But he completely hammered me last year in the quarterfinals.

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He is a quality player. He has all the shots. I'm going to have to be

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at the top of my game to compete with him in the semifinal. That is

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where the real competition starts. If you have got this far, you can

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relax now and see how far you can really go. Darren was in court this

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morning. You will be glad to know it was in his role as a police officer

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and not as the accused. He is up against Greg Harlow. Let's find out

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about Greg Harlow. He is not a man against Greg Harlow. Let's find out

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about Greg Harlow. He is not a man for keeping statistics but he is

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pretty skilled at picking up titles. He became the world champion in 2007

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and two years previously, he won here in Perth. Celebrating with a

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cartwheel, champagne and fish and chips.

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It is always a pleasure to come up to Perth. I have won and lost in all

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rounds before but it always gives you a buzz when you get to the later

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rounds. I think the semifinals, once you are on a roll, it is probably

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the worst round to lose in. I have played Darren added a few times and

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won a good few times, lost a good few times. He is in great form

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lately, so it should be a titanic battle. I know what I would like to

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do but whether it happens during the game or not is different. Obviously,

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with Darren, he has got a great driver shot. You don't want to give

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him too many targets but having said that, you have to get close, so it

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is about playing the game rather than the man, and then just seeing

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what happens tactically as the game unfolds. Ladies and gentlemen,

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please give a very warm welcome for the second of our two semifinalist

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here at the Jewellers Centre today, the former Scottish international

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open and World Champion, Greg Harlow.

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And up against him this afternoon, current Commonwealth champion,

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Darren Burnett. These guys have been in sparkling

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form all week. This match should be an absolute sensation. Life here on

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BBC Two Scotland, described by David Portal and Paul Mitchell.

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What is certain in this tournament this year is that there will be a

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repeat winner. All three remaining players, Jason Greenslade and the

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two behind us, have won this title before, but believe me, they are

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hungry to win again. Semifinals are horrible to lose, so you really want

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to enjoy the final, the atmosphere with the final, the whole day from

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the start, all the way through. But with the semifinals, it is just

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another match, actually. You are there and then you go away. We shall

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see. The Scottish international open, 2015. Jason Greenslade, and

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Stewart Anderson, and no work to do between Harlow and Darren Burnett.

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-- and no work to do. In the previous match, Greg Harlow

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was excellent in his first set. Even by his own admission, he went a

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little loose after words. He knows he will tighten up on that because

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he will be more than up for this match. The crowd will be very fair,

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of course, as they always are. But you know really where their

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loyalties will lie. Credit for Greg Harlow, preserving a special wave

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for the table with the saltires. He gave them a wave and smile.

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The guys will have been practising, but as much as ten or 15 minutes can

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make a difference. Both players using strong biased

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bowls. The green ones just don't seem to bend as much as the red. And

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when you put them down at the test table, everything is exactly the

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same. I was talking to Stewart Anderson about that. Darren Burnett,

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down on the backend. He has to reach for this. He gives that away gently.

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He knew he had not played through it. Even the best in the world can

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do that. There is Alex Marshall. The six time champion. He's year with

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his wife, Diane, who is supporting Craig.

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No doubt in his new role, he is doing some business as well. That is

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a mess from Greg Harlow. No danger of it coming through. He will be

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delighted to get away from an end like that. Like everybody, he has to

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get used to the rink, get used to playing. A couple of mistakes and as

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the game goes on, I am sure that these mistakes will disappear.

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Indeed. That being the case, some spectators coming in to grab their

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seats. A late lunch. A quick word with Diane, looking very well,

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sporting a tan. She has been in Australia for four months this year.

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Alex will be up and down from Australia, because that is the

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headquarters of the business he is working for. They have a UK based,

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of course. But he does play a lot of bowls down there. It's not about

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life. The only problem, it does take him away from Midlothian for a

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while. But he can keep in touch. Technology today...

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An unexpected chance for Darren to put another one in.

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He might have played a different job if he did not have his opponent with

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a bowl to play. He needs to put the anchors on. Darren has doubled back

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again. A bit of room here. Not particularly easy. Only 12 inches

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away, pretty far. But he will certainly be thinking to himself

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that this is a chance for a spare. Darren Burnett getting on the curve.

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Two apiece. He only last two singles in his last game. Against the

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Australian, David Holt. It really was a good game. David Holt of

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England. He represented in the Commonwealth Games and won the gold

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in the fours and then moved to Australia, where he has been ever

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since. St John's club in Sydney is where he

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plays, it is a very big club. A lot of money in bowls in New South

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Wales. He said it was very strange to be wearing the green and gold of

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Australia as a former England international player.

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All of the top players have won multiple events in different ways,

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but these two have won a lot of national championships. Going

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through the domestic game, a lot of titles. Very important for players

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to establish themselves at all levels. Some very good players don't

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want to go down the route of the professional game. Darren didn't for

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a long time. He made the decision to move into it and he has been very

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successful ever since. Greg is tempted with this. He's very good at

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the runners. Meticulous with his forehand. Into the green bowl. He's

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very happy with the result. He does not miss too many with his

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forehand. One of the players with a favour for driving one side or the

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other. I know one player who, given the opportunity, would drive on his

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back and 100% of the time because he rarely misses. Not sure about this

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one. It still looks a bit lazy. I am a little surprised he played that

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across the green. Because Greg uses a strong bias bowl. He did run one

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into the side ditch the other day. It might just have been in his mind.

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I'm sure he has been out practising, trying to get it into

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his head. He should drop shot down narrow side. -- draw the shot.

