Part 2 - 13/11/15 Bowls: Scottish International Open

a superb final bowl to take the set 6-5. The first four ends of the

second set followed a similar pattern with the measurement

struggling to find a length. Enslaved won all four to establish a

5 shot lead. But the Scot found his aim in the next end. He was closing

on Greenslade. His final bowl came close to choosing the gap to a

point. More drama at end eight. Anderson's draw knocked

Greenslade's bowl out of contention and suddenly he was ahead. But he

left the door open, and Greenslade showed nerves of steel with his

final bowl to take the match to a tie-break. Jason, the 2004 Scottish

Open champion, won the first end leaving Anderson with a difficult

draw. He played it to perfection. But Greenslade had another chance to

win the match with his one remaining bowl. The drive worked a treat. He

wins an epic semifinal. It really was a fantastic semifinal.

Jason Greenslade, he has been playing some wonderful bowls all

week. Stewart Anderson, too. But Jason was on fire this morning and

he is through to the final. We will be showing that live on BBC Two

Scotland tomorrow. But who will he play? Either Greg Harlow or Darren

Burnett. Bowler is having a pretty good year but it is nothing compared

to the previous 12 months. The world champion in January, Commonwealth

champion in June. 2014 will go down as one of his greatest. But it is

not being easy -- but it is not easy fitting in being one of the best

bowlers in the fitting in being one of the best

bowlers in the world with being a policeman. Most of us in the top 16

work outside of it, with different jobs. It is difficult for myself,

being a police officer, to juggle. The more you win, the more you seem

to be playing in distant areas. It is a fine balance. I have been

working this week more than I would have. So I have been coming to the

venues, literally having to focus on the game and then I am away again,

getting out of the zone. It seems to have worked this week. I have been

at the venue for the hours I have been here, focused, and then I come

back for the next round. It has worked well. I have put no pressure

on myself in this event. I have tried to be laid-back. I have not

really focused on the event. Not as much as I previously have. But it

seems to have worked. I have been a really relaxed. It has worked

brilliantly. In flashes, I have played consistently well and that is

what has happened in each of my games. Hopefully I can do more of

that. I reckon at Perth, my record many years ago was very good. To get

to the semifinal this year is definitely a big improvement. I'm

looking forward to it. 2014 is definitely a very big year in my

life. Commonwealth gold, it is going to be very difficult to beat. But I

suppose you strive to win it back again. It was hard to win at the

first time, no doubt, but now I have done it, I would like to get it back

again. Me and Greg Harlow, we have met a few times recently. I think we

met in the last two World Championships. I managed to just get

past him. But he completely hammered me last year in the quarterfinals.

He is a quality player. He has all the shots. I'm going to have to be

at the top of my game to compete with him in the semifinal. That is

where the real competition starts. If you have got this far, you can

relax now and see how far you can really go. Darren was in court this

morning. You will be glad to know it was in his role as a police officer

and not as the accused. He is up against Greg Harlow. Let's find out

about Greg Harlow. He is not a man against Greg Harlow. Let's find out

about Greg Harlow. He is not a man for keeping statistics but he is

pretty skilled at picking up titles. He became the world champion in 2007

and two years previously, he won here in Perth. Celebrating with a

cartwheel, champagne and fish and chips.

It is always a pleasure to come up to Perth. I have won and lost in all

rounds before but it always gives you a buzz when you get to the later

rounds. I think the semifinals, once you are on a roll, it is probably

the worst round to lose in. I have played Darren added a few times and

won a good few times, lost a good few times. He is in great form

lately, so it should be a titanic battle. I know what I would like to

do but whether it happens during the game or not is different. Obviously,

with Darren, he has got a great driver shot. You don't want to give

him too many targets but having said that, you have to get close, so it

is about playing the game rather than the man, and then just seeing

what happens tactically as the game unfolds. Ladies and gentlemen,

please give a very warm welcome for the second of our two semifinalist

here at the Jewellers Centre today, the former Scottish international

open and World Champion, Greg Harlow.

And up against him this afternoon, current Commonwealth champion,

Darren Burnett. These guys have been in sparkling

form all week. This match should be an absolute sensation. Life here on

BBC Two Scotland, described by David Portal and Paul Mitchell.

What is certain in this tournament this year is that there will be a

repeat winner. All three remaining players, Jason Greenslade and the

two behind us, have won this title before, but believe me, they are

hungry to win again. Semifinals are horrible to lose, so you really want

to enjoy the final, the atmosphere with the final, the whole day from

the start, all the way through. But with the semifinals, it is just

another match, actually. You are there and then you go away. We shall

see. The Scottish international open, 2015. Jason Greenslade, and

Stewart Anderson, and no work to do between Harlow and Darren Burnett.

