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Hello everyone and welcome to highlights from the world's indoors | :00:35. | :00:42. | |
championship. During the week, there are four trophy ones on the line and | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
the best players in the world are here for the one tournament that | :00:48. | :00:55. | |
matters most. The biggest was always the biggest champion was here at | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
Potters. I still get butterflies. Just as soon as I walk in, I feel so | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
relaxed. Yes, it's a place I've always loved. I have been very | :01:07. | :01:12. | |
successful here. I use it as my second home. The crowd appreciate | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
great bowls, also, it is a surface where you if are not on your game, | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
it's a very lonely place to be. But it's a wonderful place to play and | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
you just hope that everything goes right for you when you are out | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
there. Very close. Got it! (APPLAUSE) | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
. The world singles here is the biggest title you can win in bowls | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
to be honest. I watch it every year on the telly, my dad has done it. I | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
really wanted to be here. The first year to qualify and to win it was | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
fantastic. We all play bowls for one thing to walk away at Koch. Potters | :01:53. | :02:00. | |
is the best venue we play at. No chateau of a cloud. We have got the | :02:01. | :02:11. | |
-- sho shadow of a doubt. The crowd Noah got should. You get boat ends | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
of the coin, a little bit of interaction is fantastic. The 2016 | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
world indoors single champion, Nikki Brett. The first stpl The first | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
final of the week comes in the pairs, Jason and les this is how the | :02:29. | :02:40. | |
pairs got to the final. Less Gillett ---less es Gillett and Danielsome | :02:41. | :02:47. | |
onhad to over couple Nikki Brett, Jamie and Mark Dows. The first set | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
of the finals was hard fought and eventually shared. We are going to | :02:53. | :02:59. | |
join the action in the second set with Greenslade and Gillett. In the | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
second shot. Big run, JAson, hurry, hurry. I | :03:04. | :03:19. | |
don't think this is running enough. He popped in for a fourth one. I | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
think that's what he was looking for. He popped the red ball down and | :03:24. | :03:32. | |
tapped the target away. He hit the target here. Good chance of getting | :03:33. | :03:42. | |
a result as well. Oh, is he under? One away. That's just not as good | :03:43. | :03:51. | |
now as it was. Live in the ditch, go again. It's almost a resignation of | :03:52. | :04:02. | |
deer owe deer -- dear oh dear things have committed now. He has committed | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
to playing the attacking shot with three against him. Play it again, | :04:08. | :04:16. | |
Jays. It could be four. He looks good for four. He has to go for it. | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
He has to gamble. He has only got one ball in there but he has to | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
gamble in there four ready would say would probably be enough to get the | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
guys over the line. Yes, I think it would. He cannot drop a four here. | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
It's not a big drive, it's quite controlled. We can't see it on the | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
screen but there is a back toucher in the ditch. Close. | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
Well, oh, that's good. That's a good result. Very good result. I think he | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
has got the shot. Great strike. He played that one well. He played it | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
more aggressively with a little bit more green. He let the ball do the | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
work. What are you doing? I think he is going to try and draw the closest | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
ball, I think, David? There is at least five feet. There is, yeah. If | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
it was closer to the ditch, he may be tempted to run the ball off but I | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
think he can draw this. Good strike. Very good strike. Courageous bowl. | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
He was four down. The thing about being four down, it makes your mind | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
up, doesn't it? Yes, it does. He knew that he had to hit it. He hit | :05:35. | :05:42. | |
it perfectly. We didn't see the over -- now we can see the overhead shot | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
of the jack on the screen. Touch it with the red ball is in the ditch. | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
The umpire has slightly indicated green. Steady, steady. Steady. It | :05:55. | :06:20. | |
looks pretty good to me. (APPLAUSE) . Great ball from Jason. It didn't | :06:21. | :06:30. | |
look as if it was heavy. I am not sure whether this is two shots or | :06:31. | :06:39. | |