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Alan Thornhill confirms the score. The marker for this match. A very

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experienced marker. The marking championships is all

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done by volunteers to the Association, but you have some that

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are very, very good. -- to the umpire Association.

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Darren Burnett looking to get to his third Scottish International Open

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final. He almost defended it a year later in 2002, having won into 2001.

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In 2012, he lost to Paul Foster. Greg Harlow at this stage for the

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seventh time. His record is absolutely even. Won three, lost

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three. moment because they have not quite

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got into it. I think it is just the feeling that they are very close on

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occasion, and the bowl is just dropping short. The same again with

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Darren. Normally that would have been within 12 inches, quite often

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within six. It is almost like they're having to push through a

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little bit. As I said before, better to bring on then increase all the

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time, because at least the back roads are handy and useful. And if

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you are looking for absolute dead weight, it is not unusual to drop

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shot. -- drop shot. But he's actually not bad.

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Both these players using wide bias bowls. You will not see a straight

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bowl used by the top players. He needs to take a gently, he does not

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want to bounce the red bowl. Greg wanting to come and have a little

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look at this. It is going to be a tricky one when he sees it. He will

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not be terribly happy about having to play the run down inside. It

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would not be good, green bowl on the red. But there is the green bowl

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onto green bowl short... -- onto green bowl shot. Great with two to

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play. Could influence the shot selection. All three could

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disappear, or the jack. Well, a good strike. He might have done pretty

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well. He has got the two green bowls but he would have preferred to have

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left of the jack where it was, that would have been better. However, it

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was just hard enough to get the weight.

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This is not a given by any means. It is all about the weight. He is

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trying to run it out. The bowls have been pulling up in that hand.

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Normally that would have been a straightforward shot for Darren but

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they have been pulling up and it has got people out. Greg Harlow, second

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shot, trying to put this back into elite. He certainly looked as if he

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put a bit into this in terms of weight. Coming in nicely. Two or

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three feet more than he thought he needed. Two shots, Greg Harlow. A

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very interested spectator in the players' balcony, Alex Marshall. We

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knew it was going to be tight but it is topsy-turvy. It was always going

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to be tight until the very end. The early exchanges have been very

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close. I am sure as the game goes on it will get better. We talked before

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that Darren was in court this morning. He is the police officer.

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That cannot be the best preparation. He must be used to that kind of

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thing. Definitely. All week he has been back and forth to the court.

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Knowing his quality he will be putting that to the back of his

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mind. This is the first time that the crowd have been as full as this

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this week. Does that impact on the carpet? We saw that, unusual.

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Absolutely. Normally it is a bit quicker. The players have found that

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the carpet was wide to start with but it slows down at the hands get

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tighter. It changes day-to-day. Greg Harlow is a great player, he likes

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playing here, and Darren has been in great form from last year at the

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World Championships. How do you see it going? Both have been on form

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playing great polls this week. So far Greg has been coming out with

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two or three running shots. Just trying to get to the front of the

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jack can take the head from there. Who is winning? I am not going to

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sit on the fence, I cannot go against my Scottish colleague. Good

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to hear from Alex Marshall MBE. Good to year he is not sitting on the

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fence. If he had gone against the Scot... It would not have been good.

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I think he is on a safe one. He is right. Darren is just not making his

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first 11 days. He is dropping too many short bowls. If he does not

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Greg will take over and force them into all sorts of difficulties.

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I will say it again, that is just not like Darren.

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Greg wants this one in because he knows this will put pressure. Just

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going to slip away. The weight was good. He was hoping to try to turn

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that jack round the corner. In case Darren decided to have a pop at it.

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Still got a bowl after this, so sticking with the draw. Certainly

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better. The second shot, but there is still

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something on here for Greg, the turn of the jack here for three or four.

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That is what he will be looking for. He was not far away in the last

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delivery. Could be an extra two feet of weight.

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Following this one closely. Does he have the extra weight? Yes. Well

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played. That is really what he was looking for. Very good to get

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another bowl in. Excellent delivery. You can almost see him encouraging

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the bowl to try to get to the jack to turn it through, not that many

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chances to pick up accounts. Darren, a risky one, if you go looking for

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it you could take your own bowl out. The jack was on the re-spot, would

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you be any worse off? Probably not. Probably worth a go. Sticking with

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the draw. This is not easy. I can understand. He was left in a

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difficult position with no back bowls. Taken his own bowl out and of

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the jack had gone through he would have been three or maybe four down.

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Darren has four time-outs remaining. As it is he is in a little bit of

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trouble. Once again, the backhand is not

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doing Darren a lot of favours. Does not look too far away on that one.

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I'm trying to think if he has put one behind. I would be surprised if

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he has. He has to change under the forehand to try to make a

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difference. He started there and it did not work for him. Concentrating

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on pushing the first bowl through the head. He knows all these things.

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He will be working through it with himself in his head.

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Once again the bowl is dropping away. Any extension of the jack

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through is in favour of red. One red. He did not like that

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getting away. That usually means he is pretty close, to be truthful. It

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looked as if he had got it away heavy. He had. That is what first

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bowl needs to be if he is struggling with it. At least he can take a

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little bit of weight of. He is not quite sure what is going on because

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the pace is tricky. That is number one. Two red. It is

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in a difficult enough possession for Darren. If he wants to play a

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running bowl there is one available to him. Down there and come off the

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angle onto the other red bowl. The bowl on the angle is also good. That

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is what he is trying for. Build it across the line. Two shots, Greg

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Harlow. He pulled it across. Greg Harlow takes the two. He is in

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charge of this opening set. The guys will move on at quite a pace. It

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will only slow down a little bit in terms of time-outs. A very tight

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last few ends. Greg Harlow will be very happy to score a single here

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and wrap up the first date. He knows Darren will come back strong in the

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second. He took the opening set of the quarterfinal against Jonathan

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Ross. In the end saw him out comfortably. He took that 10-1. He

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lost the second set 9-3. Then he won the tie-break. It is a good opening

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bowl. Darren Burnett, can you find your way behind the DAC with your

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opening bowl? This looks much better. Through the jack that time.

