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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello everyone. Welcome to the start

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of the BBC's coverage of the World

Indoor Bowls Championships at the

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Potter's Resort in Great Yarmouth.

This is the 20th time that it is

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held here at Potters. There are four

major trophies up for grabs this

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week. When you look through the Roll

of Honour, the singles in particular

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reminds us of a time when things

were done a little bit differently.

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So David Bryant has won a really

remarkable game.

There it is. David

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Bryant champion in 1979 and champion

again in 1980.

He needs to have a

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bowl of his life here.

He has missed

and David Bryant is the world

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champion.

He's very close. Did he

fall in? Yes, he fell in, and

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touched the jack. That was an

amazing last bowl from Phil

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Scotland.

Hugh Duff has three shots.

It depends on this bowl. It's all

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over. A quite marvellous display of

bowling by this 24-year-old, the

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youngest ever world singles champion

indoor or out.

And Price behind the

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screen daren't look. This is to save

the championship.

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screen daren't look. This is to save

the championship. The shot to John

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Price. The stadium erupts and the

celebration begin.

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celebration begin. -- celebrations

begin. No, it's not a kangaroo, it

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is Ian. He is the world champion at

last. He takes the world title for

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the very first time.

He is going to

strike the bowl off for the

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championship. Got it! What a way to

win the world title for the third

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time. And Andy Thompson jumped a

mile high and the unseeded junior

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beats the 1988 world indoor

champion, Hugh Duff a standing

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ovation and don't they deserve it?

And all the fingers are crossed here

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as he attempts to save the match.

He's overweight. The new champion of

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the world. Look at that smile.

APPLAUSE

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He takes the title for fifth time.

He has just made history once again.

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Well, the head in the hands for

Stewart Anderson. The emotion has

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just hit him. He is now the 2013

world champion. The marshal Alex

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lifts his hand and he is the best in

the world.

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the world.

The world indoors singles

champion, Nicky Brett.

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COMMENTATOR: His fifth title. That's

what he was looking for.

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Wonderful memories of many of the

game's great players and Paul Foster

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is back to defend his title. We have

got the final of the pairs coming up

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live on BBC Two this afternoon, but

we're going to bring you news of

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what is happening in the first round

of the singles. Paul Foster is

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playing Lea Blackham later on this

afternoon.

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Scott Edwards is also through.

At the bottom of the list you would

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have seen the match between Greg

Harlow and Martin Puckett and we

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will bring you news of what happened

in that match. This was

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in that match. This was a battle of

the generations. The early exchanges

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were marked by high quality draw

shots from both players. Harlow made

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the early running, but it was

Puckett who took the first set, 7-6.

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Puckett was runner-up in last year's

semifinal. This brave shot looked

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enough to salvage something from a

seemingly hopeless position.

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APPLAUSE

But Harlow making his 21st

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appearance in the world singles was

matching him blow for blow, playing

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in the first of two matches today,

he'll team up with Nick Brett in the

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final of the pairs this afternoon.

This beautiful reply gave him a

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single to extend the lead.

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single to extend the lead. Harlow

went on to take the second set 9-4.

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So into the best of three tie-break

and Puck et took on this drive. His

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last end perfectly judged for the

early advantage. It was Harlow's

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turn to produce a brilliant weighted

shot.

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shot. A great strike and a perfect

outcome to leave him lying shot and

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back on level terms.

APPLAUSE

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And Harlow turned the screw in the

last end leaving Puckeett needing to

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make a difficult backhand shot.

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make a difficult backhand shot. It

wasn't to be and the dream was over

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for the young pretender. Harlow

through to the second round where

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Scott Edwards awaits.

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APPLAUSE

And so this is how it looks for the

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second round:

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Alongside me two men who will be

doing the commentary for the BBC

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throughout the week, David Corkhill,

who is the voice of BBC bowls,

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alongside a former champion, John

Price. John, we're going to stay

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with you because when we were

looking through the great memories

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we saw some wonderful shots of a

young John Price if you don't mind

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me saying! 1990, 28 years ago.

Exactly. The hair was a bit browner

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then. I think it was a bit thinner

as well.

Tell us about this moment

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because you couldn't seen bear to

look?

No, this was nerve-wracking.

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You could never say you had him. The

last bowl was coming down and I

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didn't want to look because I

thought I might have to play another

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end. It was a great moment and it

lives long in the memory.

How old

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were you Corky?

Primary school!

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Yeah, sure. Were you commentating on

this one?

I might have been

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actually. It was so long ago, I

don't think so, but I might have

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been.

What did this moment mean to

you, John?

Everything because at the

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time I had been close a few times.

To win this was just a magic moment

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and all the family were there and

just a great, great evening and we

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had a few Welsh hymns in the bar

after.

To find your name on that

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Roll of Honour with so many great

players. Now look look back and talk

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about the great names.

It was a

privilege to be there and to be part

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of it.

Looking ahead to what we've

got Corky and we've lost a couple of

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the big names. Alex Marshal along

with Andy Tom sob ch son, but it

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always signifies some fresh blood

coming through.

We see on the match

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this morning where Martin was

superb. He was a different player

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than what he was last year when he

was here in the under-25s and he

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pushed Greg all the way and as a

performance goes, Martin was just

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standing, but as you said in your

interview, it is about getting over

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the line and great champions get

over the line.

John, David, thank

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you very much. We'll move on because

we will start focussing now on the

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final of the pairs which is about to

take place on the blue ring today

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and it is an all England line up. It

features John features Jamie

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Chesters and Mark Dawes.

So let's hear from the four

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finalists who are focussing on

partnerships.

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partnerships.

Obviously at moment

we're ranked one and two in the

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world. O So quite rightly we should

be a good pair and we are, but it is

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not about playing good bowls, it is

about gelling together and

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understanding each other's shot

play. And tactically, we've always

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seen it together the same way so win

or lose, we'll know for us, we've

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played the right shot or four games.

That's my touch. I went to play with

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Greg when I was, when we were both

younger if you like and he has

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taught me a lot in the game. How to

go on during the game and off the

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field if you like. He's pretty calm

which is good playing with someone

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with red hair!

I would say my

biggest strength is calming Nick

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down.

That's probably the one thing

that's worked all the way through

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our playing relationship. So yeah,

it is pretty easy for us to play

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together and pretty easy for us to

sit-in the bar together or coffee

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shop, whichever way you want to

sit...

