World Mixed Pairs final, World Singles second round Bowls Extra

Hello and welcome to highlights from the World Indoor Bowls

Championships at Potter's Leisure Resort. Today saw the second trophy

of the week up for grabs in the final of the mixed pairs.

Last year's mixed pairs final was an epic that went all the way. It

was a tie break. This was one of was a tie break. This was one of

the moments of the tournament. one ball to win the mixed pairs

championship. He's there. That's it. That's what it means to him.

2012 will see new champions crowned. Paul Foster is partnered by Kerry

Packwood this year. They defeated Darren Burnett and Julie Forest

convincingly in the final. Foster has tasted success in the 2012

championship, claiming the pairs title with close friend Alex

Marshall. Can he apply a similar formula for a third success? Their

opponents are international Debbie Stavrou and David Gourlay, a

runner-up in this competition in 2010.

So, new winners are soon to be crowned in one of the most popular

crowned in one of the most popular eventness finals week at Potters.

Well, David and Debbie were on fire in the first set, taking it 9-3,

but Paul and Kerry dragged themselves back into the match in

the second set, taking it 9-6. Commentators are John Price and

Commentators are John Price and length that Kerry prefers. No

mistake on the delivery this time. that last ball, John, he was really

pleased about that. It meant a lot to him. Yeah, well, I think he was

disappointed to lose at the end before. That's a good bowl again.

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rules. It's just a matter of winning the end. Doesn't matter how

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adrenaline just ...a typical Kerry Packwood. Always next time, always

Missed chance. He really wanted that one in. A tie break, put the

pressure on Paul Foster. Left him a is. It's not changing things well.

A bit closer. He's dropped in, six inches away. He may just run this.

A forehand runner. He knows if he did get the jack through to the

back right, chances are he's gonna win the end.

Just explaining to Debbie if he gets the jack and runs off his own

ball, so that would be OK. He gets the ball out, no good, because

there's two against him, maybe even three.

I think this is worth running, because he's got a high percentage

of success on the forehand on running balls. And only six inches

away to an offset jack. He's thinking, "Well, I have gotta get

the vack. Jont really need the -- the jack. I don't really need the

was talking about. He stayed with it. There it is. A brilliant fall

once again from David Gourlay. So Gourlay, he doesn't miss many of

these off his forehand. A clean strike. Runs it right through,

"Don't worry about the fall. Let the bowls deal with that. Just hit

the target." He's the man to hit the target. David Gourlay off his

forehand, he doesn't miss many. Some good bowls being played now in

You always think, then, that you're taking away the opportunities to

hit your way out of trouble if you do that. See what happens with

sense of humour out there under the the pace. The line was good twice.

A bit scrappy all of a sudden. I think that's a bit of pressure.

Kerry, you gotta get yourself together and play a good bowl here.

The butterflies coming in here. bowl. Excellent bowl. When you're

down in the set. of course, the two short bowls are

not gonna help David Gourlay. He is gonna have to draw this onto

the back hand. It's a clear road, isn't it, David? Just gotta find a

good line and lend. looked like he was struggle a

little bit for pace. Yeah, he's hugged the indeed line. He wanted

Just in front of it would be that narrows the target. I think if

David can get to the bowl, he could edge it off. Yeah, he's definitely

gonna play the tighter line, probably a metre away, trying to

hold the line. So hard to judge to play that weight. It's a shot to

play. Slightly narrow line, hope that the bowl drifts back in time.

Overplay it and it will just go Come on, David! Has he got the

weight this time? Oh! He's just going under. Oh, great effort. Just

didn't have the extra weight to push it through.

weight. But he needed another half a metre there at least, John.

wa waffort. I think more weight would have done it. But a

one-end shoot-out now. I bet he's feeling more pressure up

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It's been a very good game of bowls, there's no doubt about that. The

two leads have contributed greatly to this match. Some great stuff. A

lot of conversion shots, great draw shots. The odd mistake lets you

know they are still human. Anybody could nail this.

