World Pairs final, World Singles first round Bowls Extra

Hello, everyone. Welcome to highlights from the World Indoor

Bowls Championship at the Potters Indoor Leisure Resort. We're in for

a thriller if it's as exciting as MUSIC

First up was the defending champion and world number one, Paul Foster,

against an 18-year-old from Wales. They shared the first set. As we

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join it in the second, Foster was Just over two inches. And a gap of

four inches. Asking the distances. Seven or eight inches, you feel you

can draw the shot, especially with Paul's bowl. He's felt as though

his own bowl was in the way for the draw. Once again, he's trying to

push the bowl up. It's a good try, but he was always going to get

blocked on the green. The weight was good but it might force Ross to

drift in on the backhand. He's so quick. He just goes for it. If this

bowl finishes between the jack, it's going to create a problem here

lined the shot and has the back position. This is a hard hit here.

He doesn't want the green bowl on to the jack. This is a difficult

winging bowls, so I think it will be a draw here. It's too difficult

bowls. Well, Ross, this might be worth a little gamble here. What

you're talking about, he's getting that bowl there on to the jack,

forcing things through in to this position. The bowl comes through

himself, possibly a three. Very dangerous, though. I think he's

playing it, David. I think he's playing it and I don't think he's

far away. Needs an edge. He's got the edge. Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

he was going for it but got the edge for the three.

(APPLAUSE) We could see it. Pushes the ball

into the jack. A fortunate rub. Could that be a big three? Well

done. Good acknowledgment. It was a bit of a fluke but that's all part

of the game. Yes. He wasn't far away to be fair. I give him full

credit for playing the shot and advantage of the first bowl.

Getting in close. And Paul Foster, he needs to keep cool. He's been

here before. Try not to disturb him too much. He was two down. Now he's

one down. So all to play for but I don't think any of us expected Paul

Foster to have to play as well as he's been playing. And to be pushed

just as much by the 18-year-old. Whoever loses this game is going to

be pleased the way they play it. But they'll be disappointed to go

out because they've both played really well. Looks like the shot

coming in. Need to get back, though. the back there. Munching away.

They're just waiting for the dead all levels. The opposition support

have arrived in, just to see how things are going. Having played for

England for many years, we're used to the support, shall we say, going

against us. Gathering and waiting giving it away. Just as well, he

had very good weight, though. That's a plant now, David. As you

could see, red on to green. It moves the jack. Well, it's

certainly an option. If he wants to play in to it to get to there, he

will spring the bowl on to the jack. He's playing it on the forehand.

This is a hard shot. Such a difficult shot. You know what,

David, he's close. He's very, very close here. He's got the ball clean.

Unlucky. That was so unlucky. That was really unlucky. Didn't like the

edge. Unlucky young Ross. To be fair, he got a break. That end, he

bowl. Big bias. Here it comes. This looks like the one. That drops away.

Just the one. 5-5. Two ends to go. Defending champion. It's just so

would be level with only two ends to play. Full credit to both

his ability to get out of trouble with weight. Short bowls are never

start thinking about getting in the second shot position because if he

loses a single, he would be happy to go last end one down. Not an

easy hand, this forehand. Very demanding in terms of pace. He's in

the area. It's going to stop in quick pace. It's getting to the

crucial stages now. There's danger behind the head is not a bad bowl

here from Paul. He has to be careful with this one. Extremely

careful. You don't want to leave a shoulder or give the shot away.

It's very close, though. And he's also very close to this jack. Has

to be careful. That was the danger that we identified very early.

don't quite know why he played that. There's not a lot to be gained from

it. Ross should go down and look at this because if you fall back on a

jack, he could give the shot away as well. He should settle for going

in the last end one up. That's why he's dropping by the looks of it.

think he's near it but this is so for Paul to get the shot. Even

that's blocking them out slightly. There's a shot in the backhand but

the jack will be released. Paul has to take his punishment here. He's

only one down. That was just unbelievable to play the forehand.

