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:00:38. > :00:49.The champion showed exactly why he is number one. Stewart Anderson,

:00:50. > :01:03.champion of the world. The rias is looking so sharp up. One

:01:04. > :01:14.Another brave battling performance. with a true fighter.

:01:15. > :01:22.Another brave battling performance. Pound for pound there is no one

:01:23. > :01:29.binder. -- no one fine. Some real heavyweights of world bowls going to

:01:30. > :01:33.to to this afternoon. Stick around. Today is the day we complete the

:01:34. > :01:40.quarterfinal line-up but already some people have their seats. At the

:01:41. > :01:44.top of the draw, Jonathan Ross managing to get through yesterday,

:01:45. > :01:47.Darren Burnett one as well and Alex Marshall, the six times world

:01:48. > :01:53.champion went out to Greg Harlow. Andy Thomson be David Richardson and

:01:54. > :02:00.this morning Graham MacDougall was knocked out by Jason Greenslade.

:02:01. > :03:36.Let's get to the action. A couple of guys will be taking

:03:37. > :03:38.Let's get to the action. A couple of Hopefully it is going to be a

:03:39. > :03:44.world-class game and I can sneak over the line. He has done

:03:45. > :03:50.incredibly well and it would be good to see a Scots man act in a winning

:03:51. > :03:56.area. I will enjoy my year as world number one and C for we end up but

:03:57. > :04:03.it's the best feeling in the world to be world number one. Ladies and

:04:04. > :04:05.gentlemen, please give a very warm welcome to the Scottish

:04:06. > :04:07.International open defending champion and world number one,

:04:08. > :04:36.Mickey Brett. And the former world champion and

:04:37. > :04:37.winner of the Scottish International open... Stuart Anderson!

:04:38. > :04:52.APPLAUSE To describe the action for this

:04:53. > :04:58.battle is David Corkill and Paul Mitchell in the commentary box.

:04:59. > :05:06.COMMENTATOR: good afternoon everyone. Nicky has but on the last

:05:07. > :05:10.two occasions he has faced this man, he has come out on the losing end.

:05:11. > :05:17.Stewart Anderson has a nice leading edge. He said in his interview he

:05:18. > :05:22.has not hit the form yet. This is an opportunity for him to do that on

:05:23. > :05:27.his home turf and I think the pressure for Nicky will continue to

:05:28. > :05:36.build and against a guy like Stuart Anderson, this will be tough,

:05:37. > :06:12.really. What a contest in prospect. Stewart Anderson gets us under way.

:06:13. > :06:19.One of the problems for Stewart Anderson is that he came onto the

:06:20. > :06:22.scene and was top and it can be hard to maintain that, when you are very

:06:23. > :06:33.young. He is well-known and respected. A good player to play

:06:34. > :06:39.against, he gives everything. Very honest in his interview, he has felt

:06:40. > :06:45.disappointed in himself the last couple of years but has recognised

:06:46. > :06:52.it and is refocusing. He is better than his results have shown. There

:06:53. > :06:58.are very few players that Nicky Brett wanted to hit in the second

:06:59. > :07:03.round, the calibre of someone like Stewart Anderson. Hoping you might

:07:04. > :07:09.get someone on the edge of the top 16, a qualifier coming through. But

:07:10. > :07:14.when you are meeting Stewart Anderson, a potential winner of the

:07:15. > :07:28.event... It is a offer lot different. That was a little shot

:07:29. > :07:35.clock error, a technical error, it happens. It has woken some people

:07:36. > :07:42.up, that is for sure. No one sleeps when that goes off. That has just

:07:43. > :07:47.got a touch but not enough to stop him. It is all done by the motor

:07:48. > :07:52.control. Occasionally, little buttons do not do what they are

:07:53. > :08:25.supposed to do. Just a bit like your television remote control.

:08:26. > :08:45.Traditional, the end result is excellent.

:08:46. > :09:00.An early running bowl. Wants to make it past the front ones.

:09:01. > :09:07.Two shots, Stewart Anderson. Those two against him made no difference

:09:08. > :09:25.with the weighted shot. Stewart Anderson in his seventh

:09:26. > :09:31.Scottish International open, semifinalist in the first year, the

:09:32. > :09:41.final the next against Mervyn King. Jack length is 29 metres. This has

:09:42. > :09:46.been the sticking point for him. He has been out in round two in each of

:09:47. > :09:49.the last four seasons. A little delay. Some of the spectators are

:09:50. > :10:09.coming in. Get them seated. The tendency here, the Dewars Centre

:10:10. > :10:12.in person gets busier as the week goes on.

:10:13. > :10:51.This will be the difference for Nicky Brett in this match, he will

:10:52. > :10:58.have a tough time against Stewart Anderson. A brilliant draw to the

:10:59. > :11:00.jack. He will be very confident about getting close with at least

:11:01. > :11:16.one shot out of the two. A change of hand. Nicky Brett.

:11:17. > :11:39.Coming into a nice finish. I have a feeling we will see a lot

:11:40. > :11:41.of shot play in this match, there will be a lot of close bowls around

:11:42. > :12:12.the jack. Down to the line and falling away.

:12:13. > :12:19.It is very quick off the mat. Making his mind up, Nicky Brett. The

:12:20. > :12:23.fastest player on the circuit, knows exactly what he wants to play and

:12:24. > :12:28.gets on with it. Building up a very nice position, pulling back the jack

:12:29. > :12:50.and Stewart Anderson needs to get at least to the jack.

:12:51. > :13:03.Definitely reaching with this and he has a chance. He has the jack and he

:13:04. > :13:09.needs to stay with it. Nicky Brett to a nanosecond to look at that.

:13:10. > :13:15.Some people would sit around and watch that and say, what am I going

:13:16. > :13:19.to do? He goes down, he will probably play a backhand runner, he

:13:20. > :13:29.is looking for it. Just needs to make it through. Not far away.

:13:30. > :13:34.Brilliant. He does not get the green but he gets the jack. The same

:13:35. > :13:40.effect, he gets three shots. That is impressive. The speed in terms of

:13:41. > :13:49.making up his mind, the execution is perfect. It is half an inch inside,

:13:50. > :13:53.the Green bowl was Kim is a puzzle. Great percentage shot and we will

:13:54. > :13:54.see a lot of that this match because Stewart Anderson can play that as

:13:55. > :15:15.well. Just added a little on there. Giving

:15:16. > :15:27.Stewart Anderson the opportunity to blow it off. Coming around to it.

:15:28. > :15:45.Once again, the back position is favouring Nicky Brett. He has the

:15:46. > :16:07.weight shot in his armoury. Stewart Anderson might be tempted

:16:08. > :16:16.with this, damage limitation. Yes... He is going for it. Close to the

:16:17. > :16:31.plant. It goes, the red bowl goes out, the follow-through. Wanted the

:16:32. > :16:34.jack clean. It is close for a shot. Very good bowl. The first option was

:16:35. > :16:44.the jack, the second getting the plant. Follow-through on to the

:16:45. > :16:45.jack. Very happy with that. Three ends and three running bowls, all on

:16:46. > :17:02.target. He missed the chance. Stewart

:17:03. > :17:13.Anderson asking Alan Thornhill to have another look. I would slightly

:17:14. > :17:21.favour at the red, Stewart Anderson. He is one of the best when it comes

:17:22. > :17:22.to being an umpire and marking. Sometimes you just want a second

:17:23. > :17:38.opinion. In he comes, Stewart Anderson, all

:17:39. > :18:00.the way in. Great stuff already. I just love it

:18:01. > :18:07.when you get players who are on form right away. The umpire is Sandra

:18:08. > :18:40.McLeish. Three apiece after three. Such an

:18:41. > :18:43.entertaining start to this game. I think you are right. These weighted

:18:44. > :18:49.shots will be the difference between the players. Even they are matching

:18:50. > :18:53.each other in those at the moment. Jack length is 28 metres. Eight mist

:18:54. > :19:07.might be enough to separate them. -- a missed shot. Stewart Anderson

:19:08. > :19:12.is in a good place at the moment regarding his bowling career. Just

:19:13. > :19:19.been selected to go to the Atlantic Rim. For the Scottish team. A

:19:20. > :19:27.five-man team. For the world qualifier in New Zealand next year.

:19:28. > :19:35.David Peacock has retired and after the Commonwealth Games... Stewart

:19:36. > :19:38.Anderson came in in his place. It is more or less a vote Commonwealth

:19:39. > :19:47.Games team going out, Scotland taking no chances with that. He was

:19:48. > :19:50.part of the 14 man elite squad for the Commonwealth Games last year and

:19:51. > :19:52.he pretty much knew he wasn't going to make the team but he knew his

:19:53. > :20:14.time would come. Nicky Brett, at the moment, getting

:20:15. > :20:21.a sniff and I don't know why... I do know why... I am not going to

:20:22. > :20:33.discuss at Xtra-vision Mark -- to discuss it! The world of bowls can

:20:34. > :20:44.be a political one. I believe that my book, at some stage!

:20:45. > :20:54.It is not easy to get into this. He wants another one round so he can

:20:55. > :20:59.play the attacking bowl but that is pretty good. A target. That is the

:21:00. > :21:13.bowl he will be after. Every picture tells a story and that

:21:14. > :21:19.one tells you Nicky Brett knew he had not played that correctly.

:21:20. > :21:30.Well, if anything, he is better being behind it but Stewart Anderson

:21:31. > :21:37.is looking for the headshot. -- via hit shot. He was looking to see what

:21:38. > :21:42.side of the green bowl he could force out that two bowls. The high

:21:43. > :21:50.side of the green or take out both reds. He has probably decided to

:21:51. > :22:00.drop in on it instead of the weighted shot. This is difficult.

:22:01. > :22:03.Slightly over it. Nicky Brett has a shot to come. The chance to draw for

:22:04. > :22:30.another. This is looking good.

:22:31. > :22:38.APPLAUSE No mistake. Unlucky... He moved the

:22:39. > :22:47.jack but then the other red bowl dropped in as well. He nearly took

:22:48. > :22:56.one of himself there. A really good end for Nicky Brett. He scored a

:22:57. > :23:01.couple of threes coming down to the commentary box. There it goes, I

:23:02. > :23:07.thought it had brought in the green bowl but then the other red drops

:23:08. > :23:12.in. Stewart Anderson stayed away from the running bowl and relied on

:23:13. > :23:17.his drawing and failed. That is what we are talking about, just the one

:23:18. > :24:00.miss might be enough in a match like this.

:24:01. > :24:12.A nice reply and the spray chalk applied. People still use the stick

:24:13. > :24:16.of chalk and a spray chalk is very useful when you have to be quick.

:24:17. > :24:46.The bowl is sitting at an angle. The spray chalk is very easy to wipe

:24:47. > :24:52.off, so I have been told. It is! Fancy resisting this. He is going

:24:53. > :24:57.for this and Stewart Anderson knows it. He is in the area. Perfect

:24:58. > :25:13.result. Perfect result. The defending champion is in pretty

:25:14. > :25:26.good form. That is such a difficult shot. Not a full weighted drive, it

:25:27. > :25:31.was controlled weighted. Jo-Anne Dobson is close again... He needs

:25:32. > :25:40.the two of them... And he has got them. You're not going to see any

:25:41. > :25:41.better in this competition, I don't care who is out there, this is

:25:42. > :25:55.absolutely brilliant. Calling the bowl to get down onto

:25:56. > :25:56.the red bowl. No matter where Nicky Brett puts this, Stewart Anderson

:25:57. > :26:17.will be after it. He is

:26:18. > :26:26.but it has not. It looked like the brakes were going to go on. A chance

:26:27. > :26:28.for Stewart Anderson. He is winning the ends away from the commentary

:26:29. > :26:39.box. You might wonder why Stewart

:26:40. > :26:44.Anderson is playing the backhand, it is safer. He did not want to have

:26:45. > :26:50.any touch on the jack. Space in the backhand to draw another shot. In he

:26:51. > :26:58.comes. Job done. APPLAUSE

:26:59. > :27:01.I will tell you what, there is going to be

:27:02. > :28:32.What a mess that Welsh bowls hard, this curtly, I can tell you that

:28:33. > :28:38.What a mess that Welsh bowls hard, losing him to Scotland. It was a

:28:39. > :28:49.good capture from the Scottish coach. Just outside. Still... You

:28:50. > :28:51.are almost looking at this as being loose, all three of them are within

:28:52. > :29:07.a foot. It is just going to fall behind. You

:29:08. > :29:14.have seen him play to forehand shots, sometimes dropping a little

:29:15. > :29:20.bit. A slight inconsistency in the pace. I was chatting to Paul Foster

:29:21. > :29:25.at about that earlier. He was feeling the same. The match

:29:26. > :29:30.yesterday with Alex Marshall and Greg Harlow, chasing up after the

:29:31. > :29:34.bowls and players of that calibre do not do that unless they are close.

:29:35. > :29:47.There must be some inconsistency there.

:29:48. > :30:00.Are you going to sneak in? Yes, you are! It was not exactly read a, but

:30:01. > :30:03.he will take it. Sometimes you just climb through a window rather than

:30:04. > :30:12.using the front door. I do not think Nicky Brett will even attempt to

:30:13. > :30:19.draw this. He is. And I must say I am surprised. Of course, he has

:30:20. > :30:23.another bowl left but the two greens were available. He needs an edge.

:30:24. > :30:34.And he has got it. It did not drop act. Looks like a second shot. --

:30:35. > :30:40.drop back. I fully expected him to play the runner. Bearing in mind he

:30:41. > :30:42.has a bowl left. That will give Stewart Anderson a good target to

:30:43. > :31:12.aim for. He just needs to run, to Harry. That

:31:13. > :31:23.has dropped short. It is going to be close but the second. Just having a

:31:24. > :31:29.look. That does not help the forehand draw. Nick might be tempted

:31:30. > :31:36.to run into this, the way it is sitting. Time out is called. If he

:31:37. > :31:48.is two shots down, he would be unlucky...

:31:49. > :31:57.He has hit everything that he has aimed for so far. Oh, dear, that is

:31:58. > :32:07.not turn a work-out well. It is a horrible result. From a spot on

:32:08. > :32:21.drive. We will have to see where it bounced off, but it is not a good

:32:22. > :32:26.result. So so long as you required, the bowls will be propped up. A

:32:27. > :32:33.shake of the head, and you can see why. He wanted it to go through all

:32:34. > :32:39.the way to the ditch. If that had happened, he would have been scoring

:32:40. > :32:53.a double. As soon as it went off the side he was always in trouble. Very

:32:54. > :33:15.unlucky. That's close. It is three. Well, it is fine margins, very fine

:33:16. > :33:22.margins indeed. Paul Forster watching on, checking the odd

:33:23. > :33:49.message or two. Before he plays later today. What is happening back

:33:50. > :34:04.home, guys?! Taxi firm?! How are you the kids doing at school?! This is

:34:05. > :34:10.good stuff between these two players. Stewart Anderson, a proud

:34:11. > :35:10.Ayrshire man. That is a bit loose from Nicky

:35:11. > :35:14.Brett. He will not be a happy bunny with that. Two behind, he really

:35:15. > :35:21.does not want to lose the seventh end. It is almost a pivotal end.

:35:22. > :35:39.Lose this one, says are really chasing the last two. -- you are

:35:40. > :35:47.really chasing. Stewart Anderson... He has been a bit pacey as well.

:35:48. > :36:03.Consistent line from the Scotsman. Nicky Brett, change of hand.

:36:04. > :36:19.Good change. Struggled on the other side. Moved on to the backhand for

:36:20. > :36:26.his second shot. Sometimes you can't just fight the hand, you have to

:36:27. > :36:43.make a movement early. He needs something just to rest on. Could be.

:36:44. > :36:50.There is a shot on here for Nicky if he wants to take it. It is a risky

:36:51. > :36:54.one. He is two shots down in the match, 2 shots down on the rink as

:36:55. > :36:59.it stands. He could take the 2 of them out. The jack is covered for

:37:00. > :37:04.the respot on the red, both sides. He is playing very controlled. This

:37:05. > :37:11.is a hard shot. Just fights it all the way. Yes, that was a tough one.

:37:12. > :37:15.Even the best in the world struggle with that.

:37:16. > :37:34.That is a Big Brother shots for Stewart Anderson. -- that is a big

:37:35. > :37:53.run of shots. Thanks for the wave, Greg. Greg Harlow will feature later

:37:54. > :37:58.on in the tournament. He said he felt he might have stolen the match

:37:59. > :38:03.against Alex. I think that was a bit hard on himself, however Alex was

:38:04. > :38:10.probably the most consistent player and it could have gone either way. A

:38:11. > :38:13.couple of bowls just did not work out for the Scot. It was a great

:38:14. > :38:26.game between the 2 rather than. Not much to choose. -- between the 2 of

:38:27. > :38:27.them. Needs to make something here. The opening bowl important for the

:38:28. > :38:49.defending champion. Realistically, Nicky needs two shots

:38:50. > :39:00.here to give himself a chance in the last end. Started off very well, but

:39:01. > :39:06.he has got a loose in the last couple of ends, nick Brett. Of

:39:07. > :39:11.course he got that really bad result on the running bowl when he was

:39:12. > :39:15.forced into playing it. Yes, that was the big change in the match.

