Part 1 - 13/11/15 Bowls: Scottish International Open

2013, Stewart was in the form of his life. Although playing at an

incredibly high level still, the killer touch seemed to have deserted

him this last couple of years - until this week! He played with such

a degree of ruthlessness against Nicky Brett, defending champion,

that he could do nothing about it. I am really looking forward to it now,

so yeah, it has been 2010, I think, the last time I got to the

semifinals. Really looking forward to it, a class player, but he is Mr

Unpredictable. As I say, I will play my own game and let that take out of

itself. I will always turn up, always play to my best hopefully.

Hopefully I will play well. He really has been playing well all

week, and today he is going to have to play well because he is up

against Jason Greenslade. Jason has been flying under the radar on his

way to the semifinal, his progression through the rounds has

been quiet but deadly. Such a tough opponent on the rink with one of the

smoothest deliveries, he has looked on great form all week in Perth, and

another title in Scotland is well within his grasp. He has had a tough

time recently and did not expect to get so far, so we had booked a

flight to Australia. ? I turned up on Thursday not really expecting a

lot. My father had a heart operation on the Monday, so I be Lee turned up

feeling not great, really. -- so I really. I played on the Saturday, I

drove straight home, and then I spent the next day virtually in bed

and slept for about 14 hours. And then I spoke to my dad and my mum.

He was OK. He was feeling fairly good. And then I drove back up the

following day, so hopefully he's going to recover. But he has got

cancer problems as well, so it is one thing after another. I have come

here, I have only bowled for the last few weeks, so I did not expect

to do very well, hence I booked a flight for Thursday. It has just

transpired, when you do not mind losing, you tend to relax and you

win. APPLAUSE

I would consider that my mind is nice and relaxed, and it is focused

on the job. Because I was under a lot of stress with my dad, I had

been getting quite stressed out and depressed, I think. So I went to a

counsellor, and so I have been going three times a week, running up to

eight miles. I can really shift. I was running about 1.12, couldn't

break 1.10, and then my wife gave me Men's Health Magazine, And There Was

A Powder, And I Knocked Eight Minutes Off. I cannot explain to you

how much they worked. So I started using it for the bowls games, I use

this tablet. It just helps me to focus and bring all my thoughts in,

because I am quite lady, or I tend to look and think about everybody,

and I Kenya the crowd and the commentators and everything. -- I

can hear. It helps me to bring all my thought in, the word is centred.

When I am closing my eyes, I do use a little bit of tricks, and I think

about Buddha and all those things, so it really draws you win, you want

your heart rate to be nice and still.

Ladies and gentlemen, please give a very warm welcome for our first two

semifinalists here at the Dewar's Centre today, former winner of the

Scottish International open, the Welsh wizard, Jason Greenslade!

And up against Jason this afternoon, 2013 world champion Stuart --

Stewart Anderson! APPLAUSE

Well, that is a pretty big noise for both competitors here this morning,

this should be an absolutely fantastic match between two very

fine players in date. David Corkill and Paul Mitchell will take you

through this one. Stewart Anderson getting a great ovation, he will be

the home favourite, but Jason Greenslade very popular to, and two

players who have not dropped a set, something has to give. I think Jason

has done the right thing, his wife has been a major influence on his

life, and many years ago he was struggling a little bit with his

game, and he just met her, she got him better, and his game started

pushing up. He has gone back a little bit, and now he is coming

forward again. I think it is a good idea with regards to Australia, but

he doesn't really need to be there, it is not that important in the big

scheme of world bowls. It is one of those things you like to enjoy, but

he is up against world-class players, that what he wants to test

themselves against. So Jason Greenslade and Stewart

Anderson get us under way. Good opening bowl from the Scot.

I think this will be Jason's biggest test with regards to the first two

bowls from Stewart Anderson, a fantastic draw player.

He is also looking very chilled, very relaxed this week. I have had a

few chats with him, he is really feeling good. That is certainly the

way to open the game. He will try to close this down as well as he can,

get a really close bowl in there, restrict the possibility of a big

count. Two red. That is a relatively easy

third shot for Stewart Anderson. You can see Jason chatting away to

himself. It is not easy. Thinking about an event as well as other

things in life, it applies to a lot of the players in the circumstances

they are in. But having that event hanging over his head, well, that

has brought the jack out now. That is an unfortunate result, he did not

need to be right in there. By going into the head, he has opened it up,

and this could change things dramatically. It will take a good

bowl to do it. There was no chance before.

He cannot afford to drop short this time.

Oh, he is all over this one, he is all over it! Stewart Anderson gave

him that opportunity, he will be absolutely kicking himself. He can

still get it back, the green bowl will go out. Well, the opportunity

taken by Jason Greenslade. Just looking, there is a gap between the

red and green, so it is not locked in. He will go looking for it,

inside line, the bowl is perfect. This will go deeper very quickly.