Coffee shop, bar.

Both of

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them are great players. Good friends

as well which probably makes it a

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little bit easier, but me and Jamie

know it is difficult playing against

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two great players and hopefully we

can put them under pressure and see

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if we can get the victory.

The thing

with today we're all sort of the

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four of us probably really good

friends as well so there is not

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going to be any surprises when it

comes to shots or anything like

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that. We're pretty much going to

know what the opposition are going

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to try to do. It is whoever can

execute it better on the day.

I

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don't think there is any particular

strategy. We all know each other's

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games and hopefully we can play

better on the day.

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better on the day. Forget snooker

and darcts let's play some bowls!

It

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should be a high quality match. This

is the route to the final:

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So we're just about all set. So it's

time to hand over to our MC, Richard

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who will be introduce the players.

There is an air of anticipation and

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excitement here in the International

Arena because we are about to play

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our very first final of this just

world indoor Bowles championships.

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The crowd are ready. The players are

ready. So let's get them on to this

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famous blue carpet. First up, two

stars who have secured their place

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in the world's top 16, last year's

semi-finalist and hoping this year

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to go all the way,

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to go all the way, give tip for

Jamie Chestney and Mark Dawes.

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Plus

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APPLAUSE

And now two of the most formidable

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and respected players on the

circuit. Hoping to recreate the

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magic they had in this final four

years ago. It is the 2014 world

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indoor pairs champion Nick Brett and

Greg Harlow.

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APPLAUSE

There is a really good atmosphere

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inside the auditorium. Meanwhile

Corky and Pricey are standing by in

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the commentary box. This should be a

cracker.

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the commentary box. This should be a

cracker.

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COMMENTATOR: Thank you, Rishi. There

is no doubt about it, you couldn't

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ask for a better final. Combination

work does Jamie Chestney, he played

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very well in this event and in

particular Jamie Chestney with the

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big bowls. He played some superb

last deliveries and a memory of Mark

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Dawes running down the rink to

celebrate and congratulate him. But

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they're really up against this world

number one and number two and

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previous champions. It's going to be

a very difficult one to overcome.

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But we are all hoping for a great

game, went we, John?

I'm sure we'll

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get one. There is lots of quality on

the rink.

A slight change, of

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course, to the pairs. We've got an

extra bowl now. It's three bowls

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each. Previously it was two bowls.

And of course, it is nine ends not

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11 ends. A little change there

because we've got more bowls. The

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previous matches have all been over

seven.

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And my good colleague here John

Price will keep me right if I make

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anything that happens to be a

mistake, John you'll correct me, I

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know you will.

I'll pull you out

Dave. I've got my notes and

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homework.

Yes, it has all been done

on the back of a postage stamp as

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usual.

You made a good point at the

start, it is three ball pairs and it

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is a change from the old days when

two bowls was a demanding game. You

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have got a chance to play yourself

into form and there is more shot

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plays. It is more interesting for

the spectators.

Absolutely. It's

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going to create opportunities.

Probably more discussion as well,

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John, I think, the games, although

they are a couple of ends shorter

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they are turning out to be longer,

not much, just a little bit

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depending on what happens, but we

still have the three end tie-break

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to separate the pairs.

APPLAUSE

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An impressive start there.

Greg, last bowl of the leads.

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It is Nicky and Greg's ability to

play the weight shot. A little bit

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unlucky the jack didn't come out.

Yeah, it was a good strike. Nine

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times out of ten that jack would

have moved.

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have moved. Quite unusual not to see

Nicky not playing back end in this

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partnership. Greg would have skipped

and Nicky would have been the lead

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man.

Yes, although it was styles of

play, of course, Nicky Brett very,

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very good at the conversion shot and

of course, Greg is too. So, it is a

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bit of a toss up who plays leading

skip, but Mark Dawes was recognised

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as an international lead for a long

time. He has moved down the league,

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but a very good drawer.

Yes, made

his name for England as a top class

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lead. Mark got a background, of

course, he comes from the Blackpool

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area.

Very much so.

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I remember David from up there.

Some

Crown Green players have been very

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good.

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good. Noel Burrows is another one.

He favours the fore hand.

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That was the danger, wasn't it,

John?

Yes, very unfortunate. Good

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weight if he got past the green.

Just tumble it over.

That's why I

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thought he would have played the

backhand.

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It's backhand for Nicky definitely.

Just reach that red bowl behind the

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jack.

He's very close, isn't he?

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APPLAUSE

Another one in. It's a good third.

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Another one in. It's a good third.

I

have got to say, it's a good bowl

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that's just rested on the green.

There is still a shot for Jamie off

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his own bowl there on the fore hand.

That's what he's looking at.

He is

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looking at all sorts of angles,

isn't he? He seemed to be looking

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inside. I can't really see how the

angle would work.

He is looking at a

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few things. If I plays firm weight

this, he could get the green on to

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the red and get a result, but that

bowl at 11 o'clock, he could get off

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that into the green short bowl.

Playing weight.

Well, this is a bit

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speculative.

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speculative. Well, he certainly

bounced the jack outment I'm not

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sure whose line is the shot.

He was

looking at that angle and it worked

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out quite well, but I'm not sure he

made the shot. It's a running bowl,

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not a full drive. Quite good at

that, Jamie.

He, he has converted it

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back to the red. So had to rely on a

little bit of luck. But in the area.

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Oh, just got it wrong. Did nudge of

the green bowl though. I wonder if

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that has made a difference?

Greg is having a very, if you are

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looking at it that way, Greg, get

the umpire out. It did give a it a

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little nudge and it is resting

against the other green bowl so that

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will stay where it is.

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Well, Mark Dawes has got the mat in

his hand so he must favour that he's

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got the shot. Alan Thornhill was

sorted out. Goodness, that is close.

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Senior marker Alan Thornhill. He has

been on the circuit now for a few

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years.

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UMPIRE:

One shot, Chestney and

Dawes.

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The marker is Dan Blewitt. Another

experienced World Bowls Tour

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official.

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Slight movement there. Greg pulls

out on the delivery.

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out on the delivery. Very simple

action, Greg Harlow. Always been the

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same. Not a lot can go wrong with

this delivery action.

No, it is very

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easy. No shot clock, of course, in

the pairs. But the leads are not

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allowed to come up to the head after

the jack.

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the jack. Until they have completed

all their bowls. It keeps the game

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moving. I think that's the idea.

