:00:37. > :00:41.Welcome to highlight of the World Indoor Bowls Championships at
:00:42. > :00:46.Potters. Tonight, we are bringing your action from the ladies said --
:00:47. > :00:54.semifinals. We start with a fascinating clash between Nicky
:00:55. > :00:58.Brett and 71-year-old Charlie Bence. Amazingly, he survived a heart
:00:59. > :01:01.attack seven years ago and is now on the biggest stage in balls, up
:01:02. > :01:06.against the number one seed and top-ranked player in the world, 29
:01:07. > :01:08.years younger, Nicky Brett. We will start the action at the start of the
:01:09. > :01:35.match with our commentators. Nicky Brett has played a lot of
:01:36. > :02:05.matches. Is going to be a fairly nervous day
:02:06. > :02:13.for Charles. He prefers to be called Charlie. Only his mother called him
:02:14. > :02:16.Charles. As you say, Nicky Brett has played quite a number of games
:02:17. > :02:24.already. He has got to make sure he starts well, has Charlie. Doesn't
:02:25. > :02:42.what Nicky to get away. -- doesn't want.
:02:43. > :02:48.Nick is very much one of the players who will give Charlie full respect.
:02:49. > :02:54.I think most of them anyway, to be truthful. This is a match where you
:02:55. > :03:07.can put your name down into the next round. He will be looking to play a
:03:08. > :03:16.good game. Charlie beat Matt in the previous round.
:03:17. > :03:35.A little bit of both. Nick will be delighted with this start. Happy
:03:36. > :03:43.with the three bowls in the head. Charlie got one round the back.
:03:44. > :03:53.Maybe have a go at this, trying to remove something. Looks like he is
:03:54. > :04:01.sticking to the draw. A wise choice from Charlie.
:04:02. > :04:22.Final delivery, perfect trail. Well played it Charlie Bence, on the
:04:23. > :04:26.board already. He will be delighted to get out. That is the key. You
:04:27. > :04:28.want to get that one shot on the board. Then you can relax a little
:04:29. > :05:02.bit. He has been playing it good. He was telling me a young players
:05:03. > :05:16.call him Chi-go. We will call him Charles. He started the second
:05:17. > :05:28.extremely well. The perfect bowl. Stuart Anderson was playing, I saw
:05:29. > :05:35.it. I shouldn't believe everything I read on the profile. Fanclub as
:05:36. > :05:42.Charlie. Absolutely. I got a few messages about it. The moral of the
:05:43. > :05:47.story is don't believe everything you read. He has been there a few
:05:48. > :06:13.years now, has Stuart. To great opening bowls from Charlie.
:06:14. > :06:23.Two touchers. Great strike. He tends to hit the target often.
:06:24. > :06:31.Just have to wait a second or two while they sort out the Bence in the
:06:32. > :06:36.ditch. Charlie was on the mat, ready to go. He was saying, come on, get a
:06:37. > :06:53.move on, I want to get started. Charlie is sticking to the forehand,
:06:54. > :06:56.playing across the rink, most people would stick to the backhand but it
:06:57. > :07:02.is his choice. I'm sure he has practised this. This one will sweep
:07:03. > :07:06.away very early. Only need to be crossing the middle line about three
:07:07. > :07:14.or four metres before the jack. Unusual for most players. That last
:07:15. > :07:20.bowl has probably forced Nicky onto the forehand side. Nicky's line will
:07:21. > :07:25.be different. It will just dip across now, three
:07:26. > :07:43.metres before. Charlie never sighted now. It has a
:07:44. > :07:51.chance to pick up the jack he's a bit heavy. Pickup the jack. He is
:07:52. > :07:57.looking at this one. He is drunk to encourage it forward. I tell you
:07:58. > :08:09.what, he is not far away. Yes. What a shot. Great stuff!
:08:10. > :08:16.Well, Nicky's attacking this. Looks to be on the high side. Ran the ball
:08:17. > :08:43.in the ditch. -- bowl. There are many people feeling quite
:08:44. > :08:48.happy about it Charlie being here. Not least Andy, of course. I'm
:08:49. > :08:52.waiting for the next sentence to come out. It's always good to know
:08:53. > :08:56.your not the oldest in the tournament, isn't it? I thought you
:08:57. > :08:58.might have made some reference to that. It's nice that somebody else
:08:59. > :09:14.is older than me. Those qualifiers are not easy. I'm
:09:15. > :09:20.trying to think actually where he qualified from, David. Easy enough
:09:21. > :09:24.to check it. People travel around different qualifiers don't necessary
:09:25. > :09:37.have to, but we try to keep them within their own countries.
:09:38. > :09:53.APPLAUSE Charlie will certainly not be
:09:54. > :10:01.wanting to leave it to his last bowl again.
:10:02. > :10:07.Little white dot on Nicky Brett's ball, it indicates a Dutcher. If it
:10:08. > :10:15.goes in the ditch, it stays there, it stays live. For all our
:10:16. > :10:19.non-bowler viewers. It goes into the ditch without touching, it's taken
:10:20. > :10:24.away, forms no further part in the end.