There it goes, yeah. He was not too far away, just an inch or two. But

that is a head that he should have scored at least two. He opened up

the door and Jason said, thank you very much, I will have a bit of

that. Well, everything in that end. That

and is in, two excellent opening bowls, and then the third one

allowed his opponent back in. -- well, everything in that end for

Stewart Anderson. The jack link is 29 metres. --

length. Jason said he sometimes hears the

crowd, other people, and he will hear the rain coming down at the

moment, maybe that will block things out for him. We try very hard when

they are at this end not to be too loud, because we are pretty

soundproofed in here. We will not give him any bad advice,

anyway, he knows what he's doing. Well, if he can hear as, he has not

argued too much with us yet! He's a good lad, Jason, nice guy.

Priorities are right. That is one of the smoothest

deliveries you will ever see, Stewart Anderson. It looks like this

one is pulling up a little bit. Well, he did not close the door. I

expect Stuart to be in with this one. Stuart Anderson's career has

opened up considerably in the last couple of years, brought into the

squad by David Gourlay in the outdoor game. It was the retirement

of David Peacock from the elite squad, Stewart Anderson has come

into play in his place. So life is looking good for the Ayrshire man,

just like this bowl is as well! He makes the distance, but it is second

shot. Changes hand, danger. He plays the

open hand. It almost takes a while to come to

grips with that when you change from the backhand, the different pace.

One green, last bowl of the end, Stewart Anderson. He too will

change. Off beforehand. -- off the forehand. Will he drop short as

well? Well, he is nearly there, but just getting onto the green one.

So Jason Greenslade, beaded the Australian, and at the quarterfinal

against Les Gillett. -- he beat. He is in good form, giving very little

to his opponents. He has started off in familiar fashion here. Quite

often when you are given an Australian draw, you are not sure

what you're going to get - Barry is a top player, playing top level

falls in Australia for a long time, he is no mug by any means. --

top-level bowls. He is pushing it on, isn't he, David? Yes, it is the

same thing, isn't it, not sure if you're going to get there. Graham

McDougal, a bit of a chat with him, coming through as a qualifier,

enjoyed it immensely, cannot wait to get back into it again, it has given

him a real taste for this. They realised where he went wrong on a

couple of occasions. -- he realised. Quite impressed by him, I thought he

was a very good player. A few good players there or there about who you

feel could make the breakthrough quite soon. -- thereabouts. Just

trying to sneak around his own bowl, very good.

Off the backhand, he will not be too unhappy if he just comes inside the

green bowl. Well, actually, that is probably better. Two red. Before

that, the jack was really going to scoot through if it was touched,

this is a whole lot different. Jason might have a little pop at this.

He's going to run out of time, so it will be a time-out call. Jason has

four time-outs remaining. Early days. There will be an extra

time-out given in the tie-break. An extra ten seconds to go. Not the

panache of yesterday's one second. Well, very conservative. Even if he

pushes his own bowl through, it is going to be handy. That gives him

back position and his own bowl in the head. The next one will be

attacking. Stewart has got choices, draw another one in or go deep. He

knows what is going to happen, and Jason is pretty accurate.

This is the opportunity to put a doubt into the mind of the

opposition. Well, he is going to try and get to

the back one, and that is a hard shot, I would not be surprised if

Jason decided to go quicker at this. The only danger is, it is a touching

bowl, if it goes through with the jack, you could lose more than two

on the run-through. A controlled weight, try to take one

away. Hard to get back down. Difficult shot, very difficult shot

to play. Happy that he had a bowl either

side, if either had been taken out, he still had a third shot.

Very controlled, just looking for the draw. It is not an easy spare.

Just trotting it. Two shots, Stewart Anderson.

More people coming into the arena. Good crowds the last couple of days,

very busy down here today and tomorrow.

Just the background noises as people take their seats.

Stewart Anderson, in particular, is one of the best at that. Some

players, a little noise here and there is enough, and it is

understandable. When they are about to deliver, every noise is

magnified. With Stewart, you get the impression that it takes something

really major to put him off. This looks better.

APPLAUSE This is very close, just needs to

dip to get to the red. Wrong side, good effort. That is good bowling,

very accurate stuff. side of it. Once it started to dip,

he wanted to go really quickly. A chance with this one, front edge

would be good. Oh, wrong side. Their end mind, these guys can play all

the shots. -- bear in mind. This is international league standard.

Coming round to a good place as well.

Close again... Not the gap, bowl first, oh, he has rocked it, though.

It is going to be close. Sandra McLeish having a look. Favour green,

Stewart. Favour green. I am inclined to believe Sandra. It is just an

opinion, of course. But very experienced, these officials.

Stewart, available tap down on the bowl. -- a little tap down on the

bowl. Now, have you got the weight? It is all you need, the line is

there. Over the years, those masterclasses,

I must pop them onto a DVD some time.

