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:01:42. > :01:49.2008 champion Greg Harlow squared off with Jonathan Ross. I played lot

:01:50. > :01:58.in the past we have not played in recent times. He is going going good

:01:59. > :02:02.this week. We have had a magic this morning the stub Jason Greenslade

:02:03. > :02:08.come at the Welsh wizard, is through. He knocked out Gilette. We

:02:09. > :02:14.still have Andy Thomson, Darren Burnett, Mark Royal and Greg Harlow

:02:15. > :02:19.against Jonathan Ross. It is good to have you with us. You are welcome to

:02:20. > :02:22.an afternoon of bones live. Yesterday was an extraordinary date

:02:23. > :02:27.with all these big names crashing out of the tournament. There are big

:02:28. > :02:36.names and big talents left. No doubt about that. The first match will be

:02:37. > :02:41.a beauty. This fellow has an uncanny ability to get to do business end

:02:42. > :02:47.tenements. He could have made it four victories if he had not met

:02:48. > :02:50.Alex Marshall earlier this year. He has had a fairly straightforward

:02:51. > :02:55.route to the quarters but knows his opponent today will be a tough NUT

:02:56. > :03:01.to crack. The match of the tournament was the one in which

:03:02. > :03:04.Stuart Anderson played Nicky Brett. The Scotsman conjured up a great

:03:05. > :03:08.performance to send the defending champion on word. He recaptured the

:03:09. > :03:22.form that saw him win the world title back in 2013. He has never won

:03:23. > :03:29.here, but came close five years ago. I think it was 2010 I lapsed to

:03:30. > :03:33.Mervyn and I have not reached a quarterfinal since then. It is

:03:34. > :03:38.massive for me. I have got too well and do well for the supporters.

:03:39. > :03:42.Strip will be a tough opponent. I managed to beat him here last year,

:03:43. > :03:50.but we are well aware how well he played against Nicky Brett. He is

:03:51. > :03:53.playing well. He has had two comfortable wins, so it will not be

:03:54. > :04:00.straightforward. I need to play at my best and hope it is good enough.

:04:01. > :04:04.I like the Pierce, I like the carpet, it plays well. Everything

:04:05. > :04:10.ready to try to get to another final. To win it would be extra

:04:11. > :04:16.special. It is all about myself. If I play well I am capable of beating

:04:17. > :04:21.everybody. I take every game as it comes along. You cannot afford to

:04:22. > :04:25.think too far ahead, but to get to the final would be a great

:04:26. > :04:31.achievement for myself and to go one further than 2010. Give a warm

:04:32. > :04:51.welcome to our first two bowlers this afternoon. Triple world

:04:52. > :05:16.champion, Andy Thomson. And facing and eat this afternoon, would

:05:17. > :05:21.champion in 2013 Stuart Anderson. A big cheer from this expectant crowd

:05:22. > :05:30.for a match between two very fine players indeed. Enjoy this. Good

:05:31. > :05:36.afternoon everyone. Who do you fancy? The number five seed, the top

:05:37. > :05:41.seed left in the competition, or the man who put out the defending

:05:42. > :05:45.champion twice? It will be difficult. What we will see is

:05:46. > :05:49.Stuart Anderson referring to his drawing game. He is one of the best

:05:50. > :05:52.draw is in the game. If the beat Andy Thomson to the drama, and it

:05:53. > :05:55.will see is Stuart Anderson referring to his drawing game. He is

:05:56. > :06:06.one of the best draw is in the game. If the beat Andy Thomson to the

:06:07. > :06:50.drama, and people have... Andy Thomson gets us underway.

:06:51. > :07:02.I expect both players to be very accurate. Sometimes a bad result

:07:03. > :07:07.here and there can make a massive difference. The first two balls but

:07:08. > :07:48.the pressure on the opponent. played out on the backhand. He

:07:49. > :07:53.thought he was close with the previous ball and it ended up short.

:07:54. > :08:04.I do not think this will be any better though. It is a bit of a

:08:05. > :09:53.loose end. He should be forcing himself through it if he

:09:54. > :10:13.draw second. He is on a nice track with this. You get a great deal of

:10:14. > :10:23.confidence from being able to pick up that extra shot. Yes, at every

:10:24. > :10:26.level it is important to take that chance, the shot where your

:10:27. > :10:52.opposition has nothing to come back at you with. Put a lot of effort

:10:53. > :10:58.into it and make sure you are there. One of the first factor is in the

:10:59. > :11:13.quarterfinal was how well Greenslade was playing. Jason was putting in

:11:14. > :11:18.the killer ball. A great performance by Jason Greenslade here this

:11:19. > :11:32.morning. The number 12 seed. He is through. It is hard to pick winners

:11:33. > :11:39.on quarterfinals day. The next match will be equally as tight. Stewart is

:11:40. > :11:45.just trying to make the adjustment but he has not pushed through it.

:11:46. > :11:49.Jonathan Ross Plank against Greg Harlow, Jonathan probably played as

:11:50. > :11:55.well with his first two balls as I have seen for some time. In fact, to

:11:56. > :11:59.be truthful, he got a quarterfinal international and played well in

:12:00. > :12:04.that event. His first two balls were very good. If the patterns on his

:12:05. > :12:09.third ball he is a real contender. He doesn't want to get sucked into

:12:10. > :12:15.the heavy shots. We have found out he has an ongoing problem with

:12:16. > :12:25.shoulder. It doesn't affect his draw shot, but it affect his draw shot,

:12:26. > :12:35.but it affected with short play. Thomson dropping short here. Keeps

:12:36. > :12:39.things open for Stuart Anderson. Any one of these three games you will

:12:40. > :12:49.see here with us this afternoon has potential to be the biggest match of

:12:50. > :13:00.the tournament. Quarterfinals day always a great location here. A good

:13:01. > :13:04.crowd here as well. We are almost always guaranteed for really good

:13:05. > :13:09.games, some of the best players in the world available to you. Scottish

:13:10. > :13:18.representation again this year. Good ball, Andy. Don't want to leave it

:13:19. > :13:50.to your third delivery every time though. Still, not bad where it is.

:13:51. > :13:58.It is an opportunity for a spare shot. Not a given. Early stages in

:13:59. > :14:15.the match, it is never easy to draw another one within a foot or so. I

:14:16. > :14:20.would expect him to make it though. A forehand shot for Andy Thomson.

:14:21. > :14:25.Can he picked up another ball with his final shot? I don't think so. He

:14:26. > :14:34.is a bit short of where he wanted to be. Andy decided to go on the

:14:35. > :14:52.forehand and bad. A little bit on the short side. Always great

:14:53. > :15:01.admiration for Andy, keeping his enthusiasm for the game. Stewart

:15:02. > :15:05.Anderson, more or less have Andy's age. He has the use and a great deal

:15:06. > :15:11.of experience considering his youth, but Andy has all those years of

:15:12. > :15:33.experience. Seen it all, done it all. He has a great appetite for

:15:34. > :16:12.more titles. And the works for a poem 's company. That is a major

:16:13. > :16:25.advantage. I wouldn't want to edge the red one. There is always that

:16:26. > :16:37.danger. Just a foot over the weight. Stuart Anderson just using his

:16:38. > :17:37.shoulder. Doesn't need it. Front ball absolutely perfect.

:17:38. > :17:52.Looks to have a little more life in the wake of this one. Past that

:17:53. > :18:08.would have been useful. He can take his own boat out, but he is already

:18:09. > :18:14.too down. He is sticking to the draw, but if he plays over the drop

:18:15. > :18:21.by a foot there is no chance of it getting back. You really have too

:18:22. > :18:24.narrow that line down. He was slapping his hands within three or

:18:25. > :18:40.four metres of that ball leaving his hand. He pushed it through, so there

:18:41. > :18:54.is a chance for Stuart Anderson. Forehand. He has a chance with this.

:18:55. > :19:10.In it comes. It just drifted through. We have seen a number of

:19:11. > :19:18.balls stopped short this week. Even a foot away it is not a given that

:19:19. > :19:19.you will get the extra shot. It is not always easy, especially if you

:19:20. > :19:49.change your hand. The thing is if you through Johnny

:19:50. > :19:53.Ross into the mix, he is the Irishman. He has been playing a of

:19:54. > :20:00.Paisley for a long time now and has represented Scotland. When you talk

:20:01. > :20:05.to him and listen to him you know exactly where he is from. A bit like

:20:06. > :20:12.Andy, he has spent more of his life in London than he has in Scotland.

:20:13. > :20:18.The accident is still very strong, still there. You know where he is

:20:19. > :20:45.from. And it is over the Scottish border. Close with this if he can

:20:46. > :21:51.make it past. There is the adjustment again. He is very close

:21:52. > :21:56.with this. It just dropped away. The balls are pulling up just a little

:21:57. > :22:01.bit there. You'd think they are all the way to the jack and they just

:22:02. > :22:06.blew up a little bit. The players are getting caught out a little bit.

:22:07. > :22:12.And he is making sure with this. If you overplay it it will not get

:22:13. > :22:52.back. It is not a big, deep hand in terms of the bent on it, it is very

:22:53. > :23:02.steady. Not surprised he ran after that. He must have thought he was

:23:03. > :23:08.there. It dropped very short. It doesn't seem to be as consistent,

:23:09. > :23:21.that hand, as normal. No one knows why. They view seeds of doubt in the

:23:22. > :23:24.player's mind though. If he gets that in it was put away very

:23:25. > :23:40.quickly. Looking for a perfect weight. Both players having a bit of

:23:41. > :23:49.a chat. They are having a chat about that. It is a strange situation. The

:23:50. > :23:52.scoreline in favour of Stuart Anderson. Both players will have

:23:53. > :24:23.taken note of the length and how that was finishing. 829 metres Jack

:24:24. > :25:08.Lang. Anderson prefers longer option. A 29 metre. It went all the

:25:09. > :25:25.way. Stewart will make the correction on the line. It need to

:25:26. > :25:52.dip very hard now. Six inches short. Could still make it inside. It did

:25:53. > :25:58.look a fraction higher than his previous, but not much. Stuart

:25:59. > :26:03.Anderson is right on the outside edge of the map to get the ball back

:26:04. > :26:09.into the centre line. Let's see if it works this time. He just moved

:26:10. > :26:30.across a little bit. Yes, this is better. Better without the edge,

:26:31. > :26:38.actually. He doesn't want to touch his own front green one, so he will

:26:39. > :26:46.be coming round the corner. This is good. This is very good. That is a

:26:47. > :26:53.good ball. In particular, if it is third shot. Stuart Anderson will be

:26:54. > :26:58.looking for a little tap on his own. He has the shoulder to use, which

:26:59. > :27:03.could bring him into a better angle than if he was to hit it absolutely

:27:04. > :27:19.clean. He was the high side, the wider side of the ball. He has

:27:20. > :27:27.narrowed is lying again, but is it narrow enough? The extra weight will

:27:28. > :27:34.hold it. Nice with for the job. Hard to find the track though. A bit of a

:27:35. > :27:53.wry smile on the way down. Difficult shots those. Line one, Andy Thomson.

:27:54. > :28:03.He can't afford to drop his own ball down. If he gets his own, he will

:28:04. > :28:17.make a double. Just being a little bit careful about it. Can't blame

:28:18. > :28:29.him. Andy Thomson had a good season last season. He was aboard runner-up

:28:30. > :28:38.to Alex Marshall. Overall, that is a tidy season. It has kept him well up

:28:39. > :28:45.the ranking list, that is what was important for Andy. A nice little

:28:46. > :28:54.return on all the investment of time and effort. No extra great care is

:28:55. > :29:01.to show for it though. They have been there for a long time. I am

:29:02. > :29:13.sure he will have warned you before you came into this commentary box.

:29:14. > :29:17.He told me to behave myself. Not allowed to mention bus passes and

:29:18. > :29:27.things like that. And it will be 60 in a couple of weeks. -- Andy. He is

:29:28. > :29:56.looking good on it. Keeps himself fit. Dropped a couple short here.

:29:57. > :30:05.Stewart will take full advantage of that. He needs to score at this end

:30:06. > :30:13.and the next one. A bit of a battle in the last 2p. He has given Stuart

:30:14. > :30:31.a free run on his own Jack Lang. -- Jack Lang. He needs to be in and up

:30:32. > :30:42.with this. He has kept the line. The weird looks better. Still struggling

:30:43. > :30:44.a little bit. Another six inches and he would have come in behind the

:30:45. > :31:20.jack. Keeping his hand, just wanted to

:31:21. > :31:26.pull around now. Not looking so much as a ball. Finding it hard to

:31:27. > :31:37.believe he was dropping that much short. Can get to a player when you

:31:38. > :31:48.argued, and dropping three four feet short. Little tap on the ball to

:31:49. > :31:57.make sure of a single. Dropping inside it. The line is good. Does

:31:58. > :32:06.not need any help. Just need to hold on.

:32:07. > :32:16.I wonder if Stewart will be tempted with this one. He can still draw it.

:32:17. > :33:10.He has the running ball available, if he fancies it.

:33:11. > :33:10.He has the running ball available, was it refused to go. Slightly up

:33:11. > :35:01.the rink. Should be a correction on the

:35:02. > :35:06.weight, the line was perfect. As a chance with this one, as well. Jack

:35:07. > :35:17.clean is what he's after. Do not want the ace involved. If he got the

:35:18. > :35:24.edge, would have heard the jack. Did not go too close to it, must be well

:35:25. > :35:35.in. Andy Thomson will call the first of his time-outs.

:35:36. > :35:47.The forehand really is tricky, if he can make bigger will be fine, more

:35:48. > :35:59.likely to nudge the red one in. Backhand, will not move the jack.

:36:00. > :36:02.Save a shot to play. -- say first shot -- it is a more safe shot to

:36:03. > :36:20.play. Have you got the weight, and the?

:36:21. > :36:24.No. Trying to push it up. Stewart will be looking for this. Into the

:36:25. > :36:28.Red Bull. Get into the split if the can. An edge would be good, would

:36:29. > :36:53.make a double out of it. It is just cutting away. Wow, that

:36:54. > :37:00.was a surprise. Can understand missing it, but not by that

:37:01. > :37:06.distance. Did not see anything on the delivery particularly odd.

:37:07. > :37:12.Having said that, where it has finished is quite useful. Andy will

:37:13. > :37:26.have to make sure about this one being deep.

:37:27. > :37:38.Interesting playing on that side, thought he may have played in the

:37:39. > :37:45.backhand. Stewart looking for this angle onto the bowl. Just turning it

:37:46. > :37:46.over will be fine. Interesting whether he can get it back onto the

:37:47. > :38:01.other side. Playing very controlled at this.

:38:02. > :38:06.Trying to get the split around the front green. Does he have enough

:38:07. > :38:13.weight? Just getting killed by the front one. He has moved the red one,

:38:14. > :38:30.not by enough. A run of three straight singles for

:38:31. > :38:35.Andy Thompson. Was not going to do much damage with the weight, just

:38:36. > :38:47.pushing the green a touch. Might have played it with more. Jack

:38:48. > :38:54.length, 26.5 metres. It was such a difficult shot, he tried it with the

:38:55. > :40:17.previous ball, with it away quickly. Try to play slightly with the draw.

:40:18. > :40:42.Great stuff, really good. One more end to go. Almost the first set.