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15 inches. When you are bowling short, players know it, when you

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find yourself constantly doing it you are telling yourself not to and

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sometimes you wonder what it would take to shift things, but sometimes

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a change of lens, change of mad, where you are standing, has to

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change. -- something. Greg just goes through.

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That is much more like Darren Burnett. Greg will not worry too

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much about it. He is in the habit of carrying his bowl up the rink. He is

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coming down for a look. This is well played. Of the red bowl. That is

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unusual. Players do not normally carry them all up. Years ago it used

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to be illegal. It would be taken of you. They change that rule a long

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time ago. They are heavy enough. Greg is happy enough to wander

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around with it. He is carrying it in his left hand. He keeps that weight

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right for whenever he transfers to the right hand. Good for

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concentration. A lot of people use a cloth for that as well. This needs

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to run a bit because the line is so good. It looked good all the way

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down in terms of the line. Another foot away. It is close. Slightly

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favours the green, but it is close. It is all about getting the right

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connection here. The crowd have responded. It is a good bowl. Darren

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would prefer to have that one back and not bother playing it than do

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that because Greg will be down at that on the forehand with weight.

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Yes, it is a tempting target, front inside edge of the mat, just needs a

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foot of green and that will dip into them. That moved a lot more than I

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thought it would. I thought it was better than that when it left his

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hand. All of a sudden Greg Harlow, who looked to have this wrapped up,

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could lose a full count. You would have put money on that one. He is

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very good on his forehand, Greg. All about the weight. If he has the

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weight he can catch his own bowls, but he has to be reaching. It must

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reach. That is a massive let off. Three shots, Darren Burnett. He is

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looking for a double and he does not have the last bowl. That one bowl

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could be very costly. In theory he would have settled for a three. In

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practice the four was there to be had. A good crowd inside the juror

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is Centre for the semifinal. -- Dewar's Centre.

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He is looking for a two to tie the set. Greg Harlow has had a couple of

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tight sets in previous semi-finals. All of a sudden Darren is starting

:47:17.:47:20.

to find his first bowl. A bit of concern here. He is probably smiling

:47:21.:47:27.

and asking why he was not doing that at the start. Just made the

:47:28.:47:32.

connection in time to keep himself involved in the set. Trekking

:47:33.:47:39.

through. Darren! The last end you followed it

:47:40.:48:08.

up with a second one, you have dropped it this time. You get the

:48:09.:48:13.

impression he might be going looking for this. He is. On his favourite

:48:14.:48:20.

forehand. You just see the movement up and down. There was a good

:48:21.:48:24.

target. He got his own bowl going through. He will not be desperately

:48:25.:48:28.

concerned about that because it stayed on the ring. He will

:48:29.:48:32.

definitely expect Darren to get this one close.

:48:33.:48:54.

A lovely view of the bowl coming in from that high camera. Back to draw

:48:55.:49:11.

again I think. He is coming up to have a look but surely he will go

:49:12.:49:16.

back to the draw. A good second is all he needs. He can afford to lose

:49:17.:49:18.

a single. It does not matter all he needs. He can afford to lose

:49:19.:50:13.

Second shot. That is what all he needs. He can afford to lose

:50:14.:51:50.

out two. Credit to Darren Burnett, five shots over the last two ends to

:51:51.:51:56.

tie the opening set. Yes, that's their shot for the four turned out

:51:57.:52:03.

to be costly in the end. Greg was right down the middle of that. It

:52:04.:52:06.

looked to me as if he was going to get two. Just the one. Signs that

:52:07.:52:12.

Darren is really coming into this match, especially with his first

:52:13.:52:14.

bowl last two or three ends. This set is winner takes all. There

:52:15.:52:30.

is the remote possibility of a tie because two tight sets are very

:52:31.:52:35.

rare. Greg Harlow has done that in the semifinal. Here in 2011. The

:52:36.:52:44.

first end was great and it went on from there. 9-9 in the opening set,

:52:45.:52:53.

7-7 in the second and Greg won 2-1 on the tie-break. It is possible.

:52:54.:52:58.

Both players dropping short with their first bowls.

:52:59.:53:19.

Over connection, but at least better there. I am not surprised that Greg

:53:20.:53:30.

has moved. He will be thinking he has to move at some stage and I

:53:31.:53:33.

might as well do it with this one, the second bowl.

:53:34.:53:49.

It is trekking on again. This is a big chance.

:53:50.:54:33.

Well done again. Good repeating. Darren is going to have to change to

:54:34.:54:44.

the forehand I would think. Just not nailing it all on the back and this

:54:45.:54:48.

end. Did the last time in this direction.

:54:49.:55:08.

He has indeed moved on to the forehand. He is certainly better

:55:09.:55:16.

with this one. He is still not going to make it. Two red. Darren would be

:55:17.:55:28.

wise to move to the forehand in this direction and next time to see how

:55:29.:55:36.

it goes. Keep a close eye on this one from Greg Harlow.

:55:37.:55:51.