Players always looking for a way to get more information, a little bit

of coaching. Gentle, gentle. He was reaching that

OK, he certainly wasn't negative to it.

Who could disagree with Sandra?! Absolutely right.

We always suspected this match would be tied, and that is how it is so

far. -- tight. Jacqueline is 28 metres. -- jack length.

The problem Jason will have in Australia is that is an outdoor

event. It is a qualification event, if you're in your nationals, other

countries send their national champion across. Not everyone. Some

do, some don't. The arrangements have been made, but there is always

a potential clash with this. Jason wants to do well and that's what

happened. It is an important event. Especially in regard to the outdoor.

But it is a one-off event, whereas this event in terms of ranking etc

adds up for the next three years. So it is important in a different way.

Stewart may be tempted with this as a runnerment he has a shot down the

forehand. -- as a runner. I thought he might go for it. The

first running bowl we have seen for him. Three comes, takes the jack.

Gets a good kiss off the green bowl. That was the bowl coming off the

back bowl. He would have said if I get the jack, chances are I'll get

something off the back one at the same time. The jack just moved its

trajectory a little bit. It wasn't directly behind. But it's going to

be very hard to beat. There is a marker that is placed above the

jack. Bowl into the very edge of the ditch here. I think he will be a

little bit careful. Pushed it out very wide, but he has to make sure

of second shot. Trying to encourage it up. You can see Stewart's short

red one that was counting and he couldn't afford to go for the number

one. He can draw it. He can dry and take

the green bowl off. The choice is his.

He is toiling. I feel he missed one there. The conversion shot doing the

job. Jason will be quite happy to have lost just a sing until that

head. -- just a single in that head. Just to finish on the champions of

jamp yons chat. Lee Williamson will be there for England. Kevin Anderson

for Scotland. And there will be no Welsh presence. Neil Mulholland is

going over. Indeed he is for Ireland. And then coming back and

going to Cyprus for the Atlantic Rim. So a busy time. Whatever time

people Iraq r Eck niez from the Scottish International Open was

Marcus of Israel. Yes, great guy. We love him in Belfast he is a super

guy. Some great bowling between Stewart Anderson and Jason

Greenslade. You see the white mark there is in the rink. That is due to

the chalk on the bowls just rubbing off as they are pushed around.

Needs to hurry with this one. Got a chance. Very few loose bowls. Almost

every bowl has got a value of some sort or other.

High quality stuff. Now, Stewart, you just try and draw this or play

with a little bit extra weight. He is out on the draw line. Just had

a little bit on it - not much. Jason will know he needs to come around

the back here. Seal off the jack. He the turn the jack around the

corner. If you miss it on the high side you get on the red bowls, or

drop through. Oh no, you don't want to be short. Oh, that's going to

frame it. Well, that will force Stewart Anderson into something

else. There is options here. He certainly has. Just looking to see

the angles. Coming through on to the jack would be the ideal situation.

Get it back into this position, dropping all the way through to the

ditch. Even the jack beyond where I put it would be good. Another option

if he wants to play it of course is to get into his own bowl. That takes

the two green bowls away. So there is two or three options on the

running bowl in the forehand. What is he is going to get? He is on

one? He got one of the greens. He was calling it to hurry, because he

wanted the jack. Good effort here. Wanted them both and dropped the

other one. Just didn't get enough on it. There is one of them stayed in.

Stewart Anderson still bemoaning his luck. Well, he probably thought, to

be truthful, the way he hit the bowl it did look perfect to take them

out. I was watching the replay and saying to myself, if he gets this

absolutely plumb, he had to take the two of them out. The measure. The

callipers extended. Very quick on that. It must be the green bowl.

Yes. One to Jason Greenslade. Good set of bowls so far. Two ends to

play and nothing to choose between them. Four apiece.

The jack's very close. Lost it. Jack down. Oh, dear, just by an inch.

Now, I just wonder... Yes there is the mat coming back. I wonder will

Stewart do something quite dramatic here? Jason really likes the long

ends, so Stewart has to go a bit shorter. Time for some inner calm

for Jason Greenslade. Well, it is a full length jack. He

has got the mat back for an extra metre or two, but this a surprising.

Thought he might have taken a risk on that. We know Stewart Anderson is

very good at the short jack length. Still, good tactical change by

moving the mat back, because it's brought Jason up short.

It certainly didn't look short. Which suggests if he didn't like it

he's pushed it too much. I tell you what, I wish I could play bad bowls

like that. The trouble is at this level you know when ever you expect

to be within three or four inches and Stewart wasn't sure there. He

thought he was closer. This is struggling as well. Jason,

this is not a time to go walk about. Well again I think Stewart would

have expected that bowl to have been whizzing in towards the jack. Just

held off. That hand goes all the way back. Twists around his body and

then comes through. Quite unique. He is struggling for weight again.