:10:25. > :10:35.APPLAUSE He's picked the pace up really well,
:10:36. > :11:05.right away, Nicky, into his groove. Looks to be lacking the pace. Once
:11:06. > :11:09.again, going to have to play a big last ball. There's a certain amount
:11:10. > :11:14.of good bowls in the locker, but you don't want to be dipping into it at
:11:15. > :11:19.every end. No, because you're going to fail eventually. He's going to be
:11:20. > :11:38.two or three down here, it looks a bit heavy.
:11:39. > :11:47.He's having a wee trot after this one. Yes. Must like it. Oh, he's
:11:48. > :11:49.drawn it again, his last bowl. Not only that, it's well hidden on the
:11:50. > :11:56.backhand. APPLAUSE
:11:57. > :11:59.Mark Dawes sitting at home thinking, "Well, Nick, welcome to my world."
:12:00. > :12:07.It's the last ball. Australia you said, David, it's tucked away there,
:12:08. > :12:11.it's difficult for Nick to get at. Little runner down the forehand to
:12:12. > :12:20.get into the Jack and move it. Not easy. He's in the area. Has he got
:12:21. > :12:24.enough?! Good try. Really good effort.
:12:25. > :12:29.APPLAUSE Another single, another last bowl.
:12:30. > :12:42.He's enjoying this - Charlie. He certainly is! LAUGHS
:12:43. > :12:51.I'm not sure how long it's going to be before I call him Charles Dance,
:12:52. > :12:56.it's only a matter of time, it really is. If he does win, it will
:12:57. > :13:04.be a jiggle. Certainly will be. Never mind a mind. I'm sure all the
:13:05. > :13:05.people back in Blantar will be enjoying every minute of this. Great
:13:06. > :13:47.start. Once again, Nick putting good balls
:13:48. > :13:54.in. APPLAUSE
:13:55. > :13:58.Yes. Steady. Be very much aware of the fact that's what he'll keep
:13:59. > :14:03.doing until there's a mistake somewhere. Trouble is - that's not
:14:04. > :14:10.always guaranteed. I don't think Nick will be pressing the panic
:14:11. > :14:15.button quiet. -- quite yet. He's aware he's in the game here. This is
:14:16. > :14:17.close. Good effort from Charlie. It's a shot well played. He's waving
:14:18. > :14:32.it in. APPLAUSE
:14:33. > :14:43.Good again. Wants the jack this time. He's good. Well played.
:14:44. > :14:50.APPLAUSE Played very few balls, Les Gillett,
:14:51. > :14:55.just up on the green seats. Applauding that bowl from Nicky
:14:56. > :14:59.Brett. Let the door open there for you, Andy. LAUGHS well, Charlie,
:15:00. > :15:04.running after this one, you must like it. Well, he's in the area
:15:05. > :15:09.again, but it should just sleep under. Good try. What a tough
:15:10. > :15:14.audience. (LAUGHTER)
:15:15. > :15:20.How far away is that. Less than a foot. About eight inches away and he
:15:21. > :15:27.barely got a murmur. They're hard today. Oh! Expectations are high.
:15:28. > :15:31.Nicky Brett is good again. APPLAUSE
:15:32. > :15:37.Yep. Squeezed in through the gap. Not sure if it's a No. 2, but we'll
:15:38. > :15:42.find out shortly. Two it is. That's Fletcher just letting us know. Yes,
:15:43. > :15:46.definitely 2. Well, Charlie, you're going to have to be reaching through
:15:47. > :15:51.this one, but again no guarantee if he's going to hit this target he's
:15:52. > :15:57.going to score. But he's two-down, so he can't be probably any worse
:15:58. > :16:02.off. It probably just means it's a draw. Got the bowl away with five
:16:03. > :16:08.seconds to spare. This has to pull back quick. I tell you what - if
:16:09. > :16:12.he's up to own bowl, he's got a chance. He can promote this one.
:16:13. > :16:14.That's what he's looking for. Oh! Done it again!
:16:15. > :16:21.APPLAUSE This is ridiculous! Nicky Brett is
:16:22. > :16:26.smiling! So many shots taken off him already in this match. It was the
:16:27. > :16:28.last bowl. Charlie looked up at the commentary box there. I think he's
:16:29. > :16:34.absolutely loving this! (LAUGHTER)
:16:35. > :16:40.Still smiling saying, "What on earth?" Nicky Brett has been a good
:16:41. > :16:44.end and he's still down. Good end again. Close. He's going to get
:16:45. > :16:47.something this time. There he goes. He's going to pick a two or three
:16:48. > :16:49.up. APPLAUSE
:16:50. > :16:57.Really good bowl by Nick. Really, really good bowl.
:16:58. > :17:01.APPLAUSE Both enjoying this. It was a very
:17:02. > :17:09.good bowl by Nick to push that through. Certainly was. He got it
:17:10. > :17:13.absolutely plum. Nick thought he had fairly little wrong. Is Charles
:17:14. > :17:18.Bence on course for an upset? He's got a big chance of taking the first
:17:19. > :17:25.set as we rejoin the action in the ninth end, Bence leads 6-5.
