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Hello everyone and welcome to highlights from the world's indoors

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championship. During the week, there are four trophy ones on the line and

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the best players in the world are here for the one tournament that

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matters most. The biggest was always the biggest champion was here at

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Potters. I still get butterflies. Just as soon as I walk in, I feel so

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relaxed. Yes, it's a place I've always loved. I have been very

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successful here. I use it as my second home. The crowd appreciate

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great bowls, also, it is a surface where you if are not on your game,

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it's a very lonely place to be. But it's a wonderful place to play and

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you just hope that everything goes right for you when you are out

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there. Very close. Got it! (APPLAUSE)

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. The world singles here is the biggest title you can win in bowls

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to be honest. I watch it every year on the telly, my dad has done it. I

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really wanted to be here. The first year to qualify and to win it was

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fantastic. We all play bowls for one thing to walk away at Koch. Potters

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is the best venue we play at. No chateau of a cloud. We have got the

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-- sho shadow of a doubt. The crowd Noah got should. You get boat ends

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of the coin, a little bit of interaction is fantastic. The 2016

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world indoors single champion, Nikki Brett. The first stpl The first

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final of the week comes in the pairs, Jason and les this is how the

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pairs got to the final. Less Gillett ---less es Gillett and Danielsome

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onhad to over couple Nikki Brett, Jamie and Mark Dows. The first set

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of the finals was hard fought and eventually shared. We are going to

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join the action in the second set with Greenslade and Gillett. In the

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second shot. Big run, JAson, hurry, hurry. I

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don't think this is running enough. He popped in for a fourth one. I

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think that's what he was looking for. He popped the red ball down and

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tapped the target away. He hit the target here. Good chance of getting

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a result as well. Oh, is he under? One away. That's just not as good

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now as it was. Live in the ditch, go again. It's almost a resignation of

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deer owe deer -- dear oh dear things have committed now. He has committed

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to playing the attacking shot with three against him. Play it again,

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Jays. It could be four. He looks good for four. He has to go for it.

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He has to gamble. He has only got one ball in there but he has to

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gamble in there four ready would say would probably be enough to get the

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guys over the line. Yes, I think it would. He cannot drop a four here.

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It's not a big drive, it's quite controlled. We can't see it on the

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screen but there is a back toucher in the ditch. Close.

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Well, oh, that's good. That's a good result. Very good result. I think he

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has got the shot. Great strike. He played that one well. He played it

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more aggressively with a little bit more green. He let the ball do the

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work. What are you doing? I think he is going to try and draw the closest

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ball, I think, David? There is at least five feet. There is, yeah. If

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it was closer to the ditch, he may be tempted to run the ball off but I

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think he can draw this. Good strike. Very good strike. Courageous bowl.

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He was four down. The thing about being four down, it makes your mind

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up, doesn't it? Yes, it does. He knew that he had to hit it. He hit

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it perfectly. We didn't see the over -- now we can see the overhead shot

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of the jack on the screen. Touch it with the red ball is in the ditch.

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The umpire has slightly indicated green. Steady, steady. Steady. It

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looks pretty good to me. (APPLAUSE) . Great ball from Jason. It didn't

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look as if it was heavy. I am not sure whether this is two shots or

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not. I wasn't worried. Of course you weren't worried, lads. You were just

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shut shouting "Steady." If it's one shot, he will have to drop the

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second shot. I think most people have suggested it's only one. So I

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think it's probably worth a run, take the ball out. Well, will he

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play the courageous shot, Andy? Two yards running. Punch the ball and

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stay? I think he would go faster. He will try and take the ball out.

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As you can see, he is a quietly determined type of player. You can

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see that in his eyes. Too wide. Yep, too wide. It looked wider. It's very

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important that this is only one shot for the Welsh pair. One shot against

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them. Two shots down with two ends to go is very doable. Oh yes. Three

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is hard. There is a little bit of the bowls kit.

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It's the angle of the jack coming down. It's not a bad angle. The

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ditches aren't really deep. No, they are not too deep, David He will get

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that absolutely right and lock it off. Very accurate.

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It's not in. It's only, just the one. I think everybody was right. We

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hadn't counted on this one. I don't think it's in. No, I don't think so.

