Day 4 World Indoor Bowls Championships

Hello, everyone, and welcome

highlights from the World Indoor

Bowls Championships at Potters.

Action from the open singles later,

but we start with the final of the

ladies singles, between Katherine

Rednall and Rebecca Field. Rednall,

defending champion, defeated Lesley

Doig in the semifinal, with Field

overcoming Janice Gower. In the

final, Rednall made the better

start, winning the first set and

looking in superb touch. We join it

in the fourth end of the second set,

with Rednall ahead.

It's a short bowl again, isn't it?

That's been the default of the first

two from Rebecca, and she makes life

so much harder for herself, that's

the problem. Katherine is just

punishing her at the moment.

Turned her back on it again. She

really is struggling, and it's hard

to watch this, because she is so

much better, we all know that. In

the meantime, Katherine Rednall is

getting a free run. Well, she is

doing exactly what she has to do,

take advantage.

You can't give

Katherine Rednall a free run, simple

as that. That was always the danger,

she's been playing so well in her

previous matches, and she is very

confident, very relaxed out there.

Rebecca would have known she'd

needed to really be up there with

her first two, in particular.

Really good stuff from Katherine

Rednall.

She's finding centre line

as well, and the crowd just

acknowledging that level of skill

for the short term retentive memory

on line weight, which is very much

with the 22-year-old, just turned

22.

22. Really, Rebecca is left in so

much trouble again. Over correction,

understandable.

Yeah, not easy to

get a shot when you four down.

Rebecca is making it look --

Katherine is making it look so easy

at the moment.

The Rednall camp

obviously very happy at the moment.

Working out how me and is they've

got to go, I think. -- how

got to go, I think. -- how many ends

they've got to go.

You have to

appreciate the fact that it's a bit

in a position -- it's a bit of an

exhibition at the moment. At the

moment, Rebecca Field has no answer.

Good from Rebecca Field. That's much

better, much happier seeing it

behind.

It gives her a good starting point

now. Can play either side. It will

touch the jack, makes a double.

Got a chance with this. A little

touch on it. Well, that's

remarkable, really. You

remarkable, really. You consider,

and that's what we expect from

Rebecca Field, two markers like

that.

Beckett is an accomplished

player with a strong record, and we

know she can bowl like this. --

Rebecca.

She is forcing Katherine

into running bowls, and she's

missed. Moving to the other side,

staying away from the jack, may be

going a bit steep, expecting Rebecca

to get it, but a tug on the jack in

the corner would be good. Well,

there you go.

Outstanding.

Absolutely. The ability is there, we

all know that. Looks under.

Four shots coming up.

Now, Rebecca, no mistakes.

Yeah, four shots it is, and look at

the four shots.

the four shots.

Very good from

Rebecca, and the first time she's

really put Katherine under any

pressure in the match.

Games can

turn quickly, and she has got time.

She forced Katherine into playing

two weighted bowls, and she played

them quickly, but under with each of

them.

A moment of encouragement for

Rebecca Field, but Rednall was

closing in on the third title. We

rejoin the action in the third end.

It has to hurt for a while because,

if it doesn't hurt...

There is no

point.

No point in playing.

Something isn't right if it doesn't

hurt.

After two days, she'll

rationalise it and say, I was in the

final, just not my day.

She didn't

settle, she didn't come out and

settle, and that was the problem.

She scratched around for quite a

fuel ends in the first set, and that

continued in the second, certainly

the first couple of end. She didn't

score until the fifth end, did she?

In the second set, it was the fifth

end where she picked up the big

four. All of a sudden, you are

seeing the true Rebecca Field.

We

have had glimpses.

A smile which

says, where have I been all day!

She is attacking, Katherine Rednall.

That will do. That brings it right

in. Didn't need to, because there

two shots, she could have drawn in

and packed the head, but quite

comfortable with that.

She's gone

early and I think it's the right

decision.

She kills off the game.