:17:26. > :17:32.6-5 up. The last end in the first set. Great position to be in.
:17:33. > :17:37.What would he give for a front toucher now. Not far away. It's a
:17:38. > :17:47.good opener. Very good opener. APPLAUSE
:17:48. > :17:55.Charlie was telling his buddies, he was just enthused about what he had
:17:56. > :17:58.been doing over the years, his apprenticeship, a coach trimmer for
:17:59. > :18:00.five years and then coach building and many other things he managed to
:18:01. > :18:18.do over his life span. Fascinating. Line is very good. Just your pace,
:18:19. > :18:45.Charlie. Nick needs another one in. Certainly pushed this one out. Bit
:18:46. > :18:51.of work to do to get back inside the green one. Here it comes! Nick is
:18:52. > :18:59.waving at it. Yeah, caught on the green bowl. I think it's just a one.
:19:00. > :19:17.UMPIRE: One red. Once again, I think Charlie has
:19:18. > :19:21.picked a good line. He's running after this. I think he likes this. I
:19:22. > :19:26.tell you what, Andy, he's very close to the shot. Really close. Goodness
:19:27. > :19:31.me, that is a beauty! APPLAUSE
:19:32. > :19:40.That's not easy to do either. Even on the front one on the hit... Yeah,
:19:41. > :19:46.exactly, an as you said, the plant actually pushes the ball on to the
:19:47. > :19:52.jack. At that angle, it's quite possible to go for a respot
:19:53. > :19:58.position. So - he's not going to draw this is he? I don't think the
:19:59. > :20:01.drive is the - he's getting a good result with the drive, he's playing
:20:02. > :20:09.the backhand. I think he's playing the draw. Got to draw within seven
:20:10. > :20:13.or eight inches. I thought he myotaken the risk just to open it
:20:14. > :20:18.up, given him the last bowl. He's close. He's played it. What a bowl.
:20:19. > :20:23.Brilliant bowl. Brilliant bowl - Nicky Brett. All the pressure in the
:20:24. > :20:23.world for that one. Absolutely sclsmt
:20:24. > :20:33.APPLAUSE We talked about the plant, he touch
:20:34. > :20:38.it is red ball on to the green ball, the jack will move and Charlie will
:20:39. > :20:45.beline the set. He's walking down and just smiling at everyone.
:20:46. > :20:52.Time-out as well. Now the concentration comes in. He know this
:20:53. > :20:55.is is important. If he gets this, well, it's monumental. We'll see the
:20:56. > :21:03.plant in a moment. Yes, weighing himself up for the big one here.
:21:04. > :21:14.He's close! He's got it. He's got it! Well played Charlie. What a
:21:15. > :21:18.shot! Oh. This is the best. Clean as an absolute whistle and Paul Foster
:21:19. > :21:24.is sitting there thinking, "What is going on here?" That was brilliant.
:21:25. > :21:28.I tell you what, that went down well. Fantastic drive. Nicky, you
:21:29. > :21:33.have to repeat exactly the same ball as your third bowl or you're losing
:21:34. > :21:39.the opening set. What pressure on this bowl. I don't fancy this, Nick
:21:40. > :21:47.is using a time-out, he doesn't use that very often. Last bowl on this
:21:48. > :21:51.one. Charlie, he's going to have to wait another 15 or 20 seconds to see
:21:52. > :21:53.if he wins the opening set. He's in the happy with that. It looks heavy
:21:54. > :22:01.to me. It's too heavy - opening set to
:22:02. > :22:08.Charles Bence! APPLAUSE
:22:09. > :22:17.What a story! So against the odds, Charles Bence
:22:18. > :22:24.taking the first set against Nicky Brett but the defending champion
:22:25. > :22:29.roared back to take the second set 10-4, meaning we were into a
:22:30. > :22:33.potentially nervy tie-break. Both have been playing very well in
:22:34. > :22:38.the match. Slightly different tactic from Charlie. He's brought the mat
:22:39. > :22:44.out on the green. Can't narrow it though. Not quite sure why he
:22:45. > :22:48.didn't. He's actually been playing a longish length quite well. He's
:22:49. > :22:51.narrowed the line. When shortening the jack, that's quite often the
:22:52. > :22:56.case - normal club bowls but it's not the case in the portable rink,
:22:57. > :23:04.you still have to push the ball out wide, let it come back. So Nick
:23:05. > :23:20.taking advantage. Still not that close, but... Good starter.
:23:21. > :23:32.He's made adjustments with this one. Yes, he's got chances here. Has he
:23:33. > :23:45.got the gap? Unlucky. Well, give it a chance. Tie-break, three ends,
:23:46. > :23:55.doesn't matter, just win the end. APPLAUSE
:23:56. > :23:59.Charlie, if I were you, I would try to run the jack into the ditch. As
:24:00. > :24:04.you say, David, it doesn't matter if it's one, two, three, or four, just
:24:05. > :24:13.go to the back here with the backhand. Close! Yep. Oh, he's
:24:14. > :24:17.lucky. Goodness me, that was close! An inch or two away, Nicky Brett
:24:18. > :24:24.will be tapping his chest on that one. That was close that drive. He
:24:25. > :24:30.certainly got that one away better, and very accurate. You see the drive
:24:31. > :24:33.- that's very close. Just nick it is ball. Trouble is, Nicky Brett needs
:24:34. > :24:42.another one in here because that bowl could disappear. At the same
:24:43. > :24:48.time, back bowl would be useful. You can't cover everything. Very narrow.
