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It was time for the ladies to take centre stage as two former champions | :00:08. | :00:45. | |
faced off at Potters for the women's singles title. Rebecca Field and | :00:46. | :00:53. | |
Faulkner have tasted winning beforement action from the lady's | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
final coming right up. Yes, hello, welcome to highlights from the | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
lady's singles final at the World Indoor Bowls Championships at the | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
poth ter's Leisure resort. It's lady's first tonight. And first up - | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
Ellen Falkner, 36-year-old, two-time winner of this title and she's | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
hoping to get her hands on it after a 10-year absence. She's up against | :01:20. | :01:26. | |
Rebecca Field who won this trophy three years ago, at just 23 years of | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
age. We're going to stage with Rebecca leading. | :01:33. | :01:49. | |
APPLAUSE Sent that one up on the mark all | :01:50. | :02:31. | |
right Two perfect bowls. Yes, three inches short of jack. | :02:32. | :02:47. | |
Another useful one. Better than useful. She falls in. A smile from | :02:48. | :02:59. | |
Rebecca. I think she knows she's playing well. That eases the tension | :03:00. | :03:14. | |
and pressure. Last night it got scrappy towards the end, but, well, | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
this is a difficult head for Ellen. She really can't do much with this. | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
Almost having to go for cover and defend the shot. And why she's just | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
tried to drop around her ball. Again, it's a useful bowl. It's hard | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
to believe that even at this stage she's very vulnerable, but that ball | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
going out and the jack being turned. Rebecca has basically got all the | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
play here. She's gone chasing the inside line, Andy. She won't hold up | :03:47. | :03:51. | |
then. No, definitely not. Big swinging balls and... Didn't have | :03:52. | :04:06. | |
the set of balls for size. There was a set set up to her. But changed | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
colour. The manufacturer actually agreed to make a set and get them | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
sent up. Good, good for them. Yeah. Well, once again - Ellen just | :04:13. | :04:28. | |
staying away from it. I tell you what - she's a bit closer than I | :04:29. | :04:35. | |
think she wanted to be. Well, oh! Mmm, that's set up the angle. A very | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
good shot on here. In fact, if anything, Andy, that's really | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
helped. Yes. A poor ball from Ellen. I don't think she wanted it there. | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
This gives Rebecca a chance to use her last ball. She can force it | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
through a bit if she wants it stun off the ball or be a bit wider and | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
come off the edge. A loss closer this time. She's very close. And she | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
might be using Ellen's ball. There's the stun, Thailand's the jack. | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
Exactly. I'm afraid Ellen - that was your own doing. Yep. I think it's 1 | :05:12. | :05:22. | |
degree. Could have been a lot worse. See Rebecca playing about four or | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
five feet away, uses the ball, moves the jack. If she played down and got | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
the ball and then the jack, could have been three. Ellen being on the | :05:33. | :05:44. | |
time-out. A shot available. A lot of danger here. I think she can afford | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
to play through this - Ellen. I don't see a lot of danger. I think | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
what she's looking at is getting into the red ball, Andy - because if | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
she does that and gets into the jack, she can extend it down to this | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
position. Only danger I see for her is coming off at some sort of an | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
angle on the red and her bottom red ball disappearing. But it looks | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
completely hidden to me. I can't her getting a bad result by hitting this | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
target. It's all in her favour. Basically just hit the target and I | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
think she'll score here. Famous last words! LAUGHS. | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
Well, backhand split will be bad but we'll see. Yep, going for it. We'll | :06:25. | :06:32. | |
see the result. Front ball is perfect result. Yep. That was it. | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
And it looked good and she's going to come out with four shots. What a | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
brilliant turnover. We knew it was possible. It's exactly what | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
happened. Absolutely perfect. That's what I thought. Just couldn't see it | :06:45. | :06:51. | |
going wrong for her. Four shots - Ellen Falkner. There's a big turn | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
around now. She's been accurate with her driving in this event. Set scour | :06:58. | :07:08. | |
9-7. Very good shot player. It's a massive at that stage. Ninth end is | :07:09. | :07:11. | |
always critical. Yes, especially. She was two down. One down on the | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
head. Looking to probably struggle to win this set. However, the four | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