Right turn. Well done. A great bowl by Debbie Stavrou. Not quite in

line. A big effort, wasn't it? Come

again! Just one shot required. Saying high,

which mean it is might bring the jack out into the open, which he

doesn't want! Oh, no! No, no. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Wow. That was

unlucky. Really, that might have been a good time to stay away from

it, John. Yeah, it wasn't gonna be an eazy draw for Paul up the other

-- easy draw for Paul up the other side. It's also offered up the

opportunity to drive it. You know, prior to that, it didn't really

look like it was drivable. So, oh, it's very unlucky to get into the

very close. Oh, the anchors are out. Well, he's holding up, but didn't

drop back. Oh, I would come down and look at

that, David, because, really, if you touch jack at all, you will

give the shot away. Just draw it with this. He knows he's lying on

the championship. Doesn't want to give the shot away. I don't think

he's around it. He's being careful and I can understand Y he's trying

to get back in front of -- and I can understand why. He's trying to

get back in front. He's gonna have a look at this shot, surely. Well,

two shots are available in this side, John, as you say. He can get

into the bowl if he wanted to. But he can get nice and clean all the

way through to the jack. It's gonna be difficult for David to recover.

It's a difficult draw from the outside. It's difficult to drop

that over this distance. I would think he would play the percentages

and play the strike. This happened in the singles as

well with Paul. He was telling me he felt he had drawn the shot in

the last end of the singles and just dropped through coming in this

direction. Thought he was on top of it. Up can't afford to be sure.

It's -- you can't afford to be sure. It's goon gonna be arriving with

this - you can't afford to play dead weight.

Jack and the ditch. Well, if he buries the jack in the ditch, it's

are all deciding which shot they would play. This is the only time

when you're allowed to destroy the head, on the third end of a tie

break. Paul Foster has called for that, which means a respot will not

come into play. When the jack is in to me. Unless he gets a fortunate

result. Might just come off that, though. And he's got it!

APPLAUSE Debbie Stavrou and David Gourlay

win the 2012 mixed pairs match play. A great game of bowls. There's no

doubt about that. Thoroughly entertaining. But, unfortunately

od, just a shot too short of winning

the match. Excellent game of bowls, no doubt

about that. But 9-3 first set, 6-9 second set. And it's 2-1 to the

Stavrou-Gower gourp combination. This is not -- Stavrou-Gourlay

combination. It feels a little bit special. This is the first time

Debbie and I played together and it's been a real pleasure. No

dramas. Fabulous. Up didn't have to be worried at all about your

partner, because he was on flying form today? Absolutely. He's been

on form all the three games he's on form all the three games he's

played. He's been fantastic. what has it been like for you to

bag your first mixed pairs title? Fantastic. Really good. Really

happy. David, your partner, she played her part as well? I think

both Debbie and Kerry were sensational today. It does a lot

for women's bowls. Amazing. what about your opponents?

Obviously they came back extremely well. You dominated the first set,

they came back well in the second. The tie break was tense and tight?

Yes, it was. Kerry bowled particularly well all through the

game. She was really steady and I was having to work hard for it,

yeah. And Paul was brilliant as usual. LAUGHS And, David, what's

this now - four times you have been in the final, three times you have

won it? I suppose you're gonna have to try and hang on to the same

partner for 12 months' time? Hopefully. Yeah, look forward to

that. Many congratulations. Well down to David Gourlay and Debbie

Stavrou, the mixed pairs champions for 2012.

So two trophies down, two to go. And tomorrow afternoon on BBC Two

we are concentrating on the men's singles, as Paul Foster's first

round conquerer takes on John Price. And the men's singles is what we're

focusing on now. South Africa's Craig Rimmington is playing against

a former world champion in Andy Thompson, who walks away with the

first set. Rimmington struggled to find his first-round form. We will

join in the second set. Thompson is join in the second set. Thompson is

5. Won the tie break 2-0. He was getting in with the big bowls.

Things were working out quite well. Andy's just keeping the pressure on.