:24:49. > :24:52.He's slapping his thighs because he think it's not going to do anything.
:24:53. > :24:58.Unless he blocks Charlie out. I don't think so. That's a nervy one,
:24:59. > :25:02.isn't it? Yes, it was. Anything behind was useful. Well, same bowl
:25:03. > :25:11.again, Charlie. Jack has got to go into the ditch with the bowl. Mmm,
:25:12. > :25:16.the angle is good for it. Because he'll crunch a jack and then
:25:17. > :25:25.Charlie's bowl will hit the other bowl and follow it in. So the angle
:25:26. > :25:29.is perfect. He's making sure he's getting a lot of oxygen in, isn't
:25:30. > :25:37.he? Taking his time. Well, he's just right. If he gets this right, he'll
:25:38. > :25:41.end up in the ditch and will be very close to it. I think he's under.
:25:42. > :25:50.Unless he's fortunate. Not this time.
:25:51. > :25:58.APPLAUSE Nicky had to have a side-toucher to
:25:59. > :26:03.win that end. But tactically Charlie played it exactly right. Yes, wasn't
:26:04. > :26:07.far away, especially with a third bowl, that was the close one. Final
:26:08. > :26:12.delivery just slightly pulled the bowl across the body, but still in
:26:13. > :26:15.with a chance here, Charlie. 1-0 down, just needs to win the last two
:26:16. > :27:01.ends. This is the indoor bowls hub at the
:27:02. > :27:05.Potters Leisure Resort, and Crown Green has got the Waterloo. This is
:27:06. > :27:10.the biggest occasion we have got, David, for an indoor sport and long
:27:11. > :27:17.may it continue. Outdoor many years ago, used to be Worthing. Yes, and
:27:18. > :27:26.Elementington for the finals. Northfield, Scotland, and of course
:27:27. > :27:35.coming over to the outdoor Belmont. Northern Ireland this summer. Trying
:27:36. > :27:43.again. Just needs to stay in front. Well, he'll still done a lot of dam
:27:44. > :27:50.-- damage. Yes, he's split it well. He needs one good bowl here. The
:27:51. > :28:10.line is good. How is the pace, Charlie?
:28:11. > :28:17.Nick, looking to get behind the jack with this one. Not even attempting
:28:18. > :28:19.to try to pull it around the corner. He's just going deep.
:28:20. > :28:24.APPLAUSE Yeah, fair call, but I think just a
:28:25. > :28:29.draw for Charlie, really. I don't he should be running at this jack. Just
:28:30. > :28:34.a draw. The thing is - he's playing his backhand so well, you fully
:28:35. > :28:41.expect him to draw with one of the two bowls. Yes, I would say this one
:28:42. > :28:43.looks closest. This looks very close to drawing a draw here. He's drawn
:28:44. > :28:49.it! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:28:50. > :28:54.Charlie! Just what we thought would happen. He's just played his
:28:55. > :29:02.backhand too well to leave it. Nick is in trouble again. Goodness me!
:29:03. > :29:08.And we thought the pairs were exciting!
:29:09. > :29:16.UMPIRE: Nick has three time-outs remaining. He has to reach it, no
:29:17. > :29:23.choice. Yes, backhand. Try to draw this, I think the backhand draw is
:29:24. > :29:28.quite a difficult shot. Not many people tend to get this. No. Is that
:29:29. > :29:32.up? He's under. He's definitely under with this one. Something in
:29:33. > :29:41.the right about it. Nick knows it. Yep, that's 1-1. It didn't look
:29:42. > :29:45.right out of the hand. He was short and now Charles Bence has taken the
:29:46. > :29:50.world No. 1 and depending champion all the way to the third end and
:29:51. > :29:56.tie-break. And again he's doing it with good bowls. Yes, he has. I
:29:57. > :30:01.mean, Nick left him to leaf the draw in the backhand and he played it.
:30:02. > :30:07.I'm not sure if I would have, to be honest with you. You know, it is
:30:08. > :30:14.just drawing too well. Yes, he is. Well, Charlie, you brought it the
:30:15. > :30:19.last time. The fuller line is where I think you played the better bowls.
:30:20. > :30:28.I think he's gone probably 27, 28m with this one. That's where you're
:30:29. > :30:35.playing better. UMPIRE: 27.5m.
:30:36. > :30:41.Well, we got a good view here, David. Everyone is gathering around.
:30:42. > :30:46.We got the press people, everyone here is waiting for the biggest
:30:47. > :30:50.story that we have had in many years. What we call this? The
:30:51. > :30:55.vultures' Net. Yes, they're all gathering. They're all gathering to
:30:56. > :30:58.see what happens. Every single person is watching this at the
:30:59. > :31:14.moment. Do we have the biggest story in a long time. -- time?
