0:01:01 > 0:01:08COMMENTATOR: Has he got the plant? He has!
0:01:15 > 0:01:21Just got it away in time. There it goes, and now where is the green
0:01:21 > 0:01:28bowl? And look at the red bowl!
0:01:28 > 0:01:32He has come here, the first round, under difficult personal
0:01:32 > 0:01:38circumstances, and he has won his first match. What a week it has been
0:01:38 > 0:01:51at Buchli Crow so far. Two trophies already won. Two more up for grabs.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54So far, the quarterfinalist that we know of Art Darren Burnett, Mark
0:01:54 > 0:02:00Dawes and Mark Royal. In the bottom half, we were still waiting for our
0:02:00 > 0:02:09first quarterfinalist, with the likes of Stewart Anderson and Greg
0:02:09 > 0:02:19Harlow still alive. Nicky Brett and Mervyn King start our evening.
0:02:19 > 0:02:30Commentary comes from John Price and David Corkill.
0:02:55 > 0:03:05COMMENTATOR: That is a loose one from Nick.
0:03:05 > 0:03:12Short of length.
0:03:16 > 0:03:23APPLAUSE
0:03:24 > 0:03:3214 ends played in this that so far, hasn't had any more than a double.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Most players have benefited from two of those, but all the rest of the
0:03:36 > 0:03:45time, it has been singles. It really reflects the standard of play.Good
0:03:45 > 0:03:52adjustment there.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Shot back.
0:04:30 > 0:04:38He hasn't played too many bowls on that backhand. The wait was good,
0:04:38 > 0:04:43just inside the line. I think Mervyn has got to play this again, if he
0:04:43 > 0:04:54gets just inside the red, author jack.I can see why he is playing
0:04:54 > 0:05:01it, there is danger on the other side.A good chance on that forehand
0:05:01 > 0:05:11to use the red to come back into the jack.It is on the draw, John. He
0:05:11 > 0:05:17will want to draw to the jack and tuck it in if he can, put it in to
0:05:17 > 0:05:25there. It will be a heavy shot required not to waste one. I say
0:05:25 > 0:05:30that, there is danger if he gets to the outside red one and touches it
0:05:30 > 0:05:34down, the other red will drop for the shot.But I think at this stage,
0:05:34 > 0:05:42you've got to try it, he is running out of ends now. What a tracking
0:05:42 > 0:05:46this is, if he has got it, he is very close. It needs to bend now,
0:05:46 > 0:05:55and that is unfortunate.He is, he has pushed that Red Bull closer. --
0:05:55 > 0:06:02that
0:06:02 > 0:06:09that red bowl.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Nick looking for the outside green one. Touching the jack to his bowls
0:06:25 > 0:06:30would be good, he doesn't want it the other way, though. That has cost
0:06:30 > 0:06:37him an extra, I think. He could be two down our.It is small margins,
0:06:37 > 0:06:47and if it is two, that has been a costly bowl.
0:07:07 > 0:07:14If Nicky doesn't tie up this set, that could be a pivotal moment. One
0:07:14 > 0:07:21down wasn't a big disaster, two gives Mervyn a real chance now.He
0:07:21 > 0:07:25was making a double, and if he had flopped down on the jack, maybe even
0:07:25 > 0:07:30three, that really would have killed off the set.It was similar for both
0:07:30 > 0:07:36players on that end, they will both the little unlucky. Salt in the
0:07:36 > 0:07:47wound. Right in Mervyn.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Looking for the trip just to move the green bowl away, that is a
0:08:02 > 0:08:09little better.