gives her a big chance of whipping it. 28.5m. Well, all of a sudden, | :07:20. | :07:31. | |
Ellen has gone favourite now. APPLAUSE | :07:32. | :08:21. | |
Be looking to get one or two here. 12 inches. Either one behind or | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
level. Yeah, after the disappointment at the last end, | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
that's a good delivery from Rebecca. She would have been stunned | :08:32. | :08:33. | |
slightly. That's the adjustment. Might just | :08:34. | :08:42. | |
hold up for the shot. Slightly favour your bowl. It's | :08:43. | :09:11. | |
close. Wow! She's left herself just a | :09:12. | :09:42. | |
little bit open here. Gentleman yes. Chance for Rebecca, to - well, we're | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
uncertain as to whose line, but at least 14 inches to draw the shot. | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
Looks like the winner coming in. And gets in front of the jack, Andy, and | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
could make three. Yes, she can. That was perfect. That was created by | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
Ellen's last ball, it was dropped short. And Rebecca will be | :10:04. | :10:05. | |
absolutely delighted with that. There's no way of getting out of | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
this one - a running ball. Here we see Rebecca's third delivery. | :10:10. | :10:12. | |
Touches the jack. Scores three. Perfect ball. Yes, she was happy | :10:13. | :10:26. | |
with that. Timeout called. Ellen has three time-outs remaining. Well. No | :10:27. | :10:35. | |
running ball here on for Ellen. A lot of pressure on it. She's a good | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
strong bias ball. Push it out, give it a chance to get back. It's a long | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
jack length. But she drives the shot, it almost guarantees her the | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
set. But if she misses, well, she's in all sorts of trubling going into | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
the last end. Doesn't want to be too heavy but | :10:54. | :11:21. | |
she's in with a chance here. Doesn't want the gap here. Bowl first. Oh, | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
dropped back for the shot. That was brilliant. Absolutely brilliant | :11:27. | :11:27. | |
ball! APPLAUSE | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
Under pressure, and it looks like the shot to us. Certainly the shot. | :11:32. | :11:39. | |
One red. Oh, that was just a great bowl, really. It is, Andy. I thought | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
she was going through the gap, wanted the ball first, missed that | :11:45. | :11:48. | |
and then she got the drop back. Rebecca will be down in the | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
forehand, she's got a chance to turn the ball out and still make the | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
three or four. Well, this is a hard shot, Andy. It might be worth going | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
stronger. I think she's got to go stronger. Yep, she is. Oh, the body | :12:02. | :12:11. | |
language tells you it's not right! Well, she's not finished yet! She | :12:12. | :12:14. | |
knew that out of her hand it wasn't on the right line. Was hoping for a | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
bit of luck. It's a great ball by Ellen, though. Two last bowls | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
delivery by Ellen, previous end and this end, that are strong favourite | :12:26. | :12:27. | |
for the set. APPLAUSE | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
Set score - 10-7 after 10 ends. Oh, I was going to say - I thought | :12:32. | :13:09. | |
that one had gone. Yeah. Scoot over the top of the carpet and very, very | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
quickly. A lot of players have been caught out with that. The margin for | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
error is obviously greater than in a normal game. This is a three metres, | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
so you'd expect the players to be able throw it full length. I used to | :13:25. | :13:34. | |
remember playing with a two metres tee. This is a three metres tee. | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
That was a wonderful start. Yes, it was moved to a three metres tee to | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
allow the spots to go into better position. Whenever they were | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
introduced to move from a two metres to a three metres. Years ago, it | :13:51. | :13:58. | |
used to be 6ft. Yes. For those who were brought up in a metric world. | :13:59. | :14:12. | |
Well, after Ellen's opening delivery, she doesn't need to build | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
this head up. Yes, that's a good bowl. | :14:19. | :14:24. | |
APPLAUSE Looks like all the weight has been | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
taken off her, the last bowl. Yes, two big last bowls. | :14:31. | :15:04. | |
It's a cover bowl going in on the respot. Just approaching it now. | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
It's very good. It really is very good. | :15:12. | :15:19. | |
APPLAUSE Can't see the respot from the mat. | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
It's remarkable how close they can get sometimes. Yes, very good. Well, | :15:24. | :15:31. | |
Bec's, what will you get back? I think she'll get back OK. It's where | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
the jack goes. Well! Well, it's one, but the chances of picking up a | :15:39. | :15:42. | |
three now can be quite difficult. Yeah. Ellen not studying this hit | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
for too long. She knows it's going to be difficult for Becs, but we see | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
the head. Not a three group together. So it's going to be | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
