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2008 champion Greg Harlow squared off with Jonathan Ross. I played lot

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in the past we have not played in recent times. He is going going good

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this week. We have had a magic this morning the stub Jason Greenslade

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come at the Welsh wizard, is through. He knocked out Gilette. We

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still have Andy Thomson, Darren Burnett, Mark Royal and Greg Harlow

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against Jonathan Ross. It is good to have you with us. You are welcome to

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an afternoon of bones live. Yesterday was an extraordinary date

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with all these big names crashing out of the tournament. There are big

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names and big talents left. No doubt about that. The first match will be

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a beauty. This fellow has an uncanny ability to get to do business end

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tenements. He could have made it four victories if he had not met

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Alex Marshall earlier this year. He has had a fairly straightforward

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route to the quarters but knows his opponent today will be a tough NUT

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to crack. The match of the tournament was the one in which

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Stuart Anderson played Nicky Brett. The Scotsman conjured up a great

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performance to send the defending champion on word. He recaptured the

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form that saw him win the world title back in 2013. He has never won

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here, but came close five years ago. I think it was 2010 I lapsed to

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Mervyn and I have not reached a quarterfinal since then. It is

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massive for me. I have got too well and do well for the supporters.

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Strip will be a tough opponent. I managed to beat him here last year,

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but we are well aware how well he played against Nicky Brett. He is

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playing well. He has had two comfortable wins, so it will not be

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straightforward. I need to play at my best and hope it is good enough.

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I like the Pierce, I like the carpet, it plays well. Everything

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ready to try to get to another final. To win it would be extra

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special. It is all about myself. If I play well I am capable of beating

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everybody. I take every game as it comes along. You cannot afford to

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think too far ahead, but to get to the final would be a great

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achievement for myself and to go one further than 2010. Give a warm

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welcome to our first two bowlers this afternoon. Triple world

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champion, Andy Thomson. And facing and eat this afternoon, would

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champion in 2013 Stuart Anderson. A big cheer from this expectant crowd

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for a match between two very fine players indeed. Enjoy this. Good

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afternoon everyone. Who do you fancy? The number five seed, the top

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seed left in the competition, or the man who put out the defending

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champion twice? It will be difficult. What we will see is

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Stuart Anderson referring to his drawing game. He is one of the best

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draw is in the game. If the beat Andy Thomson to the drama, and it

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will see is Stuart Anderson referring to his drawing game. He is

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one of the best draw is in the game. If the beat Andy Thomson to the

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drama, and people have... Andy Thomson gets us underway.

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I expect both players to be very accurate. Sometimes a bad result

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here and there can make a massive difference. The first two balls but

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the pressure on the opponent. played out on the backhand. He

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thought he was close with the previous ball and it ended up short.

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I do not think this will be any better though. It is a bit of a

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loose end. He should be forcing himself through it if he

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draw second. He is on a nice track with this. You get a great deal of

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confidence from being able to pick up that extra shot. Yes, at every

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level it is important to take that chance, the shot where your

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opposition has nothing to come back at you with. Put a lot of effort

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into it and make sure you are there. One of the first factor is in the

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quarterfinal was how well Greenslade was playing. Jason was putting in

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the killer ball. A great performance by Jason Greenslade here this

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morning. The number 12 seed. He is through. It is hard to pick winners

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on quarterfinals day. The next match will be equally as tight. Stewart is

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just trying to make the adjustment but he has not pushed through it.

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Jonathan Ross Plank against Greg Harlow, Jonathan probably played as

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well with his first two balls as I have seen for some time. In fact, to

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be truthful, he got a quarterfinal international and played well in

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that event. His first two balls were very good. If the patterns on his

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third ball he is a real contender. He doesn't want to get sucked into

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the heavy shots. We have found out he has an ongoing problem with

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shoulder. It doesn't affect his draw shot, but it affect his draw shot,

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but it affected with short play. Thomson dropping short here. Keeps

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things open for Stuart Anderson. Any one of these three games you will

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see here with us this afternoon has potential to be the biggest match of

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the tournament. Quarterfinals day always a great location here. A good

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crowd here as well. We are almost always guaranteed for really good

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games, some of the best players in the world available to you. Scottish

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representation again this year. Good ball, Andy. Don't want to leave it

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to your third delivery every time though. Still, not bad where it is.

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It is an opportunity for a spare shot. Not a given. Early stages in

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the match, it is never easy to draw another one within a foot or so. I

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would expect him to make it though. A forehand shot for Andy Thomson.

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Can he picked up another ball with his final shot? I don't think so. He

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is a bit short of where he wanted to be. Andy decided to go on the

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forehand and bad. A little bit on the short side. Always great

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admiration for Andy, keeping his enthusiasm for the game. Stewart

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Anderson, more or less have Andy's age. He has the use and a great deal

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of experience considering his youth, but Andy has all those years of

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experience. Seen it all, done it all. He has a great appetite for

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more titles. And the works for a poem 's company. That is a major

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advantage. I wouldn't want to edge the red one. There is always that

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danger. Just a foot over the weight. Stuart Anderson just using his

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shoulder. Doesn't need it. Front ball absolutely perfect.

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Looks to have a little more life in the wake of this one. Past that

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would have been useful. He can take his own boat out, but he is already

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too down. He is sticking to the draw, but if he plays over the drop

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by a foot there is no chance of it getting back. You really have too

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narrow that line down. He was slapping his hands within three or

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four metres of that ball leaving his hand. He pushed it through, so there

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is a chance for Stuart Anderson. Forehand. He has a chance with this.

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In it comes. It just drifted through. We have seen a number of

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balls stopped short this week. Even a foot away it is not a given that

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

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change your hand. The thing is if you through Johnny

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Ross into the mix, he is the Irishman. He has been playing a of

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Paisley for a long time now and has represented Scotland. When you talk

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to him and listen to him you know exactly where he is from. A bit like

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Andy, he has spent more of his life in London than he has in Scotland.

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The accident is still very strong, still there. You know where he is

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from. And it is over the Scottish border. Close with this if he can

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make it past. There is the adjustment again. He is very close

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with this. It just dropped away. The balls are pulling up just a little

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bit there. You'd think they are all the way to the jack and they just

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blew up a little bit. The players are getting caught out a little bit.

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And he is making sure with this. If you overplay it it will not get

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back. It is not a big, deep hand in terms of the bent on it, it is very

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steady. Not surprised he ran after that. He must have thought he was

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there. It dropped very short. It doesn't seem to be as consistent,

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that hand, as normal. No one knows why. They view seeds of doubt in the

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player's mind though. If he gets that in it was put away very

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quickly. Looking for a perfect weight. Both players having a bit of

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a chat. They are having a chat about that. It is a strange situation. The

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scoreline in favour of Stuart Anderson. Both players will have

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taken note of the length and how that was finishing. 829 metres Jack

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Lang. Anderson prefers longer option. A 29 metre. It went all the

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way. Stewart will make the correction on the line. It need to

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dip very hard now. Six inches short. Could still make it inside. It did

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look a fraction higher than his previous, but not much. Stuart

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Anderson is right on the outside edge of the map to get the ball back

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into the centre line. Let's see if it works this time. He just moved

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across a little bit. Yes, this is better. Better without the edge,

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actually. He doesn't want to touch his own front green one, so he will

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be coming round the corner. This is good. This is very good. That is a

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good ball. In particular, if it is third shot. Stuart Anderson will be

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looking for a little tap on his own. He has the shoulder to use, which

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could bring him into a better angle than if he was to hit it absolutely

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clean. He was the high side, the wider side of the ball. He has

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narrowed is lying again, but is it narrow enough? The extra weight will

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hold it. Nice with for the job. Hard to find the track though. A bit of a

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wry smile on the way down. Difficult shots those. Line one, Andy Thomson.

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He can't afford to drop his own ball down. If he gets his own, he will

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make a double. Just being a little bit careful about it. Can't blame

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him. Andy Thomson had a good season last season. He was aboard runner-up

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to Alex Marshall. Overall, that is a tidy season. It has kept him well up

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the ranking list, that is what was important for Andy. A nice little

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return on all the investment of time and effort. No extra great care is

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to show for it though. They have been there for a long time. I am

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sure he will have warned you before you came into this commentary box.

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He told me to behave myself. Not allowed to mention bus passes and

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things like that. And it will be 60 in a couple of weeks. -- Andy. He is

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looking good on it. Keeps himself fit. Dropped a couple short here.

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Stewart will take full advantage of that. He needs to score at this end

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and the next one. A bit of a battle in the last 2p. He has given Stuart

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a free run on his own Jack Lang. -- Jack Lang. He needs to be in and up

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with this. He has kept the line. The weird looks better. Still struggling

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a little bit. Another six inches and he would have come in behind the

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jack. Keeping his hand, just wanted to

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pull around now. Not looking so much as a ball. Finding it hard to

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believe he was dropping that much short. Can get to a player when you

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argued, and dropping three four feet short. Little tap on the ball to

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make sure of a single. Dropping inside it. The line is good. Does

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not need any help. Just need to hold on.

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I wonder if Stewart will be tempted with this one. He can still draw it.

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He has the running ball available, if he fancies it.

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He has the running ball available, was it refused to go. Slightly up

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the rink. Should be a correction on the

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weight, the line was perfect. As a chance with this one, as well. Jack

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clean is what he's after. Do not want the ace involved. If he got the

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edge, would have heard the jack. Did not go too close to it, must be well

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in. Andy Thomson will call the first of his time-outs.

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The forehand really is tricky, if he can make bigger will be fine, more

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likely to nudge the red one in. Backhand, will not move the jack.

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Save a shot to play. -- say first shot -- it is a more safe shot to

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play. Have you got the weight, and the?

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No. Trying to push it up. Stewart will be looking for this. Into the

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Red Bull. Get into the split if the can. An edge would be good, would

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make a double out of it. It is just cutting away. Wow, that

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was a surprise. Can understand missing it, but not by that

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distance. Did not see anything on the delivery particularly odd.

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Having said that, where it has finished is quite useful. Andy will

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have to make sure about this one being deep.

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Interesting playing on that side, thought he may have played in the

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backhand. Stewart looking for this angle onto the bowl. Just turning it

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over will be fine. Interesting whether he can get it back onto the

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other side. Playing very controlled at this.

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Trying to get the split around the front green. Does he have enough

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weight? Just getting killed by the front one. He has moved the red one,

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not by enough. A run of three straight singles for

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Andy Thompson. Was not going to do much damage with the weight, just

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pushing the green a touch. Might have played it with more. Jack

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length, 26.5 metres. It was such a difficult shot, he tried it with the

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previous ball, with it away quickly. Try to play slightly with the draw.

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Great stuff, really good. One more end to go. Almost the first set.

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Arching it forward, suggesting it is well short. Little slap of the hands

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together. The last thing he wanted to be. If anything up to the second

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red bowl. Two shuts down in the last end is not a disaster. Three shots,

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it starts to get a bit tough. Stewart as to be careful, does not

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want to leave the shoulder. Andy having a real good look at the line.

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Once the know if he can get it into the inside line. Up that is as good

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as he could have hoped for. Great shot. Round the corner, that will

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look horrendous from the mat. It will certainly not the clever.

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Little touch on the jack. So little Andy will be forced to play on the

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forehand. He is going for the backhand. Hoping to get a front ball

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onto it. Took one out. I can understand him playing it, to be

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truthful. Hoping full bowl, giving him a result on the re-spot. Look at

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the target. The forehand, the green ball was more over to the right than

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I thought. Stuart Anderson. Already will feel the set is quite

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comfortably with him if he draws this in. End number nine will be

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fairly easy to defend. Round he comes. Three shots. That is the big

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end. In this opening set of the quarterfinal. Andy can look back at

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that, thinking the forehand was not any easier, probably playing the

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right shot. So the chance getting his own front one in, taking one

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away. In doing so, he left a lot of room for Stewart Anderson. Beautiful

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camera shots, lovely illustration how far it comes to go all the way

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back. That is where you want to open up, when your opponent needs a four.

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Under the circumstances better than being short. The shortfall is fairly

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close. Andy needs four. Again, pretty good. Cannot do much with it

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at the moment. He has to wait to see if Stewart makes a mistake. No

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mistakes here. That bowl virtually locked in. Probably going to be

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enough. Unless Andy scores the full house he needs. Going for the

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runner. Trying to make the connection. If he misses this

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inside, running off to the ditch. That will be the end of the first

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set. Deciding shot. Stewart Anderson takes the opening set. It looks

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comfortable with the scoreline, in truth it was not. He was the better

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player, the three in the eighth got over the line. It is Stewart's

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forte. He does so much damage with the draw shot. Rarely missing the

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opportunity for the spare. The key to that, all singles. Andy Thompson

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the highest rated player left in the Scottish International. Will be top

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four seeds losing in the second round. Last season in the

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quarterfinals there were three unseeded players, but the top three

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were around. Different complexion this season.

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Look at the world champions you still have left. People who have won

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many titles. Darren Bernat, Greg Harlow, Andy Thompson all still in

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the frame. Jason Greenslade, previous winner, as well.