:31:15. > :31:25.APPLAUSE Once again, Nick is doing everything
:31:26. > :31:31.right. He's played very well today. Nick has played well. Charlie has
:31:32. > :31:35.been - he's done so much damage with one bowl in particular, but on a few
:31:36. > :31:39.occasions it's been more of that. Nick is aware of that. He needs one
:31:40. > :31:50.very good bowl here, Charlie, to get himself into the quarterfinal. This
:31:51. > :31:57.needs to stop. 10 singles Charlie scored in this match, and one
:31:58. > :32:04.double. One bowl. You can understand that bowl. The rules change again in
:32:05. > :32:07.the third end of the tie-break. They can destroy the end but you have to
:32:08. > :32:10.nominate it first. APPLAUSE
:32:11. > :32:15.Nominate as often as you wish, but you can only destroy it once and
:32:16. > :32:22.it's replayed in the same direction. Nick is shaking his head there. He
:32:23. > :32:28.knows that's just not close enough. Just wund erd if Charlie is thinking
:32:29. > :32:32.about - couldn't be thinking about running the bowls here? Not, got to
:32:33. > :32:38.be drawing. And he likes it. He's signalled to the audience - this is
:32:39. > :32:40.the shot. That's confidence for you! Is he getting back? He is. He's
:32:41. > :32:50.drawn the shot! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:32:51. > :32:54.Oh, my goodness me! He signalled to the audience, "I have drawn the
:32:55. > :32:59.shot." Did he really signal that, and yeah? He did. You're looking out
:33:00. > :33:06.the windows, but I'm watching the monitors. Well done, Charlie. Close,
:33:07. > :33:09.but still shot to Nicky Brett. He needs to be up! He really needs to
:33:10. > :33:15.be up! APPLAUSE
:33:16. > :33:19.Well, two red, but it's actually in a good place. Charlie has been doing
:33:20. > :33:23.a lot of damage in the backhand too. It's just... Shaking his head, I
:33:24. > :33:30.can't blame him. He's just shaking his head. Going for it. Oh, he's
:33:31. > :33:36.under. He's under. He's under. It's gone. Unlucky. Oh, Charles Bence,
:33:37. > :33:40.what an effort. What an effort and look at that, he walks down, big
:33:41. > :33:44.smile on his face, clapping his hands. Nicky Brett has been tested
:33:45. > :33:45.right to the last bowl in this match.
:33:46. > :33:52.APPLAUSE But what a man, what a player, and a
:33:53. > :33:56.stand ovation for the 71-year-old, and so it should be. Absolutely.
:33:57. > :34:00.Started the day absolutely well Charles Bence but full credit to
:34:01. > :34:04.Nicky Brett. That was hard and he dug deep. There good game, good win.
:34:05. > :34:08.They're able to share a laugh after that fantastic match which had the
:34:09. > :34:13.audience on their feet and rightly so. We're going to talk to and no
:34:14. > :34:14.offence, Nicky, but the star of the day.
:34:15. > :34:22.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE (LAUGHTER)
:34:23. > :34:32.Charles Bence - 71 years old, can I ask what you're feeling right now?
:34:33. > :34:37.Um, amazing great to play against the No. 1. I'd do it again. It's the
:34:38. > :34:41.best. You had him on the ropes, you got very close. Most importantly,
:34:42. > :34:43.you played brilliantly today. Yeah. It's the best I have played for a
:34:44. > :34:51.while. APPLAUSE
:34:52. > :34:55.I played well. I had to put Nicky under pressure. The atmosphere
:34:56. > :34:57.between the two of you, the sportsmanship between the two of you
:34:58. > :35:03.was always fantastic. APPLAUSE
:35:04. > :35:07.. Charlie was fantastic. Right on the green, I learnt some new words
:35:08. > :35:09.as well, gurling or whatever that is!
:35:10. > :35:14.(LAUGHTER) . Unbelievable. He was killing me
:35:15. > :35:18.every end, on the green as well. Wonderful moments between the two of
:35:19. > :35:22.you. What was happening here? I just had my eyes tested and he's telling
:35:23. > :35:27.me I needed to do it again! (LAUGHTER)
:35:28. > :35:32.Did you feel nervous playing against Charlie today? I wish I could swear!
:35:33. > :35:36.(LAUGHTER) Very terrified to be honest. He
:35:37. > :35:41.played fantastic. I played some good bowls early on, and he was killing
:35:42. > :35:47.me. I was like, three, four nil down, both sets, what am I going to
:35:48. > :35:51.do here. Unbelievable. It's lot of pressure for me. Every time I found
:35:52. > :35:53.a good one, he beat it! (LAUGHTER)
:35:54. > :35:56.Quite simply one of the most remarkable matches we have ever seen
:35:57. > :36:00.here at Potters. But the defending champion Nicky Brett safely through
:36:01. > :36:03.to the quarterfinals where he'll play the winner of our next match
:36:04. > :36:08.between Stewart Anderson and Graham McKee. Only one year separate these
:36:09. > :36:11.two but the gulf and experience was much greater. Graham McKee making
:36:12. > :36:15.his first appearance in the second round of Potters against 31-year-old
:36:16. > :36:20.Anderson, the champion in 2013. Anderson got off to a fast start.