-- and no work to do. In the previous match, Greg Harlow

was excellent in his first set. Even by his own admission, he went a

little loose after words. He knows he will tighten up on that because

he will be more than up for this match. The crowd will be very fair,

of course, as they always are. But you know really where their

loyalties will lie. Credit for Greg Harlow, preserving a special wave

for the table with the saltires. He gave them a wave and smile.

The guys will have been practising, but as much as ten or 15 minutes can

make a difference. Both players using strong biased

bowls. The green ones just don't seem to bend as much as the red. And

when you put them down at the test table, everything is exactly the

same. I was talking to Stewart Anderson about that. Darren Burnett,

down on the backend. He has to reach for this. He gives that away gently.

He knew he had not played through it. Even the best in the world can

do that. There is Alex Marshall. The six time champion. He's year with

his wife, Diane, who is supporting Craig.

No doubt in his new role, he is doing some business as well. That is

a mess from Greg Harlow. No danger of it coming through. He will be

delighted to get away from an end like that. Like everybody, he has to

get used to the rink, get used to playing. A couple of mistakes and as

the game goes on, I am sure that these mistakes will disappear.

Indeed. That being the case, some spectators coming in to grab their

seats. A late lunch. A quick word with Diane, looking very well,

sporting a tan. She has been in Australia for four months this year.

Alex will be up and down from Australia, because that is the

headquarters of the business he is working for. They have a UK based,

of course. But he does play a lot of bowls down there. It's not about

life. The only problem, it does take him away from Midlothian for a

while. But he can keep in touch. Technology today...

An unexpected chance for Darren to put another one in.

He might have played a different job if he did not have his opponent with

a bowl to play. He needs to put the anchors on. Darren has doubled back

again. A bit of room here. Not particularly easy. Only 12 inches

away, pretty far. But he will certainly be thinking to himself

that this is a chance for a spare. Darren Burnett getting on the curve.

Two apiece. He only last two singles in his last game. Against the

Australian, David Holt. It really was a good game. David Holt of

England. He represented in the Commonwealth Games and won the gold

in the fours and then moved to Australia, where he has been ever

since. St John's club in Sydney is where he

plays, it is a very big club. A lot of money in bowls in New South

Wales. He said it was very strange to be wearing the green and gold of

Australia as a former England international player.

All of the top players have won multiple events in different ways,

but these two have won a lot of national championships. Going

through the domestic game, a lot of titles. Very important for players

to establish themselves at all levels. Some very good players don't

want to go down the route of the professional game. Darren didn't for

a long time. He made the decision to move into it and he has been very

successful ever since. Greg is tempted with this. He's very good at

the runners. Meticulous with his forehand. Into the green bowl. He's

very happy with the result. He does not miss too many with his

forehand. One of the players with a favour for driving one side or the

other. I know one player who, given the opportunity, would drive on his

back and 100% of the time because he rarely misses. Not sure about this

one. It still looks a bit lazy. I am a little surprised he played that

across the green. Because Greg uses a strong bias bowl. He did run one

into the side ditch the other day. It might just have been in his mind.

I'm sure he has been out practising, trying to get it into

his head. He should drop shot down narrow side. -- draw the shot.

Alan Thornhill confirms the score. The marker for this match. A very

experienced marker. The marking championships is all

done by volunteers to the Association, but you have some that

are very, very good. -- to the umpire Association.

Darren Burnett looking to get to his third Scottish International Open

final. He almost defended it a year later in 2002, having won into 2001.

In 2012, he lost to Paul Foster. Greg Harlow at this stage for the

seventh time. His record is absolutely even. Won three, lost

three. moment because they have not quite

got into it. I think it is just the feeling that they are very close on

occasion, and the bowl is just dropping short. The same again with

Darren. Normally that would have been within 12 inches, quite often

within six. It is almost like they're having to push through a

little bit. As I said before, better to bring on then increase all the

time, because at least the back roads are handy and useful. And if

you are looking for absolute dead weight, it is not unusual to drop

shot. -- drop shot. But he's actually not bad.

Both these players using wide bias bowls. You will not see a straight

bowl used by the top players. He needs to take a gently, he does not

want to bounce the red bowl. Greg wanting to come and have a little

look at this. It is going to be a tricky one when he sees it. He will

not be terribly happy about having to play the run down inside. It

would not be good, green bowl on the red. But there is the green bowl

onto green bowl short... -- onto green bowl shot. Great with two to

play. Could influence the shot selection. All three could

disappear, or the jack. Well, a good strike. He might have done pretty

well. He has got the two green bowls but he would have preferred to have

left of the jack where it was, that would have been better. However, it

was just hard enough to get the weight.

This is not a given by any means. It is all about the weight. He is

trying to run it out. The bowls have been pulling up in that hand.