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Here he comes again. Just wrapping off this time. Good end for Andy,

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too. If you want to play into the first end of the second set, want to

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keep it nice and tight. Score if you can. If you are not going to score,

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lose a single. That applies to both players. Just need to hurry, bit.

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Very, very tight and congested there. One red. He's pretty quick on

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the mat, no time at required. Never missed a beat, increased the pace.

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Can he deliver? I tell you what, very close for this. Is weight is

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better. Expected the bowl to drop. It has held off. Look of

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disappointment for Stewart, that provides a shoulder. Watch this bowl

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coming in. Dropping back, so much better. That wide shoulder. Andy

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reaches that, good enough for the shop. -- shot. He has pushed it out,

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in a wide line. All about good weight. He will make it back. Just

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over the weight. The line was perfect. He thought he had it, did

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not come back. Sleeping in. The second set goes the way of Stewart

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Anderson. Greg Harlow has work to do this afternoon. Yes, he's very

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interested watching this match. Stewart seems to be in the mood.

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Yes, he is drawing extremely well, putting Andy under pressure. Andy

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did well to get back to 4-5, unfortunately playing a soft end,

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Stewart punishing him. When Stewart is in this form, you cannot afford

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to be loose? No, drawing well. The any him is to get to the jack first,

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forcing him into shots. That is the way back for Andy, he had to force

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Stewart to play running bowls. We'll is talk about Andy, Evergreen, great

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competitor, still as the game to do damage? Everybody talks about his

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age, he plays as well as anybody else. He has the hunger to win more

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titles. The most important thing, he still believes he can win, I believe

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he will. Maybe not this game, but I believe he will win more titles. You

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

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in there. Have to tighten up in the middle of sets. John playing well, I

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expect a close match. We look forward to it. Greg Harlow should

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look at his Wikipedia, somebody has said he is representing humanity.

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Somebody having a bit of fun there, on the page. Could be worse. Could

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be, if you believe everything you read on Wikipedia, which of course

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we don't. Telling me it is not true! This is a loose end from Stewart

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Anderson. We're talking in relative terms.

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14-15 inches, Andy knows he can get behind that. This forehand skipping

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around the short bowls, here it comes. This is what we said at the

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start of the game, it was about getting to the jack before Stewart,

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forcing him into the weight shots. There is one available on the

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backhand, not easy. He has the best two back all is. Two green. Little

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mix-up for a moment from Alan Green. Stewart keeping the concentration.

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Going down on the runner. Getting into the green bowls. Looking for

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the split. And the run-through. Going to be tidy on the re-spot.

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Don't expect him to score all three, but certainly finding in my

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situation. Two against them for definite, potentially three. As you

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mentioned, he will be settling if he loses one. He hit that absolutely

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perfect. Certainly expecting Andy to draw the shot, something they

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

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out wider. He is struggling. That looked lazy. That is a gift.

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Something was not right. Just not like Andy to make that sort of

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mistake. Watch the realisation here. Over a whole tournament, when you

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see players, you get that once in a tournament when somebody will miss,

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it is a costly one. I can understand missing, with 2-3 feet, but he

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missed a long way. Not liking. Can happen. Jacqueline, 29 metres. These

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guys are human as well, they can make the mistake. -- Jack length.

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One of the traits these players share is the ability to forget about

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what has gone on before. And recover.

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what has gone on before. And 5-0 down. All in a line,

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on the backhand, can make a double. It may just fall away enough for the

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back bowl to cancel the shot. He will have to reach. At the line,

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where he was light. He thought that was close. Certainly causing

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problems, seeming to throw up early. Stewart Anderson, a draw shot to

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

:59:51.:59:59.

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

:00:00.:00:04.

there. In doing there, it is getting a tap on his own bowl, moving the

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jack to the green one. He has the be careful about it. 5-0 up, the odds

:00:10.:00:17.

are in his favoured? You are most inclined to leave it, let Andy get

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on with it. Don't want to help your opponent by leaving something wide,

:00:22.:00:23.

the angle to come off. He does not want to touch it. Just

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getting a slight nudge. Not going to make any difference. I think Andy

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can see a bit more of that bowl. Watch when it comes in, the front

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green one is the problem. At the double your picture. I think Andy

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can see another that to get a little nudge on it. He has done it on the

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draw. He is very close, but I do not think

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he is reaching it. Just fallen short. That is five straight ends

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that Stuart Anderson has one. Six days into the tournament, you can

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see the scorecards, the display chalk, the measures, the calipers

:01:57.:02:09.

and plenty of water. There are too sweet packets on show, but they are

:02:10.:02:16.

more behind it. A spare Jack under the table just in case. Good stuff.

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He is not playing badly. He has defined a way to get back into this

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second set. -- to find. APPLAUSE

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His opponent is not operating. I had a chat with Les Gilette after his

:03:18.:03:25.

match. Andy might be tempted to try to open this up. Here he goes. He

:03:26.:03:32.

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

:03:33.:03:40.

get the angle right. I said to players, you played well. Jason was

:03:41.:03:47.

just that bit better. -- said two layers. I do not think anyone has

:03:48.:03:56.

played poorly. Some of the guys have been right on it this week.

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This is reminiscent of Stewart two or three years ago when he was

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really running high and Andy is forced to go again. He went with a

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pile of wit that time. -- pile of weight. You can see the set slipping

:04:41.:04:51.

away. He gets the outside red ball. Now, Stewart, what do you do? Do you

:04:52.:04:59.

let Andy have another go? Or do you block it? Let's just see if this

:05:00.:05:14.

makes centre ring. He is looking to drop in it if he can and stop that.

:05:15.:05:23.

He has done it. Yes he has. That is where the danger was for the two red

:05:24.:05:33.

balls to disappear. That is a shocking position for Andy Thomson

:05:34.:05:37.

because if he goes again he has to get close to his green ball or try

:05:38.:05:41.

to push it in. If he takes it out of the another shot. -- if he takes it

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out, he loses another shot. That was the danger of pushing something in

:05:57.:06:04.

and losing another shot. I can't blame him playing that though. He

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had to go for it. He didn't have any choice in the matter. It is a

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horrible outcome. It was a clever ball by Stewart to drop it where he

:06:20.:06:23.

did, slightly on the wide side of the centre line. It left Andy with

:06:24.:06:32.

nothing. He had no draw shot on. He decided to take a risk and it didn't

:06:33.:06:39.

pay off. The set is slipping away. Stewart will close this down. He

:06:40.:06:43.

will be happy to lose the odd single over the next two or three. It

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becomes a different game for him now. And it will not give up. He

:06:50.:07:31.

will try to chip away at this, score one or two shots here and there. He

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will try to give himself a good run at Stewart. He has dropped short

:07:38.:07:42.

with this one again. There is an opportunity. These players met in

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round two last season, Andy Thomson came out on top on a tie-break. He

:07:51.:07:55.

won the first set on that occasion, lost the second. He took the

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tie-break. He needs to score this end. He is coming around. It is good

:08:02.:08:13.

stuff. Has not played a bad game at all, just on the bad side of the

:08:14.:08:20.

scorecard. He retired from outdoor games a number of years ago. He is

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still good enough to compete at that level outdoors if he felt like it. A

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lot of people in England think they could still do with him. Other

:08:32.:08:38.

things are more important to him at the moment. He had a little stint

:08:39.:08:58.

coaching. Can he come around here and draw a third. He doesn't want to

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leave it short. Where he has left it might force Stuart Anderson on the

:09:08.:09:11.

forehand. We all thought he would go into the management side with

:09:12.:09:17.

England and it hasn't happened yet. It will be on the cards in the not

:09:18.:09:27.

too distant future. He would be a good man to get in, he holds the

:09:28.:09:38.

respect of the players. He has forged Stewart onto the forehand and

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I think it has worked. It is his closest ball so far, but Andy still

:09:46.:09:52.

looks like he is holding a couple. Two shots. He needs to pick up this

:09:53.:09:58.

spare shop here. This is important. Make the three. Make the tree and

:09:59.:10:06.

get back what you've lost in the last end. Moving across on the map

:10:07.:10:13.

to give himself a little extra room to get round a short ball. It just

:10:14.:10:24.

needs to hurry. It needs to run. The line is good. It looks like he is

:10:25.:10:35.

there. If he has admitted it is a good trouble. There he goes. That is

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a really good trouble. -- trouble. He needs another score to put a

:10:49.:10:54.

little bit of doubt into Stuart Anderson's head. Stuart Anderson had

:10:55.:11:02.

taken six straight ends, Andy Thomson on the card with a three.

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Stuart Anderson's loosest and so far. Andy Thomson was able to

:11:09.:11:46.

punish. -- punish him. Just gently out of the hand. On this car but it

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is sometimes running a little bit slower than usual. It is still a

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quick carpet in comparison to club stuff. We are running similar to

:12:13.:12:26.

what my green is back home. It is also a blue carpet. We have had

:12:27.:12:34.

those for a while and very attractive they are too. There will

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be many club players watching this and they will sympathise with Stuart

:12:53.:12:55.

Anderson since the jack Lang has changed. Suddenly you are one short

:12:56.:13:01.

and your opinion -- opponent is getting closer. There are gaps here,

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so you would expect him to get closer. A running ball is also

:13:08.:13:14.

available for his last ball. Have you got the right weight, because

:13:15.:13:19.

the line is good. He has got to be close with this one. The perfect

:13:20.:13:29.

line and wait and that will not be easy to remove for Andy. He will

:13:30.:13:36.

look to see if he can make it through the gap. He will want to tap

:13:37.:13:50.

the edge of the red. There he goes. This is a hard shot to play. Well,

:13:51.:14:01.

that is an lucky. He wanted the ball out clean. I think Stuart Anderson

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will lie one or maybe two. There is a red ball to the back that stayed

:14:09.:14:16.

in place. That is a shocker of a result for Andy. He has had a couple

:14:17.:14:25.

of horrible results. I know a fuel people who could drop this one. They

:14:26.:14:34.

are not even bowlers. A horrible result for Andy Thomson. That is the

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difference a good drive can make. If he can get the edge, Stuart is in

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trouble and stop if he gets the jack it finishes of the match. Three

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rounds to play and in truth the game is over, Stuart Anderson has booked

:15:08.:15:11.

his place in the semifinals from this quarterfinal. Stuart Anderson

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was caught out heavy. It just changed the whole six N. -- six end.

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In the quarterfinals last season, the higher seeded player got through

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on all four occasions. Here, the number five seed will fall to the

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number nine seed. This one is looking good. And he is

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really just playing this out, nothing more. He will be happy to

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get away. He has not played badly by any means. A soft end, that

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virtually secured the set. He has lost three threes. The last one was

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just very unfortunate. Stuart Anderson has been very, very

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consistent. He has only played one in different end. We say in

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different because his closest ball was about 14 inches away. There were

:17:22.:17:31.

three inside it. He has arguably only played one weighted shot per

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set. I will -- it will sneak its way for second I think. The second is

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fine. Stuart will match it up again on the backhand. I do not think and

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it will do much with it. He realises it is too far. He will fight to the

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bitter end but he knows that nine shots in three ends is not enough.

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It is just not going to happen. That is good again. He hasn't missed too

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many opportunities. The last ball for Andy and one is not good enough.

:18:21.:18:28.

He needs to shots here and it would be difficult to do. He has a shot on

:18:29.:18:36.

the forehand if he wants to play at. If he drops inside he might get

:18:37.:18:42.

under the two red. Even then, no guarantees of scoring the second

:18:43.:18:48.

shot that he needs. It is a horrible feeling when you start to search and

:18:49.:18:53.

look. He took the time out to consider the options. It looks like

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he will have a go at it. Trying to get the front bowl into the jack, if

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he can. He has, but it will go on the respot and it will be three to

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read. The results from his witted shots have been consistently

:19:17.:19:24.

horrible. Stuart Anderson into the semifinal. A measure of revenge for

:19:25.:19:33.

the round to defeat in the previous season. He takes out the highest

:19:34.:19:43.

seeded player left in the tournament. Stuart Anderson with a

:19:44.:19:48.

great performance, won it in two sets. 9-4, 13-3. Stuart Anderson is

:19:49.:20:17.

our semifinalist. He just needs to hold on. That is as good as it could

:20:18.:21:17.

have possibly been. Well, the scoreline and the statistics are

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very much in favour of Stuart Anderson. To be fair, the match was

:21:22.:21:27.

not that easy. He ends one comfortable victory. 22-7 doesn't

:21:28.:21:32.

tell the whole story. Andy played a decent game, wasn't at his usual

:21:33.:21:36.

standard, but that was because Stuart Anderson was prolific. He

:21:37.:21:39.

played a superb game and deserved to go through. A really fine

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performance from Stuart Anderson. A great match. Stuart, through to the

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semifinal playing some great bowls. I am just glad to move onto the next

:21:57.:22:03.

game. I almost feel like giving you a hug. That was hard work. I played

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a bad end. Obviously I needed to make a good start to the second set.