I can understand, I think we could all understand what he was trying

to do. It would have been the perfect bowl to make a treble. The

best result is to try and go behind the jack and try and fall back on

it. I tell you what, he's very close to it. What an effort. He's

Paul Foster. Touches the jack. Rolls in. Great effort, Paul.

magical bowls by Paul Foster. He shouldn't even be thinking about

playing this bowl. Walk away. Don't even attempt this. He's young. He

doesn't care. Please, don't be reaching. Please, don't be reaching.

He could have given it away. Unbelievable. What was he doing? To

be 18 again! He doesn't care. What a game. This is unbelievable stuff.

Absolutely terrific. I don't care about finals and things like this

when you get a first round match of this quality. Just the young man

knows no fear. He's playing a great game of bowls. He's been superb.

Nobody deserves to lose this now. Unbelievable to think of the four

times world champion, current and defending champion, Paul Foster,

could geout in the first round. We're here now and I still favour

him, even though he's one behind, I still favour him. It's not a bad

position. If you have the last bowl, it's OK. Ross has given him a bit

backhand again because the forehand, one. Will he get back in time.

swinging bowl he will drop in. is the one where he wants a good

shot here with his second delivery. He's working away back from this.

It can only be on weight because his line is good. Play the forehand.

Any movement on the jack is brilliant for you. He's happier on

the back. It's a narrow hand with him with those bowls. He has to

just skim the red ones. Well, David, the shot bowl is now coming in.

This is going to be the winner. That's the number one. He's played

the forehand extremely well every time he's moved on to it. He will

certainly be moving on to it now. If you want to do it with a third

bowl, Paul, you don't want to have one bowl left to save the

championship. I think it's too wide and heavy. I don't think he's going

to get back here. Wow. He has done exactly that. And I still feel that

young Ross needs a closer bowl. They're all gathering now. They've

all arrived in to see. They're all discussing what he has to do here.

The Welsh contingeant. -- contingement. I thought he would

stick to the backhand. He's moved to the forehand. He's dropped it

short. You can understand that. Under tremendous pressure. I'd be

shaking like a leaf out there, at 18 years of age, I would have been.

But he's against Paul Foster, probably the hottest favourite for

many years to win this championship. The man of the moment for the last

two or three years in particular. Well, we talk about a shot at the

championship. If he draws the shot here, this will be the bowl of the

championship. The Welsh contingement up there. All the

Welsh stars are there. Now he won shot of the year for the bowl he

played against you, Andy. I picked it. I thought it was fantastic.

Thanks for reminding me. But it was unbelievable. This is right up

there. The pressure is on. It's a forehand draw? Yes. Has to be that.

Just thinking that the way Paul's playing the forehand, if he drops

in on it and settles for the single, what he's looking at s there any

angles to get through to try and make the double. Normally Paul

Foster would go down, draw this, go in to the tie-break and rely on his

experience. I don't think he should go for any more than one shot.

There's no connections that I can see here for running bowls. It's

very undecided. Normally would go down and play the forehand. Not

good signs of this for Paul. wonder if he's thinking to play

over the way and hope it stops with his own bowl. Everything is so

difficult for the running bowl in that forehand. He's done all he can.

He's pushed the master all the way. One bowl to saifrbg himself here.

The pressure on this bowl. -- save himself here. The pressure on this

bowl. He's in the area. He's too wide. Surely it's too wide. Won't

get back. Paul Foster has been put out of the World Singles

Championship by the 18-year-old from Wales. What a result by the

teenager. An unbelievable result. We're all shocked here. We see the

defending champion lose the match. What an unbelievable result for the

What an unbelievable result for the teenager from Wales. First of all,

your reaction to going out surprisingly in the first round of

Congratulations, is it beginning to sink in you've just beaten the

four-time world champion? No. I just came here to play as well as I

could and see what happens on the day. I got a few good results. It's

just my day today. The old adage that you take each game as it comes

or have you been thinking about this game? Yeah. I play my game and

I can give anyone a game when I'm playing my best bowls. So Ross Owen

is through to the last 16. He plays the former champion next. The

champion has waved goodbye to the tournament, Paul Foster. Paul

Foster didn't have long to reflect on that defeat. A few hours later,

he met his good mate to defend he met his good mate to defend

length or at least in conversation. And he said, "Anywhere you want."