not. I wasn't worried. Of course you weren't worried, lads. You were just | :06:40. | :06:48. | |
shut shouting "Steady." If it's one shot, he will have to drop the | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
second shot. I think most people have suggested it's only one. So I | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
think it's probably worth a run, take the ball out. Well, will he | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
play the courageous shot, Andy? Two yards running. Punch the ball and | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
stay? I think he would go faster. He will try and take the ball out. | :07:10. | :07:18. | |
As you can see, he is a quietly determined type of player. You can | :07:19. | :07:28. | |
see that in his eyes. Too wide. Yep, too wide. It looked wider. It's very | :07:29. | :07:35. | |
important that this is only one shot for the Welsh pair. One shot against | :07:36. | :07:44. | |
them. Two shots down with two ends to go is very doable. Oh yes. Three | :07:45. | :07:56. | |
is hard. There is a little bit of the bowls kit. | :07:57. | :08:03. | |
It's the angle of the jack coming down. It's not a bad angle. The | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
ditches aren't really deep. No, they are not too deep, David He will get | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
that absolutely right and lock it off. Very accurate. | :08:18. | :08:28. | |
It's not in. It's only, just the one. I think everybody was right. We | :08:29. | :08:40. | |
hadn't counted on this one. I don't think it's in. No, I don't think so. | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
One to red. Yep. Which he will be quite relieved about, to be fair to | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
Jason and les, they don't need it at that end. They dominated the last | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
two or three ends, haven't they? Absolutely. Those two ends really in | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
particular. People may be thinking why they haven't got a Sonic measure | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
there to sort things out when the jack is in the ditch, you can't see | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
it. That would be useful to have a Sonic measure in that situation. But | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
we have tried them. They don't work. I was going to say, they have been | :09:14. | :09:17. | |
discarded quite quickly, haven't they Absolutely. Very rapidly they | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
were put away. But there is a lot of people who thought they would work. | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
That's OK. Nothing wrong with that opinion at all. I've got two of them | :09:26. | :09:32. | |
lying in my store at home. They will be antique some time! Right, Les, | :09:33. | :09:42. | |
all we need is one good bowl. Favourites of the scoreless end. | :09:43. | :10:06. | |
(APPLAUSE). Some of us do get a good look at a | :10:07. | :10:15. | |
umpire's kit. Some of the stuff in there is quite Rye markable. Little | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
cap pers and other things, ultimately when you really study it, | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
a lot of the stuff is based on the beginning. Of when they were | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
developed. Yes, yes. We got it right at the start. Callipers have been | :10:29. | :10:35. | |
around for a Elong Elong time. -- a long time. The box was invented in | :10:36. | :10:45. | |
the early 1900s. It hasn't improved anything from the umpires point of | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
view. So it reverts back to what it was like. Exactly. You will not find | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
a battery-operated anything in there. There won't be a microchip | :10:57. | :11:08. | |
insight! He did exactly the same the last end. He played a good bowl. | :11:09. | :11:19. | |
Give us a chance. He has just won the Leeds battle and that has given | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
them the control I think you are right, Jason. You | :11:23. | :11:53. | |
can't improve. Absolutely. I think, Jason is the solution is this:. Just | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
do what you want. Do what you want to do, Les. I think Jason is right. | :12:00. | :12:10. | |
Don't worry about me. It is hard work at times. He is entertaining is | :12:11. | :12:17. | |
Les. He funny at times. He really sis. I think Jason has called it | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
correctly. They don't need to hold the head up any more. Wow, he sneaks | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
around the green ball. That's not bad. It's probably more of a reflex, | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
he doesn't get a word in with the four girls at home. That's what it | :12:35. | :12:40. | |
is. Damon, this is going to be a good call. What are you going to ask | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
him to play? He is still asking for the draw. He needs to win this end. | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
Yes, they do. They can't afford to go chasing. They need to score even | :12:52. | :13:03. | |
the one. They need to score. 5/0 down, 6-0 up to down. It's just a | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
problem. He feels it sliding away. All of a sudden, that has made the | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
head bigger. This may help Damien. I think if I was Jason, I would be | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
