:00:29. > :00:36.Hello and a very warm welcome to the jurors centre. It was another
:00:36. > :00:44.wonderful day of bowling. Earlier we lost a couple of big name Scott.
:00:44. > :00:50.Today, there were still one or two sticking around. Paul Foster has
:00:50. > :00:56.won every ranking event on the tour. The line like suits him. Is the
:00:56. > :01:05.second Scottish title just around the corner? In his way, Englishman
:01:05. > :01:10.Billy Jackson. An entertainer and a fierce competitor. Les Gillett's
:01:10. > :01:15.win against Alex Marshall was the performance of the tournament.
:01:15. > :01:23.here to win it. I have won the first game. I have conquered a
:01:23. > :01:29.massive hurdle in the first round. Can he see off Robert Weale? To
:01:29. > :01:35.complete today's line-up, a repeat of last year's final. Mervyn King
:01:35. > :01:45.taking on the young pretender Stewart Anderson. This is how it
:01:45. > :01:54.
:01:54. > :02:00.Let's start with one of the most eagerly anticipated at matches,
:02:01. > :02:05.Paul Foster against Billy Jackson. Billy Jackson has won a host of
:02:05. > :02:11.titles over the years. A hugely important member of the English
:02:11. > :02:17.squad, he is a solid performer and tough opponent. Paul Foster is
:02:17. > :02:26.quite simply one of the most successful bowlers around. World
:02:26. > :02:29.champion on four occasions. Add to that success in the Commonwealth
:02:29. > :02:39.Games and numerous after victories and you have got the complete
:02:39. > :02:40.
:02:40. > :03:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:03:52. > :04:00.package. We joined it at the top of benefit in that bowl. The Rhys
:04:00. > :04:10.slight protection. Billy Jackson goes very wide. Gives him an extra
:04:10. > :04:26.
:04:26. > :04:36.swing at the end of the travel. tour against him or one. Just the
:04:36. > :04:45.
:04:46. > :04:55.things did get a chance with his last bowl. That will do.
:04:55. > :05:05.Beautifully done by Paul Foster. It will come back to the re-spot. It
:05:05. > :05:20.
:05:20. > :05:30.will be two balls macro Billy has two bowls. If he can get this
:05:30. > :05:40.
:05:41. > :05:50.really close, it put Paul into some opportunity to take this ball off
:05:51. > :05:51.
:05:51. > :05:59.to win the set. He knew he was heavy as soon as the lead at that
:05:59. > :06:09.go. This is a great chance for Billy Jackson to take this said. --
:06:09. > :06:34.
:06:34. > :06:44.chance! MARKER: The set is tied. Billy Jackson will have rued that
:06:44. > :06:48.
:06:48. > :06:58.during the 6th end of the second set and still they cannot be
:06:58. > :07:32.
:07:32. > :07:37.Jackie Highe. -- jack high. Such an important tournament, the first of
:07:37. > :07:47.the year, because you really want to start banking those ranking
:07:47. > :07:50.
:07:50. > :07:53.points. The provisional list comes out after this. You really want to
:07:53. > :08:03.get the point in the bag so you know you can relax in the next
:08:03. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:16.tournament. Billy Jackson at 14, his highest ranking. He was nine
:08:16. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :09:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:09:54. > :09:59.last year. The bounce off the green here. He will not want to give
:09:59. > :10:07.Billy Jackson a catch. That is definitely two. Missed the chance
:10:07. > :10:15.to make it at travel. -- Mick Treble. I thought he would have
:10:15. > :10:25.been slightly lighter -- wider coming around. The trouble for
:10:25. > :10:26.
:10:26. > :10:36.Billy is he would really like to attack this. He would like to come
:10:36. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:45.right into the bowl on the jack. He would like to give the ball at
:10:45. > :10:55.chance to trawl the shot. Very dangerous when there are gaps. That
:10:55. > :11:05.is the risk. If you catch one of the gaps, you use a double. --
:11:05. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:14.loses. He decided to be bold. Paul Foster with a two shot advantage.
:11:14. > :11:22.It is two tries again for this sort of shot. -- the game is too tight
:11:22. > :11:32.for this kind of shot. It looked good. It held off. I am sure he
:11:32. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:52.Paul Forster, who lost at this stage last season to Mervyn King,
:11:52. > :11:52.
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:12:42. > :12:52.went on to win the tournament. -- Foster bringing the matter all the
:12:52. > :13:10.