It means you put it where you can think you can get close. It's so

important the lead just gets something. Let's get this bowl

within a foot. All the way down. That's better.

stays in play, having touched the jack. It's removed and forms so

further part in that end. -- no He's given Paul a choice. It's a

hard shot on the forehand. I think Paul has asked Alex, "What would

you play?" You still get the shot. Good effort. The touch, he might

have made second. But it means now that he's got two bowls in the area.

He will play a confident shot in the forehand. See how he can try

and block that if he can. Lovely auditorium here in this

international arena. A great place to play bowls. It's intimidating

but exhilarating at the same time. Yes. Best place in the world to

play bowls. A big crowd. Best place and the worst place. If you're

playing badly, it's not very nice. But it's great if you're playing

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is such a difficult hand to play with controlled weight on. He has

to time it. Reverting to his favourite backhand in this

Depends how much it drifts across. The gap is there. You can make it

through that gap. It can certainly do damage. This is just a draw from

Alex. He doesn't want to take his own red ball out. If that's the

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case then, it has to be very but it's in a good home. Strange

how they struggled the previous time going in this direction. He

shot here. This looks close. A bit unfortunate. Unlucky. That will

give Alex the opportunity with a bit more pace. Looking at the front

plant to see whether it should catch the bowl or not? I can

understand why he's looking at it. He's going to take a chance on it.

And he's going to get in to there to get in to the jack if he can.

Not an easy shot this. Very close. What a horrible result. Well,

that's just so unlucky. That was perfect bowls. This is the perfect

bowl. Jack in to the ditch. Rebounds off the red. Oh, dear.

That's cruel. I can't do much about it. That's just the way it is. But

you don't really mind it too much if it's one shot. There's no doubt

about it, Robert will be scoring with this bowl. There's a lot of

pressure on Alex's last bowl. doesn't want to be too short.

wasn't. A loose bowl there from Robert. It's a really loose bowl.

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Even turning the jack would have here. Nine world singles titles

between them. Best friends as well away from the game and total

confidence in each other's ability. Last year, winning has given them a

lot of confidence. They're playing better now as a pair. It's the

dream combination. Paul is probably a matter of a clear road and he's

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right on it. That's a good shot as lurking. Oh, it's held up. Good

enough for the single. The bowl play. It is a hard shot to play.

Shot off the forehand might be a better shot. It's so difficult to

play. Even the best in the world think about it twice. On a normal

carpet, he would reach through. But it's just a difficult shot. Tes a

low percentage. -- It's a low percentage. Paul is asking it to

run. It's not running. He's made it not reaching. Well, it closes it

down a little bit. That's not too bad. I think it's finished OK. This

is awkward for Alex. Really awkward. Looking at the big swing on the

forehand, isn't he? All sorts of angles but there is a possibility

of swinging in there. Coming off the edge of the bowl to try and use

to get to his own and fall back. Nothing in the backhand? No, there

isn't. He walked far away. A big But it's been chipped away. The

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Jason has played his backhand pretty well the last couple of

occasions. A chance for Paul to make this really difficult for

mate. He would be very tempted with the forehand. There are some plants

coming in to the jack. I don't think he's comfortable on the

forehand side. I think play the hand and get comfortable to draw

the shot. Avoided it for some reason and we've seen him in

previous matches it plays pretty well. It's all right, mate. Keep

going at it. I love playing many bowls on this side. Jason likes it.

He's certainly given it a go. tendency to bounce. He puts this

one in. It's virtually impossible for it to be drawn. Trying to close

it down. Trying to call it between the green bowl and jack would be

similar bowl to his last. I think it's a draw in the forehand. Coming

off the bowl, trying to get to the edge of the bowl. Widen the angle a

little bit for you. His first bowl was good. He's basically trying to

repeat his previous deliveries. though. This is to retrieve the set.

not sure. I don't think he's running. Good try. One shot, the

running. Good try. One shot, the first set to Foster and Marshall.

Foster and Marshall went on to take the second set comfortably and only

the second partnership to retain the pairs title in history. To win

any title is a great feat and it was disapointing to lose the

singles. But to bounce back, it's great. It's a dream come true.