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One to red. Yep. Which he will be quite relieved about, to be fair to

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Jason and les, they don't need it at that end. They dominated the last

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two or three ends, haven't they? Absolutely. Those two ends really in

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particular. People may be thinking why they haven't got a Sonic measure

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there to sort things out when the jack is in the ditch, you can't see

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it. That would be useful to have a Sonic measure in that situation. But

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we have tried them. They don't work. I was going to say, they have been

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discarded quite quickly, haven't they Absolutely. Very rapidly they

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were put away. But there is a lot of people who thought they would work.

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That's OK. Nothing wrong with that opinion at all. I've got two of them

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lying in my store at home. They will be antique some time! Right, Les,

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all we need is one good bowl. Favourites of the scoreless end.

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(APPLAUSE). Some of us do get a good look at a

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umpire's kit. Some of the stuff in there is quite Rye markable. Little

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cap pers and other things, ultimately when you really study it,

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a lot of the stuff is based on the beginning. Of when they were

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developed. Yes, yes. We got it right at the start. Callipers have been

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around for a Elong Elong time. -- a long time. The box was invented in

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the early 1900s. It hasn't improved anything from the umpires point of

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view. So it reverts back to what it was like. Exactly. You will not find

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a battery-operated anything in there. There won't be a microchip

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insight! He did exactly the same the last end. He played a good bowl.

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Give us a chance. He has just won the Leeds battle and that has given

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them the control I think you are right, Jason. You

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can't improve. Absolutely. I think, Jason is the solution is this:. Just

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do what you want. Do what you want to do, Les. I think Jason is right.

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Don't worry about me. It is hard work at times. He is entertaining is

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Les. He funny at times. He really sis. I think Jason has called it

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correctly. They don't need to hold the head up any more. Wow, he sneaks

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around the green ball. That's not bad. It's probably more of a reflex,

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he doesn't get a word in with the four girls at home. That's what it

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is. Damon, this is going to be a good call. What are you going to ask

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him to play? He is still asking for the draw. He needs to win this end.

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Yes, they do. They can't afford to go chasing. They need to score even

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the one. They need to score. 5/0 down, 6-0 up to down. It's just a

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problem. He feels it sliding away. All of a sudden, that has made the

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head bigger. This may help Damien. I think if I was Jason, I would be

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covering the spot. 7-5 down. That's why I said they need to score this

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end. Come on, Jays. Come on, lad. Get up.

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Come on, Jays. Hurry now. One more go. One more go. One more go. Well

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played, mate, They are really going for the win

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here, trying to get that double. Yes. Damien was always going to

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strike this. Se. They are really going for the win

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here, trying to get that double. Yes. Damien was always going to

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strike this. He has got the shot. It is not bad. He has gone under the

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ditch. A nice shot there, Jase. His own ball has been so far away at the

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angle, it doesn't even come into it. He wanted the red but he has opened

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it up. He has. He has done well. This will hard to get to though. I

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don't think would be easy. Jason is favourite here because of the lie.

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Not only the lie, but he also has that little wobble in his balls

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which hold up the line a little bit more. Les is... Two yards away.

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Normally that would be an easy one to beat Andy. It's not really that

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easy. I think he has to throw the ball -- he has to throw the ball

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down. Ignore the ball in the way. I hope he finds a clear path. The line

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The line looks good. I think it looks got. It is whether there is

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too much Jake. Surely not the jack. What a bowl. What a shot. You have

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to say - look at the smile. That was perfect. He didn't go in the ditch.

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That was the perfect bowl. Absolutely brilliant. (APPLAUSE)

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. They are definitely scoring one. Ant didn't he need it. That delivery

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of Damien's perfect ball. Wow. Wow. You could say that if you had missed

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the jack, the jack probably stopped him going in but you have to give it

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a chance. He did. It was brilliant. Les can't believe it.

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It's impossible now for Jason to skoll here. -- score here. He will

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try and wing it off here or try and edge it off or stay in his place. I

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think he is trying to get a good second in, there is at least two

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yards for Damien to score a double. He is calling it. No, it's better

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than the previous ones. Oh. Same ball again from Damien. Same line,

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same weight, he will rest his own for a double. It's not a given of

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course but he can afford to be aggressive. Yeah, he can. A touch

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will not go very far apart from in the ditch. So... He doesn't want to

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drop shot. Certainly out wide. He needs a clear run. Has he caught the

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red? I think he has. Did no, just too heavy. That was always the

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weight. You can understand. He could afford to reach it but it's a

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single. (APPLAUSE) . Well now, talk about a close game.

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Last end 7/6. Previous set, 7/7. The chances of the tie break are slim

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but maybe I was wrong, David I think the chances are now greater now.