difficult for Becs. Anything behind will be good. | :15:57. | :16:13. | |
Well, this has got the pace on it. She's all the way up to the jack. It | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
will be good. But even dropping short is a useful bowl. One of those | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
times when a short bowl is very handy to you. A lot depends who's | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
lying third here Andy. Well, Becs has not been studying this for too | :16:31. | :16:39. | |
long. I think it's probably almost a hope here on the forehand. There's a | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
chance to punch the red ball out to get three. That's what she's going | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
for. Hit the target and hope, and a number of red balls moves out. If | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
she make it is gap - oh, too much weight. Oh! The movement of the jack | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
was critical there and then she hit the red ball. If she hadn't hit the | :17:01. | :17:09. | |
red ball, I had a feeling that none would have run off. I was wonder why | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
Ellen was smiling and there had to be a reason. What a great effort, | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
though. A great effort by Rebecca. So after a tight first set, the | :17:21. | :17:25. | |
second was equally close. We join it at the final end of the set. | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
This has been a wonderful game between Ellen Falkner and Rebecca | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
Field. Ellen took the first set - 10-9. Second set, perfectly poised. | :17:36. | :17:45. | |
Going into the last end at 7-7. And this end is going to be interesting | :17:46. | :17:48. | |
in terms of its tactics. APPLAUSE | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
Certainly not be worrying about scoring twos and threes. They just | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
want to win the end. If Ellen wins the end, she takes the title and the | :17:58. | :18:05. | |
trophy. If Rebecca wins the end, we're in a three-end tie break. Two | :18:06. | :18:09. | |
good balls. Doesn't want the jack first. She gets it. Got a bit of a | :18:10. | :18:14. | |
touch off the ball, Andy. That helps. I thought she was going to | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
slice it on to Ellen's. But she held on to it. I agree - if this was | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
almost like a tie-break, it doesn't matter who scores. I think she'll be | :18:25. | :18:36. | |
on to this. I think so. Well... J very controlled. Just trying to | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
control. There's a backball in. Always going to be handy. Yes, I | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
agree. She will attack. She's obviously come down to have a look | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
at this. She'll be positive now - Ellen. Rebecca really can't go near | :18:52. | :18:54. | |
this. Cover shot. Quite rightly. Keeping it wide. | :18:55. | :19:11. | |
Anticipating a drive from Ellen. Good bowl. I'd expect a forehand | :19:12. | :19:31. | |
runner here. Well, interesting - she's using the backhand. Maybe | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
that's because the bowl will come across the centreline better. Close | :19:35. | :19:46. | |
to something. Great effort. Well, I can understand why she played it, | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
but the only thing I don't like about the backhand is the green ball | :19:51. | :19:54. | |
will go on to the jack in the ditch. Correct. Forehand, better chance of | :19:55. | :20:01. | |
whizzing the ball out clean. Looks like a case for the player to pick | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
the hand of the favour. But I think she plays the forehand rather well, | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
Ellen. Slightly surprised there. Again, Becs will be staying away | :20:11. | :20:13. | |
from this. Can't do anything about the head. Yes, going deep again. And | :20:14. | :20:21. | |
just saying to Ellen - if you get this, good on you. | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
APPLAUSE Well, I still think the forehand is | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
off centre, Andy. I think it's going to be a better percentage shot to | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
get to there. 100%. The one thing which I think is an issue for Ellen | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
playing the backhand - if she get it is ball, that jack is going to whizz | :20:40. | :20:42. | |
over to this direction and there's green balls waiting. And she loses | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
the shot. She's stronger on the forehand. I'll be playing this on | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
the forehand. I agree. It's off centre. This is often where the | :20:51. | :20:54. | |
bowls hold out in the forehand. It's a better shot because of that. Well, | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
plenty of time-outs available. If she gets this absolutely right, | :21:00. | :21:09. | |
it's going to be hard to beat. Certainly will. If she catch it is | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
red ball solid, the green will go out and it will be a difficult shot | :21:15. | :21:22. | |
here for Rebecca. So, pick your hand. To me it's fore. Looking at | :21:23. | :21:29. | |
the forehand now. She didn't hear us of course, that's not possible. But | :21:30. | :21:30. | |
it's really is a forehand shot. Mmm... She's looking at this. Very | :21:31. | :21:48. | |
close! Got it! She's got it. On the tap through. She played it to | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
perfection. Didn't get the house side of the bam. Got the solid | :21:55. | :21:57. | |
contact. And run through on to the jack but she's got the shot back and | :21:58. | :22:00. | |
holds a championship lie. This is interesting. Is Ellen's lie | :22:01. | :22:17. | |
