Round 2 Bowls: Scottish International Open

Hello and a very warm welcome to the jurors centre. It was another

wonderful day of bowling. Earlier we lost a couple of big name Scott.

Today, there were still one or two sticking around. Paul Foster has

won every ranking event on the tour. The line like suits him. Is the

second Scottish title just around the corner? In his way, Englishman

Billy Jackson. An entertainer and a fierce competitor. Les Gillett's

win against Alex Marshall was the performance of the tournament.

here to win it. I have won the first game. I have conquered a

massive hurdle in the first round. Can he see off Robert Weale? To

complete today's line-up, a repeat of last year's final. Mervyn King

taking on the young pretender Stewart Anderson. This is how it

Let's start with one of the most eagerly anticipated at matches,

Paul Foster against Billy Jackson. Billy Jackson has won a host of

titles over the years. A hugely important member of the English

squad, he is a solid performer and tough opponent. Paul Foster is

quite simply one of the most successful bowlers around. World

champion on four occasions. Add to that success in the Commonwealth

Games and numerous after victories and you have got the complete

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package. We joined it at the top of benefit in that bowl. The Rhys

slight protection. Billy Jackson goes very wide. Gives him an extra

swing at the end of the travel. tour against him or one. Just the

things did get a chance with his last bowl. That will do.

Beautifully done by Paul Foster. It will come back to the re-spot. It

will be two balls macro Billy has two bowls. If he can get this

really close, it put Paul into some opportunity to take this ball off

to win the set. He knew he was heavy as soon as the lead at that

go. This is a great chance for Billy Jackson to take this said. --

chance! MARKER: The set is tied. Billy Jackson will have rued that

during the 6th end of the second set and still they cannot be

Jackie Highe. -- jack high. Such an important tournament, the first of

the year, because you really want to start banking those ranking

points. The provisional list comes out after this. You really want to

get the point in the bag so you know you can relax in the next

tournament. Billy Jackson at 14, his highest ranking. He was nine

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last year. The bounce off the green here. He will not want to give

Billy Jackson a catch. That is definitely two. Missed the chance

to make it at travel. -- Mick Treble. I thought he would have

been slightly lighter -- wider coming around. The trouble for

Billy is he would really like to attack this. He would like to come

right into the bowl on the jack. He would like to give the ball at

chance to trawl the shot. Very dangerous when there are gaps. That

is the risk. If you catch one of the gaps, you use a double. --

loses. He decided to be bold. Paul Foster with a two shot advantage.

It is two tries again for this sort of shot. -- the game is too tight

for this kind of shot. It looked good. It held off. I am sure he

Paul Forster, who lost at this stage last season to Mervyn King,

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went on to win the tournament. -- Foster bringing the matter all the

will be the favourite to take the match. The 7th end is critical. The

person in front, if he can get the ball in the bag... The person

behind has to chase the match. Forced Billy into playing a little

marker was out very quickly. So move off the backhand from Paul

Foster. -- smooth. This is a good end for Paul. He has left the

Channel. I have a feeling Billy will go again. The re-spot on that

side is worth two shot if he can get to the jack. -- shots. Even

unlucky in some ways. He played a really good bowl. He needed it to

go all the way of the rink. -- off little bit more weight to? Yes. I

think he played it exceptionally well. It just needed at thin edge.

Very unlucky. Good end of Balls. Interesting. Paul Foster responding,

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having lost three ends in Foster Will come behind at this

stage of the match. His ideal ball would be to turn the jack around

the corner and get behind it. Billie might have to think about

has created a massive problem for him. Once he got inside it, that

was it. He was always going to be in trouble. It would have been

better to miss it. Anyway, Paul Foster... Tried to get behind the

jack to get some cover. That is good cover. It forces Billy into

playing the Balls or the jack. He needs a clean jack. He will wonder

up the rink to have a look at it. - - he will go. Billy Jackson on the

edge of the elimination here. could get a really good result if

he played something similar to what he played the last time. If he was

to get to the edge of the jack and bring it across at this sort of

angle, which is possible, he could get a Malta ball -- Malta Paul...

That would be ideal to come into the count. Even if he takes two of

the green balls out, he is still four down into the last end.

Against Paul Foster, that is not really a great position to be in.

It would be a massive bowl if he drew it. It is possible to draw.

There is enough room. There is plenty of weight and plenty of

power. MARKER: The match to Paul Foster. Paul Foster wins the match

after a tight first set in which Billy Jackson had the opportunity

to win with his last ball but did not do so. Paul Foster goes through

You have to work for it today? always have against Billy. Every

single match we play against each other it is always a tight match.

You were sitting after five ends level and the second? Every game

has been a cracker. The big one for Balfe was the last one in the first

set. -- bought Volvos. You won the last four ends. I guess that is

what you have to do? Against a player like believe nothing is safe.

He kept pegging the back. Paul Foster looking pretty good this

week. Into the quarter-final. What about Greg Harlow? He faced English

Greg Harlow closed out the first Club was not going to lead his

England team-mate take all the glory. He kept putting points on

the board. Harlow continued to show why he is considered one of the

best bowlers in the world. But although he was playing well, it

was singles he was picking up. In the 4th and back of the second set,

Brett gave Greg Harlow something to think about. -- end. Tie-break it

was. The bad news for Brett, great is unbelievably good under pressure.

He closed out the match after two Two wonderful matches so far. The

next so some tremendous Balls. Stuart Anderson against Mervyn King.