:39:16. > :39:31.Stewart Anderson will be tempted to run this down the forehand. Just at

:39:32. > :39:35.the angle it is at, if he plays it with controlled weight, he could

:39:36. > :39:39.actually take it into the ditch and follow with it. Depends how hard he

:39:40. > :39:55.plays it. Really heavy shot... He is going for

:39:56. > :40:03.it. He is in the area. Well, took one out. Happy enough with that

:40:04. > :40:13.sorting not the best results. Bit of a 50% shot.

:40:14. > :40:27.Nicky Brett, heavy with this? Oh, dear, oh, dear. That was not what he

:40:28. > :40:38.was looking for. You fully expect Stewart to put a good bowl in.

:40:39. > :40:46.Just watch the way this bowl goes out. No straight bowls here. No

:40:47. > :40:56.artificial help. Push it out wide, let it come back in on the bias.

:40:57. > :41:02.Here it comes. Nearly. Not quite. But it is second shot. Needs to pop

:41:03. > :41:31.this one in now. Watching it coming down now. It is

:41:32. > :41:34.good. Stewart Anderson had started to walk towards it. He already knew

:41:35. > :42:00.that the shot had been drawn. Interesting last end ahead.

:42:01. > :42:15.Jack length, 26 metres. Bit of a disturbance there just as

:42:16. > :42:24.he was about to deliver. Did well to hang on to the bowl.

:42:25. > :42:48.DAVID CORKILL: Just not nailing the jack in this Derek on the forehand,

:42:49. > :42:57.Nicky Brett. More to come from him. -- in this direction.

:42:58. > :43:03.PAUL MITCHELL: He has been relentless. He has got within two

:43:04. > :43:09.sets of reaching the final in each of the last Scottish International

:43:10. > :43:10.Opens. He has been deadly through the rounds.

:43:11. > :43:21.A really good bowl but Stewart Anderson has the advantage. Any

:43:22. > :43:35.touch on the jack, he makes the double. He just holds off a little

:43:36. > :43:42.bit on this forehand, just over the weight, struggles to get back in

:43:43. > :43:46.time. I think he has got no choice, he HAS to make another shot. He

:43:47. > :43:56.cannot afford to leave it to his last bowl. He must pop this one in.

:43:57. > :44:13.He wants to avoid the jack. Any touch on the jack brings it towards

:44:14. > :44:15.the green bowl. Gentle, gentle... Well, you would fancy Anderson will

:44:16. > :44:38.close this down now. Should be better with this one. Here

:44:39. > :44:58.it comes, Stewart Anderson...! Well, it is a beauty. It really is.

:44:59. > :45:06.I thought he would make the adjustment - he had the line. He is

:45:07. > :45:16.going to leave a very tricky shot for Nicky Brett. Well, he has

:45:17. > :45:29.decided to go for the edge of it, and that is tough. Well, he is going

:45:30. > :45:32.to lie check one shot. But it is not going to make any difference and he

:45:33. > :45:38.knows that. Was not what he was after. He needed the edge of the

:45:39. > :45:44.green bowl. As soon as the jack moved, he knew he was in trouble. I

:45:45. > :45:49.know one or two people, even our technical people, who could draw

:45:50. > :46:04.this shot. I notice you did not mention yorker commentator! No, no

:46:05. > :46:18.chance! First set, Stewart Anderson. Nice way to close it out for Stewart

:46:19. > :46:25.Anderson. Great set of bowls between two players. And it is Stewart

:46:26. > :46:37.Anderson who gets one over on the defending champion. And we can look

:46:38. > :46:44.back to that unlucky drive shot of Nicky Brett, where he lost the

:46:45. > :46:49.three. In many ways we were talking about one critical moment in the

:46:50. > :46:57.set, and I think that was it. Windies two last met, in the

:46:58. > :47:02.quarterfinals of the Worlds in 2013, Stewart Anderson took the first set

:47:03. > :47:14.9-4 and lost the second to go to the tie-break, which he won. But the man

:47:15. > :47:20.had who has been out in the last four years in round two in

:47:21. > :47:26.Scotland, he will be hoping that his luck can change and the scalp of a

:47:27. > :48:04.champion will be his. That is not bad for one off each

:48:05. > :48:07.hand. Yes, often when you win the first set, you can have that lapse

:48:08. > :48:19.of concentration at the start of the second. No weakness there for

:48:20. > :48:28.Stewart. So, Nicky Brett, who has won 11 consecutive matches on this

:48:29. > :48:54.rink here in Perth... Finds himself a set down.

:48:55. > :49:00.Perfect weight. The next one will certainly be attacking, I would

:49:01. > :49:08.think. Stewart Anderson, if he can draw and bring that jack in tight

:49:09. > :49:10.onto his own two bowls, it will certainly make it a lot more

:49:11. > :49:39.difficult. He thumped his leg there because he

:49:40. > :49:45.knew that he was trying to lock everything in. And he is just a

:49:46. > :49:52.fraction of it. The weight was perfect.

:49:53. > :50:01.Down it comes. What is he going to get? Nothing. First one he has

:50:02. > :50:04.missed. First shot, Stewart Anderson.

:50:05. > :50:17.Nicky Brett is a very popular figure around these parts, but the home

:50:18. > :50:26.crowd are happy with the way the Scotsman has started. Yes, the one

:50:27. > :50:38.he missed just by a fraction was the ideal bowl to hit. This match is so

:50:39. > :50:40.finely balanced. Each shot will be looked back upon in those key

:50:41. > :51:33.moments. He is just not getting in with that

:51:34. > :51:57.first delivery. Usually so reliable. It was one of the secrets of his

:51:58. > :53:36.over the years. Has he got enough to run it out? It is just going to

:53:37. > :53:39.break. David Gurley of course comes from there, Hugh Duff as well. Paul

:53:40. > :54:10.Foster. And many others. Well, he did not like it. It must be

:54:11. > :54:16.heavy. One shot, Nick Brett. He will be very happy to get the single and

:54:17. > :54:20.get moving again. Looking at those world champions coming out of

:54:21. > :54:25.Ayrshire, there is so many of them. But Hugh Duff is no longer involved

:54:26. > :54:31.in the game. Won the world singles twice. Fell out of the rankings and

:54:32. > :54:36.has really disappeared off the scene, but he was a fantastic

:54:37. > :54:38.player. Came to the four back in the late 1980s at Alexandra Palace,

:54:39. > :54:56.winning the World Singles. The world number one Nicky Brett has

:54:57. > :55:04.won this competition for the last couple of years and now states that

:55:05. > :55:10.his aim is to win the Worlds. He is motivated by the fact he is world

:55:11. > :55:30.number one. He wants to do well. He knows everybody is gunning for him.

:55:31. > :55:46.Anton Luf at this. -- no, look at this. Has to change his hand. That

:55:47. > :55:49.is pretty good, too, if it just runs. It just seems to stop that

:55:50. > :56:20.little bit short. He might just be able to drop on the

:56:21. > :56:30.red. That is two green. Nicky Brett not hanging around here. Running

:56:31. > :56:36.bowl, into his own or...? Again, not a good result. No, he was pretty

:56:37. > :56:49.much on target but did not get the results. It can make a massive

:56:50. > :56:50.difference in a game of this quality, not getting the perfect

:56:51. > :57:05.result. Going again. No back position. This

:57:06. > :57:49.has to be right. It IS right. Played it well. He gets the bonus of

:57:50. > :57:59.a bowl at the back as well, which could be important. Stewart is

:58:00. > :58:06.looking to see what angle he is going to hit.

:58:07. > :58:15.The other option is to hit it on the other side. Let's see which way he

:58:16. > :58:28.decides to play it. Time-out called.

:58:29. > :58:45.Here he goes. Oh! He needed to be on the inside of the bowl to take the 2

:58:46. > :58:57.of them. Two shots, Nick Brett. Stewart has three time-outs

:58:58. > :59:05.remaining. Virtually no chance of getting the edge of the jack there

:59:06. > :59:13.at that pace. Small margins. Very entertaining. It is not just drawing

:59:14. > :59:23.contest here. It is position, it is shots. The conversions, the weight

:59:24. > :59:29.shots. It is the whole gambit in there, and that is exactly what we

:59:30. > :59:38.need. Bowls should be showing the very best, and this is a exactly

:59:39. > :59:43.what it is. Again, at his level, with his expert Haitians, it is 15

:59:44. > :00:14.inches further away from what he wanted it.

:00:15. > :00:20.APPLAUSE That is where he wanted his first

:00:21. > :00:42.one. Stewart Anderson, looking to

:00:43. > :00:47.finish... Second shot. Sticking with the forehand. Happy enough to try

:00:48. > :01:00.and miss his own bowl. He has to be a little bit hurtful.

:01:01. > :01:05.Perhaps that is where the issue is, I thought he might have moved to the

:01:06. > :01:13.backhand, touching the green four macro would have been worth two

:01:14. > :01:42.points... The jack would have been three. It is not going to make life

:01:43. > :01:51.difficult for Stewart. It is going to promote the red bowl. It is not

:01:52. > :01:59.easy. A chance for another shot to be drawn.

:02:00. > :02:06.Moving the backhand, I thought he might have done that the previous

:02:07. > :02:11.delivery but he has delayed it. If he comes around his own bowl he can

:02:12. > :02:17.come to the green... That is what he is looking for. He has played

:02:18. > :02:25.that... In it comes. That is stunning. Probably thinking to

:02:26. > :02:33.himself, why didn't I play that the last time? Good stuff! Adding value

:02:34. > :02:38.to his third bowl and at. Stewart playing the backhand. It has given

:02:39. > :02:45.Stewart a little bit of a shoulder, no reason why he should not lay into

:02:46. > :02:50.this. Time out called. I cannot see him being any more than that, even

:02:51. > :02:55.if it goes wrong. Work at the percentages. You work out whether

:02:56. > :02:59.you will be worse off and if you are not going to be, the percentage is

:03:00. > :03:09.in your favour and you should go for it. An alternative forehand draw.

:03:10. > :03:17.Smoothly away. It looks wide. He got it away beautifully, no movement,

:03:18. > :03:34.but it was white. -- it was wider. A couple of running bowls missed. A

:03:35. > :03:39.couple in front. There will be a lot of supporters here would be quite

:03:40. > :03:44.happy if Stewart Anderson were two women the next four or five ends but

:03:45. > :03:47.for those neutral who are watching, they would love to see a tie-break.

:03:48. > :04:05.We have just seen three so far. Just been asked on Twitter to give a

:04:06. > :04:13.prediction for the 2015 Scottish open title winner. Good luck with

:04:14. > :04:18.that! It says that the per skin is asking me rather than Dougie Vipond.

:04:19. > :04:26.I think he is suggesting that Dougie Vipond could not tip a waiter. That

:04:27. > :04:29.is very harsh. Very harsh indeed. He is an esteemed presenter and he can

:04:30. > :04:41.sing and he can play the drums! If I am going to pick, if it is not

:04:42. > :04:45.the kiss of death, I will say I am very impressed with Darren Burnett.

:04:46. > :04:50.There are too many good players, really. It is anyone out of seven or

:04:51. > :05:13.eight. We should get Andy Thomson and try

:05:14. > :05:32.and get him off that very high perch of predictions that he sits on.

:05:33. > :05:50.He needs this. Struggling to get back. Here it comes. Yes... Gentle,

:05:51. > :06:05.gentle... That jack moves. Unlucky, very unlucky.

:06:06. > :06:15.Stewart is looking to play the same bowl, rest the red and turn the

:06:16. > :06:22.jack. He has got at. Stewart Anderson in great form.

:06:23. > :06:32.A brilliant bowl. Looking for the split. The red bowl first, then the

:06:33. > :06:37.jack. A touching bowl in front so that is helpful if Nick puts it on

:06:38. > :06:42.to the jack and the jack goes into the ditch. Will he be any worse

:06:43. > :06:50.off? You could be, there is another green to come. If he hits this

:06:51. > :06:58.wrong... He could easily lose a three. He might not feel he has any

:06:59. > :07:04.choice. He has got himself into the lead. Playing very controlled. Try

:07:05. > :07:10.and make a disturbance and hope that he gets a good result. He wanted the

:07:11. > :07:17.first one... That is good. That is as good as he has hoped for and he

:07:18. > :07:22.played it well. I would say to his opponent, you can draw it from there

:07:23. > :07:28.but I have played that shot. What a great end of bowls between these two

:07:29. > :07:33.men. I do not think that is going to make a difference, but that was a

:07:34. > :07:42.great conversion. He was in so much trouble. Unbelievable. Here is

:07:43. > :07:47.Stewart Anderson. It would not surprise you if he popped this

:07:48. > :07:57.straight on it. Here he comes... All the way down.

:07:58. > :08:02.APPLAUSE Well, there was never going to be

:08:03. > :08:10.any mistake. The quality of play is just... It has moved up a different

:08:11. > :08:14.level. We thought some of the games yesterday were wonderfully good and

:08:15. > :08:19.they were. They were. But this game has moved it up just a bit. At that

:08:20. > :08:24.particular end, there is everything you would want from an end and there

:08:25. > :08:29.is more to come. Is this tournament goes on the level of play goes up.

:08:30. > :08:51.Jack length, 29 metres. If you can hear a slightly strange

:08:52. > :08:58.noise in the background, it is not a phenomenon, it is the sound of rain

:08:59. > :09:06.on the roof! Stewart Anderson is looking to end the particular reign

:09:07. > :09:11.of Nicky Brett as champion. I am glad we are playing indoors. That

:09:12. > :09:21.sounds like it is fairly heavy out there. It was predicted, of course.

:09:22. > :09:42.Inside the line. Yes. The reputation of Stewart Anderson has been built

:09:43. > :09:51.on the indoor game. Very limited experience outdoors in comparison.

:09:52. > :09:52.But he has been brought in to the upper level of the elite squad for

:09:53. > :10:07.Scotland. Not too many people would be

:10:08. > :10:10.disappointed to have Stewart Anderson playing elite for them, or

:10:11. > :10:49.any for else, for that matter. Well played again. In he comes.

:10:50. > :10:54.APPLAUSE Stewart, you have got a

:10:55. > :10:58.straightforward draw and I am saying straightforward, that is the clear

:10:59. > :11:07.shot to play, drop of the red bowl or you have the running bowl. Leave

:11:08. > :11:18.yourself a shot on the forehand. Going for the runner. He has got to

:11:19. > :11:19.take at least one bowl out here. The bowl on the jack would have been a

:11:20. > :11:33.bonus. When they have played heavily... The

:11:34. > :11:43.weighted bowls are being sold well judged at the moment. -- being so

:11:44. > :11:55.well judged. Some people make all me a sad man but this is the sort of

:11:56. > :12:00.game I would like to watch again! LAUGHTER coming around... It would

:12:01. > :12:05.need to fall. If he has another one coming around that and he played at

:12:06. > :12:14.high deliberately... Very sensible. The Highline drift shot. Everyone at

:12:15. > :12:21.home is giggling. That has been brought in at last, the first time

:12:22. > :12:22.this week. Yet another shot, you do not have to focus too much on the

:12:23. > :12:41.jack. Length, 26 metres. I am not sure if

:12:42. > :12:48.he meant to put it quite where it ended up, judging by the look on his

:12:49. > :12:53.face. Nicky Brett... He is on his way.

:12:54. > :12:59.That is a good start. If he did not mean to put it there, he must

:13:00. > :14:02.remember that length! Trying to encourage it forward. Stay

:14:03. > :14:36.up, it is good. It is trying to drop it off, a

:14:37. > :14:45.little arriving draw, make sure he is there. Slightly inside line,

:14:46. > :15:00.bring it through, it is a bonus. Here he comes. Well collected.

:15:01. > :15:05.Exactly the way he played it, very slightly on the inside line, not

:15:06. > :15:27.much, just enough to come across it. A similar shot. Looks like it has

:15:28. > :15:33.got a little bit more on it. It is going to be hard to make another out

:15:34. > :15:37.of this, but I tell you what, if Stewart was courageous, he could

:15:38. > :15:43.make more than one, he could make three or four if he is prepared to

:15:44. > :15:49.play at. A slightly overweighted backhand, flicked the jack across...

:15:50. > :15:53.Comment off the red bowl, flicked the jack across and he could pick up

:15:54. > :16:00.for shots. Not completely safe, at worth trying it. He is in the area.

:16:01. > :16:18.Use the red. been if he had made it in. A good

:16:19. > :16:23.effort. End number seven. Stewart Anderson having won the first set.