one or two. Called. Out We haven't heard anything. It's close for the | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
second. Rebecca has one time-out remaining. I think she'll drive | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
regardless. Hard one to draw, anda. Very hard. This is a runner as well. | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
Just depends how much weight she wants to use. It's a big target in | :22:35. | :22:40. | |
many ways, but the second shot is critical here. I think it's a | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
forehand runner as well. Same ball as Ellen. Yep, going for the heavy | :22:45. | :22:55. | |
shot. No, what's her line like? Oh, it's look like she's under. She's | :22:56. | :23:01. | |
making the gap. It's gone. The match to Ellen Falkner. A wonderful, | :23:02. | :23:04. | |
wonderful game here in the final of the lady's match play. I have to say | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
- Ellen Falkner takes it two sets to nil. But they're big bowls. She did | :23:11. | :23:15. | |
play the important ones in the end. I think it's fair to say Rebecca | :23:16. | :23:23. | |
probably outplayed better slightly, however Ellen, experienced player, | :23:24. | :23:26. | |
played the big shot. Great result for Ellen Falkner. Had a gap of a | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
few years, come back very strong in this event and some tight matches, | :23:31. | :23:37. | |
but 10-9, 8-7 - wonderful final. Rebecca, chat to you first of all. | :23:38. | :23:41. | |
It's very close, but these fine margins went the other way today. | :23:42. | :23:45. | |
How did you feel you played? Yeah, I was pleased overall. I felt I put - | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
I drew well, I put Ellen under a lot of pressure. It was the way to bowl. | :23:50. | :23:54. | |
Ellen had a really brave one in the first set, the conversion for four. | :23:55. | :23:58. | |
If she had caught the other bowl, I probably would have laid three. | :23:59. | :24:00. | |
Massive turn around there. But she was brilliant. So I can't take it | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
away from her. She was brilliant. But you have to be proud of your | :24:05. | :24:08. | |
performance as well. You spoke before the match about how | :24:09. | :24:11. | |
comfortable you were this year. In fairness, that's your third final | :24:12. | :24:15. | |
now in the last four years. Yeah, I love coming here. It's always great | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
just to pop down the road, and, yeah, it's lovely to be here and I | :24:21. | :24:24. | |
have so many people in the crowd. Sorry I didn't do it for you today. | :24:25. | :24:28. | |
You have nothing to be sorry for. Great effort today. | :24:29. | :24:29. | |
APPLAUSE Ellen, congratulations. It's been 10 | :24:30. | :24:36. | |
years since you last won this title. I hate to say that loud. You make me | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
sound old t I'm only 36. That's how good you are from so soon. Give us | :24:43. | :24:46. | |
an idea how you played today. You seem to be on it very early on, and | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
Rebecca fought back. Rebecca played incredibly well. She put me under a | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
lot of pressure. It was a conversion bowl which is were difference, but | :24:56. | :24:58. | |
what a great spectacle of bowls here today and I'm just glad we both | :24:59. | :25:01. | |
performed well in the final. APPLAUSE | :25:02. | :25:10. | |
Yes, ladies and gentlemen - for the third time in her career - the 2016 | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
championship - Ellen Falkner! Chanz So huge congratulations to Ellen | :25:17. | :25:29. | |
Falkner. Champion here once again at Potters. Time now to switch our | :25:30. | :25:32. | |
attention to the singles competition and here is what the draw looked | :25:33. | :25:36. | |
like at the start of play on Thursday. Alex Marshall and Stewart | :25:37. | :25:44. | |
Anderson also through. We're concentrating throw on the match | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
between Darren Burnett and Greg Harlow. Darren Burnett winning the | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
pairs and Micked paired title and also won the singles title back in | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
2014. His opponent Greg Harlow won the title back here in 2010. Also | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
won the Scottish International Open in 2008 and 2015. Ly pick this match | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
up in end 6 with Harlow enjoying the better of the early exchanging and | :26:13. | :26:14. | |
he leads 5-3. Back to second round of the world | :26:15. | :26:32. | |
singles which goes back to nine ends of the first two sets in a three-end | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
tie-break. Finals are 11, of course. But the nine ends all of a sudden | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
seem very short after the 11. Yeah, before you know it, it's coming to | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
the crucial end of the end - end of the set. Been good bowls so far. | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
Both player just dropping a little bit short here. Understandable. | :26:56. | :26:55. | |
APPLAUSE Still has got a lot of running to | :26:56. | :27:22. | |
do. There's a correction made. But only by a foot when he really needed | :27:23. | :27:27. | |
three. Lots of room for Greg if he wants to come around it. One down. | :27:28. | :27:35. | |
Yes, not in the way -- weight. Forced him on to the forehand side. | :27:36. | :27:42. | |
Comfortable play on the side. Knows it's a good draw. Yes, and it's | :27:43. | :27:50. | |
quite remarkable and a lot of players will be playing the backhand | :27:51. | :27:53. | |
but when they moved to the forehand they played good bowls on it. Just | :27:54. | :28:02. | |
like Greg there. Three inches short. Here is Greg's second bowl. Changes | :28:03. | :28:04. | |
to the fore. Draws Expect Greg to follow this one. Just | :28:05. | :28:42. | |