Making the three. Comfortable. Two shots, Greg Harlow. Very well played

:55:52.:56:07.

by the Englishmen. Not put under too much pressure by Darren Burnett. A

:56:08.:56:14.

bit of a cheap three in many ways because Darren only had one decent

:56:15.:56:22.

bowl which was 14 inches away. At this level, a comfortable three to

:56:23.:56:23.

take. Jack length 29 metres. At this level

:56:24.:56:42.

if you can get a three and all you have done is draw in each of your

:56:43.:56:46.

bowls, that is to suggest your opponent is out, that is what

:56:47.:56:48.

happened there. Darren has got away with his

:56:49.:57:42.

problems on the backhand. Dropping two or three feet short on a regular

:57:43.:57:47.

basis but managed as of that problem, whatever it is. He has

:57:48.:57:51.

certainly put it to the back of his mind. Trying to encourage this one

:57:52.:58:10.

up. He has dropped it, but dropped it across on the forehand. Two

:58:11.:58:21.

inches. The last? Two and a half feet. He can get round it, but I

:58:22.:58:28.

think he will probably try to draw this. Sticking with the draw. Two

:58:29.:58:35.

and a half feet, of that had been 18 inches it might have been different.

:58:36.:58:39.

He knows he has enough room to get round this and get back to the jack.

:58:40.:58:51.

That is a great effort. It has dropped back. It has to be close.

:58:52.:59:01.

Very close. Falling back was key here. Darren is coming up for a

:59:02.:59:08.

look. He will have to take a time-out. It was leaning up against

:59:09.:59:13.

the other red bowl. That makes a difference. Called a time-out.

:59:14.:59:20.

Darren has three time-outs remaining. Plenty of time-outs left.

:59:21.:59:29.

Playing the second end of the second set in 19 ends. There is no reason

:59:30.:59:43.

to change his hand -- nine. It is still available. He has moved on to

:59:44.:59:52.

the forehand. He has to be a little bit careful. The only thing about

:59:53.:59:55.

the forehand as if he drops a little bit short it will block Greg on the

:59:56.:00:06.

way in. Has to be gentle. Good stuff. That has changed the angle of

:00:07.:00:15.

things. Instead of the green bowl coming in and locking to his red

:00:16.:00:19.

bowl he might be tempted to have a pop at this if the shot is against

:00:20.:00:21.

him. The two could disappear and he would

:00:22.:00:35.

be left with two, maybe three. Sticking to the draw. Darren has got

:00:36.:00:41.

one bowl left, and that is probably a major factor in the decision.

:00:42.:00:50.

It also might be that he favours his lie in this shot. I agree. I think

:00:51.:00:58.

you would. I think that he has got it close. But if he thought that was

:00:59.:01:05.

against him, he would have had to come into it. A perfect shot for

:01:06.:01:14.

Darren, drop-down on the bias and make it three. Available either

:01:15.:01:18.

side. An iron should be enough to make

:01:19.:01:29.

sure. And he is OK as long as he is reaching. -- a nudge should be

:01:30.:01:32.

enough. He played it well. You don't need to worry about taking

:01:33.:01:51.

out the other red bowl. You can just leave the two and measure it. This

:01:52.:02:00.

bowl dropping down. That is the shot. Alan saying, don't worry about

:02:01.:02:09.

wedging it. It's not worth the trouble when you are using calipers.

:02:10.:02:17.

A very precise measurement. There is nothing more precise than using

:02:18.:02:30.

these things. It is really close but it is gracing the green bowl from

:02:31.:02:34.

there. I don't think this other one is going to be in. That is also very

:02:35.:02:44.

close. It could be two. Going back to check against the red. Just

:02:45.:02:57.

enough of a nudge. I am not sure we have had a neck we Distin one this

:02:58.:03:10.

week. -- Equi distant one. An excellent last bowl from Darren

:03:11.:03:15.

Burnett. A lot of pressure on TV bowls. Puts a lot of scrutiny onto

:03:16.:03:26.

the umpires. A different professional attitude nowadays,

:03:27.:03:30.

compared to how it was years ago when people would be in official

:03:31.:03:34.

positions and they would want to mark an umpire. I remember one

:03:35.:03:40.

umpire making a decision on a vital match, pushing away the wrong bowl.

:03:41.:03:50.

That would have been taken well (!) Nobody knew about it. They moved

:03:51.:03:55.

onto another umpire. Nothing you could do. End of story, just on. It

:03:56.:04:04.

happens. -- just move on. But not nowadays, when these guys are very,

:04:05.:04:16.

very good. The quality of the opening bowl for Darren Burnett has

:04:17.:04:20.

skyrocketed over the last few ends and he will be happy with that.

:04:21.:04:32.

The jack a little shorter than it has been previously.

:04:33.:04:41.

Can you move past the jack and push the red bowl? It is still good.

:04:42.:04:56.

Nice and narrow. Just watch this one. That will change things. Well

:04:57.:05:34.

played. Darren Burnett will want to look here. And it just locked itself

:05:35.:05:45.

against the green bowl. Darren might be tempted with this on the

:05:46.:05:49.

forehand. A little touch on the back and will open things up. On the

:05:50.:05:54.

forehand, that should drop the red bowl down. Darren has two time-outs

:05:55.:06:07.

remaining. What Darren is looking adhere, if he gets a connection,

:06:08.:06:15.

will the jack actually move? He doesn't want to do that under the

:06:16.:06:19.

circumstances. He wants the bowl to move out clean. He does not want any

:06:20.:06:23.

movement on the jack. That is the harder of the two shots,

:06:24.:06:45.