:40:43. > :40:53.Arching it forward, suggesting it is well short. Little slap of the hands

:40:54. > :41:02.together. The last thing he wanted to be. If anything up to the second

:41:03. > :41:11.red bowl. Two shuts down in the last end is not a disaster. Three shots,

:41:12. > :41:22.it starts to get a bit tough. Stewart as to be careful, does not

:41:23. > :41:26.want to leave the shoulder. Andy having a real good look at the line.

:41:27. > :41:33.Once the know if he can get it into the inside line. Up that is as good

:41:34. > :41:44.as he could have hoped for. Great shot. Round the corner, that will

:41:45. > :41:51.look horrendous from the mat. It will certainly not the clever.

:41:52. > :41:55.Little touch on the jack. So little Andy will be forced to play on the

:41:56. > :42:05.forehand. He is going for the backhand. Hoping to get a front ball

:42:06. > :42:12.onto it. Took one out. I can understand him playing it, to be

:42:13. > :42:18.truthful. Hoping full bowl, giving him a result on the re-spot. Look at

:42:19. > :42:31.the target. The forehand, the green ball was more over to the right than

:42:32. > :42:34.I thought. Stuart Anderson. Already will feel the set is quite

:42:35. > :42:45.comfortably with him if he draws this in. End number nine will be

:42:46. > :42:59.fairly easy to defend. Round he comes. Three shots. That is the big

:43:00. > :43:10.end. In this opening set of the quarterfinal. Andy can look back at

:43:11. > :43:14.that, thinking the forehand was not any easier, probably playing the

:43:15. > :43:21.right shot. So the chance getting his own front one in, taking one

:43:22. > :43:56.away. In doing so, he left a lot of room for Stewart Anderson. Beautiful

:43:57. > :44:04.camera shots, lovely illustration how far it comes to go all the way

:44:05. > :44:42.back. That is where you want to open up, when your opponent needs a four.

:44:43. > :45:05.Under the circumstances better than being short. The shortfall is fairly

:45:06. > :45:24.close. Andy needs four. Again, pretty good. Cannot do much with it

:45:25. > :45:34.at the moment. He has to wait to see if Stewart makes a mistake. No

:45:35. > :45:42.mistakes here. That bowl virtually locked in. Probably going to be

:45:43. > :45:54.enough. Unless Andy scores the full house he needs. Going for the

:45:55. > :46:00.runner. Trying to make the connection. If he misses this

:46:01. > :46:14.inside, running off to the ditch. That will be the end of the first

:46:15. > :46:22.set. Deciding shot. Stewart Anderson takes the opening set. It looks

:46:23. > :46:29.comfortable with the scoreline, in truth it was not. He was the better

:46:30. > :46:38.player, the three in the eighth got over the line. It is Stewart's

:46:39. > :46:44.forte. He does so much damage with the draw shot. Rarely missing the

:46:45. > :47:56.opportunity for the spare. The key to that, all singles. Andy Thompson

:47:57. > :48:01.the highest rated player left in the Scottish International. Will be top

:48:02. > :48:04.four seeds losing in the second round. Last season in the

:48:05. > :48:09.quarterfinals there were three unseeded players, but the top three

:48:10. > :48:16.were around. Different complexion this season.

:48:17. > :48:25.Look at the world champions you still have left. People who have won

:48:26. > :48:34.many titles. Darren Bernat, Greg Harlow, Andy Thompson all still in

:48:35. > :49:12.the frame. Jason Greenslade, previous winner, as well.

:49:13. > :49:25.Here he comes again. Just wrapping off this time. Good end for Andy,

:49:26. > :49:30.too. If you want to play into the first end of the second set, want to

:49:31. > :49:38.keep it nice and tight. Score if you can. If you are not going to score,

:49:39. > :49:51.lose a single. That applies to both players. Just need to hurry, bit.

:49:52. > :50:15.Very, very tight and congested there. One red. He's pretty quick on

:50:16. > :50:23.the mat, no time at required. Never missed a beat, increased the pace.

:50:24. > :50:33.Can he deliver? I tell you what, very close for this. Is weight is

:50:34. > :50:39.better. Expected the bowl to drop. It has held off. Look of

:50:40. > :50:44.disappointment for Stewart, that provides a shoulder. Watch this bowl

:50:45. > :50:51.coming in. Dropping back, so much better. That wide shoulder. Andy

:50:52. > :51:04.reaches that, good enough for the shop. -- shot. He has pushed it out,

:51:05. > :51:13.in a wide line. All about good weight. He will make it back. Just

:51:14. > :51:31.over the weight. The line was perfect. He thought he had it, did

:51:32. > :51:42.not come back. Sleeping in. The second set goes the way of Stewart

:51:43. > :51:47.Anderson. Greg Harlow has work to do this afternoon. Yes, he's very

:51:48. > :51:53.interested watching this match. Stewart seems to be in the mood.

:51:54. > :51:59.Yes, he is drawing extremely well, putting Andy under pressure. Andy

:52:00. > :52:06.did well to get back to 4-5, unfortunately playing a soft end,

:52:07. > :52:12.Stewart punishing him. When Stewart is in this form, you cannot afford

:52:13. > :52:18.to be loose? No, drawing well. The any him is to get to the jack first,

:52:19. > :52:26.forcing him into shots. That is the way back for Andy, he had to force

:52:27. > :52:31.Stewart to play running bowls. We'll is talk about Andy, Evergreen, great

:52:32. > :52:36.competitor, still as the game to do damage? Everybody talks about his

:52:37. > :52:41.age, he plays as well as anybody else. He has the hunger to win more

:52:42. > :52:47.titles. The most important thing, he still believes he can win, I believe

:52:48. > :52:51.he will. Maybe not this game, but I believe he will win more titles. You

:52:52. > :52:58.have Johnny Ross, playing well this week? Playing good. A bit loose here

:52:59. > :53:02.in there. Have to tighten up in the middle of sets. John playing well, I

:53:03. > :53:14.expect a close match. We look forward to it. Greg Harlow should

:53:15. > :53:27.look at his Wikipedia, somebody has said he is representing humanity.

:53:28. > :53:34.Somebody having a bit of fun there, on the page. Could be worse. Could

:53:35. > :53:36.be, if you believe everything you read on Wikipedia, which of course

:53:37. > :53:50.we don't. Telling me it is not true! This is a loose end from Stewart

:53:51. > :54:02.Anderson. We're talking in relative terms.

:54:03. > :54:19.14-15 inches, Andy knows he can get behind that. This forehand skipping

:54:20. > :54:25.around the short bowls, here it comes. This is what we said at the

:54:26. > :54:31.start of the game, it was about getting to the jack before Stewart,

:54:32. > :54:36.forcing him into the weight shots. There is one available on the

:54:37. > :54:47.backhand, not easy. He has the best two back all is. Two green. Little

:54:48. > :54:52.mix-up for a moment from Alan Green. Stewart keeping the concentration.

:54:53. > :54:59.Going down on the runner. Getting into the green bowls. Looking for

:55:00. > :55:05.the split. And the run-through. Going to be tidy on the re-spot.

:55:06. > :55:10.Don't expect him to score all three, but certainly finding in my

:55:11. > :55:17.situation. Two against them for definite, potentially three. As you

:55:18. > :55:26.mentioned, he will be settling if he loses one. He hit that absolutely

:55:27. > :55:31.perfect. Certainly expecting Andy to draw the shot, something they

:55:32. > :55:37.practice a lot on the re-spots. You have two memo to push it, if you are

:55:38. > :55:58.out wider. He is struggling. That looked lazy. That is a gift.

:55:59. > :56:08.Something was not right. Just not like Andy to make that sort of

:56:09. > :56:12.mistake. Watch the realisation here. Over a whole tournament, when you

:56:13. > :56:17.see players, you get that once in a tournament when somebody will miss,

:56:18. > :56:27.it is a costly one. I can understand missing, with 2-3 feet, but he

:56:28. > :56:35.missed a long way. Not liking. Can happen. Jacqueline, 29 metres. These

:56:36. > :57:13.guys are human as well, they can make the mistake. -- Jack length.

:57:14. > :57:19.One of the traits these players share is the ability to forget about

:57:20. > :58:22.what has gone on before. And recover.

:58:23. > :59:15.what has gone on before. And 5-0 down. All in a line,

:59:16. > :59:20.on the backhand, can make a double. It may just fall away enough for the

:59:21. > :59:29.back bowl to cancel the shot. He will have to reach. At the line,

:59:30. > :59:45.where he was light. He thought that was close. Certainly causing

:59:46. > :59:50.problems, seeming to throw up early. Stewart Anderson, a draw shot to

:59:51. > :59:59.push onto the green ball, turn it over. He will have to take time out,

:00:00. > :00:04.the clock has run. The ideal shot for Stewart would be to pop one into

:00:05. > :00:09.there. In doing there, it is getting a tap on his own bowl, moving the

:00:10. > :00:17.jack to the green one. He has the be careful about it. 5-0 up, the odds

:00:18. > :00:21.are in his favoured? You are most inclined to leave it, let Andy get

:00:22. > :00:23.on with it. Don't want to help your opponent by leaving something wide,

:00:24. > :00:39.the angle to come off. He does not want to touch it. Just

:00:40. > :00:48.getting a slight nudge. Not going to make any difference. I think Andy

:00:49. > :00:52.can see a bit more of that bowl. Watch when it comes in, the front

:00:53. > :00:58.green one is the problem. At the double your picture. I think Andy

:00:59. > :01:06.can see another that to get a little nudge on it. He has done it on the

:01:07. > :01:31.draw. He is very close, but I do not think

:01:32. > :01:48.he is reaching it. Just fallen short. That is five straight ends

:01:49. > :01:56.that Stuart Anderson has one. Six days into the tournament, you can

:01:57. > :02:09.see the scorecards, the display chalk, the measures, the calipers

:02:10. > :02:16.and plenty of water. There are too sweet packets on show, but they are

:02:17. > :02:51.more behind it. A spare Jack under the table just in case. Good stuff.

:02:52. > :03:08.He is not playing badly. He has defined a way to get back into this

:03:09. > :03:17.second set. -- to find. APPLAUSE

:03:18. > :03:25.His opponent is not operating. I had a chat with Les Gilette after his

:03:26. > :03:32.match. Andy might be tempted to try to open this up. Here he goes. He

:03:33. > :03:40.can't afford to be wide, will he get back in time? No. He just did not

:03:41. > :03:47.get the angle right. I said to players, you played well. Jason was

:03:48. > :03:56.just that bit better. -- said two layers. I do not think anyone has

:03:57. > :04:21.played poorly. Some of the guys have been right on it this week.

:04:22. > :04:29.This is reminiscent of Stewart two or three years ago when he was

:04:30. > :04:40.really running high and Andy is forced to go again. He went with a

:04:41. > :04:51.pile of wit that time. -- pile of weight. You can see the set slipping

:04:52. > :04:59.away. He gets the outside red ball. Now, Stewart, what do you do? Do you

:05:00. > :05:14.let Andy have another go? Or do you block it? Let's just see if this

:05:15. > :05:23.makes centre ring. He is looking to drop in it if he can and stop that.

:05:24. > :05:33.He has done it. Yes he has. That is where the danger was for the two red

:05:34. > :05:37.balls to disappear. That is a shocking position for Andy Thomson

:05:38. > :05:41.because if he goes again he has to get close to his green ball or try

:05:42. > :05:56.to push it in. If he takes it out of the another shot. -- if he takes it

:05:57. > :06:04.out, he loses another shot. That was the danger of pushing something in

:06:05. > :06:11.and losing another shot. I can't blame him playing that though. He

:06:12. > :06:19.had to go for it. He didn't have any choice in the matter. It is a

:06:20. > :06:23.horrible outcome. It was a clever ball by Stewart to drop it where he

:06:24. > :06:32.did, slightly on the wide side of the centre line. It left Andy with

:06:33. > :06:39.nothing. He had no draw shot on. He decided to take a risk and it didn't

:06:40. > :06:43.pay off. The set is slipping away. Stewart will close this down. He

:06:44. > :06:49.will be happy to lose the odd single over the next two or three. It

:06:50. > :07:31.becomes a different game for him now. And it will not give up. He

:07:32. > :07:37.will try to chip away at this, score one or two shots here and there. He

:07:38. > :07:42.will try to give himself a good run at Stewart. He has dropped short

:07:43. > :07:50.with this one again. There is an opportunity. These players met in

:07:51. > :07:55.round two last season, Andy Thomson came out on top on a tie-break. He

:07:56. > :08:01.won the first set on that occasion, lost the second. He took the

:08:02. > :08:13.tie-break. He needs to score this end. He is coming around. It is good

:08:14. > :08:20.stuff. Has not played a bad game at all, just on the bad side of the

:08:21. > :08:26.scorecard. He retired from outdoor games a number of years ago. He is

:08:27. > :08:31.still good enough to compete at that level outdoors if he felt like it. A

:08:32. > :08:38.lot of people in England think they could still do with him. Other

:08:39. > :08:58.things are more important to him at the moment. He had a little stint

:08:59. > :09:07.coaching. Can he come around here and draw a third. He doesn't want to

:09:08. > :09:11.leave it short. Where he has left it might force Stuart Anderson on the

:09:12. > :09:17.forehand. We all thought he would go into the management side with

:09:18. > :09:27.England and it hasn't happened yet. It will be on the cards in the not

:09:28. > :09:38.too distant future. He would be a good man to get in, he holds the

:09:39. > :09:45.respect of the players. He has forged Stewart onto the forehand and

:09:46. > :09:52.I think it has worked. It is his closest ball so far, but Andy still

:09:53. > :09:58.looks like he is holding a couple. Two shots. He needs to pick up this

:09:59. > :10:06.spare shop here. This is important. Make the three. Make the tree and

:10:07. > :10:13.get back what you've lost in the last end. Moving across on the map

:10:14. > :10:24.to give himself a little extra room to get round a short ball. It just

:10:25. > :10:35.needs to hurry. It needs to run. The line is good. It looks like he is

:10:36. > :10:48.there. If he has admitted it is a good trouble. There he goes. That is

:10:49. > :10:54.a really good trouble. -- trouble. He needs another score to put a

:10:55. > :11:02.little bit of doubt into Stuart Anderson's head. Stuart Anderson had

:11:03. > :11:08.taken six straight ends, Andy Thomson on the card with a three.

:11:09. > :11:46.Stuart Anderson's loosest and so far. Andy Thomson was able to

:11:47. > :12:00.punish. -- punish him. Just gently out of the hand. On this car but it

:12:01. > :12:12.is sometimes running a little bit slower than usual. It is still a

:12:13. > :12:26.quick carpet in comparison to club stuff. We are running similar to

:12:27. > :12:34.what my green is back home. It is also a blue carpet. We have had

:12:35. > :12:52.those for a while and very attractive they are too. There will

:12:53. > :12:55.be many club players watching this and they will sympathise with Stuart

:12:56. > :13:01.Anderson since the jack Lang has changed. Suddenly you are one short

:13:02. > :13:07.and your opinion -- opponent is getting closer. There are gaps here,

:13:08. > :13:14.so you would expect him to get closer. A running ball is also

:13:15. > :13:19.available for his last ball. Have you got the right weight, because

:13:20. > :13:29.the line is good. He has got to be close with this one. The perfect

:13:30. > :13:36.line and wait and that will not be easy to remove for Andy. He will

:13:37. > :13:50.look to see if he can make it through the gap. He will want to tap

:13:51. > :14:01.the edge of the red. There he goes. This is a hard shot to play. Well,

:14:02. > :14:08.that is an lucky. He wanted the ball out clean. I think Stuart Anderson

:14:09. > :14:16.will lie one or maybe two. There is a red ball to the back that stayed

:14:17. > :14:25.in place. That is a shocker of a result for Andy. He has had a couple

:14:26. > :14:34.of horrible results. I know a fuel people who could drop this one. They

:14:35. > :14:54.are not even bowlers. A horrible result for Andy Thomson. That is the

:14:55. > :14:59.difference a good drive can make. If he can get the edge, Stuart is in

:15:00. > :15:07.trouble and stop if he gets the jack it finishes of the match. Three

:15:08. > :15:11.rounds to play and in truth the game is over, Stuart Anderson has booked

:15:12. > :15:33.his place in the semifinals from this quarterfinal. Stuart Anderson

:15:34. > :15:53.was caught out heavy. It just changed the whole six N. -- six end.