Normally that would have been a straightforward shot for Darren but

they have been pulling up and it has got people out. Greg Harlow, second

shot, trying to put this back into elite. He certainly looked as if he

put a bit into this in terms of weight. Coming in nicely. Two or

three feet more than he thought he needed. Two shots, Greg Harlow. A

very interested spectator in the players' balcony, Alex Marshall. We

knew it was going to be tight but it is topsy-turvy. It was always going

to be tight until the very end. The early exchanges have been very

close. I am sure as the game goes on it will get better. We talked before

that Darren was in court this morning. He is the police officer.

That cannot be the best preparation. He must be used to that kind of

thing. Definitely. All week he has been back and forth to the court.

Knowing his quality he will be putting that to the back of his

mind. This is the first time that the crowd have been as full as this

this week. Does that impact on the carpet? We saw that, unusual.

Absolutely. Normally it is a bit quicker. The players have found that

the carpet was wide to start with but it slows down at the hands get

tighter. It changes day-to-day. Greg Harlow is a great player, he likes

playing here, and Darren has been in great form from last year at the

World Championships. How do you see it going? Both have been on form

playing great polls this week. So far Greg has been coming out with

two or three running shots. Just trying to get to the front of the

jack can take the head from there. Who is winning? I am not going to

sit on the fence, I cannot go against my Scottish colleague. Good

to hear from Alex Marshall MBE. Good to year he is not sitting on the

fence. If he had gone against the Scot... It would not have been good.

I think he is on a safe one. He is right. Darren is just not making his

first 11 days. He is dropping too many short bowls. If he does not

Greg will take over and force them into all sorts of difficulties.

I will say it again, that is just not like Darren.

Greg wants this one in because he knows this will put pressure. Just

going to slip away. The weight was good. He was hoping to try to turn

that jack round the corner. In case Darren decided to have a pop at it.

Still got a bowl after this, so sticking with the draw. Certainly

better. The second shot, but there is still

something on here for Greg, the turn of the jack here for three or four.

That is what he will be looking for. He was not far away in the last

delivery. Could be an extra two feet of weight.

Following this one closely. Does he have the extra weight? Yes. Well

played. That is really what he was looking for. Very good to get

another bowl in. Excellent delivery. You can almost see him encouraging

the bowl to try to get to the jack to turn it through, not that many

chances to pick up accounts. Darren, a risky one, if you go looking for

it you could take your own bowl out. The jack was on the re-spot, would

you be any worse off? Probably not. Probably worth a go. Sticking with

the draw. This is not easy. I can understand. He was left in a

difficult position with no back bowls. Taken his own bowl out and of

the jack had gone through he would have been three or maybe four down.

Darren has four time-outs remaining. As it is he is in a little bit of

trouble. Once again, the backhand is not

doing Darren a lot of favours. Does not look too far away on that one.

I'm trying to think if he has put one behind. I would be surprised if

he has. He has to change under the forehand to try to make a

difference. He started there and it did not work for him. Concentrating

on pushing the first bowl through the head. He knows all these things.

He will be working through it with himself in his head.

Once again the bowl is dropping away. Any extension of the jack

through is in favour of red. One red. He did not like that

getting away. That usually means he is pretty close, to be truthful. It

looked as if he had got it away heavy. He had. That is what first

bowl needs to be if he is struggling with it. At least he can take a

little bit of weight of. He is not quite sure what is going on because

the pace is tricky. That is number one. Two red. It is

in a difficult enough possession for Darren. If he wants to play a

running bowl there is one available to him. Down there and come off the

angle onto the other red bowl. The bowl on the angle is also good. That

is what he is trying for. Build it across the line. Two shots, Greg

Harlow. He pulled it across. Greg Harlow takes the two. He is in

charge of this opening set. The guys will move on at quite a pace. It

will only slow down a little bit in terms of time-outs. A very tight

last few ends. Greg Harlow will be very happy to score a single here

and wrap up the first date. He knows Darren will come back strong in the

second. He took the opening set of the quarterfinal against Jonathan

Ross. In the end saw him out comfortably. He took that 10-1. He

lost the second set 9-3. Then he won the tie-break. It is a good opening

bowl. Darren Burnett, can you find your way behind the DAC with your

opening bowl? This looks much better. Through the jack that time.

15 inches. When you are bowling short, players know it, when you

find yourself constantly doing it you are telling yourself not to and

sometimes you wonder what it would take to shift things, but sometimes

a change of lens, change of mad, where you are standing, has to

change. -- something. Greg just goes through.