0:08:26 > 0:08:35Good place, that, by Mervyn, he needed a bowl past.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54It gives him a chance. He needed a bowl there to play anything on the
0:08:54 > 0:09:05third and fourth.The back red bowl would be absolutely perfect.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10would be absolutely perfect.Just inside the line. A little chance
0:09:10 > 0:09:16from Nick if he can get onto that jack and spring it.The drop-off for
0:09:16 > 0:09:20that one, Mervyn with a little shake of the head, there is no value to
0:09:20 > 0:09:26that.He is playing heavy, he is attacking this! I could see the
0:09:26 > 0:09:30reason why. If he had got the side of that jack, all the momentum would
0:09:30 > 0:09:35have gone through it onto the green bowl, and it is quite possible that
0:09:35 > 0:09:40wouldn't have moved too far. And if it had and been on the re-spot, he
0:09:40 > 0:09:50would have been very happy with that. Interesting choice of shot.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Mirfin, one, two shots, if he gets two, he still has to win the last
0:09:55 > 0:10:02end. So this shot really doesn't matter too much. He has worked that
0:10:02 > 0:10:07out, that is why he is running over to try and cover.That is sensible
0:10:07 > 0:10:16play, put a deep bowl in.A lot of people saying, he is two down, but
0:10:16 > 0:10:23if he gets two, it is 6-6, he still has to win.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29has to win. He still has to get one shot in the last end anyway.He has
0:10:29 > 0:10:34gone deep because he thinks Nicky might run again. Playing with a
0:10:34 > 0:10:40little more control this time, Nicky.Hard to get back for those
0:10:40 > 0:10:48shots, really difficult, even for the best.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52the best. Well, at one stage, 6-1, it was very much looking like we
0:10:52 > 0:10:58were heading towards a tie-break. 6-5.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07Nicky Brett will have the last bowl on this end, so you would say it was
0:11:07 > 0:11:10slightly to his advantage, but sometimes it is better to have it as
0:11:10 > 0:11:19well, and Mervyn has been playing very well in this direction, finding
0:11:19 > 0:11:26it on his backhand. Come off that fence and commit, what do you think?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30I still have a feeling we are going to end up with a tie-break. It has
0:11:30 > 0:11:38been that sort of game. That sort of match where you just feel that both
0:11:38 > 0:11:46players have been playing so well. This is the first bowl he has played
0:11:46 > 0:11:50in this direction for awhile. Now, seize the day, Nicky. He needs a
0:11:50 > 0:11:52good one.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06He hasn't really taken advantage, still there. Whoever gets to the
0:12:06 > 0:12:12jack first here will have the advantage. Pressure building on both
0:12:12 > 0:12:22players. This is a lot better.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29players. This is a lot better. And no mistakes.Correction made. Close,
0:12:29 > 0:12:36but maybe not close enough.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51He is not quite getting back, I just wonder whether Nicky might be
0:12:51 > 0:12:55tempted with the next bowl to chase this, open it up.I reckon he
0:12:55 > 0:13:01thought that was good.Mervyn think so, he is going deep to gather the
0:13:01 > 0:13:09spot.The trouble is, you can overcome so easily. The advantage of
0:13:09 > 0:13:13getting the jack out in the open is that Nicky has the last bowl, but
0:13:13 > 0:13:19look at that re-spot position, only six inches away from it.That is the
0:13:19 > 0:13:29problem now, he doesn't want to hit it if he goes out on that side.