covering the spot. 7-5 down. That's why I said they need to score this | :13:20. | :13:23. | |
end. Come on, Jays. Come on, lad. Get up. | :13:24. | :13:49. | |
Come on, Jays. Hurry now. One more go. One more go. One more go. Well | :13:50. | :13:53. | |
played, mate, They are really going for the win | :13:54. | :14:01. | |
here, trying to get that double. Yes. Damien was always going to | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
strike this. Se. They are really going for the win | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
here, trying to get that double. Yes. Damien was always going to | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
strike this. He has got the shot. It is not bad. He has gone under the | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
ditch. A nice shot there, Jase. His own ball has been so far away at the | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
angle, it doesn't even come into it. He wanted the red but he has opened | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
it up. He has. He has done well. This will hard to get to though. I | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
don't think would be easy. Jason is favourite here because of the lie. | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
Not only the lie, but he also has that little wobble in his balls | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
which hold up the line a little bit more. Les is... Two yards away. | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
Normally that would be an easy one to beat Andy. It's not really that | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
easy. I think he has to throw the ball -- he has to throw the ball | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
down. Ignore the ball in the way. I hope he finds a clear path. The line | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
The line looks good. I think it looks got. It is whether there is | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
too much Jake. Surely not the jack. What a bowl. What a shot. You have | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
to say - look at the smile. That was perfect. He didn't go in the ditch. | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
That was the perfect bowl. Absolutely brilliant. (APPLAUSE) | :15:28. | :15:33. | |
. They are definitely scoring one. Ant didn't he need it. That delivery | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
of Damien's perfect ball. Wow. Wow. You could say that if you had missed | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
the jack, the jack probably stopped him going in but you have to give it | :15:46. | :15:53. | |
a chance. He did. It was brilliant. Les can't believe it. | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
It's impossible now for Jason to skoll here. -- score here. He will | :15:58. | :16:05. | |
try and wing it off here or try and edge it off or stay in his place. I | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
think he is trying to get a good second in, there is at least two | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
yards for Damien to score a double. He is calling it. No, it's better | :16:14. | :16:26. | |
than the previous ones. Oh. Same ball again from Damien. Same line, | :16:27. | :16:32. | |
same weight, he will rest his own for a double. It's not a given of | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
course but he can afford to be aggressive. Yeah, he can. A touch | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
will not go very far apart from in the ditch. So... He doesn't want to | :16:42. | :16:52. | |
drop shot. Certainly out wide. He needs a clear run. Has he caught the | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
red? I think he has. Did no, just too heavy. That was always the | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
weight. You can understand. He could afford to reach it but it's a | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
single. (APPLAUSE) . Well now, talk about a close game. | :17:06. | :17:17. | |
Last end 7/6. Previous set, 7/7. The chances of the tie break are slim | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
but maybe I was wrong, David I think the chances are now greater now. | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
Absolutely. So rare to get two drawn sets but a fair reflex of the game | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
in many ways because those boys were good for a long part of it but I | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
have to say, Jason and Les have really come back. The last two ends, | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
they have been the better pair, Jason and Les. I'm talking about the | :17:45. | :17:50. | |
Welsh pairs, the qualifiers am You will get a few letters from your | :17:51. | :17:57. | |
Welsh fans. I love going to Wales, I miss it! A few good years over | :17:58. | :18:09. | |
there. The very last year and I miss the Welsh masters - Welsh Masters. | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
It was always a good trip down to Wales. | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
Daniel, in the area. He needs the ball. Yes. Got the shot. (APPLAUSE) | :18:20. | :18:47. | |
. Perfect. He will be very happy with that one. | :18:48. | :18:56. | |
There is trouble there, isn't there? As soon as you can, lad? Sorry. As | :18:57. | :19:06. | |
close as you can. I don't think that's a good call because really | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
it's - I would be surprised if that ball stays for the whole of the end. | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
Yeah, I think eventually there will be a ticking at this -- tucking at | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