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He just steam roller to me. It was amazing because against Nicky Brett

:22:20.:22:22.

a played a fantastic game but your line and length seem to be

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a played a fantastic game but your Is that there are

:22:27.:24:10.

a played a fantastic game but your 100 times. It happens a

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a played a fantastic game but your times. I am just glad to get the

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

:24:20.:24:24.

of the World Championships back in January, he played great bowls here

:24:25.:24:26.

this week and, onwards and upwards for you. I feel quite good. I feed

:24:27.:24:33.

my form is good. It was a bad game today, Stuart played well. I

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accepted. I am quite philosophical. If you have a bad game, you lose,

:24:39.:24:43.

especially at this level. These are the top players. If you did not

:24:44.:24:55.

well, you lose. I played well in my last game. It doesn't get easier as

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the tournament goes on. I will go home and get a good night's sleep

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and come back tomorrow. Thank you again. Commiserations. Stuart

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Anderson through to the semifinal, well done. A very good day for

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Stuart Anderson. 2014 was a good year for Scottish bowls, especially

:25:22.:25:26.

at the Commonwealth Games. The men's team picked up gold medals, led by

:25:27.:25:30.

David Gourlay who coached them at the time. David has retired, but his

:25:31.:25:35.

job has been taken on by an experienced Welshman. I think if few

:25:36.:25:42.

people will look at it and say why do we not have a Scottish head

:25:43.:25:47.

coach? I do not think that necessarily has to be the case in

:25:48.:25:53.

this day and age. He is a very high-profile ball and they respect

:25:54.:25:57.

him and that is the important thing. I feel I am privileged to be in that

:25:58.:26:02.

position. Scottish bowls is terrific. They are up there with the

:26:03.:26:07.

top nations in the world. They have a passion for it in Scotland. Brazil

:26:08.:26:14.

and football would be very similar. I think it is a privilege to be

:26:15.:26:17.

given the job and it is a great responsibility. John's credentials

:26:18.:26:23.

go without saying. He has played at the top level, played at many

:26:24.:26:27.

Commonwealth Games. He understands what the players go through and Rona

:26:28.:26:31.

has been there in the other pics. She has won a gold medal. She has

:26:32.:26:35.

been under pressure just as John has. She has achieved quite a lot.

:26:36.:26:42.

The changes that have come through our things that curling did ten or

:26:43.:26:47.

15 years ago but we can learn from. They bring different aspects to the

:26:48.:26:50.

jobs, but combined they are a really solid team. We work well together.

:26:51.:26:57.

He leaves the bits Jimmy did he doesn't like to do and he has the

:26:58.:27:00.

knowledge and I just need to implement it. The appointment of

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Rona is a great appointment for bowls. She is very high-profile, she

:27:07.:27:10.

comes from an Olympic programme background, so she will bring a

:27:11.:27:15.

different skill set. We took a couple of runs up the

:27:16.:27:21.

high-performance ladder. She is well suited to take us further up about.

:27:22.:27:31.

The plan is to bring high-performance into the nutrition,

:27:32.:27:37.

the psychology, whatever it may be that they need to make them a better

:27:38.:27:41.

player than we can give them services to help them. Ultimately,

:27:42.:27:46.

if we want to win medals, we have two good. Our big rivals, Australia

:27:47.:27:51.

and Malaysia, they are bringing these high-performance programmes

:27:52.:27:53.

in. We have got to keep on top of where we are moving forward. We are

:27:54.:28:01.

setting targets for the Commonwealth Games of three medals. We also have

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a target in the World Championships of four medals. Obviously, the first

:28:08.:28:10.

important issue is to qualify for those jumping chips and we do that

:28:11.:28:14.

in Cyprus in December. That is the first challenge ahead. John will be

:28:15.:28:19.

well respected by the squad. He has been there, done it. He has good

:28:20.:28:26.

experience and is very approachable. He knows the game inside out. I

:28:27.:28:30.

think John will do really well in the job and he will bond the team

:28:31.:28:37.

well together. We wish John Price all the best in his new role in

:28:38.:28:42.

Scottish bowls. In that film you saw Darren Burnett. He is next up behind

:28:43.:28:48.

us. He is up against Mark Royal. But many bowlers can be described as

:28:49.:28:53.

masters of the game inside and out. Burnett can. It Mavuba winner of

:28:54.:28:57.

British outdoor titles plus a word Champion of champions. Add to that

:28:58.:29:02.

is International open, Scottish Masters and World Championship wins

:29:03.:29:06.

on the world Bowls tour, they make than the complete polar. Mark Royle

:29:07.:29:11.

may not be able to compete in terms of titles, but he is a great player

:29:12.:29:17.

with a game that can do damage. Quite the green, but ruthless on it

:29:18.:29:20.

he took the international open title a few years back and this week in

:29:21.:29:36.

Perth he has looked on top form. I have enjoyed coming to Perth. I have

:29:37.:29:42.

had a fantastic experience. Maybe I wasn't quite ready to win my first

:29:43.:29:47.

title, but then I went on two wheels and one that twice. I think I have

:29:48.:29:52.

had two or three more quarterfinals here, so I feel relaxed here. Perth

:29:53.:29:57.

is a lovely place and I enjoy coming up here every year. I have played

:29:58.:30:04.

Mark a few times. Nothing will face Mark. He will know mine as I know

:30:05.:30:10.

his. We will just get on with it. I will just get on with it. In other

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gear or two today. Ladies and gentlemen. Please give a warm

:30:18.:30:22.

welcome to our next to borders on the rink this afternoon. First up,

:30:23.:30:26.

former Welsh open champion, Mark Royle. Former world champion and

:30:27.:30:52.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Darren Burnett.

:30:53.:31:32.

He saw the look in his face, you looks very relaxed. Until that

:31:33.:31:38.

smoke. I had a very good chat with him last night, in a very good place

:31:39.:31:42.

in his life, after a tough few years. Coming out through the other

:31:43.:31:48.

side of it. Very happy, has his business up and running. Got over

:31:49.:31:57.

health scare. Saying to me it is all going well, put a bit of weight one

:31:58.:32:02.

feeling a bit better. His seeding of 13 nowhere near where it should be,

:32:03.:32:08.

but when you are ill, done well to stay in the top 15. Expected to

:32:09.:32:11.

climb back up the ranking list. The home crowd favourite is Darren

:32:12.:32:36.

Burnett. Looking to win this title for the first time since 2001.

:32:37.:32:55.

Mark Royal very much a draw player, plays the controlled weight, does

:32:56.:33:04.

not go heavy. Superb draw player to the jack. Darren international skip

:33:05.:33:14.

for Scotland. Used to playing all the shots.

:33:15.:33:23.

He is draw shots are very good, I like the way he plays little

:33:24.:33:29.

conversion shot, incredible that those. Smooth delivery from Mark

:33:30.:33:52.

Royal, not a sound is that bowl left his hand. Good second. Darren

:33:53.:34:18.

Burnett just sizing up his options. Backhand is not easy, the forehand

:34:19.:34:22.

bringing the jack towards the green bowl. Will not worry too much, just

:34:23.:34:31.

trying to get it close. Coming back pretty quickly now. Both players

:34:32.:34:40.

using speckled coloured bowls, very popular at the moment.

:34:41.:34:52.

Interesting to see if Mark tries to play under this or just raw it.

:34:53.:35:05.

Position was not good for the shot, just trying to drop into the jack if

:35:06.:35:13.

he can. Just over. Gentle start for both players. It is all draw, draw,

:35:14.:35:20.

draw. Darren taking the opening end. Darren Burnett not the only player

:35:21.:35:53.

in his family, his brother, Ryan, also doing well at the under 25

:35:54.:36:01.

singles. Very good player, pretty bad memory for me when he won the

:36:02.:36:10.

Scottish pairs. Thank you very much, I know you didn't know that. Happy

:36:11.:36:16.

to help. What I am here for. Ryan was exceptional in that match. It

:36:17.:36:20.

was a good game as it turned out, very enjoyable between two guys.

:36:21.:36:34.

Good opening bowl. That is what he was doing against Paul Foster.

:36:35.:36:56.

Opening up exceptionally well. Darren's ball as the Crescent grip.

:36:57.:37:06.

Used to be very popular back in the 1970s and 1980s, making a bit of a

:37:07.:37:11.

comeback. I quite like them. The set that I play with our once my

:37:12.:37:16.

grandfather had, with the Crescent grip. Still used in the short game a

:37:17.:37:28.

lot. Bit of an antique. Last bowl gap is six inches. Things have moved

:37:29.:37:36.

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

:37:37.:37:41.

found one with the grip that I liked when you are used electricity grid.

:37:42.:37:45.

Darren looking at a running bowl. Here it comes. Never shy to go

:37:46.:37:55.

early. That is usually why. Just trying to remember is that attaching

:37:56.:38:05.

bowl? There it goes, taking out, just as well. The other bowl

:38:06.:38:17.

removed. Good hit, so good at that shot. He has to try and right to the

:38:18.:38:31.

edge. Beat the two bowls to get the shot, that is the important bit.

:38:32.:38:37.

Always make sure you get that one in. You have the last bowl on the

:38:38.:38:43.

end, so he can have a good go at getting close to the edge of the

:38:44.:38:45.

ditch. Those are the kind of things players

:38:46.:38:50.

will practice. A bit of stopping to do, this one.

:38:51.:39:10.

Very close. It goes. Going to be hard to beat on the draw. He may try

:39:11.:39:18.

to pop that one out of the can. Terrific, right in line. As soon as

:39:19.:39:23.

you say once that, almost impossible to beat. -- one foot. Trying to play

:39:24.:39:32.

inside. Is he getting back? No. The right choice of shot from Mark

:39:33.:39:54.

Royal. Just overplaying it a bit. Darren Burnett taking the first two

:39:55.:39:58.

ends. He plays a nice mixture of draw shots, and waited shots to

:39:59.:40:11.

spring the jack. Good crowd inside here today.

:40:12.:40:26.

A bitter debate going on, a few players, should they be told the

:40:27.:40:34.

jack length or not? Even ordinarily club bowls, or any other variant,

:40:35.:40:45.

they are not told the jack length. -- in any ordinarily club bowls. Has

:40:46.:40:53.

come upon social media discussion points. To be fair, a bit of a help

:40:54.:40:58.

to the players. You are telling both, not one or another, does not

:40:59.:41:01.

make any difference really. Very small gap. Not quite touching.

:41:02.:41:21.

Three inches short. Where do you fall? Good or bad idea? I don't have

:41:22.:41:27.

any thoughts on it. Does not mean an awful lot. The players know pretty

:41:28.:41:35.

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

:41:36.:41:41.

issue. You have the spots down the middle of the green. Some people say

:41:42.:41:47.

they help the heavy drivers. Giving people a good indication how to

:41:48.:41:51.

position their running bowl. I am not that worried about it, been that

:41:52.:41:55.

way for a long time. It's the game speeded up. You can centre the jack

:41:56.:41:58.

quickly. Does he have the weight for it? Many

:41:59.:42:09.

more topics that are worth more discussion than those. At the

:42:10.:42:12.

maiming. -- moment. I often find television bowls can't

:42:13.:42:32.

be looked at in the context of club bowls, or even county bowls. It is

:42:33.:42:38.

built around the needs and the requirements of the audience and TV.

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Very good shooting from Mark Burnett. A strong biased bowl to

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come round and drop back in. All down to weight. Mark Royal. Close to

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the jack. Very close. Excellent delivery. Really good bowling.

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Typical Mark Royal bowl. Opportunity for Darren Burnett. Onto the

:43:29.:43:36.

backhand. Get the bowl, just moving the jack. Threatening to dip under a

:43:37.:43:52.

bit early. Missing it by a quarter bowl at the most. Not far-away. Mark

:43:53.:44:04.

Royal seeing if there is much you can do. I would walk away, take a

:44:05.:44:09.

single, you have the jack, can make a change. He says he will take it.

:44:10.:44:18.

Played a lot like that in his previous game as well. Sometimes you

:44:19.:44:27.

have to walk away, saying no. More important to take the single, get

:44:28.:44:32.

hold of the jack. Players have different reactions to different

:44:33.:44:38.

situations. Darren Burnett, one of those with the most reactions,

:44:39.:44:41.

different twitches and smiles, looks. He will love us for this. He

:44:42.:44:52.

really will. If he will arrest anybody, it will have to be the

:44:53.:45:01.

crew. Nothing to do with us. We get all the credit to our editing

:45:02.:45:11.

gurus. All facial expressions with Darren, not sure whether it is close

:45:12.:45:18.

or not, most of the time it is. Bit like Andy's interview, playing one

:45:19.:45:26.

that all, having a field day. One of those bowls that happens. In many,

:45:27.:45:32.

many years, just the wrong place, the wrong time. Mark Royal opening

:45:33.:45:41.

up his own Jacqueline. Well short. -- Jack length stop just working his

:45:42.:45:56.

way background. One point you made of the last end, talking about

:45:57.:46:02.

tailored for television. We take for granted the different colour of

:46:03.:46:07.

bowls, coordinating with shirts. It has made bowls very easy. If you go

:46:08.:46:18.

to a tournament where players wear their own colours, very hard to

:46:19.:46:21.

watch and follow. Great believer when it comes to major event,

:46:22.:46:25.

countries should have their own specific colour bowls. That would

:46:26.:46:31.

solve all the problems for the spectators. And for the viewers, if

:46:32.:46:36.

it is being covered. Good effort by Darren, just jogging round. Coloured

:46:37.:46:43.

bowls are not new, we played in events in 1982 with coloured bowls,

:46:44.:46:56.