Lying a couple, but you'd expect

Katherine Rednall to draw this.

She

knows that, by opening it, she gives

herself the opportunity to do what

she does best, which is to draw.

There we go, a recovery shot, and a

toucher as well.

That's just rubbing

it in.

That's just sort in the womb.

-- in the wound.

-- in the wound. And then a back

toucher.

She looking to make a disturbance,

and not the case. It's all over.

APPLAUSE

Absolutely nothing that Rebecca

Field could do today to keep

Katherine Rednall away from the

jack. She was absolutely relentless.

Perfect display of singles, played

really well. Just one end where she

faltered by losing a four, but she

kept Rebecca Field to singles, three

in the first set, and two others in

the second. 13-3 in the first set,

and a very comfortable 13-6 in the

second. 2-0.

We'll start with Rebecca. I guess

you've got to put it down to just

one of those days where you run into

an opponent who was in fine form.

In

my opinion, I've lost to the best

player in the world, so...

APPLAUSE

I can understand if you don't want

to say any more. It's

understandable.

It's not good crying

on national TV, is it? I'll come

away and think, I didn't play very

well, but this girl puts you under

pressure. She makes you crack. I've

played well all week, and she was

superb today. You just have to enjoy

watching, there's not a lot you can

do about it! It's fantastic and I

will take a lot of memories away

from here.

Thank you, thank you.

Katherine, why did you do that to

one of your best mates?

I feel

really bad! I guess I settled into

it. That's probably the best I've

ever played. I found it from the

first end really, and I didn't enjoy

it, actually, it was horrible, but

no... I don't really know what to

say!

I was going to ask you, you

must have been enjoying the fact you

are playing so well, but on the

receiving end is someone that you

know and get on so well with.

Yes,

some ends, I looked up and I felt so

sorry for Rebecca, having to play

from the other end. I wouldn't have

a clue what to do. But I just

settled into it and I couldn't

really have done any better. The

2018 ladies world champion,

Katherine Rednall!

Well done to Katherine Rednall, a

third title at the tender age of 22.

Remarkable. Now we switch our

attention to the open singles, and

this is how it looked at the start

of the day. We knew the identity of

five members of the quarterfinals,

Jason Greenslade, Darren Burnett,

Mark Dawes and Mark Royal, and in

the bottom half, Mervyn King was

also true. Three outstanding matches

still to go, and we start with the

match between Les Gillett,

semifinalist last year, and 2016

runner-up Robert Paxton. It is 7-7

as we join it in the eighth end of

the first set.

That slipped through the gap.

Started to clap that one, they knew

it was close.

I'm surprised Les Gillett is short

with that because, even if he'd gone

past the jack by a yard, it would

have been a good bowl.

At this stage in the set, you can be

a bit too negative at times and

leave yourself in trouble.

If he

turns that jack round the corner,

Les Gillett is in a lot of bother,

no doubt. Just try and draw the

shot. That's the first target.

He is

on the line. Gets back to the jack.

Well played.

A big bowl.

I think he'll push into it.

Unnecessary now, but it's just held

off centre rink, so it's a good

target for Les.

This is the one to

play, split of the red bowl, peel

that Greenaway.

He's got the angle,

but if he comes off that, he pushes

his own bowl. At this moment, it's a

difficult shot to beat on the draw.

The only problem he has is that he's

only got one bowl in there, but he'd

be desperately unlucky to take that

out. Les is going for the draw, but

let's see his line on this. He has

to be behind the jack, at the very

least.

A better effort.

I'm not sure

about that. He's got no back

position now, and you said, if

you're going to play anything into

it, it would be better to do it with

the third bowl, last bowl recovery

then, but he's left himself almost

nothing but a perfect draw.

I am surprised at that.

Correction,

Les has four time-outs remaining.

The back position, OK, it's sitting

with green at the moment, but it's

only just behind the jack.

He is

only one down at the moment, Les, so

he'll be thinking, don't give an

extra away at this stage.