That is not going to make it, I don't think. Well, it's close. Just

made it over the seam of the carpet. Where the stitching in, and that

just held the bowl up a bit. Sandra is asked for her opinion. UMPIRE:

Slightly favours you, Stewart, but it is very close.

Now forehand and the change, quite often it drops short. Here we go.

That's happened so often in this event. Been playing the backhand,

backhand and you move to the forehand and you drop short with the

first one. He will make the correction with the next one. A

chance for Jason Greenslade to make life harder for Stewart Anderson.

That looks better. He touched the jack back. So he might have made a

double. He has indeed. That was a real bonus. The bowl was moved away

that meant the red bowl was lying now. And then moves the jack back a

couple of inches and gathers up a double.

Stewart will be hoping to draw this very close. At least second shot.

Well, he is certainly arriving. Will it stop? Its not stopping, it is

slightly better. It will fall second shot. I think it's second, yes. Good

bowl. Really good bowl. It is a tight old set.

Well what a last end this could be. That one will delight the Welsh

fans. Yes, we have one or two still around the place. Some very close.

We can hear their support coming through clear as a bell on

occasions. The principality's doing well.

This a worth applause. It's in a good place.

Stewart will be thinking get at least one here. Do not lose this

set. Both players have played well. A drawn set would probably be a fair

result I would say on the balance of play. This is good. Well he will be

tempted now to run this, if he gets it right opt backhand, if he wants

to play it on the backhand, it will squeeze the jack through and

possibly follow after it into the ditch. Forehand's available. The

only danger is he could take his own bowl away.

Yes, on the fore. Looks under. You could hear the thump there. It was

played with a fair bit of weight. On reflection I don't think Stewart's

vep worried about taking his own bowl out. It won't make any

difference. More weight this time. Again just on

the inside of it. Needs the jack. Gets the jack. That green bowl is

lifted out. That is a massive bonus on the way through. He did not

predict that. So the red bowl stays live. The

predict that. So the red bowl stays way and then the other. The pendulum

settles in favour of the Scot. Stewart Anderson 6-5 winner.

Sometimes great bowls aren't enough. Your opponent with right of reply.

Two great final deliveries from both these players.

Good way to start the second set for Jason Greenslade.

Stewart Anderson's not bad either. How about that? We knew it was going

to be good. UMPIRE: The gap with yours is one and a half inches.

Jason's game is very good on the fast carpet as well.

Although he has been successful on slow greens outdoors as well. A very

good player in door and outdoor. He will see if this one is going to get

back in time. Oh, look at this. That is fantastic. That really is. He is

the sort of player you can't afford to ignore when events come up on

fast greens and some big events coming up over the next couple of

years. Australia and New Zealand where his style of play is perfect.

The draw, drive game that he is so good at.

Stewart looking to arrive with this. A bit of extra weight on it to pull

the jack back. Oh, surely not? Unlucky. Caught the jack first.

Wanted the bowl. There is nothing safe at the moment. UMPIRE:

Stewart's bowl is five inches gap and your bowl is just over five and

a half inches. As much information as any one person can take in.

Gives Jason what he needs to know and saves him walking up and using a

time out. But it didn't compute. He has dropped short. Good game so far.

Certainly worth getting up early for.

Just going to make it past, but it is coming into a lovely position.

That gives him an option. Our marker Sandra McLeish picking up

a little drink of water which you may of caught on the microphone! The

squeeze of the plastic bottle! Not a sound in Perth that doesn't go

undetected by our sound crew, I'll tell you! Just looking on the

forehand, if he gets a tap on to his own bowl, the jack will come back

into this position and will turn to it to draw it. But if you have

enough weight he will be happy to tap that bowl.

Couldn't afford to attack it too much. Well he had the right idea.

Bowl on the jack. Just hard to judge where it's going to come back. Right

shot, Stewart. Just a hard hand to play it on. The first semi-final for

the Scottish International Open in front of a full house. Stewart

Anderson taking the first set. Stewart Anderson playing in his

third semi-final. He made the semi-final in his first year. The

final the next when he was runner up against Mervyn King.

Jason's got a great depth of concentration. It takes a bit to

annoy him in terms of movement or crowd. So the end result is good

over that distance. Very handy. Good to see both these guys playing

so well. If one goes off their game, it will be a very quick set. But

they're both playing exceptional stuff at the moment.

Close again. Well that's got to be tempting this, the little runner.

UMPIRE: The last bowl is almost one full bowl short of jack high. More

than likely will punch that out. But he needs the angle to come back on

to the jack to bounce the jack out into the open. His own bowls into

the head would be good as well. He has got to be tempted with this.

Yes, a little runner. A little forehand runner. The shot clock was

counting down. It goes away very quickly. Needs an edge. Got the

edge. It decided to go with it as well. Wasn't far away from the

target. But... A little hand of acknowledgement. It wasn't what he

was playing for, but that was the result he got. Professional

sportsmen. A little apology. Both players have had a bit of that.