:36:21. > :36:24.This runner the first end gave him a triple as he raced into the early
:36:25. > :36:29.lead taking the first four ends to build-up a seven shot advantage.
:36:30. > :36:33.McKee got on the board with wins in the next three but still trailed by
:36:34. > :36:38.four shots. He was unable to conjure a mayorcle with his last leaving
:36:39. > :36:46.Anderson to secure the first set 11-4. The qualifier has seen off
:36:47. > :36:50.another world champion Thompson in the first round. McKee fail to
:36:51. > :36:56.register another end and Anderson sealed a comfortable win in the
:36:57. > :37:00.seven with a three-shotter. So this is how the quarterfinal
:37:01. > :37:04.line-up looks after the moment. Nicky Brett through to play Stewart
:37:05. > :37:11.Anderson, clash of former champions. Meanwhile Greg Harlow safely he's
:37:12. > :37:21.booked his place in the last eight. He'll play the winner.
:37:22. > :37:26.Now we switch our attention to the ladies' competition and the
:37:27. > :37:32.semifinals. First up Ellen Falkner who won the title for an amazing
:37:33. > :37:35.third time last year up against Janice Gower appearing at the
:37:36. > :37:39.semifinals for the first time at Potters. Falkner won the first set
:37:40. > :37:45.6-5 but Gower was fighting back in the second and she leads 6-5 as we
:37:46. > :37:48.join the action at end eight. Karen Murphy is in the commentary box
:37:49. > :38:01.along with David Corkill. Off to a good start is Janice Gower
:38:02. > :38:02.on this end. She'll be well happy with that one.
:38:03. > :38:21.APPLAUSE Good reply.
:38:22. > :38:45.APPLAUSE Janice just looking for a bowl
:38:46. > :38:48.similar to her first one. Something to sort of fatten up the target.
:38:49. > :39:19.Just short. Thinking about the last end there
:39:20. > :39:20.with her second last bowl. At least it's valuable back there. Good
:39:21. > :39:49.position bowl. There's a chance. Really needs to
:39:50. > :39:54.get this in. Next end is the last end. Wants to be carrying a bit of a
:39:55. > :40:01.lead into it. Needs another close bowl - Ellen Falkner. Touching the
:40:02. > :40:09.jack actually wouldn't do her any harm. I think she's just been a
:40:10. > :40:15.little bit unlucky and round off it. Difficult one here for Janice Gower.
:40:16. > :40:21.She has to decide what to do. Hasn't made Janice's task any easier,
:40:22. > :40:25.Corky. No, it hasn't. If anything there may be a gap between the jack
:40:26. > :40:29.and the bowl now. If she touches on the outside of the red ball, it will
:40:30. > :40:34.string across to two, she has to get it really on the inside edge. You
:40:35. > :40:39.get that, you're likely to hit the jack. That's close enough to make no
:40:40. > :40:42.difference, if you hit that bowl, it's going to spinge. That's why
:40:43. > :40:48.she's playing the backhand. This is a chance for Ellen Falkner. She must
:40:49. > :40:52.make up her mind what to do, but it's a good positive draw, rest the
:40:53. > :40:57.green ball out. Just touch the outside of the edge of her own bowl
:40:58. > :41:03.and she'll make three. But she doesn't want to go in with a one-end
:41:04. > :41:08.shoot out. Will this get back? Needs to bend and bend quickly.
:41:09. > :41:14.APPLAUSE Looks good for three. That's exactly
:41:15. > :41:16.what she had to play. And that was a big bowl and she played it very,
:41:17. > :41:38.very well. Perfect weight. Well, there's been a few
:41:39. > :41:42.opportunities for Ellen in this match, certainly in the second set.
:41:43. > :41:44.That's the first one she's really grasped. Good timing to do it. Just
:41:45. > :42:03.a matter of winning in the end. All about taking those opportunities
:42:04. > :42:08.when they arise. Nothing between these two players in the second set.
:42:09. > :42:12.They have both played well. Yes, I think it's when you make mistakes
:42:13. > :42:16.the odd time and sort of gifts shots away that it really hurts. And then
:42:17. > :42:21.you reflect on that, and Ellen's mentally very strong, so she
:42:22. > :42:24.wouldn't have been thinking too much about it, but you're always
:42:25. > :42:44.conscious of that fact, that's all. APPLAUSE
:42:45. > :42:54.Janice looking just a touch or just past the jack here, nothing for
:42:55. > :43:09.short. Left it short! It's a good bowl, good bowl in the head.
:43:10. > :43:16.It's a good start really for both players but Ellen just seemed to
:43:17. > :43:25.have upped her game in the last few ends. That's a very good bowl. When
:43:26. > :43:32.you... When you're chasing shots, like Janice, she cannot afford to be
:43:33. > :43:43.short here. Just a confident draw down on the back-end.
:43:44. > :43:54.Very good. It's sa very good bowl, but it's actually not what she want.
:43:55. > :43:58.No. It really isn't. She needed to be probably 2ft heavier than that.