That's the

problem he put himself into by not

being up on his third bowl. He'd

have been behind the jack, he had a

running bowl.

Perfect crawl would

get the shot. Much better with this.

Just needs to run, get past the

green. Good effort. Very close. But

no cigar.

Both players have played very well

in this set. If it was a drawn set,

it would be a fair result, because

they have played really good stuff,

both of them.

Jack Lenox, 29.5 metres. -- jack

length.

Robert used to play with a cap, but

he hasn't done so for a while.

House lights here are sufficient for

the needs.

the needs. We don't get the big bank

of light that we used to have years

ago, John, and they were very hot.

He's given his cap to Jason

Greenslade this year.

Mmm.

Greenslade this year.

Mmm.

Gave

Jason a bit of stick last night

about his hat.

He's good value for

it, isn't he?

I told them I thought

he'd had a head transplant -- I told

him I thought he'd had a hair

transplant and he was covering it.

Les, first to the jack.

A foot more weight. Always

frustrating, David, when you are on

a line like that and it's just a

foot short.

It is, and it's also a

blocker for the running shot.

Robert on the backhand, looking for

the red bowl, about a foot or so

behind the jack.

Has to be careful of the red bowl.

Very good, he gets in front of that

bowl.

I still believed he was going for

the one against the red, but a

perfect delivery in many ways. I

think Les will have to play into

this, open it up a bit. He needs to

get the shot to get something out of

the set. He has got the last bowl.

This is where his previous one, just

a foot in front, becomes a guard.

Yet, gets the edge of that, it will

take him away from the target.

Well,

he's on the inside edge. He's going

for the runner.

He needed it full.

That was the problem. Any edge took

him away.

As soon as it dropped

short, it was always going to be a

guard.

guard.

Robbed by his own bowl.

Dropped down under the line. He more

or less realised a long way away

that that was going to happen.

The re-spots position, I wouldn't be

at all surprised if Robert decides

to go to it. Yes, don't be in any

hurry for this one. Needs to make

the position. He needs to get to

that re-spots.

It looks to me as if he is an jack

line but if he gets up to the red

bowl it will be enough. That's got

to cover it. I can't see Les taking

two green out without the jack

moving, so I think this will have to

be similar to this last one, and

hope for a good result.

He's gone back to a different style

of shot. I am surprised. It's not

too far away.

In the area, isn't he?

He needs the jack is and the bowl.

Fantastic shot!

Absolutely

fantastic. Brilliant bowl from Les.

That was stunning from Les Gillett,

and it led to a tight first set. We

rejoin the match in the seventh end

of the second set, with Paxton 5-4

lead. -- 5-4 ahead.

Les will note you'll need to get a

bit closer to that first bowl. He

was good early on in the match but,

the last few ends, he's skipping a

beat and giving Robert some chances.

Robert hasn't taken advantage. --

he's slipping a couple and giving

Robert some chances.

Still a bit of room there.

Is it getting a bit edgy out there?

It's a bit tense, the sixth end, and

really, he wants to win this one.

really, he wants to win this one.

It

will cost you a two or a three if

you don't get inside that. Got to

run that. Oh, he's not reaching.

Odette, Les. He was making three,

and not a time to be short. -- oh,

Les. Opportunity to get over the

jack for Robert, try and secure a

good single. That was a great

chance. Robert will expect Les to be

closer with his last bowl. He wants

this one really close.

Just about made it.

It's closer, but

you'd still expect Les to draw with

the shot.

Needs a good one here.

Can't afford to be loose with this.

He could end up dropping a treble,

and dropping three shots at this

stage would be good.

Goodness, he's

gone on to the backhand. That's a

hard thing to do. It's quite easy to

fall short on this side.