I remember playing with them in it. Done specifically for TV, the bowls

:46:57.:46:59.

were painted, spray-painted. It worked. Good effort by Mark. I had a

:47:00.:47:10.

look after the Commonwealth Games with allocating countries colours.

:47:11.:47:15.

You would not have too many clashes. Certainly not the ones for the

:47:16.:47:20.

televised side. Scotland play in blue, why not? England in white.

:47:21.:49:08.

televised side. Scotland play in could easily drop. Forehand shot,

:49:09.:49:20.

once the come around. He has played it well, that is perfection. A lot

:49:21.:49:30.

of potential danger, but that is a terrifc bowl from Darren Burnett.

:49:31.:50:05.

Smooth action from Mark Royal. Coming through against Robert

:50:06.:50:46.

Chisholm, real tussle. Then Paul Foster in round two. Robert Chisholm

:50:47.:50:51.

is no easy player to beat, very good player.

:50:52.:51:07.

Has he made the correction? Dropping in with having so much nicer. Mark

:51:08.:51:20.

Royal, everything so right about that delivery, always has been,

:51:21.:51:26.

never needed to adjust it. Just resting his arm on his Armani 's

:51:27.:51:36.

leading leg to give him balance. -- on his leading leg.

:51:37.:51:43.

14 inches from Jack high. Darren's delivery different, looking down at

:51:44.:51:52.

the green on the point of delivery. Very rare. The end result is very

:51:53.:52:04.

good, doesn't matter the way you deliver, I suppose. Dropping it in

:52:05.:52:10.

like that, winning the title is he has won, who cares? Again, always

:52:11.:52:17.

been the same with Darren, never changed. Mark looking for a little

:52:18.:52:23.

runner, trying to disturb things, shake it up. One out, all the way

:52:24.:52:31.

through, gives him back position. Red Bull in the ditch, taken away.

:52:32.:52:39.

Darren Burnett my -- might need to think about this. Hard to get both

:52:40.:52:47.

these out, the distance between them quite considerable. Staying on the

:52:48.:53:17.

backhand. Trying to encourage the ball Gerry bowl forward. Slap on the

:53:18.:53:26.

wrist, there is no value in that. Mark Royal should be attacking this.

:53:27.:53:34.

Either a blocker, or dissecting the two green bowls. Little running shot

:53:35.:53:40.

again. The ideal result would be to get the jack through. As a chance.

:53:41.:53:49.

Well, let's see if the bulb goes in. In the ditch. On the re-spot, hard

:53:50.:53:57.

to tell. Looks like one too green. Definitely one, they will have a

:53:58.:54:08.

look. Definitely one. The second bowl is the problem, left and right.

:54:09.:54:13.

Taking that one bowl out, waiting for that to be removed. One it is.

:54:14.:54:31.

He was on target. Almost a full house. Scottish International

:54:32.:55:01.

qualifier day. If you were playing third, or skip, you don't do that.

:55:02.:55:10.

Kicking all 16 balls back for the time. They say it does not annoy

:55:11.:55:23.

them, but we never does. The bowling shoes may wear out in ten years

:55:24.:55:35.

instead of 15. Darren Burnett playing the full length against Mark

:55:36.:55:40.

Royal. Who has gone short. Darren Burnett says OK, then. Not sure

:55:41.:56:06.

about this one. I thought it was a little bit over the weight, but

:56:07.:56:11.

useful position back there. Your opponent has won on it, that is

:56:12.:56:15.

where you want to be. The mat is well up the rink. Changing the lines

:56:16.:56:17.

of it. He has framed if Elizabeth.

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Attempting to run this now. -- framed it a little bit. He has gone

:56:39.:56:45.

for it, will it stand long enough to get one out. In the ditch, staying

:56:46.:56:59.

live. He will not look to replace this like-for-like. He will try and

:57:00.:57:10.

get this in a better place. The ball still bubbling as it comes up, makes

:57:11.:57:16.

no difference. It is the end result that counts. He gets a bowl away on

:57:17.:57:24.

the running surface perfectly. Always seems to have that little

:57:25.:57:29.

wobble on it. Does not matter. It is the end result. This looks under.

:57:30.:57:36.

Did not like it from the off. Always the wrong side. Going to be costly

:57:37.:57:51.

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

:57:52.:57:57.

calibre, you expect this to be a 3 going narrow. Anything further out

:57:58.:58:05.

would have got the result, with the target. Here Darren Burnett cams.

:58:06.:58:14.

Now, Darren sneaking up, dropping in a bit. It looks good. He rarely

:58:15.:58:24.

makes a mistake. Tactically as good as anybody. He has the titles behind

:58:25.:58:37.

him. Sometimes in tight matches you are thinking, don't know what to

:58:38.:58:44.

do. Darren does not make those on stakes, does not question himself

:58:45.:58:51.

too much. -- make those mistakes. Only a handful of players have won

:58:52.:59:02.

the Scottish International Open, the Welsh Open, and the world title.

:59:03.:59:26.

Let's see what Mark does with this. Jack high bowl. Anything up to the

:59:27.:59:39.

jack behind, giving the option to power through with the second

:59:40.:59:44.

delivery. Trying to reach the jack. Well done. Good stuff. With Darren,

:59:45.:00:00.

one of the very few players who have a full-time professional job outside

:00:01.:00:05.

of bowls. As a policeman. That is hard, difficult to do. Maintaining

:00:06.:00:10.

your standard indoors and outdoors, and having a family. Feats of

:00:11.:00:21.

respect for that. Very difficult. -- heaps of respect for that. Mark has

:00:22.:00:33.

gone a bit different this time. Giving the other side. Again needs

:00:34.:00:37.

to reach his own bowl, at the very least. Nothing short on this one. He

:00:38.:00:45.

is close. Brilliant. That is brilliant. So many players would be

:00:46.:00:52.

running down during the shot. That is terrific. Food for thought for

:00:53.:01:07.

their Burnett here. -- for Darren Burnett here.

:01:08.:01:14.

Looking to see if he can come in, turning his own red bowl over. Here

:01:15.:01:26.

it comes. Probably the worst result he could get! Is bowl got evicted

:01:27.:01:31.

from the head. No danger playing with extra weight.

:01:32.:01:52.

Well, and nothing deep there would have been good. Getting through the

:01:53.:01:55.

gap would have been excellent. I wouldn't be surprised to see Darren

:01:56.:02:05.

attacked this now. Just the way it is sitting, he should be looking to

:02:06.:02:12.

get into that. What he is at is to get that jack all the way through

:02:13.:02:23.

the head. He has narrowed it. Does he have the weight to hold that

:02:24.:02:31.

line? It is starting to walk away now. He might have to be lucky. That

:02:32.:02:39.

is why I was questioning it. I did not think he had the pace to make

:02:40.:02:44.

it. It will not be easy to get a double here. It just looked like it

:02:45.:02:50.

needed another couple of yards on that. A flick off the edge of the

:02:51.:03:05.

ball would have been perfect. I tell you what, ten out of ten if he had

:03:06.:03:14.

another one with this delivery. This is a brave effort if he comes

:03:15.:03:20.

inside. Ten out of ten from me for that. That was not easy. There is a

:03:21.:03:30.

perfect example of knowing you need the shop so you have to go forward

:03:31.:03:37.

to give yourself a chance. People might think he was lucky the edge of

:03:38.:03:41.

the ball, but to be honest with you, that was very brave. It really was

:03:42.:03:46.

brave to plate that. He. He knew he needed it at this stage. Darren

:03:47.:03:53.

Burnett even give that one a little club. That is the sort of shot that

:03:54.:04:18.

belies its difficulty. It really does. I like shots like that, they

:04:19.:05:31.

are a bit special. It is good. He is getting back. Just needs to stop in

:05:32.:05:59.

time. That will convince Darren to have a go, I would say. Even if he

:06:00.:06:05.

takes his own balls out, it will not matter. Another impressive drawing

:06:06.:06:13.

shot from Mark Royle. It is the key to his game. He is a terrific player

:06:14.:06:19.

when it comes to drawing close balls. Off he goes. Carpet. He

:06:20.:06:34.

wasn't worried about his own balls, he just wanted to take out the green

:06:35.:06:40.

ones. That was a very heavy drive. Parent usually plays with control

:06:41.:06:44.

weight, but he pushed that one down at a heavy pace. Perfect. Absolutely

:06:45.:06:57.

perfect. One poll for each player left. That is more than good enough.

:06:58.:07:22.

Back to the drop for Darren. Never easy. He should make the second

:07:23.:07:30.

easily enough. It is all about the shot. He will try to drop the shot

:07:31.:07:45.

with this. The second shot is the priority, the first shot would be a

:07:46.:07:54.

bonus. It has been pulling up short for a lot of people. I think he is

:07:55.:08:05.

OK for second. Just the one. In a comfortably enough. He was 7-2 down.

:08:06.:08:39.

He has a chance. Yet to drop a set in the tournament. That is the most

:08:40.:08:49.

difficult position he has found himself in.

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APPLAUSE So much damage can be done with

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those first two balls. You will see that in the next game with Greg

:09:19.:09:22.

Harlow and Jonathan Ross. Jonathan Ross very good with his first two

:09:23.:09:26.

balls in particular. It is a strength of his game. It could give

:09:27.:09:34.

Greg a hard time. Very good at the escape shots as well. I am looking

:09:35.:09:45.

forward to that one. Robert Paxton get to join me in the commentary box

:09:46.:09:52.

for that one. Your turn for the lead shift. Darren, tempting. I think

:09:53.:10:05.

Darren is having a think about this because he knows he can draw the

:10:06.:10:09.

shot but he knows he can drive so well he is tempted by it. If he

:10:10.:10:16.

draws the shot, he is hitting them behind the green balls and that

:10:17.:10:24.

makes it hard for Mark Royle. No, not going to make it. Too big a

:10:25.:10:33.

target for someone like burn-out. Mark Royal will need one just in

:10:34.:10:40.

behind the jack. He is not worried about scoring three at the moment,

:10:41.:10:44.

he is more worried about getting something out of the set. He would

:10:45.:10:50.

take a double at this stage. Yes. That is what he is looking forward

:10:51.:11:01.

-- looking for. He is such a good striker. He has also got two to

:11:02.:11:13.

plate so he can afford this. -- two to play. If he splits those two

:11:14.:11:16.

balls with power they will both leave the rink. And with power. He

:11:17.:11:29.

came off his own ball. Well, it was there to be used. He wasn't far

:11:30.:11:35.

away, but he was wide of the target. Jack with the two bows he was after.

:11:36.:11:42.

On another day you would take your own ball out. There is the

:11:43.:11:46.

acknowledgement right away. He agrees with me. Thank goodness for

:11:47.:11:52.

that. I don't want any e-mails complaining about me there. He

:11:53.:11:56.

agrees. He was just a bit fortunate. He wasn't far away. Mark Royle can

:11:57.:12:04.

put one close and hope that Darren Burnett fields. I am not sure about

:12:05.:12:15.

this. It is going to be up OK. There is enough room. Darren only needs

:12:16.:12:20.

second shot. He just had to make sure that it was in the code. It is

:12:21.:12:25.

the second green bile that Darren Darren Burnett, in particular, in

:12:26.:14:08.

the last 18 months, two years, has been very good, very consistent. It

:14:09.:14:16.

is almost like he has got this inner belief as well that he can take on

:14:17.:14:25.

anyone. I expect the fillip last game to be better. Philip just

:14:26.:14:33.

didn't catch it. Delivered from the north-west of England, the

:14:34.:14:36.

Manchester direction, now living in Sydney. Just held off a little bit.

:14:37.:15:35.

A shorter jack Lang, not by much. Coming around again, in it comes. It

:15:36.:16:04.

looked so much better at that time. He would settle for second at the

:16:05.:16:09.

moment because going into the second set when you have just won the first

:16:10.:16:14.

one, you want to keep the shot nice and tight, nice and careful.

:16:15.:16:38.

Different now. He has to be careful with this, he doesn't want to plug

:16:39.:16:46.

his own ball out. He is looking at this, but to be truthful with you, I

:16:47.:16:51.

would have thought, just rest the ball out, is it into a better

:16:52.:17:00.

position, if he can. Plucking it out to their would be good if he stays

:17:01.:17:09.

in for two. That is a time out taken. He is going stronger at it. I

:17:10.:17:18.

am a little bit surprised by this. OK. It is a touch. It doesn't

:17:19.:17:26.

matter. Mark Royle is thinking, is it a torture? It doesn't matter if

:17:27.:17:47.

it is in the ditch. Another good conversion, you take the time out,

:17:48.:17:52.

you way up your options. There was a danger of him putting his own bowl

:17:53.:17:58.

out of the head and giving Mark Royal another shot. He played it

:17:59.:18:03.

stronger than I thought he would. You get the chop on it, that means

:18:04.:18:09.

you are awarded for attaching the jack. It has got to be from the

:18:10.:18:14.

delivery you make, it is not knocked onto the jack. It is a live poll,

:18:15.:18:25.

nothing more than that, it doesn't score a double shots or anything.