0:13:29 > 0:13:37May be sticking with the draw. He is going to play the forehand roar.He
0:13:37 > 0:13:41just wants to skirt past the front green one, and he is very close with
0:13:41 > 0:13:51this. Is he getting back? Man, that was so close! And he has locked the
0:13:51 > 0:13:57green bowl in. That is an absolutely horrible results.You can see this
0:13:57 > 0:14:01length, just not quite getting the drop, he is just overweight and not
0:14:01 > 0:14:05getting the pool at the end. I would have thought he would have bent,
0:14:05 > 0:14:14even with a couple of feet of weight.Mervyn King is using the
0:14:14 > 0:14:23time-out. Is he prepared to use it again for the match lie?He could
0:14:23 > 0:14:26use the drawing line.But then he will go back for the shot, you
0:14:26 > 0:14:34think, why on earth did I do that? He is thinking, I will be feeling
0:14:34 > 0:14:38exactly the same thing, if I go into this, I could offer something easier
0:14:38 > 0:14:44for Nick.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48He is playing with the forehand, which suggests he is trying to play
0:14:48 > 0:14:52a block of.He wants to be about a foot wide of his previous short
0:14:52 > 0:14:58bowl. That is pretty good. That is really on the channel that Nick
0:14:58 > 0:15:02would have been looking to come down.Probably still there. That is
0:15:02 > 0:15:10the tension of the moment.It is, because Nick Brett is a big scalp to
0:15:10 > 0:15:13take. And he is trying it again, trying to come around the short
0:15:13 > 0:15:19bowls.He is trying it.I don't think he will get back around
0:15:19 > 0:15:25Berrer. Once he did that, it was never going to happen.What a match,
0:15:25 > 0:15:30what an absolutely brilliant game, and Nick Brett, world number two,
0:15:30 > 0:15:37eases his way out of this, and a fantastic game, it really was.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Couldn't ask for anything better in terms of the quality of play, Mervyn
0:15:41 > 0:15:50King was in top form. We all thought Mervyn King would come back every,
0:15:50 > 0:15:55it didn't happen.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59It was a great match Russell to watch. Were you feeling good going
0:15:59 > 0:16:01into it that you were able to produce this high-quality
0:16:01 > 0:16:07performance?Probably not, to be honest. It wasn't so enjoyable to be
0:16:07 > 0:16:13out there! I know I have to play well when I play Nick, because he
0:16:13 > 0:16:16plays all the shots, and he showed today, it is all about getting the
0:16:16 > 0:16:22draw and going on, and hopefully that works out.So, Mervyn King,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26winner in 2006 is through to the quarterfinals once more. Up next,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30the match between the defending champion, Paul Foster, and Jason
0:16:30 > 0:16:36Greenslade, who has failed to get past the second round here at what
0:16:36 > 0:16:38is in the last five years.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47COMMENTATOR: A hard first round for him, he got through it and I think
0:16:47 > 0:16:53you will benefit from that. It is a big task for Jason, but he is a very
0:16:53 > 0:16:55talented guy himself, and we expect a good match here.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57APPLAUSE
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Jason wearing the cap, most unusual, but we have had a chat with him
0:17:09 > 0:17:13about it, and he feels it is a useful aid to his psychology of
0:17:13 > 0:17:23playing the game at the moment.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Quite interesting, early in the game he has gone fairly short with the
0:17:32 > 0:17:37jack, something he didn't do in the early stages of the last round.But
0:17:37 > 0:17:43he knows Jason, Jason likes the long jack links, and usually Jason will
0:17:43 > 0:17:51go automatically to 29 metres. Paul usually waits to see how the set is
0:17:51 > 0:17:57developing for he moves on to the short jacks, but there is a certain
0:17:57 > 0:17:59predictability when it comes to Jason, where he wants to play,
0:17:59 > 0:18:04especially at the start.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32That is a great start by Paul.Jason quite often would try to drive that,
0:18:32 > 0:18:39it is a single bowl target. Most players just try and draw a very
0:18:39 > 0:18:48good third bowl, or a close second.
0:18:52 > 0:19:01Didn't go very quick at that, it was a difficult weight to use.It would
0:19:01 > 0:19:05have been lucky if he had got the short one into it. People who have
0:19:05 > 0:19:09been in the game quite a while will remember that these two had a
0:19:09 > 0:19:13magnificent match at Preston Guild the first year that Paul won the
0:19:13 > 0:19:22championship. He drew to the jack, Jason driving the jack of the rink.
0:19:22 > 0:19:30Yes, back in 1998, it was. I then had the pleasure of playing Paul in
0:19:30 > 0:19:34November of that year and once again, January, a couple of monthly
0:19:34 > 0:19:42to.He has slightly widened it. I think he will go again?It is a
0:19:42 > 0:19:45wider target and he will go stiffer this time.