That's what

he's done. Oh! 'S

we see that so

often. You just move on to the other

side and it just pulls up three or

four feet. There's no reason to

change. He had a wonderful

opportunity to get in on the open

side, but... David Brent and could

play that really well, he was ready

adept at changing his hand on the

last bowl but, on this portable

rink, it's been noticeable,

especially from the commentary box,

when you move onto the other side,

you are more than likely to drop

draws. This is potentially a match

end for Robert Paxton.

He needs to

make discount. Big opportunity to

add this. He's got the line.

add this. He's got the line. As it

got the?

If it clears his own bowl,

it could bend in.

Always too happy

with that.

That's a shocker, and he

knows it.

Both players.

knows it.

Both players.

Two out. If

it's only two, and we think it is,

Les is still in with a chance.

Robert's target really should have

been inside that green bowl to the

red bowl, drop it outside for four.

It was a dead weight draw. He needed

to make it count, that's all. He's

still coming out of this end well.

Not a great end by either player.

Probably the worst end of the match.

A loose end, but you can't keep the

standard up over time. You'll always

the odd one that goes in there

and... It's been a high-quality

game, and when there is a loose end,

you really only want to lose a one,

not two or three.

But Les will know

that wasn't the time to play it.

I do not think this

I do not think this rate ball is in

contention. The other Red Bull looks

closer.

-- red bowl. Didn't even go down

there. You get the impression that

the measure is comfortable.

Two

shots, Robert Paxton.

shots, Robert Paxton.

That could've

been worse for Les.

It is a bad end.

7-4. Les needs a single and a double

to force the tie-break.

Jacklin 29.5 metres. -- Jacklin. --

jack length.

Once again Les is not getting that

first bowl in. He is struggling a

little bit. There have been just a

few ends in this latter part of the

set where he has not been as

prolific as he was in the first set.

He has just fallen away at the wrong

time at the moment and Robert

realises it. He needs to try and

pile the pressure on.

Will he run again?

Two Corine.

He

never looks like getting it.

Robert Paxton has a big chance to

put Les in even more trouble here.

He has just lost his way a little

bit and Robert pulled up in that

one. He was down to four seconds.

Robert has no time out remaining.

And nice and safe white line. He

does not want to move the Reds. Get

in there and drop over the Jack.

That is his natural game, to draw

things off, but it has been a bit of

a struggle. It is worth arriving,

this one. Just try to push into it.

If he is going on his forehand he is

going heavy. Oh, that was a really

good strike but unlikely results. He

got the edge of the Jack and pushed

it towards the green ball. A really

good it though.

A touch in the ditch

now, Les.

now, Les.

Well, although there is a

touch in the dish which Robert Hass

to score this off. He must really

try very hard to get this right.

try very hard to get this right.

He

certainly doesn't want to leave the

green ball on its own there. A nice

white line to get past the front

ropes. He has played this well and

if there is a turn on the Jack it

will be very good.

I am not sure he

can arts for much more than that, he

paid the right ball at the right

time to close this match off and get

a place in the quarterfinal. It has

been a tough game.

He played that

really well.

really well.

Les will look to hit

this now on his forehand and he

needs a really good drive. He looks

under. Has he got something? No.

It was a fascinating game, no doubt

about that. Real quality throughout.

Les Gillett and Robert Paxton were

towed to toe in the first set with

eight shops all and it was

magnificent to watch, but Les

Gillett just went off the bowl --

Boyle in the second set when Robert

Paxton took over and eased his way

into 9-4 and he takes the match.

Robert Paxton looking very good

form. Up next it was Scott Ed

against Harlow. Harlow got the best

start. It is one apiece.

A good second bowl.

That first bowl

just cannot leave it where it is.

Cannot just drop it down three feet.

Now he has two short bowls by the

time he plays his third grade will

lying three.

Greg is sitting on to

the forehand very deliberately.

It is a closer number one but still

open on that side. That is just for

Scott Edwards 's backhand.

Well, that is really disappointing

from Scott. All three bowls are poor

bowls and he cannot afford to be

down there.

At this level in

particular but at a club level that

would get punished.