:15:54. > :15:58.In the quarterfinals last season, the higher seeded player got through

:15:59. > :16:00.on all four occasions. Here, the number five seed will fall to the

:16:01. > :16:38.number nine seed. This one is looking good. And he is

:16:39. > :16:43.really just playing this out, nothing more. He will be happy to

:16:44. > :16:54.get away. He has not played badly by any means. A soft end, that

:16:55. > :17:09.virtually secured the set. He has lost three threes. The last one was

:17:10. > :17:15.just very unfortunate. Stuart Anderson has been very, very

:17:16. > :17:21.consistent. He has only played one in different end. We say in

:17:22. > :17:31.different because his closest ball was about 14 inches away. There were

:17:32. > :17:40.three inside it. He has arguably only played one weighted shot per

:17:41. > :17:48.set. I will -- it will sneak its way for second I think. The second is

:17:49. > :17:53.fine. Stuart will match it up again on the backhand. I do not think and

:17:54. > :17:58.it will do much with it. He realises it is too far. He will fight to the

:17:59. > :18:13.bitter end but he knows that nine shots in three ends is not enough.

:18:14. > :18:20.It is just not going to happen. That is good again. He hasn't missed too

:18:21. > :18:28.many opportunities. The last ball for Andy and one is not good enough.

:18:29. > :18:36.He needs to shots here and it would be difficult to do. He has a shot on

:18:37. > :18:42.the forehand if he wants to play at. If he drops inside he might get

:18:43. > :18:48.under the two red. Even then, no guarantees of scoring the second

:18:49. > :18:53.shot that he needs. It is a horrible feeling when you start to search and

:18:54. > :19:02.look. He took the time out to consider the options. It looks like

:19:03. > :19:10.he will have a go at it. Trying to get the front bowl into the jack, if

:19:11. > :19:16.he can. He has, but it will go on the respot and it will be three to

:19:17. > :19:24.read. The results from his witted shots have been consistently

:19:25. > :19:33.horrible. Stuart Anderson into the semifinal. A measure of revenge for

:19:34. > :19:43.the round to defeat in the previous season. He takes out the highest

:19:44. > :19:48.seeded player left in the tournament. Stuart Anderson with a

:19:49. > :20:17.great performance, won it in two sets. 9-4, 13-3. Stuart Anderson is

:20:18. > :21:17.our semifinalist. He just needs to hold on. That is as good as it could

:21:18. > :21:21.have possibly been. Well, the scoreline and the statistics are

:21:22. > :21:27.very much in favour of Stuart Anderson. To be fair, the match was

:21:28. > :21:32.not that easy. He ends one comfortable victory. 22-7 doesn't

:21:33. > :21:36.tell the whole story. Andy played a decent game, wasn't at his usual

:21:37. > :21:39.standard, but that was because Stuart Anderson was prolific. He

:21:40. > :21:47.played a superb game and deserved to go through. A really fine

:21:48. > :21:56.performance from Stuart Anderson. A great match. Stuart, through to the

:21:57. > :22:03.semifinal playing some great bowls. I am just glad to move onto the next

:22:04. > :22:11.game. I almost feel like giving you a hug. That was hard work. I played

:22:12. > :22:19.a bad end. Obviously I needed to make a good start to the second set.

:22:20. > :22:22.He just steam roller to me. It was amazing because against Nicky Brett

:22:23. > :22:26.a played a fantastic game but your line and length seem to be

:22:27. > :24:10.a played a fantastic game but your Is that there are

:24:11. > :24:11.a played a fantastic game but your 100 times. It happens a

:24:12. > :24:19.a played a fantastic game but your times. I am just glad to get the

:24:20. > :24:24.three and move on. Andy, it has been a great year. You were in the final

:24:25. > :24:26.of the World Championships back in January, he played great bowls here

:24:27. > :24:33.this week and, onwards and upwards for you. I feel quite good. I feed

:24:34. > :24:38.my form is good. It was a bad game today, Stuart played well. I

:24:39. > :24:43.accepted. I am quite philosophical. If you have a bad game, you lose,

:24:44. > :24:55.especially at this level. These are the top players. If you did not

:24:56. > :24:58.well, you lose. I played well in my last game. It doesn't get easier as

:24:59. > :25:06.the tournament goes on. I will go home and get a good night's sleep

:25:07. > :25:08.and come back tomorrow. Thank you again. Commiserations. Stuart

:25:09. > :25:21.Anderson through to the semifinal, well done. A very good day for

:25:22. > :25:26.Stuart Anderson. 2014 was a good year for Scottish bowls, especially

:25:27. > :25:30.at the Commonwealth Games. The men's team picked up gold medals, led by

:25:31. > :25:35.David Gourlay who coached them at the time. David has retired, but his

:25:36. > :25:42.job has been taken on by an experienced Welshman. I think if few

:25:43. > :25:47.people will look at it and say why do we not have a Scottish head

:25:48. > :25:53.coach? I do not think that necessarily has to be the case in

:25:54. > :25:57.this day and age. He is a very high-profile ball and they respect

:25:58. > :26:02.him and that is the important thing. I feel I am privileged to be in that

:26:03. > :26:07.position. Scottish bowls is terrific. They are up there with the

:26:08. > :26:14.top nations in the world. They have a passion for it in Scotland. Brazil

:26:15. > :26:17.and football would be very similar. I think it is a privilege to be

:26:18. > :26:23.given the job and it is a great responsibility. John's credentials

:26:24. > :26:27.go without saying. He has played at the top level, played at many

:26:28. > :26:31.Commonwealth Games. He understands what the players go through and Rona

:26:32. > :26:35.has been there in the other pics. She has won a gold medal. She has

:26:36. > :26:42.been under pressure just as John has. She has achieved quite a lot.

:26:43. > :26:47.The changes that have come through our things that curling did ten or

:26:48. > :26:50.15 years ago but we can learn from. They bring different aspects to the

:26:51. > :26:57.jobs, but combined they are a really solid team. We work well together.

:26:58. > :27:00.He leaves the bits Jimmy did he doesn't like to do and he has the

:27:01. > :27:06.knowledge and I just need to implement it. The appointment of

:27:07. > :27:10.Rona is a great appointment for bowls. She is very high-profile, she

:27:11. > :27:15.comes from an Olympic programme background, so she will bring a

:27:16. > :27:21.different skill set. We took a couple of runs up the

:27:22. > :27:31.high-performance ladder. She is well suited to take us further up about.

:27:32. > :27:37.The plan is to bring high-performance into the nutrition,

:27:38. > :27:41.the psychology, whatever it may be that they need to make them a better

:27:42. > :27:46.player than we can give them services to help them. Ultimately,

:27:47. > :27:51.if we want to win medals, we have two good. Our big rivals, Australia

:27:52. > :27:53.and Malaysia, they are bringing these high-performance programmes

:27:54. > :28:01.in. We have got to keep on top of where we are moving forward. We are

:28:02. > :28:07.setting targets for the Commonwealth Games of three medals. We also have

:28:08. > :28:10.a target in the World Championships of four medals. Obviously, the first

:28:11. > :28:14.important issue is to qualify for those jumping chips and we do that

:28:15. > :28:19.in Cyprus in December. That is the first challenge ahead. John will be

:28:20. > :28:26.well respected by the squad. He has been there, done it. He has good

:28:27. > :28:30.experience and is very approachable. He knows the game inside out. I

:28:31. > :28:37.think John will do really well in the job and he will bond the team

:28:38. > :28:42.well together. We wish John Price all the best in his new role in

:28:43. > :28:48.Scottish bowls. In that film you saw Darren Burnett. He is next up behind

:28:49. > :28:53.us. He is up against Mark Royal. But many bowlers can be described as

:28:54. > :28:57.masters of the game inside and out. Burnett can. It Mavuba winner of

:28:58. > :29:02.British outdoor titles plus a word Champion of champions. Add to that

:29:03. > :29:06.is International open, Scottish Masters and World Championship wins

:29:07. > :29:11.on the world Bowls tour, they make than the complete polar. Mark Royle

:29:12. > :29:17.may not be able to compete in terms of titles, but he is a great player

:29:18. > :29:20.with a game that can do damage. Quite the green, but ruthless on it

:29:21. > :29:36.he took the international open title a few years back and this week in

:29:37. > :29:42.Perth he has looked on top form. I have enjoyed coming to Perth. I have

:29:43. > :29:47.had a fantastic experience. Maybe I wasn't quite ready to win my first

:29:48. > :29:52.title, but then I went on two wheels and one that twice. I think I have

:29:53. > :29:57.had two or three more quarterfinals here, so I feel relaxed here. Perth

:29:58. > :30:04.is a lovely place and I enjoy coming up here every year. I have played

:30:05. > :30:10.Mark a few times. Nothing will face Mark. He will know mine as I know

:30:11. > :30:17.his. We will just get on with it. I will just get on with it. In other

:30:18. > :30:22.gear or two today. Ladies and gentlemen. Please give a warm

:30:23. > :30:26.welcome to our next to borders on the rink this afternoon. First up,

:30:27. > :30:52.former Welsh open champion, Mark Royle. Former world champion and

:30:53. > :31:32.Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Darren Burnett.

:31:33. > :31:38.He saw the look in his face, you looks very relaxed. Until that

:31:39. > :31:42.smoke. I had a very good chat with him last night, in a very good place

:31:43. > :31:48.in his life, after a tough few years. Coming out through the other

:31:49. > :31:57.side of it. Very happy, has his business up and running. Got over

:31:58. > :32:02.health scare. Saying to me it is all going well, put a bit of weight one

:32:03. > :32:08.feeling a bit better. His seeding of 13 nowhere near where it should be,

:32:09. > :32:11.but when you are ill, done well to stay in the top 15. Expected to

:32:12. > :32:36.climb back up the ranking list. The home crowd favourite is Darren

:32:37. > :32:55.Burnett. Looking to win this title for the first time since 2001.

:32:56. > :33:04.Mark Royal very much a draw player, plays the controlled weight, does

:33:05. > :33:14.not go heavy. Superb draw player to the jack. Darren international skip

:33:15. > :33:23.for Scotland. Used to playing all the shots.

:33:24. > :33:29.He is draw shots are very good, I like the way he plays little

:33:30. > :33:52.conversion shot, incredible that those. Smooth delivery from Mark

:33:53. > :34:18.Royal, not a sound is that bowl left his hand. Good second. Darren

:34:19. > :34:22.Burnett just sizing up his options. Backhand is not easy, the forehand

:34:23. > :34:31.bringing the jack towards the green bowl. Will not worry too much, just

:34:32. > :34:40.trying to get it close. Coming back pretty quickly now. Both players

:34:41. > :34:52.using speckled coloured bowls, very popular at the moment.

:34:53. > :35:05.Interesting to see if Mark tries to play under this or just raw it.

:35:06. > :35:13.Position was not good for the shot, just trying to drop into the jack if

:35:14. > :35:20.he can. Just over. Gentle start for both players. It is all draw, draw,

:35:21. > :35:53.draw. Darren taking the opening end. Darren Burnett not the only player

:35:54. > :36:01.in his family, his brother, Ryan, also doing well at the under 25

:36:02. > :36:10.singles. Very good player, pretty bad memory for me when he won the

:36:11. > :36:16.Scottish pairs. Thank you very much, I know you didn't know that. Happy

:36:17. > :36:20.to help. What I am here for. Ryan was exceptional in that match. It

:36:21. > :36:34.was a good game as it turned out, very enjoyable between two guys.

:36:35. > :36:56.Good opening bowl. That is what he was doing against Paul Foster.

:36:57. > :37:06.Opening up exceptionally well. Darren's ball as the Crescent grip.

:37:07. > :37:11.Used to be very popular back in the 1970s and 1980s, making a bit of a

:37:12. > :37:16.comeback. I quite like them. The set that I play with our once my

:37:17. > :37:28.grandfather had, with the Crescent grip. Still used in the short game a

:37:29. > :37:36.lot. Bit of an antique. Last bowl gap is six inches. Things have moved

:37:37. > :37:41.on. One of the things that stop me getting a new set is that I've not

:37:42. > :37:45.found one with the grip that I liked when you are used electricity grid.

:37:46. > :37:55.Darren looking at a running bowl. Here it comes. Never shy to go

:37:56. > :38:05.early. That is usually why. Just trying to remember is that attaching

:38:06. > :38:17.bowl? There it goes, taking out, just as well. The other bowl

:38:18. > :38:31.removed. Good hit, so good at that shot. He has to try and right to the

:38:32. > :38:37.edge. Beat the two bowls to get the shot, that is the important bit.

:38:38. > :38:43.Always make sure you get that one in. You have the last bowl on the

:38:44. > :38:45.end, so he can have a good go at getting close to the edge of the

:38:46. > :38:50.ditch. Those are the kind of things players

:38:51. > :39:10.will practice. A bit of stopping to do, this one.

:39:11. > :39:18.Very close. It goes. Going to be hard to beat on the draw. He may try

:39:19. > :39:23.to pop that one out of the can. Terrific, right in line. As soon as

:39:24. > :39:32.you say once that, almost impossible to beat. -- one foot. Trying to play

:39:33. > :39:54.inside. Is he getting back? No. The right choice of shot from Mark

:39:55. > :39:58.Royal. Just overplaying it a bit. Darren Burnett taking the first two

:39:59. > :40:11.ends. He plays a nice mixture of draw shots, and waited shots to

:40:12. > :40:26.spring the jack. Good crowd inside here today.

:40:27. > :40:34.A bitter debate going on, a few players, should they be told the

:40:35. > :40:45.jack length or not? Even ordinarily club bowls, or any other variant,

:40:46. > :40:53.they are not told the jack length. -- in any ordinarily club bowls. Has

:40:54. > :40:58.come upon social media discussion points. To be fair, a bit of a help

:40:59. > :41:01.to the players. You are telling both, not one or another, does not

:41:02. > :41:21.make any difference really. Very small gap. Not quite touching.

:41:22. > :41:27.Three inches short. Where do you fall? Good or bad idea? I don't have

:41:28. > :41:35.any thoughts on it. Does not mean an awful lot. The players know pretty

:41:36. > :41:41.much where they are going on it. Don't think it is a sickly big

:41:42. > :41:47.issue. You have the spots down the middle of the green. Some people say

:41:48. > :41:51.they help the heavy drivers. Giving people a good indication how to

:41:52. > :41:55.position their running bowl. I am not that worried about it, been that

:41:56. > :41:58.way for a long time. It's the game speeded up. You can centre the jack

:41:59. > :42:09.quickly. Does he have the weight for it? Many

:42:10. > :42:12.more topics that are worth more discussion than those. At the

:42:13. > :42:32.maiming. -- moment. I often find television bowls can't

:42:33. > :42:38.be looked at in the context of club bowls, or even county bowls. It is

:42:39. > :42:47.built around the needs and the requirements of the audience and TV.