0:20:00 > 0:20:07He has got something.Once again, we have had a few of these jacks going
0:20:07 > 0:20:14up the rink, but this one looks like it has gone off the confines.It he
0:20:14 > 0:20:19could be lying three on the re-spot. It is well off, so we will see
0:20:19 > 0:20:26whether re-spot is. This is going to take a rope. They go, Jason is going
0:20:26 > 0:20:30to have a look.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47Well, if the jack had stayed in, it was two to Paul, the jack going out
0:20:47 > 0:20:50on the re-spot, three to Jason.
0:21:02 > 0:21:09Nine end sets, of course, three in tie-break if needed. And the shot
0:21:09 > 0:21:14clock is in play, 30 seconds after the first bowl for a player to play
0:21:14 > 0:21:18his bowl, with a number of time-outs available.
0:21:30 > 0:21:38That is a nice start, using the long jack links, as predicted.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41jack links, as predicted. Although Jason is not using the straight
0:21:41 > 0:21:46bowls that he is renowned for, he is using the swinging bowl.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15APPLAUSE
0:22:23 > 0:22:33REFEREE:Shot bowl is touching.
0:22:43 > 0:22:50Dropping over the line, and that is the seam line of the carpet. They
0:22:50 > 0:22:57come in strips and are sewn together. Of course, it has to be
0:22:57 > 0:23:01horizontal. You couldn't have a vertical line down the middle of the
0:23:01 > 0:23:03rink, that wouldn't work.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12He is on the wrong side, he doesn't want to tap that too much. That is
0:23:12 > 0:23:17OK.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20OK.Centre of the rink again, picking the line-out on the longer
0:23:20 > 0:23:22length.
0:23:31 > 0:23:38Just that extra bit of weight holding it. Probably would have got
0:23:38 > 0:23:41back for second.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51No reason to change, Jason, he has got the good line on this side of
0:23:51 > 0:23:56the rink.
0:24:04 > 0:24:11APPLAUSE That is in again. So, a bit of
0:24:11 > 0:24:16pressure on Paul Foster here.He is going to take a look at this, see
0:24:16 > 0:24:23where the bowl is positioned.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Well, the problem for Paul is, and this is where the difficulty is, if
0:24:27 > 0:24:32he does get into the jack and moves it, and sticks on the green bowl,
0:24:32 > 0:24:37even if he moves the jack into this position, he will still be two or
0:24:37 > 0:24:42three down. He might just have to draw for the second shot. I don't
0:24:42 > 0:24:45think there is any hit that is guaranteed to make contact at the
0:24:45 > 0:24:51front. There is a 3-way plant, but he is playing the seam shot, only on
0:24:51 > 0:24:56the backhand as a draw. He doesn't want to get to the jack.He would
0:24:56 > 0:25:03like to sit off the side bowl, get second.He is close with this, it is
0:25:03 > 0:25:08all on connections now. He doesn't want the jack. That is what I was
0:25:08 > 0:25:12saying about them doing it on the forehand, he didn't want the jack,
0:25:12 > 0:25:17he wanted the bowl, and as soon as he hit it, he was going to lose
0:25:17 > 0:25:25three, anyway.He was very unfortunate with this, nice weight,
0:25:25 > 0:25:29a little bit of a wet at the end, and that was the worst result he
0:25:29 > 0:25:32could have had. STUDIO: So Jason Greenslade went on
0:25:32 > 0:25:36to take the first set and the defending champion looked in
0:25:36 > 0:25:41trouble. Widgery join the match in the second set, -- we rejoin the
0:25:41 > 0:25:49match in the second set, 4-4. COMMENTATOR: Short jack length, and
0:25:49 > 0:25:54he didn't look too happy about that one.