drop on to the red bowl. Drop and side. Make the double. | :28:43. | :28:45. | |
APPLAUSE Very, very good. That's excellent | :28:46. | :29:02. | |
from Greg Harlow. Playing well. In the time delivery. Falls in, gets a | :29:03. | :29:04. | |
touch up. I think Darren is asking whether he | :29:05. | :29:17. | |
has two-thirds. Yes, I think he has. He may be tempted to this just to | :29:18. | :29:22. | |
try to squeeze into the bowl and jack. I tell you what - this is not | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
easy. He's playing the runner. Yep. It's a hard shot. Has he pushed it | :29:28. | :29:32. | |
out wide? I think he has. Close. But it just looked a little bit wide out | :29:33. | :29:36. | |
of the hand. Not much. Connection with the jack would have been | :29:37. | :29:42. | |
perfect but this will be a good opportunity for Greg. Three here. | :29:43. | :29:46. | |
Give himself a bit of gap going into the last three ends. And fully | :29:47. | :29:54. | |
expect him to make this. Well, burnt Burnett's favourite length but he | :29:55. | :29:59. | |
didn't really get two close bowls in. Expect this to be number 3. Well | :30:00. | :30:13. | |
played. Yep. He's not going to make that mistake of dropping short. | :30:14. | :30:15. | |
APPLAUSE Played a perfect bowl. Now he's got | :30:16. | :30:20. | |
that lovely little gap of five shots. | :30:21. | :30:25. | |
And that put Harlow well clear and he went on to win the first set 9-4. | :30:26. | :30:31. | |
And he was also having the better of the second set as we rejoin the | :30:32. | :30:34. | |
action in the eighth end with Harlow leading 6-3. | :30:35. | :30:45. | |
Well, one really good bowl from Greg, and Darren will be in a heap | :30:46. | :30:54. | |
of trouble. Must score realistically a two on this end, give himself a | :30:55. | :30:56. | |
real chance. 15 ends we have played and door ren | :30:57. | :31:12. | |
has only won four. But Greg has been picking them up in singles. | :31:13. | :31:13. | |
APPLAUSE Well, terrenting for Greg. Well, his | :31:14. | :31:28. | |
normal play here would be to be aggressive here. I don't think I | :31:29. | :31:32. | |
would be too aggressive here. Doesn't need to be. I think he's | :31:33. | :31:40. | |
playing a forehand just reaching. Just a matter of missing the bowl. | :31:41. | :31:49. | |
Well, the thin edge put him off the line, but he probably would have | :31:50. | :31:52. | |
been very close to coming right in behind the jack. Clear run he was | :31:53. | :31:58. | |
good there, Greg. Turned his back on it. Turned his back, but it's still | :31:59. | :32:08. | |
running. He knows he's not up, though. Well, Greg can afford to | :32:09. | :32:12. | |
play a little bit more to it this time. Well, jack in the ditch for | :32:13. | :32:22. | |
the game almost here now. Oh, wow! Not sure he'll play with all of that | :32:23. | :32:26. | |
weight, but he'll certainly be playing inside his own short bowl. | :32:27. | :32:31. | |
He is going for it. Likes a forehand runner. He's under. He's taken his | :32:32. | :32:37. | |
own bowl out as well. Still got the other one sitting. He's never going | :32:38. | :32:42. | |
to be more than one down after that. However he's given Darren a chance | :32:43. | :32:52. | |
to score two or three here. This needs to be good. I never read too | :32:53. | :32:58. | |
much into the way Darren reacts after a bowl goes away, because he's | :32:59. | :33:03. | |
often close. He's coming through with that. Well, it's OK. It's OK. | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
Don't think that - he didn't want it there. It's through really. It was | :33:10. | :33:20. | |
really meant to draw the shot. Oh, Greg, you don't need to run at this | :33:21. | :33:27. | |
head. Well, it has to be a draw, surely. Passes his own bowl. Got a | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
thin edge. Can also play the back, and be defensive and try to drop in | :33:33. | :33:36. | |
there if he misses the draw. If he gets into that sort of area, it's | :33:37. | :33:40. | |
got to be close just to stop Darren scoring a double. You know, one shot | :33:41. | :33:46. | |
is not a big issue for him. He's happy to lose one here - Greg. | :33:47. | :33:50. | |
Darren need as three in the last hand. Yes, yes he does. That's why | :33:51. | :33:54. | |
Greg is happy one down. This has just got to be a draw. I think I | :33:55. | :33:59. | |
draw a backhand really. Clear a path to the jack. He's playing the | :34:00. | :34:08. | |
backhand. It's just a draw. Gentlemen, just trying to close the | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
head down, that's all. Just finishes a foot behind. He's happy. Yeah. | :34:14. | :34:21. | |
He's very close to it. He's not behind. So therefore Darren has | :34:22. | :34:25. | |
still got a chance. It's a good bowl, but Darren has to decide | :34:26. | :34:29. | |
whether he wants to take a risk here. It's... He's got to take a | :34:30. | :34:42. | |
risk. He's got to try the trail to the jack. It's there. It's | :34:43. | :34:50. | |
definitely available. Got to give him a chance. He's got to take a | :34:51. | :34:56. | |
chance. I know it's difficult, if he picks a one up, that's not going to | :34:57. | :35:00. | |
be good enough. He's not going to get three in the last end. That's | :35:01. | :35:05. | |
what he's looking at - the angle inside that, to bring the jack into | :35:06. | :35:09. | |
that position. There's no absolutely no reason not to play that. OK, you | :35:10. | :35:17. | |
may just have given the game away - but that's too bad. You got to take | :35:18. | :35:21. | |
a chance. I think the game is gone if he scores just a single. Correct. | :35:22. | :35:26. | |
The way Greg is playing, it's hard to pick up a three. He has picked up | :35:27. | :35:31. | |
a three earlier in the set but it's only one end. So it's a big bowl. | :35:32. | :35:38. | |
It's a difficult one. Sometimes the option is to play across it and a | :35:39. | :35:43. | |
forehand, but I just don't like the look of that. I think he's being | :35:44. | :35:47. | |
positive, I think. I think he's playing the right shot. It will hook | :35:48. | :35:51. | |
away very quickly. He can still get a result. Being tight here. He can | :35:52. | :35:55. | |