He did not just won the trophy here last year, he blew everybody away

on his way to the title. Winner of the world Championship in 2006,

Mervyn is a real match for any player. Stewart Anderson's

appearance in the final last year surprised nobody. He had 10 months

earlier reached the last two of the world championships. His rise has

been meteoric. He currently lives on - Mackin Pontypool and plays

under the flag of Wales. But he is as Scottish as they come. We joined

it at the start of the 6th end, is that his partner is also a

be watching this at home. Suzanne, Mervyn's wife, is also a very

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ball. Always good to see Billy coming up to see Stewart. He always

manages to bring shortbread and other little goodies, which keeps

us suitably look after. A Baker by trade, of course. I have not seen

them yet! We are like Gallas! -- Gallas! His son is in a little bit

of trouble here. Three against him. He wants to get off the short ball.

The wrong side. It looks like a decent size of head-first Stuart

Anderson to play into. But he has been a little bit wary of playing

pace. Both players with one bowl to is going very wide. Trying to get

to the green. If Stuart attacks on the backhand, which he probably

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made no improvement at all there. A Usually he is a lot more accurate.

It was the right place to play it on the backhand, but he has pulled

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the opponents down to singles or he find a way back? He is not going

to hold on to it. He is playing better, but not holding on to the

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has gone. He. Preparing mentally for the next one. -- he will start

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of his consistency. In the meantime, Mervyn King keeps blasting away at

Anderson Scottish when he wins and Welsh when he loses? It is just not

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King. -- prefer set. We we join it in the aide said. King has a three-

right-eyed Here comes Stewart Anderson. Can he connect? Now he is

in a lot of trouble. He has got one distance. Its 1.5 inches. He knows

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that bowl is locked in, but not edge, it would be better. If he

brings the jack in this direction, he will get the shot. Either way he

It's a repeat of last year's final results. Mervyn King, the defending

champion, it moves into the quarter-final. He has defeated

Stewart Anderson. A comprehensive Stewart Anderson. A comprehensive

It almost seems like deja-vu. playing well in Scotland. I got off

the blocks well from the start and kept up most of the game. Stewart,

if you kept knocking at the door, but he was not there to let you in.

He was relentless. I thought I played well, but he did not stop.

was talking to Ian Bond, who you would be playing in the next round.

He was really worried. Well, the last time I played him, he beat me.

You said that you played a good game, but when he is on that kind

of form, no-one can touch him. I was glad to play well myself, but

to come up like that against him, he will take a lot of stopping.

Digging you can win again? I think so. I need to be consistent. If a

player like that, I have got a chance. But we will see what

happens tomorrow. The last match of the day featured Alex Marshall --

Les Gillett. A friend of mine from Banbury started calling me that. He

called me Razor on the green and it has stuck ever since. Alex is

always going to be a hard man to beat. He has not got the best of

records on this rink. I think if I had played him at Potters, the

result would have been different because he seemed to produce the

goods there. I guess it was my day. I could not have bowled a better

tie break. The first end of the tie-break, I now do on my first

bowl. I didn't get beaten. For afterwards, I now do it again on

the third end. I just sat back and relaxed. It could be a slow

deliberate game. I might try and rush him a little bit and making

pay a bit faster. I use my heck plural macro on a regular basis, so

I know what they do for me. I know how they react on different

surfaces. I know what I can and cannot do with them, so they are my

best friends at the moment. I have got a very supportive wife. She

wants me to succeed. My company had given me time off this week to

allow me to come here. I have got a high-pressure job, so it is good

for them to let me have the time off. I had been supported well. I

am in it to win it. I am here and I won the first game. I conquered a

massive hurdle in the first round and Robert is equally it a bigger

challenge as Alex was. I am in it to win it. I would try my hardest.

I need to crack the first round, which I have not done up here for a

couple of years. I am keen to do well. Les Gillett looking confident

and determined in that match against Alex Marshall. But so was

the guy he met a day - a Robert Weale. His list of achievements are

impressive. He did not perform to his usual standards last year,

going out in the first round. But reaching the last eight in the

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world's, he shows he is still a always been there for their about.

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to build it up too much because it gives another target. A good line

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was the second one, Robert Weale has always been there, always

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appreciate how hard that shot is on miniscule at times. He was hoping

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the second shot. He is looking to come in here and myth that won a

another end. To be fair, he could play this and it goes wrong. He

knows that and that is that thing. He is going harder. He is close!.

Well played. That is terrific from at Les Gillett. He is relieved and

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bowl to be good. It is decent. It he might have been tempted to swap.

That is the one thing he did not want to do, that is why he should

have changed his hand. That was a danger. It did look plum in the

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If I was lairs, I would be straight a great bowl. Very difficult now

for less. -- for Les Gillett. now is back on his forehand. All he

is looking to do now is try and come in and somehow bring it into

throughout and so consistent. but the better player one that game.

A quarter-final place for Robert Weale. As we go through the

tournament the quality of play gets better and picking out the best

shot gets harder. Might shock of the day is between Hartley and Greg

Harlow. It is a fascinating game. Greg Harlow is in red, but hardly

steals the set. Harlow plays the most difficult shot on the portable

rink. That is the backhand with controlled weight. He get the jack,

answering the perfect. He takes the set. It was a fantastic bowl under

pressure. That is why this particular shock is my shot of the

day. -- shot. A glorious shot, but it could be one of many play today.

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