It's very constant pressure. Not too many openings for Craig.

Knows he can't afford to play a Well, good question.

A few of those the first bowl or two would help. Yeah, that's a good

delivery. Knew he had to do better than the first. That's a great bowl,

that. A double or a three on this end,

bowls nation. Craig plays out of the Lombardi East Bowling Club. You

have played down there, John. played in Johannesburg in World

Bowls 2000. late '80s, but couldn't take up the

invitations due to other commitments. Always regretted that

a little bit. The bowls world is very good down there in South

Africa. As you say, a strong bowls nation traditionally. All the

viewers will remember Bill Moseley coming over for a number of years.

And Doug Watson. The modern era now, Jerry Baker would probably be one

of the most famous South African bowlers. Commonwealth gold in the

pairs. Yes, of course, they qualify for these World Bowls Tour events

through their countries. There's a slot there for them. They run their

own qualifiers. It's all based on formulas and things like that about

of course. Did well in Delhi, actually, South

Africa, in the Commonwealth Games. Craig in the one. Can't see how he

It's gonna be another end. OFFICIAL: One shot to Craig

Rimmington. That's what he needs to do - get that really close bowl in.

Start asking Andy Thomson a few And this man keeping a good eye on

things in the front. Greg Harlow now would definitely be

the frontrunner, John, would you say? Yeah, I would say the

favourite at this point. Yeah. To win the next game.

See your odds shortening rapidly. Maybe get out for a bit of practice

with you. Would give me a bit of confidence!

Still very open event. Obviously Greg with his record over the last

couple of years would probably be the bookies' favourite at the

moment. Young Ross Owen might not be the man... Well, snapping your

heels for the last 20-odd years... APPLAUSE

It will be an interesting second half of the week.

I wouldn't discount a certain Mr Gourlay as well. No, I wouldn't

involved here. I think all the players would agree this is a good

championship. If you can't get up to playing bowls at Potters Leisure

Resort on BBC television, you can't get up to anything. I enjoy the

rare occasions I get the chance to he can reach this. He has to be

reaching it. No, he doesn't want to overcorrect and drop short.

Good effort. Just pulled up a foot That's the target for Andy Thomson.

Get in between the jack and those two red bowls at the back. Pop it

Nuziling up to the jack. -- Nuzling up to the jack. Didn't want to get

a foot past it. A chance here for Craig. There's a chance to pull

worth playing a slightly narrower line, John, into the jack there. As

you were saying, if he can trail it back into that sort of a position,

he could make three out of it. weighting. Just indeed the line. He

could easily have gotten an edge to straiten him. Here's a chance. It's

not -- to straighten him. Here's a chance. It's not easy, but it's a

chance. Clearly, if he's gonna need to stay

in this match, he's gonna need to take this. Dropped the bowl there.

That's why you need the cloth. He's had to concentrate on this. This is

a very good chance. Steady himself, down on a slightly narrow line. A

little bit of extra weight. He's trying to encourage it forward,

which means he knows it's close. It's under. The weight was perfect.

The weight was absolutely perfect. make it three. Could be. That looks

good. And I think Andy Thomson is gonna pick up a full house here.

Probably play this in the forehand. Try and stay away from the jack, or

else go wide on the backhand and let it drift in. Yeah, play it safe,

a nice, wide drop, the forehand. Well, this end will virtually close

The Southern Hemisphere use that type of measuring a lot - cross ted

fingers. Three shots, -- crossed fingers.

Andy Thomson through to the quarterfinals. Indeed, the story of

the week has been the loss of world champions in the first round. They

are faring slightly better in the second. The draw will confirm David

Gourlay and Andy Thomson are safely through. Greg Harlow is the

bookmaker's favourite to win the event. Thomson and Stuart Anderson

are both eight to one. And the 18- year-old from Wales, who conquered

Paul Foster, Ross Owen, is 16 to one.