0:25:54 > 0:26:01APPLAUSE That was decent.
0:27:17 > 0:27:24Paul Foster playing a running bowl. Two down, he's got it. It bounced
0:27:24 > 0:27:29out. It is going to be on the re-spot. That means there will be
0:27:29 > 0:27:40some room all around it.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48Francis Fletcher will look after that.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09Slight advantage to Jason. He has two bowls. Paul will only have one.
0:28:09 > 0:28:22That will not be close enough. It depends where Paul puts this one.
0:28:34 > 0:28:44It dropped out. It was a shot, and then it twisted round. Paul Foster
0:28:44 > 0:29:01would have expected to lose one. That was unfortunate for him.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Interesting match. A lot of conversion shots being played. A lot
0:29:14 > 0:29:20of very good draws as well. Jason is playing the best I have seen him
0:29:20 > 0:29:23play for some time.Probably for a couple of years on this portable
0:29:23 > 0:29:33rink.I would say so.Paul will be disappointed. It wasn't a great
0:29:33 > 0:29:43final delivery.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42I get the impression that if Paul Foster does manage to get over the
0:30:42 > 0:30:48line in this match, he still has some distance to go to get that
0:30:48 > 0:30:55position, but he will build on it. And there have not been too many
0:30:55 > 0:30:59weaknesses for Jason in this game. Jason has played some really good
0:30:59 > 0:31:11bowls. Just needs to see it out now. Those two bowls are so important.
0:31:12 > 0:31:24Yes, there is a positivity about Jason's game.
0:31:24 > 0:31:31Jason's game. Is it going to touch it? It nearly did. Imagine if it
0:31:31 > 0:31:38had. That would have been a foot away. Was he lucky or unlucky?Well,
0:31:38 > 0:31:43he hit the target. You deserve a bit of luck when you strike well. Needed
0:31:43 > 0:31:48just a feather on the jack. He would have been in a good position in the
0:31:48 > 0:31:56ditch. Now, as it stands, it's wide open.
0:31:58 > 0:32:06open.You can hear the crowd murmur. That's probably about seven feet
0:32:06 > 0:32:22away.Paul needs to make this. No mistakes on this occasion.
0:32:22 > 0:32:32mistakes on this occasion.He has got the shot.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36got the shot. He has to be careful, because he doesn't want to fall into
0:32:36 > 0:32:42the ditch and give away a two.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54Lead foot off the mat, still legal. That is to hold the ball up as long
0:32:54 > 0:33:11as possible before they start taking the bend. He is there.Very good.
0:33:11 > 0:33:20It's so close to the red bowl. He is going to have to draw it. Green is
0:33:20 > 0:33:35third, which is dangerous.He will definitely have to draw this.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55He has to give it a chance, John. Hope to get the shot or rest the
0:33:55 > 0:34:01jack. Can't afford to be short. It is the line Trophy they are all
0:34:01 > 0:34:14playing for. -- in the Langham trophy.
0:34:20 > 0:34:34He is chasing this match.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43He needs to win, so he has to get four shots to defend his title in
0:34:43 > 0:34:54the next two ends.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36That is not bad, John, but Jason doesn't like short bowls. The get
0:35:36 > 0:35:39out of jail card of the running bowl just makes it more difficult for
0:35:39 > 0:35:44him.
0:35:49 > 0:35:57Good first delivery by Paul. Jason is looking for one really good bowl
0:35:57 > 0:36:02here.
0:36:21 > 0:36:32Major problems now.Still just about possible for Paul to turn that away.
0:36:32 > 0:36:44He has to play over the weight.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48He has to play over the weight. What does Jason do, play the backhand to
0:36:48 > 0:36:52try and hide his own bowl with the red bowl is? That is probably as
0:36:52 > 0:37:08good a shot as any. Doesn't want to leave a shoulder on the forehand.