He needs to bend into it. It doesn't

want to leave a catch.

That is

exactly what he has done. We have

left it short of the rest on three

good bowls there. It is still a very

soft four at the moment simply

because of the three short balls.

We

know he is more than capable of

drawing this. We just need to

compose himself and the is at stop

I

am just looking if he is going to

play this on the forehand forefront

plant. He is. There is a plant

coming in. He is through the gap. It

is different. It took one away. I am

not sure about it. The plant was

there. He was bringing one read into

it but, a bit of a, obviously he

wasn't confident to draw it and that

sends a message.

Yes. Everything

would have needed to go right down

that strike to get anything out of

it. He did reduce it.

Jack length 28.5 metres.

Short bowls. Just focus your mind to

push through to the next end. Not

unusual, but better to have it

there.

He is having to swap sides again,

Scott. He does not seem to be

totally convinced. Just lost his way

completely at the moment. Greg is

lying two but there is nothing very

close.

The best bowls so far. Unless Scott

gets back on his game here this is

not going to last for very long. All

over the park at the moment.

Yes, he

is.

He is running now. He need to

connection.

He has got a gap, has

he? Two out. It is pretty good to

take two away but at 4-1 he really

needed that Jack back to the red

balls. You see this so often it is

just a drip, drip of constant

pressure from Greg and as soon as

Scott Edwards starts to loosen up

then the shots start appearing.

Yes,

I think it is more of a case of

Scots losing his line and length of

it. Greg has been playing OK but it

has some pepper in it.

Well, that is a looser one from

Greg. Will he go for the ball?

After

a drive you would be tempted to but

it is not an easy draw. He could

play a controlled way to it and try

and pick up the Jack and push the

ball out. There is a good option

that because at least if he plays

controlled weight he will get back

to the Jack.

He is playing the bowl

on the Jack. The Jack would be good.

Close this time. Oh, I don't believe

it. Oh, dear, oh, dear. That might

actually cost him another one. It is

an absolute shocker. It is just the

one but it is a shocking results.

In

the end the lead of Greg Harlow

proved unassailable. As hard as

Scott Edwards tried he couldn't peg

back the deficit and the world

number one is through to the

quarterfinals, winning 9-69- three.

Now we come to the one outstanding

match from the last 16 between

former champion Stuart Anderson and

local lad Wayne Willgress. Here is

what happened in that match.

2- -- two fours he has scored in

this match. He has levelled it off

and then again, there on the sixth

end he levelled things at 6-6.

Jack length 27 metres.

He knew that was just over the

weight. Still a good starter,

though.

Just over one foot, the gap.

A foot?

Yes.

Oh, this looks like it is getting

here just a little bit on the quick

side. It needs to bend. Just over.

To macro green.

He realises that was

a brilliance chance. Stewart

Anderson doesn't play the first ball

full foot and not just. Here is the

adjustment.

adjustment.

Yes, it had to happen.

The gap is seven inches.

I would be

inclined to stick to the backhand.

That forehand he has played well on

occasions but he has needed a couple

of goes to get it right.

He has just sneaked it. A good call.

If you remember the last time coming

up this way he was dropping short

from the changeover and.

from the changeover and.

Stuart has

got to follow Wayne in there now.

It is a light bit of weight.

That is

what I was saying before, what that

forehand can do to you. When played

it well, to be fair. The good

memory. He remembered to give it a

bit of extra push but Stuart didn't.

Now, can he trailed the Jack?

He

does get the Jack with a foot of

weight then that would be ideal for

him. It doesn't want to overplay it.

It is easy to drift past.

He is

lying one at the moment I'm trying

to draw for two.

Not bad as well. He

is very close. You gets a bend. If

he gets the bend he has got this.

,

That is unlucky, really I'm lucky,

he could have buried that in there.

He is giving Stuart absolutely

nothing to play. He is lying for

macro shots but the Jack is out in

the open.