:18:26.:19:21.

This is good as well. He is close again. He will get shock for that.

:19:22.:19:51.

It doesn't get much better, does it? Big effort. Darren Burnett... Mark

:19:52.:20:08.

Royle runs his own business and has a family and all the commitments

:20:09.:20:13.

that come with that. He has to work very hard when it comes to his

:20:14.:20:20.

bowling career. Here comes Darren Burnett. Slipping through. That is

:20:21.:20:26.

sensible. Even if he dropped into the head and moved the jack back a

:20:27.:20:31.

bit, he would have been comparable with that result as well. I would be

:20:32.:20:35.

surprised if Mark Royal attacks this. A left-hander. The backhand

:20:36.:20:52.

drive available. Controlled it allowing the bounce to bring it

:20:53.:20:59.

back. He must Mrs front one. I think the problem for me was that if he

:21:00.:21:02.

got the front one that is what would happen, he was after the other side.

:21:03.:21:08.

Still, a good result. It is in the open and he has the last ball. He

:21:09.:21:14.

has brought it to the wrong side. If he got the other ball, the jack was

:21:15.:21:19.

going to the other side of the rink and that would have been much

:21:20.:21:23.

better. He thought he got a better result. Expect this one to be pretty

:21:24.:21:35.

close. We said that in the last match. Here it comes. It looks like

:21:36.:21:50.

it is in. He has dropped that short. Is it just that much heavier, it is

:21:51.:21:56.

quite possible. It was three against him. He is good with this. A good

:21:57.:22:05.

line. Perfect. Picks up the jack is a bonus. Even if he missed it he was

:22:06.:22:15.

still drawing the shot. A good strike, good drive. It is a set that

:22:16.:22:46.

Mark Royal has got to win. One of the things that Mark Royle has been

:22:47.:22:51.

enjoying has been watching his eldest son playing football. He was

:22:52.:23:01.

chatting to me about that. He is the volunteer taxi driver. So often the

:23:02.:23:26.

way. Most unlike Darren. He knows if Mark puts one close like that, he

:23:27.:23:43.

will almost certainly add another. It is a little bit powerful though.

:23:44.:23:52.

A touch on the jack. I wouldn't have expected him to get that much room.

:23:53.:24:02.

This has got a bit of work to do to get back down in time. Here it

:24:03.:24:13.

comes. A strong bias in that ball, I can tell you. He has held in. I

:24:14.:24:41.

thought he might have dropped the other ball away. Choices for Darren

:24:42.:24:59.

if he wants to play in on the backhand, split the bowls, the

:25:00.:25:03.

alternative is to play the forehand draw. Looking for the split, got the

:25:04.:25:23.

front ball. A good result that. Pretty much on target. He didn't get

:25:24.:25:27.

what he was really looking for, 42 balls to be removed. -- for the two.

:25:28.:25:40.

Never too far away, Darren with those shots. This isn't easy. He is

:25:41.:26:03.

close. That is terrific bowling. But really is. That is so hard to do.

:26:04.:26:10.

Play to good balls like that and see them removed and drop another one

:26:11.:26:29.

in. Wonderful accuracy. Darren is slightly inside the line. Trying to

:26:30.:26:34.

draw across the green ball if he can. It is holding out though. Just

:26:35.:26:46.

following in behind. A bit slow to get back there. Mark Royle leads for

:26:47.:26:56.

the first time in a set in the match. A big crowd here. It is very

:26:57.:27:31.

warm out there. Bearing in mind that within eight few yards we have an

:27:32.:27:39.

ice rink. The heat in here in terms of the bowling area is very hot.

:27:40.:27:46.

Obviously, the heat exchangers are working well. All the way round it

:27:47.:28:57.

comes. That is the shot. Good follow-up. There is the connection

:28:58.:29:12.

for Mark Royal if you want to go slightly more narrow. The danger of

:29:13.:29:16.

going on the draw line is that it hangs off with extra weight. If he

:29:17.:29:22.

has got the weight he should did inside for the bowl, or at the jack.

:29:23.:29:30.

Or, in this case, the gap. That was a hard shot to play. So difficult to

:29:31.:29:36.

play. It looked like it was perfect. Then, as if to say, now you have

:29:37.:29:46.

gone past, the red ball phones. If he had fallen already, he would have

:29:47.:29:50.

knocked against it. It seemed to wait until the green ball was away

:29:51.:30:07.

and then decided to close that door. That doesn't really change anything.

:30:08.:30:13.

That was already in a good position, the green ball. He was just trying

:30:14.:30:18.

to match it. It is all down to whether Mark wants to play more with

:30:19.:30:24.

or tried the same ball again and hope the gap has been played down.

:30:25.:30:35.

Trying for the same shot again. It is difficult. It really is. He is

:30:36.:30:40.

giving it a good go. He is close. Surely this time. Got it this time.

:30:41.:30:53.

A lovely shot. Kept the faith. He got his reward. That is tough. That

:30:54.:31:03.

really is a tough, tough shot to play. You ask any of the top players

:31:04.:31:08.

how easy it is to play a yard or two yards on, the drop jack is through

:31:09.:31:13.

and they say it is in no percentage shot.

:31:14.:31:17.

Darren attacking. Oh, dear. It is a four. Well, if you had a shot of the

:31:18.:31:33.

day for the worst result, that has two yet. -- has to be it. View more

:31:34.:31:43.

frustrating things than handing your opponent the shot. To take all three

:31:44.:31:51.

of his own out, that seemed impossible. Darren Burnett, more

:31:52.:32:08.

like Derren Brown. Magical mystery. Does not happen often. Never dull

:32:09.:32:21.

and quarterfinal day. Jack length 26 metres. You could pick up two shots

:32:22.:32:26.

for the shot of the day, the last bowl from Mark Royal in the last one

:32:27.:32:28.

from Darren Burnett. Both pivotal. It has changed the complexion of the

:32:29.:32:48.

second set. We talk about the shot of the day,

:32:49.:33:10.

tends to be really positive, superbly played, looking at the

:33:11.:33:16.

impact, such a massive impact. Incredible turnaround, really is. To

:33:17.:33:21.

have three ball so close, take them out, almost criminal to do that. No

:33:22.:33:32.

offence, Darren. To take battery out, and during one to stay as a

:33:33.:33:38.

result of the connection. Let's see what effect it has on the match.

:33:39.:33:46.

From 4-1, if he had missed, not a disaster, 6-1, a whole lot

:33:47.:33:52.

different. Good first bowl from Darren Burnett, good second one to

:33:53.:33:57.

follow. Players are so good about putting away the disappointment of a

:33:58.:33:58.

previous end. Here he comes again. Another good

:33:59.:34:26.

place. Yes, well, unfortunately for Darren, that is where he needs one,

:34:27.:34:30.

he has to get very close to the jack to do it. He is a confidence player.

:34:31.:34:36.

Slight adjustment on his previous bowl.

:34:37.:34:51.

Just watching to see if he can get on the jack, passed it. Gently,

:34:52.:35:01.

gently. I said that, because I thought he was going to bend in an

:35:02.:35:05.

fall back on the jack. Great bowl, really years. That will make up Mark

:35:06.:35:15.

Royal's mind. Just watch this bowl. Just a little wiggle. Almost like it

:35:16.:35:22.

was going over the seam of the carpet. Royal should be attacking

:35:23.:35:31.

this. That has to be under. It held up for a moment or two, but you

:35:32.:35:38.

could yet drifting away. Darren will have to be very careful about this.

:35:39.:35:43.

Any touch on the line old, it will drop back, giving the jack to the

:35:44.:35:51.

green bowl. Needs to get the jack on the Greenside, you like. On the

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front side. Cannot afford to come round on his own. Even the backhand

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is not clever either. If he makes it three, I know where that shot is

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going. He has to be careful, he has been.

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Albeit, about 10-12 inches from it. Good effort. Undoing some of the

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damage from the last end. Four Good effort. Undoing some of the

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to play in the second set. -- four ends. Darren Burnett would be happy

:36:38.:36:41.

to tie the set, that would see him through. These two players, three

:36:42.:36:49.

times in the last nine years winning the International Open. World

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quarterfinal in 2011, or the last time they met on the world tour, the

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semifinal of the Welsh, the second set won by Mark Royal. The dates of

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the clashes are critical in many ways. Especially in Wales, he was

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flying high, always played good bowls down there.

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flying high, always played good travel. -- the bowl getting in. You

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never think he is happy. He is playing so well. Really years. So is

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Mark, to be fair. Playing really good quality bowls in this match.

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Just to prove a point, here he comes. Like this. Look at that,

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brilliant, absolutely brilliant stuff from both players. Two men at

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the top of their game. Mark Royal using the red bowl, nestling it back

:39:42.:39:49.

towards his own. Darren Burnett will take the time out here. Almost get

:39:50.:40:06.

to say the shot looks like this coming through their, just trying to

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see if there is any danger from Darren, taking his own bowls out.

:40:12.:40:16.

Surely he has to do. The recent opposition is there. Any bounce of

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the jack to bring it into position would be really good. At least he

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would be reducing the count down to a single. He still has another bowl

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to come. Always a chance of the jack going forward. Nothing nice about

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this. No guarantees, no matter what way he hit this. He's going to get

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the shot. Playing it anyway. Forward weight, picking up the green bowl,

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taking it through. Oh come on. Wow. No guarantee where that was going to

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go for us he comes out with three shots, bang on target. Beautiful

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run-through. The back bowl. If that had not happened, he was gunned

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down. -- he was one down. That is massive in the context of that. You

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would not bet against him. In the area. Oh, yes. Will it run-through?

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Don't know it stayed in. If he has, he has got the one. Looks like one

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green. Brilliant. Brilliant, brilliant bowling. What an end of

:41:57.:42:04.

bowls that was. On target running bowls, great, maximum 100% results.

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Without that he was two down. Just now. That is him trying to get the

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jack with the edge. Nice smile from Darren, what an end of bowls that

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was. Terrific stuff. Well, 3 ends to go, still no tie-break, but the

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quality is fantastic. If you are hearing any noise coming

:42:40.:42:56.

through from the arena, might be having a slight shower were out

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there. Yes, Abigail has arrived. We can hear it in here. Almost

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soundproofed. They have decided to name all the storms. Abigail the

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lucky name we have come up with for this one. It is that time of year,

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we expect a bit of rain. Even in Perth. I have to say, living in

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Scotland, not a time of year we don't expect a bit of rain. Tell me

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about it. We are right beside you, know the feeling. Trying again.

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Fairly adjacent. You have to love matches like this, you really do.

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Just not running there. Massive end of this one is, 7-4 wrap, turning

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the jack round the corner, making it difficult for Darren, putting

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yourself in prime position to win the set. Darren is so good getting

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out of trouble. He has left it now, outside. Good bowl, useful bowl.

:44:47.:44:55.

Just something about Darren's ability to get out of trouble,

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drawing this shot. It needs all the help they can get, going into a

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pretty similar place. Another chance for Mark Royal to close this out. He

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has a chance for this one to turn the jack. Going through. Not sure

:45:49.:45:56.

that is counting. Just missed it by a fraction. Darren Burnett looking

:45:57.:46:01.

at all sorts of things at the front. You can imagine why. He's looking at

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the plant, red on red. I am sure he will draw that. Different if they

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were touching together, but they are not. The only thing is, he is

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driving so well, might go for damage limitation. At 7-3, really needs

:46:29.:46:36.

this shot. Maybe he will have to draw this. Think that is the right

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shot to play. All down to the connections now. Just arresting the

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jack, gets the single. He has missed the gap, don't believe it. His turn

:46:57.:47:02.

to find the hole there. That looked perfect. Two out, looks like three.

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Three shots, Mark Royal. It is over, pretty much. Any touch on the jack

:47:20.:47:29.

all the bowl enough to stop them. Dear, oh dear. The right shot to

:47:30.:47:35.

play from Darren, looked like had played it perfectly. Made sure he

:47:36.:47:41.

was arriving, on the right line. The difference between 7-4, and 10-3.

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Tie-break looming. Jack Lang, 27 metres. -- Jack length. Mark has

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been really good in this set, there has not been seven shots between

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these players, maybe one or two, certainly not heaven. -- certainly

:48:08.:48:19.

not seven. If this goes into tie-break mode, it will go up a

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level, I can assure you. Darren Burnett, almost a feeling of playing

:48:39.:48:45.

the set out here. Needs to read to giving seven chance of four at the

:48:46.:48:49.

last end. Don't think that is going to happen. Almost has a startled

:48:50.:48:53.

look. Not Mark Royal's best end. How often

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does this happen? Unfortunately more than you think, carrying a heavy

:49:51.:50:01.

lead. Play a poor end, Darren Burnett looking to add another. That

:50:02.:50:13.

is good enough for two. Two not enough for is -- enough for him.

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Tempted to have a go, the way the edges sitting. He has been playing

:50:33.:50:37.

this hand well, with the arriving draw. Very little danger. Got it

:50:38.:50:50.

away nice and gentle, will it get back in time. Certainly changing the

:50:51.:51:00.

whole end. Overused term, but that is a great bowl.

:51:01.:51:10.