Winning it for the second time and only the second pair to retain the

title. You must be proud of that? It's very special. When we won it

last year, it was great to be back in the final again this year. This

man was awesome. He got beat this morning in the singles. It shows

you what a true champion he is to come back and bounceback like that.

It was indeed. -- bounce back like that. It was indeed. Did you need

time to think about the defeat or was it easy to forget about it?

wasn't easy. But we had a 20-minute talk and got ourselves together. At

the end of the day, I wasn't coming out to play another singles match.

I couldn't let my partner down. I appreciate his comments. I just

want to say great work to them. The second set didn't reflect the score.

Don't forget we're on BBC Two Earlier this morning, David Gourlay

was in action. He was up against was to close it down and he knows

it. A bit of head gear to protect off the television lights. This is

very risky stuff from David. He's got the gap, has he? He's just

pushed it out. A lot depends on whether this jack has managed to

stay on the edge of the rink or not. And it's very, very close. He might

need to use the gun side on this. whether the jack stays is the

interesting bit. It's mounted on a tripod. It's lined up on the edge

of the rink and looks down the rink to see if the jack is cutting the

yellow marker on the bank. That was introduced in 1989 by memory,

following some problems with regards to using what we used to

have was a thread coming down, a line, like a fish line. It was

taken away and a gun sight was introduced. It's very accurate.

Jonathan Ross will draw the shot have the delivery. This is a very

big bowl for David Gourlay. will take a three-shot lead. But if

he fails, well, there will be advantage to Jonathan Ross. Didn't

seem to get that one away too well. He certainly pushed it out wide.

Something is not right about it, though. Is it going to stop in

time? Is it going to stop in time? That's the problem. It's carrying

weight. He may have ruled away from it. I think it might be one to red

and that's a mistake. That's a big mistake from David Gourlay. From a

match he was in complete control, a few ends ago, there's a lot of

trouble now. Didn't look to get single, a double, and a single,

brings the scores down to 6-5. Jonathan Ross has managed to put

away the disappointment of the first set when he lost it 9-3.

Looked in a bit of trouble at one stage. In the second set, he was 6-

1 down after five ends. Fought back well to take a single, a double and

Giving this one a real good look. He's been very good on the 28, 29

metre jack length. He's struggling to match David Gourlay. Now he's

causing problems for him. Jonathan represented Ireland for many years

before moving to Scotland some six or seven years ago and now he

represents Scotland. He's up against the new performance

coordinator, the coach manager now for Scotland, David Gourlay. He's

been appointed to take through their performance programme to the

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in a few years time. He's dropped short.

Just not getting there, David want to get behind this bowl. It

will set up a target. Another three or four inches would have been good.

A shake of the head. He knows he has a problem. David Gourlay plays

the running bowl. It's his faifrlt side. Here -- favourite side. Here

it comes. Two bowls out. Jack would be good. Got both and jack. Jack in

the ditch. David Gourlay bowl will be a long, long way away. That's

very beatable. By virtue of it touching the jack, it stays live in

is not going to make it at this level. A chance for Jonathan Ross

to push this one in to within three or four feet. It put the pressure

on David Gourlay. Oh, Johnny, he will be disappointed with that.

Jonathan Ross needs a double in this end to take the set. A drawn

set is not good enough. So David Gourlay will be thinking, "As long

as I get past the red ball, I'm good." This makes it very, very

difficult for Jonathan. Joining the shots is not enough. He has to try

and conjure up a double. Didn't waste any time walking down. This

is a very hard shot to try and play, to push a bowl in. Stay on the rink

try and do this if he can on the inside. Bowl and run through

himself. He hasn't made it on the run through. He's pushed it in for

a single shot. And that's good enough just for the one but not

good enough to take the set. But Johnny Ross draws it. But it's

David Gourlay who wins the match. He's the first man through to the

quarterfinal of the World quarterfinal of the World

Professional Singles. Confirmation David Gourlay is the first man

through to the quarterfinals at the expense of Jonathan Ross. A

reminder we're on the red button at 10am in the morning. And we're on