:42:48. > :42:57.Very good shooting from Mark Burnett. A strong biased bowl to

:42:58. > :43:06.come round and drop back in. All down to weight. Mark Royal. Close to

:43:07. > :43:28.the jack. Very close. Excellent delivery. Really good bowling.

:43:29. > :43:36.Typical Mark Royal bowl. Opportunity for Darren Burnett. Onto the

:43:37. > :43:52.backhand. Get the bowl, just moving the jack. Threatening to dip under a

:43:53. > :44:04.bit early. Missing it by a quarter bowl at the most. Not far-away. Mark

:44:05. > :44:09.Royal seeing if there is much you can do. I would walk away, take a

:44:10. > :44:18.single, you have the jack, can make a change. He says he will take it.

:44:19. > :44:27.Played a lot like that in his previous game as well. Sometimes you

:44:28. > :44:32.have to walk away, saying no. More important to take the single, get

:44:33. > :44:38.hold of the jack. Players have different reactions to different

:44:39. > :44:41.situations. Darren Burnett, one of those with the most reactions,

:44:42. > :44:52.different twitches and smiles, looks. He will love us for this. He

:44:53. > :45:01.really will. If he will arrest anybody, it will have to be the

:45:02. > :45:11.crew. Nothing to do with us. We get all the credit to our editing

:45:12. > :45:18.gurus. All facial expressions with Darren, not sure whether it is close

:45:19. > :45:26.or not, most of the time it is. Bit like Andy's interview, playing one

:45:27. > :45:32.that all, having a field day. One of those bowls that happens. In many,

:45:33. > :45:41.many years, just the wrong place, the wrong time. Mark Royal opening

:45:42. > :45:56.up his own Jacqueline. Well short. -- Jack length stop just working his

:45:57. > :46:02.way background. One point you made of the last end, talking about

:46:03. > :46:07.tailored for television. We take for granted the different colour of

:46:08. > :46:18.bowls, coordinating with shirts. It has made bowls very easy. If you go

:46:19. > :46:21.to a tournament where players wear their own colours, very hard to

:46:22. > :46:25.watch and follow. Great believer when it comes to major event,

:46:26. > :46:31.countries should have their own specific colour bowls. That would

:46:32. > :46:36.solve all the problems for the spectators. And for the viewers, if

:46:37. > :46:43.it is being covered. Good effort by Darren, just jogging round. Coloured

:46:44. > :46:56.bowls are not new, we played in events in 1982 with coloured bowls,

:46:57. > :46:59.I remember playing with them in it. Done specifically for TV, the bowls

:47:00. > :47:10.were painted, spray-painted. It worked. Good effort by Mark. I had a

:47:11. > :47:15.look after the Commonwealth Games with allocating countries colours.

:47:16. > :47:20.You would not have too many clashes. Certainly not the ones for the

:47:21. > :49:08.televised side. Scotland play in blue, why not? England in white.

:49:09. > :49:20.televised side. Scotland play in could easily drop. Forehand shot,

:49:21. > :49:30.once the come around. He has played it well, that is perfection. A lot

:49:31. > :50:05.of potential danger, but that is a terrifc bowl from Darren Burnett.

:50:06. > :50:46.Smooth action from Mark Royal. Coming through against Robert

:50:47. > :50:51.Chisholm, real tussle. Then Paul Foster in round two. Robert Chisholm

:50:52. > :51:07.is no easy player to beat, very good player.

:51:08. > :51:20.Has he made the correction? Dropping in with having so much nicer. Mark

:51:21. > :51:26.Royal, everything so right about that delivery, always has been,

:51:27. > :51:36.never needed to adjust it. Just resting his arm on his Armani 's

:51:37. > :51:43.leading leg to give him balance. -- on his leading leg.

:51:44. > :51:52.14 inches from Jack high. Darren's delivery different, looking down at

:51:53. > :52:04.the green on the point of delivery. Very rare. The end result is very

:52:05. > :52:10.good, doesn't matter the way you deliver, I suppose. Dropping it in

:52:11. > :52:17.like that, winning the title is he has won, who cares? Again, always

:52:18. > :52:23.been the same with Darren, never changed. Mark looking for a little

:52:24. > :52:31.runner, trying to disturb things, shake it up. One out, all the way

:52:32. > :52:39.through, gives him back position. Red Bull in the ditch, taken away.

:52:40. > :52:47.Darren Burnett my -- might need to think about this. Hard to get both

:52:48. > :53:17.these out, the distance between them quite considerable. Staying on the

:53:18. > :53:26.backhand. Trying to encourage the ball Gerry bowl forward. Slap on the

:53:27. > :53:34.wrist, there is no value in that. Mark Royal should be attacking this.

:53:35. > :53:40.Either a blocker, or dissecting the two green bowls. Little running shot

:53:41. > :53:49.again. The ideal result would be to get the jack through. As a chance.

:53:50. > :53:57.Well, let's see if the bulb goes in. In the ditch. On the re-spot, hard

:53:58. > :54:08.to tell. Looks like one too green. Definitely one, they will have a

:54:09. > :54:13.look. Definitely one. The second bowl is the problem, left and right.

:54:14. > :54:31.Taking that one bowl out, waiting for that to be removed. One it is.

:54:32. > :55:01.He was on target. Almost a full house. Scottish International

:55:02. > :55:10.qualifier day. If you were playing third, or skip, you don't do that.

:55:11. > :55:23.Kicking all 16 balls back for the time. They say it does not annoy

:55:24. > :55:35.them, but we never does. The bowling shoes may wear out in ten years

:55:36. > :55:40.instead of 15. Darren Burnett playing the full length against Mark

:55:41. > :56:06.Royal. Who has gone short. Darren Burnett says OK, then. Not sure

:56:07. > :56:11.about this one. I thought it was a little bit over the weight, but

:56:12. > :56:15.useful position back there. Your opponent has won on it, that is

:56:16. > :56:17.where you want to be. The mat is well up the rink. Changing the lines

:56:18. > :56:38.of it. He has framed if Elizabeth.

:56:39. > :56:45.Attempting to run this now. -- framed it a little bit. He has gone

:56:46. > :56:59.for it, will it stand long enough to get one out. In the ditch, staying

:57:00. > :57:10.live. He will not look to replace this like-for-like. He will try and

:57:11. > :57:16.get this in a better place. The ball still bubbling as it comes up, makes

:57:17. > :57:24.no difference. It is the end result that counts. He gets a bowl away on

:57:25. > :57:29.the running surface perfectly. Always seems to have that little

:57:30. > :57:36.wobble on it. Does not matter. It is the end result. This looks under.

:57:37. > :57:51.Did not like it from the off. Always the wrong side. Going to be costly

:57:52. > :57:57.this end. It is a game, not a given, but at this level a player of his

:57:58. > :58:05.calibre, you expect this to be a 3 going narrow. Anything further out

:58:06. > :58:14.would have got the result, with the target. Here Darren Burnett cams.

:58:15. > :58:24.Now, Darren sneaking up, dropping in a bit. It looks good. He rarely

:58:25. > :58:37.makes a mistake. Tactically as good as anybody. He has the titles behind

:58:38. > :58:44.him. Sometimes in tight matches you are thinking, don't know what to

:58:45. > :58:51.do. Darren does not make those on stakes, does not question himself

:58:52. > :59:02.too much. -- make those mistakes. Only a handful of players have won

:59:03. > :59:26.the Scottish International Open, the Welsh Open, and the world title.

:59:27. > :59:39.Let's see what Mark does with this. Jack high bowl. Anything up to the

:59:40. > :59:44.jack behind, giving the option to power through with the second

:59:45. > :00:00.delivery. Trying to reach the jack. Well done. Good stuff. With Darren,

:00:01. > :00:05.one of the very few players who have a full-time professional job outside

:00:06. > :00:10.of bowls. As a policeman. That is hard, difficult to do. Maintaining

:00:11. > :00:21.your standard indoors and outdoors, and having a family. Feats of

:00:22. > :00:33.respect for that. Very difficult. -- heaps of respect for that. Mark has

:00:34. > :00:37.gone a bit different this time. Giving the other side. Again needs

:00:38. > :00:45.to reach his own bowl, at the very least. Nothing short on this one. He

:00:46. > :00:52.is close. Brilliant. That is brilliant. So many players would be

:00:53. > :01:07.running down during the shot. That is terrific. Food for thought for

:01:08. > :01:14.their Burnett here. -- for Darren Burnett here.

:01:15. > :01:26.Looking to see if he can come in, turning his own red bowl over. Here

:01:27. > :01:31.it comes. Probably the worst result he could get! Is bowl got evicted

:01:32. > :01:52.from the head. No danger playing with extra weight.

:01:53. > :01:55.Well, and nothing deep there would have been good. Getting through the

:01:56. > :02:05.gap would have been excellent. I wouldn't be surprised to see Darren

:02:06. > :02:12.attacked this now. Just the way it is sitting, he should be looking to

:02:13. > :02:23.get into that. What he is at is to get that jack all the way through

:02:24. > :02:31.the head. He has narrowed it. Does he have the weight to hold that

:02:32. > :02:39.line? It is starting to walk away now. He might have to be lucky. That

:02:40. > :02:44.is why I was questioning it. I did not think he had the pace to make

:02:45. > :02:50.it. It will not be easy to get a double here. It just looked like it

:02:51. > :03:05.needed another couple of yards on that. A flick off the edge of the

:03:06. > :03:14.ball would have been perfect. I tell you what, ten out of ten if he had

:03:15. > :03:20.another one with this delivery. This is a brave effort if he comes

:03:21. > :03:30.inside. Ten out of ten from me for that. That was not easy. There is a

:03:31. > :03:37.perfect example of knowing you need the shop so you have to go forward

:03:38. > :03:41.to give yourself a chance. People might think he was lucky the edge of

:03:42. > :03:46.the ball, but to be honest with you, that was very brave. It really was

:03:47. > :03:53.brave to plate that. He. He knew he needed it at this stage. Darren

:03:54. > :04:18.Burnett even give that one a little club. That is the sort of shot that

:04:19. > :05:31.belies its difficulty. It really does. I like shots like that, they

:05:32. > :05:59.are a bit special. It is good. He is getting back. Just needs to stop in

:06:00. > :06:05.time. That will convince Darren to have a go, I would say. Even if he

:06:06. > :06:13.takes his own balls out, it will not matter. Another impressive drawing

:06:14. > :06:19.shot from Mark Royle. It is the key to his game. He is a terrific player

:06:20. > :06:34.when it comes to drawing close balls. Off he goes. Carpet. He

:06:35. > :06:40.wasn't worried about his own balls, he just wanted to take out the green

:06:41. > :06:44.ones. That was a very heavy drive. Parent usually plays with control

:06:45. > :06:57.weight, but he pushed that one down at a heavy pace. Perfect. Absolutely

:06:58. > :07:22.perfect. One poll for each player left. That is more than good enough.

:07:23. > :07:30.Back to the drop for Darren. Never easy. He should make the second

:07:31. > :07:45.easily enough. It is all about the shot. He will try to drop the shot

:07:46. > :07:54.with this. The second shot is the priority, the first shot would be a

:07:55. > :08:05.bonus. It has been pulling up short for a lot of people. I think he is

:08:06. > :08:39.OK for second. Just the one. In a comfortably enough. He was 7-2 down.

:08:40. > :08:49.He has a chance. Yet to drop a set in the tournament. That is the most

:08:50. > :09:13.difficult position he has found himself in.

:09:14. > :09:18.APPLAUSE So much damage can be done with

:09:19. > :09:22.those first two balls. You will see that in the next game with Greg

:09:23. > :09:26.Harlow and Jonathan Ross. Jonathan Ross very good with his first two

:09:27. > :09:34.balls in particular. It is a strength of his game. It could give

:09:35. > :09:45.Greg a hard time. Very good at the escape shots as well. I am looking

:09:46. > :09:52.forward to that one. Robert Paxton get to join me in the commentary box

:09:53. > :10:05.for that one. Your turn for the lead shift. Darren, tempting. I think

:10:06. > :10:09.Darren is having a think about this because he knows he can draw the

:10:10. > :10:16.shot but he knows he can drive so well he is tempted by it. If he

:10:17. > :10:24.draws the shot, he is hitting them behind the green balls and that

:10:25. > :10:33.makes it hard for Mark Royle. No, not going to make it. Too big a

:10:34. > :10:40.target for someone like burn-out. Mark Royal will need one just in

:10:41. > :10:44.behind the jack. He is not worried about scoring three at the moment,

:10:45. > :10:50.he is more worried about getting something out of the set. He would

:10:51. > :11:01.take a double at this stage. Yes. That is what he is looking forward

:11:02. > :11:13.-- looking for. He is such a good striker. He has also got two to

:11:14. > :11:16.plate so he can afford this. -- two to play. If he splits those two

:11:17. > :11:29.balls with power they will both leave the rink. And with power. He

:11:30. > :11:35.came off his own ball. Well, it was there to be used. He wasn't far

:11:36. > :11:42.away, but he was wide of the target. Jack with the two bows he was after.

:11:43. > :11:46.On another day you would take your own ball out. There is the

:11:47. > :11:52.acknowledgement right away. He agrees with me. Thank goodness for

:11:53. > :11:56.that. I don't want any e-mails complaining about me there. He

:11:57. > :12:04.agrees. He was just a bit fortunate. He wasn't far away. Mark Royle can

:12:05. > :12:15.put one close and hope that Darren Burnett fields. I am not sure about

:12:16. > :12:20.this. It is going to be up OK. There is enough room. Darren only needs

:12:21. > :12:25.second shot. He just had to make sure that it was in the code. It is

:12:26. > :14:08.the second green bile that Darren Darren Burnett, in particular, in

:14:09. > :14:16.the last 18 months, two years, has been very good, very consistent. It

:14:17. > :14:25.is almost like he has got this inner belief as well that he can take on

:14:26. > :14:33.anyone. I expect the fillip last game to be better. Philip just

:14:34. > :14:36.didn't catch it. Delivered from the north-west of England, the

:14:37. > :15:35.Manchester direction, now living in Sydney. Just held off a little bit.

:15:36. > :16:04.A shorter jack Lang, not by much. Coming around again, in it comes. It

:16:05. > :16:09.looked so much better at that time. He would settle for second at the

:16:10. > :16:14.moment because going into the second set when you have just won the first

:16:15. > :16:38.one, you want to keep the shot nice and tight, nice and careful.

:16:39. > :16:46.Different now. He has to be careful with this, he doesn't want to plug

:16:47. > :16:51.his own ball out. He is looking at this, but to be truthful with you, I

:16:52. > :17:00.would have thought, just rest the ball out, is it into a better

:17:01. > :17:09.position, if he can. Plucking it out to their would be good if he stays

:17:10. > :17:18.in for two. That is a time out taken. He is going stronger at it. I

:17:19. > :17:26.am a little bit surprised by this. OK. It is a touch. It doesn't

:17:27. > :17:47.matter. Mark Royle is thinking, is it a torture? It doesn't matter if

:17:48. > :17:52.it is in the ditch. Another good conversion, you take the time out,

:17:53. > :17:58.you way up your options. There was a danger of him putting his own bowl

:17:59. > :18:03.out of the head and giving Mark Royal another shot. He played it

:18:04. > :18:09.stronger than I thought he would. You get the chop on it, that means

:18:10. > :18:14.you are awarded for attaching the jack. It has got to be from the

:18:15. > :18:25.delivery you make, it is not knocked onto the jack. It is a live poll,

:18:26. > :19:21.nothing more than that, it doesn't score a double shots or anything.