get a result here. Edge and the jack for three. He's got a result. Well. | :35:56. | :36:06. | |
He didn't get the three, but it's a fortuitous 2. Set score - 5-6 after | :36:07. | :36:18. | |
eight ends. You cedar ren's last bowl - slightly under. Fortunate | :36:19. | :36:23. | |
result. Picks a two up. He acknowledges it was a little bit | :36:24. | :36:25. | |
lucky. APPLAUSE | :36:26. | :37:09. | |
. He's three inches short of jack high. | :37:10. | :37:20. | |
Greg is still very much in the driving seat. He's effectively | :37:21. | :37:28. | |
carries that one shot over from the first set because Darren must win. | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
He's probably thinking to himself - you can have one, my friend, but no | :37:34. | :37:40. | |
more. Yes. You're right. He's got a little cushion, however his opening | :37:41. | :37:43. | |
ball has put a bit of pressure on. It might just stop the running ball. | :37:44. | :37:49. | |
Darren needs probably a closer shot here. | :37:50. | :37:56. | |
APPLAUSE Just... Well! I earlier thought Greg | :37:57. | :38:12. | |
would take the two bowls out. But at this stage he'll probably still | :38:13. | :38:16. | |
draw. Stick at the draw for the moment Greg. You're on the last | :38:17. | :38:17. | |
delivery. Not quite. It's coming across the | :38:18. | :38:37. | |
red balls. They're close enough that hecle play that forcing shot if he | :38:38. | :38:44. | |
needs it. That would have been better if he hadn't come across the | :38:45. | :38:49. | |
red. Well, two red, Darren needs so make this one count. Greg will be | :38:50. | :38:51. | |
running at the next one, I think. Change of hand. Needs to come back | :38:52. | :39:10. | |
very quickly. Oh, it's good. It's number 3. | :39:11. | :39:13. | |
APPLAUSE A lot of pressure now on Greg. What | :39:14. | :39:21. | |
does he do? Is it a forehand draw or backhand runner? He's been so good | :39:22. | :39:25. | |
at the returners, he really has been. But I think the difficult is | :39:26. | :39:32. | |
now if he's just a foot over the weight in the forehand, Andy, he'll | :39:33. | :39:36. | |
slip on through. Sticking with the forehand. Good choice. Confident in | :39:37. | :39:39. | |
the draw. No reason why he can't draw. He's been playing well enough. | :39:40. | :39:50. | |
Oh, he's close with this. Very close! Very close. Second. Well | :39:51. | :39:56. | |
done. Well done, Greg. Played it well. | :39:57. | :39:58. | |
APPLAUSE Yeah. It's a clap there from Kate. | :39:59. | :40:15. | |
Hard stuff now, Andy! Does he play all the way through it and take the | :40:16. | :40:19. | |
green bowl out? Or does he try to convert the jack through on the | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
forehand? Looks quite a good backhand runner. That's what he's | :40:24. | :40:27. | |
looking at. Yeah. Replace the green bowl. It's a hard shot, though, Andy | :40:28. | :40:31. | |
without bringing that jack out. I agree. I think that's the only thing | :40:32. | :40:35. | |
he's got on here. The forehand is there, but as you know - it | :40:36. | :40:38. | |
struggles to get back when you put it out on a wide line. But Darren | :40:39. | :40:45. | |
Burnett has got one bowl to stay in this championship. He's got one bowl | :40:46. | :40:54. | |
to keep the quest for the treble going, and it's very difficult. It | :40:55. | :40:58. | |
really is. This is a hard, hard shot. However, I think he's got to | :40:59. | :41:03. | |
play the backhand. Try to remove the green bowl. Ooop! Put off his | :41:04. | :41:08. | |
delivery. Still got time. He can take a time-out. Just settle | :41:09. | :41:11. | |
yourself. Take a time-out. Stop clock has been stopped. It has. It | :41:12. | :41:19. | |
has. Restart. Potentially the last bowl of the match. | :41:20. | :41:30. | |
He's gone with a lot of weight. Just needs the green bowl to go out. He | :41:31. | :41:37. | |
looks under. Yes, just a bowl under. Would have been interesting to | :41:38. | :41:42. | |
see... Greg Harlow punches his fist to the air to acknowledge the crowd. | :41:43. | :41:51. | |
And his win today. Played very well. And signs that Darren were coming | :41:52. | :41:55. | |
back, but that great bowl in the last end, Andy. Great bowl from | :41:56. | :41:59. | |
Greg. Greg was a better player, drew better. Darren not quite in the form | :42:00. | :42:04. | |
he was in the beginning of the week. Greg is through. Darren has had a | :42:05. | :42:07. | |
great championship. Disappointment for you, Darren. | :42:08. | :42:10. | |
First of all, can you give us your thoughts on how you played in the | :42:11. | :42:14. | |
first set in particular - how much were you put off by your opponent | :42:15. | :42:19. | |
today? Greg bowled very well. I unfortunately - it's not the way I | :42:20. | :42:24. | |
have been playing. It's my ninth game in the tournament. You can't | :42:25. | :42:28. | |
produce every time. I know at this stage in this event, if you don't | :42:29. | :42:30. | |
produce your best, you'll struggle. I proved I can fight. Greg played | :42:31. | :42:35. | |
the great last bowl. And if I nipped it out we might have been in the | :42:36. | :42:39. | |
tie-break, but Greg thoroughly deserved to win. How would you sum | :42:40. | :42:43. | |
up your time here at Potters? It's fantastic. You know, singles is | :42:44. | :42:51. | |
vitally important. But I can't complain with that. It's been a | :42:52. | :42:54. | |
great couple of week. Certainly has. Disappointed today. But well done on | :42:55. | :42:59. | |
those two trophies. Greg, you seem to be playing very well. The guys in | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
the commentary box were singing your praises the way you were rolling on | :43:04. | :43:07. | |
the first set. It's nice of them. Unusual, but nice of them. I was | :43:08. | :43:11. | |
comfortle out there. I had a good start. That settles any nerves you | :43:12. | :43:15. | |
had. I was finding a good pace. I was feeling good. Time now to bring | :43:16. | :43:19. | |
you action from the match that took place in the morning between | :43:20. | :43:21. | |
19-years-old Connor Cinato, the youngest player still left in the | :43:22. | :43:27. | |