I think. The weight that he has to use. The bowl could easily have run

:06:46.:06:57.

off the edge of the rink. I think it's OK.

:06:58.:07:11.

Greg try to take that shot away by turning the jack. And he has. He has

:07:12.:07:19.

taken the shot away. Even if Darren hits this, the jack will move. Greg

:07:20.:07:28.

has one waiting. Two bowls will disappear and the jack will

:07:29.:07:36.

definitely go. Two of the best consecutive bowls from a player we

:07:37.:07:40.

have seen all week. More full-blooded this time. I'm lucky.

:07:41.:07:50.

He had to hit it, probably close to fool, to make it work perfectly for

:07:51.:08:01.

him. He just got a quarter bowl. Yes, exactly. Painful. It is not

:08:02.:08:08.

going to be easy for Greg to make another one here.

:08:09.:08:17.

You would understand if it is a little carry on this. Darren was

:08:18.:08:36.

clapping that all the way in. The trick is to try to hold onto it.

:08:37.:08:56.

What a great shot this was. In the game, turned back. Three shots

:08:57.:09:05.

drawn. -- in he came. Darren Burnett needs three.

:09:06.:10:18.

Just slightly on the inside of it. The wait was good.

:10:19.:10:31.

Five inches short, jack high. That will not look tidy in the backhand.

:10:32.:10:40.

Hence the move to the forehand. No point in pushing in the bowl that is

:10:41.:10:43.

slightly shot into a better position. -- slightly shot.

:10:44.:10:56.

Greg will be reaching this time, turning the jack.

:10:57.:11:28.

Just looked under as he came into the head. Sting on the forehand.

:11:29.:11:45.

Ideally, you would like to comment but he is just trying to come into

:11:46.:11:51.

the back here. I think he was trying to make sure of getting around his

:11:52.:11:54.

own bowl, but the shot is still there. If he turns this jack

:11:55.:12:01.

absolutely right, he makes a very good three. The trouble is, you

:12:02.:12:07.

really don't want to leave those shots. If he gets the bowl first,

:12:08.:12:30.

that's different. He has got the shot but without the touch, he was

:12:31.:12:31.

making the turnaround for three or four. 6-2, not desperately different

:12:32.:12:32.

delete my disappointing, but you know that if he had turned the jack,

:12:33.:12:35.

you could have nailed down the set. Danger here for him. An interesting

:12:36.:13:08.

choice of shot. He made it. Very risky playing that shot. I wondered

:13:09.:13:21.

what I had seen him play. Using the Red bowl to take the other one. He

:13:22.:13:30.

was looking for that to go through. A creative shot. He did not want

:13:31.:13:40.

Greg Harlow getting further away. He came back from a 5 shot deficit.

:13:41.:13:44.

Just wanted to try that trick again. The jack is about three feet longer

:13:45.:14:12.

than the last time. Look at this. Just from the draw.

:14:13.:15:03.

Played it very well. He did not go hunting for it.

:15:04.:16:50.

the importance of the second bowl. He got himself behind. And in the

:16:51.:16:57.

bowl was in the receiving position. He would have looked to see if the

:16:58.:17:00.

jack was moving and hopes to get it just right. A grimace from Darren.

:17:01.:17:07.

You can't blame him, to be truthful. The movement of the jack made it

:17:08.:17:25.

very hard for him. That is 18 inches away. The front bowl is between 12

:17:26.:17:34.

and 14 inches away. When you think how this end started, the three

:17:35.:17:41.

bowls from Darren Burnett tucked inside, the value of the forehand

:17:42.:17:46.

runner from Greg Harlow, but can he convert to make its two.

:17:47.:17:51.

Greg Harlow in control at the moment but we said that in the last set and

:17:52.:18:33.

Darren Burnett found five shots. A heck of a trick to repeat.

:18:34.:18:44.

Greg Harlow, scoring well. And scoring heavily. 23s Andy two. --

:18:45.:19:09.

two 3s and a two. He picked up a 2 and a single. He needs to score

:19:10.:19:15.

again to keep himself in touch. He has sorted out his back and again,

:19:16.:19:24.

really quickly. Getting very close every time.

:19:25.:19:39.

Greg Harlow looking for his fourth Scottish International Open final.

:19:40.:19:49.

And there is the man that they will play. Jason Greenslade, what a week

:19:50.:20:01.

he has had. He played so well in the final. It justified his decision to

:20:02.:20:07.

play in this event. Getting all the way through. People should be

:20:08.:20:18.

delighted back home. Relying on John Price and Robert Whelan for a long

:20:19.:20:22.

time, but this man has come out of the shadows over the years. To take

:20:23.:20:28.

over that mantle from those two the great players.

:20:29.:20:37.

Greg has one time-out remaining. A time-out called. Jason Greenslade

:20:38.:20:45.

was due to be flying to Australia. To be part of the Champion of

:20:46.:20:49.

champions event as the singles winner from Wales. But with a chance

:20:50.:20:57.

on the professional circuit here, and he backed himself... He probably

:20:58.:21:03.

was not expecting to make it to the final but now he has and he has

:21:04.:21:08.

played very well in doing it. Greg on the forehand. Looking to rest

:21:09.:21:16.

into his own bowl. Two chances. And he is very close. It's going to fall

:21:17.:21:41.

back. They could be. -- it could be. More than likely Darren will be back

:21:42.:21:50.

on the back can now. -- backhand. Aiming for the last red bowl. Don't

:21:51.:21:57.

worry about the jack too much. But he needs to hurry. If Greg plays the

:21:58.:22:09.

same bowl, you will drop on the green one.