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Absolutely. So rare to get two drawn sets but a fair reflex of the game

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in many ways because those boys were good for a long part of it but I

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have to say, Jason and Les have really come back. The last two ends,

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they have been the better pair, Jason and Les. I'm talking about the

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Welsh pairs, the qualifiers am You will get a few letters from your

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Welsh fans. I love going to Wales, I miss it! A few good years over

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there. The very last year and I miss the Welsh masters - Welsh Masters.

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It was always a good trip down to Wales.

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Daniel, in the area. He needs the ball. Yes. Got the shot. (APPLAUSE)

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. Perfect. He will be very happy with that one.

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There is trouble there, isn't there? As soon as you can, lad? Sorry. As

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close as you can. I don't think that's a good call because really

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it's - I would be surprised if that ball stays for the whole of the end.

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Yeah, I think eventually there will be a ticking at this -- tucking at

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this but Jason is building the head up first. We are at the stage where

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he can't lose the match. Jason is happy.

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He could do well to play this on the other side. It's resting on the red

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ball. If he misses it, it's on his fore ground. If he gets into good

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position. Certainly here, he is very close to drawing another here. Well

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played. Don't bring it out. Fantastic. That was brilliant. He is

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almost none Champions League ant the way he gets the ball a-- nonchalent

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the way he brings the ball around. It's a bit early for them but they

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will take it. He wants to force Les into playing the wide shot, there is

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no point in trying to draw a close one there. None Champions League ant

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the way he gets the ball a-- nonchalent the way he brings the

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ball around. It's a bit early for them but they will take it. He wants

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to force Les into playing the wide shot, there is no point in trying to

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draw a close one there. He got that away early? Across the ball here. He

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won't be going near this. He will see the positions and see where the

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jack has gone, down the inside line. Jase will be right at this. It will

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be curious to see what happens? Will they go defensive by putting a short

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ball and protecting? Do they go into position? I think they go into

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position. I think they will go deep, David The two players coming down

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the last end, they are very knowledgeable. He is definitely

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trying to come deep. Yes. Not worried about the respot just at the

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moment. It's the deep ball covering the ditch. Jason will play. Jason is

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quite -- Jason quite simply has to strike this. He is calling it a

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drop. He is not too far away. He is too high. He has taken his own ball.

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That's a problem, has he lost the two balls? Oh dear. That makes it

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harder. That really makes a massive difference by taking that ball off.

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He has. He has got three balls at the edge and one ball on the rink. I

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don't know how Jason is going to get the shot now? He has to do something

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with this delivery, Jason has. If he misses this one, I think it's gone.

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So do I. I think it's impossible to score there, despite the perfect

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draw. I think it's very wise in that situation. You do not go near. You

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just play position and leave it. Right. Right, Jason, this ball has

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to do something. He is better, he is much better.

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Jack. Well played, Matt. He did well to get the two balls. I thought by

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getting the two balls he had to take his own out completely. One down,

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Jason will be very happy with that result He certainly will. I thought

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the jack must strike. That was a good Jock. -- jack. -- That is a

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very good result and a good strike, a pressure roll. A pressure strike.

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He is the right man for it, Jase. You would expect Damien to draw

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another? Can you imagine the nerves? 27, going down to draw for game. I

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bet he wishes he was wishing for game but he will be lying. He has

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effectively drawing for game on the rink. Look at this. Look. A little

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bit tense. Just a little bit. Right, Damien, how close are you

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going to get? Well.. Has he missed it? Has he missed it. He is OK I

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think. Just OK. Well, he is in there for two. But it's a long way away.

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Jase, yes, quite rightly, he is - he was going up to the head and he has

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come back, just composed himself. Just take your time. Take your time.

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I think Damien was looking for something win 6 inches there to

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grarn tee a drawn set. Yes. Jason couldn't -- guarantee a drawn set.

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Jason couldn't get it. With all of his experience, Andy, you have to

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say, you will expect him to get it. Normally the player would say

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something. Les isn't even looking at the moment. Is he running? I don't

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think he is up. Hurry. Hurry, Jase. Hurry, hurry. He is there, my

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gdness, he is there. -- goodness. I thought that was dropping short but

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he just managed to get there. (APPLAUSE)

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. Big hugs all around. Is Les Gillett who have won the world

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pairs. Good work. What a great game, Andy. Fantastic game. I must admit.