APPLAUSE

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I think it's fair to say, it is not

so much getting the shot with the

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lead players, David, it is about

getting position for your skip,

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isn't it? Sometimes you can be one

down, but in a very good position,

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so it is about getting bowls around

the head.

Yes, that really applies,

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I think, when you get into the

disciplines of pairs, triples and

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fours. It is not always about

getting the shot, as you say, John,

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it is about offering up the

opportunity for your skip to play

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something. Something that by-passes

a lot of people. The front send a

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protector as well. So you really

have a choice here. You get

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something close or you try and

remove the front two bowls. So Greg

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is playing the weight shot and

trying to get into the front two

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bowls to open them up. There we go.

Now, Nicky will be very happy with

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that. He's still two shots down, but

he'll be very happy with it.

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The beauty about having someone like

Greg playing lead, he has the

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capability of playing another shot

if you're in trouble.

It is an

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interesting change to the three

bowls after all the years of two.

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The jury is out on it. Some players

like it. Some don't. It adds an

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awful lot to the game in terms of

shot play, but some might say it

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takes the purity away of the two

bowls.

Yes, of course, back home we

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normally play four-ball pairs in the

national, David.

It is too many. I

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think that needs to be changed. We

need to move forward. Three bowls is

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the way forward. The chances of that

happening, at club and national

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level, probably zero, but anyway.

Nicky on the attack. Oh, that was

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unlucky. That was a horrible result.

Well, it's a good hit anyway. He

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changed the lie of those balls. It

will give him a chance with his next

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delivery.

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Just a little bit wider on the

target. Won't change Nicky. He will

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be after this.

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Well again, it's a very bad result.

Yes, he wanted movement on the jack.

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It is a rueful smile because he

realised that the gap just didn't

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appear to be there. It was big

enough for a bowl to go through and

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it must be at least five inches wide

for that to happen.

Jamie might be

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tempted to go past here. There is a

couple of red bowls near the ditch.

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The back bowl might be the order of

the day.

At the same time he will be

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thinking well, if I can block Nicky,

I'm 9-3, he's going on the other

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side for the green bowls, John and

he has covered that.

I thought he

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might just in case.

It all depends

where the jack goes. Oh, has it

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stopped in time?

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stopped in time? I think he'll go

again because two reds out, jack

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through, follow through, might lose

one, but probably no more.

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one, but probably no more.

An

expectant crowd. Going again. Close.

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Two bowls.

There it goes. He will be

happy to get it down to a single.

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UMPIRE:

One shot, Chestney and

Dawes.

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APPLAUSE

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UMPIRE:

Jack length, 29 meters.

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A very good opener from Mark Dawes.

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Back. The further the better now. A

bowl short.

0:30:350:30:42

Great shot. Well done, well done.

Great shot. Those situations always

0:31:040:31:12

beneficial.

0:31:120:31:19

Right up now. And again. And again.

And again. Yes, good. Well done.

0:31:250:31:38

You are always trying to be

positive, John, but I'm not

0:31:390:31:42

convinced that's any better, to be

honest with you, but he was very,

0:31:420:31:45

very close to getting what he

wanted.

You can hear James saying,

0:31:450:31:51

nail it. If he gets a front-toucher,

they're in trouble. Very good.

0:31:510:32:05

Well played.

APPLAUSE.

0:32:240:32:34

Just fades away at the end so gives

Jamie a little shot down on to that

0:32:350:32:39

ball.

0:32:390:32:45

ball.

I'll try that. Even if I go

around...

0:32:450:32:50

The way he was saying that, looks as

though he might play the back hand.

0:32:500:32:57

If he turns the jack it's good.

Shoulder to come off. Well, it's

0:32:570:33:04

more the shot we were thinking of,

John.

He's got lots of options on

0:33:040:33:12

either side. Needs to pull back

quickly.

0:33:120:33:18

Doesn't help. He's infortunate. Just

covered the green ball. There are

0:33:180:33:28

still options down the other side

snow. Still prefer to be in the red

0:33:280:33:33

position.

0:33:330:33:36

Very good. Well done.

That's very

decent.

0:33:360:33:46

Back hand Chestney little turn on

the back for two.

0:33:510:33:55

Waiting to see if he's got the power

to arrive to the jack.

0:33:570:34:03

14 inches.

0:34:030:34:10

Nick is not sure if he's wide

enough.

0:34:150:34:19

Nick always lets you know. He's

quite a character, always got an

0:34:230:34:28

opinion.

He's a very honest player.

Doesn't always go down well with

0:34:280:34:35

certain selectors.

0:34:350:34:40

Take the rough with the smooth. If

you ask a players' opinion, don't

0:34:400:34:47

like what they say, well don't ask

the question.

Second chance for

0:34:470:34:51

Jamie Chestney.

0:34:510:34:53

I don't think so.

Struggling.

0:35:030:35:11

A gentle draw in.

0:35:120:35:14

Great effort.

0:35:190:35:22

Oh, really good effort.

APPLAUSE.

0:35:270:35:35

So many bowls there now, John, that

it's hard to remember when the last

0:35:360:35:40

bowl was coming up, but of course we

are very fortunate in the commentary

0:35:400:35:44

box, we have got an expert back who

tells us when it's the last bowl and

0:35:440:35:49

never gets it wrong. It's great, it

really is. We've got all the help we

0:35:490:35:54

need.

0:35:540:35:58

The best seat in the house.

With the

best advice.

0:35:580:36:08

And nothing to disturb us this time.

0:36:120:36:19

Hard as you can. Well played.

APPLAUSE.

0:36:280:36:31

. Close bowls being drawn into the

jack. There'll be a bit of sparring

0:36:310:36:41

here.

It's going to be a long match,

no doubt about that.

0:36:410:36:46

Mark Dawes, number 12 in the world

and Jimmy Chestney is very good. In

0:36:510:36:58

terms of the shot play as well, the

there are no weaknesses.

0:36:580:37:09

Good again.

Even better.

0:37:160:37:20

It's early days but Mark Dawes can

drive very accurately as well.

0:37:240:37:31

Doesn't want to put a short bowl in

and get in the way.

This is not very

0:37:310:37:36

good. That is not the best place to

be.

Still there but you don't want

0:37:360:37:43

to shove the jack out.

0:37:430:37:48

Moves his hand very well in this

direction.