Of centre, almost on the restart itself, which the players will

practice too. -- off centre. I guarantee you that that bowl moved

on a bit further than Stewart Anderson thought it would. I reckon

he thought he was within about four or five inches. Still not easy to

beat. He is asking it to stop. You may

rest on the red bowl. That was going to be shot, a very slight touch, but

it didn't need it. There is something different about

this one, slightly under the line. Must have good weight. It just bends

away. It just looked to be underneath. It was not out as wide

as the previous bowl, and although his weight was excellent... So as he

started the first set, he starts the second, Jason Greenslade, two

singles in a set he has to win to force the tie-break.

Good again. That is excellent, it really is. Exactly, one front, one

back. Stewart will be tempted to have a go at this, but he knows it

is only single bowl, not easy. Yeah, he is having a go. Just shifting to

the side, no more. Could have been worse, could have taken his own. For

a second, he might. Around the back, well, he has just

covered the re-spot. I am not sure if he wanted to come further round

the back. He would have been looking to see where the jack was going to

go. It is unusual, with the jack sitting there, that it would go all

the way through without hitting something. It looks like it is going

to squeeze out to the re-spot. He probably would have liked to have

been one foot behind it. Oh, he is going again. Very close

this time. Oh! Oh! Brilliant shot! Absolutely brilliant shot to take

that without the jack going. Magic from Stewart Anderson, we see the

French connection, somehow the jack remained unmoved by all the movement

around it. -- front connection. You would have expected the jack to move

a little bit somewhere, but the half bowl connection, perfect. Jason has

got to try and draw the shot again. Never easy.

It looks good. It is good. Yeah, well done. I would not be at all

surprised to see Stewart playing this off the forehand. He has got

that bowl to rest or drive the jack, alternatively he can drive it out,

but the back position is against him. He certainly would not want to

take his own bowl out. So a little forehand draw.

Yes, just trying to play the bowl off if he can, has he got enough of

it? Not quite. Two chances, rest the bowl off or turn the jack.

Not hanging about, Jason Greenslade, gets the shot, mat goes down. Just

keeping a tempo to the game. Moving on at a nice little place, certainly

not too many time-outs are being used, but a long way to go, six ends

in the second set. He didn't like that, Stewart

Anderson. He knew he got the shoulder behind it.

So on Friday the 13th, Jason Greenslade looking to make his next

semifinal. Never really understood that, I always thought it was a

lucky day. Strangely enough, I never really

noticed it before, but there is no row 13 in aeroplanes. Some will not

have 13 on the roster or their strips, and then some people

deliberately do wear number 13 in sport. It all depends on your

perspective. Certainly pushed this one out, a lot

of work to do to get back from that height. Here it comes. Here it

comes... It is doing its best. APPLAUSE

Excellent bowl, really good delivery. Half framed it, as I would

say, not a total frame when it turns out an the leader's side of the

jack. Still trying to draw to it, any

extra weight and it will struggle. It has. You can see it at that

little bit extra on it. It refused to come in as a result. Jason is

looking at this, the head is set up pretty well, it is one of those ones

where he can afford to draw another. Well, he is out on the re-spot. I

wasn't sure if he had covered already with the deep green one. He

is not sure either. No, he is not, if he had come down and had a look,

he might have realised it wasn't badly positioned. Does he stay with

the draw or cook it a little bit more? He was very close last time,

just take a little bit of weight. He has over corrected. Yeah, it has

gone. Two shots, Jason Greenslade. The man who needs to get the set to

force the tie-break, the Welshman, Jason Greenslade is 5-0. Well, a

fifth semifinal in Perth for Jason Greenslade, he has lost in his last

three. The latest of those was 2013, a game against Nicky Brett,

8-8, 65 in the second. -- 6-5. Jason doesn't give games away

lightly, he makes people work for them, as the top players all do. He

will have to play well. They have got a very good youth programme as

well in Wales, the same as Scotland. Their international team, in

particular in Wales, is very young, they are rebuilding that, indoor in

particular. Quite sensible about it, they are giving the young lads time

to develop. They are not worried about losing matches at the moment,

more concerned about making sure they are good for the future, a

sensible approach. Did I just say selectors being sensible?! I thought

that for a moment, I just assumed it was a blemish on your spotless

record! Manager will be saying, really, David? You have done the

right thing, giving the guy the chance. Is he going to make it? Not

quite. Jason Greenslade, one of those

players who has done virtually everything. Trying to encourage this

one down. Well, it is in, but it is just a little rest for him, drop in.

be the pivotal bowl. Well, that is what he needed, he was 8-0 down, and

it was going to be set over. So the competition's number 12 seat,

Jason Greenslade, against Stewart Anderson, the number nine. Half a

bowl short. Yes, they will be thinking about the ranking points,

of course, which will accumulate from this event. The next

semifinal, well, that is really tasty as well, isn't it? Looking

forward to that one. Greg Harlow taking on Darren Burnett. England

and Scotland clash. One green. Two inches past.