:13:10. > :13:20.will be the favourite to take the match. The 7th end is critical. The
:13:20. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:31.person in front, if he can get the ball in the bag... The person
:13:31. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:41.behind has to chase the match. Forced Billy into playing a little
:13:41. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:14.marker was out very quickly. So move off the backhand from Paul
:14:14. > :14:24.Foster. -- smooth. This is a good end for Paul. He has left the
:14:24. > :14:25.
:14:25. > :14:35.Channel. I have a feeling Billy will go again. The re-spot on that
:14:35. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:46.side is worth two shot if he can get to the jack. -- shots. Even
:14:46. > :14:59.
:14:59. > :15:09.unlucky in some ways. He played a really good bowl. He needed it to
:15:09. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:39.go all the way of the rink. -- off little bit more weight to? Yes. I
:15:39. > :15:49.think he played it exceptionally well. It just needed at thin edge.
:15:49. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :16:00.Very unlucky. Good end of Balls. Interesting. Paul Foster responding,
:16:00. > :16:00.
:16:00. > :16:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:16:58. > :17:07.having lost three ends in Foster Will come behind at this
:17:07. > :17:17.stage of the match. His ideal ball would be to turn the jack around
:17:17. > :17:22.
:17:22. > :17:32.the corner and get behind it. Billie might have to think about
:17:32. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:06.has created a massive problem for him. Once he got inside it, that
:18:06. > :18:16.was it. He was always going to be in trouble. It would have been
:18:16. > :18:25.better to miss it. Anyway, Paul Foster... Tried to get behind the
:18:25. > :18:32.jack to get some cover. That is good cover. It forces Billy into
:18:32. > :18:41.playing the Balls or the jack. He needs a clean jack. He will wonder
:18:41. > :18:49.up the rink to have a look at it. - - he will go. Billy Jackson on the
:18:49. > :18:56.edge of the elimination here. could get a really good result if
:18:56. > :19:01.he played something similar to what he played the last time. If he was
:19:01. > :19:11.to get to the edge of the jack and bring it across at this sort of
:19:11. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:22.angle, which is possible, he could get a Malta ball -- Malta Paul...
:19:22. > :19:28.That would be ideal to come into the count. Even if he takes two of
:19:28. > :19:35.the green balls out, he is still four down into the last end.
:19:35. > :19:45.Against Paul Foster, that is not really a great position to be in.
:19:45. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :19:56.It would be a massive bowl if he drew it. It is possible to draw.
:19:56. > :20:06.There is enough room. There is plenty of weight and plenty of
:20:06. > :20:08.
:20:08. > :20:11.power. MARKER: The match to Paul Foster. Paul Foster wins the match
:20:11. > :20:18.after a tight first set in which Billy Jackson had the opportunity
:20:18. > :20:28.to win with his last ball but did not do so. Paul Foster goes through
:20:28. > :20:30.
:20:30. > :20:38.You have to work for it today? always have against Billy. Every
:20:38. > :20:45.single match we play against each other it is always a tight match.
:20:45. > :20:52.You were sitting after five ends level and the second? Every game
:20:52. > :21:02.has been a cracker. The big one for Balfe was the last one in the first
:21:02. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:08.set. -- bought Volvos. You won the last four ends. I guess that is
:21:08. > :21:17.what you have to do? Against a player like believe nothing is safe.
:21:17. > :21:27.He kept pegging the back. Paul Foster looking pretty good this
:21:27. > :21:29.
:21:29. > :21:39.week. Into the quarter-final. What about Greg Harlow? He faced English
:21:39. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:52.Greg Harlow closed out the first Club was not going to lead his
:21:52. > :21:57.England team-mate take all the glory. He kept putting points on
:21:57. > :22:05.the board. Harlow continued to show why he is considered one of the
:22:05. > :22:15.best bowlers in the world. But although he was playing well, it
:22:15. > :22:18.
:22:18. > :22:28.was singles he was picking up. In the 4th and back of the second set,
:22:28. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:37.Brett gave Greg Harlow something to think about. -- end. Tie-break it
:22:37. > :22:47.was. The bad news for Brett, great is unbelievably good under pressure.
:22:47. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :23:00.He closed out the match after two Two wonderful matches so far. The
:23:00. > :23:04.next so some tremendous Balls. Stuart Anderson against Mervyn King.