A little bit more weight

0:37:590:38:04

coming into position. As long as you

miss your own you're good, as Nick

0:38:040:38:08

said.

APPLAUSE.

0:38:080:38:20

What an effort!

0:38:310:38:34

Great shot.

0:38:360:38:42

A good position for Nicky.

Get it

out on the spot.

0:39:200:39:31

Bounce that bowl on to the jack if

he can.

0:39:310:39:41

he can.

Not the best result it's

fair to say.

Looking for something a

0:39:410:39:49

bit better from that result.

0:39:490:39:56

Left that forehand for Jamie.

0:40:040:40:13

Forehand draw.

Sit off mine you're

pretty close, to be honest.

0:40:140:40:25

It's not that difficult.

0:40:280:40:33

Everybody sees it differently. Just

won't make it though.

0:40:330:40:44

Just a little short.

Well played.

I

wonder if he'd be a bit more

0:41:090:41:19

aggressive at this stage. Gets him

on to the front green and the back

0:41:190:41:22

green as well.

It does. Back

positions pretty mixed. Certainly

0:41:220:41:30

what we call an arriving draw. That

means something else usually within

0:41:300:41:35

about 15, 18 inches of weight. A

chance to use the angle as well.

0:41:350:41:45

Didn't have that extra half yard

that he needed.

0:41:450:41:53

A packed arena.

Very well

marshalled. They're volunteers who

0:42:160:42:28

marshal the spectators in and out.

Not expecting crowd trouble? !

Well,

0:42:280:42:35

the bowlers don't like to be

disturbed. You're all a bit

0:42:350:42:40

precious, John!

0:42:400:42:47

You'll have your probables tonight

within Liverpool take on the Swan,

0:42:500:42:54

don't worry! -- problems.

0:42:540:43:00

There'll be live commentary on Five

Live. I'll be watching with great

0:43:000:43:04

interest. After we finish here of

course on the late shift!

0:43:040:43:09

We'll get the highlights somewhere.

Or the low lights, from your point

0:43:160:43:21

of view. Now then... Greg. Look at

the adjustment on the first.

0:43:210:43:33

Change of side now.

0:43:350:43:41

Very fast on the mat. Doesn't waste

any time.

0:43:420:43:48

You can give that a chance.

0:43:560:44:03

Some players don't wait for bowl to

stop before they play their one. I

0:44:030:44:07

think the rule says it has to stop.

And it does. In terms of playing

0:44:070:44:12

here, we always wait. They're keen

to get on with it.

0:44:120:44:15

A bend at the end. The back end of

the red. That is going to be shot

0:44:170:44:21

against. Well, it moved the jack.

Managed to get away with it.

0:44:210:44:28

Finds a foot on the last delivery.

0:44:330:44:37

Where's it gone? Behind the green

ball.

0:44:500:45:00

Well, we knew it was going to be

quality, John, but it's great to see

0:45:000:45:06

the pairs with three bowls. Five

bowls there within a few inches of

0:45:060:45:10

the jack.

0:45:100:45:17

If that bowl fell over, he'd

probably have rested the green away

0:45:170:45:19

as well. Five great deliveries all

within inches.

0:45:190:45:30

You get a feeling in this game that

one end could be the difference.

0:45:300:45:33

It's going to be very, very tight.

Lots of close bowls. One break here

0:45:330:45:40

or there, one good shot or lucky

shot maybe could be the difference.

0:45:400:45:44

Interesting choice for Nicky. Trying

to take all the danger away by

0:45:440:45:49

running the two bowls off.

0:45:490:45:51

He obviously feels he's at risk

here.

You don't see that too often.

0:45:530:46:01

I think he played it because he knew

the green bowl was covering his own

0:46:010:46:06

shot ball. Missed it on the white to

get the two reds away.

0:46:060:46:17

get the two reds away. Use the side

green.

Very close. Needs to just

0:46:170:46:22

touch it.

0:46:220:46:26

Good and smooth.

Surrounded.

0:46:260:46:34

None of them look good...

Give me ten minutes!

Chatting their

0:46:350:46:43

way out of this one!

I think I'd put

one through.

A bit of banter between

0:46:430:46:54

the two players who're in a bit of

trouble and not too sure what to

0:46:540:46:57

play.

0:46:570:47:04

Decent from there.

0:47:070:47:12

Probably only going to draw it

though. Just get to the side green.

0:47:120:47:17

A little bit of turn off that. Going

to play good weight at this.

0:47:170:47:27

He could get on to the green if he

turns the jack over. He's under

0:47:270:47:33

again. He just didn't have the

weight really.

0:47:330:47:43

A very brave draw for Nick. He's

afraid of dropping the red over. .

0:48:050:48:21

A clever shot. Not sure Jimmy can

afford to use a lot of weight here.

0:48:250:48:30

Not sure he's got the best position

in the world if the jack goes back.

0:48:300:48:38

You can see what he is trying to do.

0:48:400:48:48

If he gets back to the bowl, drops

it back, that might be enough.

0:48:550:49:01

An interesting end. The line is

pretty good. Is he up? Dear me.

0:49:070:49:21

Three short bowls there and a head

which, to be absolutely honest with

0:49:210:49:24

you, is very much in his favour.

0:49:240:49:32

There's the board. It's all very

tight at the moment.

0:49:360:49:48

Jimmy Chestney's wife is a previous

gold medal winner in the Craigs, of

0:50:070:50:11

course. -- the Commonwealth Games.

She left the venue this morning. She

0:50:110:50:17

was loaded with a cold and coughing

all night and didn't want to pass it

0:50:170:50:21

on to Jamie so she's returned home.

Very good of her to do that. Looking

0:50:210:50:26

after her husband.

0:50:260:50:31

Fully understandable. There are a

few people that have been struggling

0:50:310:50:36

with colds and flus.

0:50:360:50:42

It's very warm in here, extremely

uncomfortable if you are not feeling

0:50:450:50:49

100%.

0:50:490:50:54

Not far away.

0:51:070:51:12

Bowls away again by Mark Dawes who

doesn't waste any time.

0:51:120:51:18

A good line this is.

0:51:180:51:23

APPLAUSE.

0:51:240:51:29

Very good singles player. He's been

making his way through the

0:51:290:51:35

qualifying system. Now he's at

number 12. Everybody knows how

0:51:350:51:40

dangerous he is.