Never gets flustered. Kept his cool. Darren Burnett took the opening set,

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going to lose the second. Not a lot he can do about this. Almost

:51:30.:51:34.

impossible to generate the weight to turn the green bowl out. Does not

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really matter. Academic. Mark Royal picks up the single. He

:51:38.:51:59.

sees off Darren Burnett in the second set. Again the scoreline does

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not tell you the story. Mark Royal and Darren Burnett tied at one set

:52:07.:52:11.

each for a place in the semifinal. We go to a tie-break.

:52:12.:52:18.

It has been a super game, really has. This has been one of the best

:52:19.:52:31.

of the tournament. Three in tie-break, single-shot per

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end. That is the way to start. Good reply. Gives him something to

:52:57.:53:19.

work off. He will have to start to attack this at some stage. Two of

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the last three meetings have gone to tie-breaks. Mark Rule winning both

:53:34.:53:39.

of them, 2-0. The cover of all going in already, surprised it is as deep

:53:40.:53:45.

as that. Looking for the re-spot, rather than the full-back position.

:53:46.:53:47.

Maybe a bit of a flyer. Trying to drive this off, getting

:53:48.:54:09.

connection on the jack. Needed to move it somehow, but somehow going

:54:10.:54:16.

down the side. Well, pretty horrible gap to make. The edge of the red

:54:17.:54:25.

would've taken the green out. Didn't really matter.

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Right beside the re-spot on that side. Darren looking for the edge of

:54:44.:54:55.

the green bowl. If he misses this one, a blocker is required. Darren

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more than capable of edging this one-off. Here he comes again.

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Interested. That is why. It did not go to the re-spot. Jamming it

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against the bowl. Going all the way. Very good strike. He is a toucher,

:55:17.:55:29.

he will stay there. That could have easily bounced off the green one at

:55:30.:55:35.

the back. Bang on target, absolutely middling the jack. No guarantee

:55:36.:55:42.

things go through whenever you get one like that. Desperately unlucky

:55:43.:55:48.

with the previous one. Time-out called. Mark Royal with his first

:55:49.:55:54.

bowl, 1 inch behind the jack, exactly where you want to be. This

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is a disaster, in terms of trying to get to it. Nothing on the narrow

:56:02.:56:07.

side, no chance of playing in a narrow side. Hoping to sneak past,

:56:08.:56:26.

probably on his forehand. The way this pair have played, you would not

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bet against him. He has the give it a chance, no point being short. This

:56:34.:56:41.

looks heavy. His opponent looking at it, expecting it to drop in the

:56:42.:56:48.

ditch. Was heavy, did not come back as much as he thought it would.

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After the perfect opening bowl to a tie-break end, Mark Royal was undone

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by the perfect driving bowl from Darren Burnett. Advantage to the

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Scott. He lost the last two tie-breaks to Mark Royal 2-0.

:57:13.:57:25.

Back few years ago, those statistics, 3-0, would have been

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more like 2-1 from me, without looking at it. Since then Darren

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Burnett has really been playing super stuff, reflected in his World

:57:39.:57:44.

Championships, the successes at the Commonwealth Games. Always picking

:57:45.:57:53.

up titles. Four times world under 25s champion. His roll call of

:57:54.:58:04.

honours is impressive. Mark Royal, last winning a WPC event in 2011.

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Not been beyond the quarterfinals in his last 12 event will stop -- last

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12 events. Has it all to do now. A good line. Just dropping inside.

:58:21.:58:34.

Good starter from both players. On the line again. Again dipping

:58:35.:59:42.

inside. Nicely done. That will change the end. Narrow target.

:59:43.:59:55.

Advantage Darren. Carrying that one end, can afford to take a risk. The

:59:56.:00:03.

re-spot covered on one side. Got to be looking for the two bowls, with

:00:04.:00:07.

his ability to drive accurately. Going for the two bowls. Once to

:00:08.:00:25.

leave the jack. Well, that is OK, that is the other option, balancing

:00:26.:00:30.

the jack to the re-spot. Bit of a distance. Mark Royal has two bites

:00:31.:00:38.

at it. Mark Rule would have been relieved seeing the jack connected,

:00:39.:00:44.

not bouncing into the ditch. Also the two bowls did not disappear.

:00:45.:00:51.

Harder to draw within one foot. Now has 3.5 feet around the jack.

:00:52.:01:00.

Coming off the forehand. The line looks OK, does he have the power for

:01:01.:01:06.

it? Yes, he does. That is close enough, it really is.

:01:07.:01:23.

We will see how far away that Bowden is. It is beatable. He could drive

:01:24.:01:32.

the jack is. It is beatable. He could drive

:01:33.:01:42.

try to draw it. He has lost that. Lost that. You could see he was

:01:43.:01:50.

going to go, can't blame him. He had to go very wide. It is rare that it

:01:51.:01:59.

happens, but he had no choice. If he was going to play bad side he had to

:02:00.:02:08.

get very close to the side ditch. You could see he is trying to screw

:02:09.:02:19.

at the very, very edge. -- skirt. It is annoying because he probably

:02:20.:02:24.

thought he was close. is annoying because he probably

:02:25.:03:59.

shots, some unfortunate results. He would like that one back. The last

:04:00.:04:06.

place you want to be is right in front of the jack. Just in case you

:04:07.:04:09.

have to drive or your way out of trouble. That was perfect protection

:04:10.:04:17.

for Darren who will not want to leave and nothing. He will come

:04:18.:04:31.

behind the green ball. Three or four inches away. It is a very good

:04:32.:04:35.

single shot at this stage in the match. It is beatable, but it takes

:04:36.:04:42.

a special ball to beat it. Mark Royal will want to do it with this

:04:43.:04:48.

one. I don't think it will reach. He is asking it to hold. I thought it

:04:49.:04:58.

was always on the short side. Some effort, mind you, some effort. There

:04:59.:05:05.

is not going to be a destroyed end here. There is no way to drive the

:05:06.:05:10.

jack. Mark Royle will be forced into trying to drop this. You'd be

:05:11.:05:15.

tempted if you were Darren Burnett to drop one short and force them

:05:16.:05:21.

onto the other hand. The trouble is he could play it both ways. Even if

:05:22.:05:26.

he drops this one in, or Royle can play it on the other side and drop

:05:27.:05:31.

his green ball down. He is trying to get one right on it, but will he

:05:32.:05:44.

leave a shoulder? I don't think Mark Royle will try to chip the ball out.

:05:45.:05:52.

That might just be enough behind jack high to stop the shorter

:05:53.:05:58.

working perfectly. Even if he rested against it and felt it might not be

:05:59.:06:03.

enough. Here is Mark Royal. His last ball at the end. Going for the

:06:04.:06:10.

perfect drop, pushed it out really wide. Good with. He has got a

:06:11.:06:21.

chance. He is close. It is not enough. I think it is one to read.

:06:22.:06:31.

He hit it just a little bit thick. I think he had just a little bit

:06:32.:06:35.

thick. He needed to get it a little bit thinner. A little bit thinner

:06:36.:06:42.

and he was definitely coming in off the back ball. This is interesting

:06:43.:06:50.

because it is not up to Mark. He knew it wasn't enough. You don't

:06:51.:06:59.

often see that at an eight level, except with the very top

:07:00.:07:05.

professionals. What a match between Darren Burnett and Mark Royal.

:07:06.:07:10.

Top-class bowling, top class result for Darren Burnett. He is the

:07:11.:07:13.

highest seed left in the tournament and he is in the semifinal. Ten out

:07:14.:08:13.

of ten from me for that. Got it this time. Oh dear. Well, it was a great

:08:14.:08:56.

match, no doubt about that, going all the way to the last ball. Darren

:08:57.:09:03.

Burnett won the first set it-5. He had little between him and his

:09:04.:09:09.

opponent at the end. It was a fantastic game, no doubt about it.

:09:10.:09:13.

Good sportsmanship at the end, I have had to say, by Mark Royal to

:09:14.:09:18.

concede that, because he didn't have too. That is typical of these

:09:19.:09:27.

players at this level. Yes, quite a bit of buzz after that much. An

:09:28.:09:32.

incredible match, all came down to the last ball. Darren Burnett is

:09:33.:09:37.

through to the last four of the Scottish International open. Hard

:09:38.:09:41.

work. It was always going to be hard work. We have been watching his

:09:42.:09:47.

games and he has been at top form and he is hard to beat, very

:09:48.:09:52.

consistent and I just had to dig in. You were consistent today. You must

:09:53.:09:57.

have been happy with how you played. Really happy. Early on I ran to

:09:58.:10:02.

much, it is not my style and I decided halfway through the first

:10:03.:10:06.

set I will try to improve might draw a bit and I am happy with how I

:10:07.:10:11.

played. Let's talk about the drop. Your fourth ball, which is important

:10:12.:10:18.

for you, toddlers through that one. I just missed with the third ball

:10:19.:10:25.

and it was a tough shot to get and I got it perfect. That put Durham

:10:26.:10:30.

under a lot of pressure. Hard for you to watch that. Absolutely. I

:10:31.:10:36.

thought he may get it and he put me under a lot of pressure. You had to

:10:37.:10:42.

play a big shop and it was fairly disastrous for you. I could have

:10:43.:10:49.

just tried to touch it, but it is hard on the carpet, so I tried to go

:10:50.:10:58.

bigger and took four balls out. You must not have expected that one. I

:10:59.:11:03.

was happy to get the two, but I don't think Darren missed the rest

:11:04.:11:08.

of the match. I felt battered and bruised after all that.

:11:09.:11:12.

Congratulations to him, he is a wonderful player and he plays all

:11:13.:11:16.

the shots. The most important thing is when you go into the tie-break,

:11:17.:11:20.

to get the first end and pressure your opponent and you played one of

:11:21.:11:25.

the big shots in that to win it. Mark played a fantastic first ball.

:11:26.:11:30.

The connection was unreal. I don't know how the jack and ball ended up

:11:31.:11:33.

in the same place. Once in a million. A tough one for you.

:11:34.:11:40.

Following the jack into the ditch. That is hard to bear. Heartbreaking.

:11:41.:11:47.

I did not think I could play up the ditch side and told up and it was a

:11:48.:11:54.

tricky, tricky shot. It went in the worst possible place. It was

:11:55.:12:00.

certainly very tough. You said you are feeling bruised and battered.

:12:01.:12:04.

Tremendous sportsmanship from this fellow at the end. Could have gone

:12:05.:12:07.

to a measured and he decided it was not with that. It was your match and

:12:08.:12:14.

fantastic. Absolutely. We had a fantastic last effort. I had to ask

:12:15.:12:20.

the marker if he was quitting his mortgage on us. It was millimetres

:12:21.:12:25.

in the game. It was a fantastic much. It is great to see you back

:12:26.:12:29.

playing cricket balls, it is great to see you smiling as well. Darren

:12:30.:12:34.

Burnett, congratulations, through to the semifinals of the Scottish

:12:35.:12:42.

International. Well done. Absolutely fantastic match. A brilliant much.

:12:43.:12:47.

It could have been either one of them. Millimetres in that match.

:12:48.:12:52.

Darren Burnett is three. Now, how do you get to beat the semifinalist, or

:12:53.:12:56.

even a winner at these major tournament. Posture is very

:12:57.:13:08.

important. I want to look at people who have slight injuries. Knee

:13:09.:13:12.

injuries, hip injuries, possibly back injuries which we have a lot of

:13:13.:13:17.

those problems in the UK. What you want to do is not fight your way

:13:18.:13:21.

through it, not put yourself through the pain barrier. Use a static

:13:22.:13:25.

stance. Bring your knee out, like that, hand on it. First leg

:13:26.:13:30.

forward. Luck is solid and use your arm. Just like that. It is a single

:13:31.:13:44.

movement, very straightforward, you do not about putting pressure on

:13:45.:13:47.

your knee or your bike and a debate that strange for some people, but

:13:48.:13:49.

believe it or not it looks very well. The second that I want to

:13:50.:13:52.

discuss is about how to get consistency when you are coming off

:13:53.:13:55.

the map at the other end of the rink. Stepping out your foot. On the

:13:56.:13:58.

delivery, first point, that goes out. That is your mark. That is your

:13:59.:14:05.

consistent mark. Second delivery, people make a mistake. That is that

:14:06.:14:09.

they go further. Suddenly, you are there. The next delivery, quite

:14:10.:14:17.

often, same ball, still trying to draw, get the delivery, step out and

:14:18.:14:21.

they go short. This is not unusual, they just do not know they are doing

:14:22.:14:29.

it. They think they will need to stretch a bit further. On the

:14:30.:14:33.

delivery, step out and suddenly that is your mark. That it ought ten

:14:34.:14:38.

inches from your foot transfers to the rink and it can be as much as

:14:39.:14:43.

three or four feet with three or four different balls. You have to

:14:44.:14:46.

get the start right. Get the consistency. The way to do that is

:14:47.:14:54.

to practice it. Just try to get it to be consistent, you will take the

:14:55.:15:02.

benefit later on. That is all that visited. I did not know if you can

:15:03.:15:07.

hear her again Abigail. We are delighted we are inside. The noise

:15:08.:15:13.

is even biblical. Jason Greenslade, Darren Burnett are through to the

:15:14.:15:18.

semifinal. It will be either Johnny Ross or Greg Harlow to join them.