:16:24. > :16:30.He only needs a draw in the second to go through. He just call the bowl

:16:31. > :16:40.solid and needed to be slightly inside, to be fair, perhaps a little

:16:41. > :16:45.bit more weight. A little blow out to say, move it that much. Jack

:16:46. > :16:53.length, 29 metres. He recognised that as well. Great respect out

:16:54. > :18:27.between the two players. Israeli unlucky! -- that is really.

:18:28. > :18:35.And unlucky result that could cost him this match.

:18:36. > :18:44.Horrible results. The green bowl dropping back, in prime position,

:18:45. > :18:51.brought the jack into the open. It Stewart Anderson trails this jack...

:18:52. > :18:58.Nicky Brett is in a heap of trouble. He has not pushed it, has he? He

:18:59. > :19:02.hasn't. He is coming now, actually, the weight wasn't bad. He needed to

:19:03. > :19:24.be slightly further out. Recovery time. There is a

:19:25. > :19:28.determination about Nicky Brett, there are really is, very focused,

:19:29. > :19:38.as you would expect. He is close to this, very close. He has got it.

:19:39. > :19:45.Well done. A really bad position turning into a good, positive one

:19:46. > :19:48.and he knew he was close. That was a missed opportunity by Stewart

:19:49. > :19:55.Anderson. You cannot leave them lying around for Nicky Brett. He

:19:56. > :20:11.will be after it. Yes... Aid bowl or jack runner. Is it going to hold?

:20:12. > :20:14.That looked great all the way down. That was a beautiful weighted shot.

:20:15. > :20:22.That is exactly what he was looking for. Just see what the angle is for

:20:23. > :20:35.Nicky Brett. He could play something similar. One of the Greens is

:20:36. > :20:47.available on the forehand... It is not going to be easy. The two green

:20:48. > :20:55.roles macro... The backhand... He could take out one of the Greens. Or

:20:56. > :21:08.the jack. Up off the backhand, with weight. Nicky Brett looking for the

:21:09. > :21:15.bowl. And he got it. He played it well. The Green would have been

:21:16. > :21:22.worth an extra shot but he played it well, a great end of bowls. He will

:21:23. > :21:28.settle for the single. That looks almost certain to guarantee him a

:21:29. > :21:33.tie-break. Stewart Anderson needs a 3 and he has the advantage of the

:21:34. > :21:41.last bowl. He has already scored a couple of trebles. This is a great

:21:42. > :21:47.game, I am really enjoying this. Jack length, 26 and a half metres.

:21:48. > :21:56.Stewart Anderson has won the last two meetings between these players.

:21:57. > :22:02.He has the edge. A tie-break is the likely outcome today.

:22:03. > :22:33.Take a photograph of that one. That is something that is very rear and

:22:34. > :22:41.you do not see Stewart Anderson doing that very often.

:22:42. > :23:10.It should be normal service resumed with this one.

:23:11. > :23:22.It is OK, gives himself a chance. Yes... Mickey is looking... He knows

:23:23. > :23:26.that Stewart needs three and he wants to be inside the green, he is

:23:27. > :23:41.waiving added. Here it comes. That is handy.

:23:42. > :23:50.What a difference the shot at the last end made from Nicky Brett,

:23:51. > :24:02.robbing a single and then gaining one. This end is less competent it

:24:03. > :24:06.for him. -- less complicated. He is close with this and he needs the

:24:07. > :24:13.bowl out nice and clean but the jack is going to go a little bit and that

:24:14. > :24:16.will make it hard. Outside chance. If Nicky Brett does not change

:24:17. > :24:18.anything, an outside chance of getting the Reds but it will be a

:24:19. > :24:36.tough one. Nick will want to pop another one in

:24:37. > :24:42.there. Of the backhand. Coming around his own. He can afford to

:24:43. > :24:49.rest up to this because any movement is good. Slipping underneath it is

:24:50. > :25:01.even better. That is great. That is excellent. Stewart Anderson...

:25:02. > :25:08.Finding a way to pick through this one. I am looking at all the angles.

:25:09. > :25:14.The fact is the red bowl has dropped in and it has locked it in in a much

:25:15. > :25:18.different way so it is not coming out in any way possible. There is

:25:19. > :25:25.nothing there for him, I cannot see any way to get a 3 out of this. Jack

:25:26. > :25:28.would need to go up the green to the left-hand side of the picture. How

:25:29. > :25:37.on earth you get it to their... Well... There is nothing here.

:25:38. > :25:56.This is a bit of a hit and hope shot. Yes... That is what he is

:25:57. > :26:01.trying. Well... I tell you what, if that jack had bounced back of the

:26:02. > :26:11.green, that would have been something. Match tie-break. He

:26:12. > :26:18.deserves the tie-break. That is where we are going. The first end

:26:19. > :26:24.tie-break, Stewart won the toss and has given the jack to make. -- Nicky

:26:25. > :26:44.Brett. Winning a good number of the ends.

:26:45. > :26:48.Jack length, 25 and a half metres. When you are defending the title,

:26:49. > :26:52.the one thing you don't want to do is go out with a thumper and Nicky

:26:53. > :26:58.Brett would never do that. He does not give easy games and he makes

:26:59. > :27:06.people fight for a win. APPLAUSE

:27:07. > :27:17.The forehand has not always been successful. The last few ends he has

:27:18. > :27:18.been pretty close. As many of you will already know, three ends and a

:27:19. > :27:47.tie-break... Will it get back in time or make the

:27:48. > :27:53.gap? Forced a way through the gap and has opened up the bowl a little

:27:54. > :27:58.bit, looking at it. He might change his shot on the next one, going to

:27:59. > :28:13.the backhand, and Stewart will be aiming for the two reds. If he can.

:28:14. > :28:22.Change to the backhand, rest the bowl, change the jack. This is the

:28:23. > :28:38.bowl he wants to do it with, the third one. He has missed it under.

:28:39. > :28:48.It is a hard shot. Nicky Brett has played three. Trying to dispute what

:28:49. > :28:54.your opponent might do. He will not worry about the re-spot. I do not

:28:55. > :29:07.think that red is any ferny it. Drop in on the red bowl and Nick will be

:29:08. > :29:11.attacking it. -- any ferny it. He got it. That is what he was after,

:29:12. > :29:20.an extra second shot and it takes away the drive. I think Nick will be

:29:21. > :29:22.in trouble, he has to try and draw off the shot, move the jack back a

:29:23. > :29:55.foot or so and it will not be easy. It has to be perfect, Nicky Brett.

:29:56. > :30:04.Starting to work back now. That is the only shot he had available. The

:30:05. > :30:07.previous bowl from Stewart Anderson stopped him from playing a little

:30:08. > :30:12.run through but that was absolutely brilliant. He changed his hand from

:30:13. > :30:18.the backhand to the forehand and absolutely nailed it. Yes. Those are

:30:19. > :30:25.the ones that make you know you are number one in the world. He has won

:30:26. > :30:29.his last couple of tie-breaks in Scotland, the semifinal against Andy

:30:30. > :30:35.Thomson. And against Paul Foster. Stewart trying to lift out the red

:30:36. > :30:41.and he has got at. Very obvious. A brilliant reply.

:30:42. > :30:54.Beautiful control. First end, Stewart Anderson. This is one heck

:30:55. > :31:04.of a shot. Out it goes. And Stewart Anderson literally jumped for joy.

:31:05. > :31:14.And so he should, because that was a really, really top-class bowl.

:31:15. > :31:16.Anybody ever wants to know how to play singles game, just watch this

:31:17. > :31:37.one. Stewart Anderson in recent times has

:31:38. > :31:50.lost some tie-breaks against Paul Foster, Alex Marshall,, Thompson and

:31:51. > :31:56.others. But that is a pretty good opening. If you're going to lose,

:31:57. > :32:17.lose to those names! That is a good reply. It is the sort

:32:18. > :32:27.of match you want to see in the final. Not exactly a waste in the

:32:28. > :32:40.second round, but it has the quality of the final stage match. That is

:32:41. > :32:46.useful as well. Given that neither player was severely tested in round

:32:47. > :32:56.one, they have matched each other throughout this round to encounter.

:32:57. > :33:02.He needs to rock back hard. Yes, that's close. He was making sure he

:33:03. > :33:22.was arriving to give him the chance of picking the jack up.

:33:23. > :33:39.Just overplayed it. Well, a choice here for Nik. Does he try to draw it

:33:40. > :33:49.again? More than capable of drawing the shot. On a wider line, very

:33:50. > :33:51.sensible. But he does not want to get to the green bowl. He is being

:33:52. > :34:05.careful. Well, it is a backhand drawn out for

:34:06. > :34:13.Stewart, if he wants to play it. The difficulty is, if he plays weight

:34:14. > :34:19.and gets his own front bowl, it is going to open things up very wife.

:34:20. > :34:29.Time-out. Stewart, taking the time out to have a look. So he has a look

:34:30. > :34:46.and thinks, do I take my shot? The shot has been decided.

:34:47. > :34:59.Needs to start to work now. Stewart Anderson, coming in! Stewart

:35:00. > :35:04.Anderson! Nicky Brett has the right of reply, but the champion is on the

:35:05. > :35:11.verge of going out. Well, it was a brilliant bowl. The last bowl of

:35:12. > :35:16.Nicky Brett, he dropped short, and that is what happens. Stewart

:35:17. > :35:22.Anderson, that is what he does so well. Nicky Brett has won bowl to

:35:23. > :35:29.get within three inches to save his title. Two titles along the way.

:35:30. > :35:38.Finalist for the last three years... Is he going to get back in time? He

:35:39. > :35:51.is close! Oh, got the edge! What a game! Nicky Brett, run in Scotland

:35:52. > :35:59.comes to an end. Stewart Anderson, going out at this stage for the last

:36:00. > :36:00.four years, gets over that hurdle. Stewart Anderson takes the tie-break

:36:01. > :37:42.2-0. Well, what a great game, no doubt

:37:43. > :37:53.about it. Stewart Anderson, just getting over the line. 11-8 in the

:37:54. > :38:00.first set, 9-5 in the second. What an amazing game. If you are going to

:38:01. > :38:08.lose, lose in a match bike that, because it was memorable, to say the

:38:09. > :38:13.least. It certainly was. What an incredible game of bowls between two

:38:14. > :38:18.very fine players indeed. Nicky Brett, defending champion, is out of

:38:19. > :38:22.the competition. But as David Corkill said, if you are going to

:38:23. > :38:29.lose, lose in a game of that quality. You played very well in

:38:30. > :38:33.that match? Yes, very disappointed. Stewart played very well especially

:38:34. > :38:37.in the first set. He kept beating me on the first bowl, which is kind of

:38:38. > :38:42.annoying, because that is what happened last time! I was forced to

:38:43. > :38:47.play a few runners, some of which went right, others didn't. He played

:38:48. > :38:51.very well. Stewart, it was a magic game from your point of view. We

:38:52. > :38:56.have seen you play very well here before, but perhaps not as well is

:38:57. > :39:00.that, you were on fire today? Thank you very much. I knew coming into

:39:01. > :39:06.the event I was playing well this year. The last couple of years have

:39:07. > :39:10.been very poor for my standard. I am just glad I got over the line in a

:39:11. > :39:14.very, very tough game. You mentioned that you had to play some big shots,

:39:15. > :39:20.and you played with a bit of weight. In end six, it did not quite come

:39:21. > :39:25.off, but you were forced into it by the quality of the play? Yes,

:39:26. > :39:29.Stewart was beating me in early. I was forced to play the runners. Some

:39:30. > :39:38.of them come off, some don't. It was always the wrong bowl to hit, that

:39:39. > :39:42.was the problem. They is the brakes, when you are not dominating early

:39:43. > :39:49.doors, you leave yourself the silly shot to play. Your line and length

:39:50. > :39:56.was pretty sensational throughout the match, Stewart. This was and

:39:57. > :40:03.five, your final bowl, putting more pressure on Nick? Yes, my drawer had

:40:04. > :40:08.been pretty good all game, I thought. I would always back myself.

:40:09. > :40:14.Once again on end five as well. Luckily enough I did it. You were

:40:15. > :40:19.playing date in that second set, though, Nick. It was so tight and

:40:20. > :40:29.you were playing some good stuff as well, right? Yes, I just had to hang

:40:30. > :40:33.in and try and up my first two bowls really in the second set. Because it

:40:34. > :40:39.was not looking good, 3-0 down in the second set. Just managed to hang

:40:40. > :40:44.in and show a little bit of determination and try enforce the

:40:45. > :40:46.tie-break, really. In that tie-break, I think your final shot

:40:47. > :40:49.of the match was just fantastic and hugely important

:40:50. > :40:57.of the match was just fantastic and winning the game? Yes, as you say,

:40:58. > :41:03.to be fair, the last mark was one of the best ones I played today, and it

:41:04. > :41:12.was the same for Nick as well. -- the last bowl. Yes, he just cleared

:41:13. > :41:18.out, a a bit of a sickener from your point of view, but it was on the

:41:19. > :41:23.nose? The problem was, there was always a bit too much room for

:41:24. > :41:28.somebody of Stewart's standard. Probably an inch or two heavy.

:41:29. > :41:33.Esther flocked to Stewart, he played very well today and he will take

:41:34. > :41:39.some beating from here on in. -- best of luck to Stewart. You have

:41:40. > :41:46.won this tournament fish of years in a row and you still world number

:41:47. > :41:50.one, so onwards and upwards? Yes, looking forward to every tournament,

:41:51. > :41:51.really. The crowd have been fantastic to me here. They have

:41:52. > :43:24.looked after fantastic to me here. They have

:43:25. > :43:29.atmosphere here. Looking forward to the game against Paul. It will be

:43:30. > :43:34.another tough game against Mark. He has been around for a number of

:43:35. > :43:43.years now, the same as myself. I am sure we will be ready for another

:43:44. > :43:47.big battle. He is the number one player on the circuit over the last

:43:48. > :43:54.ten years. My record against him is poor, to be fat. That I have beaten

:43:55. > :43:59.them here before in the second round I am clinging on to that fact. I

:44:00. > :44:04.still feel I can produce the goods. If I didn't I would not be wasting

:44:05. > :44:09.my time in these events. You have got to go in with confidence without

:44:10. > :44:19.being overconfident. I know my capabilities. I feel in form this

:44:20. > :44:23.season. I have not been so well health-wise over the last 18 months.

:44:24. > :44:33.I am feeling a lot fitter again. I am playing and practising well. He

:44:34. > :44:38.is looking a lot better, which is good, from a personal point of view,

:44:39. > :44:45.I am happy for him. I am feeling good and positive. Onwards and

:44:46. > :44:48.upwards. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a

:44:49. > :44:56.very warm welcome to our next two bowlers the this afternoon. Former

:44:57. > :45:16.winner of the Welsh International Open, Mark Royal! And facing Mark

:45:17. > :45:36.this afternoon, four-time World Indoor Singles Champion, Paul

:45:37. > :45:40.Foster! Up in the commentary box, David Corkill and Paul Mitchell have

:45:41. > :45:43.got their breath back after that last match and they will be taking

:45:44. > :45:47.you through this one. PAUL MITCHELL: It was stunning

:45:48. > :45:54.stuff. Let's hope for the same from these two. Another England against

:45:55. > :46:03.Scotland battle. Mark Royal had a tough test in round one against

:46:04. > :46:10.Chisholm. It was a really good game. And Paul Foster, well, he had his

:46:11. > :46:26.own interesting opponent in the shape of John Fleming from Scotland.

:46:27. > :46:36.He got through in straight sets. Mark Royal, runner-up here in 2007.

:46:37. > :46:42.And this is a repeat of last season's round two matchup between

:46:43. > :47:33.these two players. That matchup last season was won by Paul Foster.

:47:34. > :47:40.Both players starting off on the backhand, bowling away from the

:47:41. > :47:45.commentary box end here at the Dewars Centre in Perth. One in

:47:46. > :49:05.front, one behind. Quickly up after this one. That's

:49:06. > :49:18.well played. Two red. Three inches short of jack high. Mark Foster,

:49:19. > :49:28.forced into a weight shot. He has done enough, has he? Bonus to get

:49:29. > :49:42.the edge on the red. He will have a little look. Good centage shot from

:49:43. > :49:48.Paul Foster. One shot, Paul Foster. That is a good little conversion

:49:49. > :49:55.from Paul Foster, two down to one up. Always good to strike with your

:49:56. > :49:59.first weighted shot. Yes, you are never quite sure when coming in at

:50:00. > :50:09.that angle if you are going to come off sufficiently.

:50:10. > :50:23.Jack Lang, 26 metres. -- jack length. His first match, he was

:50:24. > :50:28.quite happy to come through it, Paul Foster. He feels there is more to

:50:29. > :51:11.come, and there will be, I am quite sure of that.