That is much more like Darren Burnett. Greg will not worry too

much about it. He is in the habit of carrying his bowl up the rink. He is

coming down for a look. This is well played. Of the red bowl. That is

unusual. Players do not normally carry them all up. Years ago it used

to be illegal. It would be taken of you. They change that rule a long

time ago. They are heavy enough. Greg is happy enough to wander

around with it. He is carrying it in his left hand. He keeps that weight

right for whenever he transfers to the right hand. Good for

concentration. A lot of people use a cloth for that as well. This needs

to run a bit because the line is so good. It looked good all the way

down in terms of the line. Another foot away. It is close. Slightly

favours the green, but it is close. It is all about getting the right

connection here. The crowd have responded. It is a good bowl. Darren

would prefer to have that one back and not bother playing it than do

that because Greg will be down at that on the forehand with weight.

Yes, it is a tempting target, front inside edge of the mat, just needs a

foot of green and that will dip into them. That moved a lot more than I

thought it would. I thought it was better than that when it left his

hand. All of a sudden Greg Harlow, who looked to have this wrapped up,

could lose a full count. You would have put money on that one. He is

very good on his forehand, Greg. All about the weight. If he has the

weight he can catch his own bowls, but he has to be reaching. It must

reach. That is a massive let off. Three shots, Darren Burnett. He is

looking for a double and he does not have the last bowl. That one bowl

could be very costly. In theory he would have settled for a three. In

practice the four was there to be had. A good crowd inside the juror

is Centre for the semifinal. -- Dewar's Centre.

He is looking for a two to tie the set. Greg Harlow has had a couple of

tight sets in previous semi-finals. All of a sudden Darren is starting

to find his first bowl. A bit of concern here. He is probably smiling

and asking why he was not doing that at the start. Just made the

connection in time to keep himself involved in the set. Trekking

through. Darren! The last end you followed it

up with a second one, you have dropped it this time. You get the

impression he might be going looking for this. He is. On his favourite

forehand. You just see the movement up and down. There was a good

target. He got his own bowl going through. He will not be desperately

concerned about that because it stayed on the ring. He will

definitely expect Darren to get this one close.

A lovely view of the bowl coming in from that high camera. Back to draw

again I think. He is coming up to have a look but surely he will go

back to the draw. A good second is all he needs. He can afford to lose

a single. It does not matter all he needs. He can afford to lose

Second shot. That is what all he needs. He can afford to lose

out two. Credit to Darren Burnett, five shots over the last two ends to

tie the opening set. Yes, that's their shot for the four turned out

to be costly in the end. Greg was right down the middle of that. It

looked to me as if he was going to get two. Just the one. Signs that

Darren is really coming into this match, especially with his first

bowl last two or three ends. This set is winner takes all. There

is the remote possibility of a tie because two tight sets are very

rare. Greg Harlow has done that in the semifinal. Here in 2011. The

first end was great and it went on from there. 9-9 in the opening set,

7-7 in the second and Greg won 2-1 on the tie-break. It is possible.

Both players dropping short with their first bowls.

Over connection, but at least better there. I am not surprised that Greg

has moved. He will be thinking he has to move at some stage and I

might as well do it with this one, the second bowl.

It is trekking on again. This is a big chance.

Well done again. Good repeating. Darren is going to have to change to

the forehand I would think. Just not nailing it all on the back and this

end. Did the last time in this direction.

He has indeed moved on to the forehand. He is certainly better

with this one. He is still not going to make it. Two red. Darren would be

wise to move to the forehand in this direction and next time to see how

it goes. Keep a close eye on this one from Greg Harlow.

Making the three. Comfortable. Two shots, Greg Harlow. Very well played

by the Englishmen. Not put under too much pressure by Darren Burnett. A

bit of a cheap three in many ways because Darren only had one decent

bowl which was 14 inches away. At this level, a comfortable three to

take. Jack length 29 metres. At this level

if you can get a three and all you have done is draw in each of your

bowls, that is to suggest your opponent is out, that is what

happened there. Darren has got away with his

problems on the backhand. Dropping two or three feet short on a regular

basis but managed as of that problem, whatever it is. He has

certainly put it to the back of his mind. Trying to encourage this one

up. He has dropped it, but dropped it across on the forehand. Two

inches. The last? Two and a half feet. He can get round it, but I

think he will probably try to draw this. Sticking with the draw. Two

and a half feet, of that had been 18 inches it might have been different.

He knows he has enough room to get round this and get back to the jack.

That is a great effort. It has dropped back. It has to be close.

Very close. Falling back was key here. Darren is coming up for a

look. He will have to take a time-out. It was leaning up against

the other red bowl. That makes a difference. Called a time-out.

Darren has three time-outs remaining. Plenty of time-outs left.