this but Jason is building the head up first. We are at the stage where | :19:22. | :19:31. | |
he can't lose the match. Jason is happy. | :19:32. | :19:43. | |
He could do well to play this on the other side. It's resting on the red | :19:44. | :19:53. | |
ball. If he misses it, it's on his fore ground. If he gets into good | :19:54. | :20:01. | |
position. Certainly here, he is very close to drawing another here. Well | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
played. Don't bring it out. Fantastic. That was brilliant. He is | :20:06. | :20:11. | |
almost none Champions League ant the way he gets the ball a-- nonchalent | :20:12. | :20:20. | |
the way he brings the ball around. It's a bit early for them but they | :20:21. | :20:30. | |
will take it. He wants to force Les into playing the wide shot, there is | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
no point in trying to draw a close one there. None Champions League ant | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
the way he gets the ball a-- nonchalent the way he brings the | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
ball around. It's a bit early for them but they will take it. He wants | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
to force Les into playing the wide shot, there is no point in trying to | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
draw a close one there. He got that away early? Across the ball here. He | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
won't be going near this. He will see the positions and see where the | :20:57. | :21:00. | |
jack has gone, down the inside line. Jase will be right at this. It will | :21:01. | :21:04. | |
be curious to see what happens? Will they go defensive by putting a short | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
ball and protecting? Do they go into position? I think they go into | :21:09. | :21:11. | |
position. I think they will go deep, David The two players coming down | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
the last end, they are very knowledgeable. He is definitely | :21:18. | :21:26. | |
trying to come deep. Yes. Not worried about the respot just at the | :21:27. | :21:31. | |
moment. It's the deep ball covering the ditch. Jason will play. Jason is | :21:32. | :21:39. | |
quite -- Jason quite simply has to strike this. He is calling it a | :21:40. | :21:46. | |
drop. He is not too far away. He is too high. He has taken his own ball. | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
That's a problem, has he lost the two balls? Oh dear. That makes it | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
harder. That really makes a massive difference by taking that ball off. | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
He has. He has got three balls at the edge and one ball on the rink. I | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
don't know how Jason is going to get the shot now? He has to do something | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
with this delivery, Jason has. If he misses this one, I think it's gone. | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
So do I. I think it's impossible to score there, despite the perfect | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
draw. I think it's very wise in that situation. You do not go near. You | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
just play position and leave it. Right. Right, Jason, this ball has | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
to do something. He is better, he is much better. | :22:31. | :22:46. | |
Jack. Well played, Matt. He did well to get the two balls. I thought by | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
getting the two balls he had to take his own out completely. One down, | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
Jason will be very happy with that result He certainly will. I thought | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
the jack must strike. That was a good Jock. -- jack. -- That is a | :23:03. | :23:13. | |
very good result and a good strike, a pressure roll. A pressure strike. | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
He is the right man for it, Jase. You would expect Damien to draw | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
another? Can you imagine the nerves? 27, going down to draw for game. I | :23:25. | :23:30. | |
bet he wishes he was wishing for game but he will be lying. He has | :23:31. | :23:36. | |
effectively drawing for game on the rink. Look at this. Look. A little | :23:37. | :23:38. | |
bit tense. Just a little bit. Right, Damien, how close are you | :23:39. | :23:49. | |
going to get? Well.. Has he missed it? Has he missed it. He is OK I | :23:50. | :23:57. | |
think. Just OK. Well, he is in there for two. But it's a long way away. | :23:58. | :24:06. | |
Jase, yes, quite rightly, he is - he was going up to the head and he has | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
come back, just composed himself. Just take your time. Take your time. | :24:12. | :24:16. | |
I think Damien was looking for something win 6 inches there to | :24:17. | :24:22. | |
grarn tee a drawn set. Yes. Jason couldn't -- guarantee a drawn set. | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
Jason couldn't get it. With all of his experience, Andy, you have to | :24:27. | :24:29. | |
say, you will expect him to get it. Normally the player would say | :24:30. | :24:44. | |
something. Les isn't even looking at the moment. Is he running? I don't | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
think he is up. Hurry. Hurry, Jase. Hurry, hurry. He is there, my | :24:51. | :24:57. | |
gdness, he is there. -- goodness. I thought that was dropping short but | :24:58. | :25:00. | |