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one. Yep, took one away. Left the other one. Good bowl. Could have

been better. But just a one-shot it really doesn't make any

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difference, John. Greg still has to He's right in again.

tie break. But there's a certain amount of pressure here.

Oh! LAUGHS Magical. Has he dropped he's dropped away from the jack.

Two players coming up to have a look at this. That was so

unfortunate. So unfortunate to drop back. Tremendous bowling. No doubt

that's one of the best games we've seen at this championship. And

Allan Thornhouse said he just slightly favours green. The boys

having a bit of a laugh, as you see this bowl just touches the jack. It

had to miss the jack, and then it changing the backhand. Safer there.

I also think he's lined the shot. Yes, he's going deep. He reckons

his line - and that's a set lie and he doesn't want to disturb it. More

or less, he's saying, "If you want the shot, you're gonna have to play

area. Will he get back? It's hard to get back there. Really just

keeps away from it very slightly, the extra weight. Anything off that,

Nicky, because you want to keep your concentration here. Very

want to get too close to it. And he's sort of moving up the rink and

then stopping, moving back, moving up again. He's just not quite sure

what to do with this one. And the problem for him is if he plays the

green bowl out with the next delivery, a match lie against him.

Another deep bowl might be useful, John, I would suggest.

Yeah. Just thinking the other option, to try and block that

forehnd. -- forehand.

Try and make it awkward for Nicky the lock or drop bowl in the weight.

Just looking at the back position there, John, anything in there

might be useful, just in case Nicky plays red bowl on the jack. If he's

able to get in that area, that would stop that shot completely.

think that's probably the best option.

actually, but that's just in case Nicky Brett decides to hit it hard

to go all the way through. There's still a chance of squeezing the

bowl on the jack to the deep red one. But, of course, Greg has the

last delivery. This is a massive bowl for Nicky

just the way he dropped it. He's away to pick up Greg's bowl. Yes,

he's missed the chance. He can't measure it. He's bringing the bowl

OFFICIAL: One shot, second set. Greg Harlow, match tie break.

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this ball. OFFICIAL: Nick won thes to.

has been pushed all the -- the world number two, Greg Harlow, has

been pushed all the way by Nick Brett.

Greg Harlow's fought back to win the second 9-7. It's been a match

of very, very high quality. Great bowling, great conversions.

And now we're into the three-end shot. Don't need to worry about

accumulated shots. It'shots. It' of in one end. He's played a great

game of bowls, but just one tactical mistake, John, where he's

dropped the bowl in the ditch and lost the double. After Greg played

a really good last delivery. But he's matched Greg all the way in

this match and it's been a tremendous game. No doubt about

that. Super, super bowling. It's a shame to be a loser. But somebody

is gonna lose. But it's been a wonderful game. And more drama to

Gently, jepblgty on the jack. He's held -- gently, gently on the jack.

He's held on. Greg Harlow was pushed all the way by England's

David, who took him to a tie break. First round, Nicky Brett had a

comfortable win over Simon Martin from Ireland. His first appearance

here at Potters Leisure Resort and the World Championship, so a bit

a tie break. He wants to attack this. Forehand runner. Just on the

is the shot could go out of the head very easily. So he will need

another one in. At the same time, the back position is against him.

Try and get to the green bowl. but the green bowl can be pumped

into the red one. That's what he's forehand to try and get into this

bowl. If he gets into the bowl, it's a right angle. He will push it

onto the red and force the red bowl out. That leaves at least one green

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Might get the front one away. Yes, I thought he had one of them.

He's trying to get back to a draw weight after the running ball. He's

improved it, as it sounds. Give himself something on the other side.