Playing the second end of the second set in 19 ends. There is no reason

to change his hand -- nine. It is still available. He has moved on to

the forehand. He has to be a little bit careful. The only thing about

the forehand as if he drops a little bit short it will block Greg on the

way in. Has to be gentle. Good stuff. That has changed the angle of

things. Instead of the green bowl coming in and locking to his red

bowl he might be tempted to have a pop at this if the shot is against

him. The two could disappear and he would

be left with two, maybe three. Sticking to the draw. Darren has got

one bowl left, and that is probably a major factor in the decision.

It also might be that he favours his lie in this shot. I agree. I think

you would. I think that he has got it close. But if he thought that was

against him, he would have had to come into it. A perfect shot for

Darren, drop-down on the bias and make it three. Available either

side. An iron should be enough to make

sure. And he is OK as long as he is reaching. -- a nudge should be

enough. He played it well. You don't need to worry about taking

out the other red bowl. You can just leave the two and measure it. This

bowl dropping down. That is the shot. Alan saying, don't worry about

wedging it. It's not worth the trouble when you are using calipers.

A very precise measurement. There is nothing more precise than using

these things. It is really close but it is gracing the green bowl from

there. I don't think this other one is going to be in. That is also very

close. It could be two. Going back to check against the red. Just

enough of a nudge. I am not sure we have had a neck we Distin one this

week. -- Equi distant one. An excellent last bowl from Darren

Burnett. A lot of pressure on TV bowls. Puts a lot of scrutiny onto

the umpires. A different professional attitude nowadays,

compared to how it was years ago when people would be in official

positions and they would want to mark an umpire. I remember one

umpire making a decision on a vital match, pushing away the wrong bowl.

That would have been taken well (!) Nobody knew about it. They moved

onto another umpire. Nothing you could do. End of story, just on. It

happens. -- just move on. But not nowadays, when these guys are very,

very good. The quality of the opening bowl for Darren Burnett has

skyrocketed over the last few ends and he will be happy with that.

The jack a little shorter than it has been previously.

Can you move past the jack and push the red bowl? It is still good.

Nice and narrow. Just watch this one. That will change things. Well

played. Darren Burnett will want to look here. And it just locked itself

against the green bowl. Darren might be tempted with this on the

forehand. A little touch on the back and will open things up. On the

forehand, that should drop the red bowl down. Darren has two time-outs

remaining. What Darren is looking adhere, if he gets a connection,

will the jack actually move? He doesn't want to do that under the

circumstances. He wants the bowl to move out clean. He does not want any

movement on the jack. That is the harder of the two shots,

I think. The weight that he has to use. The bowl could easily have run

off the edge of the rink. I think it's OK.

Greg try to take that shot away by turning the jack. And he has. He has

taken the shot away. Even if Darren hits this, the jack will move. Greg

has one waiting. Two bowls will disappear and the jack will

definitely go. Two of the best consecutive bowls from a player we

have seen all week. More full-blooded this time. I'm lucky.

He had to hit it, probably close to fool, to make it work perfectly for

him. He just got a quarter bowl. Yes, exactly. Painful. It is not

going to be easy for Greg to make another one here.

You would understand if it is a little carry on this. Darren was

clapping that all the way in. The trick is to try to hold onto it.

What a great shot this was. In the game, turned back. Three shots

drawn. -- in he came. Darren Burnett needs three.

Just slightly on the inside of it. The wait was good.

Five inches short, jack high. That will not look tidy in the backhand.

Hence the move to the forehand. No point in pushing in the bowl that is

slightly shot into a better position. -- slightly shot.

Greg will be reaching this time, turning the jack.

Just looked under as he came into the head. Sting on the forehand.

Ideally, you would like to comment but he is just trying to come into

the back here. I think he was trying to make sure of getting around his

own bowl, but the shot is still there. If he turns this jack

absolutely right, he makes a very good three. The trouble is, you

really don't want to leave those shots. If he gets the bowl first,

that's different. He has got the shot but without the touch, he was

making the turnaround for three or four. 6-2, not desperately different

delete my disappointing, but you know that if he had turned the jack,

you could have nailed down the set. Danger here for him. An interesting

choice of shot. He made it. Very risky playing that shot. I wondered

what I had seen him play. Using the Red bowl to take the other one. He

was looking for that to go through. A creative shot. He did not want

Greg Harlow getting further away. He came back from a 5 shot deficit.

Just wanted to try that trick again. The jack is about three feet longer

than the last time. Look at this. Just from the draw.

Played it very well. He did not go hunting for it.

the importance of the second bowl. He got himself behind. And in the

bowl was in the receiving position. He would have looked to see if the

jack was moving and hopes to get it just right. A grimace from Darren.

You can't blame him, to be truthful. The movement of the jack made it

very hard for him. That is 18 inches away. The front bowl is between 12

and 14 inches away. When you think how this end started, the three

bowls from Darren Burnett tucked inside, the value of the forehand

runner from Greg Harlow, but can he convert to make its two.