:19:22. > :19:51.This is good as well. He is close again. He will get shock for that.

:19:52. > :20:08.It doesn't get much better, does it? Big effort. Darren Burnett... Mark

:20:09. > :20:13.Royle runs his own business and has a family and all the commitments

:20:14. > :20:20.that come with that. He has to work very hard when it comes to his

:20:21. > :20:26.bowling career. Here comes Darren Burnett. Slipping through. That is

:20:27. > :20:31.sensible. Even if he dropped into the head and moved the jack back a

:20:32. > :20:35.bit, he would have been comparable with that result as well. I would be

:20:36. > :20:52.surprised if Mark Royal attacks this. A left-hander. The backhand

:20:53. > :20:59.drive available. Controlled it allowing the bounce to bring it

:21:00. > :21:02.back. He must Mrs front one. I think the problem for me was that if he

:21:03. > :21:08.got the front one that is what would happen, he was after the other side.

:21:09. > :21:14.Still, a good result. It is in the open and he has the last ball. He

:21:15. > :21:19.has brought it to the wrong side. If he got the other ball, the jack was

:21:20. > :21:23.going to the other side of the rink and that would have been much

:21:24. > :21:35.better. He thought he got a better result. Expect this one to be pretty

:21:36. > :21:50.close. We said that in the last match. Here it comes. It looks like

:21:51. > :21:56.it is in. He has dropped that short. Is it just that much heavier, it is

:21:57. > :22:05.quite possible. It was three against him. He is good with this. A good

:22:06. > :22:15.line. Perfect. Picks up the jack is a bonus. Even if he missed it he was

:22:16. > :22:46.still drawing the shot. A good strike, good drive. It is a set that

:22:47. > :22:51.Mark Royal has got to win. One of the things that Mark Royle has been

:22:52. > :23:01.enjoying has been watching his eldest son playing football. He was

:23:02. > :23:26.chatting to me about that. He is the volunteer taxi driver. So often the

:23:27. > :23:43.way. Most unlike Darren. He knows if Mark puts one close like that, he

:23:44. > :23:52.will almost certainly add another. It is a little bit powerful though.

:23:53. > :24:02.A touch on the jack. I wouldn't have expected him to get that much room.

:24:03. > :24:13.This has got a bit of work to do to get back down in time. Here it

:24:14. > :24:41.comes. A strong bias in that ball, I can tell you. He has held in. I

:24:42. > :24:59.thought he might have dropped the other ball away. Choices for Darren

:25:00. > :25:03.if he wants to play in on the backhand, split the bowls, the

:25:04. > :25:23.alternative is to play the forehand draw. Looking for the split, got the

:25:24. > :25:27.front ball. A good result that. Pretty much on target. He didn't get

:25:28. > :25:40.what he was really looking for, 42 balls to be removed. -- for the two.

:25:41. > :26:03.Never too far away, Darren with those shots. This isn't easy. He is

:26:04. > :26:10.close. That is terrific bowling. But really is. That is so hard to do.

:26:11. > :26:29.Play to good balls like that and see them removed and drop another one

:26:30. > :26:34.in. Wonderful accuracy. Darren is slightly inside the line. Trying to

:26:35. > :26:46.draw across the green ball if he can. It is holding out though. Just

:26:47. > :26:56.following in behind. A bit slow to get back there. Mark Royle leads for

:26:57. > :27:31.the first time in a set in the match. A big crowd here. It is very

:27:32. > :27:39.warm out there. Bearing in mind that within eight few yards we have an

:27:40. > :27:46.ice rink. The heat in here in terms of the bowling area is very hot.

:27:47. > :28:57.Obviously, the heat exchangers are working well. All the way round it

:28:58. > :29:12.comes. That is the shot. Good follow-up. There is the connection

:29:13. > :29:16.for Mark Royal if you want to go slightly more narrow. The danger of

:29:17. > :29:22.going on the draw line is that it hangs off with extra weight. If he

:29:23. > :29:30.has got the weight he should did inside for the bowl, or at the jack.

:29:31. > :29:36.Or, in this case, the gap. That was a hard shot to play. So difficult to

:29:37. > :29:46.play. It looked like it was perfect. Then, as if to say, now you have

:29:47. > :29:50.gone past, the red ball phones. If he had fallen already, he would have

:29:51. > :30:07.knocked against it. It seemed to wait until the green ball was away

:30:08. > :30:13.and then decided to close that door. That doesn't really change anything.

:30:14. > :30:18.That was already in a good position, the green ball. He was just trying

:30:19. > :30:24.to match it. It is all down to whether Mark wants to play more with

:30:25. > :30:35.or tried the same ball again and hope the gap has been played down.

:30:36. > :30:40.Trying for the same shot again. It is difficult. It really is. He is

:30:41. > :30:53.giving it a good go. He is close. Surely this time. Got it this time.

:30:54. > :31:03.A lovely shot. Kept the faith. He got his reward. That is tough. That

:31:04. > :31:08.really is a tough, tough shot to play. You ask any of the top players

:31:09. > :31:13.how easy it is to play a yard or two yards on, the drop jack is through

:31:14. > :31:17.and they say it is in no percentage shot.

:31:18. > :31:33.Darren attacking. Oh, dear. It is a four. Well, if you had a shot of the

:31:34. > :31:43.day for the worst result, that has two yet. -- has to be it. View more

:31:44. > :31:51.frustrating things than handing your opponent the shot. To take all three

:31:52. > :32:08.of his own out, that seemed impossible. Darren Burnett, more

:32:09. > :32:21.like Derren Brown. Magical mystery. Does not happen often. Never dull

:32:22. > :32:26.and quarterfinal day. Jack length 26 metres. You could pick up two shots

:32:27. > :32:28.for the shot of the day, the last bowl from Mark Royal in the last one

:32:29. > :32:48.from Darren Burnett. Both pivotal. It has changed the complexion of the

:32:49. > :33:10.second set. We talk about the shot of the day,

:33:11. > :33:16.tends to be really positive, superbly played, looking at the

:33:17. > :33:21.impact, such a massive impact. Incredible turnaround, really is. To

:33:22. > :33:32.have three ball so close, take them out, almost criminal to do that. No

:33:33. > :33:38.offence, Darren. To take battery out, and during one to stay as a

:33:39. > :33:46.result of the connection. Let's see what effect it has on the match.

:33:47. > :33:52.From 4-1, if he had missed, not a disaster, 6-1, a whole lot

:33:53. > :33:57.different. Good first bowl from Darren Burnett, good second one to

:33:58. > :33:58.follow. Players are so good about putting away the disappointment of a

:33:59. > :34:26.previous end. Here he comes again. Another good

:34:27. > :34:30.place. Yes, well, unfortunately for Darren, that is where he needs one,

:34:31. > :34:36.he has to get very close to the jack to do it. He is a confidence player.

:34:37. > :34:51.Slight adjustment on his previous bowl.

:34:52. > :35:01.Just watching to see if he can get on the jack, passed it. Gently,

:35:02. > :35:05.gently. I said that, because I thought he was going to bend in an

:35:06. > :35:15.fall back on the jack. Great bowl, really years. That will make up Mark

:35:16. > :35:22.Royal's mind. Just watch this bowl. Just a little wiggle. Almost like it

:35:23. > :35:31.was going over the seam of the carpet. Royal should be attacking

:35:32. > :35:38.this. That has to be under. It held up for a moment or two, but you

:35:39. > :35:43.could yet drifting away. Darren will have to be very careful about this.

:35:44. > :35:51.Any touch on the line old, it will drop back, giving the jack to the

:35:52. > :35:56.green bowl. Needs to get the jack on the Greenside, you like. On the

:35:57. > :36:04.front side. Cannot afford to come round on his own. Even the backhand

:36:05. > :36:06.is not clever either. If he makes it three, I know where that shot is

:36:07. > :36:19.going. He has to be careful, he has been.

:36:20. > :36:26.Albeit, about 10-12 inches from it. Good effort. Undoing some of the

:36:27. > :36:37.damage from the last end. Four Good effort. Undoing some of the

:36:38. > :36:41.to play in the second set. -- four ends. Darren Burnett would be happy

:36:42. > :36:49.to tie the set, that would see him through. These two players, three

:36:50. > :37:02.times in the last nine years winning the International Open. World

:37:03. > :37:08.quarterfinal in 2011, or the last time they met on the world tour, the

:37:09. > :37:17.semifinal of the Welsh, the second set won by Mark Royal. The dates of

:37:18. > :37:22.the clashes are critical in many ways. Especially in Wales, he was

:37:23. > :39:01.flying high, always played good bowls down there.

:39:02. > :39:13.flying high, always played good travel. -- the bowl getting in. You

:39:14. > :39:19.never think he is happy. He is playing so well. Really years. So is

:39:20. > :39:25.Mark, to be fair. Playing really good quality bowls in this match.

:39:26. > :39:33.Just to prove a point, here he comes. Like this. Look at that,

:39:34. > :39:41.brilliant, absolutely brilliant stuff from both players. Two men at

:39:42. > :39:49.the top of their game. Mark Royal using the red bowl, nestling it back

:39:50. > :40:06.towards his own. Darren Burnett will take the time out here. Almost get

:40:07. > :40:11.to say the shot looks like this coming through their, just trying to

:40:12. > :40:16.see if there is any danger from Darren, taking his own bowls out.

:40:17. > :40:22.Surely he has to do. The recent opposition is there. Any bounce of

:40:23. > :40:29.the jack to bring it into position would be really good. At least he

:40:30. > :40:37.would be reducing the count down to a single. He still has another bowl

:40:38. > :40:42.to come. Always a chance of the jack going forward. Nothing nice about

:40:43. > :40:54.this. No guarantees, no matter what way he hit this. He's going to get

:40:55. > :41:03.the shot. Playing it anyway. Forward weight, picking up the green bowl,

:41:04. > :41:10.taking it through. Oh come on. Wow. No guarantee where that was going to

:41:11. > :41:23.go for us he comes out with three shots, bang on target. Beautiful

:41:24. > :41:31.run-through. The back bowl. If that had not happened, he was gunned

:41:32. > :41:38.down. -- he was one down. That is massive in the context of that. You

:41:39. > :41:46.would not bet against him. In the area. Oh, yes. Will it run-through?

:41:47. > :41:56.Don't know it stayed in. If he has, he has got the one. Looks like one

:41:57. > :42:04.green. Brilliant. Brilliant, brilliant bowling. What an end of

:42:05. > :42:12.bowls that was. On target running bowls, great, maximum 100% results.

:42:13. > :42:22.Without that he was two down. Just now. That is him trying to get the

:42:23. > :42:37.jack with the edge. Nice smile from Darren, what an end of bowls that

:42:38. > :42:39.was. Terrific stuff. Well, 3 ends to go, still no tie-break, but the

:42:40. > :42:56.quality is fantastic. If you are hearing any noise coming

:42:57. > :43:06.through from the arena, might be having a slight shower were out

:43:07. > :43:13.there. Yes, Abigail has arrived. We can hear it in here. Almost

:43:14. > :43:19.soundproofed. They have decided to name all the storms. Abigail the

:43:20. > :43:29.lucky name we have come up with for this one. It is that time of year,

:43:30. > :43:38.we expect a bit of rain. Even in Perth. I have to say, living in

:43:39. > :43:43.Scotland, not a time of year we don't expect a bit of rain. Tell me

:43:44. > :43:59.about it. We are right beside you, know the feeling. Trying again.

:44:00. > :44:23.Fairly adjacent. You have to love matches like this, you really do.

:44:24. > :44:34.Just not running there. Massive end of this one is, 7-4 wrap, turning

:44:35. > :44:38.the jack round the corner, making it difficult for Darren, putting

:44:39. > :44:46.yourself in prime position to win the set. Darren is so good getting

:44:47. > :44:55.out of trouble. He has left it now, outside. Good bowl, useful bowl.

:44:56. > :45:14.Just something about Darren's ability to get out of trouble,

:45:15. > :45:41.drawing this shot. It needs all the help they can get, going into a

:45:42. > :45:48.pretty similar place. Another chance for Mark Royal to close this out. He

:45:49. > :45:56.has a chance for this one to turn the jack. Going through. Not sure

:45:57. > :46:01.that is counting. Just missed it by a fraction. Darren Burnett looking

:46:02. > :46:15.at all sorts of things at the front. You can imagine why. He's looking at

:46:16. > :46:19.the plant, red on red. I am sure he will draw that. Different if they

:46:20. > :46:28.were touching together, but they are not. The only thing is, he is

:46:29. > :46:36.driving so well, might go for damage limitation. At 7-3, really needs

:46:37. > :46:49.this shot. Maybe he will have to draw this. Think that is the right

:46:50. > :46:56.shot to play. All down to the connections now. Just arresting the

:46:57. > :47:02.jack, gets the single. He has missed the gap, don't believe it. His turn

:47:03. > :47:19.to find the hole there. That looked perfect. Two out, looks like three.

:47:20. > :47:29.Three shots, Mark Royal. It is over, pretty much. Any touch on the jack

:47:30. > :47:35.all the bowl enough to stop them. Dear, oh dear. The right shot to

:47:36. > :47:41.play from Darren, looked like had played it perfectly. Made sure he

:47:42. > :47:50.was arriving, on the right line. The difference between 7-4, and 10-3.

:47:51. > :48:01.Tie-break looming. Jack Lang, 27 metres. -- Jack length. Mark has

:48:02. > :48:07.been really good in this set, there has not been seven shots between

:48:08. > :48:19.these players, maybe one or two, certainly not heaven. -- certainly

:48:20. > :48:38.not seven. If this goes into tie-break mode, it will go up a

:48:39. > :48:45.level, I can assure you. Darren Burnett, almost a feeling of playing

:48:46. > :48:49.the set out here. Needs to read to giving seven chance of four at the

:48:50. > :48:53.last end. Don't think that is going to happen. Almost has a startled

:48:54. > :49:50.look. Not Mark Royal's best end. How often

:49:51. > :50:01.does this happen? Unfortunately more than you think, carrying a heavy

:50:02. > :50:13.lead. Play a poor end, Darren Burnett looking to add another. That

:50:14. > :50:32.is good enough for two. Two not enough for is -- enough for him.

:50:33. > :50:37.Tempted to have a go, the way the edges sitting. He has been playing

:50:38. > :50:50.this hand well, with the arriving draw. Very little danger. Got it

:50:51. > :51:00.away nice and gentle, will it get back in time. Certainly changing the

:51:01. > :51:10.whole end. Overused term, but that is a great bowl.

:51:11. > :51:29.Never gets flustered. Kept his cool. Darren Burnett took the opening set,

:51:30. > :51:34.going to lose the second. Not a lot he can do about this. Almost

:51:35. > :51:37.impossible to generate the weight to turn the green bowl out. Does not

:51:38. > :51:59.really matter. Academic. Mark Royal picks up the single. He

:52:00. > :52:06.sees off Darren Burnett in the second set. Again the scoreline does

:52:07. > :52:11.not tell you the story. Mark Royal and Darren Burnett tied at one set

:52:12. > :52:18.each for a place in the semifinal. We go to a tie-break.

