:00:42. > :00:46.Welcome to highlights from the opening day of the coverage of the
:00:46. > :00:56.World Indoor Bowls Championships from Potters Leisure Resort in
:00:56. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:08.Hopton-on-Sea. Andy Thomson was back to try to retain his crown.
:01:08. > :01:39.
:01:39. > :01:43.has played a good bowl here. That And Andy Thomson has to be one of
:01:43. > :01:48.the most popular winners of the event ever. We will show you how he
:01:48. > :01:56.got on in his first round match later in the programme. We start
:01:56. > :02:06.with the final of the men's pairs. with the final of the men's pairs.
:02:06. > :02:06.
:02:06. > :02:11.A Scottish clash between... Marshall and Anderson took the
:02:11. > :02:21.first, but Foster and Darren first, but Foster and Darren
:02:21. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:38.Burnett came back to force a tie- fascinating final. And once again,
:02:38. > :02:48.as Anderson has done so often in the match, he puts his first bowl
:02:48. > :03:13.
:03:13. > :03:23.It has been a merry dance for him the faster Marshall combination is
:03:23. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:39.so successful, looking for their perfect the weight Darren wanted
:03:39. > :03:47.the bowl. Tie-breaks are different. It is about scoring the shot. You
:03:47. > :03:57.have to be more attacking. This would not be a normal bowl during
:03:57. > :04:28.
:04:28. > :04:32.the first to sets. He has his own suppose the jack could go through.
:04:32. > :04:42.Deep and wide. Stewart Anderson put his foot where he would like his
:04:42. > :04:43.
:04:43. > :04:53.bowl to finish. Wide, I do not think it is deep! He is rolling on,
:04:53. > :04:55.
:04:55. > :05:05.but he is not as deep as he wanted to be. Ideally now, he would like
:05:05. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:24.to take the shot bowl off. Then it becomes really difficult. I am
:05:24. > :05:34.not sure about this. I think he will change the shot. Stewart
:05:34. > :05:36.
:05:36. > :05:46.Anderson asked Darren to play the red bowl off. Really? If he gets
:05:46. > :05:46.
:05:46. > :05:56.its solid, he stays in for shot. Anywhere! There you go, anywhere!
:05:56. > :06:11.
:06:11. > :06:21.That is it, be positive! Alex might respot. He might try to draw this
:06:21. > :06:45.
:06:45. > :06:53.Spring it into the corner where his only bowl is. He has two or three
:06:53. > :07:02.feet to stop in. That is a hard shot to play. With the angled be OK
:07:02. > :07:12.to go to their? It looks good. The first end of the tie-break, they
:07:12. > :07:23.
:07:23. > :07:33.have to try for it. I think they that is what they have decided --
:07:33. > :07:33.
:07:33. > :07:42.backhand. They are trusting to luck. Everything is in their favour at
:07:42. > :07:52.the moment. She has seen all of her husband's world championships and
:07:52. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:28.getting the first bowl in really a little longer because that is
:08:28. > :08:38.where the success has been. No sense to gain to 23, 24, when you
:08:38. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :09:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:09:21. > :09:31.are losing the vast majority of played. It was a good first bowl by
:09:31. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:42.Paul Foster. But, again, Stewart Anderson is in on it. It can be
:09:42. > :09:45.
:09:45. > :09:55.beaten. The problem is, it does not spend that much. A fraction wrong...
:09:55. > :09:57.
:09:57. > :10:02.Is it worth playing into it to move the front one? Or, move the green?
:10:02. > :10:12.Just looking to pass his own red and sneaking front of the green.
:10:12. > :10:29.
:10:29. > :10:36.is so good. He can execute the shot. Anderson was saying he was not
:10:36. > :10:44.going to play it for the jack. He is a good tactician. He knows the
:10:45. > :10:53.game and explains it well. He reads heads very quickly. That looked on
:10:53. > :10:59.a slimline. That is what Darren is saying. No. Just getting an edge.