:51:12. > :51:55.Two red. Giving Paul the opportunity to play the forehand if he wishes.

:51:56. > :52:04.He may have a little run - and he has.

:52:05. > :52:13.Although he went through the gap, he was too far across. He knows that

:52:14. > :52:20.one bowl will go out, but probably not both of them. So the jack will

:52:21. > :52:26.be the danger for him. Well, he is not going deep. He is trying to draw

:52:27. > :52:39.in in front of it and block the jack. Well, a courageous shot to

:52:40. > :52:47.play. Now, then, do you go again or you draw in to save? Certainly you

:52:48. > :52:48.go again. Now, has he got the right connection this time on the jack? He

:52:49. > :52:58.has. The problem with playing against

:52:59. > :53:02.someone like Paul Foster is that unless you are absolutely sure you

:53:03. > :53:13.are going to turn the jack, you just can't leave it. Even it had gone off

:53:14. > :53:20.on the respot, it didn't really matter, because the most Mark could

:53:21. > :53:24.come out of it was one. A deep bowl would have been in my opinion a lot

:53:25. > :53:30.better. This one will be difficult to hold up on this side. But he has

:53:31. > :53:38.got a distance for the shot. So it is all down to weight. Well, the

:53:39. > :53:44.players are looking at it. That gives me the impression that it is

:53:45. > :53:49.not guaranteed, because you have to go down into the ditch, taking up

:53:50. > :54:05.extra inches of course. There is a lot of room to draw in there. That

:54:06. > :54:13.goes in after 30 seconds of forward movement. She thinks the red is in

:54:14. > :54:15.but it can be deceptive so it is worth a look. Tricky little

:54:16. > :54:32.measure, this. They get the string in and then they

:54:33. > :54:41.lock it off. Nice to get an overhead shot of it to give the perspective.

:54:42. > :54:45.Gives you an idea of how close things are. I have a feeling it is

:54:46. > :54:48.12 red but they have to go back to the green bowl to make sure. -- one

:54:49. > :55:06.to red. One shot, Mark Royal. Good to see Mark Royal looking well.

:55:07. > :55:12.He has put on a bit of weight recently after quite a long time of

:55:13. > :55:17.illness. He lost a lot of weight and fortunately the prognosis is good.

:55:18. > :55:28.And he is back looking fit and well again. My sky, Mark. Very popular

:55:29. > :55:37.around the tour. -- nice guy. Very quiet spoken sort of guy. Only time

:55:38. > :55:43.he ever really gets excited, we think, is actually on the rink. That

:55:44. > :55:54.is a good bowl. Ranked 13 previously. Got all the way to world

:55:55. > :55:58.number two back in 2009. Yes, better player than his ranking really

:55:59. > :56:05.reflects in many ways. But as I say, he has been ill and he did look like

:56:06. > :56:19.it the last while and now, he is looking so much better.

:56:20. > :56:27.Well, he did not like that one. It looked OK from the commentary box.

:56:28. > :56:45.Round it comes. Five inch gap. Never dismiss

:56:46. > :56:50.anything. Let's wait and see where it goes, when you are out there on

:56:51. > :57:22.the rink. Just in case you are not sure.

:57:23. > :57:38.He remembered what his last bowl was like. He is such a good drawer,

:57:39. > :57:57.always has been, Mark Royal. One of the few left-handers on the circuit.

:57:58. > :58:00.I very rarely watch the bowl there - much more interesting to watch the

:58:01. > :58:25.player. You know where it is going to go if you watch their reaction.

:58:26. > :58:56.Have another little go, Paul Foster. This looks better. Oh, he is

:58:57. > :59:01.unlucky. Unlucky to get the follow-through on to the jack. But

:59:02. > :59:10.Mark Royal has put a very good bowl in. Still one 2 red. Looking for the

:59:11. > :59:12.two, but it was a little follow-through on to the jack.

:59:13. > :59:28.Without that he was picking up two, maybe three. So, a steady start to

:59:29. > :59:39.the match for Mark Royal. Yes, good end, good covering Bach's, worked it

:59:40. > :59:43.all out. Thanks everybody forgetting in touch on Twitter. We cannot

:59:44. > :59:50.mention everybody but we appreciate the tweets job coming into the

:59:51. > :00:26.commentary box. -- the tweets which are coming in to the commentary box.

:00:27. > :01:14.You always expect a correction here. The correction is made.

:01:15. > :01:28.Just running through. Mark Royal will be trying to pop another one

:01:29. > :01:30.in. All the top players have this, very few have a difficult delivery

:01:31. > :02:02.or a bumpy delivery. Keeping a keen eye on this. It will

:02:03. > :02:13.just be a little short. It snuck up and fell back. The drop away just

:02:14. > :02:20.killed it. But it is close. Andy Thomson on his day off, watching the

:02:21. > :02:33.way. Opting not to go on the players balcony, plenty of good seats.

:02:34. > :02:44.Back to his homeland, of course, Andy Thomson. Want to come around

:02:45. > :02:53.this, coming around it nice and clean, he has got a chance. It is

:02:54. > :02:58.not in but it is in the area. Andy has kept as in Boosey is going. --

:02:59. > :03:18.kept his enthusiasm. Paul Foster. Choices... A little

:03:19. > :03:28.short of the backhand. A lot of work to do. He has played it too wide.

:03:29. > :03:35.Andy is one of the oldest players around the tour, in fact, the oldest

:03:36. > :03:41.one in terms of the top 16. All of that enthusiasm and experience makes

:03:42. > :03:47.him very, very difficult as an opponent. He must be getting near

:03:48. > :03:54.bus pass time! He will love me for that. He will come back on you for

:03:55. > :03:58.that. He will, he will. I was chatting to him last night in the

:03:59. > :04:07.Bard and he is in good form, still happy, playing very good old macro.

:04:08. > :04:19.I will not dig the hole in a deeper. -- very good bowls.

:04:20. > :04:29.Mark Royal is establishing himself with a 3 shot lead.

:04:30. > :04:38.Not quite nearly the first bowl or two, but Mark Royal is opening up

:04:39. > :04:45.steady. He usually does, to be honest, that is his way of doing

:04:46. > :04:52.things. Jack length, 28 and a half metres. We have so many different

:04:53. > :04:54.types of people watching here. We always have good young players

:04:55. > :05:01.coming through. Potential young players and anyone who is young who

:05:02. > :05:06.is watching this, I hope you are enjoying it! Certainly there has

:05:07. > :05:21.been some great bowls this afternoon. A shop window for the top

:05:22. > :05:26.players. This competition, the selection process, none of that

:05:27. > :05:38.required for these events, you qualify, it is open to everyone.

:05:39. > :05:43.APPLAUSE Do not buy your best friend, who is

:05:44. > :05:51.a selector, a drink in order to get here. It will not happen. I remember

:05:52. > :05:58.a bowler in Edinburgh, who told me if you had a car, you were a skip.

:05:59. > :06:05.Absolutely, you ferried people about and dictated for you wanted to play!

:06:06. > :06:21.Paul... Can you win this battle? Yes, here it comes. A mini battle.

:06:22. > :06:40.Starting to force Mark Royal into playing difficult and hard shots.

:06:41. > :08:25.mark on both times. We are not close enough to tell. Mark knew it and he

:08:26. > :08:37.played it well. Paul Foster drawing to save. Can he draw this shot? It

:08:38. > :08:46.looks like it. Trolling to score. APPLAUSE

:08:47. > :08:53.Hard to take for Mark Royal. That was an excellent delivery. He was

:08:54. > :08:57.never going to lose any more than two because he was going to be the

:08:58. > :09:07.third but to draw the shot, a super effort. This is a good tussle, Mark

:09:08. > :09:12.Royal and Paul Foster, for a place in the quarterfinal.

:09:13. > :09:24.He is close to this jack, he has lost it! That is a smile, it does

:09:25. > :09:29.happen, even to the best, although it is unusual. He has got three

:09:30. > :09:41.metres to play with activity. But it happens. -- to play with, after the

:09:42. > :09:49.two. It will be no surprise if Mark Royal goes short timid. He has not

:09:50. > :09:58.moved the mat. He has cooked it more than I thought he would. He moved it

:09:59. > :10:00.a metre or two more than he thought and I think he did not want to be

:10:01. > :10:11.that far. Paul Foster is happy enough to play

:10:12. > :10:18.to this distance. APPLAUSE

:10:19. > :10:30.Mark Royal, using his normal bowl, he has been using it for a long

:10:31. > :10:32.time, no changes for him. Paul Foster moved to different bowls

:10:33. > :10:52.coming out of Australia. Paul Foster has moved across to be

:10:53. > :11:11.the supplier of the cook. -- the supplier of equipment.

:11:12. > :11:22.That is a lonely red bowl and it is not far away. A lovely shot from

:11:23. > :11:31.Mark Royal but he is too bowls down. Close again. It just needs to run

:11:32. > :11:36.and it pulls up outside. That is another one that looked as if it was

:11:37. > :11:37.closer. It might force him into playing something different the next

:11:38. > :11:55.time. Anything into the jack or just

:11:56. > :12:07.beyond is good. He has found his line. And the length on his

:12:08. > :12:10.forehand. Yes, the little runner. Mark does not go heavy, he plays

:12:11. > :12:18.controlled weight and he is very accurate. That locked in. Goodness

:12:19. > :12:25.me, they did that lock in. A little bit fortunate, but again, he played

:12:26. > :12:37.the shot, got the contract. -- the contact.

:12:38. > :12:46.It does not leave him very many options. Mark Royal, with his last.

:12:47. > :12:51.Very little danger, no back position. He cannot do much with

:12:52. > :12:56.this. Try and go slightly behind, just in case. He does not need to go

:12:57. > :13:10.too far because he will want to cover the re-spot and he has. He has

:13:11. > :13:14.covered both of them, actually. Mark Royal would be very unlucky if he

:13:15. > :13:30.hits this again. He has played off his backhand once

:13:31. > :13:38.before and has been accurate, here comes. There was not really much

:13:39. > :13:49.there for him. I think that needed a heavy blast. Mark Royal does not

:13:50. > :13:50.play a game like that, he has not really got that very heavy drive in

:13:51. > :14:06.his armoury. Fossey is level. Jack length, 29 and

:14:07. > :14:24.a half metres. The last couple of ends he has

:14:25. > :14:29.started to nail his opening bowl, going for the full-length jack.

:14:30. > :15:16.APPLAUSE He just needs to stand up a little

:15:17. > :16:01.longer with this one. Well down again and Paul Foster

:16:02. > :16:07.having a look. The percentages are good on the runner. He has his own

:16:08. > :16:24.bowls to punch in and he is close with this. He was watching it. We

:16:25. > :16:29.are getting some good stuff, good hit shots, good conversions, draw

:16:30. > :16:41.bowl recoveries, everything is available.

:16:42. > :16:56.I would slightly favour you, Paul. Just over two feet short of jack

:16:57. > :17:11.high. The red one there is three feet short of jack high. He needs to

:17:12. > :17:17.find a way around the red bowl but to come back is quite high. Fighting

:17:18. > :17:27.back on the bias old macro. Running out of energy. -- bowls. Running out

:17:28. > :17:41.of energy in the end. The left-hander on his forehand,

:17:42. > :17:50.looks like he has picked out a good line but it is all about the weight.

:17:51. > :17:57.Has it stopped in time? From this angle, it looks like it. From that

:17:58. > :18:00.angle, you are not sure! It looks like it. Paul Foster has taken one

:18:01. > :18:16.out. He just walked up and lifted the

:18:17. > :18:20.matter from Paul Foster. That is the good thing about the players at this

:18:21. > :18:23.level, there is absolutely no question about anything when it

:18:24. > :18:31.comes to shots being given or taken away. You except the word of your

:18:32. > :18:35.opponent, if it is close, they will know it is close. Jack length, 26

:18:36. > :19:12.metres. By the looks of him, he thinks this

:19:13. > :19:40.is heavy. Better from Mark Royal and in he

:19:41. > :20:45.comes. Paul does not fancy getting to this

:20:46. > :20:47.other than through the drive and it looks as if he has pulled that, he

:20:48. > :21:06.has. He is in trouble. Paul Foster will probably go again

:21:07. > :21:08.so Mark Royal has a choice, either to go for cover and get something in

:21:09. > :21:28.front of the jack. He is going to go up as the Green

:21:29. > :21:33.bowl by the looks of it, he wants to stay wide of it. That is OK, he was

:21:34. > :21:39.so close to the green bowl I can only assume he was trying to draw a

:21:40. > :21:44.shot. On the re-spot, he has got that covered but he would have been

:21:45. > :21:47.closer to it. I cannot see Paul being any worse off, he's going

:21:48. > :21:51.again. Hoping to take one of them away.

:21:52. > :22:04.Dear... That has not worked. I think it might even be three. It is that

:22:05. > :22:12.angle of the others. It should be enough for the set. A pretty

:22:13. > :22:18.horrible result. He hit it on target, looking for the re-spot, did

:22:19. > :22:24.not work out, he loses three. There you go. Looking for the squeeze out

:22:25. > :22:29.to the re-spot, even then, I don't think it would have been good for

:22:30. > :22:34.him. Probably the best result was to lose a single and get a bowl out.

:22:35. > :22:43.You can see by the reaction. He knew as soon as he hit the jack. It was

:22:44. > :22:55.not going to work. A final end of the opening set. Can Mark Royal do

:22:56. > :23:03.enough to mix and match? A good draw in by Mark Royal, all credit to him.

:23:04. > :23:39.Both players forcing each other into the weighted shots.

:23:40. > :23:48.Mark Royal has got his own bowls shop, looking after the needs of all

:23:49. > :23:54.the bowlers macro in his own area. He travels around to various events.

:23:55. > :24:22.That is exactly what he wanted to do.

:24:23. > :24:32.That is going to make it tricky now for Mark. He cannot afford to touch

:24:33. > :24:37.is bowl so he has to move, onto his forehand, try to get another one in

:24:38. > :24:45.roundabout, Paul Foster has a chance to punch through the red one, stay

:24:46. > :24:46.in its place for three. A high degree of difficulty but it is

:24:47. > :25:02.playable. He does not have to do it all with

:25:03. > :25:11.this bowl. He can set himself up... There is two shots to play.

:25:12. > :25:18.Well... Let's see if he does not get down on time and if he does not, he

:25:19. > :25:23.will know it is virtually over and there is nothing he can do, he had

:25:24. > :25:27.to make contact and he knows that. The bowl stayed on the rink but it

:25:28. > :25:38.is not going to make a lot of difference, it is academic. Mark

:25:39. > :25:46.Royal knows that the danger is all but done. He will just pop one round

:25:47. > :25:51.the back, out of the way. He is such a good player. We have not seen the

:25:52. > :25:58.best of him in the last year or two due to illness. And he is definitely

:25:59. > :26:05.coming through. That is a good bowl for the re-spot. He cannot see it

:26:06. > :26:16.from the map, but we can see it from the screen, to the right. Trying to

:26:17. > :26:25.drop it in. There we go, good effort. But it was a practice bowl.

:26:26. > :26:29.One shot and the first set, Mark Royal.

:26:30. > :26:37.APPLAUSE A good effort from Mark. Entered

:26:38. > :26:45.number eight proves to be crucial for Paul Foster. Not getting the

:26:46. > :26:52.result he was looking for. Mark Royal takes the opening set. Paul

:26:53. > :26:54.Foster has the work to do to try and win the second. And force a

:26:55. > :27:39.tie-break. Jack length, 27 metres. Start as you mean to go on from Mark

:27:40. > :27:46.Royal. He is watching this. Quite close. Paul Foster obviously is well

:27:47. > :27:52.known on the indoor circuit but extremely successful outdoors, a

:27:53. > :27:59.wonderful campaign with a Scottish team at the Commonwealth Games. Part

:28:00. > :28:02.of the team that did exceptionally well in the Commonwealth Games and

:28:03. > :28:07.they are kidding themselves indoors this time, this weekend, in

:28:08. > :28:15.Nottingham, against England. We wish them all the very best. That will be

:28:16. > :28:20.high-quality stuff. They play the game at a very high level. It is a

:28:21. > :28:36.Scottish disabled sport. This Saturday and Sunday. We would like

:28:37. > :28:46.to wish Tracey Black from Allah... -- Alloa. Wish her all the best in

:28:47. > :28:59.the event. A great last bowl from Paul Foster.

:29:00. > :29:15.That is a great effort. That is what Mark Royal is good at, playing in

:29:16. > :29:18.close bowls. Fozzie would happen coming into the match knowing that

:29:19. > :29:27.if he can beat Mark on the draw shot... He would get the best of

:29:28. > :29:30.him. There is a little between the two of them at the moment and even

:29:31. > :29:39.on the runners, Mark has been very accurate.