:52:19. > :52:31.It has been a super game, really has. This has been one of the best

:52:32. > :52:56.of the tournament. Three in tie-break, single-shot per

:52:57. > :53:19.end. That is the way to start. Good reply. Gives him something to

:53:20. > :53:33.work off. He will have to start to attack this at some stage. Two of

:53:34. > :53:39.the last three meetings have gone to tie-breaks. Mark Rule winning both

:53:40. > :53:45.of them, 2-0. The cover of all going in already, surprised it is as deep

:53:46. > :53:47.as that. Looking for the re-spot, rather than the full-back position.

:53:48. > :54:09.Maybe a bit of a flyer. Trying to drive this off, getting

:54:10. > :54:16.connection on the jack. Needed to move it somehow, but somehow going

:54:17. > :54:25.down the side. Well, pretty horrible gap to make. The edge of the red

:54:26. > :54:43.would've taken the green out. Didn't really matter.

:54:44. > :54:55.Right beside the re-spot on that side. Darren looking for the edge of

:54:56. > :54:59.the green bowl. If he misses this one, a blocker is required. Darren

:55:00. > :55:11.more than capable of edging this one-off. Here he comes again.

:55:12. > :55:16.Interested. That is why. It did not go to the re-spot. Jamming it

:55:17. > :55:29.against the bowl. Going all the way. Very good strike. He is a toucher,

:55:30. > :55:35.he will stay there. That could have easily bounced off the green one at

:55:36. > :55:42.the back. Bang on target, absolutely middling the jack. No guarantee

:55:43. > :55:48.things go through whenever you get one like that. Desperately unlucky

:55:49. > :55:54.with the previous one. Time-out called. Mark Royal with his first

:55:55. > :56:01.bowl, 1 inch behind the jack, exactly where you want to be. This

:56:02. > :56:07.is a disaster, in terms of trying to get to it. Nothing on the narrow

:56:08. > :56:26.side, no chance of playing in a narrow side. Hoping to sneak past,

:56:27. > :56:33.probably on his forehand. The way this pair have played, you would not

:56:34. > :56:41.bet against him. He has the give it a chance, no point being short. This

:56:42. > :56:48.looks heavy. His opponent looking at it, expecting it to drop in the

:56:49. > :56:56.ditch. Was heavy, did not come back as much as he thought it would.

:56:57. > :57:01.After the perfect opening bowl to a tie-break end, Mark Royal was undone

:57:02. > :57:12.by the perfect driving bowl from Darren Burnett. Advantage to the

:57:13. > :57:25.Scott. He lost the last two tie-breaks to Mark Royal 2-0.

:57:26. > :57:32.Back few years ago, those statistics, 3-0, would have been

:57:33. > :57:38.more like 2-1 from me, without looking at it. Since then Darren

:57:39. > :57:44.Burnett has really been playing super stuff, reflected in his World

:57:45. > :57:53.Championships, the successes at the Commonwealth Games. Always picking

:57:54. > :58:04.up titles. Four times world under 25s champion. His roll call of

:58:05. > :58:13.honours is impressive. Mark Royal, last winning a WPC event in 2011.

:58:14. > :58:20.Not been beyond the quarterfinals in his last 12 event will stop -- last

:58:21. > :58:34.12 events. Has it all to do now. A good line. Just dropping inside.

:58:35. > :59:42.Good starter from both players. On the line again. Again dipping

:59:43. > :59:55.inside. Nicely done. That will change the end. Narrow target.

:59:56. > :00:03.Advantage Darren. Carrying that one end, can afford to take a risk. The

:00:04. > :00:07.re-spot covered on one side. Got to be looking for the two bowls, with

:00:08. > :00:25.his ability to drive accurately. Going for the two bowls. Once to

:00:26. > :00:30.leave the jack. Well, that is OK, that is the other option, balancing

:00:31. > :00:38.the jack to the re-spot. Bit of a distance. Mark Royal has two bites

:00:39. > :00:44.at it. Mark Rule would have been relieved seeing the jack connected,

:00:45. > :00:51.not bouncing into the ditch. Also the two bowls did not disappear.

:00:52. > :01:00.Harder to draw within one foot. Now has 3.5 feet around the jack.

:01:01. > :01:06.Coming off the forehand. The line looks OK, does he have the power for

:01:07. > :01:23.it? Yes, he does. That is close enough, it really is.

:01:24. > :01:32.We will see how far away that Bowden is. It is beatable. He could drive

:01:33. > :01:42.the jack is. It is beatable. He could drive

:01:43. > :01:50.try to draw it. He has lost that. Lost that. You could see he was

:01:51. > :01:59.going to go, can't blame him. He had to go very wide. It is rare that it

:02:00. > :02:08.happens, but he had no choice. If he was going to play bad side he had to

:02:09. > :02:19.get very close to the side ditch. You could see he is trying to screw

:02:20. > :02:24.at the very, very edge. -- skirt. It is annoying because he probably

:02:25. > :03:59.thought he was close. is annoying because he probably

:04:00. > :04:06.shots, some unfortunate results. He would like that one back. The last

:04:07. > :04:09.place you want to be is right in front of the jack. Just in case you

:04:10. > :04:17.have to drive or your way out of trouble. That was perfect protection

:04:18. > :04:31.for Darren who will not want to leave and nothing. He will come

:04:32. > :04:35.behind the green ball. Three or four inches away. It is a very good

:04:36. > :04:42.single shot at this stage in the match. It is beatable, but it takes

:04:43. > :04:48.a special ball to beat it. Mark Royal will want to do it with this

:04:49. > :04:58.one. I don't think it will reach. He is asking it to hold. I thought it

:04:59. > :05:05.was always on the short side. Some effort, mind you, some effort. There

:05:06. > :05:10.is not going to be a destroyed end here. There is no way to drive the

:05:11. > :05:15.jack. Mark Royle will be forced into trying to drop this. You'd be

:05:16. > :05:21.tempted if you were Darren Burnett to drop one short and force them

:05:22. > :05:26.onto the other hand. The trouble is he could play it both ways. Even if

:05:27. > :05:31.he drops this one in, or Royle can play it on the other side and drop

:05:32. > :05:44.his green ball down. He is trying to get one right on it, but will he

:05:45. > :05:52.leave a shoulder? I don't think Mark Royle will try to chip the ball out.

:05:53. > :05:58.That might just be enough behind jack high to stop the shorter

:05:59. > :06:03.working perfectly. Even if he rested against it and felt it might not be

:06:04. > :06:10.enough. Here is Mark Royal. His last ball at the end. Going for the

:06:11. > :06:21.perfect drop, pushed it out really wide. Good with. He has got a

:06:22. > :06:31.chance. He is close. It is not enough. I think it is one to read.

:06:32. > :06:35.He hit it just a little bit thick. I think he had just a little bit

:06:36. > :06:42.thick. He needed to get it a little bit thinner. A little bit thinner

:06:43. > :06:50.and he was definitely coming in off the back ball. This is interesting

:06:51. > :06:59.because it is not up to Mark. He knew it wasn't enough. You don't

:07:00. > :07:05.often see that at an eight level, except with the very top

:07:06. > :07:10.professionals. What a match between Darren Burnett and Mark Royal.

:07:11. > :07:13.Top-class bowling, top class result for Darren Burnett. He is the

:07:14. > :08:13.highest seed left in the tournament and he is in the semifinal. Ten out

:08:14. > :08:56.of ten from me for that. Got it this time. Oh dear. Well, it was a great

:08:57. > :09:03.match, no doubt about that, going all the way to the last ball. Darren

:09:04. > :09:09.Burnett won the first set it-5. He had little between him and his

:09:10. > :09:13.opponent at the end. It was a fantastic game, no doubt about it.

:09:14. > :09:18.Good sportsmanship at the end, I have had to say, by Mark Royal to

:09:19. > :09:27.concede that, because he didn't have too. That is typical of these

:09:28. > :09:32.players at this level. Yes, quite a bit of buzz after that much. An

:09:33. > :09:37.incredible match, all came down to the last ball. Darren Burnett is

:09:38. > :09:41.through to the last four of the Scottish International open. Hard

:09:42. > :09:47.work. It was always going to be hard work. We have been watching his

:09:48. > :09:52.games and he has been at top form and he is hard to beat, very

:09:53. > :09:57.consistent and I just had to dig in. You were consistent today. You must

:09:58. > :10:02.have been happy with how you played. Really happy. Early on I ran to

:10:03. > :10:06.much, it is not my style and I decided halfway through the first

:10:07. > :10:11.set I will try to improve might draw a bit and I am happy with how I

:10:12. > :10:18.played. Let's talk about the drop. Your fourth ball, which is important

:10:19. > :10:25.for you, toddlers through that one. I just missed with the third ball

:10:26. > :10:30.and it was a tough shot to get and I got it perfect. That put Durham

:10:31. > :10:36.under a lot of pressure. Hard for you to watch that. Absolutely. I

:10:37. > :10:42.thought he may get it and he put me under a lot of pressure. You had to

:10:43. > :10:49.play a big shop and it was fairly disastrous for you. I could have

:10:50. > :10:58.just tried to touch it, but it is hard on the carpet, so I tried to go

:10:59. > :11:03.bigger and took four balls out. You must not have expected that one. I

:11:04. > :11:08.was happy to get the two, but I don't think Darren missed the rest

:11:09. > :11:12.of the match. I felt battered and bruised after all that.

:11:13. > :11:16.Congratulations to him, he is a wonderful player and he plays all

:11:17. > :11:20.the shots. The most important thing is when you go into the tie-break,

:11:21. > :11:25.to get the first end and pressure your opponent and you played one of

:11:26. > :11:30.the big shots in that to win it. Mark played a fantastic first ball.

:11:31. > :11:33.The connection was unreal. I don't know how the jack and ball ended up

:11:34. > :11:40.in the same place. Once in a million. A tough one for you.

:11:41. > :11:47.Following the jack into the ditch. That is hard to bear. Heartbreaking.

:11:48. > :11:54.I did not think I could play up the ditch side and told up and it was a

:11:55. > :12:00.tricky, tricky shot. It went in the worst possible place. It was

:12:01. > :12:04.certainly very tough. You said you are feeling bruised and battered.

:12:05. > :12:07.Tremendous sportsmanship from this fellow at the end. Could have gone

:12:08. > :12:14.to a measured and he decided it was not with that. It was your match and

:12:15. > :12:20.fantastic. Absolutely. We had a fantastic last effort. I had to ask

:12:21. > :12:25.the marker if he was quitting his mortgage on us. It was millimetres

:12:26. > :12:29.in the game. It was a fantastic much. It is great to see you back

:12:30. > :12:34.playing cricket balls, it is great to see you smiling as well. Darren

:12:35. > :12:42.Burnett, congratulations, through to the semifinals of the Scottish

:12:43. > :12:47.International. Well done. Absolutely fantastic match. A brilliant much.

:12:48. > :12:52.It could have been either one of them. Millimetres in that match.

:12:53. > :12:56.Darren Burnett is three. Now, how do you get to beat the semifinalist, or

:12:57. > :13:08.even a winner at these major tournament. Posture is very

:13:09. > :13:12.important. I want to look at people who have slight injuries. Knee

:13:13. > :13:17.injuries, hip injuries, possibly back injuries which we have a lot of

:13:18. > :13:21.those problems in the UK. What you want to do is not fight your way

:13:22. > :13:25.through it, not put yourself through the pain barrier. Use a static

:13:26. > :13:30.stance. Bring your knee out, like that, hand on it. First leg

:13:31. > :13:44.forward. Luck is solid and use your arm. Just like that. It is a single

:13:45. > :13:47.movement, very straightforward, you do not about putting pressure on

:13:48. > :13:49.your knee or your bike and a debate that strange for some people, but

:13:50. > :13:52.believe it or not it looks very well. The second that I want to

:13:53. > :13:55.discuss is about how to get consistency when you are coming off

:13:56. > :13:58.the map at the other end of the rink. Stepping out your foot. On the

:13:59. > :14:05.delivery, first point, that goes out. That is your mark. That is your

:14:06. > :14:09.consistent mark. Second delivery, people make a mistake. That is that

:14:10. > :14:17.they go further. Suddenly, you are there. The next delivery, quite

:14:18. > :14:21.often, same ball, still trying to draw, get the delivery, step out and

:14:22. > :14:29.they go short. This is not unusual, they just do not know they are doing

:14:30. > :14:33.it. They think they will need to stretch a bit further. On the

:14:34. > :14:38.delivery, step out and suddenly that is your mark. That it ought ten

:14:39. > :14:43.inches from your foot transfers to the rink and it can be as much as

:14:44. > :14:46.three or four feet with three or four different balls. You have to

:14:47. > :14:54.get the start right. Get the consistency. The way to do that is

:14:55. > :15:02.to practice it. Just try to get it to be consistent, you will take the

:15:03. > :15:07.benefit later on. That is all that visited. I did not know if you can

:15:08. > :15:13.hear her again Abigail. We are delighted we are inside. The noise

:15:14. > :15:18.is even biblical. Jason Greenslade, Darren Burnett are through to the

:15:19. > :15:25.semifinal. It will be either Johnny Ross or Greg Harlow to join them.

:15:26. > :15:30.This is new territory for Jonathan Ross. He has never been beyond the

:15:31. > :15:35.second round before. In fact, he has never won an event on the ward bows

:15:36. > :15:39.to. The Northern Irishman living in Paisley as the talent to win his

:15:40. > :15:44.first tour title and it shouldn't be too far away. It is seven years

:15:45. > :15:49.since Greg Harlow tasted success here in Perth and five since he

:15:50. > :15:53.stood on top of the world. He has been pretty impressive this week,

:15:54. > :15:56.knocking six time world champion, Alex Marshall out of the

:15:57. > :16:11.tournament. He has won a of titles, but his memory of them not too good.

:16:12. > :16:16.I have won once here before. I believe I might have lost in a final

:16:17. > :16:22.once before. I've lost first round last year, but I don't do stats. I

:16:23. > :16:31.haven't got a clue. I don't do statistics. I couldn't even tell you

:16:32. > :16:35.what you buy one. I got the early success, but I think Greg dominated

:16:36. > :16:39.me in recent years. We will see what happens. I am as good as anybody on

:16:40. > :16:44.the tour and I think within the 16 antibody could beat anybody. I just

:16:45. > :16:48.look forward to the next opponent and I try to concentrate on my game

:16:49. > :16:55.rather than what the opposition will do. He is a confident player with

:16:56. > :17:01.the running shots, but he can outdraw antibody as well. If he gets

:17:02. > :17:05.the first and second balls it will be up to me to play the attacking

:17:06. > :17:11.shots. If I am lying one or two then Greg will play a lot of those. I

:17:12. > :17:14.will need to be sharp. This is the first ranking event of the season

:17:15. > :17:17.and you had to do well to get the points on the board and to try to

:17:18. > :17:23.win the title. There is a long way to go in this tournament. Ladies and

:17:24. > :17:30.gentlemen, please welcome our final two borders. First up, multiple

:17:31. > :17:52.winner of the British Isles singles championship, Jonathan Ross. And

:17:53. > :18:12.playing Jonathan this afternoon, former Scottish National open and

:18:13. > :18:16.world champion, Greg Harlow. Paul Mitchell is still in the commentary

:18:17. > :18:22.box and he is joined by Robert Paxton. Greg Harlow looking for his

:18:23. > :18:25.seventh semifinal in Perth. By contrast, Jonathan Ross for the 10th

:18:26. > :18:31.time looking to get into the semifinals for the first time. He

:18:32. > :18:35.has been a good singles player. He had a good tournament in Blackpool

:18:36. > :18:41.at the end of the season. That has given him confidence. We will see

:18:42. > :18:45.where he can go. Jonathan Ross doesn't get to the latter stages too

:18:46. > :19:07.often. We will see if today can change things.