Well, the last time these players met on tour singles duty, back in

Wales in 2011, it went to a tie-break. Stewart Anderson just

needs a tide set to take him through. Still slightly flavour you,

Jason. Yes, even for macro shots behind, there is not that many

people would bet against Stewart Anderson to make a real battle of

the second set and get into the last end. This needs to run, just a

little bit under. Oh, look at this, he wants the edge

of the jack. Yeah, loved it, as soon as he got the edge, that turned it

into three. Just a little touch across, and Jason Greenslade has got

two bowls to play, he might have a run at this. Oh, I think he will! I

think he will try to draw this one. He should come down reasonably quick

on this one. It is away smoothly, it has got a chance. Oh, that is

unlikely, that is unlucky, he was bang on target there, but he got a

horrible result, just taking one away. The way the header was

angled, it would have been very easy for the jack to move. He would have

expected two bowls to go. Yeah, got it half on the inside, not as solid

as I thought he did initially. Stewart Anderson knows his opponent

has got two bowls at the back. He doesn't look happy with this one,

his reaction was to kick it. Now, if that has not beaten the other green

bowl, that is important, who is lying fourth in the shot? Jason will

go at this. Yeah, an understandable shake of the

head from Stewart Anderson. Jason Greenslade is going to take a time

out. Time-out called. Jason has two time-outs remaining. Critical bowl

for Jason is this one, because if that is beating the short red will,

if he takes his own at, it does not matter. You can afford to play right

into this, squeeze the jack out. It seems strange that a bowl four or

five feet away could be so important, but it does make a

massive difference. It gives him that extra little bit

of a safety blanket if he takes his own way. -- his own away.

He was under from a long way out. Two shots, Stewart Anderson.

Stewart Anderson with three ends to play as put himself back into this

set. Well, Jason Greenslade, no-one more ends in the first set, but on

the wrong end of the scoreline. I get the impression that his bowl was

not forced, he played inside the line to protect his own bowl. That

is why it was so critical, that one. Stewart Anderson, as he so often

does, is just getting on with the business. Both these players have

been very good in this match. It has been a loose one Portstewart.

-- for Stewart. Jason Greenslade has been in all the finals of the major

competitions, such an experienced player. His opponent, Stewart

Anderson, three finals in 18 events is his record.

I bet he thought that was closer close to the green bowl. I slightly

favour green. So this off the forehand. Is own green bowl is

vulnerable at the moment, it could drop away very easily. -- his. Back

on the wide line to the jack, he will feel a lot happier, here it

comes. It needs to stop in time, and it does, good bowl. One green and a

measure. Stewart can play either side and misses own bowl, but the

forehand would be my preferred option on this, because he has a old

to rest for the shot. Yeah, he is going to the forehand.

He wants to stay away from the front green one.

APPLAUSE Once he got past that, this might

put Jason onto the backhand. He can see the red one. Four and a half

inches. Watching and all the way up, Stewart Anderson, and it lies one.

Jason Quintal a these little runners, but he is staying on the

forehand, trying to draw it. I thought he might have been tempted

with a little push out shot. Oh, he is giving this a go, he is

very close with this, really close. Gently, gently, doesn't want to bowl

back. That is a brilliant bowl. That was the second option after the

draw. In many respects, the harder shot, but played it to perfection.

Well, he read it perfectly, great weight, stayed up, which will

delight him. Virtually the same as his last. Just

that little bit extra. He wanted to stay up, he doesn't want it to bowl.

I think it is solid enough at the moment, but it looks like it is

going to drop away, a smile from Jason, he can almost see it moving.

Oh! That is right on a knife edge. This is important, because if that

bowl drops, it is a big difference in the context of the set. Now,

Jason, on the backhand? That is a hard shot. I thought he might play

the forehand, tried to drop his own bowl down. Yes, it dropped, you

could almost see it moving. Jason's bowl was halfway up the rink at the

time. It is going to be one to green. The way it was sitting, it

was desperate to bowl away. Well, I think Stewart had resigned himself

to the fact that it was going to drop out. One or two in the crowd

were slightly surprised, keeping their eye on the bowl that came down

therein, they had not spotted it falling. -- came down the rink.

Jason uses meditation to take away anything that is negative. All

different ways, that is what he uses, some people use, well, just a

walk off the rink and have a glass of water or something, just chill

that way. It is a mental game, this, as well as physical. In the

short matches, the physicality has gone out of it a little bit, from

the days that we used to play three or four our matches. The long games,

where we used to play nine sets, well, they were quite frightening.

You had to be fairly fit to go through those, but it is the mental

side of it now. It is very important.