:10:59. > :11:09.Just a fraction from the perfect bowl. It will not take an awful lot
:11:09. > :11:14.to know what Alex is playing here. I know one or two people who have
:11:14. > :11:24.worked this out without thinking too much. The if he had passed the
:11:24. > :11:34.red, it would have been perfect. He needs to get the jack but he needs
:11:34. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:02.to middle it. He has done it before Brocket? -- block it. Darren and
:12:02. > :12:08.Stewart have got to think that he is not going to miss and they have
:12:08. > :12:18.to play the shot knowing Alex is not going to miss. They have to get
:12:18. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:23.inside and change the shape, go deep, or play a blocker. David
:12:23. > :12:27.Gourlay is discussing the possibilities. The Scottish coach
:12:27. > :12:35.for the outdoor team. I think Darren decided to draw into this
:12:35. > :12:44.and mix it up a bit. If he went too deep, he is leaving the one bowl
:12:44. > :12:51.exposed. He is leaving it exposed here. I would fancy Alex would get
:12:51. > :12:56.this. He will narrow it. He has just got to get the bowl. He will
:12:56. > :13:06.take the two away and get his own and the green and he will set a
:13:06. > :13:30.
:13:30. > :13:37.Matthew in this -- mat in this situation. That leaves the short
:13:37. > :13:45.bowl for the shot. Darren Burnett has choices. He has one choice, to
:13:45. > :13:49.take the bowl out. It always looked good. It looked like it would
:13:49. > :13:59.always get the bowl out and the other one. Exactly how he planned
:13:59. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:14.play it and I think he will say what an backhand you can get it,
:14:14. > :14:24.
:14:24. > :14:33.mate. At the bottom of the rink, at these shots. The back and looks
:14:33. > :14:43.better for me. Either way, take out the bowl, win the championship.
:14:43. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:07.on the white side was good. What a chance that was, what a chance.
:15:07. > :15:17.Take can get out of jail sometimes and Alex Marshall and Paul Foster
:15:17. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:36.will be feeling that. They played a only do what you can and predictor
:15:36. > :15:46.opposition misses. Darren would get that eight out of 10 times,
:15:46. > :15:56.normally. Well, we're off again. A one end shoot-out for the World
:15:56. > :16:30.
:16:30. > :16:40.off. That has been the story of the match in terms of the front end
:16:40. > :16:56.
:16:56. > :17:01.back cans on this one. It is an extremely good bowl wonder that
:17:01. > :17:11.kind of pressure. He has been very calm and collected in this match,
:17:11. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:28.the ditch. What a time for Paul Foster to put the jack in the ditch.
:17:28. > :17:31.
:17:31. > :17:41.If you're running that, what hand would you play? The backhand.
:17:41. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:15.because they didn't declare a dead end. They probably didn't think
:18:15. > :18:20.they could kill it from that position. Well, he was looking good
:18:20. > :18:28.but just held up. She got a quarter of the jack, but he needed it
:18:28. > :18:37.fooled. Now, in a case like this, you probably really want the last
:18:37. > :18:47.bowl. Definitely, definitely. Marshall is so good at playing to
:18:47. > :18:47.
:18:47. > :18:53.an off-centre jack. Darren is on a good road. How is the speed? Steady
:18:53. > :19:03.he goes. He is just running a little bits. Too far, too far.
:19:03. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:25.Unlucky. It just rolled on. Two surely. It is just difficult to get
:19:25. > :19:33.enough green on this line. Even if he is a foot inside, he will win
:19:33. > :19:43.the shot. Perfect road! That is wonderful! He is there! Paul knows
:19:43. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:49.it. He is there! Well played! only that, but even if the bowl has
:19:49. > :19:59.chipped off, there will be a mountain of room to trawl the last
:19:59. > :20:07.bowl. At touching red Paul macro in the ditch as well. Will he chip off
:20:07. > :20:15.the bowl, jack, for and no end? can kill an end, that is that thing.
:20:15. > :20:23.In the heat of battle, you can forget! Goodness me, that might be
:20:23. > :20:32.a time to remember it! He has got one right in the corner and the
:20:32. > :20:38.other side of the rink. I think he will play the jack in the ditch to
:20:38. > :20:48.win. This is a hard shot, a harder shot and in the last end in many
:20:48. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:11.bowl to save the match. It looks under to me. He likes it! Great
:21:11. > :21:20.Paul macro, but they don't think it is enough. He took his closest
:21:20. > :21:24.queen bowl away. I think the short red one will be enough. If not,
:21:24. > :21:34.Alex will just go down and draw the shot. He has got even more run this
:21:34. > :21:36.