:22:10.:22:37.

Solid on his own. That should do it. That was the second option if he

:22:38.:22:51.

does not want to get to the jack. It is always a good bowl to play. Worth

:22:52.:22:59.

his while coming through on the forehand, possible to take all three

:23:00.:23:10.

red bowls out. It is a result here, for the Commonwealth champion. On

:23:11.:23:23.

the green. Respond. Could be read, could be green. -- respot. He got

:23:24.:23:39.

the hit, but in the end it did not make things better or worse. Chasing

:23:40.:23:52.

three and seven and that is not easy. It looks like Greg Harlow is

:23:53.:24:03.

easing his way into the final. The winner here in 2008. Twice a

:24:04.:24:12.

runner-up. 2003 against Ian Bond and Robert Paxton. Beaten in 2011.

:24:13.:24:38.

Several pivotal bowls in this match. And one came at the last end this

:24:39.:24:54.

way. A cracking bowl. Managed to hit when there were three against them.

:24:55.:25:45.

Trying to pack this head as much as he can, not wanting to give Darren

:25:46.:25:52.

the opportunity to pick up a count. Not disappointed at losing a single.

:25:53.:26:21.

The jack of the Red bowl. Might make a double. A little nudge. A big

:26:22.:26:55.

difference. Greg has one bowl left. He calls a time-out, giving us a

:26:56.:26:58.

chance to look at what his options are. If he has got the option, if he

:26:59.:27:07.

really wants it, to come down on the forehand, but personally, I think he

:27:08.:27:10.

will come on the backhand and just draw that. He doesn't really want to

:27:11.:27:17.

offer up a chance of something going wrong, he comes in on the forehand,

:27:18.:27:23.

and it is possible that one bowl will walk in and he could take the

:27:24.:27:31.

closest one out. Will he get down in time.

:27:32.:28:09.

He has pushed it out into a good line. Working his way back, Darren

:28:10.:28:25.

Burnett. One heck of a bowl from Darren Burnett. And again he has

:28:26.:28:30.

worked his way back into the set. That was a massive bowl. A

:28:31.:29:00.

confidence inspiring bowl. It all gets very interesting. Pretty simple

:29:01.:29:09.

start-up. Greg Harlow scores at this end. It is all over. You would

:29:10.:29:13.

think, because he's not going to concede a four. Once again, it is up

:29:14.:29:22.

to Darren Burnett to keep punching through and keep the pressure on,

:29:23.:29:26.

dropped the first one and expect Greg to walk in through the and put

:29:27.:29:27.

this one close. Darren went in two down and got a

:29:28.:29:40.

double, then a trouble, and one taken away from him. He would very

:29:41.:29:46.

much settle for one or two in this end.

:29:47.:30:07.

The crowd are urging this one to run away.

:30:08.:30:17.

Last bowl. The gap is 13 inches. That will save time. The rules are

:30:18.:30:33.

slightly different. Most of the time you answer exactly what the question

:30:34.:30:40.

is. It helps if they gave doubled the information. It saves an extra

:30:41.:30:44.

question and saves time for the player. It is close. One macro

:30:45.:31:00.

green. I can almost see your chest moving out there.

:31:01.:31:08.

Personally, I would like to see a tie-break. The sort of game that

:31:09.:31:15.

deserves it. Here it comes. Again, Greg will be thinking, one

:31:16.:31:34.

shot is not such a big problem. Any more than one and that is different.

:31:35.:31:40.

On the forehand he will be playing weight. Yes, he is. It is a target

:31:41.:31:49.

for him. He does like his runners. Past the front one. He will blast

:31:50.:31:54.

it. What a result at this stage in the match! He has hit that bowl

:31:55.:32:00.

three feet away and taken the two shots away. He is lying one shot,

:32:01.:32:11.

virtually a match life. His hand goes up to acknowledge. These things

:32:12.:32:15.

come and go. Both bands are actually. He realised that was a bad

:32:16.:32:27.

one. It happens. It is just the timing sometimes. Nothing else. Is

:32:28.:32:35.

Darren reaching enough? That was a good bowl. Greg, what are you going

:32:36.:32:47.

to do about this? He was very good. He only has one bowl. He has to be

:32:48.:32:56.

very careful. The position is more or less against him. That is why he

:32:57.:33:04.

has had to take his time on it. The backhand, that is interesting. You

:33:05.:33:07.

can very much understand him trying to draw on this. The running for

:33:08.:33:14.

taking out the red, that would be a disaster. He is close, isn't he? He

:33:15.:33:22.

just needs an edge of the jack. He got an edge of the bowl. The edge of

:33:23.:33:27.

the jack was enough for a single and the edge of the bowl put him off. As

:33:28.:33:37.

it was, after eight ends in the opening set, it is after eight ends

:33:38.:33:44.

in the second. 9-7 to Greg Harlow. That just ebbed and flowed. The

:33:45.:33:50.

final end seed Darren Burnett needing to macro shots. Greg Harlow

:33:51.:33:56.

has the advantage of the last bowl. -- needing two shots. Great relief

:33:57.:34:06.

for people watching on from the players balcony. Not always watching

:34:07.:34:13.

on. Sometimes it is hard look. Not the destruction of the kids. Lindsay

:34:14.:34:19.

has been kept pretty busy, I am sure.

:34:20.:34:25.

I thought I noticed Ryan up there as well! I could not tell for sure.

:34:26.:34:35.

That is as good as you could hope for.

:34:36.:34:50.

Back in 2011, I mentioned it. I think Harlow Drew both sets against

:34:51.:35:03.