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Jason, when he let that ball go i didn't think he was running. What a

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pressure goal. Delighted for the pair of them. Les, you won it 16

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years ago, alongside Martin, what is the difference this time around? It

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raise Um, I think I've enjoyed it more with Jason to be fair, he has

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been quite challenging at times. I am going to have to ask you to

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explain that? He is very frustrating. He seems to bowl a few

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wayward ones and finds the good ones when it matters. At the end of the

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day, he played absolutely a brilliant last end. He has won us

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the game, thank you very much, Jase. Did you describe your relationship

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as a father-son relationship. Jason does but he is older than me, so...

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Yeah, the father has got a bottle of whiskey in his room, we are drinking

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that later. Absolutely, you deserve it. Ladies and gentlemen, one more

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time, it the 2017 just championship, Less Gillett and Jason. So he has

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his hands on the second trophy, 16 years after his first one. Well done

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to both of them. We are switching your attention to the singles. This

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is how the draw looked in the top half. Nikki Brett still,. Other big

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names through to the second round, Stuart Anderson, David guerrilla lay

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and -- Gurley. You can see Robert packs dd Paxton. He got through.

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Debbie Wilfried from New Zealand defeated another seed, Mark Royal.

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We will start our singles coverage, with Les Gillett. And More than 20

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years separated these two men, as Tom Warner making his debut in the

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world champions. It was the 25-year-old who started the

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strongest. A good last in the third end helping Warner build up a 6-2

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lead against an opponent who looked a little out of sorts. Gilletts best

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result in the finals was making the finals in 16 years ago. He got a

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valuable single to reduce the deficit to one shot going into the

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last end. He completed a great turn around with this finally judged last

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ball. To take the set. A tax advisor, Warner pasted his

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accountancy examples last week and he made significant games getting

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off to a perfect start with a full house. But Gillett used all his

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experience to patiently make his way into the bowls, leading 6-8, he

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played a great final bowl to take the match 7-6, 10-6 and secure his

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place in the second round. So, it was a good Monday for Les. Up next,

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Nikki Brett up against Andrew Kyle. And it was Brett as expected he made

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a confident start, but Kyle fought back in the second and leads 8-4 as

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we join the action Two fast players. The tie breaker

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may slow down just a little bit as they use up their time outs.

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I guess Nicky's target here will be a minimum of two.

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That's a good opener. Perfect opener. Oh, is it ever, a back

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toucher. That's exactly what he needed.

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He has played this back hand well, what is it like this time? Slightly

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up. The winter of this -- the winner of this match has Charles waiting

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for him, he had a fantastic win over Mark Dawes. Yes, he played very

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well. Looking forward to seeing him play again. It just shows what the

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opportunities are. No matter what age you are, you can still play in

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the qualifiers and make your way through to play against the best in

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the world. He has been here, he has had a long stay here, practising

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hard and playing well. Still looking for a closer second shot here. He is

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one down. I think he would be Hany to lose a one on this end. End. --

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Hany to lose one on this happy to lose one on this -- Nicky needs to

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make it three. He needs a double. It looks on the high line. He has

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missed it by a bit of a distance, actually. It's not like him. No, he

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has not been deadly today, Nicky. Hany to lose one on this -- Nicky

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needs to make it three. He needs a double. It looks on the high line.

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He has missed it by a bit of a distance, actually. It's not like

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him. No, he has not been deadly today, Nicky. Every ball from Andy

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at this end has been better than the previous delivery. This one hasn't.

:31:37.:31:40.

A chance for Nicky to score a double. This type of game and the

:31:41.:31:43.

calibre of Nick Brett, you expect him to make this. He has to really

:31:44.:31:48.

get in to get the double and give himself a chance in the last end. We

:31:49.:31:52.

are looking for two in the last end, looking for three. That's tough.

:31:53.:31:55.

Remember, he doesn't have to actually win the set. He just has to

:31:56.:31:59.

draw it. That will be enough to get him over the line. Better this one.

:32:00.:32:06.

Will he bend? Yeah, that's good enough. Well played. A good bowl.

:32:07.:32:12.

Really good bowl. He gives them a bit of a sniff in the last end of...

:32:13.:32:19.

Getting the double and avoiding the tie break which is somewhere he

:32:20.:32:22.

doesn't want to be. You feel from Nick's point of view,

:32:23.:32:57.

he needs a good opener. Just a little bit of extra pressure on

:32:58.:33:02.