Greg Harlow in control at the moment but we said that in the last set and

Darren Burnett found five shots. A heck of a trick to repeat.

Greg Harlow, scoring well. And scoring heavily. 23s Andy two. --

two 3s and a two. He picked up a 2 and a single. He needs to score

again to keep himself in touch. He has sorted out his back and again,

really quickly. Getting very close every time.

Greg Harlow looking for his fourth Scottish International Open final.

And there is the man that they will play. Jason Greenslade, what a week

he has had. He played so well in the final. It justified his decision to

play in this event. Getting all the way through. People should be

delighted back home. Relying on John Price and Robert Whelan for a long

time, but this man has come out of the shadows over the years. To take

over that mantle from those two the great players.

Greg has one time-out remaining. A time-out called. Jason Greenslade

was due to be flying to Australia. To be part of the Champion of

champions event as the singles winner from Wales. But with a chance

on the professional circuit here, and he backed himself... He probably

was not expecting to make it to the final but now he has and he has

played very well in doing it. Greg on the forehand. Looking to rest

into his own bowl. Two chances. And he is very close. It's going to fall

back. They could be. -- it could be. More than likely Darren will be back

on the back can now. -- backhand. Aiming for the last red bowl. Don't

worry about the jack too much. But he needs to hurry. If Greg plays the

same bowl, you will drop on the green one.

Solid on his own. That should do it. That was the second option if he

does not want to get to the jack. It is always a good bowl to play. Worth

his while coming through on the forehand, possible to take all three

red bowls out. It is a result here, for the Commonwealth champion. On

the green. Respond. Could be read, could be green. -- respot. He got

the hit, but in the end it did not make things better or worse. Chasing

three and seven and that is not easy. It looks like Greg Harlow is

easing his way into the final. The winner here in 2008. Twice a

runner-up. 2003 against Ian Bond and Robert Paxton. Beaten in 2011.

Several pivotal bowls in this match. And one came at the last end this

way. A cracking bowl. Managed to hit when there were three against them.

Trying to pack this head as much as he can, not wanting to give Darren

the opportunity to pick up a count. Not disappointed at losing a single.

The jack of the Red bowl. Might make a double. A little nudge. A big

difference. Greg has one bowl left. He calls a time-out, giving us a

chance to look at what his options are. If he has got the option, if he

really wants it, to come down on the forehand, but personally, I think he

will come on the backhand and just draw that. He doesn't really want to

offer up a chance of something going wrong, he comes in on the forehand,

and it is possible that one bowl will walk in and he could take the

closest one out. Will he get down in time.

He has pushed it out into a good line. Working his way back, Darren

Burnett. One heck of a bowl from Darren Burnett. And again he has

worked his way back into the set. That was a massive bowl. A

confidence inspiring bowl. It all gets very interesting. Pretty simple

start-up. Greg Harlow scores at this end. It is all over. You would

think, because he's not going to concede a four. Once again, it is up

to Darren Burnett to keep punching through and keep the pressure on,

dropped the first one and expect Greg to walk in through the and put

this one close. Darren went in two down and got a

double, then a trouble, and one taken away from him. He would very

much settle for one or two in this end.

The crowd are urging this one to run away.

Last bowl. The gap is 13 inches. That will save time. The rules are

slightly different. Most of the time you answer exactly what the question

is. It helps if they gave doubled the information. It saves an extra

question and saves time for the player. It is close. One macro

green. I can almost see your chest moving out there.

Personally, I would like to see a tie-break. The sort of game that

deserves it. Here it comes. Again, Greg will be thinking, one

shot is not such a big problem. Any more than one and that is different.

On the forehand he will be playing weight. Yes, he is. It is a target

for him. He does like his runners. Past the front one. He will blast

it. What a result at this stage in the match! He has hit that bowl

three feet away and taken the two shots away. He is lying one shot,

virtually a match life. His hand goes up to acknowledge. These things

come and go. Both bands are actually. He realised that was a bad

one. It happens. It is just the timing sometimes. Nothing else. Is

Darren reaching enough? That was a good bowl. Greg, what are you going

to do about this? He was very good. He only has one bowl. He has to be

very careful. The position is more or less against him. That is why he

has had to take his time on it. The backhand, that is interesting. You

can very much understand him trying to draw on this. The running for

taking out the red, that would be a disaster. He is close, isn't he? He

just needs an edge of the jack. He got an edge of the bowl. The edge of

the jack was enough for a single and the edge of the bowl put him off. As

it was, after eight ends in the opening set, it is after eight ends

in the second. 9-7 to Greg Harlow. That just ebbed and flowed. The

final end seed Darren Burnett needing to macro shots. Greg Harlow

has the advantage of the last bowl. -- needing two shots. Great relief

for people watching on from the players balcony. Not always watching

on. Sometimes it is hard look. Not the destruction of the kids. Lindsay

has been kept pretty busy, I am sure.