It went a bit far for

Wayne. He caught it a little bit too

firm.

I thought he was just going to

get back to it to lack it in the

back -- Lockett in the back ball and

Stewart would have been in so much

trouble. He

still has a chance to get out of it,

though, but he is usually pretty

good at these offset jacks. He is

close by as to pick it up because he

is heavy. Oh, dear, May. Oh, dear,

oh, dear. Double fours, back to back

the Stewart Anderson. It is not over

yet but four shots is an incredible

results. What a great turnaround.

Stuart Little too eager to get to

it.

Well, his target now will be a

couple of twos.

couple of twos. One short either end

will be enough.

An opportunity for

Wayne Willgress to make the

quarterfinal. He needs to keep it

steady now, compose himself, don't

do anything silly.

An amazing turnaround, isn't it?

You

do not see many back-to-back fours

at this level.

You certainly do not

and you do not proceed against

someone like Stewart Anderson.

You can sort of understand it at the

start of the week. The singles maybe

have players just off form. Not in

the second round against the world

number seven.

The last bowl, the gap is five

inches. Your goal is four inches

short of the Jack, I.

No, he is the wrong side of this. We

wanted to be on the other side.

Stewart Anderson is in with another

chance. You still wouldn't bet

against him, would you? No no, he is

capable of putting two good ends

together. It is very difficult for

him. Wayne has got this really big

drive that he could use if he is in

trouble.

trouble.

He has missed a couple of

times on the drive and there is

nothing easy about this. He may be

tempted to play a little runner.

He

is a good target, isn't it? He's

more than capable of hitting this.

He could clear those reds and in to

the Jack.

Closer this time.

Got it.

We had to get through the gap. How

far where is he? He is a bit of a

distance away from it. He will be

very happy with that result. He

could easily have taken the two

bowls out with that.

Expect Stewart to draw this shot and

then he needs Wayne to beat it.

It

needs to stop, Iniesta stop though.

Oh, dear. That really should not

happen.

happen.

Two.

A deep breath by Wayne.

He knows anything closely and he is

in the quarterfinal.

It is a match

like against the world number seven

and with those two fours taming out

of nowhere and he got them. It could

be very close here.

Wow. That will

take some beating.

That is

brilliant, that is absolutely

brilliant. Stewart Anderson a couple

of ends ago was in control and four

shots up with four ends to go and

suddenly he has got one bowl to stay

in this championship. He is not too

wide.

He is inside the line. I do

not know if you will hold that. Will

it start to bend away? How good it

is weight? He has gone. It is all

over. Three shots to Wayne Willgress

and he definitely finished that

game. My goodness me. A brilliant

performance from the young man. Two

fours added three and he takes out

the world number seven Stewart

Anderson, and look at the crowd.

They were right behind in all the

way. A brilliant performance under

tab on the back from Stewart

Anderson. The crowd were very fair

with him but my goodness, Wayne had

the crowd all the way with him, and

he is through to the quarterfinals

to play Greg Harlow. I am not even

sure if he can believe it.

It has

taken it out of him, he is very

emotional. The girlfriend down.

11-6, they put one shot there but it

was actually three, I think that it

doesn't matter. What a fantastic

performance that was, but it is

Wayne Willgress who goes through to

the quarterfinals.

Well done to

Wayne Willgress, he has the last man

into the quarterfinals where world

number one Greg Harlow weights and

elsewhere we have Jason Greenslade

up against Darren Burnett and Mark

Royal up against Mark Dawes and

Mervyn King against Robert Paxton.

We are back on the red button on

Friday at 10am for Mark Dawes

against Mark Royal and then on BBC

Two at 1pm for Jason Greenslade

against Darren Burnett and Wayne

Willgress taking on the world number

one, Greg Harlow. What a horrific

day it has been at Potters and what

a privilege it was to watch a

sublime performance from Katherine

Rednall in winning a third ladies

singles title. From the team here at

Potters, goodbye.