he just managed to get there. (APPLAUSE) | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
. Big hugs all around. Is Les Gillett who have won the world | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
pairs. Good work. What a great game, Andy. Fantastic game. I must admit. | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
Jason, when he let that ball go i didn't think he was running. What a | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
pressure goal. Delighted for the pair of them. Les, you won it 16 | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
years ago, alongside Martin, what is the difference this time around? It | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
raise Um, I think I've enjoyed it more with Jason to be fair, he has | :25:33. | :25:39. | |
been quite challenging at times. I am going to have to ask you to | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
explain that? He is very frustrating. He seems to bowl a few | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
wayward ones and finds the good ones when it matters. At the end of the | :25:49. | :25:52. | |
day, he played absolutely a brilliant last end. He has won us | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
the game, thank you very much, Jase. Did you describe your relationship | :25:58. | :26:03. | |
as a father-son relationship. Jason does but he is older than me, so... | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
Yeah, the father has got a bottle of whiskey in his room, we are drinking | :26:10. | :26:13. | |
that later. Absolutely, you deserve it. Ladies and gentlemen, one more | :26:14. | :26:23. | |
time, it the 2017 just championship, Less Gillett and Jason. So he has | :26:24. | :26:29. | |
his hands on the second trophy, 16 years after his first one. Well done | :26:30. | :26:33. | |
to both of them. We are switching your attention to the singles. This | :26:34. | :26:37. | |
is how the draw looked in the top half. Nikki Brett still,. Other big | :26:38. | :26:47. | |
names through to the second round, Stuart Anderson, David guerrilla lay | :26:48. | :26:55. | |
and -- Gurley. You can see Robert packs dd Paxton. He got through. | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
Debbie Wilfried from New Zealand defeated another seed, Mark Royal. | :27:02. | :27:09. | |
We will start our singles coverage, with Les Gillett. And More than 20 | :27:10. | :27:15. | |
years separated these two men, as Tom Warner making his debut in the | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
world champions. It was the 25-year-old who started the | :27:21. | :27:25. | |
strongest. A good last in the third end helping Warner build up a 6-2 | :27:26. | :27:30. | |
lead against an opponent who looked a little out of sorts. Gilletts best | :27:31. | :27:38. | |
result in the finals was making the finals in 16 years ago. He got a | :27:39. | :27:43. | |
valuable single to reduce the deficit to one shot going into the | :27:44. | :27:49. | |
last end. He completed a great turn around with this finally judged last | :27:50. | :27:56. | |
ball. To take the set. A tax advisor, Warner pasted his | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
accountancy examples last week and he made significant games getting | :28:02. | :28:05. | |
off to a perfect start with a full house. But Gillett used all his | :28:06. | :28:11. | |
experience to patiently make his way into the bowls, leading 6-8, he | :28:12. | :28:18. | |
played a great final bowl to take the match 7-6, 10-6 and secure his | :28:19. | :28:23. | |
place in the second round. So, it was a good Monday for Les. Up next, | :28:24. | :28:30. | |
Nikki Brett up against Andrew Kyle. And it was Brett as expected he made | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
a confident start, but Kyle fought back in the second and leads 8-4 as | :28:37. | :28:39. | |
we join the action Two fast players. The tie breaker | :28:40. | :29:00. | |
may slow down just a little bit as they use up their time outs. | :29:01. | :29:10. | |
I guess Nicky's target here will be a minimum of two. | :29:11. | :29:21. | |
That's a good opener. Perfect opener. Oh, is it ever, a back | :29:22. | :29:29. | |
toucher. That's exactly what he needed. | :29:30. | :29:48. | |
He has played this back hand well, what is it like this time? Slightly | :29:49. | :29:54. | |
up. The winter of this -- the winner of this match has Charles waiting | :29:55. | :29:58. | |
for him, he had a fantastic win over Mark Dawes. Yes, he played very | :29:59. | :30:03. | |
well. Looking forward to seeing him play again. It just shows what the | :30:04. | :30:08. | |
opportunities are. No matter what age you are, you can still play in | :30:09. | :30:13. | |
the qualifiers and make your way through to play against the best in | :30:14. | :30:19. | |
the world. He has been here, he has had a long stay here, practising | :30:20. | :30:27. | |
hard and playing well. Still looking for a closer second shot here. He is | :30:28. | :30:32. | |
one down. I think he would be Hany to lose a one on this end. End. -- | :30:33. | :30:48. | |
Hany to lose one on this happy to lose one on this -- Nicky needs to | :30:49. | :30:59. | |
make it three. He needs a double. It looks on the high line. He has | :31:00. | :31:03. | |
missed it by a bit of a distance, actually. It's not like him. No, he | :31:04. | :31:21. | |
has not been deadly today, Nicky. Hany to lose one on this -- Nicky | :31:22. | :31:25. | |
needs to make it three. He needs a double. It looks on the high line. | :31:26. | :31:29. | |
He has missed it by a bit of a distance, actually. It's not like | :31:30. | :31:33. | |
him. No, he has not been deadly today, Nicky. Every ball from Andy | :31:34. | :31:36. | |
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. |