I thought I noticed Ryan up there as well! I could not tell for sure.

That is as good as you could hope for.

Back in 2011, I mentioned it. I think Harlow Drew both sets against

Robert where in the semifinal. He just got over the seam. The bowl ran

on a bit afterwards. Just given the extra inch or two of running. It can

work for you and against you. There has to be on a carpet like this, no

other way around it. Darren looks slightly and it. That is the seam.

The problem for Darren if he needs to. He will have to play a very

difficult shop to make a double act of this. -- shot.

He is trotting up and down. I'm not sure how many time out he has had.

He certainly has one left, possibly two. That is what I thought. I think

he would have used a time-out if he had not already decided to go a

little bit on the deep side. He knew exactly where. If he was trying to

draw it, it would have been different. That is a good position

or bowl. Once again, not too far away from the jack. He could draw on

the backhand and tap the bowl down. This is hard. This is so difficult

to play. If he plays this, shot of the day no doubt! He has given this

a chance. Yes, just did not fall the right way. He got it at little bit

early. The disappointment was there because he knew he was in with a big

chance for that one. He just hit it a fraction early. Otherwise his bowl

would have turned into the jack. Disappointment! One macro green.

Harlow has the advantage of two bowls to play. His opponent one.

Also he has a nice shoulder to use, if he can get back in time to it

comes, here it comes now. It is not a short but, my goodness me, it

might as well be! He has it down. He has left it very tight, the angle at

the front. The trouble is, the other red bowl, this is where the

difficulty comes in. The bowl that is crucial here is this one. That

bowl is going to keep the bowl beside it, the red one in place. He

is looking at the split. When he he knows one Red Bull stay in. The

ideal shot would be to get into the inside edge off that one and then

you force your way through the gap into the jack to make to you, maybe

three. The problem with the forehand is if you drop back on the jack it

is gone. He might still be forced to play this but, goodness me, this is

a hard shot. He has been in a fair number of pickles in the past. What

can he do? He is looking for the split. Can he make it through? The

jack has gone too far. For a brief second, he thought he had done it.

But the jack travelled to the second, he thought he had done it.

bowl. Greg get them in, it was fantastic to

watch the match. I only started playing when I was so far down. That

was disappointing. I was trying to get another 999. Not to be. Call the

emergency services. There was a shot with your final shot at the end

which let Darren in. It was a turning point in that set. That was

at the end of the first set. I thought I had the split but I got a

bad contact. I was looking to get to a way to win the set. He got me

under the pump. You should not really drop them. When Darren was

piling them in, I was happy to get a draw. Big conversion shorts on where

you got through to the semifinal on the last round. You both had to do

big ones today. I was disappointed with myself. You put yourself under

a lot of pressure. I was delighted. I dug deep but I came up short

today. You had your third bowl in the fifth and to turn things around

and give yourself a big advantage. Probably that was my best end of the

match. I hit it on the nose. I had a good reaction. A very fortunate

result. Not such a good reaction from you when you saw the jack

running on to his bowl. He was hitting the target. Some days you

get those and some days you do not. A bit of jack movement and it went

to the red bowl. Millimetres were the difference between you in this

match. The final bowl and it was so close. I was left with the split,

which I had got. Sadly it moved. You have put the bowl is in there to

cause pressure in the first place. I had a good second. If I could get

another one in he would have nowhere to go. He got the split perfectly.

He would have laid two, possibly three and I would have had a naughty

last bowl to play. We thought you were going to have both the sets.

You are through to the final. You are plaguing Jason Greenslade

tomorrow. He has been getting all the business, hasn't he? To be fair,

Jason is playing very well. He is drawing good and pulling out the big

shots as and when he needs to. Hopefully it will be as good a match

as the two semifinals today. We will see tomorrow. It was great stuff.

You have been sensational this week. Well done. I will tell you

something, that file will be pretty impressive. It is live here tomorrow

on BBC Two Scotland. Earlier today we had the Scottish young bowlers

final between Stephen Lowry and Craig Macintosh. It was Craig

Mackintosh who took the first set 10-4. Then Stephen Lowry rallied and

one mount by 12-3. Let's join the match for the tie-break.

He is playing this backhand well. That will not help Craig at all. He

is trying to move. It looks like a narrow line at this length. It just

needs to be a bit further. The wait was not that bad. The green bowl is

two feet, the red bowl is 18 inches. The voice of Tom Ware.

Note shot clock for this final. We have enough to content with out

there without that. He is going to come down and have a look.