Andy. If he gets this one within a foot, there will be a slight

:33:03.:33:07.

disturbance. I think there was some movement from the crowd. It's so

:33:08.:33:11.

easy because it is so quiet out there. We will get some movement

:33:12.:33:16.

when it gets around about tea time. I think the chap has settled in his

:33:17.:33:22.

seat now. There we are. You always have -- you don't always have to

:33:23.:33:26.

have your own seat, Andy. It's booked from last year. Yeah. They

:33:27.:33:33.

get their tails down there first thing in the morning.

:33:34.:33:38.

That's a good opener. Exactly what Nicky wanted.

:33:39.:33:57.

Having a look. Well, played, Andy. Very well played. That's a very good

:33:58.:34:09.

reply. He doesn't show very much in terms of his body language, Andy, he

:34:10.:34:15.

is always pretty calm. Yes, hes Nicky is attacking this. Will he

:34:16.:34:20.

bend in time? I think he has got his own ball. Yeah. That's another

:34:21.:34:25.

beauty as well. That offers all sorts of opportunities. He doesn't

:34:26.:34:30.

want Andy's ball to drop down, he wants it to stay up right. I think

:34:31.:34:35.

Andy has to stay away from this. I think he has to go wide from the

:34:36.:34:45.

back hand I don't think he is running. He might just do some

:34:46.:34:52.

damage to nicky, this. He can get around. I think the ball is very

:34:53.:34:58.

nullenerable. Even if you had crunched it in, it may have been

:34:59.:35:03.

better because that ball is just sitting there waiting to be removed.

:35:04.:35:07.

Nick is chasing this. I am not sure if he has the weight though. He

:35:08.:35:12.

won't get back in time. He is very close now. Great ball. That's a

:35:13.:35:15.

super shot. Great ball. That's a champion shot beings, that one.

:35:16.:35:19.

That's why I thought Andy needed another one in, it was just too

:35:20.:35:28.

vulnerable. He pushes the green out. Live too and lies game. It had to be

:35:29.:35:32.

played. There is no doubt about that but you don't dismiss Nick Brett

:35:33.:35:36.

when it comes to a shot like that. So... T A great ball from Nicky. He

:35:37.:35:42.

will have to attack this. I am trying to see his own front ball

:35:43.:35:46.

won't help but I think he can make it OK. He had a great short ball.

:35:47.:35:51.

Slightly in the way. So this is slightly awkward. It's not an easy

:35:52.:35:56.

drive. He has got to be positive. Yeah, absolutely. Two or three shots

:35:57.:36:01.

doesn't make any difference if it's three. He may consider the draw.

:36:02.:36:08.

That's a big call. Is this the running ball with the crazy weight?

:36:09.:36:13.

No, oh dear. Forehand. That's not the right shot. No, That's the

:36:14.:36:19.

lowest percentage shot that there is really. That's a one, it has to be

:36:20.:36:28.

two, doesn't it? I think so. Jugs the way he played. Oh -- just the

:36:29.:36:34.

way he played. It must be two. I thought he would have played the

:36:35.:36:39.

forehand to open up the jack just to get a look at it. Not a back hand

:36:40.:36:45.

runner with about two yards away. That's so difficult.

:36:46.:36:52.

I think Nicky is blocking the - he has blocked the back hand draw.

:36:53.:36:59.

That's definitely two shots against him. He must be looking for the

:37:00.:37:03.

jack. If he gets the jack, the chances are that he Gil through with

:37:04.:37:07.

it and probably just lose a single. That's probably what he is looking

:37:08.:37:11.

for. He can see it from the mat so that makes a lot more sense. I think

:37:12.:37:17.

he under played it, that was all. Most positive. It looks too wide.

:37:18.:37:22.

That's not going to get back. It's all over. Well, Nicky Brett was

:37:23.:37:27.

tested all the way in this match. It was fair to say he has picked up a

:37:28.:37:32.

double there. Which just gets through with two doubles and the

:37:33.:37:36.

fast two ends. The same ways as he did in the first set by getting two

:37:37.:37:41.

doubles to win the set. But it's the defending champion who gets over the

:37:42.:37:44.

line into the second round. He will be a very relieved man. Andy will be

:37:45.:37:50.

pleased with his performance, just a little bit walk order. Andy Kyle

:37:51.:37:56.

will be play, Nicky Brett will be delighted to make the second round.

:37:57.:38:02.

The champion is alongside me. . I was chatting to corky, I was asking

:38:03.:38:07.

him how difficult this match would be? He expected you to come through

:38:08.:38:11.

and per Squire through the match. Do you feel like you have done that?