:23:04. > :23:13.He did not just won the trophy here last year, he blew everybody away
:23:13. > :23:19.on his way to the title. Winner of the world Championship in 2006,
:23:19. > :23:24.Mervyn is a real match for any player. Stewart Anderson's
:23:24. > :23:29.appearance in the final last year surprised nobody. He had 10 months
:23:29. > :23:37.earlier reached the last two of the world championships. His rise has
:23:37. > :23:43.been meteoric. He currently lives on - Mackin Pontypool and plays
:23:43. > :23:53.under the flag of Wales. But he is as Scottish as they come. We joined
:23:53. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:14.it at the start of the 6th end, is that his partner is also a
:24:14. > :24:19.
:24:19. > :24:29.be watching this at home. Suzanne, Mervyn's wife, is also a very
:24:29. > :24:29.
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:25:47. > :25:52.ball. Always good to see Billy coming up to see Stewart. He always
:25:52. > :26:02.manages to bring shortbread and other little goodies, which keeps
:26:02. > :26:04.
:26:04. > :26:14.us suitably look after. A Baker by trade, of course. I have not seen
:26:14. > :26:16.
:26:17. > :26:26.them yet! We are like Gallas! -- Gallas! His son is in a little bit
:26:27. > :26:27.
:26:27. > :26:34.of trouble here. Three against him. He wants to get off the short ball.
:26:34. > :26:38.The wrong side. It looks like a decent size of head-first Stuart
:26:38. > :26:48.Anderson to play into. But he has been a little bit wary of playing
:26:48. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:23.pace. Both players with one bowl to is going very wide. Trying to get
:27:23. > :27:33.to the green. If Stuart attacks on the backhand, which he probably
:27:33. > :27:33.
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:28:37. > :28:42.made no improvement at all there. A Usually he is a lot more accurate.
:28:43. > :28:52.It was the right place to play it on the backhand, but he has pulled
:28:53. > :28:53.
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:31:16. > :31:26.the opponents down to singles or he find a way back? He is not going
:31:26. > :31:26.
:31:26. > :31:36.to hold on to it. He is playing better, but not holding on to the
:31:36. > :31:36.
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:33:40. > :33:50.has gone. He. Preparing mentally for the next one. -- he will start
:33:50. > :33:50.
:33:50. > :35:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:35:07. > :35:17.of his consistency. In the meantime, Mervyn King keeps blasting away at
:35:17. > :35:33.
:35:33. > :35:43.Anderson Scottish when he wins and Welsh when he loses? It is just not
:35:43. > :35:43.
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:36:30. > :36:40.King. -- prefer set. We we join it in the aide said. King has a three-
:36:40. > :37:01.
:37:01. > :37:11.right-eyed Here comes Stewart Anderson. Can he connect? Now he is
:37:11. > :37:25.
:37:25. > :37:35.in a lot of trouble. He has got one distance. Its 1.5 inches. He knows
:37:35. > :37:35.
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:38:20. > :38:26.that bowl is locked in, but not edge, it would be better. If he
:38:26. > :38:36.brings the jack in this direction, he will get the shot. Either way he
:38:36. > :39:12.
:39:12. > :39:17.It's a repeat of last year's final results. Mervyn King, the defending
:39:17. > :39:25.champion, it moves into the quarter-final. He has defeated
:39:25. > :39:35.Stewart Anderson. A comprehensive Stewart Anderson. A comprehensive
:39:35. > :39:38.
:39:38. > :39:42.It almost seems like deja-vu. playing well in Scotland. I got off
:39:42. > :39:47.the blocks well from the start and kept up most of the game. Stewart,
:39:47. > :39:56.if you kept knocking at the door, but he was not there to let you in.
:39:56. > :40:00.He was relentless. I thought I played well, but he did not stop.
:40:00. > :40:10.was talking to Ian Bond, who you would be playing in the next round.
:40:10. > :40:11.
:40:11. > :40:15.He was really worried. Well, the last time I played him, he beat me.
:40:15. > :40:23.You said that you played a good game, but when he is on that kind
:40:23. > :40:30.of form, no-one can touch him. I was glad to play well myself, but
:40:30. > :40:35.to come up like that against him, he will take a lot of stopping.
:40:35. > :40:39.Digging you can win again? I think so. I need to be consistent. If a
:40:39. > :40:47.player like that, I have got a chance. But we will see what
:40:47. > :40:57.happens tomorrow. The last match of the day featured Alex Marshall --
:40:57. > :41:06.