0:37:17 > 0:37:25I think Paul is going to have to play a deliberate shot here. He is
0:37:25 > 0:37:29going to have to try and shave things on the forehand. He must make
0:37:29 > 0:37:36a change. Even if he moves the green bowl, the problem is that this bowl
0:37:36 > 0:37:39is a nightmare for him. That is blocking off the shot to get to the
0:37:39 > 0:37:47jack to make the double that he needs. But he is aware of the fact
0:37:47 > 0:37:50that the match is lying against him at the moment, so there is nothing
0:37:50 > 0:37:55easy about this. I think he has to take a risk and try and shave it. If
0:37:55 > 0:38:08he gets to the edge and pushes it out, he has got a chance.
0:38:18 > 0:38:25On paper, that sounds good, what you just said, Dave. But knowing the
0:38:25 > 0:38:29hand, I feel it is more of a draw shot to lift the green. If you can
0:38:29 > 0:38:37get back to the jack, that is brilliant.The problem is that if he
0:38:37 > 0:38:42plays just a draw shot, it is only one and you have four in the last
0:38:42 > 0:38:53end and that is really a no go.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54end and that is really a no go. You might as well shake hands in a game
0:38:54 > 0:39:06like this. That is pretty good. That is a very good position. I still
0:39:06 > 0:39:14think he needs to try and play for the edge of the bowl.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18the edge of the bowl. He is going underneath to try and get the edge.
0:39:18 > 0:39:27Wow, this is a hard shot.Needs a bit of luck now.It's off. It's all
0:39:27 > 0:39:36over. That was a tough one for Paul Foster. Just very difficult to get
0:39:36 > 0:39:42out of that situation.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50out of that situation. Obviously not vintage Paul Foster, but my goodness
0:39:50 > 0:39:54me, Jason Greenslade played very well. Positivity about him today,
0:39:54 > 0:39:59good body language, really good draw shots, the occasional hits. But he
0:39:59 > 0:40:05played very well. Like everything else, it's not easy to defend your
0:40:05 > 0:40:10title.Paul, I guess that might be a part of you that is glad it is over
0:40:10 > 0:40:14and you can put this week behind you?Yes and no. I was feeling
0:40:14 > 0:40:20focused today. To be honest, I didn't have the best of starts, but
0:40:20 > 0:40:29I thought I was unlucky. It ricocheted about. That gave Jason
0:40:29 > 0:40:34the momentum. I didn't think I played that bad, to be honest. It
0:40:34 > 0:40:40just wasn't for me today.STUDIO: So congratulations to Jason Greenslade,
0:40:40 > 0:40:46who can at last look forward to a quarterfinal at Potters. Now we
0:40:46 > 0:40:52switch our attention to the ladies' singles on the first of the
0:40:52 > 0:40:54semifinals featured the defending champion and two-time winner of this
0:40:54 > 0:40:58title, Catherine read no and Leslie Doig, who was part of the mixed
0:40:58 > 0:41:06pairs winning team on Tuesday. We doing this in the sixth end.
0:42:35 > 0:42:46REFEREE: your last bowl was 18 inches.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Katherine will be looking to nail it here.Just not close enough. Lesley
0:42:56 > 0:43:01has not really settled into a game plan here.I am not sure either of
0:43:01 > 0:43:07them have. Katherine has had the edge so far with the scoreline, but
0:43:07 > 0:43:17it's not Katherine we know yet. Lesley has played well in the mixed
0:43:17 > 0:43:22pairs. She had a lot of consistency in her play, but it has been a
0:43:22 > 0:43:26struggle so far in the singles. There have been occasional glimpses,
0:43:26 > 0:43:36but it's been sporadic.She's shaking her head.I think the
0:43:36 > 0:43:40problem is, you know when you think a bowl is close and ends up a yard
0:43:40 > 0:43:43away, that is a concern.It is certainly disappointing when you
0:43:43 > 0:43:51think it's a winner. This is better.