:38:12.:38:16.

Just about, per Squire is a good way of putting it -- % pyre, that's a

:38:17.:38:22.

polite way of saying it. - when I did get in, I wasn't getting in with

:38:23.:38:27.

a second one. He played some good stuff, One of the things people

:38:28.:38:30.

always talk about how much more difficult it is to come back as a

:38:31.:38:35.

defending champion. People say it's a lot harder to do that than win the

:38:36.:38:40.

title the first time. Early thoughts on the pressure that the title

:38:41.:38:44.

brings as you come back this year to Potters? The first round is always

:38:45.:38:47.

difficult. When you've won it the year before. Everyone is looking how

:38:48.:38:52.

you do second time round. Yeah, very difficult, lots more pressure but

:38:53.:38:56.

you have to find a few more good ones I am aa afraid. More action,

:38:57.:39:04.

Alex Marshall is up against Robert Chisholm on his third experience

:39:05.:39:08.

here. Nicky Brett has now moved into the documentary Bock alongside David

:39:09.:39:16.

to tell us how this unfolded -- commentary box along said David to

:39:17.:39:23.

tell us how this unfolded 13/1 was the score in the first set for Alex

:39:24.:39:27.

Marshall. He was relentless in his play and he has continued ever

:39:28.:39:32.

since. Having a little think about. He brings the mat back another foot

:39:33.:39:35.

or so. That's a midlength this time. That

:39:36.:40:00.

length, 26.5 metres. Minimum distance, 23, maximum, 26.5. There

:40:01.:40:06.

is something not right about this. First delivery, he hasn't pushed it.

:40:07.:40:11.

Not quite. A couple of feet. He would have known as soon as he let

:40:12.:40:30.

it go as he did. I was actually watching Robert's delivery with that

:40:31.:40:35.

ball and he it was one of the rare times that he has actually followed

:40:36.:40:38.

through after the ball left his hand. He followed through the line.

:40:39.:40:43.

He has been whipping his hand across on quite on few deliveries. On On

:40:44.:40:49.

the hole, he has a very nice delivery. Everything is right. I

:40:50.:40:54.

have noticed a few times he has whipped the hand across. That one

:40:55.:40:56.

was perfect in every way. Just that little whip at the end. I

:40:57.:41:18.

haven't noticed that before with Robert. No. The straight follow

:41:19.:41:22.

through has a tendency to give you the line and it's almost like you

:41:23.:41:27.

are pushing the ball through on the pendulum. That little whip, well,...

:41:28.:41:37.

It happens after delivery. It just doesn't look right for him. No. The

:41:38.:41:46.

straight follow through has a tendency to give you the line and

:41:47.:41:50.

it's almost like you are pushing the ball through on the pendulum. That

:41:51.:41:53.

little whip, well,... It happens after delivery. It just doesn't look

:41:54.:41:57.

right for him. If he can find another good one here,

:41:58.:41:59.

That looks slightly better coming out of the hand but he is still

:42:00.:42:08.

struggling for weight. There is something not right there.

:42:09.:42:24.

Alex Marshall has already had a very super smooth delivery but you can

:42:25.:42:31.

see the hand just follows all the way through the line before it comes

:42:32.:42:40.

up. Not far away or just not happening. I don't think the whip is

:42:41.:42:45.

too bad. It has got to the edge but there's another chance. Not exactly

:42:46.:42:54.

a an easy spare opportunity but dots do dots the body language was saying

:42:55.:43:03.

he didn't like it. The body line was better. That was a much previous

:43:04.:43:07.

effort than his other ones. He certainly gave him a chance. It was

:43:08.:43:13.

getting to the stage of a must-count.

:43:14.:43:16.

It's a funny old game when you think about it, Nicky, he is 3 behind,

:43:17.:43:23.

three ends to go. Two singles and a double. He suddenly is into a tie

:43:24.:43:30.

break. Yeah, as you said before, total number of shots, he is some

:43:31.:43:38.

way behind but if he wins all three ends... Four ends. ... Three ends to

:43:39.:43:49.

go and it's 5-2, but those - no sort of spare a shots, no matter how

:43:50.:43:53.

difficult they are, you need to be taking them to give yourself a

:43:54.:43:59.

chance. He needs to win this one. He is just not getting through the ball

:44:00.:44:04.

for some reasons. We would set and the ball is not getting through the

:44:05.:44:12.

ball to push it on. Yeah, they look a number of bowls at that distance

:44:13.:44:18.

or six inches closer than. Alex has just managed to sneak inside with

:44:19.:44:26.

one of his four. Now is a chance. He must take advantage of this.