Robert where in the semifinal. He just got over the seam. The bowl ran

:35:04.:35:09.

on a bit afterwards. Just given the extra inch or two of running. It can

:35:10.:35:18.

work for you and against you. There has to be on a carpet like this, no

:35:19.:35:25.

other way around it. Darren looks slightly and it. That is the seam.

:35:26.:35:33.

The problem for Darren if he needs to. He will have to play a very

:35:34.:35:38.

difficult shop to make a double act of this. -- shot.

:35:39.:35:47.

He is trotting up and down. I'm not sure how many time out he has had.

:35:48.:35:56.

He certainly has one left, possibly two. That is what I thought. I think

:35:57.:36:08.

he would have used a time-out if he had not already decided to go a

:36:09.:36:13.

little bit on the deep side. He knew exactly where. If he was trying to

:36:14.:36:17.

draw it, it would have been different. That is a good position

:36:18.:36:22.

or bowl. Once again, not too far away from the jack. He could draw on

:36:23.:36:35.

the backhand and tap the bowl down. This is hard. This is so difficult

:36:36.:36:42.

to play. If he plays this, shot of the day no doubt! He has given this

:36:43.:36:53.

a chance. Yes, just did not fall the right way. He got it at little bit

:36:54.:36:59.

early. The disappointment was there because he knew he was in with a big

:37:00.:37:05.

chance for that one. He just hit it a fraction early. Otherwise his bowl

:37:06.:37:10.

would have turned into the jack. Disappointment! One macro green.

:37:11.:37:18.

Harlow has the advantage of two bowls to play. His opponent one.

:37:19.:37:28.

Also he has a nice shoulder to use, if he can get back in time to it

:37:29.:37:35.

comes, here it comes now. It is not a short but, my goodness me, it

:37:36.:37:50.

might as well be! He has it down. He has left it very tight, the angle at

:37:51.:37:57.

the front. The trouble is, the other red bowl, this is where the

:37:58.:38:03.

difficulty comes in. The bowl that is crucial here is this one. That

:38:04.:38:07.

bowl is going to keep the bowl beside it, the red one in place. He

:38:08.:38:13.

is looking at the split. When he he knows one Red Bull stay in. The

:38:14.:38:19.

ideal shot would be to get into the inside edge off that one and then

:38:20.:38:23.

you force your way through the gap into the jack to make to you, maybe

:38:24.:38:28.

three. The problem with the forehand is if you drop back on the jack it

:38:29.:38:36.

is gone. He might still be forced to play this but, goodness me, this is

:38:37.:38:46.

a hard shot. He has been in a fair number of pickles in the past. What

:38:47.:38:52.

can he do? He is looking for the split. Can he make it through? The

:38:53.:39:00.

jack has gone too far. For a brief second, he thought he had done it.

:39:01.:39:05.

But the jack travelled to the second, he thought he had done it.

:39:06.:39:09.

bowl. Greg get them in, it was fantastic to

:39:10.:41:57.

watch the match. I only started playing when I was so far down. That

:41:58.:42:05.

was disappointing. I was trying to get another 999. Not to be. Call the

:42:06.:42:15.

emergency services. There was a shot with your final shot at the end

:42:16.:42:21.

which let Darren in. It was a turning point in that set. That was

:42:22.:42:28.

at the end of the first set. I thought I had the split but I got a

:42:29.:42:35.

bad contact. I was looking to get to a way to win the set. He got me

:42:36.:42:42.

under the pump. You should not really drop them. When Darren was

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piling them in, I was happy to get a draw. Big conversion shorts on where

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you got through to the semifinal on the last round. You both had to do

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big ones today. I was disappointed with myself. You put yourself under

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a lot of pressure. I was delighted. I dug deep but I came up short

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today. You had your third bowl in the fifth and to turn things around

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and give yourself a big advantage. Probably that was my best end of the

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match. I hit it on the nose. I had a good reaction. A very fortunate

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result. Not such a good reaction from you when you saw the jack

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running on to his bowl. He was hitting the target. Some days you

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get those and some days you do not. A bit of jack movement and it went

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to the red bowl. Millimetres were the difference between you in this

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match. The final bowl and it was so close. I was left with the split,

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which I had got. Sadly it moved. You have put the bowl is in there to

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cause pressure in the first place. I had a good second. If I could get

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another one in he would have nowhere to go. He got the split perfectly.

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He would have laid two, possibly three and I would have had a naughty

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last bowl to play. We thought you were going to have both the sets.

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You are through to the final. You are plaguing Jason Greenslade

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tomorrow. He has been getting all the business, hasn't he? To be fair,

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Jason is playing very well. He is drawing good and pulling out the big

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shots as and when he needs to. Hopefully it will be as good a match

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as the two semifinals today. We will see tomorrow. It was great stuff.

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You have been sensational this week. Well done. I will tell you

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something, that file will be pretty impressive. It is live here tomorrow

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on BBC Two Scotland. Earlier today we had the Scottish young bowlers

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final between Stephen Lowry and Craig Macintosh. It was Craig

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Mackintosh who took the first set 10-4. Then Stephen Lowry rallied and

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one mount by 12-3. Let's join the match for the tie-break.

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He is playing this backhand well. That will not help Craig at all. He

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is trying to move. It looks like a narrow line at this length. It just

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needs to be a bit further. The wait was not that bad. The green bowl is

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two feet, the red bowl is 18 inches. The voice of Tom Ware.

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Note shot clock for this final. We have enough to content with out

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there without that. He is going to come down and have a look.