0:44:06 > 0:44:18It's a loose three. It would be difficult for Lesley to get back
0:44:18 > 0:44:28from that position.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33I don't think she is sure about this. She grimaced when she let the
0:44:33 > 0:44:41ball go. She knew she was heavy.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44ball go. She knew she was heavy.You don't want to be dropping short on
0:44:44 > 0:44:52ends like that. Got to give it a chance, whatever happens.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55STUDIO: So Katherine Rednall is in control of the second, leading as we
0:44:55 > 0:45:06rejoin it in the seventh end.
0:45:25 > 0:45:36It's a brilliant start again. I feel like I am running out of adjectives.
0:45:36 > 0:45:41Well, you think about white flags and those sorts of things. Custer 's
0:45:41 > 0:45:48last stand.She has just kept piling the pressure on. The first set, she
0:45:48 > 0:45:56played better than Lesley, but by her standard, she was a bit scrappy,
0:45:56 > 0:46:00Katherine. But she is like a machine. Once she gets going, she is
0:46:00 > 0:46:10mechanical.
0:46:11 > 0:46:20There is not a lot Lesley can do about this except soldier on.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23about this except soldier on. There is an inevitability about the
0:46:23 > 0:46:28outcome.Lesley has played some good bowls, but unfortunately, Katherine
0:46:28 > 0:46:40has just been a lot more consistent overall.
0:46:49 > 0:46:57Needs to be just a bit wider.
0:47:09 > 0:47:18Close.That is demoralising.It's hard work. You sort of know that
0:47:18 > 0:47:22even when you hit it, the chances are that you will be shot down. She
0:47:22 > 0:47:27has been fighting a losing battle for the last few ends. She is better
0:47:27 > 0:47:35than what the scoreline shows, no doubt about that.Absolutely. But
0:47:35 > 0:47:43the four from the first end set the tone for this set.A portable rink
0:47:43 > 0:47:46really does take time and you have to be here a lot of the time to know
0:47:46 > 0:47:52how to play it.
0:47:52 > 0:47:58how to play it. You need to come back year after year in reality.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Some people play on this almost every year for umpteen years and
0:48:01 > 0:48:06still haven't grasped that. Katherine is one of the ones that
0:48:06 > 0:48:16has.
0:48:24 > 0:48:31Come on, Lesley, get into this. Very close this time.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37close this time. Sometimes if you lose a match by one shot, you can be
0:48:37 > 0:48:44extremely disappointed. It just wasn't Lesley Doig's day today. And
0:48:44 > 0:48:51Katherine played well, particularly in the second set. Turned up the
0:48:51 > 0:48:56gears, picked up big counts on three ends and it was always going to be a
0:48:56 > 0:49:02situation of, could Lesley stay with her? And it wasn't the case. So the
0:49:02 > 0:49:06scoreline is going to look pretty rough. But Lesley was chasing the
0:49:06 > 0:49:12game in the second set.You were on the sort of form that makes you hard
0:49:12 > 0:49:16to beat. How would you describe how well you think you play today?My
0:49:16 > 0:49:20first bowl was really good. So I was comfortable with any sort of length
0:49:20 > 0:49:24I played going that way. I knew if I could get there first, that gave me
0:49:24 > 0:49:27a good chance of winning the end. But I have played Lesley so many
0:49:27 > 0:49:31times and it's always been so close. I would go so far as to say she is
0:49:31 > 0:49:35the best lead that I know. So she outlived me in the mixed players
0:49:35 > 0:49:41yesterday, so I knew I had to come up with something special.Katherine
0:49:41 > 0:49:45Rednall through to the final for a fourth time. Here is what happened
0:49:45 > 0:49:56in the second semifinal.
0:50:55 > 0:51:02It is all about correction here, doesn't want to be too heavy. Needs
0:51:02 > 0:51:11to drop.
0:51:11 > 0:51:21to drop. Just in.