Stewart Anderson, if he scores here, will know he has got a chance. Oh,

and that is loose. Oh dear! The end before the last. You and I were

talking about this earlier in the week, he felt he was fading in the

last two ends, and he sorted that out after the second game. But it

will play an him if he drops the next one short. He really needed to

tighten up in the last two ends of the set. Keep his opponent under

pressure, he had been in very good positions. He needs this one to

arrive. Certainly better, but he has over

corrected. Well, I cannot blame him for that. Better to adjust back than

just forward. Just needs to hurry to make the

double. It looked short all the way. I was watching Stewart and he was

trying to encourage it forward. It is a missed opportunity for Stewart

Anderson. Forcing Jason into a shot. Instead it is just the draw.

Now, Jason, no, he has dropped it. I tell you what Stewart Anderson's got

a shot on here. Stewart Anderson, this is interesting, because he has

got the draw in. No problem there. He can get another shot. But if he

decides to play something different and that is to come through on the

backhand for the green bowl, now that is worth four shots. He is

already starting to look at it. I can see him. He is starting to look

at that. This is occasionally where you don't get two jack-focussed.

Because the best he can do on the forehand is to get a double and a

double will be good, don't get me wrong, he is only one shot behind.

But if he plays the backhand and rests that bowl out for four, he

gives himself a nice little buffer where, Jason has to score two shots

in the last end. That is why it was so critical that Jason got in with

the last delivery. He is going for the backhand.

Two options with this. He can still draw a second shot. But if he gets

the green bowl with enough weight he will get the four. He is very close

to getting. Yes. Has he turn it over enough? That is the question.

Jason Greenslade confirming and the marker Sandra McLeish - four shots.

Jason Greenslade's final bowl put no pressure on and it allowed Stewart

Anderson the opportunity for the shot and boy did he take it.

Controlled weight. Lovely turn over. He spotted it. It was always this.

It was a two option shot. Just dropping the bowl down was good

enough for a double. But pushing it over twice was four. It was one of

those where there was no danger and it just goes back again to what I

was saying about Jason tightening up that little bit on the last couple

of ends and it was a bad mistake. Jason Greenslade needs to win the

end. It is the bit about the game I enjoy work, working on the

psychological side with some of the players and those I'm working with

at the moment. Major events player, working o''en

that side of it, the psychological side and the strength and that will

to win that you need. Almost all the players have got it. But they can't

always apply it at the right time. Always fascinating sports

psychology. I think it's a relatively new, nowhere new, I was

doing it 30 years ago. The guy working with me in Australia. Close

with this. But it is a much bigger part of the game now than it ever

was. It is rife across many sports. Here is Jason Greenslade looking to

reach his sixth World Bowls tour men's final. This will work it back.

Yes, big drawing bowl. Tagger bowl. Here is comes. Good bowl. Well done

he has kept his head. He has kept his strength, put away the

disappointment of the four the previous end. A little chat with

himself. Closed his eyes, had a think about it and said, this isn't

over yet. Stewart Anderson will use the time-out here. Just a couple of

options. I think it is more the weight than the shot. He has got a

shot in there, that's a given. But what he also has available to him is

to push the red bowl into position. If he can get that just on the high

side and drop it in, that would be good. He can drive it. The options

to play weight to it. He has gone for the weight shot. He has taken

one away. Good bowl. A good way to reduce it. Match lie.

Jason Greenslade just looking to repeat the last bowl. Bring it in.

He is on a good line. Will it make it back in time? A bit of work do,

but they're big bowls in terms of bias. Yes, drops in. That is good

for the double. The difficulty for Stewart here is that, he is going to

take his time over this, but he is sitting there with two agains him.

He knows Jason has the last bowl. Does he take a risk with bowl on to

the bowl? Well that that is what he is looking at. Wes looking on the

bowl into bowl. He wants to get that target area. If he takes that he

takes the two bowls away. That will be hard for Jace on the force a

tie-break. Alternative is he can draw it on the forehand.

Going for the runner. What's he got here? Well now. It depends if this

green bowl stays on and the jack is in the ditch and not on the respot.

Even if it is on the re-spot it is one to green. Yes and he has a

mountain of room for the double. Well not the best result on what he

was after. Sometime-out will be called. Yes. He has got plenty of

time in this one. Imagine making a mistake on the bell in this

situation. Unthinkable. He nearly did it before. He has got to control

himself. He knows there is a big space to draw in. Sometimes that

makes you relax a bit too much. He has got five foot around the

jack. Stewart Anderson is not even looking. No, he knows. He would have

to fall over on the mat to miss that one. Credit to Jason Greenslade.

Stewart Anderson one. Credit to Jason Greenslade.

reasonable percentage. You look to see, people think

that is not good, because that gives stew Saturday an Ang -- Stewart an

angle to lock into the jack or the green bowl. That is not where he

wanted it. That given Stewart a massive margin

of error. He is on the inside. That is not the angle he wanted. He

wanted to be wide of it and get that split. I was watching him and he

thought he was close. I think that pulled across quicker than he

expected. Unfortunately Jason left him himself

with the second bowl in a bit of Bo her. He just has to make something

hard for Stewart. There is the re-spot. He is in a good place. The

split on the forehand is still good for him.