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He will not like what he sees. He might be tempted with a backhand

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runner but I do not think it is right. Just needs a slight

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correction. He is looking at the running bowl. Even if he did take

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one out there is normally two against him. The tie-break and it is

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not just a matter of humility that shots. The forehand looks like a

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better option to me. -- cumulative shots. He has been tempted with the

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runner. It is definitely in the area. It is just about connections.

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I do not believe it. That will bowl in. If that drops in, it will be the

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shot. To say it is a fluke will be an understatement. That will change

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things. It gives him a really good option. The red misses the jack. His

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own green bowl comes through. I think it still might be the red. It

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is close. That was played with very difficult weight. That will not help

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the forehand. He has the best back position. It will be hard to draw it

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after the running bowl. This is not easy. The bowl on the jack would

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give him an opportunity. Chances are he is going to more than Mike Leigh

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hit his own bowl. If he does want to play through it he can do that

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there. It would work. His mind is made up. He is going to

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try to mix and match. It has gone all the way through. First end

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Stephen Lowry. That was a good option to play for. It was the right

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option to play. It is hard watching on from the sidelines. It really is

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very difficult to have your parents sitting there, your family and your

:50:55.:51:01.

brother. He is trying to get the balance between showing support but,

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at the same time, it is difficult. He needs a good first bowl. He needs

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to transfer the pressure back on to Stephen Lowry. Craig Mackintosh gets

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it away. There is a lovely structure for these guys. They will be in the

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mix looking at what their priorities are over the next number of years.

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If they are showing this much interest at this early age, you

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fully expect them to be about for the high-level stuff. Stephen

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already is an under 17 international player. Craig turned his back on his

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first one and realised he was way through. Better with this one. He

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wants it to move. That is the shot. Win or lose in this situation both

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these pairs will be looked at very carefully by the development side.

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They are always looking for young players to come through that route.

:52:29.:52:36.

A bit of extra tuition for them. Good stuff. It will be hard to beat.

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He is asking permission to come up after the second bowl. He is not in

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any hurry, is he? He just wonders up there. There he goes. Not a care in

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the world. I will get there eventually, it will be good. I bet

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you he is a winner or something playing football and he goes like

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greased lightning. He can relax in terms of pace back his mind will be

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racing at the moment. He is deep in thought. Now he has decided on the

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way back what shot to play, the draw all the running bowl. He can oversee

:53:28.:53:32.

play the running bowl. He has sat in his armoury. -- he can obviously

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play. He got that the way absolutely sweet. He has been caught again.

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That does not really matter. He will be left with one bowl. That was not

:53:51.:53:52.

far away. This should be going deep. One hand

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on the trophy. That is why he was worried about it. It is in the

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ditch. The shot is still available for Craig. I can are playing in a

:54:14.:54:21.

final and the article came out. I actually won it but it was the other

:54:22.:54:29.

chap who got all the applause. They said how well he would do in the

:54:30.:54:33.

future. As it happened he gave up the game in a year and we heard no

:54:34.:54:37.

more. The point is, when all is, you can come through this system and you

:54:38.:54:43.

can be seen. You get a lot of recognition for this.

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A calm demeanour. He gets it away. That was beautiful. Second end for

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the match to Stephen Lowrie. Very good sportsmanship.

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Stephen Lowrie, normally in the first set he did so well to recover

:55:12.:55:25.

in the second. A terrific tie-break, calmly done by Stephen Lowrie.

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Stephen Lowrie is the Scottish indoor bowl winner for 2016. Unlucky

:55:29.:55:41.

for Craig Mackintosh. A fine performance from him. Stephen Lowrie

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was the man who lifted the silver platter. He is the Scottish champion

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2015. Congratulations to him. Earlier we found at who would be in

:55:57.:56:01.

the final of the Scottish International open. It is Greg

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Harlow against Jason Greenslade. The final is alive tomorrow on be with

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you to Scotland at 1:55 p.m.. -- is alive.

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It is Wales against England. Two Scots players have been knocked out

:56:20.:56:27.

today. The home fans are not happy but the two best players won. It was

:56:28.:56:37.

very close. Stu Anderson was wonderful in the other semifinal. He

:56:38.:56:40.

played so well. Jason just got over the line. A couple of strikes with

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Greg made all the difference, it really did. On another day, couple

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of strikes go against you. Swings and roundabouts for the season. Greg

:56:51.:56:55.

is through Jason is three. It will be a great final. Darren Burnett

:56:56.:57:02.

yesterday in the quarterfinals. Any kind of way to put on, he nailed it.

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Just millimetres outside today. I also have great respect for Darren.

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He is operating as a policeman and he was in court this morning. All

:57:19.:57:23.

these things are going on and, at the same time, he can still go out

:57:24.:57:27.

and play great bowls for the same time, he can still go out and play

:57:28.:57:32.

great bowls Jason Greenslade has just been going ahead and keeping

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nice and quiet. He has been doing really well. Another one of these

:57:38.:57:45.

games where, who will hit the weight shots? I have watched Greg and

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played against him many times. His forehand shots may not be on target

:57:53.:57:56.

but he usually gets the result. He is usually in the area. He does not

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miss shots a foot wide. That final will be live tomorrow. Before that

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we have highlights of both the semifinals. The final will be at

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12:55pm on BBC Two. It has been another wonderful day of bowls that

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Jason Greenslade and Greg Harlow had been the best two players, the best

:58:23.:58:27.

players for the whole week. They will be towed to toe tomorrow. Join

:58:28.:58:28.

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:58:29.:58:57.

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