tournament up against a former quarterfinalist Jamie Chestney. They | :43:28. | :43:30. | |
both made it through to the second round with impressive first round | :43:31. | :43:40. | |
wins. Connor Cinato knocked out Andy Thompson, while Jamie Chestney | :43:41. | :43:45. | |
knocked out Jason Greenslade. The Commonwealth Games silver medallist | :43:46. | :43:50. | |
took the early initiative. The teenager limited his losses with his | :43:51. | :43:56. | |
final bowl on end 5. But the Devon bowler was in fine | :43:57. | :44:00. | |
form extending his lead to eight shots. And despite a | :44:01. | :44:07. | |
confidence-boosting two in end 7 for Cinato he couldn't prevent Chestney | :44:08. | :44:11. | |
from taking the first set with an end to spare. Jamie increased the | :44:12. | :44:16. | |
pressure at the start of the second set with a successful drive to win | :44:17. | :44:24. | |
the first end. And when he slid in for a three at end 3, the audience | :44:25. | :44:28. | |
were expecting an early conclusion to the match. Cinato showed why he's | :44:29. | :44:35. | |
such a good prospect with his best bowl of the match to pull two shots | :44:36. | :44:37. | |
back at end 4. But it's misat end 8 confirmed | :44:38. | :44:51. | |
Chestney's passage to the fiefls for the first time in nine years winning | :44:52. | :44:53. | |
10-3, 8-3. And the final match on Thursday was | :44:54. | :45:09. | |
between Les Gillett and Nick Brett. He did get to the smile semifinals | :45:10. | :45:15. | |
here 16 years ago and is seeded number 16. His opponent - his best | :45:16. | :45:23. | |
performance was getting to the semifinals at Potters in 2010. Here | :45:24. | :45:28. | |
is what happened with David Corkill and Robert Paxton. There is Gillett. | :45:29. | :45:37. | |
Levelled the scores now in the second set with two ends to go at | :45:38. | :45:43. | |
5-5. A set he must win to force a tie-break. Left-hander from lest -- | :45:44. | :45:54. | |
Lester. He has really upped his game this second part of the match. | :45:55. | :46:01. | |
Number one - Nick Brett. He'll want to score a single here at the very | :46:02. | :46:06. | |
least and force Les to have to get a double at the last end. A draw isn't | :46:07. | :46:10. | |
good enough. APPLAUSE | :46:11. | :46:36. | |
Well, that's handy. Give him a chance. | :46:37. | :47:01. | |
That can't be believe to keep the two bowls in. But there's a good | :47:02. | :47:09. | |
shoulder to lean on and drop back the jack. He doesn't want to leave | :47:10. | :47:16. | |
it to his last. Definitely not. He's got to pull one out, really. How is | :47:17. | :47:25. | |
he holding? Just on the outside line again. Comes off his own bowl, he's | :47:26. | :47:34. | |
got a chance. Just dropped out. Could be two in this by the looks of | :47:35. | :47:42. | |
it. That's definitely one too many for Les. Nick's deciding to go on | :47:43. | :47:51. | |
the other side to cover things. Just wise. Les can attack these two | :47:52. | :47:59. | |
bowls. I think he has to, to be honest. He can go strong as he | :48:00. | :48:07. | |
wishes. The delicate shot would be just to draw to the jack and move it | :48:08. | :48:13. | |
across. I think he's better to go splitter of the two bowls. That | :48:14. | :48:21. | |
disappears. And that one disappears. If he get it is jack he's probably | :48:22. | :48:24. | |
still going to be in the same situation. He needs to rip the two | :48:25. | :48:29. | |
bowls out. Down the backhand, straight into the split. He'll good | :48:30. | :48:30. | |
enough to play this shot. Just taking his note. Knows it's | :48:31. | :48:46. | |
such a big bowl for him here. Just to keep him in the match really. | :48:47. | :48:52. | |
He's going strong. He's in the air gentleman. Got the jack, I think. | :48:53. | :48:57. | |
Oh, no, what's the result? Well, the bowl is in the ditch. Going to go on | :48:58. | :49:02. | |
the respot. I think he'll probably lie. There's the bowl being marked | :49:03. | :49:14. | |
as a toucher. And they'll check the respot position even though a jack | :49:15. | :49:17. | |
has been put on by Nick. One green. Well, there we go. We couldn't tell | :49:18. | :49:24. | |
from the angle of our camera, but there's one of the green. Exactly | :49:25. | :49:29. | |
the same scenario. Would be a double for Nick. I would expect him to make | :49:30. | :49:36. | |
this. That was unlucky in many ways from Les. Could have bounced about | :49:37. | :49:41. | |
like a pinball and ended up in a better position. He pretty much on | :49:42. | :49:46. | |
target. This needs to stop. Going a bit quick. I think he might have | :49:47. | :49:53. | |
missed this. Wow! That I did not expect. I don't think any of us did | :49:54. | :50:05. | |
really. That could be very costly. A big different of needing turn three | :50:06. | :50:10. | |
in the last end. Obviously it's just one shot from a numerical point of | :50:11. | :50:13. | |
view, but from a psychological point of view, it's massive. Oh, | :50:14. | :50:19. | |
definitely. I mean, threes and fours don't come often, but two - two is | :50:20. | :50:23. | |
certainly gettable. Especially with the last bowl he played as well - | :50:24. | :50:30. | |
from Les. Really close. Oh, it looks in. I think it might just be in. | :50:31. | :50:39. | |
They'll go back and check with a box measure. I love that device. Les is | :50:40. | :50:44. | |
kicking it away, he knows. Two shots - Nick Brett. He's thinking - hasn't | :50:45. | :50:51. | |
really been my night. Any little things here and there, Rob, have | :50:52. | :50:54. | |
just been going slightly against him. Sometimes you make your own | :50:55. | :50:59. | |
luck by the way you play. Nick has got more bowls in the head. You get | :51:00. | :51:03. | |
the touches occasionally for you as well. He's been on target a number | :51:04. | :51:09. | |
of times, and has come out very well. But I think generally when it | :51:10. | :51:13. | |
comes to things like this, the better player has a tendency to get | :51:14. | :51:20. | |
the little edges. It's not always the case, but it's a big difference | :51:21. | :51:22. | |
to Les looking for a three now. It's a good start. Really good | :51:23. | :51:50. | |
start. Les has to make sure everything really is within either a | :51:51. | :52:01. | |