He is really watching this one. Much closer. Is he getting the split

right? He has. Not sure if he has run away from it though. Looks like

green from here. I think he would have preferred the other split. That

was almost guaranteeing everything. One bowl each to play.

Jason needs another bowl in to try and draw this. Interesting choice of

shots. Stuck to the forehand. I thought he may have moved to the

back. Oh, this is a big difference now for Stewart. Jason thought that

was very close. Just moved on a little bit. I think Stewart might

just decide to go for the bowl here. He can still draw it. But he has had

a runner. In fact he has had two runners. We will be staying with the

action here in Perth right through the tie-break. After we will join

the practice for the Grand Prix. Well it is only practice at the

moment. This is much better at the moment.

Stewart Anderson has given this one a stop. Is he going to stop? Not

sure, he took a long time over that. But he had two runners. It is always

hard to get the weight back down again. So confident on the draw. It

was a 50/50 shot. Play for the weight or try and draw it. No

guarantees on the weight shot either. Jack could have gone through

and that would have been against him. It wasn't far away.

That is a double advantage now for Jason Greenslade, because he has won

the opening end and he also has the last bowl. He also has that feeling

that he can afford to take a risk and knowing that he is not going to

lose the game. That is a comforting feeling when you're having to play

some important bowls. He is just getting himself ready again. It is

not a question of getting himself psyched up. It is more calming his

heart down and getting the adrenaline under control.

One of the semi-finals last year went to tie-break. Brett beat

Thomson. We didn't get a tie-break in 2012 or 2013, but they're

fascinating, knowing a place in the final is at stake.

A very good start. Over, he has dropped over. That is a bit unlucky.

That has exposed the jack. The semi-finals are horrible things in

many ways. It is awful to lose in a semi-final. You miss out on

everything the final has to offer. Now, has he lost both of them? He

has. No, one stays on the edge. It is half over. That is vital. That

bowl could easily end up the shot. If that had gone off he was in so

much trouble. UMPIRE: One inch short. His own bowl is one inch

short and the other red one is one inch short of the jack.

Jason Greenslade, does he go close, does he go deep?

That is good. A good bowl there. Stewart has to go again. If you get

that jack, it will go into the ditch and you will be in a wonderful

position. That is hard to draw it. Jason's bowl might come into play

here as well. Up he comes looking to lift that out. Oh he has got his own

on the way through. That is unlucky. That is a horrible result. He took

the one out he wanted and that is good, but he has taken the option of

the other bowl and as it approaches on the edge there it goes. Jason got

the last bowl. Jason Greenslade, if he puts this one on.

Stewart Anderson will have little choice. He will have to draw it no

matter what. That is why it is important this one gets within a

foot or so. He is trying to encourage it, because he knows it is

hard. That is far enough away that Stewart Anderson can draw it. No

matter where he puts it, Jason will be after it. A time-out coming. He

didn't give him a chance to run the jack through. Fascinating. Well, it

is down to choice really. The choice is which hand do you draw it on?

Backhand, well, the green bowl is slightly in the way. It is beat fab.

Forehand is the open hand and it does hold off a bit and the jack is

off centre. You could almost put your mortgage

on this being close. All or nothing for Stewart Anderson. He has drawn

the shot. He stays in the match. Well there are few players in the

world that I would rely upon more than Stewart Anderson in that

situation. Jason understandably calls a time-out. Look at this.

Calmness under pressure. All the way. It is the only bowl on the

green for Stewart Anderson. So Jason Greenslade has a shot here to lift

it out. Well, he has to drag this. This for the final. Ove, his body

language tells me there is something not right about it. But will it get

the edge? Will it go there? It has and there is a green bowl right over

there. Brilliant performance by Jason Greenslade. What a week for

the Welsh man. Stewart Anderson is defeat and Jason Greenslade on the

tie-break, brilliant final bowls from both players. Jason Greenslade

takes the tie-break 2-0. And takes his place in the Scottish

International Open final of 2015. He is looking, he is keeping his eye

on it. Oh that is close. He is very close

to getting it. Yes. Big smiles for Jason Greenslade,

knocking out Stewart Anderson. What a match that was. It was super game.

I was watching Jason last bowl and he wasn't sure about it. But he got

enough. Fantastic game. Could have gone either way. Jason in the first

set was scratchy, but he got into his game in the second and hung on

and a was ruthless in that tie-break. . Yes what you get from

Jason is that fight. Stewart Anderson was superb. This is the

Stewart Anderson we saw a couple of years ago. He was superb. He will go

into the next vent feeling confident after this. We have the semi-final

today and Greg Harlow and Darren Burnett. Yes will the home crowd get

Darren over the line. Greg felt he was a bit off. If he tighten ups

fraction it will go all the way. That match is live at quarter to 2.

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