:19:08. > :19:17.You mentioned it to me a moment ago, this is the first time you have not

:19:18. > :19:23.found yourself in the quarterfinals. I love coming up to Perth, lovely

:19:24. > :19:29.place. Unfortunately, lost to a better man yesterday in an

:19:30. > :19:33.interesting game, I suppose. It certainly was a little bit of to and

:19:34. > :19:47.fro. Greg Harlow facing Jonathan Ross. The winner will face Darren

:19:48. > :20:29.Burnett in the semifinal. A good opening ball from Jonathan Ross.

:20:30. > :20:39.APPLAUSE That is a good place as well. If he

:20:40. > :20:41.finds those today, it will put Greg under a bit of pressure and it could

:20:42. > :21:40.be a good, game. Promotion wouldn't do any harm.

:21:41. > :21:45.There we go. It is a dull afternoon when you are waiting, the third game

:21:46. > :21:51.of three. It can be hard. How did you prepare for situations like

:21:52. > :21:55.this? It is tough. Every player is different. Different venues are

:21:56. > :22:00.different. Here are your hotel is further away from the venue, so you

:22:01. > :22:04.are here a little bit earlier. I know Greg watched a couple of games

:22:05. > :22:09.this afternoon. John drove in because he is local, so it is an

:22:10. > :22:24.everyday game of bowls for him really. Greg Harlow was close with

:22:25. > :22:30.that. There is an early chance for John. A perfect bowed down

:22:31. > :23:07.beforehand to make it three. The opening end to Jonathan Ross. In

:23:08. > :23:29.terms of seating for this one, seed ten coming into the competition.

:23:30. > :23:34.Jonathan Ross seeded at 11. Jonathan Ross opened up against Gary

:23:35. > :23:45.Pickering of Canada. The biggest margin of the week, 30-1. The

:23:46. > :23:53.Canadian qualifier couldn't do much. In round to the beat Jimmy Chesney.

:23:54. > :23:58.That was on a tie-break. That was a great game of bowls and Jonathan

:23:59. > :24:20.played some great bows to get himself into the tie-break and to

:24:21. > :24:49.get himself over the line. This could be another fine quarterfinal.

:24:50. > :25:10.Just fallen slightly before jack high. He might be a little bit

:25:11. > :25:16.tempted here. Not a bad result, one out. You mentioned that he is not

:25:17. > :25:22.afraid to go to the running shots early. Definitely not. You can play

:25:23. > :25:28.it like all the guys can on the tour, might as well get it out

:25:29. > :26:08.early. If you do miss, you can put yourself under a bit more pressure.

:26:09. > :26:19.That is a great effort. He has made it a double. Jonathan Ross wants a

:26:20. > :26:23.look at this. Played it perfectly. Second ball, the

:26:24. > :26:52.look at this. Played it perfectly. third shot, the draw.

:26:53. > :27:01.look at this. Played it perfectly. hard shot. Just looking to turn the

:27:02. > :27:09.back red ball. That is his play, he is a drawing player. A chance for

:27:10. > :27:22.Greg to step in and make a three-year. -- make a 3 here. He is

:27:23. > :29:39.looking good. Perfect. APPLAUSE

:29:40. > :29:45.It is unusual to see players going down after the second bowl. With the

:29:46. > :30:12.shop clerk now, it makes a difference. -- shot clock. A little

:30:13. > :30:23.running shots again. That just opens things up. Greg was able to play,

:30:24. > :30:41.Jonathan with two. -- Greg with a ball to play. The players have

:30:42. > :30:49.adapted to the shot clock pretty well. Five-time time out available.

:30:50. > :31:28.60 Seconds time-outs. Here comes Jonathan Ross. Still plenty of room.

:31:29. > :31:48.John might be tempted into this, depends how many seconds he's got

:31:49. > :32:00.down there. Any Jack or bowl movement. Just playing that hard

:32:01. > :32:05.shot. It's starting to cut across. Best he can hope for is promotion of

:32:06. > :32:19.his own. Doesn't look like enough from here. Tricky to play. Yeah, the

:32:20. > :32:30.inside shots are pretty hard, John a couple of times has been caught. As

:32:31. > :32:34.to move away so quickly on this portable rink. A good start to the

:32:35. > :32:56.match for Greg Harlow. In good form. Last season he was upset in round

:32:57. > :33:03.one of this tournament. Semifinalist in the world is round two in the

:33:04. > :33:09.International open. -- worlds round two. Former winner of this

:33:10. > :33:20.tournament, former runner-up as well, of course. Beaten by the man

:33:21. > :33:26.on my left. In another topsy-turvy game. We seem to get a few up here.

:33:27. > :34:33.Six inches. Very well played, no change for Greg

:34:34. > :34:41.Harlow. The early exchanges here have been a good start. Down on the

:34:42. > :34:55.line again. Clipped his own. He's just gone narrow.

:34:56. > :35:01.The backhand seems to be favoured on that side coming down towards the

:35:02. > :35:07.commentary box, by the players. Everyone is slightly different, that

:35:08. > :35:19.backhand has suited him this week. A slightly better finish. Good effort,

:35:20. > :35:25.it's close. A very good measure, Greg.

:35:26. > :35:36.Not a great deal of adjustment to make on his last, Greg. He's going

:35:37. > :35:45.with a little bit of pace. Certainly in the ballpark. Good connections

:35:46. > :35:52.now. You would expect it to be Jonathan's drawer, you'd expect him

:35:53. > :35:57.to put it back. You always concerned when you've only got one ball in the

:35:58. > :36:06.head, you think, can your opponent work it out somehow? John was 18

:36:07. > :36:17.inches, just over, to draw this. It repeat of his last two deliveries.

:36:18. > :36:27.Sure he thinks he's got through this a little bit. I think he has. He's

:36:28. > :36:29.looking at it with disdain. It's a missed chance. Having played so well

:36:30. > :36:47.with his second and third. One shot, Greg Harlow. Not sure it's

:36:48. > :36:52.a proper word, but I think he is being Harlowed at the moment. He

:36:53. > :36:57.puts you under tremendous pressure, that is why he has won what he has

:36:58. > :37:01.in the game. As soon as he builds pressure, more pressure, he makes

:37:02. > :37:02.one mistake, then you are dropping eight count. He starts building a

:37:03. > :37:14.lead. -- dropping eight count -- he has two or three ends to get

:37:15. > :37:47.himself back into it. Jonathan Ross, so successful, two

:37:48. > :38:08.Irish indoor titles, nine Irish outdoor titles.

:38:09. > :38:15.Came across to Scotland to Blake and he's played internationals indoors

:38:16. > :38:19.and outdoors for Scotland and picked up the singles outdoors, which is no

:38:20. > :38:26.mean feat. We're happy to accommodate. -- Scotland to play.

:38:27. > :38:33.Surprising he's never had the real breakthrough of a tournament win on

:38:34. > :38:36.the circuit. Looking at three things, you know, he's looking to

:38:37. > :38:42.reach his first ever final. It's not like he's got to that hurdle and

:38:43. > :38:50.fallen a couple of times, he's never even got there and he's been around

:38:51. > :38:54.a while. Made his debut in Scotland in 2004 in this tournament, reached

:38:55. > :39:08.the quarterfinal, that's the best he's ever done.

:39:09. > :39:17.If he was to get the final, I wonder if it would be the spark for others

:39:18. > :39:22.to follow. You never know, it's one of those things, if you get one bit

:39:23. > :39:27.of success, often success follows. It has shown with Mickey the last

:39:28. > :39:32.couple of years, as soon as he got his first win on the tour, it picked

:39:33. > :39:36.up for him. When you get those runs, you've got to take advantage of

:39:37. > :39:46.every little bit you get. Nicky Brett. The world number one. Clare

:39:47. > :39:49.Greg Harlow has been the world ranked number one, in 2006 and again

:39:50. > :40:04.in 2012. A loose end this time, I keep

:40:05. > :40:13.waiting for somebody to drop in on the jack. That will be the shot.

:40:14. > :40:21.Pressure bowl for John here. Plenty of room. From two or three down, it

:40:22. > :40:36.does add that bit of pressure to the arm.

:40:37. > :40:45.It's all about the running, the line is decent. He's tracking, isn't he?

:40:46. > :40:48.He's just got through it again. You can see the four green bowls, the

:40:49. > :41:23.line was good. That's costly. That was a bad miss from Jonathan

:41:24. > :41:26.Ross. It's easy to be critical, but we try to put it into the context of

:41:27. > :41:31.what he's capable of and he will know himself that was a mess.

:41:32. > :41:35.Definitely. Greg will feel let Ofcom he didn't have the best of ends,

:41:36. > :41:40.probably 14 or 16 inches to draw the winner. You would expect most

:41:41. > :41:42.players to be drawing that. He has made sure he is up. If you do that,

:41:43. > :41:59.not get him back... Just two. Two shots, establishing a

:42:00. > :42:04.nice little lead. A nice little run of ends. It sometimes what you

:42:05. > :42:10.want, to keep scoring, keep scoring. Greg is nicely away here. The more

:42:11. > :42:14.ends you score, the less your opponent will. If you win all of the

:42:15. > :42:21.ends, you are laughing. You have to keep your opponent out. John will

:42:22. > :42:27.have to start chasing as well. You can lose your weight control if you

:42:28. > :42:31.draw. Greg has had experience on the carpet. He's going to be relentless

:42:32. > :43:03.putting the first two bowls close. INAUDIBLE

:43:04. > :43:07.Clare we're sorry, we're having some technical difficulties with the feed

:43:08. > :43:12.from Perth. As you may be aware, the weather conditions are very bad

:43:13. > :43:17.indeed. And we've temporarily lost the pictures from our satellite

:43:18. > :43:19.feed. We'll play you some music for the meantime and hope to go back to

:43:20. > :44:14.Perth as soon as possible. It looks like our transmissions from

:44:15. > :44:18.Perth are the current victims of Abigail, but we hope to get back to

:44:19. > :44:26.the transmission as soon as per over. -- as soon as possible.

:44:27. > :45:08.Let's keep our fingers crossed, we'll do our best to get back to the

:45:09. > :45:16.programme. Let's see what's happening.

:45:17. > :45:27.COMMENTATOR: Welcome back to the Dewars Centre in. Abigail obviously

:45:28. > :45:34.isn't a Rolls fan, she tried to take out our satellite link. -- isn't a

:45:35. > :45:39.bowls frown. Jonathan Ross is in a heap of trouble. Robert Paxton

:45:40. > :45:45.alongside B. The short bowls will kill you every time. Absolutely.

:45:46. > :45:50.John hasn't been playing badly, but he has a chance if he can draw the

:45:51. > :46:04.perfect bowl. He has to get back on the ball at this end. Just out on

:46:05. > :46:17.that quick line. Not turning it back for him. Well...

:46:18. > :46:33.Gold goes one, old goes two. -- outgrows one, out goes two. Outside

:46:34. > :46:36.it has been torrential rain and stormy, inside its hurricane Harlow

:46:37. > :46:43.that is hitting Jonathan Ross at the moment. And he's blowing him away,

:46:44. > :46:47.it's been very steady from Greg and Jonathan just lost his way little

:46:48. > :46:53.bit. It's just the pressure he's put under. John might have to change his

:46:54. > :47:06.tactics. Go a little bit earlier. First set almost out of his reach

:47:07. > :47:10.already. What we have concerned Jonathan, he's not making great

:47:11. > :47:17.work. That's the main thing, he hasn't put him under pressure,

:47:18. > :47:23.always chasing himself. -- Jonathan is not making great work. If you get

:47:24. > :47:28.a single on this, it's the end of the first set anyway, that's all

:47:29. > :47:34.John will be thinking about. He needs to change the tactics. And

:47:35. > :47:41.start well in the second. That is the beauty and the joy of set play.

:47:42. > :47:46.When the first set gets away from you, you double down, concentrate

:47:47. > :47:51.once more. And try to take the second.

:47:52. > :48:03.When your opponent is playing as Greg Harlow is playing, it is a

:48:04. > :48:48.little bit soul destroying. Four inch gap.

:48:49. > :49:07.Five inches short of jack hi. They'll be looking to build this

:49:08. > :49:18.head, get the set over as quickly as he can. Just carry the momentum into

:49:19. > :49:20.the second. It's holding up, he can knock that one away. He says, thank

:49:21. > :49:49.you, I'll take that. Close again, but slides past. We

:49:50. > :50:07.could be having a look at eight we spot here. -- looking at a respot.

:50:08. > :50:18.They've called time-out. Greg has four time-outs remaining. If you are

:50:19. > :50:22.trying to close down the set, why not use the time-out is available to

:50:23. > :50:27.you? He has to work out what different angles thereafter John,

:50:28. > :50:36.what he could be playing. 30 seconds, no point rushing it. Just

:50:37. > :50:59.looking to get past the spot. You can see the little white dot,

:51:00. > :51:04.that is the respot, that's where he's come to. John has a chance of

:51:05. > :51:12.the other hand now, if he drives the front read on to the Jack. Jack gets

:51:13. > :51:15.on the other we spot -- gets on the other respot. He needs a little

:51:16. > :51:28.something here. He's trying the hard shot. He's

:51:29. > :51:55.trying to get He's trying the hard shot. He's

:51:56. > :52:00.Two ends to spare. Good news for Jonathan is he will get the Jack to

:52:01. > :52:06.start the second set. It is comfortable and comprehensive, as

:52:07. > :52:10.the scoreline suggests. It'll be interesting what John does here.

:52:11. > :52:14.There will definitely be a change of length. Brought the mat up another

:52:15. > :53:50.couple of yards. Jack length. Brought the mat up another

:53:51. > :53:52.with what is in front of you. And you've got to grind a result out

:53:53. > :54:04.now, basically, for John. Great second ball. From Jonathan

:54:05. > :54:14.Ross. And even better one from Greg Harlow. Further out than he wanted.

:54:15. > :54:18.But what Greg has to keep doing, putting John under pressure, playing

:54:19. > :54:45.the big bowls. A good shot by John. Good response.

:54:46. > :54:49.The way Greg is playing, I've think he'll be drawing this one. -- I

:54:50. > :55:09.think he'll be drawing this one. Needed to rest on the green ball, he

:55:10. > :55:19.would have fallen in. He'll be happy enough. It's one of those ones, you

:55:20. > :55:26.start looking left, right, up, down. John needs another one in here. I'm

:55:27. > :55:36.sure Greg will be having a little chase for the green bowl. He's

:55:37. > :55:45.certainly up, John. He's overplayed that. Or will Greg be tempted? Will

:55:46. > :55:53.he be tempted to try and rip the green belt? Looks like the forehand

:55:54. > :55:59.runner, he'll try to clip the edge. -- tempted to try and rip the green

:56:00. > :56:15.out. Read ball solid. Wasn't far. -- red

:56:16. > :56:29.ball. Greg Harlow wants to have a look. Jonathan Ross gets on the card

:56:30. > :56:39.at the start of this second set. Much for him. Again, he'll take the

:56:40. > :56:42.mat up the green, as he looks to win back-to-back ends for the first time

:56:43. > :56:54.in the match and try to put a halt to Greg Harlow.