:15:19.:15:25.

This is new territory for Jonathan Ross. He has never been beyond the

:15:26.:15:30.

second round before. In fact, he has never won an event on the ward bows

:15:31.:15:35.

to. The Northern Irishman living in Paisley as the talent to win his

:15:36.:15:39.

first tour title and it shouldn't be too far away. It is seven years

:15:40.:15:44.

since Greg Harlow tasted success here in Perth and five since he

:15:45.:15:49.

stood on top of the world. He has been pretty impressive this week,

:15:50.:15:53.

knocking six time world champion, Alex Marshall out of the

:15:54.:15:56.

tournament. He has won a of titles, but his memory of them not too good.

:15:57.:16:11.

I have won once here before. I believe I might have lost in a final

:16:12.:16:16.

once before. I've lost first round last year, but I don't do stats. I

:16:17.:16:22.

haven't got a clue. I don't do statistics. I couldn't even tell you

:16:23.:16:31.

what you buy one. I got the early success, but I think Greg dominated

:16:32.:16:35.

me in recent years. We will see what happens. I am as good as anybody on

:16:36.:16:39.

the tour and I think within the 16 antibody could beat anybody. I just

:16:40.:16:44.

look forward to the next opponent and I try to concentrate on my game

:16:45.:16:48.

rather than what the opposition will do. He is a confident player with

:16:49.:16:55.

the running shots, but he can outdraw antibody as well. If he gets

:16:56.:17:01.

the first and second balls it will be up to me to play the attacking

:17:02.:17:05.

shots. If I am lying one or two then Greg will play a lot of those. I

:17:06.:17:11.

will need to be sharp. This is the first ranking event of the season

:17:12.:17:14.

and you had to do well to get the points on the board and to try to

:17:15.:17:17.

win the title. There is a long way to go in this tournament. Ladies and

:17:18.:17:23.

gentlemen, please welcome our final two borders. First up, multiple

:17:24.:17:30.

winner of the British Isles singles championship, Jonathan Ross. And

:17:31.:17:52.

playing Jonathan this afternoon, former Scottish National open and

:17:53.:18:12.

world champion, Greg Harlow. Paul Mitchell is still in the commentary

:18:13.:18:16.

box and he is joined by Robert Paxton. Greg Harlow looking for his

:18:17.:18:22.

seventh semifinal in Perth. By contrast, Jonathan Ross for the 10th

:18:23.:18:25.

time looking to get into the semifinals for the first time. He

:18:26.:18:31.

has been a good singles player. He had a good tournament in Blackpool

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at the end of the season. That has given him confidence. We will see

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where he can go. Jonathan Ross doesn't get to the latter stages too

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often. We will see if today can change things.

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You mentioned it to me a moment ago, this is the first time you have not

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found yourself in the quarterfinals. I love coming up to Perth, lovely

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place. Unfortunately, lost to a better man yesterday in an

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interesting game, I suppose. It certainly was a little bit of to and

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fro. Greg Harlow facing Jonathan Ross. The winner will face Darren

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Burnett in the semifinal. A good opening ball from Jonathan Ross.

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APPLAUSE That is a good place as well. If he

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finds those today, it will put Greg under a bit of pressure and it could

:20:40.:20:41.

be a good, game. Promotion wouldn't do any harm.

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There we go. It is a dull afternoon when you are waiting, the third game

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of three. It can be hard. How did you prepare for situations like

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this? It is tough. Every player is different. Different venues are

:21:52.:21:55.

different. Here are your hotel is further away from the venue, so you

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are here a little bit earlier. I know Greg watched a couple of games

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this afternoon. John drove in because he is local, so it is an

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everyday game of bowls for him really. Greg Harlow was close with

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that. There is an early chance for John. A perfect bowed down

:22:25.:22:30.

beforehand to make it three. The opening end to Jonathan Ross. In

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terms of seating for this one, seed ten coming into the competition.

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Jonathan Ross seeded at 11. Jonathan Ross opened up against Gary

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Pickering of Canada. The biggest margin of the week, 30-1. The

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Canadian qualifier couldn't do much. In round to the beat Jimmy Chesney.

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That was on a tie-break. That was a great game of bowls and Jonathan

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played some great bows to get himself into the tie-break and to

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get himself over the line. This could be another fine quarterfinal.

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Just fallen slightly before jack high. He might be a little bit

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tempted here. Not a bad result, one out. You mentioned that he is not

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afraid to go to the running shots early. Definitely not. You can play

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it like all the guys can on the tour, might as well get it out

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early. If you do miss, you can put yourself under a bit more pressure.

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That is a great effort. He has made it a double. Jonathan Ross wants a

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look at this. Played it perfectly. Second ball, the

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look at this. Played it perfectly. third shot, the draw.

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look at this. Played it perfectly. hard shot. Just looking to turn the

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back red ball. That is his play, he is a drawing player. A chance for

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Greg to step in and make a three-year. -- make a 3 here. He is

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looking good. Perfect. APPLAUSE

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It is unusual to see players going down after the second bowl. With the

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shop clerk now, it makes a difference. -- shot clock. A little

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running shots again. That just opens things up. Greg was able to play,

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Jonathan with two. -- Greg with a ball to play. The players have

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adapted to the shot clock pretty well. Five-time time out available.

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60 Seconds time-outs. Here comes Jonathan Ross. Still plenty of room.

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John might be tempted into this, depends how many seconds he's got

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down there. Any Jack or bowl movement. Just playing that hard

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shot. It's starting to cut across. Best he can hope for is promotion of

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his own. Doesn't look like enough from here. Tricky to play. Yeah, the

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inside shots are pretty hard, John a couple of times has been caught. As

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to move away so quickly on this portable rink. A good start to the

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match for Greg Harlow. In good form. Last season he was upset in round

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one of this tournament. Semifinalist in the world is round two in the

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International open. -- worlds round two. Former winner of this

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tournament, former runner-up as well, of course. Beaten by the man

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on my left. In another topsy-turvy game. We seem to get a few up here.

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Six inches. Very well played, no change for Greg

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Harlow. The early exchanges here have been a good start. Down on the

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line again. Clipped his own. He's just gone narrow.

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The backhand seems to be favoured on that side coming down towards the

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commentary box, by the players. Everyone is slightly different, that

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backhand has suited him this week. A slightly better finish. Good effort,

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it's close. A very good measure, Greg.

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Not a great deal of adjustment to make on his last, Greg. He's going

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with a little bit of pace. Certainly in the ballpark. Good connections

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now. You would expect it to be Jonathan's drawer, you'd expect him

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to put it back. You always concerned when you've only got one ball in the

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head, you think, can your opponent work it out somehow? John was 18

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inches, just over, to draw this. It repeat of his last two deliveries.

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Sure he thinks he's got through this a little bit. I think he has. He's

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looking at it with disdain. It's a missed chance. Having played so well

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with his second and third. One shot, Greg Harlow. Not sure it's

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a proper word, but I think he is being Harlowed at the moment. He

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puts you under tremendous pressure, that is why he has won what he has

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in the game. As soon as he builds pressure, more pressure, he makes

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one mistake, then you are dropping eight count. He starts building a

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lead. -- dropping eight count -- he has two or three ends to get

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himself back into it. Jonathan Ross, so successful, two

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Irish indoor titles, nine Irish outdoor titles.

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Came across to Scotland to Blake and he's played internationals indoors

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and outdoors for Scotland and picked up the singles outdoors, which is no

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mean feat. We're happy to accommodate. -- Scotland to play.

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Surprising he's never had the real breakthrough of a tournament win on

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the circuit. Looking at three things, you know, he's looking to

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reach his first ever final. It's not like he's got to that hurdle and

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fallen a couple of times, he's never even got there and he's been around

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a while. Made his debut in Scotland in 2004 in this tournament, reached

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the quarterfinal, that's the best he's ever done.

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If he was to get the final, I wonder if it would be the spark for others

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to follow. You never know, it's one of those things, if you get one bit

:39:18.:39:22.

of success, often success follows. It has shown with Mickey the last

:39:23.:39:27.

couple of years, as soon as he got his first win on the tour, it picked

:39:28.:39:32.

up for him. When you get those runs, you've got to take advantage of

:39:33.:39:36.

every little bit you get. Nicky Brett. The world number one. Clare

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Greg Harlow has been the world ranked number one, in 2006 and again

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in 2012. A loose end this time, I keep

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waiting for somebody to drop in on the jack. That will be the shot.

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Pressure bowl for John here. Plenty of room. From two or three down, it

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does add that bit of pressure to the arm.

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It's all about the running, the line is decent. He's tracking, isn't he?

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He's just got through it again. You can see the four green bowls, the

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line was good. That's costly. That was a bad miss from Jonathan

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Ross. It's easy to be critical, but we try to put it into the context of

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what he's capable of and he will know himself that was a mess.

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Definitely. Greg will feel let Ofcom he didn't have the best of ends,

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probably 14 or 16 inches to draw the winner. You would expect most

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players to be drawing that. He has made sure he is up. If you do that,

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not get him back... Just two. Two shots, establishing a

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nice little lead. A nice little run of ends. It sometimes what you

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want, to keep scoring, keep scoring. Greg is nicely away here. The more

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ends you score, the less your opponent will. If you win all of the

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ends, you are laughing. You have to keep your opponent out. John will

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have to start chasing as well. You can lose your weight control if you

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draw. Greg has had experience on the carpet. He's going to be relentless

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putting the first two bowls close. INAUDIBLE

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indeed. And we've temporarily lost the pictures from our satellite

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feed. We'll play you some music for the meantime and hope to go back to

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Perth as soon as possible. It looks like our transmissions from

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Perth are the current victims of Abigail, but we hope to get back to

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the transmission as soon as per over. -- as soon as possible.

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Let's keep our fingers crossed, we'll do our best to get back to the

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programme. Let's see what's happening.

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COMMENTATOR: Welcome back to the Dewars Centre in. Abigail obviously

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isn't a Rolls fan, she tried to take out our satellite link. -- isn't a

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bowls frown. Jonathan Ross is in a heap of trouble. Robert Paxton

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alongside B. The short bowls will kill you every time. Absolutely.

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John hasn't been playing badly, but he has a chance if he can draw the

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perfect bowl. He has to get back on the ball at this end. Just out on

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that quick line. Not turning it back for him. Well...

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Gold goes one, old goes two. -- outgrows one, out goes two. Outside

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it has been torrential rain and stormy, inside its hurricane Harlow

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that is hitting Jonathan Ross at the moment. And he's blowing him away,

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it's been very steady from Greg and Jonathan just lost his way little

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bit. It's just the pressure he's put under. John might have to change his

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tactics. Go a little bit earlier. First set almost out of his reach

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already. What we have concerned Jonathan, he's not making great

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work. That's the main thing, he hasn't put him under pressure,

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always chasing himself. -- Jonathan is not making great work. If you get

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a single on this, it's the end of the first set anyway, that's all

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John will be thinking about. He needs to change the tactics. And

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start well in the second. That is the beauty and the joy of set play.

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When the first set gets away from you, you double down, concentrate

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once more. And try to take the second.

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When your opponent is playing as Greg Harlow is playing, it is a

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little bit soul destroying. Four inch gap.

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Five inches short of jack hi. They'll be looking to build this

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head, get the set over as quickly as he can. Just carry the momentum into

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the second. It's holding up, he can knock that one away. He says, thank

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you, I'll take that. Close again, but slides past. We

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could be having a look at eight we spot here. -- looking at a respot.

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They've called time-out. Greg has four time-outs remaining. If you are

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trying to close down the set, why not use the time-out is available to

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you? He has to work out what different angles thereafter John,

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what he could be playing. 30 seconds, no point rushing it. Just

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looking to get past the spot. You can see the little white dot,

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that is the respot, that's where he's come to. John has a chance of

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the other hand now, if he drives the front read on to the Jack. Jack gets

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on the other we spot -- gets on the other respot. He needs a little

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something here. He's trying the hard shot. He's

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trying to get He's trying the hard shot. He's

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Two ends to spare. Good news for Jonathan is he will get the Jack to

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start the second set. It is comfortable and comprehensive, as

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the scoreline suggests. It'll be interesting what John does here.

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There will definitely be a change of length. Brought the mat up another

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couple of yards. Jack length. Brought the mat up another

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with what is in front of you. And you've got to grind a result out

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now, basically, for John. Great second ball. From Jonathan

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Ross. And even better one from Greg Harlow. Further out than he wanted.

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But what Greg has to keep doing, putting John under pressure, playing

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the big bowls. A good shot by John. Good response.

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The way Greg is playing, I've think he'll be drawing this one. -- I

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think he'll be drawing this one. Needed to rest on the green ball, he

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would have fallen in. He'll be happy enough. It's one of those ones, you

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start looking left, right, up, down. John needs another one in here. I'm

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sure Greg will be having a little chase for the green bowl. He's

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certainly up, John. He's overplayed that. Or will Greg be tempted? Will

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he be tempted to try and rip the green belt? Looks like the forehand

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runner, he'll try to clip the edge. -- tempted to try and rip the green

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out. Read ball solid. Wasn't far. -- red

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ball. Greg Harlow wants to have a look. Jonathan Ross gets on the card

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at the start of this second set. Much for him. Again, he'll take the

:56:30.:56:39.

mat up the green, as he looks to win back-to-back ends for the first time

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in the match and try to put a halt to Greg Harlow.