He will not like what he sees. He might be tempted with a backhand

runner but I do not think it is right. Just needs a slight

correction. He is looking at the running bowl. Even if he did take

one out there is normally two against him. The tie-break and it is

not just a matter of humility that shots. The forehand looks like a

better option to me. -- cumulative shots. He has been tempted with the

runner. It is definitely in the area. It is just about connections.

I do not believe it. That will bowl in. If that drops in, it will be the

shot. To say it is a fluke will be an understatement. That will change

things. It gives him a really good option. The red misses the jack. His

own green bowl comes through. I think it still might be the red. It

is close. That was played with very difficult weight. That will not help

the forehand. He has the best back position. It will be hard to draw it

after the running bowl. This is not easy. The bowl on the jack would

give him an opportunity. Chances are he is going to more than Mike Leigh

hit his own bowl. If he does want to play through it he can do that

there. It would work. His mind is made up. He is going to

try to mix and match. It has gone all the way through. First end

Stephen Lowry. That was a good option to play for. It was the right

option to play. It is hard watching on from the sidelines. It really is

very difficult to have your parents sitting there, your family and your

brother. He is trying to get the balance between showing support but,

at the same time, it is difficult. He needs a good first bowl. He needs

to transfer the pressure back on to Stephen Lowry. Craig Mackintosh gets

it away. There is a lovely structure for these guys. They will be in the

mix looking at what their priorities are over the next number of years.

If they are showing this much interest at this early age, you

fully expect them to be about for the high-level stuff. Stephen

already is an under 17 international player. Craig turned his back on his

first one and realised he was way through. Better with this one. He

wants it to move. That is the shot. Win or lose in this situation both

these pairs will be looked at very carefully by the development side.

They are always looking for young players to come through that route.

A bit of extra tuition for them. Good stuff. It will be hard to beat.

He is asking permission to come up after the second bowl. He is not in

any hurry, is he? He just wonders up there. There he goes. Not a care in

the world. I will get there eventually, it will be good. I bet

you he is a winner or something playing football and he goes like

greased lightning. He can relax in terms of pace back his mind will be

racing at the moment. He is deep in thought. Now he has decided on the

way back what shot to play, the draw all the running bowl. He can oversee

play the running bowl. He has sat in his armoury. -- he can obviously

play. He got that the way absolutely sweet. He has been caught again.

That does not really matter. He will be left with one bowl. That was not

far away. This should be going deep. One hand

on the trophy. That is why he was worried about it. It is in the

ditch. The shot is still available for Craig. I can are playing in a

final and the article came out. I actually won it but it was the other

chap who got all the applause. They said how well he would do in the

future. As it happened he gave up the game in a year and we heard no

more. The point is, when all is, you can come through this system and you

can be seen. You get a lot of recognition for this.

A calm demeanour. He gets it away. That was beautiful. Second end for

the match to Stephen Lowrie. Very good sportsmanship.

Stephen Lowrie, normally in the first set he did so well to recover

in the second. A terrific tie-break, calmly done by Stephen Lowrie.

Stephen Lowrie is the Scottish indoor bowl winner for 2016. Unlucky

for Craig Mackintosh. A fine performance from him. Stephen Lowrie

was the man who lifted the silver platter. He is the Scottish champion

2015. Congratulations to him. Earlier we found at who would be in

the final of the Scottish International open. It is Greg

Harlow against Jason Greenslade. The final is alive tomorrow on be with

you to Scotland at 1:55 p.m.. -- is alive.

It is Wales against England. Two Scots players have been knocked out

today. The home fans are not happy but the two best players won. It was

very close. Stu Anderson was wonderful in the other semifinal. He

played so well. Jason just got over the line. A couple of strikes with

Greg made all the difference, it really did. On another day, couple

of strikes go against you. Swings and roundabouts for the season. Greg

is through Jason is three. It will be a great final. Darren Burnett

yesterday in the quarterfinals. Any kind of way to put on, he nailed it.

Just millimetres outside today. I also have great respect for Darren.

He is operating as a policeman and he was in court this morning. All

these things are going on and, at the same time, he can still go out

and play great bowls for the same time, he can still go out and play

great bowls Jason Greenslade has just been going ahead and keeping

nice and quiet. He has been doing really well. Another one of these

games where, who will hit the weight shots? I have watched Greg and

played against him many times. His forehand shots may not be on target

but he usually gets the result. He is usually in the area. He does not

miss shots a foot wide. That final will be live tomorrow. Before that

we have highlights of both the semifinals. The final will be at

12:55pm on BBC Two. It has been another wonderful day of bowls that

Jason Greenslade and Greg Harlow had been the best two players, the best

players for the whole week. They will be towed to toe tomorrow. Join

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