0:51:400:51:45

At the moment he's probably just had

the edge on the lead-in against

0:52:040:52:07

Greg. He's had to play a few more

recovery bowls.

Setting positions up

0:52:070:52:13

well. Might be a little unlucky with

this one.

Nicky would normedly not

0:52:130:52:18

waste too much time with this --

normally.

0:52:180:52:27

Going very tricky. Outside the

confines. Brought to the respot

0:52:540:53:00

position. Doesn't happen that often

but occasionally the jack goes

0:53:000:53:06

forward.

0:53:060:53:08

Not bad but Jimmy would expect to

get closer than that.

Never easy

0:53:320:53:36

when you are going out there to the

bowl. You are never quite certain if

0:53:360:53:40

the bowl is going to run on a little

bit.

Right to the edge there.

0:53:400:53:47

Flirted with the ditch.

Hurry on

down, and again. Well done. That's

0:53:470:53:52

the winner.

0:53:520:53:54

Jimmy's line was good. Need to drop

a metre.

0:54:020:54:09

Dropped too much I think.

Get up...

It's struggling. It's not Jamie,

0:54:090:54:16

really. He's just off a little bit.

The previous end he was dropping

0:54:160:54:22

short.

0:54:220:54:28

He's just inside the previous line.

Has he got the weight? He has.

0:54:320:54:39

APPLAUSE.

0:54:430:54:46

A little bit more to the inside on

the front. Holds the bowl up a bit

0:54:480:54:53

longer. That is why he's ended up in

line with the previous bowl.

0:54:530:54:59

So, last bowl of the end.

0:55:030:55:11

Oh, this needs to stop. Needs to

pull up.

0:55:140:55:19

Oh, he needed that one. He true the

shot but he'll be thinking down

0:55:280:55:34

there, it took me three goes to get

it. So he'll not be happy.

Better

0:55:340:55:38

late than never though.

Absolutely.

That is what the third bowl is for

0:55:380:55:44

now.

0:55:440:55:50

Slightly on the longer side.

0:56:090:56:11

Even through the singles, we haven't

seen too much of that either.

In a

0:56:190:56:26

match like this at the moment where

it's so close, neather wants to make

0:56:260:56:30

a dramatic change that might lose

them the length. You make a big

0:56:300:56:34

adjustment sometimes, it can affect

you as much as your opponent.

It's

0:56:340:56:37

only if you are going really badly

do you make changes.

0:56:370:56:45

All the way up now. All the way

up...

0:56:590:57:08

27 and a half metres and didn't even

register a clap.

It's a tough

0:57:120:57:19

audience.

It really is.

0:57:190:57:27

Green on green, get the jack, get

the bowl...

Get anything! I think

0:57:460:57:50

that is what he was really saying

there.

0:57:500:57:58

Going to get a bad one here. Oh, is

he not. I thought he'd taken his own

0:57:580:58:03

two out.

Yes.

Slightly inside the

striking line.

He's taken the other

0:58:030:58:13

two bowls off the rink. My goodness

me, that held in.

0:58:130:58:19

A bit fortunate.

0:58:190:58:21

Robert Paxton. Very good World

Championships in Christchurch

0:58:440:58:55

December 2016 for Robert.

0:58:550:59:05

Either way I play for the split.

0:59:200:59:28

Gets split perfect then it's even

better.

0:59:280:59:37

better.

He's opened the door.

0:59:370:59:46

It's very warm there, it really is.

The house lights.

0:59:530:59:59

It's a whole lot warmer when we had

the banks of hotheads coming down on

1:00:001:00:06

us.

1:00:061:00:12

Again, he hasn't been able to nail

it.

Finished on the spot, mate.

1:00:141:00:19

Anything short of the spot should

win.

It did last time. Took three

1:00:191:00:24

bowls to get there.

1:00:241:00:32

Oh right to the edge again.

Well

played.

He has played it

1:00:361:00:41

brilliantly.

APPLAUSE

1:00:411:00:50

I think Nick said, "You make it

sound easy" after the bowl had left

1:00:501:00:55

his hand. He knew that was close.

The side line not as close as Nicky.

1:00:551:01:11

He will do well to hold that line.

Pulls away at the end.

Just a bit

1:01:111:01:17

inside, but it was enough. A chance

for a double. A spare shot

1:01:171:01:25

opportunity.

1:01:251:01:30

He is even wider with this one.

Should be good if his weight is

1:01:301:01:35

good. He is playing well out there,

isn't he? He likes the jack in that

1:01:351:01:40

position.

APPLAUSE

1:01:401:01:41

He hasn't missed too many

opportunities. A good double. Played

1:01:411:01:49

the hit, John, opened it up and then

drew two shots.

He's playing well,

1:01:491:01:54

Nicky, at the moment. He had some

good recovery bowls and he's

1:01:541:01:58

probably the difference.

Oh, he is

at the minute. Mark Dawes had the

1:01:581:02:04

edge on Greg in this first set so

far, but Nicky has been very, very

1:02:041:02:09

consistent in his play.

1:02:091:02:15

A good lead in.

1:02:571:03:02

A big bend at the end and drop.

Oh,

it looks like it might. A little

1:03:211:03:26

touch on it.

1:03:261:03:36

The Chestney-Daws combination really

needs to win this end.

1:03:381:03:45

Es combination really needs to win

this

1:03:531:03:57

Greg is just reaching his own bowl.

Anything better he'll draw it clean

1:04:061:04:10

and he has drawn it clean here.

APPLAUSE

1:04:101:04:22

Well, that's going to hesitate a

change.

1:04:221:04:29

change. -- necessitate a change.

1:04:291:04:33

Tough to draw. Tough to make it. If

you can see the green bowl, you

1:04:381:04:45

could get both of them.

You can see

two-thirds of it. That's usually

1:04:451:04:50

enough.

He can probably still miss

his own red just about.

He didn't

1:04:501:05:00

want to take his own red. That was

the danger. He was so close to the

1:05:001:05:04

red, but he had to get close to the

red to get the green. That was the

1:05:041:05:08

rid k. It is unfortunate, but it is

a clear road for the two green. He

1:05:081:05:16

knew that was just on the inside.

Yes, Mark. That replay was actually

1:05:161:05:24

on the big screen and I think

everybody was looking at it. Very,

1:05:241:05:28

very close.

1:05:281:05:34

Sensible here, Nicky. He's dropping

it on the backhand.