:44:27.:44:40.

Certainly looks better. (APPLAUSE). UMPIRE: Your ball. :

:44:41.:45:27.

A wider line with this one, a perfect pace needed to come down.

:45:28.:45:39.

(APPLAUSE). You get a loose end, this may be it.

:45:40.:46:00.

Got a feeling that Robert needs to get this one in or hide the jack

:46:01.:46:09.

away. Alex is getting there. Him touching the jack would favour

:46:10.:46:14.

Robert to make a three. It's the first time that Alex has been under

:46:15.:46:21.

any sort of pressure in this match. That one, he just seemed to... Pull

:46:22.:46:27.

his arm back. Yeah, it's just a little hold back. It's as if he has

:46:28.:46:31.

gone too far and he has. Alex has had a look at the back hand

:46:32.:46:44.

to see if there is anything worth worthwhile. He is getting closer

:46:45.:46:48.

with every delivery. If he gets a shot here, it will be very, very

:46:49.:46:54.

hard. Yeah, Robert - if Alex draws one here, he will need five in two.

:46:55.:47:10.

Alex encouraging this one forward, not going to make it.

:47:11.:47:22.

UMPIRE: 1 shot, Robert Chris home. -- Chris only. He has just nudged

:47:23.:47:29.

his way forward, He is still Changing in there. Is it possible?

:47:30.:47:47.

Isholm. -- Chisholm. He has just nudged his way forward, He is still

:47:48.:47:50.

Changing in there. Is it possible? Still needs a double at some stage.

:47:51.:47:54.

It's a bit like a player coming back in snooker, isn't it? Somewhere

:47:55.:47:58.

along the line he is looking to get some sort of a snooker against his

:47:59.:48:03.

opposition. He would like to get the two this time. He wants to go into

:48:04.:48:09.

the last end. One end shoot out for the set. That's basically what it

:48:10.:48:13.

means would be. That's - well, that's - I think that's his best

:48:14.:48:15.

start I think. Well even after losing shots at

:48:16.:48:36.

short jack lengths, Roberts is still persisting. It is good that he is.

:48:37.:48:41.

He hasn't allowed himself to put himself off. He has obviously come

:48:42.:48:45.

in with a game plan and he is going to stick with it. He - whenever he

:48:46.:48:51.

has had the jack, he has been moving things around a bit. He just needs

:48:52.:48:59.

to hurry a little bit. Yeah. This set is much more than what we

:49:00.:49:20.

expected in the first set to be honest. It's certainly a lot closer

:49:21.:49:25.

which Robert will be very happy about. Absolutely. You lose the

:49:26.:49:29.

first set, you want to be competitive in the second. He has

:49:30.:49:35.

been. He is digging deep. He is trying to say to Alex, you have to

:49:36.:49:40.

win it rather than me give it to you. Like I said earlier on, it was

:49:41.:49:47.

5-1, he played a good bowl and Alex put four inside it. It was a very,

:49:48.:49:52.

very third ball. I think Alex may be tempted to run this and take the

:49:53.:49:57.

danger away. I will be surprised if he doesn't. That's - that sort of

:49:58.:50:03.

distance, it's a very tempting proposition.

:50:04.:50:13.

He got something. Oh my goodness, no movement on the jack. That surprised

:50:14.:50:21.

me. It will surprise Alex as well. He would have thought that any

:50:22.:50:24.

contact would have got some movement from the jack. Roberts will be

:50:25.:50:37.

looking to repeat the dose. -- Robert will be looking to repeat the

:50:38.:50:41.

dose. He has dropped back. I am not sure

:50:42.:50:53.

that's it. I will be surprised if it is. Well, it's not too far away but

:50:54.:51:06.

I think it's just the one. They will have a look before they... That

:51:07.:51:14.

should mean Alex will just draw this. Well, he won't want to drive

:51:15.:51:19.

the jack in the ditch and his bowl go offer.

:51:20.:51:27.