:21:36. > :21:46.time to drop a shot. -- draw a shot. He just took the tiny bit under all
:21:46. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:09.the way down. -- looked a tiny bit this, far too experienced. Out on
:22:09. > :22:19.the white line again. Yeah. Really on the white line. Her Happy Days,
:22:19. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:25.happy days! That looks good enough! Did need to get very close. The
:22:25. > :22:35.defending champions, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall take the indoor
:22:35. > :22:41.
:22:41. > :22:47.pairs and title. My goodness me, they are dominating knife. Ladies
:22:47. > :22:52.and gentlemen, one more time, the 2013 Fred Olsen Cruise Lines world
:22:52. > :23:02.indoor pairs champion for the third successive year, Paul Foster and
:23:02. > :23:10.
:23:10. > :23:19.Alex Marshall! pair. Paul Foster features in the
:23:19. > :23:29.final of the mixed pairs, which takes place tomorrow at 1 o'clock.
:23:29. > :23:39.Him and Laura Thomas will take on It is time night to see how Andy
:23:39. > :23:39.
:23:39. > :24:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:24:55. > :25:05.defending champion to try to make one! Even Andy is smiling about
:25:05. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :26:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:26:12. > :26:16.Just made it. This has been a hard struggle, this end. As sometimes
:26:16. > :26:22.happens when you bring the matter up with the first time, NEWLINE,
:26:22. > :26:32.new wheat. That is a tighter line again by Phil Bennett. We called
:26:32. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:55.it? -- will he hold it? This is a wants to get out to round them up!
:26:55. > :27:05.That is the best line of all the bowls. It just needs to steady.
:27:05. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:32.speed? Certainly a lot better this time. He has Neil that. -- Neil
:27:32. > :27:44.
:27:44. > :27:54.but got away with it. People feel good about that. -- he will feel
:27:54. > :27:54.
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:28:42. > :28:52.serious for the defending champion adjust your sets! It shows that it
:28:52. > :29:13.
:29:13. > :29:23.can happen. It is easy when you He puts everything into each
:29:23. > :29:49.
:29:49. > :29:58.be an impressive win by Andy Thomson if he gets over the line,
:29:58. > :30:08.the way things are going. That was a very good bowl on a change of
:30:08. > :30:12.
:30:12. > :30:22.hand. He is having to work experience to dig himself out of
:30:22. > :30:23.
:30:23. > :30:31.this one. This man has been extremely impressive. He fancies it.
:30:31. > :30:41.He was calling it. It looked good. What a shot! The it dropped over,
:30:41. > :30:43.
:30:43. > :30:53.that was a bonus. Andy Thomson will have to go down. He will call for a
:30:53. > :31:09.
:31:09. > :31:19.outs remaining. Only the second and we are on the sixth end of the
:31:19. > :31:56.
:31:56. > :32:06.second set. He has been fine with ands to go. The task is getting
:32:06. > :32:06.
:32:06. > :33:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:33:29. > :33:39.red. He leaves Andy Thomson in a difficult is this? He got a good
:33:39. > :33:43.
:33:43. > :33:53.line in. It needed the drop. He would have been so close. It was a
:33:53. > :34:29.
:34:29. > :34:38.full-blown crisis for Andy Thomson. Defending champion under real
:34:38. > :34:44.pressure. 15 ends a bowls and he has restricted and true to four
:34:44. > :34:54.scoring ends and he has played well in this match, Andy Thomson. Phil
:34:54. > :34:54.
:34:54. > :36:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:36:55. > :37:05.Bennett has been exceptional. His Bennett is chasing this again.
:37:05. > :37:07.
:37:07. > :37:17.goodness! To be fair, Andy Thomson has faced a man in stunning form.
:37:17. > :37:25.
:37:25. > :37:30.He will have to run into this to was right down the middle of it.
:37:30. > :37:40.certainly hoped for a better connection. He was on target. He
:37:40. > :37:42.
:37:42. > :37:52.has loosened it. Probably slightly better. The jack is more accessible
:37:52. > :38:07.
:38:07. > :38:17.to the draw. That is if this man crowd, there is an agreement that
:38:17. > :38:20.
:38:20. > :38:30.they stop the clock. That was swift to that. This is a big bowl for
:38:30. > :38:31.