:29:40. > :29:50.All these players have met head-to-head for times in the last

:29:51. > :30:05.nine years. Paul Foster leads by 3-1. Personal battles. He was after

:30:06. > :30:10.the front read, in order to punch the other green bowl out, it was

:30:11. > :30:18.nicely weighted but a little bit on the wide side. Not exactly is their

:30:19. > :30:23.opportunity. He has had worse to work with. We would all be surprised

:30:24. > :30:28.to see Paul Foster giving this Annette Brooke. The shoulder to work

:30:29. > :30:31.off if he can get to the middle of the red bowl on the left-hand side

:30:32. > :30:39.of your picture, that is the one he is after. He is trying it. He needs

:30:40. > :30:46.to just rest and fallback. He hit it too solid.

:30:47. > :33:55.Once again, Mark Royal showing he can draw so well.

:33:56. > :34:02.Paul Foster is using new bowls, he would have had much time to practice

:34:03. > :34:07.with them but I don't think it's much of a factor and I would be

:34:08. > :34:13.surprised if he said it was. You obviously need time to get used to

:34:14. > :34:23.them. But I don't think it makes a lot of difference. I think it is

:34:24. > :34:31.just a matter of getting more and more hours on the portable rink.

:34:32. > :34:40.Looking to draw a third shot. It is tucked in behind.

:34:41. > :34:50.Can Paul Foster find the little adjustment needed?

:34:51. > :35:02.He has got to run it out. I thought it was going to drop in and if it

:35:03. > :35:14.did, it was definitely the shot. Mark Royal might leave this alone.

:35:15. > :35:16.Two red. Walk away. No point in playing the last one, he couldn't do

:35:17. > :36:14.anything with it. Mark Royal last season safely

:36:15. > :36:46.through round one in all three world bowls tour singles. That is getting

:36:47. > :36:54.in at a little bit of pace. It slowed down very quickly again.

:36:55. > :37:25.I thought that was heavier, his first bowl.

:37:26. > :38:07.Just wanted to make it past the green bowl, he would have dropped in

:38:08. > :38:18.for a shot. The gap is one and a half inches. Mark's bowl is one and

:38:19. > :38:25.a half inches short of jack high. Paul Foster will have to call a

:38:26. > :38:31.time-out here. Ideally he would like to play the forehand again but I

:38:32. > :38:38.don't think the angles are therefore it. He might have to change onto the

:38:39. > :38:46.back hand. -- the angles are there for it. That is where he could look

:38:47. > :38:51.to try and come in. He is letting the time go down, he is so hesitant

:38:52. > :38:57.about how to play it because he knows the forehand is not perfect.

:38:58. > :39:01.On the back and he has a wide bowl against him and he is already on the

:39:02. > :39:07.outside of the mat. He will do well to come around that and back to the

:39:08. > :39:15.jack. It is probably the best way to play it. It needs to hurry. I tell

:39:16. > :39:23.you what, it would not have been far away with another foot or two. Mark

:39:24. > :39:33.Royal is asking if he has two second shots. I don't think it's worth his

:39:34. > :39:39.while even playing weight to this. He is going for the controlled

:39:40. > :39:49.weight shot. This is desperately dangerous. Well, he got a nudge of

:39:50. > :39:54.the jack and that was a bonus because if the hat not have got it,

:39:55. > :40:04.he was in extreme danger but as it is, he has come out with a

:40:05. > :40:15.marvellous result. Watch this. Bowl on to bowl, he misses the jack. That

:40:16. > :40:19.little nudge has made all the difference in the world. That is why

:40:20. > :40:25.I didn't think it was worth the shot but he has been fortunate. It was

:40:26. > :40:37.risky. I think he is drawing a shot with this. It comes all the way in.

:40:38. > :40:41.No mistake with that one. And the little nozzle on the jack will not

:40:42. > :40:52.have done him any harm either. We will just see if this gets a

:40:53. > :40:58.touch or not. It seems to settle back again.

:40:59. > :41:07.The faintest of touches. Paul Foster is setting his stall out already, he

:41:08. > :41:18.has lifted the mat and brought it right up the rink.

:41:19. > :41:35.It looks like it'll be one. Both players started to move as soon as

:41:36. > :41:40.the first measure was done. Paul Foster needs to change something so

:41:41. > :41:47.the mat is up and the jack has to be delivered into that three metre

:41:48. > :41:53.area, which it is. Another quality game and he is safe enough now. If

:41:54. > :42:01.you want to play a short jack length, bring the mat up and go to

:42:02. > :42:03.the tee. It gives you a lot more margin of error if you are looking

:42:04. > :42:58.for the 23, 24 metre jack length. He is coming back in very strong

:42:59. > :43:16.now, close to it. Is it going to stay up? One red. One red? The

:43:17. > :43:20.players can't believe it! Paul Foster is saying, really! Not that

:43:21. > :43:35.they don't believe it! I think Paul would have been

:43:36. > :43:46.accepting one doubt if his own bowl had fallen away but the fact it

:43:47. > :43:49.stood up... -- one down. Not much you can do with that, just a little

:43:50. > :44:10.touch on the bowl will do the job. It is just struggling to come back.

:44:11. > :44:15.It would have made centre line, a little bit over. Always fairly

:44:16. > :44:23.confident it was going to make it back in time.

:44:24. > :44:38.Certainly not an awful lot that Mark Royal can do about it.

:44:39. > :44:48.That is why he is going for cover, in case he tries to promote his own

:44:49. > :44:57.bowl onto the jack to push through the two green ones. Just trying

:44:58. > :45:14.gentle from the backhand. Again, it is all about getting back into

:45:15. > :45:23.centre rink. Paul Foster... It is one red. Mark Royal is not

:45:24. > :45:34.interested in playing his final bowl again.

:45:35. > :45:41.Just trying to lighten the tension, it is a very tense game, one of

:45:42. > :45:48.those games where you are not quite sure where it is going to go. The

:45:49. > :45:54.game between Stewart Anderson and Nicky Brett had an intensity about

:45:55. > :46:00.it but a different intensity. Paul Foster is still searching for his

:46:01. > :46:06.line and length consistently. Mark Royal, there is that uneasiness, you

:46:07. > :46:11.know you are playing one of the best in the world and they can find

:46:12. > :46:21.things at any time so you can't take anything for granted and relax.

:46:22. > :46:27.Yes, this is a much more cagey affair as opposed to the cut and

:46:28. > :47:20.thrust of the previous game. No doubt the quality is there. APPLAUSE

:47:21. > :47:30.Didn't like it. We have seen Paul Foster not like bowls before that

:47:31. > :47:35.have come all the way in. He knew it was a bit short, still a good bowl

:47:36. > :47:55.but he knew it wasn't all the way to the jack.

:47:56. > :48:07.Mark Royal was sticking his fingers and whistling, he knew he was flying

:48:08. > :48:13.I think. He was right. There have been many innovations in bowls but

:48:14. > :48:15.we are yet to see voice operated bowls! The players still talk to

:48:16. > :48:27.them! This is a different situation. Mark

:48:28. > :48:39.royal with a little trail on his forehand. -- Mark Royal. Don't go

:48:40. > :48:44.searching for the tight line, try to draw the shot and if you pick up the

:48:45. > :48:50.jack, it's a real bonus. That is a good bowl. APPLAUSE

:48:51. > :48:56.A little unlucky to come across it into the open side. Paul Foster will

:48:57. > :49:07.be looking for that. Back position is not clever. Paul Foster using a

:49:08. > :49:13.time-out here. If he gets it absolutely right, he could pick up

:49:14. > :49:19.one, maybe two. If he stays in, he picks up three. The danger is

:49:20. > :49:26.getting the jack back where he has three red against him that this is

:49:27. > :49:34.worth playing. Just a little punch shot. Playing it with strong weight,

:49:35. > :49:41.not even taking the risk on the punch shot, this is a better

:49:42. > :49:47.percentage. That was the danger. He got the front bowl onto the jack and

:49:48. > :49:52.he knew it, he was just inside the line. A shake of the head, he knew

:49:53. > :49:56.he was in trouble unless it went all the way through. There it goes and

:49:57. > :50:12.his own bowl disappeared all the way into the ditch. Two shots. The

:50:13. > :50:19.casualty was a single shot for him. Just make it a little harder. It

:50:20. > :50:24.always does when ever you play a bowl and you are pretty close to

:50:25. > :50:29.being on target and you think, well, if I'm not going to get what I want,

:50:30. > :50:35.split off the head, lose a single and you shrug your shoulders. It is

:50:36. > :50:45.frustrating when you give more weight. -- give more away. It is one

:50:46. > :50:49.of those where Mark Royal forced the shot by drawing a good old. -- a

:50:50. > :50:55.good bowl. It is shorter than what he would

:50:56. > :52:07.like. It's not there and he knew it, he

:52:08. > :52:13.turned away. Just not working out for Paul Foster at the moment. He

:52:14. > :52:23.doesn't want to fall four shots down with three to play. That is being

:52:24. > :52:30.told to hurry as well. It's not bad. APPLAUSE

:52:31. > :52:32.It's not like Paul Foster to offer as much room as this to his

:52:33. > :52:55.opponent. Three short bowls, you don't see

:52:56. > :53:05.that very often. Notwithstanding the, you certainly don't -- not with

:53:06. > :53:14.Fozzie. And the back position is against him as well now. He needs a

:53:15. > :53:21.really good draw shot. There is nothing there to hit anyway. Only

:53:22. > :53:30.one down but I expect this to make it a double. He might be tempted to

:53:31. > :53:37.run through but the danger is he could take his own bowl out. It is

:53:38. > :53:42.terrific stuff from Mark Royal. He said he was playing well coming into

:53:43. > :53:47.the tournament. And his good run continues. It is good bowling, no

:53:48. > :53:54.doubt about it. But he is being given the room to do it at the

:53:55. > :53:58.moment. Paul Foster has got a shot available to come in for the two

:53:59. > :54:04.bowls on the backhand but the danger is his own bowl is lurking and if he

:54:05. > :54:14.gets contact with that, he loses another shot. Some foster magic is

:54:15. > :54:18.required. -- Foster. He is in the area. Oh yes, oh yes will

:54:19. > :54:32.very much yes. That was brilliant. A big smile from Paul Foster, that is

:54:33. > :54:37.the Fozzie we know. That is the rabbit out of the hat moment that he

:54:38. > :54:45.was desperate for and that has a big implication on the game. Perfect

:54:46. > :54:52.connection. His own green bowl just guarding the red bowl. He was in so

:54:53. > :54:58.much trouble, you would not have fancied his chances but two down

:54:59. > :55:05.with three to go, he is right there. That was massive in the context of

:55:06. > :55:07.the game and in the context of his confidence because that was a very

:55:08. > :55:53.difficult shot. This end is very important now for

:55:54. > :56:01.Mark Royal, he can't afford to lose a shot here. It is a brilliant all

:56:02. > :56:18.by Paul Foster but he needs to get back onto the card again.

:56:19. > :56:24.Well, he stood up very quickly on that, I got the impression there was

:56:25. > :56:32.something not right about it and it looks quick. I tell you what, it's

:56:33. > :56:36.not that quick. That is a number of times he has played a bowl and

:56:37. > :56:39.hasn't looked like he liked it but look at the reaction on his face. I

:56:40. > :58:15.called it as heavy and he thought look at the reaction on his face. I

:58:16. > :58:26.commit to it or am I happy enough to lose two shots and go into the last

:58:27. > :58:30.two ens level? -- ends. Mark Royal could have taken it through for a

:58:31. > :58:38.couple. He is going for the risky one, has he got it right? He wants

:58:39. > :58:42.the jack. He has got a good one out of that, he hit it right on target

:58:43. > :58:49.to be fair, he was aiming for the jack and he got it absolutely right.

:58:50. > :58:58.I think it is one to red. A big turnover, a massive bowl. The last

:58:59. > :59:04.bowl is providing us with such great entertainment at the moment. Even

:59:05. > :59:10.without the bounce, watch where his own red bowl was going. As soon as

:59:11. > :59:16.he got onto the jack... I tell you what, that was more difficult,

:59:17. > :59:24.because of the danger involved. That was a massive role. -- bowl. Paul

:59:25. > :59:44.Foster has to score here. One shot for Mark Royal and he is

:59:45. > :59:48.through. And after Alex Marshall going out and Nick Brett going out,

:59:49. > :59:56.if Paul Foster goes out, goodness me, this is opening wide open. It

:59:57. > :00:09.has been a big day. Just a little bit of movement. Paul Foster just

:00:10. > :00:26.resets. Good opening bowl from Mark Royal. Paul Foster needs to find a

:00:27. > :00:31.way. APPLAUSE It didn't put him off much, that is

:00:32. > :00:37.one of the best bowls he has played on first bowl this length. Mark

:00:38. > :00:40.Royal stamping his foot which gives me the impression there is something

:00:41. > :00:50.wrong with this and he hasn't pushed it. The line was good.

:00:51. > :01:03.How often do you see this happening? Within a grasp of a big win. He

:01:04. > :01:09.drops it short. No use to anyone. The majority of situations... Not

:01:10. > :01:18.close enough to get it with any certainty. A bad end from Mark Royal

:01:19. > :01:27.and he is back in trouble for the last end. That has been too short

:01:28. > :01:35.bowls, this has to reach, he cannot afford to drop it short again. Is he

:01:36. > :01:45.over corrected? No, he hasn't. Sitting down as well. Still a chance

:01:46. > :01:54.for Paul Foster. Half an inch short. Better on the other side. Play

:01:55. > :02:00.beforehand, run the jack through. A tough shot for Paul Foster.

:02:01. > :02:07.Starting to work back now. It is close but it needs a little bit of

:02:08. > :02:14.extra... Mark Royal will be doing well. Better to go deep, possibly, a

:02:15. > :02:23.chance for the Red Bull macro to go out and he would get four shots. --

:02:24. > :02:43.for the red bowl. Steady... He is going deep. I am not

:02:44. > :02:50.sure about that, I am really not sure. Paul Foster... You feel, you

:02:51. > :02:54.cannot take liberties with him. If he'd nipped this in and get it

:02:55. > :03:02.absolutely right, he will pick up three or four shots. This is the

:03:03. > :03:08.proverbial or nothing. Paul Foster needs a result with this. Or it is

:03:09. > :03:15.the match for Mark Royal. He is watching it, he must think it is

:03:16. > :03:23.close. Here comes Paul Foster. APPLAUSE

:03:24. > :03:27.Paul Foster at his absolute rest! Mark Royal, who was walking through

:03:28. > :03:32.the door into the quarterfinal has to pull himself back. He just cannot

:03:33. > :03:40.leave those for Paul Foster, you really can't. He will punish you. He

:03:41. > :03:48.wanted another turn. I think he felt he needed another one but you cannot

:03:49. > :03:54.leave those. I think you are right. He was an inch or so away from

:03:55. > :04:04.getting a third shot out of that. Tactically... You you cannot cover

:04:05. > :04:11.everything in life. I appreciate that. He was almost getting ready

:04:12. > :04:24.for an interview, but as it is, we could have a tie-break. Paul Foster

:04:25. > :04:31.shots to force a tie-break. A couple of feet through with that. He has

:04:32. > :04:45.put himself under a lot of pressure. Playing this last end. He is getting

:04:46. > :04:50.there with a bit of pace. This is the kind of game that if you do not

:04:51. > :04:58.win, it will live with you for a little while if you are Mark Royal.

:04:59. > :05:04.Paul Foster looking to adjust, in he comes. Has he overcorrected? This is

:05:05. > :05:16.the chance you are looking for. Always expect Paul Foster to nail

:05:17. > :05:24.it. You can tell, he is just... Scraping and scratching around. But

:05:25. > :05:29.he digs things out, all the top layers do it, they dig out a result.

:05:30. > :05:37.Mark Royal knows that. -- top players. Just about making it for

:05:38. > :05:48.the shot. That is another near close enough. He needs this, Paul Foster.

:05:49. > :05:55.To give himself a chance. Both players changing onto the forehand.

:05:56. > :06:02.Reaching with this? Looks as if it is pulling up very quickly. It is.

:06:03. > :06:07.So many bowls have told up whenever I thought they have been close and

:06:08. > :06:12.the players thought they were close. There is something strange out

:06:13. > :06:16.there. This is what you want to do. Mark, you are being given an unusual

:06:17. > :06:22.opportunity. A lot of space around the jack. He is calling it, he is

:06:23. > :06:25.struggling. Looks like it is there and it is.

:06:26. > :06:32.APPLAUSE A much better shot. Going to make it

:06:33. > :06:39.very difficult for Paul Foster but he has to pull back the jack to his

:06:40. > :06:43.own green bowl, will probably have to move onto the, he cannot see it

:06:44. > :06:53.on the forehand. Yes, he is on the back. Slightly inside the line, an

:06:54. > :06:57.extra two feet of weight. The sort of player who is more than

:06:58. > :07:09.capable... Is it getting back in time? You comes. The second set and

:07:10. > :07:13.match, Mark Royal. Mark Royal has Davida Paul Foster, the finalist

:07:14. > :07:22.here for the last three years. An unusual early exit for Paul Foster.