:43:59. > :44:02.She just drew it and really you have to be through it. If you're looking
:44:03. > :44:05.for three shots... You need to give yourself some room to draw another
:44:06. > :44:09.couple. Have to give yourself a chance with the last bowl to trail
:44:10. > :44:16.something or turn a bowl out, something to make a difference,
:44:17. > :44:21.that's all. It's a hard shot available to turn the jack for the
:44:22. > :44:26.green, but I find if I was Ellen here, I'd be ternted to play to it.
:44:27. > :44:33.If Ellen crunches the jack against a green, it's more or less over. Only
:44:34. > :44:37.danger is, she doesn't want to bring it out in the open, that's the only
:44:38. > :44:45.thing, really doesn't. So high-line draw would be useful.
:44:46. > :45:00.I like my high-line drift shots. Get them out there. Here it comes now.
:45:01. > :45:04.Let it drift right in again. She's calling it.
:45:05. > :45:08.APPLAUSE It's not ideal because it gives a
:45:09. > :45:14.shoulder a chance to play through it, but if she knows if she plays it
:45:15. > :45:19.now and misses, that's it. It's more or less over. No way of getting a
:45:20. > :45:24.three. I think she has to try it. Yeah, definitely the inside of the
:45:25. > :45:26.red bowl, one bowl on to the other to stay. It's the only - only thing
:45:27. > :45:47.she's got on. So good arriving draw this, to use
:45:48. > :45:49.the shoulder, take the red ball out, give herself a chance with the last
:45:50. > :46:06.one. Good effort. It's in the head and
:46:07. > :46:12.it's a good effort. Probably lacking a fraction of weight, I think. Yeah,
:46:13. > :46:13.just needed 2ft more. If it had of been 2ft more, wouldn't have got
:46:14. > :46:28.back. UMPIRE: time-out call. Ellen has no
:46:29. > :46:38.time-outs remaining. Still choices and still chances. Ball on to ball,.
:46:39. > :46:47.Interesting to see if she decides to go deep with this over to the side
:46:48. > :46:52.or just try to drop in on that gap. Drops it in the gap, it's all over.
:46:53. > :46:56.That would be a fantastic bowl. If she gets any movement on her bowl on
:46:57. > :47:00.the way in there is also a good result for Ellen Falkner. Just
:47:01. > :47:09.slipping past. I can't blame her. APPLAUSE
:47:10. > :47:15.Well, the shot is definitely there. There's no doubt about it. You get
:47:16. > :47:20.on the inside of that, get into the bowl, you get a half-bowl, it goes
:47:21. > :47:24.out, you try to get off the angle on to the red bowl, and that would
:47:25. > :47:38.really kill it. That's the other target bowl. So can't say it's not
:47:39. > :47:40.possible. It is. Not the easiest of chances but probably better than
:47:41. > :47:43.what she might have expected. Doesn't really want any jack
:47:44. > :47:53.movement, can't afford any jack movement there. No. The angle there
:47:54. > :47:57.is to take the two reds out and stay. She'll have to have it push
:47:58. > :48:06.through it with four or five yards running. She's certainly given it a
:48:07. > :48:15.chance. Yeah, good effort. APPLAUSE
:48:16. > :48:19.Just the one shot. Ellen Falkner, champion still in the mix. Makes her
:48:20. > :48:25.way into the final. Good game but Ellen just had too much in the tank
:48:26. > :48:31.in the end. Every semifinal is always hard
:48:32. > :48:35.fought. Ellen, you had to fight hard to overcome an opponent. The
:48:36. > :48:40.standard of the game was pretty good all the way through. It was a real
:48:41. > :48:46.tight and close encounter. I'm asking you about getting through the
:48:47. > :48:50.is final. You stand on the verge of history. You could win it a fourth
:48:51. > :48:56.time. Is that the sort of thing that even comes into your mind when you
:48:57. > :49:00.arrived here or is it the old cliche game by game. It's game by game.
:49:01. > :49:04.It's all about focusing on the game and, yeah, I'm just over the moon
:49:05. > :49:08.and looking forward to tomorrow. Ellen Falkner is through to the
:49:09. > :49:12.final as she bids to win the title for a record fourth time but who
:49:13. > :49:14.will she face? Well the other semifinal is between Amy Stanton and
:49:15. > :49:35.former champion Katherine Rednall. Here is what happened in that clash.