:38:31. > :38:41.Andy Thomson. He has just played weight. It will not be easy. This
:38:41. > :38:51.
:38:51. > :39:01.is a key moment. The seven end of a which was a concern for him. That
:39:01. > :39:02.
:39:02. > :39:07.was because he was struggling for pace. That is a disaster. After the
:39:07. > :39:14.drive, that was when the pressure was on. It is not easy to get back
:39:14. > :39:24.to dead weight. Andy Thomson will be disappointed. The Kiwi is almost
:39:24. > :39:35.
:39:35. > :39:42.over the line. It does not look the way Phil Bennett has restricted
:39:42. > :39:52.and true to one shot in the second set, even if it is only a single,
:39:52. > :39:53.
:39:53. > :40:01.you would favour the Kiwi to close the match out. That was well in.
:40:01. > :40:06.That is virtually gone. It is all about Phil Bennett. He has to keep
:40:06. > :40:13.his nerve. It is more of a case of him losing it and Andy Thomson
:40:13. > :40:20.winning it. This end is important for Phil Bennett. The consistency
:40:20. > :40:30.of Phil Bennett has been impressive. A number of really big bowls that
:40:30. > :40:40.he has played. Not one of them has been lucky. None has got an
:40:40. > :41:01.
:41:01. > :41:11.outrageous result. It has been John? Very early. At seven o'clock.
:41:11. > :41:15.
:41:15. > :41:25.The odds will be dropping rapidly. 150-1, something like that. We are
:41:25. > :41:26.
:41:26. > :41:32.getting used 8-1 to win this game. We could have had 50p on that!
:41:32. > :41:40.is as far as you would have gone but I did not think to put 50p on
:41:40. > :41:50.this one, I fancied Andy Thomson. The greater experience. For Phil
:41:50. > :42:27.
:42:27. > :42:37.Bennett to play so well in this looked good. It is getting worse by
:42:37. > :42:48.
:42:48. > :42:58.the bowl. It will be difficult to doing that Andy Thomson will be
:42:58. > :43:20.
:43:20. > :43:30.and that is not easy. He is on a better line. He needed the jack.
:43:30. > :43:42.
:43:42. > :43:47.That was well played. But it is here, he will not need the last end.
:43:47. > :43:57.He would like to draw it. He does not want to go to the last end,
:43:57. > :44:21.
:44:21. > :44:31.He has gone it anyway. If he was really aggressive, he could have
:44:31. > :44:43.
:44:43. > :44:53.taken the bowl white. Good for Thomson is going back to have
:44:53. > :44:58.
:44:58. > :45:04.another look at this. If he is one down, he needs to lift that green.
:45:04. > :45:09.If he is holding one, he just needs to draw another to extend the match.
:45:09. > :45:14.I think he should use both time-out City wants a lot of time on this.
:45:14. > :45:24.This is a nightmare. This is difficult, because he really has to
:45:24. > :45:42.
:45:42. > :45:52.have the two shots. One shot is not bowl. He is close. He has got it!
:45:52. > :45:53.
:45:53. > :45:58.What a Paul macro to stem the championship! -- what a bowl. That
:45:58. > :46:02.was an excellent bowl for Andy Thomson. The this is really
:46:02. > :46:08.difficult, a world-class bowl by Andy Thomson, just when he needed
:46:08. > :46:18.it. Not a lot of emotion there, he knows there is a lot of work to be
:46:18. > :46:23.done. That was a really great bowl. It was a gritty one from the
:46:23. > :46:28.defending champion, almost what they resigned look that he will be
:46:28. > :46:38.shaking hands and going out of their championship. But Andy is a
:46:38. > :46:59.
:46:59. > :47:09.fighter. He will try to conjure up when you're looking for the full
:47:09. > :47:26.
:47:26. > :47:30.this one. That is a weakness there. Who knows, David? It is like Noah's
:47:30. > :47:40.Ark and Andy is hanging on to one of the oars. It is what is
:47:40. > :47:40.
:47:40. > :48:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:48:24. > :48:28.happening between the years, isn't this again. He will pray that Phil
:48:28. > :48:38.Bennett will make a mistake with his next delivery. This is a better
:48:38. > :49:00.
:49:00. > :49:10.lights for Andy Thomson. That is the right side as well, away from
:49:10. > :49:20.