:41:06. > :41:12.Les Gillett. A friend of mine from Banbury started calling me that. He
:41:12. > :41:18.called me Razor on the green and it has stuck ever since. Alex is
:41:18. > :41:22.always going to be a hard man to beat. He has not got the best of
:41:22. > :41:26.records on this rink. I think if I had played him at Potters, the
:41:26. > :41:34.result would have been different because he seemed to produce the
:41:34. > :41:40.goods there. I guess it was my day. I could not have bowled a better
:41:40. > :41:49.tie break. The first end of the tie-break, I now do on my first
:41:49. > :41:59.bowl. I didn't get beaten. For afterwards, I now do it again on
:41:59. > :42:07.
:42:07. > :42:12.the third end. I just sat back and relaxed. It could be a slow
:42:12. > :42:19.deliberate game. I might try and rush him a little bit and making
:42:20. > :42:24.pay a bit faster. I use my heck plural macro on a regular basis, so
:42:24. > :42:29.I know what they do for me. I know how they react on different
:42:29. > :42:33.surfaces. I know what I can and cannot do with them, so they are my
:42:33. > :42:38.best friends at the moment. I have got a very supportive wife. She
:42:38. > :42:45.wants me to succeed. My company had given me time off this week to
:42:45. > :42:53.allow me to come here. I have got a high-pressure job, so it is good
:42:53. > :42:59.for them to let me have the time off. I had been supported well. I
:42:59. > :43:05.am in it to win it. I am here and I won the first game. I conquered a
:43:05. > :43:11.massive hurdle in the first round and Robert is equally it a bigger
:43:11. > :43:15.challenge as Alex was. I am in it to win it. I would try my hardest.
:43:15. > :43:21.I need to crack the first round, which I have not done up here for a
:43:22. > :43:26.couple of years. I am keen to do well. Les Gillett looking confident
:43:26. > :43:36.and determined in that match against Alex Marshall. But so was
:43:36. > :43:38.
:43:38. > :43:41.the guy he met a day - a Robert Weale. His list of achievements are
:43:41. > :43:47.impressive. He did not perform to his usual standards last year,
:43:47. > :43:57.going out in the first round. But reaching the last eight in the
:43:57. > :43:57.
:43:57. > :44:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:44:38. > :44:48.world's, he shows he is still a always been there for their about.
:44:48. > :44:48.
:44:48. > :45:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:45:43. > :45:53.to build it up too much because it gives another target. A good line
:45:53. > :45:53.
:45:53. > :47:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:47:28. > :47:38.was the second one, Robert Weale has always been there, always
:47:38. > :47:38.
:47:38. > :48:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:48:24. > :48:34.appreciate how hard that shot is on miniscule at times. He was hoping
:48:34. > :48:34.
:48:34. > :49:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:49:54. > :50:04.the second shot. He is looking to come in here and myth that won a
:50:04. > :50:31.
:50:31. > :50:41.another end. To be fair, he could play this and it goes wrong. He
:50:41. > :50:42.
:50:42. > :50:49.knows that and that is that thing. He is going harder. He is close!.
:50:49. > :50:59.Well played. That is terrific from at Les Gillett. He is relieved and
:50:59. > :50:59.
:50:59. > :53:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:53:20. > :53:24.bowl to be good. It is decent. It he might have been tempted to swap.
:53:24. > :53:32.That is the one thing he did not want to do, that is why he should
:53:32. > :53:42.have changed his hand. That was a danger. It did look plum in the
:53:42. > :53:42.
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:55:26. > :55:36.If I was lairs, I would be straight a great bowl. Very difficult now
:55:36. > :56:07.
:56:07. > :56:13.for less. -- for Les Gillett. now is back on his forehand. All he
:56:13. > :56:23.is looking to do now is try and come in and somehow bring it into
:56:23. > :57:02.
:57:02. > :57:07.throughout and so consistent. but the better player one that game.
:57:07. > :57:14.A quarter-final place for Robert Weale. As we go through the
:57:14. > :57:23.tournament the quality of play gets better and picking out the best
:57:23. > :57:33.shot gets harder. Might shock of the day is between Hartley and Greg
:57:33. > :57:38.
:57:38. > :57:46.Harlow. It is a fascinating game. Greg Harlow is in red, but hardly
:57:47. > :57:56.steals the set. Harlow plays the most difficult shot on the portable
:57:56. > :58:00.rink. That is the backhand with controlled weight. He get the jack,
:58:00. > :58:05.answering the perfect. He takes the set. It was a fantastic bowl under
:58:05. > :58:15.pressure. That is why this particular shock is my shot of the
:58:15. > :58:20.
:58:20. > :58:30.day. -- shot. A glorious shot, but it could be one of many play today.
:58:30. > :58:42.
:58:42. > :58:49.from 1pm tomorrow afternoon. Please join us for that if you can. That