Well he knows he

1:05:391:05:47

needs another one in there because

the two bowls can disappear and I

1:05:471:05:53

don't imagine Jamie will play for

it.

1:05:531:06:01

No, he's under.

1:06:031:06:09

It hasn't really helped, has t John?

That's just made the target a lot

1:06:091:06:13

more difficult.

The only thing is

they are a little bit further away.

1:06:131:06:17

He has got more room if he did want

to draw it David. Nicky will be

1:06:171:06:22

aware of that. Try and finish this

set.

1:06:221:06:32

He's in the pocket.

Well played.

He's in the pocket. That's all he

1:06:381:06:43

had to do. I can't see those three

going just the way they're sitting.

1:06:431:06:53

He will probably say there is a draw

there, David. It is possible to draw

1:06:531:06:56

the shot.

The driving shot wasn't

secure enough to take all three

1:06:561:07:02

bowls out. So, back to the draw.

This looks a little bit under. Line

1:07:021:07:12

and weight. Oh dear, that's not like

you at all.

1:07:121:07:23

A

A good position here.

They have

got everything covered, haven't

1:07:251:07:28

they? Every green bowl has a value

there. It really does.

The chat here

1:07:281:07:34

is about do I want to widen this any

more than it is? That's a difficult

1:07:341:07:39

one. You can play a really good bowl

and give Jamie a wider target, but

1:07:391:07:46

he maybe tempted to leave a bowl in

the drawing line.

Well, if he drops

1:07:461:07:51

one a foot short, that would be

good.

Yes. Nothing side-on. You

1:07:511:07:56

don't want to widen the target.

Decided to go the other side just in

1:07:561:08:01

case somehow or other the jack ends

up over with the two reds. I can't

1:08:011:08:05

see it ending up there.

No, I think

what he is saying to Jamie, I'm not

1:08:051:08:09

sure if you have got the feel of the

rink at the moment, you're not

1:08:091:08:12

drawing that well so I'm going to

leave you the draw rather than play

1:08:121:08:16

the weighted bowl. So he needs a big

one here Jamie Chestney. He needs to

1:08:161:08:23

find a really good bowl.

1:08:231:08:34

Mark has been saying too much. So it

must be close in terms of the line.

1:08:371:08:41

Has he got the weight though? That's

the important bit now. Not quite.

1:08:411:08:47

Probably second shot though.

APPLAUSE

1:08:471:08:50

It was a big try, wasn't it? A good

effort.

1:08:501:08:56

Two or three more inches and he gets

the shot.

I think I saw Nicky

1:08:561:09:02

indicating, it was probably just the

one... We have to bear in mind these

1:09:021:09:12

guys know each other so well.

They're international colleagues.

1:09:121:09:22

In previous matches Jamie Chestney

was drawing them in like sweeties

1:09:381:09:42

really in situations like that.

That's well in for second shot. Just

1:09:421:09:50

playing as well today. But still in

touch.

1:09:501:10:04

A tough one. Three shots.

You'd

expect Harlow and Brett with their

1:10:071:10:12

background experience to be able to

see this set out, but anything can

1:10:121:10:16

happen in sport and bowls is

unpredictable at times, isn't it?

1:10:161:10:22

Well, it is no different to any

other sport in many ways. It's very

1:10:221:10:27

hard to call a result.

1:10:271:10:36

hard to call a result.

Ease down.

Great start. Well played. Well done.

1:10:381:10:42

It's a good start when you're three

ahead.

1:10:421:10:52

He's calling this. He wants it right

to the jack or the red bowl at the

1:11:261:11:30

very least.

1:11:301:11:35

I think when you're trying to score

multiples in a game like this where

1:11:441:11:50

you've got two players and Greg can

drive well and it is very hard toe

1:11:501:11:57

score any more than one or two shots

in an end.

1:11:571:12:09

Just needs to ben back the centre.

1:12:161:12:22

Ideal for Mark Dawes if he can get

in and send the red bowl round.

1:12:301:12:35

Where it is at the moment, you would

expect Nicky to get in there. A wide

1:12:351:12:39

target. It's a good place. It gives

Jamie a chance.

1:12:391:12:54

Jamie a chance. The shot for Nicky

is to draw in as Greg was saying.

1:12:541:12:58

Just pull the jack yourself and try

and do the shot before Jamie

1:12:581:13:04

Chestney gets an opportunity.

1:13:041:13:10

An opportunity here.

Turn the jack

round the corner.

1:13:191:13:32

John Jamie is looking for this big

bowl to get him going.

If he gets

1:13:331:13:38

the jack solid, he's good. That's

pretty good.

A little bit unlucky,

1:13:381:13:44

John. If he bounced it to his own

bowl, it would be fine, but it has

1:13:441:13:49

come out into the open, that's

unlucky.

But at least he was

1:13:491:13:53

reaching on that occasion. This is a

big delivery for Nick. You wouldn't

1:13:531:13:57

want to miss with this.

1:13:571:14:03

want to miss with this.

Well, Greg

is not calling it so there is

1:14:031:14:07

something wrong. Probably third

shot.

Now then there, is a real

1:14:071:14:12

chance for Jamie to put some

pressure on.

1:14:121:14:21

pressure on.

Nick will adjust. There

is no doubt about that. So this has

1:14:211:14:25

to be really close. He's calling it.

He's calling it just to make three.

1:14:251:14:37

Well, it's in, but, Nick wasting a

moment's time. There is no

1:14:391:14:43

discussion about this shot. Just get

down there and draw close.

Just felt

1:14:431:14:48

that Jamie needed to be a little bit

closer with that bowl to add the

1:14:481:14:53

pressure.

1:14:531:15:02

Waiting on the call from Greg. He

has well overplayed it. Oh man, this

1:15:051:15:17

is a chance for the set. You could

never ever have called that.

No,

1:15:171:15:21

they haven't played a great end.

1:15:211:15:28

they haven't played a great end.

To

be fair to Mark and Jamie, they

1:15:281:15:30

would have been thinking if we get a

three to draw the set we'll be

1:15:301:15:34

stealing a bit of it, but to have

the opportunity to actually win the

1:15:341:15:39

set, goodness me.

The problem

started really three bowls out of

1:15:391:15:43

the first four with Nicky and Greg,

you could see them down the green.

1:15:431:15:48

Once the jack was pulled, they were

out of the game. What an

1:15:481:15:53

opportunity, Jamie Chestney.