:49:36. > :49:44.Can't play your natural game if you're chasing five shots. Nice
:49:45. > :49:50.start from Katherine Rednall again. First bowl has been very good. The
:49:51. > :49:51.last few ends. Yeah. Definitely stepped-up a little bit on that
:49:52. > :50:29.particular discipline. Probably fair to say, Amy Stanton's
:50:30. > :50:34.running shots haven't been that effective in this game, Corky,
:50:35. > :50:42.although her heads have been difficult to play to. Being jenly in
:50:43. > :50:48.the area or on target, but the problem is that way she hit them,
:50:49. > :50:54.she wasn't going to be any better off. It's hard to really make the
:50:55. > :50:58.conversions, that's the thing, you know, the damage was been done
:50:59. > :51:01.really before that, before the drive, you know. That's right. You
:51:02. > :51:05.have to use the second and third bowl in a more aggressive way. You
:51:06. > :51:09.want to be careful here, Katherine, you do not want that jack. Well,
:51:10. > :51:13.that's OK, but it's taken it away from the front one and it's opened
:51:14. > :51:15.it a little bit towards the red bowl. One of those shots where
:51:16. > :51:25.you're better missing it. Quite few of those running shots
:51:26. > :51:28.where Katherine forced her into having to play it. Yep. Crowded the
:51:29. > :51:45.head with bowls. She's been asked to play the hard
:51:46. > :51:50.shots, isn't she? So Katherine will have a little think about this. She
:51:51. > :51:55.could take that wing bowl away, it would be absolutely perfect, drop
:51:56. > :52:05.that down, protect the jack going through, because really I would have
:52:06. > :52:12.thought Amy would have played it the other side.
:52:13. > :52:21.Wants to stay on the high. Yep, that's it. Just round to the red.
:52:22. > :52:27.That was the second option if she missed her own bowl, it's a good
:52:28. > :52:35.option to come. Well, this is a big bowl in the gameframe - Amy Stanton.
:52:36. > :52:38.So much play in the portable ring is about giving yourself opportunities
:52:39. > :52:42.to get something. Every bowl has to have a value.
:52:43. > :52:53.This is the shot that I thought she would have played with her third
:52:54. > :52:59.bowl. She's given it a chance. Very close. Wants an edge. Got the edge.
:53:00. > :53:01.And in for the shot by the looks of it. Needed the edge to get there. It
:53:02. > :53:09.was very, very close. APPLAUSE
:53:10. > :53:12.And this is very important as to whose line this. It's close to two
:53:13. > :53:25.here. Measure for shot. Thought you had
:53:26. > :53:29.seen something there that I hadn't seen. The angle of the red bowl it
:53:30. > :53:36.looked like it was close. It's deceiving.
:53:37. > :53:50.And the context of the game, this is a massive result. Well, the red is
:53:51. > :53:53.well in. That changes things. Two shots behind. It's very doable, when
:53:54. > :54:05.you need three. Four behind and needing five was
:54:06. > :54:09.almost all over. So a good result, a good bowl was in the area, got the
:54:10. > :54:12.edge and then it's just a matter of if you're going to be fortunate
:54:13. > :54:21.enough to fall in. Not sure about this jack. I think
:54:22. > :54:26.she's safe enough. She's well back from the minimum distance with the
:54:27. > :54:40.mat. It's all the way out to the tee.
:54:41. > :54:51.Got a little colourful light sabers there.
:54:52. > :55:24.Just need a little kick. Almost see it there - kicked out slightly.
:55:25. > :55:29.Straightened up. On this occasion it helped her because it got her around
:55:30. > :55:33.the red bowl. But a couple of little things in the rink that are - if you
:55:34. > :55:35.know they're there you can make them work for you. Change of hand for
:55:36. > :56:21.Amy. Change of hand and that dropped
:56:22. > :56:23.dramatically. Favours probably red. There's no favour, he's got a good
:56:24. > :56:34.eye. That's well inside. One point, I
:56:35. > :56:38.thought, he was playing a lot of weight. It was a lot of weight and
:56:39. > :56:42.this is not going to help her. Well, the jack has moved through
:56:43. > :56:46.sufficiently that it's not going to make a dramatic difference. It's a
:56:47. > :56:52.measure for shot and pushing that in is very unlucky, but it's well away
:56:53. > :56:56.from the target. That can happen, but there's space to draw. So the
:56:57. > :57:06.different is she's probably going to have three shots against her. That's
:57:07. > :57:10.going to be a match lie. Yep. This isn't easy, Karen, because there's
:57:11. > :57:16.spaces and gaps and holes. Tough shot. You have to drive it through
:57:17. > :57:22.for the jack. She's going for the drive. Let's see what happens. Yep,
:57:23. > :57:26.everything moved but not enough. I think there's two green there and
:57:27. > :57:35.they'll be shaking hands at the end of this. Well, that little bit of
:57:36. > :57:39.bad luck in the last end there for Amy Stanton is very unfortunate. Put
:57:40. > :57:43.her in a lot of trouble but I have to give Katherine Rednall a lot of
:57:44. > :57:46.credit. She played well. Scored didn't reflect the match, much
:57:47. > :57:51.tighter than that. Well down to Katherine Rednall.
:57:52. > :57:57.Confirmation she is back in a lady's single final. She will face the
:57:58. > :58:01.defending champion Ellen Falkner. A reminder we're back on the Red
:58:02. > :58:08.Button at 10:00am as David Gourlay takes on Neil Furman and then on BBC
:58:09. > :58:12.Two at 1:00pm for the Ladies singles final and Les Gillett versus Alex
:58:13. > :58:19.Marshall in the last open singles. What a day we had here at Potters
:58:20. > :58:22.Leisure Resort. The hero of the day undoubtedly was 71-year-old Charles
:58:23. > :58:24.Bence. From all of us here at Potters, bye, bye.