:07:23. > :07:45.-- defeated Paul Foster. Mark Royal rose through 2-0. -- goes through.

:07:46. > :09:00.The set scores reflected the match, Mark Royal getting the edge over

:09:01. > :09:05.Paul Foster, Paul not at his best, no doubt. Struggling a little bit,

:09:06. > :09:10.unusually, but mercurial in his ability to come back so the matter

:09:11. > :09:18.was in question. Mark Royal, from Suffolk, through to the

:09:19. > :09:19.quarterfinals. A very fine win in deed

:09:20. > :09:28.quarterfinals. A very fine win in deed for Mark

:09:29. > :09:35.Royal. Paul Foster out of the competition,... When you play Paul,

:09:36. > :09:40.you do not put gay hotel for the night. I must go and do that now.

:09:41. > :09:46.You played very well, Paul, staying at home this week. Would it be fair

:09:47. > :09:53.to say you were scratching around a little bit, hard to find the line

:09:54. > :09:59.and length. I am not going to take anything away from Mark. But first

:10:00. > :10:07.bowl is deadly. I do not know what is wrong, my game is all to pot. At

:10:08. > :10:12.times I thought it was good, but it was not. A bad performance. Mark

:10:13. > :10:16.deserved the victory and good luck to him, not taking anything away

:10:17. > :10:21.from him. You played some lovely bowls and you had them playing well

:10:22. > :10:26.all week. I felt, Kabul, you know when you have got to play this man,

:10:27. > :10:32.you have got to play at your best and it relaxes you, it is easier to

:10:33. > :10:40.play in the first round. Is .com double out there. Obviously, Paul

:10:41. > :10:46.did not, he struggled. I was happy how I played. Absolutely. The second

:10:47. > :10:51.set in particular, the final bowls were really important. Paul, a big

:10:52. > :10:57.conversion shot and in the seventh end, a big conversion shot. Locals

:10:58. > :11:01.through this. Paul had bowled a good end and I hit the jack through the

:11:02. > :11:06.back. Paul put in a covering bowl but that rebound at and I did not

:11:07. > :11:12.think I have the shot, I thought it had rebounded. I was happy. Before

:11:13. > :11:19.that, Paul, you played a similar shot, turned it around, great shot.

:11:20. > :11:22.Into the final end, the eighth end, you had a shot to turn things

:11:23. > :11:29.around, to force it down the last end. I was disappointed with the

:11:30. > :11:34.third bowl, it came up short, I gave myself a lifeline. To do that, into

:11:35. > :11:40.the last end... That is disappointing. I wanted to ask you

:11:41. > :11:46.mark, you played your last bowl down to the copper and Paul came in and

:11:47. > :11:52.forced you dine at last end. What was the thinking behind that? That

:11:53. > :11:58.is right. I thought I had probably won the match two or three times

:11:59. > :12:02.before I did. Paul split them away. That was earlier wrong. I was not

:12:03. > :12:08.looking forward to playing that last end and to be honest, I started all

:12:09. > :12:14.links slightly heavier, that is unusual. Normally when you become

:12:15. > :12:19.tense, you start to go the other way, but Paul let me in. Paul, you

:12:20. > :12:24.want the World Championships for times and they are next... I guess,

:12:25. > :12:31.for you, it's about focusing on getting back the line and length. It

:12:32. > :12:35.is disappointing, of course you want to win the match is that you play. I

:12:36. > :12:42.have a lot of hard work ahead of me but I am ready for that and I will

:12:43. > :12:47.be ready for it. Darren Burnett in the quarterfinals. Playing very

:12:48. > :12:52.well, it will be a great game. I did not realise who I was playing but

:12:53. > :12:56.yes, he is a great player, former world champion. I am looking forward

:12:57. > :13:02.to it. We are all looking forward to it. Go and book a hotel for tonight.

:13:03. > :13:07.Mark Royal, through to the quarterfinals. Paul Foster,

:13:08. > :13:12.commiserations. I bet you have wondered many times how you can play

:13:13. > :13:15.or be anything like these guys, they are fantastic and they play big

:13:16. > :13:26.shots when required. We do not know how to do it but David Corcoran

:13:27. > :13:29.certainly doors. For this masterclass I have selected a shot

:13:30. > :13:36.from a previous event. Mark Dawes had lost the first set and his

:13:37. > :13:41.opponent was 7-1 up but with Insta go, Mark Dawes was in a lot of

:13:42. > :13:47.trouble. What he faced was a shot against him but he had different

:13:48. > :13:51.options. He lost this shot, seven down with three ends to go. No

:13:52. > :13:59.chance to get back, the match was over. First option, bowl onto bowl.

:14:00. > :14:06.The back red was in favour of Mark Paxton. Anything could happen and it

:14:07. > :14:09.was down to luck. If he changed on the backhand, backhand, again, the

:14:10. > :14:15.back red was against him, no guarantee of anything. But he played

:14:16. > :14:21.was superb. On the edge of the red, hit it at the angle, to guide the

:14:22. > :14:26.other red, his own bowl travelled through and he was left with two

:14:27. > :14:34.shots. Suddenly he was 7-3 with three ends to go and he was back in

:14:35. > :14:39.the match. COMMENTATOR: he has got them. He has

:14:40. > :14:52.got to be very accurate. And that is all there is to it. If

:14:53. > :14:58.you can do that, you are better than me. We will have more masterclasses

:14:59. > :15:02.later on in the week. Now we can get ourselves excited for the next

:15:03. > :15:10.match, Robert Paxton taking on Les Gillett.

:15:11. > :15:22.Les Gillett will not go down without a fight. So aggressive, so strong.

:15:23. > :15:28.Come out fighting and good luck to both of you! We always look at

:15:29. > :15:33.winning the first game as a milestone and you can go afterwards.

:15:34. > :15:39.That first game for me was crucial, getting back in the top 16. The last

:15:40. > :15:43.thing I wanted to do was get back in and lose the first game, the

:15:44. > :15:48.pressure was on. Luckily I did not and I can build on it. I have always

:15:49. > :15:51.done well here, I like the venue, but it. I have always done well

:15:52. > :15:56.here, I like the venue, but it's early I have had good success and

:15:57. > :16:03.long may it continue. Rob is a very attacking player. He is quite

:16:04. > :16:07.aggressive and will go early. Try and smother the jack. All I can do

:16:08. > :16:12.is worry about my own game and I have got to put him under pressure

:16:13. > :16:15.and I have a bit of an armoury myself, I can hit things when it is

:16:16. > :16:22.needed. I will worry about myself and not Rob and I will play my own

:16:23. > :16:28.game. Les has proven that by getting back into the top 16, that is no

:16:29. > :16:33.mean feat, he is tough and always has been and he has got the Love

:16:34. > :16:38.back for the game. Playing some great matches, it will be a tough

:16:39. > :16:43.game. My aspiration is still there, I want to succeed, I still show

:16:44. > :16:50.emotion. I think I am playing reasonably well. I am not so

:16:51. > :16:56.erratic. I have matured with age. Les is a big character. He brings

:16:57. > :17:00.excitement to the game but when I am out there, I am focused on the game

:17:01. > :17:05.and does not matter what the opponent is like. I will do what I

:17:06. > :17:09.am there to do. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm

:17:10. > :17:17.welcome to the next competitors. Former winner of the Welsh Masters

:17:18. > :17:29.and world payers... Les Gillett! APPLAUSE

:17:30. > :17:35.And facing him this afternoon, 2011 Scottish International open

:17:36. > :17:50.champion... Robert Paxton! APPLAUSE

:17:51. > :17:57.This should be a very fine match indeed. David Corcoran is in the

:17:58. > :18:01.commentary box and he is joined by Greg Harlow.

:18:02. > :18:06.COMMENTATOR: Les is never short of confidence, up

:18:07. > :18:13.against Rob Paxton and his record is good. The game in favour of Robert

:18:14. > :18:19.Paxton, but Greg, you know, it is a tough one. Robert. Confident at Les,

:18:20. > :18:26.on his day, can outdraw anyone. I think this will go all the way. When

:18:27. > :18:31.Les got back into the top 16 you could almost see his stature

:18:32. > :18:35.growing. It has given him a left and he has his love back that the game.

:18:36. > :19:09.I think today he will push Robert all the way. We shall see.

:19:10. > :19:19.Les, the left-hander. He has been around the game a long time. Broke

:19:20. > :19:25.into the world Bowls tour, made a splash right at the start in 97. Won

:19:26. > :19:31.the international open. Made his way through a lot of top players in

:19:32. > :19:35.qualifying in Blackpool to do that. In the top 16 for a long time,

:19:36. > :19:37.dropped out, fought his way through the qualifiers again, that is not

:19:38. > :19:48.easy. Robert Paxton, he is a tough

:19:49. > :19:56.competitor and has had a great few years.

:19:57. > :20:03.There will not be much between these two men. I don't think so, I have

:20:04. > :20:10.practised with those of them and they are hitting a lot of bowls

:20:11. > :20:15.around the jack. Probably some interesting shot play towards the

:20:16. > :20:26.end of the set. Robert can be very aggressive. A big drive available to

:20:27. > :20:30.him. Part of his armoury. Lost a lot of weight over the last few months.

:20:31. > :20:36.I just wonder is that affected him in any way in terms of how he will

:20:37. > :20:40.play the game? Sometimes it can but what I have seen of him, he has been

:20:41. > :20:44.as consistent as ever, I did not think it will make a difference to

:20:45. > :21:12.his bowling and consistency. In a good place at the moment.

:21:13. > :21:31.Robert normally plays very well up here.

:21:32. > :21:37.A good opening end from Robert. I cannot really see a shot available

:21:38. > :23:10.for less. Measure for second. cannot really see a shot available

:23:11. > :23:14.over the last few years, playing up here. Les Gillett, a bit mercurial

:23:15. > :23:20.in many ways. Never lacked confidence. Always been a player

:23:21. > :23:26.that plays with confidence, got the little runner but the strength of

:23:27. > :23:39.his shot is on the draw. Definitely. When he gets the draw going he is as

:23:40. > :23:56.consistent as anyone. A nice, steady start for Rob.

:23:57. > :24:06.Jack links, 28 metres. Immediately going to the longer jack links. --

:24:07. > :24:41.the longer jack links. Rob looks to have made a decent

:24:42. > :25:35.adjustment here. Perfect reply. Les is going early. Jack or bowl...

:25:36. > :25:38.Not his normal style. Second bowl? He obviously fancied putting the

:25:39. > :25:41.jack into the ditch, slightly unlucky, to be honest. Given himself

:25:42. > :25:49.a little more room to draw. unlucky, to be honest. Given himself

:25:50. > :25:57.Perhaps he has been sitting there, watching all day and just fancied

:25:58. > :26:03.it. Getting himself into the game. A lot of players actually playing the

:26:04. > :26:11.weighted shots early, probably more than ever before than I can

:26:12. > :26:16.remember. Back to the draw. Yes. Just giving himself a little extra

:26:17. > :26:20.room, that balance on the jack, quite wide. A bit of work to do with

:26:21. > :26:27.this although the jack is off centre, needs to Harry.

:26:28. > :26:33.It is all very well playing the weighted shot, if you do not get the

:26:34. > :26:38.required result you give yourself a lot of problems and he is two shots

:26:39. > :26:43.down and I am pretty sure that Rob will add a third. Very early in this

:26:44. > :26:48.set he will have to find something special to get out of trouble. The

:26:49. > :26:56.ideal shop for Robert would be to turn the jack. Yes, any turn on it

:26:57. > :27:00.would be great. The touch from the ditch belongs to Les Gillett and

:27:01. > :27:07.this looks good. What he does not want to do is frame it, give a

:27:08. > :27:14.target. Well, that is pretty good. I will imagine Les will have a go at

:27:15. > :27:19.it. Damage limitation. To bowls out would be good. The perfect shot

:27:20. > :27:24.would be the green bowl onto the jack.

:27:25. > :27:31.He has gone for the draw. Incredibly hard.

:27:32. > :27:47.Certainly not as wide as the last bowl but he is asking a lot of it to

:27:48. > :27:50.come back in time. Well... Three shots, Robert Paxton. Not convinced

:27:51. > :27:55.with that very early in the game. He had a goal with the second bowl but

:27:56. > :28:02.personally, I think he should have gone again. Reduce the count.

:28:03. > :28:08.He will not be too worried about getting behind. I don't know if you

:28:09. > :28:16.heard about the famous English singles match between these two in

:28:17. > :28:25.2001. Yes... Jack links, 28 metres. Les was in the lead 6-0 and Robert

:28:26. > :28:30.ran all the way up to 20-6 in the lead, before the final result was

:28:31. > :28:41.21-20. I was not sure about the exact score. I think he has put that

:28:42. > :28:47.behind him. But it took a few years. It plays on your mind for a while.

:28:48. > :28:53.Let's put it that way. Imagine the reaction from less after that! A

:28:54. > :29:14.quiet cigar outside. Les is another player who has moved

:29:15. > :29:15.to the Aero bowls. Robert Paxton stays with his trusty and

:29:16. > :29:27.traditional drakes pride. APPLAUSE

:29:28. > :29:37.Swapped from the professional this week to give himself extra swing.

:29:38. > :29:41.People often see it as an outdoor bowl... But sometimes, when it is

:29:42. > :29:49.not pulling back as much as you would like...

:29:50. > :30:05.It is all personal choice and we have the four manufacturers now.

:30:06. > :30:20.There is Aero, Taylor... Two of them are straight young and

:30:21. > :30:26.the other two are from the UK. -- two of them are Australian. Looking

:30:27. > :30:28.to increase to 18 inches of weight, it looks better. Normally very good

:30:29. > :30:44.at this. Robert resting down on the backhand,

:30:45. > :30:49.turned the jack. Relaxing time for yourself today along with Andy

:30:50. > :30:57.Thomson. But some quality bowls, that match with Nick Brett was so

:30:58. > :31:03.special. Fantastic match. Both players played fantastic last bowls

:31:04. > :31:08.on the tie-break end. No one deserved to lose. Stuart probably

:31:09. > :31:17.just shaded it in the end and was looking very good. -- Stewart

:31:18. > :31:29.Anderson. He picked that one up like a

:31:30. > :31:48.sweetie. He started the match very well. Two, maybe three.

:31:49. > :32:04.He is right on it. Nearly wiggled its way round. It is another

:32:05. > :32:11.treble. You would have got interesting odds for an 8-0 lead

:32:12. > :32:16.after three with these players. I would have gone 3-2! I would have

:32:17. > :32:24.been with you. One shot between them would have been my bet. Les has not

:32:25. > :32:28.really got his first or second in close enough at the moment, he is

:32:29. > :32:37.letting Robert dominate and finding himself in trouble.

:32:38. > :32:46.He needs to win an end, change the jack length. If not, you just feel

:32:47. > :33:16.Robert will run away with this first set. APPLAUSE

:33:17. > :33:36.The thing for theirs, about the ranking points, when you are at 15th

:33:37. > :33:43.you are thinking a quarterfinal place would be very happy -- the

:33:44. > :33:47.thing for Les. And if you can get the points in the first tournament

:33:48. > :33:52.of the year, it takes the pressure off for the rest of the year. If you

:33:53. > :33:54.can get to the later stages, it certainly helps further down the

:33:55. > :34:09.line. Can he just get the corner of the

:34:10. > :34:10.jack? Not far-away but you would have thought anything behind the

:34:11. > :34:34.jack would have been useful. Doesn't want to get level here. That

:34:35. > :34:42.might force Les into playing a bit more to it. It will provide the

:34:43. > :34:48.angle he is looking for. If he can get anything half bowl on the

:34:49. > :34:56.inside, he could sneak the jack away for two shots. He is just on the

:34:57. > :35:03.outside of it. But he has come into a good home. What would you do here,

:35:04. > :35:09.Greg? Play the same bowl and try to take it away from it? I would try to

:35:10. > :35:17.cover the three on the other hand, split the two reds, 8-0 up, you

:35:18. > :35:22.don't want to drop another three. And if Les gets it, fair enough. You

:35:23. > :35:34.would not want to let him in with three. It needs to bend a little

:35:35. > :35:42.bit. Didn't get back anywhere near as much as I thought it would. It is

:35:43. > :35:51.still there for Les. Half bowl. He is under. It looks worse at the head

:35:52. > :35:53.than what it was coming up. Probably only missed the line by half a

:35:54. > :36:30.bowl. Good holes played by Rob Paxton here

:36:31. > :36:35.but Les is yet to find his feet and compete at the moment which is

:36:36. > :36:40.unusual. He is normally out of the blocks pretty quickly but he has

:36:41. > :36:47.been pegged back. If you start to miss a couple, it can get into your

:36:48. > :37:25.head a bit. The majority of his game is based on drawing.