There

is only one thing he has to make

1:15:531:15:57

sure of here and that is, he has to

be on the slightly wider side. He

1:15:571:16:00

doesn't want to move the jack.

Well,

he's good if he has got the weight.

1:16:001:16:06

He has to have good weight though.

Is he up?

1:16:061:16:10

Oh, I'm not sure. Ah, I'm not sure.

Goodness me! Oh, he's not. He hasn't

1:16:101:16:17

made it. That's three. Well, even

throwing it outen the high line and

1:16:171:16:25

letting it come back John and play

the safe line which he appeared to

1:16:251:16:29

have. Oh my goodness me. What an

end.

1:16:291:16:38

end. Joy and disappointment.

You

pick it. You're playing well.

1:16:401:16:52

pick it. You're playing well.

That

was just unbelievable to be truthful

1:16:521:16:54

with you. First of all, Nicky

missing it and then Jamie having,

1:16:541:16:59

you know, it's...

It was a big

opportunity to go a set in front.

1:16:591:17:09

Well, the chances are we're

1:17:091:17:15

Well, the chances are we're going --

we're going to have a winner in the

1:17:161:17:19

second set.

You're putting your neck

out there.

It is a rare occurrence

1:17:191:17:24

so I think I'm on a pretty good

wicket on this one! A better wicket

1:17:241:17:30

than what Swansea will be tonight.

1:17:301:17:41

All that effort and you're thinking

if they had stolen that set it would

1:17:471:17:54

have been an amazing result.

If they

sneaked it, it was probably against

1:17:541:17:59

the run of play. Mark played very

well. Nicky turned over a lot of the

1:17:591:18:03

early ends in that set. You could

argue, I suppose, that 6-6 was a

1:18:031:18:08

pretty fair result with the bowling,

but what an opportunity.

Certainly

1:18:081:18:13

based on Mark's play.

1:18:131:18:19

based on Mark's play. He has edged

Greg, but in the end it was Nicky

1:18:191:18:23

missing the two bowls. But it was a

good set. Very interesting stuff

1:18:231:18:29

with some brilliant play.

1:18:291:18:40

Just tuck tucked it in.

1:19:051:19:14

Well, a good chance here for Greg

because anything wide and heavy will

1:19:261:19:30

pick up the other red. If it gets

into the inside, a treble.

I don't

1:19:301:19:40

think you'll draw this.

1:19:401:19:49

think you'll draw this. Hit it well

-- hitting it well.

That will go on

1:19:491:19:54

to the respot position. Everything

is cleared off the rink. Very good

1:19:541:19:59

at that shot.

1:19:591:20:09

Really good, mate. Well done.

Respot

again.

1:20:321:20:43

A decent line this time. It is all

about weight.

It looks like it's

1:20:441:20:49

chucking a little bit. Just threw

it. That's not a bad place to be. It

1:20:491:20:55

has been dropping short in the last

few ends. So he would be happy

1:20:551:21:02

enough. And that's been playing well

to the off set jack.

1:21:021:21:15

to the off set jack. It is a better

shot.

He has played really well,

1:21:151:21:19

Nick. The only failure was at the

last end of the first set. Two loose

1:21:191:21:24

deliveries. Other than that he has

been very good.

More or less the

1:21:241:21:31

same bowl for Jamie.

1:21:311:21:38

same bowl for Jamie. He's in the

area. He needs an edge to straighten

1:21:381:21:42

him up from the front one. A good

second. Offers up a chance from the

1:21:421:21:49

plant.

He is still talking about the last

1:21:491:21:55

end. You can see it in his face.

He

is struggling a bit with his game.

1:21:551:22:06

Words of enurgement from Mark Dawes

-- encouragement from Mark Dawes.

1:22:061:22:14

Well, it's not terrible. It's a

good, bad one.

Takes that plant

1:22:141:22:18

away.

Yes. Good bad ones as we say

in this sport because he didn't get

1:22:181:22:24

anywhere near what he was wanting,

but he has blocked the shot that

1:22:241:22:28

John McCain which would have been

playing.

I wonder is it anything

1:22:281:22:33

across the rink on the other side,

David? I can't see from this angle.

1:22:331:22:45

Well, what he's looking at, I think,

really is the possibility of getting

1:22:451:22:48

this into that. Now, if he does that

then you're talking about that bowl

1:22:481:22:54

disappearing, this bowl disappearing

and hopefully the front one will

1:22:541:22:58

move as well and if that happens,

then we've got the potential of this

1:22:581:23:04

bowl here becoming the key bowl.

1:23:041:23:11

bowl here becoming the key bowl. The

alternative if he really wants to

1:23:121:23:14

play it is to draw in there and not

particularly easy o do, the front

1:23:141:23:20

bowl is in the way. There is nothing

easy about this. The running bowl is

1:23:201:23:28

a bit speculative, you're hoping to

get the right direction. The fore

1:23:281:23:31

hand draw. It was just a foot in his

last one, as you say, John. He's

1:23:311:23:38

playing a timing shot. Let's see

what happens. Hasn't got the running

1:23:381:23:43

to do a lot of damage on the pace.

He must have been able to see an

1:23:431:23:52

inch of that on the backhand, I

think.

It was a low percentage shot,

1:23:521:23:58

but he probably felt it was

worthwhile.

1:23:581:24:07

worthwhile. An interesting end.

1:24:071:24:13

The pairs are always well supported.

1:24:201:24:27

The players have microphones so

you're getting a lot of the

1:24:391:24:43

conversations.

1:24:431:24:48

conversations.

Quite noticeable with

Greg's bowls, using the green here.

1:24:491:24:53

He doesn't bend as much of his red

set, David.

For some strange reasons

1:24:531:24:58

it seems to be the case. For most of

the greens, that's according to the

1:24:581:25:02

players, and certainly I've noticed

it in years gone past as well that

1:25:021:25:08

the greens don't pull back as much.

The manufacturers can't give a

1:25:081:25:11

reason for it. They are all made on

the same machine and same weight.

1:25:111:25:16

You order two bowls exactly the same

in terms of size, weight and grips

1:25:161:25:20

and all of that and they dplairchly

between a red and a green.

1:25:201:25:33

Pretty good again.

Very good lead in again from Mark

1:25:491:25:56

Dawes.

He has done a very good job

in this pairs final, Mark Dawes. A

1:25:561:26:03

good combination him and Jamie.