This is almost a bowl for match. He would need to score four shots in

:51:28.:51:36.

the last end. If Alex draws this... What a good line this is. Oh. Great

:51:37.:52:00.

effort. Oh. He wasn't far away. Rob would have been concerned halfway

:52:01.:52:10.

down. Fwh all credit to Robert Chris -- all credit to Robert. He threw

:52:11.:52:18.

the anchor out. He played the shots, he play - that's just one double

:52:19.:52:22.

right at the start, the first end. That has been very tight. A double

:52:23.:52:28.

on this end and we are into a tie break. Robert will be looking for

:52:29.:52:34.

another good start like he did last end.

:52:35.:52:59.

(APPLAUSE) . That qufs as OK. -- that qualifies

:53:00.:53:07.

as OK. UMPIRE: 7 inch gap. A 7 inch gap,

:53:08.:53:13.

that's enough to make it there. I think Alex would have preferred to

:53:14.:53:18.

be playing the back hand but... This forehand has been holding off a

:53:19.:53:21.

little bit. Similar again, really. Didn't quite

:53:22.:53:30.

get back to the centre. It's useful but it wasn't what he

:53:31.:53:54.

was playing for. It could come in handy later on. If he has to play

:53:55.:53:57.

that, it will be difficult. Oh, was that enough of that ball, or

:53:58.:54:18.

has it dropped it out? It has dropped it out. Yeah. On the red,

:54:19.:54:25.

I'll take. He is still there. A little turn of the jack around the

:54:26.:54:29.

corner, he will make the double. Draw a good one and hope he just

:54:30.:54:33.

touches it enough. He has got decent weight for this.

:54:34.:54:49.

It's a roll off the ball. Not quite but he is setting himself up in a

:54:50.:54:54.

decent position. Yeah, he has got a couple of opportunities. Back hand

:54:55.:54:58.

is available as well but I don't think it will change anything for

:54:59.:55:01.

Alex. He will be drawing on the forehand. He will be looking to get

:55:02.:55:03.

to the last I would suggest. More of a testing challenge, the

:55:04.:55:17.

second set. For Alex Marshall and he will be very happy just to get over

:55:18.:55:21.

the line, after dominating the first set. He is very happy to go over the

:55:22.:55:25.

line in the first round. He needs a good one. Choices, back

:55:26.:55:46.

hand, he can get the split, run off the ball. Or a forehand just to

:55:47.:55:51.

touch the jack? I think forehand just to touch the jack. There is a

:55:52.:55:57.

shot to punch the ball clean through but it is fraught with less

:55:58.:56:03.

percentage to be honest. It is really just a similar bowl to his

:56:04.:56:08.

last and hoping he gets into the jack to make the double. If he can

:56:09.:56:12.

sneak past Alex's read one. -- red one. He is looking at the back hand

:56:13.:56:17.

but it's not really the shot to play. Oh my, I'm

:56:18.:56:28.

Well... Um, he is line two but... Unless Alex falls over. I just

:56:29.:56:41.

cannot see. There is Marshall -- I cannot see Marshall missing this.

:56:42.:56:47.

You know, it's... Unless he plays a wrong ball. That's not going to

:56:48.:56:53.

happen. That distance he can play at either side, forehand or back hand,

:56:54.:56:58.

it doesn't really matter. The short jack length. Well, it's away. He

:56:59.:57:05.

hasn't even gone that wide. He knows he doesn't need to go that wide. He

:57:06.:57:11.

has plenty of time and space. I will tell you what, it is running on a

:57:12.:57:18.

bit but it still stopped in time. Whoo. They dig up balls about 7 feet

:57:19.:57:23.

away. It has been enough for Alex Marshall to get over the line. You

:57:24.:57:30.

can see by his face, he was slight worried there. So, Alex Marshall

:57:31.:57:34.

with a little bit of a sweat. He gets over the ball, 13-1, 6-4 in the

:57:35.:57:41.

second set, all crord to Robert Chris whom. He did very well. Alex

:57:42.:57:45.

Marshall makes it through to the second round. He will play Les

:57:46.:57:51.

Gillett. Making a total of 8 players who have won the title before

:57:52.:57:58.

alongside the others. Don't forget, beer whack on the red button from

:57:59.:58:02.

10:00am on Tuesday with the first second round match with James

:58:03.:58:08.

Rippey. Then we are on BBC Two for the mixed pairs final of the second

:58:09.:58:12.

round match. But that's just about it for now. The first trophy of the

:58:13.:58:21.

week has been claimed. Les Gillett and Jason are the champions. From

:58:22.:58:23.

all of us here at Potters. Goodbye. Should've seen Hillary's face.

:58:24.:59:03.

She was stood there with Bill.

:59:04.:59:07.

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