:56:55. > :57:03.Jack Link 25.5 metres. -- Jack length. He has to grind out end by

:57:04. > :57:17.end. Needs to get the first and second

:57:18. > :57:28.goals working for him again. -- bowls. Willett

:57:29. > :57:33.not bad, but not good enough at the moment. He won't defeat Greg Harlow

:57:34. > :58:52.in this form. Two red balls you can see on your

:58:53. > :59:01.screen to the left hand side. Any drop now he's pretty good. APPLAUSE

:59:02. > :59:09.We're seeing these scrappy ends now, almost what's John needs, opens

:59:10. > :59:12.the game up a little bit. Not much else for Greg to do here other than

:59:13. > :59:27.draw it. John will be turning over again down

:59:28. > :59:29.the backhand, trying to get another one in, put Greg under pressure for

:59:30. > :59:45.the first time in the match. Jonathan Ross has called time-out.

:59:46. > :59:49.Did you see the moment Jason Greenslade got back to the mat, saw

:59:50. > :59:56.the clock on and did that? He was in the zone earlier? I heard about

:59:57. > :00:01.that, I missed it myself. Almost got caught in my first round game,

:00:02. > :00:07.actually. I was wondering back, casually, forgot about the shot

:00:08. > :00:16.clock, first tournament of the year. Doesn't want the jack. Leave the

:00:17. > :00:21.jack alone. It's a good place. Split the two red ones. If you weren't

:00:22. > :00:25.going to jack the shot, come around. He's leaving a wing bowl. So that

:00:26. > :00:33.Greg can get bowl jack for three. Still playing it. He's going to have

:00:34. > :01:11.to get fortunate here. That's what we mentioned. Just

:01:12. > :01:24.needed to get on the card. Yes, just start scrapping. Scrappy ends, you

:01:25. > :01:40.have more chance of winning those. Just needs to improve that first

:01:41. > :02:11.bowl now. Certainly better with this one. That is great from John. One of

:02:12. > :02:18.the few openings touches he has had. This has been a tournament where top

:02:19. > :02:27.seeds have struggled. Greg Harlow comes in. Great shot. Beautifully

:02:28. > :02:41.done. That is what Jonathan Ross has to put up with that the moment.

:02:42. > :02:59.Played a great bowl. He's pretty good here. Has had one or two

:03:00. > :03:30.shoulder problems, Jonathan Ross. Seemed to grimace as he put the bowl

:03:31. > :03:39.into his hand. One greener. He has left this one well behind, I think.

:03:40. > :03:47.Just about creeping, is he? It has probably crept in. He thought it was

:03:48. > :04:12.short. Probably not as short as he realised. Perfect. Here he comes.

:04:13. > :04:18.Certainly one red. It's the third time in the match he has used that

:04:19. > :04:26.shot but all three have connected. He doesn't missed too many forehand

:04:27. > :04:47.runners, to be honest. -- doesn't this. -- doesn't miss. Needs to

:04:48. > :05:10.learn something. One red. I fancy Greg to get another one in here. To

:05:11. > :05:23.close the deficit to one. Any drop now is very good. Looks like he is

:05:24. > :05:34.in for the double. Two shots, Greg Harlow. A chance missed there with

:05:35. > :05:42.his final bowl. To get in there and keep Greg offer card. He just had to

:05:43. > :05:56.repeat. He is back in the set now. He is making Greg played bigger

:05:57. > :06:20.bowls. Winner of the tournament in 2008. He took the opening set. There

:06:21. > :06:59.you go again. Relentless really with his opening bowl. Great reply from

:07:00. > :07:19.John. -- from Jon. Just falling short. He gave that a chance and

:07:20. > :07:33.shows what happens. Slightly to his advantage but it is close. Between

:07:34. > :07:46.the two bowls nine inches. Onto the back and, he can promote his own. He

:07:47. > :08:28.can get through to Greg's, he is not far-away. Unlucky. One of the few

:08:29. > :08:37.downsides to that shot. Does he play the same drawing shot in? I think

:08:38. > :08:47.he's got to. He might just get around. It is not as easy. He can't

:08:48. > :09:07.afford to play the forehand and get the touch of the jack. Always let

:09:08. > :09:18.your opponent get the shot. He's got a chance of playing off Greg's wing

:09:19. > :09:33.bowl. Very close. How about that? The old borrow. It was available to

:09:34. > :09:40.him. In he comes. Greg is strong about this but he knows his opponent

:09:41. > :10:00.has got the final bowl. He is looking for the perfect bowl. Touch

:10:01. > :10:10.to make 2-macro. -- two. He'd rather be through them short. Didn't miss

:10:11. > :10:16.it by much. Half a chance for Jon. It is not an easy spare here.

:10:17. > :10:35.Similar sort of bowl to his last. Just trying to get under the red

:10:36. > :10:44.this time. Slightly high this time but a good end of the issues --

:10:45. > :11:13.dishes Two shots to Jonathan Ross. APPLAUSE

:11:14. > :11:40.Jonathan Ross has won three of the four ends to open this second set. A

:11:41. > :11:47.good crowd in this afternoon. It is almost full here today and the

:11:48. > :12:01.players to respond to that. They generally perform better. Slightly

:12:02. > :12:08.different from a few years ago when you had the old characters in the

:12:09. > :12:12.game. We have still got Jon. He was a real character of the Greens.

:12:13. > :12:23.People say there are none of those about. But the sport is changing. It

:12:24. > :12:33.is turning professional. APPLAUSE You've got to look at being

:12:34. > :12:44.professional on the greens. I think you get the players who acknowledge

:12:45. > :12:55.the crowds. It is also good. Definitely. You can have a laugh and

:12:56. > :13:15.joke occasionally but are all out there to do a job. Jon with a

:13:16. > :13:22.different jack length this end. Might be tempted at this. Very quick

:13:23. > :13:33.onto the map. Steadied himself. He has got this. It will go to the

:13:34. > :13:46.re-spot. Cream will buy. -- green will lie. Same as Darren in the last

:13:47. > :14:16.game. Such a big part of the game these days. That is well played.

:14:17. > :14:34.Skirted right around the outside. Both players with two bowls to the

:14:35. > :14:48.re-spot. Just going to go through. Jon will certainly look to improve

:14:49. > :15:02.with this one. A decent road again. He's just left it a touch. He has

:15:03. > :15:13.not closed it down by any stretch of the imagination. The back bowl is

:15:14. > :15:24.two and a half feet away. That is where he has to draw. Just be

:15:25. > :15:39.looking to drop a yard of his last. He is up, isn't he? He is going to

:15:40. > :15:48.go for down. One shot, Jonathan Ross. You would have bet on him

:15:49. > :16:03.getting closer to that. Credit to Jonathan Ross. Getting just close

:16:04. > :16:29.enough. A tie would be good enough. Just a little bit loose Greg Harlow

:16:30. > :16:32.in the last couple of ends. Just a little bit loose Greg Harlow

:16:33. > :21:01.under a little bit of pressure. Greg knows that three singles will

:21:02. > :21:13.get him over the line. If anyone has animals to buy two, there is

:21:14. > :21:18.torrential rain here in Perth and that is why we had dropped off air

:21:19. > :21:22.for a while. I have never heard anything like it. Inside, we are

:21:23. > :21:30.safe and secure and enjoying a quarterfinal tie. And people say

:21:31. > :21:36.that they prefer outdoor bowls? Give me a warm building any day of the

:21:37. > :22:08.week. We could be here for some time. A decent opener. Jon is making

:22:09. > :22:32.a decent fight of it. It is just not going to roll out for Greg. Just

:22:33. > :23:09.dropping it a little short. Certainly got through this one.

:23:10. > :23:42.Needs the back edge of his own. A chance again for Jon. He has to make

:23:43. > :24:00.sure this one, I think. This will make a difference. Here he comes.

:24:01. > :24:10.That is well played. Greg will probably take a time-out here. Just

:24:11. > :24:32.checking the source. Just making sure. You have got to bear in mind,

:24:33. > :24:37.his opponent has one still to play. He is just looking at drawing a good

:24:38. > :25:03.second, really. It keeps him in the set. There is still plenty of room

:25:04. > :25:16.to draw the winner. Has to be perfect here. It will give him a

:25:17. > :25:22.chance if he gets through. Not quite what he wanted. He needed to get

:25:23. > :25:38.passed cleanly. Could be third shot. It is third shot. LAUGHTER

:25:39. > :25:52.I think Jon forgot he had another bowl left there for a moment.

:25:53. > :26:02.Nothing too fancy here. Would just like to draw in after his last. He

:26:03. > :26:10.should have taken a time-out. It was a big bowl in the context. He has

:26:11. > :26:18.played much better in this second set. He has played better. It has

:26:19. > :26:24.turned a bit scrappy, not quite as good. It is what Jonathan needed,

:26:25. > :26:32.basically. Not the same opportunities for Greg to move

:26:33. > :26:46.bowls, as he did in the first set. Greg hasn't put as many in the head

:26:47. > :27:06.in these last few ends. If Greg Harlow doesn't score here, straight

:27:07. > :27:41.to the tie-break. APPLAUSE Greg will certainly be looking for a

:27:42. > :28:02.triple at this end, really. APPLAUSE Short Jack high. APPLAUSE

:28:03. > :28:19.That is a great shot by Jon. Just make sure down the back and now. --

:28:20. > :28:33.down the backhand. The idea was right. Just landed on the wrong

:28:34. > :28:45.side. Jon will just be looking to get to that bowl. We'll finished

:28:46. > :28:58.just on the high side. -- will finish. It is good but there are

:28:59. > :29:07.still opportunities for Greg. A firmer weight, looking for the two

:29:08. > :29:14.bowls or the jack. Solid if he gets them both. A great shot. A bit

:29:15. > :29:20.unlucky really. He was unlucky that he didn't take the cream bowl

:29:21. > :29:44.another turn. He is still in with a chance. -- the green bowl. Here is

:29:45. > :30:15.the reply of Jonathan Ross. Stops on the back red bowl. APPLAUSE

:30:16. > :30:26.Shot drawn. Looking to remove the bowl clean out. Wasn't very far

:30:27. > :30:32.off. Very hard to drift back in. We are looking at a tie-break. Second

:30:33. > :30:37.set to Jonathan Ross. Match tie-break. APPLAUSE

:30:38. > :30:57.Well played to Jonathan Ross. Gritty at times.

:30:58. > :31:09.10-1 to Greg Harlow. 9-3 to Jonathan Ross. Tie-break. Single-shot. The

:31:10. > :31:13.players, the spectators, they love to see the tie-breaks. The only ones

:31:14. > :31:27.who do not the two on the green! This is where your tactics change

:31:28. > :31:37.now. You tend to get a lot more attacking in tie-breaks. Jonathan

:31:38. > :31:44.Ross won in round two by winning the tie-break. A lot is in his momentum.

:31:45. > :31:53.Jon is carrying that through after winning the second. Greg Harlow,

:31:54. > :31:59.lost the first set against Chris Marshall, won the second and won the

:32:00. > :32:02.tie-break. I had a look at whether if you win the second set, you win

:32:03. > :32:06.the tie-break. Not that much difference. It surprised me. You

:32:07. > :32:11.would think the player who wins the second set has the advantage but

:32:12. > :32:22.that percentage is closer than I thought it would be. You have found

:32:23. > :32:28.yourself in both positions, having won the second set. You think, I am

:32:29. > :32:32.on here. If it is a close second set, you have got the extra

:32:33. > :32:37.momentum. If you lost the second set, sometimes you might be playing

:32:38. > :32:40.the last couple of ends quite a few shots down and you are more relaxed

:32:41. > :32:42.and you focus more for the tie-break, while your opponent is

:32:43. > :33:00.still focusing on the second set. Jonathan Ross could not improve on

:33:01. > :33:06.the second. Greg Harlow does. Greg really closes down. Can slip it

:33:07. > :33:25.through a touch. APPLAUSE

:33:26. > :33:39.Both players now get an extra time out as well for the time Ashley Cole

:33:40. > :33:44.tie-break. -- for the tie-break. I think Jon has got through this

:33:45. > :33:47.again. Looked to be on a good line to come in as well. Just short. It

:33:48. > :33:58.is close. Just got there. But not in a way

:33:59. > :34:01.that would give you complete confidence that you have done

:34:02. > :34:09.enough. Greg will be running this, looking for the bowl, edging out the

:34:10. > :34:28.bowl and going for the jack. Tie-break calls. -- called.

:34:29. > :34:52.The only thing he could not afford to be was tight and he was. Jon has

:34:53. > :35:01.got to look at the re-spot now. It is tough because Greg can still get

:35:02. > :35:08.the two bowls away. It is two green. The number does not matter. It is a

:35:09. > :35:14.single-shot at each end. Jon has got to be through, looking to cover the

:35:15. > :35:21.re-spot. Pretty much bowling at Sandra's feat is a good guide.

:35:22. > :36:05.Taking the time out. Greg will be looking to repeat his last bowl.

:36:06. > :36:10.Even if he clears out his own back red one, he would lie the shot at

:36:11. > :36:15.the front. He is dangerous, coming through and taking the jack off the

:36:16. > :36:34.rink. You take the time that is given to

:36:35. > :36:41.you. It is crucial winning the ends. Bowl in hand as well. That is

:36:42. > :36:55.the thing. All on jack, the result now. All the way through! How about

:36:56. > :37:00.that? Into the ditch. Great shot. If he was going to take the jack, he

:37:01. > :37:07.had to follow it. He just got the Nick of the green ball but allowed

:37:08. > :37:12.him to do so. Watch the contact on the green ball. That is what sent

:37:13. > :37:21.him past his own. Great strike, great result.

:37:22. > :37:28.You made a fair point, if it is your end, you have got the final bowl,

:37:29. > :37:29.you do not want to lose because you know your opponent then has the

:37:30. > :37:56.final chance. Jack back to the long length again,

:37:57. > :38:01.29 metre jack. -- Greg back to the long length. He was finding it

:38:02. > :38:10.earlier with his first bowl. A real chance for Jon now.

:38:11. > :38:14.He was not certain to win the first end but he must have fancied his

:38:15. > :38:56.chances. Greg is certainly better with this

:38:57. > :39:02.one. Very good down the centre. Jon will take a time-out as well, you

:39:03. > :39:19.would suspect. Lemke of them left. -- plenty of them left. He will not

:39:20. > :39:26.like what he sees. Time-out calls. Jonathan has three time-outs

:39:27. > :39:44.remaining. Confident brought down the four.

:39:45. > :39:57.He has given this a chance. Needs to run to the red and drop. Still one

:39:58. > :40:08.red. He has put himself in a good position. Following that now,

:40:09. > :40:21.looking to turn the jack round the corner. If he does that, he puts Jon

:40:22. > :40:28.in heaps of trouble. Time-out calls. Greg has one time-out remaining. Big

:40:29. > :40:44.bowl, quite right to take the time-out.

:40:45. > :41:13.There is going to be another time-out coming. He has got them. He

:41:14. > :41:19.has got them so he will use them. Time-out called. It all depends how

:41:20. > :41:25.confident he is. He was not too far out last time. The chance to push up

:41:26. > :41:26.down the backhand. Looking like he is doing that. A couple of chances

:41:27. > :42:23.down there. His third He just needs to run this out now.

:42:24. > :43:43.Left it a little bit. Jonathan Ross has

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