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Jack Link 25.5 metres. -- Jack length. He has to grind out end by

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end. Needs to get the first and second

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goals working for him again. -- bowls. Willett

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not bad, but not good enough at the moment. He won't defeat Greg Harlow

:57:29.:57:33.

in this form. Two red balls you can see on your

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screen to the left hand side. Any drop now he's pretty good. APPLAUSE

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We're seeing these scrappy ends now, almost what's John needs, opens

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the game up a little bit. Not much else for Greg to do here other than

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draw it. John will be turning over again down

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the backhand, trying to get another one in, put Greg under pressure for

:59:28.:59:29.

the first time in the match. Jonathan Ross has called time-out.

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Did you see the moment Jason Greenslade got back to the mat, saw

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the clock on and did that? He was in the zone earlier? I heard about

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that, I missed it myself. Almost got caught in my first round game,

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actually. I was wondering back, casually, forgot about the shot

:00:02.:00:07.

clock, first tournament of the year. Doesn't want the jack. Leave the

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jack alone. It's a good place. Split the two red ones. If you weren't

:00:17.:00:21.

going to jack the shot, come around. He's leaving a wing bowl. So that

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Greg can get bowl jack for three. Still playing it. He's going to have

:00:26.:00:33.

to get fortunate here. That's what we mentioned. Just

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needed to get on the card. Yes, just start scrapping. Scrappy ends, you

:01:12.:01:24.

have more chance of winning those. Just needs to improve that first

:01:25.:01:40.

bowl now. Certainly better with this one. That is great from John. One of

:01:41.:02:11.

the few openings touches he has had. This has been a tournament where top

:02:12.:02:18.

seeds have struggled. Greg Harlow comes in. Great shot. Beautifully

:02:19.:02:27.

done. That is what Jonathan Ross has to put up with that the moment.

:02:28.:02:41.

Played a great bowl. He's pretty good here. Has had one or two

:02:42.:02:59.

shoulder problems, Jonathan Ross. Seemed to grimace as he put the bowl

:03:00.:03:30.

into his hand. One greener. He has left this one well behind, I think.

:03:31.:03:39.

Just about creeping, is he? It has probably crept in. He thought it was

:03:40.:03:47.

short. Probably not as short as he realised. Perfect. Here he comes.

:03:48.:04:12.

Certainly one red. It's the third time in the match he has used that

:04:13.:04:18.

shot but all three have connected. He doesn't missed too many forehand

:04:19.:04:26.

runners, to be honest. -- doesn't this. -- doesn't miss. Needs to

:04:27.:04:47.

learn something. One red. I fancy Greg to get another one in here. To

:04:48.:05:10.

close the deficit to one. Any drop now is very good. Looks like he is

:05:11.:05:23.

in for the double. Two shots, Greg Harlow. A chance missed there with

:05:24.:05:34.

his final bowl. To get in there and keep Greg offer card. He just had to

:05:35.:05:42.

repeat. He is back in the set now. He is making Greg played bigger

:05:43.:05:56.

bowls. Winner of the tournament in 2008. He took the opening set. There

:05:57.:06:20.

you go again. Relentless really with his opening bowl. Great reply from

:06:21.:06:59.

John. -- from Jon. Just falling short. He gave that a chance and

:07:00.:07:19.

shows what happens. Slightly to his advantage but it is close. Between

:07:20.:07:33.

the two bowls nine inches. Onto the back and, he can promote his own. He

:07:34.:07:46.

can get through to Greg's, he is not far-away. Unlucky. One of the few

:07:47.:08:28.

downsides to that shot. Does he play the same drawing shot in? I think

:08:29.:08:37.

he's got to. He might just get around. It is not as easy. He can't

:08:38.:08:47.

afford to play the forehand and get the touch of the jack. Always let

:08:48.:09:07.

your opponent get the shot. He's got a chance of playing off Greg's wing

:09:08.:09:18.

bowl. Very close. How about that? The old borrow. It was available to

:09:19.:09:33.

him. In he comes. Greg is strong about this but he knows his opponent

:09:34.:09:40.

has got the final bowl. He is looking for the perfect bowl. Touch

:09:41.:10:00.

to make 2-macro. -- two. He'd rather be through them short. Didn't miss

:10:01.:10:10.

it by much. Half a chance for Jon. It is not an easy spare here.

:10:11.:10:16.

Similar sort of bowl to his last. Just trying to get under the red

:10:17.:10:35.

this time. Slightly high this time but a good end of the issues --

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dishes Two shots to Jonathan Ross. APPLAUSE

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Jonathan Ross has won three of the four ends to open this second set. A

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good crowd in this afternoon. It is almost full here today and the

:11:41.:11:47.

players to respond to that. They generally perform better. Slightly

:11:48.:12:01.

different from a few years ago when you had the old characters in the

:12:02.:12:08.

game. We have still got Jon. He was a real character of the Greens.

:12:09.:12:12.

People say there are none of those about. But the sport is changing. It

:12:13.:12:23.

is turning professional. APPLAUSE You've got to look at being

:12:24.:12:33.

professional on the greens. I think you get the players who acknowledge

:12:34.:12:44.

the crowds. It is also good. Definitely. You can have a laugh and

:12:45.:12:55.

joke occasionally but are all out there to do a job. Jon with a

:12:56.:13:15.

different jack length this end. Might be tempted at this. Very quick

:13:16.:13:22.

onto the map. Steadied himself. He has got this. It will go to the

:13:23.:13:33.

re-spot. Cream will buy. -- green will lie. Same as Darren in the last

:13:34.:13:46.

game. Such a big part of the game these days. That is well played.

:13:47.:14:16.

Skirted right around the outside. Both players with two bowls to the

:14:17.:14:34.

re-spot. Just going to go through. Jon will certainly look to improve

:14:35.:14:48.

with this one. A decent road again. He's just left it a touch. He has

:14:49.:15:02.

not closed it down by any stretch of the imagination. The back bowl is

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two and a half feet away. That is where he has to draw. Just be

:15:14.:15:24.

looking to drop a yard of his last. He is up, isn't he? He is going to

:15:25.:15:39.

go for down. One shot, Jonathan Ross. You would have bet on him

:15:40.:15:48.

getting closer to that. Credit to Jonathan Ross. Getting just close

:15:49.:16:03.

enough. A tie would be good enough. Just a little bit loose Greg Harlow

:16:04.:16:29.

in the last couple of ends. Just a little bit loose Greg Harlow

:16:30.:16:32.

under a little bit of pressure. Greg knows that three singles will

:16:33.:21:01.

get him over the line. If anyone has animals to buy two, there is

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torrential rain here in Perth and that is why we had dropped off air

:21:14.:21:18.

for a while. I have never heard anything like it. Inside, we are

:21:19.:21:22.

safe and secure and enjoying a quarterfinal tie. And people say

:21:23.:21:30.

that they prefer outdoor bowls? Give me a warm building any day of the

:21:31.:21:36.

week. We could be here for some time. A decent opener. Jon is making

:21:37.:22:08.

a decent fight of it. It is just not going to roll out for Greg. Just

:22:09.:22:32.

dropping it a little short. Certainly got through this one.

:22:33.:23:09.

Needs the back edge of his own. A chance again for Jon. He has to make

:23:10.:23:42.

sure this one, I think. This will make a difference. Here he comes.

:23:43.:24:00.

That is well played. Greg will probably take a time-out here. Just

:24:01.:24:10.

checking the source. Just making sure. You have got to bear in mind,

:24:11.:24:32.

his opponent has one still to play. He is just looking at drawing a good

:24:33.:24:37.

second, really. It keeps him in the set. There is still plenty of room

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to draw the winner. Has to be perfect here. It will give him a

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chance if he gets through. Not quite what he wanted. He needed to get

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passed cleanly. Could be third shot. It is third shot. LAUGHTER

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I think Jon forgot he had another bowl left there for a moment.

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Nothing too fancy here. Would just like to draw in after his last. He

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should have taken a time-out. It was a big bowl in the context. He has

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played much better in this second set. He has played better. It has

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turned a bit scrappy, not quite as good. It is what Jonathan needed,

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basically. Not the same opportunities for Greg to move

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bowls, as he did in the first set. Greg hasn't put as many in the head

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in these last few ends. If Greg Harlow doesn't score here, straight

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to the tie-break. APPLAUSE Greg will certainly be looking for a

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triple at this end, really. APPLAUSE Short Jack high. APPLAUSE

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That is a great shot by Jon. Just make sure down the back and now. --

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down the backhand. The idea was right. Just landed on the wrong

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side. Jon will just be looking to get to that bowl. We'll finished

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just on the high side. -- will finish. It is good but there are

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still opportunities for Greg. A firmer weight, looking for the two

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bowls or the jack. Solid if he gets them both. A great shot. A bit

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unlucky really. He was unlucky that he didn't take the cream bowl

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another turn. He is still in with a chance. -- the green bowl. Here is

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the reply of Jonathan Ross. Stops on the back red bowl. APPLAUSE

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Shot drawn. Looking to remove the bowl clean out. Wasn't very far

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off. Very hard to drift back in. We are looking at a tie-break. Second

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set to Jonathan Ross. Match tie-break. APPLAUSE

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Well played to Jonathan Ross. Gritty at times.

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10-1 to Greg Harlow. 9-3 to Jonathan Ross. Tie-break. Single-shot. The

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players, the spectators, they love to see the tie-breaks. The only ones

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who do not the two on the green! This is where your tactics change

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now. You tend to get a lot more attacking in tie-breaks. Jonathan

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Ross won in round two by winning the tie-break. A lot is in his momentum.

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Jon is carrying that through after winning the second. Greg Harlow,

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lost the first set against Chris Marshall, won the second and won the

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tie-break. I had a look at whether if you win the second set, you win

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the tie-break. Not that much difference. It surprised me. You

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would think the player who wins the second set has the advantage but

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that percentage is closer than I thought it would be. You have found

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yourself in both positions, having won the second set. You think, I am

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on here. If it is a close second set, you have got the extra

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momentum. If you lost the second set, sometimes you might be playing

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the last couple of ends quite a few shots down and you are more relaxed

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and you focus more for the tie-break, while your opponent is

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still focusing on the second set. Jonathan Ross could not improve on

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the second. Greg Harlow does. Greg really closes down. Can slip it

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through a touch. APPLAUSE

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Both players now get an extra time out as well for the time Ashley Cole

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tie-break. -- for the tie-break. I think Jon has got through this

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again. Looked to be on a good line to come in as well. Just short. It

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is close. Just got there. But not in a way

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that would give you complete confidence that you have done

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enough. Greg will be running this, looking for the bowl, edging out the

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bowl and going for the jack. Tie-break calls. -- called.

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The only thing he could not afford to be was tight and he was. Jon has

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got to look at the re-spot now. It is tough because Greg can still get

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the two bowls away. It is two green. The number does not matter. It is a

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single-shot at each end. Jon has got to be through, looking to cover the

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re-spot. Pretty much bowling at Sandra's feat is a good guide.

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Taking the time out. Greg will be looking to repeat his last bowl.

:35:22.:36:05.

Even if he clears out his own back red one, he would lie the shot at

:36:06.:36:10.

the front. He is dangerous, coming through and taking the jack off the

:36:11.:36:15.

rink. You take the time that is given to

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you. It is crucial winning the ends. Bowl in hand as well. That is

:36:35.:36:41.

the thing. All on jack, the result now. All the way through! How about

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that? Into the ditch. Great shot. If he was going to take the jack, he

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had to follow it. He just got the Nick of the green ball but allowed

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him to do so. Watch the contact on the green ball. That is what sent

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him past his own. Great strike, great result.

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You made a fair point, if it is your end, you have got the final bowl,

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you do not want to lose because you know your opponent then has the

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final chance. Jack back to the long length again,

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29 metre jack. -- Greg back to the long length. He was finding it

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earlier with his first bowl. A real chance for Jon now.

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He was not certain to win the first end but he must have fancied his

:38:11.:38:14.

chances. Greg is certainly better with this

:38:15.:38:56.

one. Very good down the centre. Jon will take a time-out as well, you

:38:57.:39:02.

would suspect. Lemke of them left. -- plenty of them left. He will not

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like what he sees. Time-out calls. Jonathan has three time-outs

:39:20.:39:26.

remaining. Confident brought down the four.

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He has given this a chance. Needs to run to the red and drop. Still one

:39:45.:39:57.

red. He has put himself in a good position. Following that now,

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looking to turn the jack round the corner. If he does that, he puts Jon

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in heaps of trouble. Time-out calls. Greg has one time-out remaining. Big

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bowl, quite right to take the time-out.

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There is going to be another time-out coming. He has got them. He

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has got them so he will use them. Time-out called. It all depends how

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confident he is. He was not too far out last time. The chance to push up

:41:20.:41:25.

down the backhand. Looking like he is doing that. A couple of chances

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down there. His third He just needs to run this out now.

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