:37:26. > :37:45.Rob is not letting him get away with anything, making an adjustment to

:37:46. > :38:01.the second delivery. He needs the jack.

:38:02. > :38:11.Robert, coordinated with the green issues to match the green shirt and

:38:12. > :38:15.green bowls. -- with the green shoes. That is good shooting. Very

:38:16. > :38:29.good indeed. Just one will do Rob Paxton very

:38:30. > :38:34.well. It is Les that needs to score shots at the moment. Hence the

:38:35. > :38:40.reason he has gone chasing the jack, he needs it all the way to the

:38:41. > :38:43.ditch. Two to green now and back position cupboard and you can see it

:38:44. > :39:07.with Les, a wry smile -- covered. It was close. It is a big difference

:39:08. > :39:13.for Les. Again, no pressure on Rob, he can roll one down and try to get

:39:14. > :39:18.as close to the jack as he can. Les mitres logo again, he has nothing to

:39:19. > :39:25.lose, it doesn't matter if he takes his own bowl out, if Robert leaves

:39:26. > :39:35.him room. Look at this. The jack is still there to be taken back. He has

:39:36. > :39:45.gone to the draw. Dear oh dear. How many players would try to draw this?

:39:46. > :39:55.None! Sorry, one! Les! He hasn't made it. Three shots, Robert Paxton.

:39:56. > :40:02.The set has almost gone already after five ends. Just imagine what

:40:03. > :40:08.the guys in the player room are thinking. What on earth is going on?

:40:09. > :40:13.Was up there earlier and the talk was what a good game this would be

:40:14. > :40:18.and how tight it would be. They will be a bit surprised. Rob has played

:40:19. > :40:25.very well but Les has not got going at all. I know what my wife will be

:40:26. > :40:38.saying, that is what the second set is for! That is precisely what it is

:40:39. > :40:43.for. This one is gone, Les will know that, he will just be trying to

:40:44. > :40:48.extend it as long as possible. Rob is getting a free run. One shot here

:40:49. > :41:08.and the set will be over. I think Les will just use this as a

:41:09. > :41:12.practice end, try to draw all four bowls and find a length. He will be

:41:13. > :41:39.already switching on to that second set.

:41:40. > :41:59.Better with this. Still against him. The gap is six inches. Your first

:42:00. > :42:05.bowl is an inch past jack high. He will still play away at it. But Rob

:42:06. > :42:07.will want to finish this set off as quickly as possible and keep this

:42:08. > :42:23.momentum going into the second. He has nudged it a bit closer but

:42:24. > :42:33.left shoulder and Les could pop the two bowls. I think he will just draw

:42:34. > :42:48.away. Another good effort. Possibly just under. Just touching one onto

:42:49. > :43:02.the other. He got the shot out of it but he will not worry about it.

:43:03. > :43:09.When your opponent is not playing well, you have to keep your serious

:43:10. > :43:16.head on and make sure you don't let your standard of play drop. This is

:43:17. > :43:23.close. He has got the jack, surely. Yes. That is good stuff, hard to

:43:24. > :43:34.argue with that, irrespective of how your opponent is playing.

:43:35. > :43:41.Yes, Les just sticking to the draw, I thought he would. He will be glad

:43:42. > :43:45.when this set is over and he can start again on the second but a

:43:46. > :43:53.fantastic set from Robert Paxton. He has played really well. First set,

:43:54. > :43:58.Robert Paxton. APPLAUSE That is probably the most

:43:59. > :44:12.unpredictable results are set in this event. -- result of a set. 13-0

:44:13. > :44:19.against a player of Les's quality. Rob played really well. The first

:44:20. > :44:23.few ends, Les was just a bit short with his first couple of bowls and

:44:24. > :44:25.his chasing bowls were just missing as well and it slipped away very

:44:26. > :44:42.quickly. I am sure all of Rob's fans will be

:44:43. > :44:48.hoping for a lot of the same and Les's and the neutrals will be

:44:49. > :44:55.looking for a closer set. It can't be any worse for Les, he didn't get

:44:56. > :45:10.on the scorecard in the first set but I'm sure he will in this one.

:45:11. > :45:22.Again, the first bowl is not bad but just in that niggling little foot,

:45:23. > :45:28.15 inches short. If Rob carries on peppering the jack, it will give him

:45:29. > :45:38.problems later in the end. He knows he is close with this one. Big,

:45:39. > :45:49.strong biased bowls, coming back off the high line.

:45:50. > :46:25.I think this is as of trouble. Any touch on that

:46:26. > :46:30.jack... This will come back quick. A little touch, he has left shoulder

:46:31. > :46:38.for Les and normally he would just pop one in here. He still really

:46:39. > :46:43.should draw this one, a slight correction on his last line would be

:46:44. > :48:04.good. This is normally bread and butter for Les.

:48:05. > :48:12.good decision. Get on the scorecard. It needs to run. He has given it a

:48:13. > :48:24.chance. Fall on the jack? That is a very good end for Les Gillett. Three

:48:25. > :48:30.shots, Les Gillett. Great start. One of those comes back, it was always

:48:31. > :48:36.looking good but the little drop was the bonus. The big bonus. He was

:48:37. > :48:43.pleased with that, he knew he was good. Was he waving his finger in

:48:44. > :48:51.the air because he was on the card! And the bonus as well.

:48:52. > :49:11.He is on the card and he gets the next bowl up, it makes a massive

:49:12. > :49:25.difference. Les is back in the game. A change of links. --

:49:26. > :50:20.Anything heavy and it will just not yet back. Definitely narrowed the

:50:21. > :50:25.line down but just pushed on five feet and that was enough to hold it

:50:26. > :50:34.past the head. Pretty much does that on all forehands. -- all four hands.

:50:35. > :50:40.It is a lot harder to play because you are not quite convinced how

:50:41. > :50:47.narrow you can hold the bowl in with that weight. Les getting back into

:50:48. > :50:59.it now, that is what we are used to seeing from him. He is looking up at

:51:00. > :51:06.the commentary box! I think he was saying, I can play bowls, boys! I'm

:51:07. > :51:14.back! I think Rob will drop back to the draw. There is not a lot of room

:51:15. > :51:23.but not much to hit either. Certainly on a drawing line. I don't

:51:24. > :51:26.think he has reduced the pace. He is still chuckling through and Les will

:51:27. > :51:33.see this as a big opportunity to pick up another shot. There is no

:51:34. > :51:38.real target. If I was Les, I would still go deep to cover the two green

:51:39. > :51:45.bowls because he is inviting the drive if he doesn't. The front red

:51:46. > :51:58.one of course is a protector. Let's see what he is thinking. He is

:51:59. > :52:08.trying to draw another. He is in. Had he kept it right? I cannot short

:52:09. > :52:15.how much that will help Rob because any weight on the backhand and you

:52:16. > :52:19.just sail past that. And if he drove backhand to try to get that bowl

:52:20. > :52:24.onto the jack, the next red would take the green one so he might still

:52:25. > :52:32.drop two or three on the spot, unless he got it really thin. It is

:52:33. > :52:37.possible even the front one squeezes the jack out but on that Reese but

:52:38. > :52:45.he is no better off. If he times it, and actually gets the front bowl, he

:52:46. > :52:54.could squeeze the jack through to the back 4-2 shots. -- on the

:52:55. > :53:01.re-spot he is no better off. It is what he is looking for but it is a

:53:02. > :53:05.high degree of difficulty. It was damage limitation. That is another

:53:06. > :53:55.three. This is a strange old game, this one.

:53:56. > :54:08.All of a sudden, it looks a different Les Gillett. Four inches

:54:09. > :54:15.short. Sometimes it only takes one bowl or one end and Les is back in

:54:16. > :54:23.action. It is up to Rob to step up a gear. He was given a clear and easy

:54:24. > :54:32.run in the first set. But the resistance has been brought up

:54:33. > :54:39.considerably in the second. The target with this one should be about

:54:40. > :54:44.a foot behind. Anything jack high and Rob will probably be driving. He

:54:45. > :54:48.has decided to go slightly further behind than a foot and you can't

:54:49. > :55:00.blame him for that. It's always going to be useful.

:55:01. > :55:07.He has a chance with this one. Well played. APPLAUSE

:55:08. > :55:15.Not the perfect result. Your bowl is now 14 inches short of

:55:16. > :55:43.jack high. Rob's is jack high. The line looks good enough. How is

:55:44. > :55:54.the pace? It's not bad. APPLAUSE Going back on the jack might help.

:55:55. > :56:04.Two red. Big drive time, looking to destroy... That was a bit of a

:56:05. > :56:14.distance away, that is not like him. I think he is thinking, what is

:56:15. > :56:22.going on? I hope that final is not coming back to haunt him! Don't go

:56:23. > :56:29.there, Greg! I think he is more worried about losing two or three

:56:30. > :56:37.threes in a row. 6-0 down at it is. Les has the best back bowl and is

:56:38. > :56:52.lying two so he will probably just add another. Yes. Choices, choices.

:56:53. > :56:56.Damage limitation, go again? I think so. There probably is a chance to

:56:57. > :57:08.get the two bowls out and leave the back green one. Les a few inches

:57:09. > :57:25.past with his last bowl. That is not good. That is horrible. Three shots,

:57:26. > :57:35.Les Gillett. What is happening? What a difference are set makes. -- a

:57:36. > :57:39.set. This is the weirdest game ever. If it had stayed on that green one,

:57:40. > :57:52.it would have been four. Dear oh dear. 13-0 in the first set, the

:57:53. > :58:00.second set, Les is a link up his trousers and he is 9-0 up! --

:58:01. > :58:07.pulling up. Every bit that Rob was good in the first set, Les has been

:58:08. > :58:13.in the second set. He is angling them in and forcing Rob to play the

:58:14. > :58:15.weight shots he didn't have two in the first set. He is in again will

:58:16. > :58:31.stop here we go. Perfect jack and back touch, it

:58:32. > :58:39.didn't even move it, just using it to rest it up. Rob is losing his

:58:40. > :58:46.wait a little bit on the drawing simply because of the weight shots

:58:47. > :58:56.he is having to play. To win this match, he have to get back to the

:58:57. > :59:03.drawing. Clicking fingers is normally a good sign from Les. He is

:59:04. > :59:08.there again. APPLAUSE It is not too bad, it could have

:59:09. > :59:21.been worse. The gap is two and a half inches. Driving early, looking

:59:22. > :59:23.to destroy this end. He has got to reset his targets, he is hitting the

:59:24. > :59:38.green ones. He certainly is. Not too much to think about here for

:59:39. > :59:47.Les. Just draw another one down, maybe ideally a foot or two short to

:59:48. > :59:50.block Rob's drive. I'm really not sure what's happening, I don't think

:59:51. > :59:59.I've seen this before in all the years I have been doing this. 13-0,

:00:00. > :00:11.9-0, lying three, Rob has to go back to the draw, surely. If he draws

:00:12. > :00:22.this, he is likely to win the next four ends! He is very close to doing

:00:23. > :00:36.it. Yes, that is close. Good old. One red. This is just too strange

:00:37. > :00:49.for words. It can be a funny old game at times and it is proving it.

:00:50. > :00:57.In the second, I am convinced he will pop another one on. Just

:00:58. > :01:03.struggling for the weight. He is letting me down. The danger for Rob,

:01:04. > :01:14.if he goes at this, and it goes wrong, he will be more down. I think

:01:15. > :01:20.he will try beforehand draw. I think he has got to play at, 9-0 down. No

:01:21. > :01:30.reason not to. These will come around, no problem. This hand lends

:01:31. > :01:48.itself to that shot, probably the biggest finish off all the forehand

:01:49. > :01:53.shots. Can he get down in time? This said it is 10-0, Les Gillett. --

:01:54. > :02:27.this set. This is just impossible. Jack links 28 and a half metres.

:02:28. > :02:32.Both players turn up in the tie-breaks, we have some exciting

:02:33. > :02:37.stuff. That is the thing, even if it is two or three ends, and a

:02:38. > :02:45.tie-break, we are good for probably another 25 or 30 minutes. Bowling of

:02:46. > :03:31.some sort! Who ever decides to turn up in the tie-break! Les has a look

:03:32. > :03:49.at the floor, disappointed, and it may roll all the way up. It is just

:03:50. > :03:53.so rare, there are two top-class players in the event, to see this

:03:54. > :04:02.happening. Rob is coming in for a shot. He needs to get back. The gap

:04:03. > :04:12.is two and a half inches. For the last bowl your gap is five inches.

:04:13. > :04:19.The last great match is all, the best bowling was in the three and

:04:20. > :04:24.tie-break. The bowling has been great but it has been one-sided.

:04:25. > :04:36.Here comes Les... The second set. A great effort.

:04:37. > :04:44.That will not help Les. Get up at jack. He will not worry about losing

:04:45. > :04:55.a single but he will want to keep the scoreboard as clean as possible.

:04:56. > :05:02.It is a long road for Rob. He has got to stay positive. He is probably

:05:03. > :05:10.thinking 5-2, it sounds a long way back but you have to think positive

:05:11. > :05:18.in games like this. It is very hard to make an impression on a 10-0

:05:19. > :05:25.deficit. Les has swapped to this backhand or the right-hand backhand

:05:26. > :05:32.twice. He has drawn back knockers. He is not going to swap... No, he is

:05:33. > :05:38.not. Playing a little bit inside. Good for the bowl under the jack.

:05:39. > :05:43.Really confident. Has he got enough weight to hold it? No... Or has he

:05:44. > :05:49.got enough weight to sneak around the corner for the shot? I think

:05:50. > :06:09.that is a shot, really. Leslie, that is a bit cheeky. Let's just died the

:06:10. > :06:25.tie-break. Let's move on to the tie-break. -- start the tie-break.

:06:26. > :06:34.If he gets into it... There is a chance of... The jack going across.

:06:35. > :06:44.Over this direction. And he would be very happy to take it over there. A

:06:45. > :06:50.very, very slim chance. It might bang all three of the red bowls out.

:06:51. > :06:54.A very slim chance. He has got to hit the target to start with and see

:06:55. > :07:02.what happens. The jack is the other side. We don't know... Either way,

:07:03. > :07:14.Les will be happy, he is one shot down. And one shot up.

:07:15. > :07:21.One shot, Les Gillett. He is doing what he wants to do. He is keeping

:07:22. > :07:31.robbed of the scorecard in the second set.

:07:32. > :07:44.Two shots here and we are into a tie-break. I would like to have seen

:07:45. > :08:29.the odds on this. 0- 13 and 13-0, that would be impressive.

:08:30. > :08:34.There are signs that Rob is trying to get his trolling weight back

:08:35. > :09:22.again. -- his drawing. You can imagine Les will not try too

:09:23. > :09:27.much anything a draw. He will think let's make absolutely sure... Get a

:09:28. > :09:34.good second. Play the ends down, look forward to the tie-break. It is

:09:35. > :09:39.after the first set... After the first said he was not really

:09:40. > :10:05.thinking about... He was hoping to compete in the second! At the same

:10:06. > :10:08.time, Rob is probably thinking, I will concentrate on the drop and

:10:09. > :10:14.think about the tie-break as well. You cannot imagine he will be

:10:15. > :10:17.contemplating anything other than a tie-break. That is a good bowl.

:10:18. > :10:43.Unlucky. He has dropped back again. Favourite one green. He will not

:10:44. > :10:49.worry too much. He will swap back to the forehand and to try and draw

:10:50. > :11:28.round the short green. Get another bowl close.

:11:29. > :11:32.bowls in. The backhand draw... Keeps him on the draw. Gives him a chance

:11:33. > :11:42.to drop back for three. Put him on the card. Yes... The moral battle

:11:43. > :13:00.that he scored in the second set, Les did not score in the first.

:13:01. > :13:04.that he scored in the second set, Xtra-vision Mark Greg, I believe

:13:05. > :13:10.that picture to you. Mark looked as if he was enjoying a victory cup of

:13:11. > :13:18.tea. He knows how to party hard, doesn't he? Mark is keeping his

:13:19. > :13:23.health right as well. It is good to see him looking so well. He is on

:13:24. > :13:26.the road to recovery. Feeling well, feeling good, bowling well. Great,

:13:27. > :13:45.in fact. Robert Paxton needs to score a

:13:46. > :13:47.double to keep this match going. I think he would be quite happy to

:13:48. > :14:14.extend it for another end. They have both pretty much played

:14:15. > :14:18.the same jack links throughout the match. The tie-break ends will be

:14:19. > :14:22.interesting to see if either of them are brave enough to change the

:14:23. > :14:28.length or whether they are both happy... To carry on playing this

:14:29. > :14:34.28, 29 metre jack. It is about being courageous. Because of the way they

:14:35. > :14:39.are both playing... I cannot see either of them taking that risk.