0:51:26 > 0:51:36Close again.
0:51:36 > 0:51:45She knew she was close. The bowl was bending. Want to get onto the green
0:51:45 > 0:51:56one. Any touch would have been enough.
0:52:05 > 0:52:21Now, has that dropped out? And it is on the flat. That helps.
0:52:26 > 0:52:39It's a strong fence. A lot of people sit on the fence.
0:52:41 > 0:52:53Well, if you're not 100% sure, just say it's close.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55say it's close. She has already played an almost perfect bowl in the
0:52:55 > 0:53:05previous delivery.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19It didn't drift too much. Another couple of inches, and it would have
0:53:19 > 0:53:27been peeling away from the jack. I still favour green.I thought you
0:53:27 > 0:53:33favoured red.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35favoured red.Well, the marker favours the green. I still favour
0:53:35 > 0:53:45the red. The more we do this, the more I think I'm at home. You do
0:53:45 > 0:53:56realise that, don't you?
0:54:03 > 0:54:10Dangerous enough, this. No matter what way you look at it, any touch
0:54:10 > 0:54:14of a dead end is coming to the red bowl. Any touch on the red bowl is a
0:54:14 > 0:54:26problem.Also, she can't afford to measure... Oh, she has overplayed.
0:54:26 > 0:54:34The marker's opinion is only that, just an opinion.I think we have all
0:54:34 > 0:54:38made that mistake, but you just have to play it how you see it.I just
0:54:38 > 0:54:44thought she would try and sneak up with good weight, maybe drop a foot
0:54:44 > 0:54:52short, even to get in the way of something. Janice can afford to play
0:54:52 > 0:55:10this.She has played a good weight on this end.She could draw this.
0:55:17 > 0:55:23Seemed to pick out a flatter line there.
0:55:25 > 0:55:30there. That touch is enough to make a difference. When you get a touch
0:55:30 > 0:55:36like that, it slides it across by a quarter of an inch.She had a lot of
0:55:36 > 0:55:45weight on that bowl.A lot more.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48weight on that bowl.A lot more. She only had to hit its solid or half,
0:55:48 > 0:55:54and it would have been enough.
0:56:00 > 0:56:07That green bowl has definitely moved, no doubt about it.
0:56:24 > 0:56:35The markers are very good at these events.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46You did say you fancied both, so you have covered yourself.Well, you
0:56:46 > 0:56:59have to cover yourself, but it is one red.It is very deceiving.
0:56:59 > 0:57:05Janice played as if the shot was against her. This is massive,
0:57:05 > 0:57:12because one player then things, well, I have got away with it. Well,
0:57:12 > 0:57:21there you go. Hard to tell, but that's the way it works. Rebecca
0:57:21 > 0:57:28Field takes it 2-0. It must have been very close on that measure.
0:57:28 > 0:57:33Because he did check the other green one as well. A good game, an
0:57:33 > 0:57:39interesting game.So it was the back one that was the shot.It appeared
0:57:39 > 0:57:50to be. 11-4 on the first set. It was Rebecca Field all the way.She makes
0:57:50 > 0:57:56her way to the final. STUDIO: So Thursday's final will be between the
0:57:56 > 0:57:59defending champion picture and Rebecca Field, a repeat of the 2014
0:57:59 > 0:58:04final. Join us on the red button from 10am on Thursday for Les
0:58:04 > 0:58:09Gillett against Robert Paxton. Then we will be on BBC Two at 1pm for the
0:58:09 > 0:58:13ladies' final and Scott Edwards against Greg Harlow. It's been a
0:58:13 > 0:58:16dramatic day here at Potters. One defending champion, Paul Foster, is
0:58:16 > 0:58:20out at the open singles, but another, Katherine Rednall, is
0:58:20 > 0:58:23through to the final of the ladies' singles. From all of us here at
0:58:23 > 0:58:33Potters, I buy. -- bye-bye.