:49:20. > :49:27.the green. I think that will be the almost nothing to play. The only
:49:27. > :49:33.thing I can think is that he might have to run at this. I suppose
:49:33. > :49:42.there's always the chants of corn into this, then bring it into the
:49:42. > :49:48.red. That doesn't happen when you need them! It is such a difficult
:49:48. > :49:54.position. It happened in club matches just by accident, when you
:49:54. > :50:01.don't need them. He is looking at the back can't tight, maybe, to
:50:01. > :50:10.come into the bowl and then into the other one. It will not be
:50:10. > :50:13.enough. Well, the defending champion goes out, and they have to
:50:13. > :50:18.say Andy Thomson played extremely well, but Phil Bennett from New
:50:18. > :50:25.Zealand was that so that the outstanding. The key be moves into
:50:25. > :50:31.the second round at the cost of the defending champion, Andy Thomson.
:50:31. > :50:34.This is the draw for the last 16. Particularly David Gourlay against
:50:34. > :50:44.Alex Marshall. There are three other former title-holders in the
:50:44. > :50:45.
:50:45. > :51:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds
:51:28. > :51:36.John Price takes on Clifford Craig one. He is through to the quarter-
:51:36. > :51:42.final. You do not want to hurry this bowl. It is very, very
:51:42. > :51:52.important. Even going into the last end with your opponent needing four,
:51:52. > :51:52.
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:52:51. > :52:57.heavy. Just taking the one. portable rink have not changed over
:52:57. > :53:04.the years. Always at the same delivery, upright, very traditional,
:53:04. > :53:08.hand on the need. A little shake up their heads either side! It is
:53:08. > :53:12.almost like you're stretching forward to see what is going on.
:53:12. > :53:19.grief. His characteristics over the you have never changed, which is
:53:19. > :53:25.good! He never needed to. Good character on the green. He has
:53:25. > :53:30.travelled around the world. He has a funny guy. I have enjoyed his
:53:30. > :53:40.company. Used to have some good battled with him, and he still
:53:40. > :53:55.
:53:55. > :54:02.keeps reminding me that he is a few he is going to score four, I think
:54:02. > :54:12.he will need to group all of them past the jack. That is a very good
:54:12. > :54:24.
:54:24. > :54:32.bowl. That makes it hard for been forced to grip the bowls
:54:32. > :54:38.together. That is OK. The biggest problem is trying to get the jack
:54:38. > :54:43.into that position. If I was John, I would be tempted to play this on
:54:43. > :54:48.the forehand and just leave that. He can pop another one in just in
:54:48. > :54:58.case to disappear and cover the re- spot at the same time. That is what
:54:58. > :55:18.
:55:18. > :55:28.he is doing. It needs to run though, runner. Will it end? It is holding
:55:28. > :55:29.
:55:29. > :55:39.off again. I think John Price will just come back now and spit them.
:55:39. > :55:58.
:55:58. > :56:03.Still difficult for Clifford to get eat team ends in the two sets. John
:56:03. > :56:13.Price wisely using the time out. He still has one left. I don't think
:56:13. > :56:23.
:56:23. > :56:33.you need it. This will be passing perfect. There is no way night that
:56:33. > :56:35.
:56:35. > :56:43.Clifford Craig could get four shots. He will be looking up for some help
:56:43. > :56:53.with this one! I would suggest, hit it as hard as you can and you never
:56:53. > :56:54.
:56:54. > :57:04.know! Hit-and-hope. There is no tactical way to get at this. You
:57:04. > :57:13.just can't hit the ankles. You can own the get to bowls out, you can
:57:13. > :57:18.get them all. This is just an impossible situation for Clifford
:57:18. > :57:25.Craig. And sure he will go down here and hit this on the forehand
:57:25. > :57:35.and who knows? It would be a miracle. There he goes. Open the
:57:35. > :57:52.
:57:52. > :58:01.John Price eventually just too good. The man from Port Talbot wins the
:58:01. > :58:06.match. He cruises his way through to the world quarter-finals.
:58:06. > :58:11.Well done to John Price, he is through to the last eight. Join us
:58:11. > :58:21.on the red button tomorrow from 10 o'clock in the morning. Tomorrow
:58:21. > :58:23.