:14:40. > :14:54.Both playing weighted shots pretty well. I suppose... The short jack in

:14:55. > :15:00.the ditch... Put them on jack high, bang, you have nothing left.

:15:01. > :15:07.Trying to make the adjustment to drop in on the jack. He is close

:15:08. > :15:15.with this. APPLAUSE

:15:16. > :15:28.A very small gap on Robert Cameron three inches one years. -- three

:15:29. > :15:32.inches on yours. It is just practice, really. I do not think he

:15:33. > :15:40.is going to see anything that he can do. Trying to draw within three

:15:41. > :15:48.inches or maybe less? Closing their heads down very well. He may not

:15:49. > :15:54.even need the last bowl. Been a long time since we have seen a match with

:15:55. > :15:58.two sets, potentially five ends are not played. In a second round of the

:15:59. > :16:14.sort of calibre. Can you drop in for another one,

:16:15. > :16:28.Rob? Good line in. He has given it a go. Great road in. Well played, well

:16:29. > :16:44.played, Rob Paxton. He will be very happy to see that. I think Les

:16:45. > :16:46.thought that was it! He forgot that a draw in this set would be enough

:16:47. > :17:07.for Robert. Having a little dig. That is well

:17:08. > :17:17.under. It might hit the corner flag. Exactly. It was a bit of likes of

:17:18. > :17:27.days ago effort. -- lackadaisical effort. We are still going to go to

:17:28. > :18:20.the tie-break. You will not get back to back full houses.

:18:21. > :18:48.As you say, we just playing down to the tie-break. These bowls are very

:18:49. > :18:52.important just to keep your eye in and the weight in your arm because

:18:53. > :19:02.you want to start bang on the money. There is an element of, not

:19:03. > :19:06.hilarity, but humour, the way the first two sets have gone but the

:19:07. > :19:16.game face will be on comfort tie-break. Definitely. -- come the

:19:17. > :19:22.tie-break. Rob will just be looking to draw this off. And the bonus for

:19:23. > :19:27.both players, with that sets being the way they have been, they have

:19:28. > :19:36.both got plenty of time-outs left because they have not needed them!

:19:37. > :19:41.Andy Thomson watching from the back row of the main sand. Sitting with

:19:42. > :20:01.all his mates! -- stand. You are cruel! The grief we are

:20:02. > :20:08.going to get! He loves a bit of banter! He does. He will be playing

:20:09. > :20:15.Stewart Anderson tomorrow in the quarterfinals. Always a great day

:20:16. > :20:46.here. Les not even bothering with his last bowl. Game on now.

:20:47. > :20:56.The art no accumulated scores, just win the end. -- there are.

:20:57. > :21:09.What I have seen a bit, it will probably be first man on the jack. I

:21:10. > :21:23.tell you what, you wouldn't like to call it. I think first man on that

:21:24. > :21:35.jack is probably going to win. And how's that? Perfect start. Four

:21:36. > :21:48.inches. It looked to be closer than that. Four inches is beatable. Still

:21:49. > :22:04.a great start. Minimum jack Lang is 23 metres, maximum is 29.5. -- jack

:22:05. > :22:26.length. Look at this, three great holes.

:22:27. > :22:38.Great stuff. -- bowls. That is going to be close. The jack just bounced a

:22:39. > :22:44.little bit. It was going to be very close if it comes away from it. Just

:22:45. > :22:47.touching the red. Do you try and lock or cover? Don't go anywhere

:22:48. > :23:04.near it. -- block. You could also clip the red bowl

:23:05. > :23:11.away. That is what Rob will be looking for and if the jack goes, it

:23:12. > :23:29.goes. There is the re-spot covered by Les. Les has a built in radar.

:23:30. > :23:37.Here we go. He will be looking for the corner of the red bowl. That

:23:38. > :23:47.surprises me. And me. Trying to draw this. Goodness, that is a tough

:23:48. > :23:55.shot. If he drops on it he might just move it. He did, but not

:23:56. > :24:01.enough. The trouble is, I don't think he has left himself much of a

:24:02. > :24:09.shot. And has it not wedged the red bowl in? The drive shot will be hard

:24:10. > :24:14.to remove it now. He has to get it through the gap. I am surprised with

:24:15. > :24:19.that shot selection. They both moved. And settled down again. That

:24:20. > :24:35.is what he was looking for. Les has five time-outs left! I don't

:24:36. > :24:44.think I have heard that before. You could almost take a time-out with

:24:45. > :24:59.every bowl. Stay away from it, Les. Put in a blocker.

:25:00. > :25:10.Right then, Rob. What is it? Two millimetres to draw the shot but you

:25:11. > :25:13.mark surely he has to play something else.

:25:14. > :25:28.He is inside the track this time. He is chasing it, he must think it's

:25:29. > :25:35.close. Four bowls like that and he loses it. I was shocked at his third

:25:36. > :25:42.shot. I thought he would have tried to chip the red one out or disturb

:25:43. > :25:47.the head. Certainly, tactically, it looked a strange shot to play but he

:25:48. > :25:58.had the confidence of trying to draw it. I am very surprised at that

:25:59. > :26:04.third one. He wanted to fall back on to the jack. If he had played that,

:26:05. > :26:14.it would have given Les absolutely no chance. But Rob Paxton is now one

:26:15. > :26:23.end away from going out of this tournament. And you are spot on,

:26:24. > :26:34.there is no different in the jack length.

:26:35. > :26:44.A little bit of disturbance, Les just taking a sip of water to set

:26:45. > :26:50.himself. He has got five time-outs so he's not worried about time at

:26:51. > :26:59.all! And the first bowl is very important. He can take his time on

:27:00. > :27:08.this and get it right. Just needs to run a touch. Just pulls up a bit

:27:09. > :27:15.quick. We were talking about it with Paul Foster. The bowls just seem to

:27:16. > :27:20.be pulling up a little bit on that side. Many times I thought I was

:27:21. > :27:38.good and I just finished that bit short. This is better. Very good.

:27:39. > :27:48.Seven inches, can he get in there? He knows that if he does, he will be

:27:49. > :27:55.in a very strong position. Slapped the leg, what has he done? He has

:27:56. > :28:07.gone seven feet I think! No, he is only just. They do know. Rob will

:28:08. > :28:14.also know that there is still enough room so he will be desperate to get

:28:15. > :28:16.in there for Les. Both players walking up. I don't think this is

:28:17. > :28:37.reaching, this is struggling. Les is a shot down but he will be

:28:38. > :28:43.quite happy with the distance. It is just a case of choosing which hand

:28:44. > :28:48.to play the shot. I am surprised Rob was so far-away to be truthful.

:28:49. > :28:58.After the first bowl, you think, play the same, rest on your own

:28:59. > :29:05.bowl. I just don't think that one of Rob's is close enough to win this

:29:06. > :29:13.end. No. Les is certainly psyching himself up. He could not believe he

:29:14. > :29:20.would be in this position after the first set. He is now just thinking,

:29:21. > :29:25.one great bowl to get me in the quarterfinal. Is this the one? He is

:29:26. > :29:33.having a good go. I think he has made it. APPLAUSE

:29:34. > :29:39.It looked good out of the hand, the reaction from Les said everything.

:29:40. > :29:46.Super draw shot. And a big decision for Robert now. Does he play the

:29:47. > :29:52.same draw? Or does he try to drive and open it up and give himself a

:29:53. > :29:57.chance with the last bowl? There is the reaction, that one was good

:29:58. > :30:02.enough to win the end. And Rob will know it, he has gone for the draw.

:30:03. > :30:09.He has to make sure he is arriving couple the jack back and he has got

:30:10. > :30:15.the wait for it but will he get back in time? Not quite. Good effort. Big

:30:16. > :30:22.effort from Les, what does he do? Draw again and block it or go for

:30:23. > :30:28.the cover round the back? He is looking at the re-spot.

:30:29. > :30:41.I think green wins the re-spot. If I was Les, I would say, we will play a

:30:42. > :30:49.third tie-break end. I would. If not, I would try to draw on his

:30:50. > :30:53.forehand, I would certainly not try to play the same bowl because you

:30:54. > :30:57.could leave something wide and give him a target. That is the danger, he

:30:58. > :31:08.could come around his own front bowl. He is going to play the same

:31:09. > :31:12.as last time. He is blocking. He has played one of these very strange

:31:13. > :31:19.shots that you see on the portable rink. Pushing it out wide, hoping to

:31:20. > :31:23.draw in the line. I do not think I like this, I don't like this. He

:31:24. > :31:29.will force Robert into something that he is more than capable of

:31:30. > :31:33.getting. I did not fancy that, I have to say. I think if I was

:31:34. > :31:39.blocking it, I would have been about three feet short. I think Robert has

:31:40. > :31:45.now got to play the forehand strike, chip it out, get onto the jack. Hope

:31:46. > :31:49.he gets a good result. Even if he takes his back on out, he still has

:31:50. > :31:55.the other one. Two time-outs remaining. That is why I thought the

:31:56. > :32:16.block was a stranger shot but time will tell. A 5 inch target here.

:32:17. > :32:24.Going for the runner. Is it good. It needs to pass the front one. The

:32:25. > :32:28.match goes to Les Gillett. He takes the second end and wins the

:32:29. > :32:33.tie-break 2-0 and goes the quarterfinal. We will see him

:32:34. > :32:40.tomorrow, 13-0 he lost the first set and he took the second 13-3 and took

:32:41. > :32:44.the tie-break 2-0. The number 15 seed takes out the number three

:32:45. > :32:49.seeded player, Robert Paxton and he will be delighted to go into the

:32:50. > :32:54.last eight. You can see how much that meant to him.

:32:55. > :34:10.APPLAUSE It is very rare that you will CDs

:34:11. > :34:18.sort of statistics, 13-0, 13-3, 2-0. -- zero -13. A fascinating

:34:19. > :34:27.game, unbelievable for us. Les Gillett, the number 13 seed, through

:34:28. > :34:31.to the last eight. Les Gillett is through to the last eight. Robert

:34:32. > :34:36.Paxton is out, this is the last time ever... At the last three Scottish

:34:37. > :34:39.International open champions have been knocked out in the same

:34:40. > :34:46.afternoon. Congratulations, that was a weird game. It was ridiculous. The

:34:47. > :34:51.first set, I thought I played all right he was fantastic. Every little

:34:52. > :34:57.touch I had went against me, he played unbelievable. All of a sudden

:34:58. > :35:02.you are 5-0 behind, then the second set, it was a reversal of roles. I

:35:03. > :35:09.gave him the jack, he gave me the jack, I gave it back to him and it

:35:10. > :35:17.was crazy time. What is going on? It was very strange, 0- 13, 13-0 in the

:35:18. > :35:22.second set, I have never seen anything like it. It was a big end

:35:23. > :35:26.to the first set. I was an inch of turning the jack for a 3 and then

:35:27. > :35:31.Les went on the rampage and never turning the jack for a 3 and then

:35:32. > :35:37.gave me any inch. At that stage, you are struggling. I noticed during the

:35:38. > :35:40.game, at the start of the second set, you hadn't scored anything, as

:35:41. > :35:47.soon as she got anything on the board you seemed to relax and start

:35:48. > :35:52.enjoying the match. I started relaxing, I was just pleased to

:35:53. > :35:56.score and I thought, oh, my God! He was holding shot, I could have been

:35:57. > :36:42.behind the was holding shot, I could have been

:36:43. > :36:48.beauty of set play, I have been on the reverse of this if you times, I

:36:49. > :37:56.have lost tie-breaks, you have always got momentum if

:37:57. > :38:31.Five shots down with two ends left, McDougall needed something special.

:38:32. > :38:34.This final bowl at end eight... But Greenslade and his drive settled the

:38:35. > :38:40.match and he claimed his place in the quarterfinal with an end to

:38:41. > :38:47.spare. 8-7, 10-4. APPLAUSE

:38:48. > :38:52.Jason Greenslade to the quarterfinal and he will play Les Gillett after

:38:53. > :38:55.that unbelievable match. Greg Harlow, you were watching that, you

:38:56. > :38:59.are in the quarterfinal tomorrow, have you seen anything like it? That

:39:00. > :39:04.is the most topsy-turvy game I think I have ever seen in world Bowls.

:39:05. > :39:08.Robert was so good in the first set, less picked up his game in the

:39:09. > :39:15.second, nobody knew what would happen. It was an incredible game to

:39:16. > :39:18.commentate on. It was incredible. Corky, you have been around for a

:39:19. > :39:24.few years and commentated on many games. I heard an commentary, you

:39:25. > :39:29.have seen nothing like it. Totally bizarre, really. 13-0, Les Gillett

:39:30. > :39:35.was all over the place, to be truthful he was throwing it all over

:39:36. > :39:41.the park in comparison to Robert. Got his game back. Three threes in a

:39:42. > :39:45.row and no one could do that but Les Gillett is a confidence player and

:39:46. > :39:48.when he gets going, you know you are in trouble. Towards the end of the

:39:49. > :39:51.second set, Robert started to get wetter and that is when we thought

:39:52. > :39:56.we would go all the way through in the tie-break. From the ridiculous

:39:57. > :40:02.to the sublime, the match between Stewart Anderson and Nicky Brett

:40:03. > :40:06.earlier, but was an absolute peach. Absolutely, the match of the day and

:40:07. > :40:11.the tournament, to be honest. Those of them played great the tie-break

:40:12. > :40:16.neither of them could play better. Stewart came out, probably to just

:40:17. > :40:20.age the match but it was fantastic. It was, the quality of the play, the

:40:21. > :40:25.two men were on it pretty much from the start. They were there were very

:40:26. > :40:29.few I would like to watch again but that was one and show people to say,

:40:30. > :40:33.this is how the game needs to be played, this is the way the top

:40:34. > :40:39.players play the game and in many ways, this is what you have to do to

:40:40. > :40:42.win. Stewart Anderson was exceptional, so was Nicky Brett. A

:40:43. > :40:47.little bit disappointing for him, he told me, but what a match. It was

:40:48. > :40:51.and I guess there were times that Nicky Brett had to put in some big

:40:52. > :40:54.bowls and it did not always come off him. This is a shop we will show. It

:40:55. > :40:59.shall be him. This is a shop we will show. It

:41:00. > :41:03.shall be little bit of frustration. Yes, absolutely, the only time you

:41:04. > :41:07.played the shots, if you are in trouble, your opponent is putting

:41:08. > :41:12.you under pressure because they are around the jack. It was a great hit

:41:13. > :41:15.at a bad result and it may be made a little bit of difference

:41:16. > :41:19.psychologically, I don't know. What you have to move on and get on and

:41:20. > :41:24.Stewart got better and better and the result is in the book. Stewart

:41:25. > :41:28.Anderson seems to be playing with confidence. He is and what he is

:41:29. > :41:34.doing, he is playing controlled holes macro. Leaving jacks for they

:41:35. > :41:38.are meant to be left, doing everything right. It is getting more

:41:39. > :41:42.like the Stewart Anderson of three years ago, the last year or two he

:41:43. > :41:47.has not been as good but it is more about the confidence. We have now

:41:48. > :41:54.seen Alex Marshall .com Foster is out... Robert Paxton is out... Nicky

:41:55. > :42:00.Brett is out... What will happen tomorrow? It is so open, it is

:42:01. > :42:04.unreal. Absolutely, fantastic. We talked about how well Stewart

:42:05. > :42:07.Anderson played in the second set, the sixth end, his bowl was sublime.

:42:08. > :42:09.I cannot remember... I will watch the sixth end, his bowl was sublime.

:42:10. > :42:15.I cannot remember... I will watch it and talk you through it. Again, he

:42:16. > :42:22.has about two inches. No vertigo and to be fair, Nick has been playing as

:42:23. > :42:28.well as anybody. That stands up as good a win as any on the tour for a

:42:29. > :42:32.while and you can see them and are celebrating. We did see the

:42:33. > :42:37.celebration, that was a cracker. The line and length was very nice. Most

:42:38. > :42:42.unusual to see that from Stewart Anderson. What you are looking at is

:42:43. > :42:46.a guy saying to himself, if I can get this guy out I can win this

:42:47. > :42:51.event. But you cannot leave him that amount of space to drop a shot

:42:52. > :42:55.because he will do it. Absolutely, a very happy man. But let's look at

:42:56. > :43:16.the quarterfinal draw. Greg is involved tomorrow.

:43:17. > :43:23.A lot to look forward to tomorrow. If you have missed some of the

:43:24. > :43:31.action today you can see highlights tonight on BBC Two Scotland. That is

:43:32. > :43:38.at 11:45pm. All the live coverage gets under way tomorrow at 1pm on

:43:39. > :43:48.BBC Two Scotland. Join us for that if you can. It truly has been an

:43:49. > :43:53.unbelievable day. The quarterfinals while on, we cannot wait. Anything

:43:54. > :43:56.like today, it will be sensational. Goodbye for now.