Get off the red bowl. Yes, he's got a shoulder. Oh, it's what Greg does

- I wonder whether he try and stop this shot? I know what you're

thinking of, because what we're looking at here is not this bowl,

but the one after for Nick, he will be playing down the forehand to

rest. I wonder can Greg play something to take that away? Or

will he play on the backhand but try and stop it by getting a good

bowl in behind the jack. He won't want to drop another bowl anywhere

near that jack. He will go through on the backhand side.

He's got two good bowlness there, though. The bags position is

t bowl. He doesn't really need to

worry about the deepest one at the moment. It's a backhand draw. He's

looking to come down now. This is cross - a bit too far.

Wanted the other side of the T, I would have thought. Now, then, a

bowl for the round. Oh, this is tough. This is such a hard shot to

play after a running bowl. options just overplaying off his

here for this shot, he was narrow. Not narrow this time. No, he's not.

Has he got the weight right? He's in the area. He's very close. Is he

gonna get a connection? He's got a Such hard luck for Nicky Brett.

Well, he couldn't have played this much better. Gets the gap. Can you

believe that? He certainly can. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know how you

feel, Nick. We've all been there. Not easy to take, but it's one each.

The last end. A one-end shoot-out for a place in

the quarterfinal. I think it's Nicky Brett. That was

a really good delivery, John. You know, nine times out of ten he

would have got an edge, something locked in. Yeah, nine times out of

ten you lock on the jack, gets a hole... Right down to the wire now,

Dave. Well, that's what champions good value in this match. Obviously

taking into account the quality of the opponent as well.

He's done really well to get back into the game, Greg. Lost the first

A really good bowl. Looking for a score, a single, in

the last game of the tie break. He's bending in. He doesn't want

the jack first... Oh, he's got the jack first again! Oh, that's

unlucky. Oh, this is great stuff. Again, absolutely brilliant bowl.

He's got the front edge of the jack all the way. Classic bowls.

Two great bowls, very unlucky. Nicky, must be very disappointed

with that. Brett's playing in. I think he

feels he needs another bowl in there. The outside edge. Well, it's

not bad. Nicky might be tempted to play just a little bit over the way.

Then you can go chasing down that backhand all day and miss it.

Just getting down a time. That's all. Oh, he's good again. Surely he

will get back. He's very close. He's not up! Oh, I don't believe it.

He's not up. What a line that was. Anything behind the jack was good.

He's very conscious of the fact if he plays over the weight too much,

it won't get back down to centre there for a bit of protection. What

do you think, Dave? Well, I think I would be playing the forehand just

to try and get in behind the jack. The trouble with a backhand, if he

goes wide and leaves a target, if he drops off and gets a shoulder,

the perfect bowl would be right in front of the jack. There's a risk

here - if he doesn't play this absolutely perfect. So they have

both been playing the forehand really well when they have moved on

bowl. That's the shot I was thinking of on the forehand, just

to be a little bit wide of it. That will force Nicky to play pace for

two bowls. And that's not an easy shot.

Wow. What a game. I said there was more drama to come. Brilliant stuff.

And that's why Greg really put his cloth to his face whatever he

played that bowl down. On the forehand, you're playing on the

blind side. It wouldn't have changed the shot, I don't think. I

think Nicky was still playing the forehand. I don't think it helped

Nicky, it didn't give him a bigger target. I think it convinced him to

go heavier, that's all the What a bowl that was. Greg's got -- I

think it convinced him to go heavier, that's all. What a bowl

that was. It looks like a draw shot. No better man to play this.

I have watched him do this time and time again, when he's been backed

to the wall and in a heap of trouble. He's chasing it. He thinks

this is close. It's in the area. thinks it's close! Will it get past

The world number two. gentlemen, your appreciation for

the players. APPLAUSE

APPLAUSE Pearl Harbour So congratulations to

Nicky Brett. He is through to the quarterfinals, where he will now

face another world champion in Andy Thomson. We are back at 10am Monday

morning for a match. And then on BBC Two at 1-thirty PM for what