foot or just behind. The intention now is to make sure you're up and | :52:02. | :52:06. | |
just to run through. A good effort from Les here. It's good. It's very | :52:07. | :52:08. | |
tidy in there. This match will complete our | :52:09. | :52:53. | |
quarterfinal line-up for tomorrow. See Alex Marshall taking on Stewart | :52:54. | :52:57. | |
Anderson, Jamie Chestney will take on Robert Paxton. Mathew Orrey | :52:58. | :53:01. | |
qualifier against David Gourlay. And Greg Harlow will take on the winner | :53:02. | :53:13. | |
of this match. Nick will not think he's over the line until the last | :53:14. | :53:18. | |
ball is played. Certainly that loose ball there from Nicky, it's half a | :53:19. | :53:23. | |
chance, but it's made it awkward this second bowl - just dropped it | :53:24. | :53:30. | |
in front. Again, it's not an easy. But it has to be a shot on there. If | :53:31. | :53:35. | |
he gets on to the jack and wants to extend it through, it's great. | :53:36. | :53:38. | |
That's fine. That's a delicate shot. But there's the other shot available | :53:39. | :53:44. | |
- that is the front bowl into it. The problem for Les is that those | :53:45. | :53:49. | |
two shots need different weights Yeah, they're both hard. Both really | :53:50. | :53:55. | |
hard in there. One's quite a delicate shot. The other one is more | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
of an offensive shot. Needs to come in with pace on it. I'd always be | :54:01. | :54:07. | |
looking down the other - down - chipping the bowl past the white. | :54:08. | :54:10. | |
Lifting his own bowl into it. Will do well to get back to that. He's in | :54:11. | :54:15. | |
the area. It's a great offer here from Les. Is he going to get it? | :54:16. | :54:20. | |
It's perfect. That's the only danger I saw in that shot - the green ball | :54:21. | :54:24. | |
coming on to the red. Always going to stop it from going out clean. | :54:25. | :54:30. | |
It's a good bowl, but if you just look - he had to get it plum, he | :54:31. | :54:34. | |
couldn't get it highed is because the jack was moving. To get it plum, | :54:35. | :54:43. | |
it has to hit the back bowl. Still, he's up for a chance if Nick doesn't | :54:44. | :54:48. | |
get in. Dasm. That was certainly the hardest shot he could play on here. | :54:49. | :54:54. | |
A crucial bowl for Nicky here. He's calling the bowl back. He's | :54:55. | :55:10. | |
gives this a go. Is he ever! APPLAUSE | :55:11. | :55:13. | |
Well, that's an absolute beauty. Doesn't matter he's fallen back on | :55:14. | :55:18. | |
the shot. If it's one, that has absolutely no problems at all. There | :55:19. | :55:26. | |
is one shot available here for Les. This could be a very interesting | :55:27. | :55:37. | |
one, but I think he has to play for it. And there's room to get on to | :55:38. | :55:42. | |
this bowl. That will hit the other red bowl. If he hits it on the high | :55:43. | :55:46. | |
side, it keeps it right. But the jack will go off the rink. Fully | :55:47. | :55:50. | |
expect the jack to go there. But that red bowl that he hits in the | :55:51. | :55:53. | |
middle, just in front of the jack, will get on to the green one, push | :55:54. | :55:57. | |
that through, and the jack will go on to the respot position which is | :55:58. | :56:02. | |
here. That's the only shot. Looking for the plant. And it all depends | :56:03. | :56:07. | |
what happens with the two red bowls coming through. That's the key. Yep. | :56:08. | :56:11. | |
No other shot available. That's his only hope. And he's drawing the back | :56:12. | :56:19. | |
hand. I can see what he's trying to do here - he's trying to come around | :56:20. | :56:23. | |
it or come inside on to the green ball and fall back on the... Just | :56:24. | :56:27. | |
up. I thought he would have taken a chance on that one. Yeah. Ang the | :56:28. | :56:30. | |
looked good to be honest. But didn't fancy it. Nicky getting over the | :56:31. | :56:34. | |
line 2-0 and fully deserved. APPLAUSE | :56:35. | :56:40. | |
Absolutely. And the crowd showing acknowledgment of the match around | :56:41. | :56:44. | |
for the world number 1 getting through against Matt Gillett. World | :56:45. | :56:47. | |
number 15. Good effort by Les Les in the second set. But Nicky controlled | :56:48. | :56:53. | |
the match for most of it. Still had to play a good bowl in the last end. | :56:54. | :57:00. | |
Certain amount of pressure there. He would be happy to get through this | :57:01. | :57:02. | |
match. So here is the confirmed line-up for | :57:03. | :57:09. | |
the quarterfinals of the singles of the World Indoor Bowls Championships | :57:10. | :57:11. | |
2016. Marn Marshall against Stewart Anderson. Jamie Chestney takes on | :57:12. | :57:16. | |
Robert Paxton. Mathew Orrey versus David Gourlay and Greg Harlow will | :57:17. | :57:22. | |
play Nick Brett. But now the moment you have all been waiting for - it's | :57:23. | :57:34. | |
Corky's shot of the day. It cams from the laid yes match. | :57:35. | :57:38. | |
Ellen Falkner is down. She really needs to make a big bowl with this | :57:39. | :57:42. | |
one and she plays the perfect running shot. | :57:43. | :57:48. | |
On the backhand, into the green bowl, wasn't doing her good really | :57:49. | :57:52. | |
but bowl on the jack and she runs through and lifts it four shots that | :57:53. | :57:57. | |
she needs to give her a very, strong position to move into the last two | :57:58. | :58:01. | |
ends. It was a brilliant ball. With weight and control and she won the | :58:02. | :58:08. | |
first set. And Corky has earnt a goodnight's | :58:09. | :58:12. | |
rest. Here is what's coming up on BBC on Friday: | :58:13. | :58:27. | |
Really cannot wait to see how those quarterfinals unfold here. On the | :58:28. | :58:36. | |
blue rink of Potters, but we'll leave you with images with Ellen | :58:37. | :58:40. | |
Falkner. She had to wait 10 years to get her hands out on the trophy. And | :58:41. | :58:45. | |
right now she's out celebrating and deservedly so. From us here at | :58:46. | :58:47. | |
Potters - bye, bye. You saying you're not a tax haven? | :58:48. | :58:55. | |
We're not a tax haven at all. You've got to please turn off | :58:56. | :58:58. | |
the camera. | :58:59. | :59:00. |