1:26:031:26:10

A good recovery.

1:26:211:26:27

APPLAUSE

1:26:271:26:31

It's going to be a hard one to get

out as well.

1:26:311:26:36

You get the plant. I mean your back

one should lock on that one. Get the

1:26:361:26:40

jack and try and open it up a bit.

I'm not convinced that that plant

1:26:401:26:45

will actually take the green one out

of the head completely.

Might find

1:26:451:26:50

out here. The jack.

It's good. He

opened it up. A good strike.

He is

1:26:501:27:01

playing a good all-round game, Mark,

when he needs to, he hits the

1:27:011:27:04

strike. He is drawing well as well.

So it gives the skip a chance.

1:27:041:27:19

So it gives the skip a chance. He

could have auditioned for Harry

1:27:191:27:22

Potter!

There wouldn't have been

much in it, I would have thought,

1:27:221:27:27

many years ago!

Of course, we do have a Harry Potter

1:27:271:27:36

in real life here.

John Potter!

1:27:361:27:49

His son, is called Harry.

Very good.

He has played this well.

He has.

He

1:27:511:27:59

has nailed that one. That's more

like Jamie Chestney.

That's what

1:27:591:28:04

we're used to from Jamie. There is

Mrs Potter. Resplendent in floral on

1:28:041:28:12

cream, I think, that's what that is

called. Floral on cream.

I will take

1:28:121:28:17

it from you. You're more up on

women's fashion.

No choice. No

1:28:171:28:23

choice.

Well, again that's what you expect

1:28:231:28:31

and not only that, but the little

touch on the jack is a bonus. John

1:28:311:28:36

has made a double out of it.

1:28:361:28:47

It probably kicked out a little bit,

but that's to be expected.

1:28:521:28:58

The advantage of the three bowls as

well, John, you get an awful lot

1:28:581:29:02

more of the attacking play.

Yes, I

think if he's going for the spot

1:29:021:29:11

this position, he doesn't need to

widen the target.

1:29:111:29:18

That's OK. That's very good.

He couldn't have played that better.

1:29:181:29:25

APPLAUSE

Well, that's right on it, isn't it?

1:29:251:29:34

So, green bowl on to green bowl or

jack clean? Can't be tight. He

1:29:461:29:52

doesn't want his own bowl. I did see

Greg looking at the other two bowls

1:29:521:29:56

to see who is lying fourth and

fifth.

Well, back into it.

Well, he

1:29:561:30:05

has reduced it to one.

I couldn't really see the jack going

1:30:051:30:09

there.

1:30:091:30:14

Not only did it go the wrong side,

it went up the Queen as well.

1:30:191:30:27

I don't think that was a bad result.

He'd been in a bit of trouble there.

1:30:271:30:36

If you can't get the shot in a

straightforward way and there are

1:30:501:30:54

things against you, you give a

chance to reduce the damage, get it

1:30:541:30:57

down to a single. Taking bowls out,

moving jacks around...

1:30:571:31:09

That is it for you. The thing about

match craft is, it doesn't go ton

1:31:121:31:17

the score sheet, it's just something

that is inherent in the top players

1:31:171:31:23

that the match craft comes into play

and they keep it tight.

1:31:231:31:28

There's been one treble and one

double in the match so far. That's

1:31:281:31:36

not by chance, just the fact the

players are working their way around

1:31:361:31:40

the game.

1:31:401:31:41

Two red bowls in good position

there.

1:32:151:32:22

You'd expect Mark to draw this.

1:32:381:32:49

Over-adjusted. In terms of the mat,

that's probably one of the loosest

1:32:491:32:54

we've had.

Yes, the standard has

been really good.

1:32:541:33:05

Just playing the forehand slipping

inside the green bowl.

1:33:371:33:45

Overplayed it.

1:33:451:33:52

These players for many years have

been in the same clubs so they know

1:33:551:33:59

each other very well.

Keep it coming

forward.

Well played.

I think

1:33:591:34:08

that'll make his mind up now.

He's a

bit unlucky and he knows it.

1:34:081:34:14

Jamie could well attack this.

1:34:221:34:24

Down the back hand or forehand.

It's

tight on the back hand.

Either way,

1:34:361:34:40

the angle is good to come off.

Forehand more of the jack to aim

1:34:401:34:43

for.

No options on the forehand.

Very close with this. Oh!

1:34:431:34:51

Unbelievable.

1:34:511:34:56

Unbelievable. I think that got an

ooh and an ah from the crowd.

1:34:561:35:05

Wasting absolutely no time there but

a thin edge would have been very

1:35:051:35:08

good indeed. That's the back covered

and you can do no more than that.

I

1:35:081:35:13

think he'll go again.

Oh, he has to.

1:35:131:35:20

Look at the positions. Missed the

inside. You would never be able to

1:35:201:35:25

do that if you tried it.

No.

A

little less weight he would have had

1:35:251:35:30

the stwining and that would have

brought him on to the red bowl and

1:35:301:35:34

you don't want that either.

He has

to play it again. Desperately

1:35:341:35:41

unlucky, unless he gets his own bowl

face on.

1:35:411:35:50

Going quicker. A chance again. Has

he gone past? He has. Really good

1:35:521:35:57

drive.

APPLAUSE.

1:35:571:36:00

I think he was hoping to get the

green bowl on the way through.

1:36:031:36:10

That would have gone down like an

absolute rocket. Good drive.

Good

1:36:141:36:19

shot, he'll take that. That's a

single.

1:36:191:36:28

Get your feet off that, Robert, you

wouldn't do that at home!

1:36:461:36:55

You have the opportunity to chill

with coffee and things out there.

1:36:551:37:08

I'll bring in biscuits tomorrow.

I'm

off them.

Christmas did a lot of

1:37:111:37:17

damage.

1:37:171:37:18

Correction needed.

1:37:481:37:52

Just a little bit but not that much.

Still needs to drop two more feet.

1:37:521:38:04

Good position, covers the reds.

Life

is amazing sometimes. You mention a

1:38:171:38:23

coffee and suddenly, magically, it

appears.

1:38:231:38:32

Needs to hurry. Stays up.

1:39:041:39:12

Quite a journey for Nick from where

he was living at the time, to two to

1:39:311:39:35

his club. Very successful though.

Won a lot of national titles

1:39:351:39:40

together, these two. Now, can you

get the ball there? His own bowl's

1:39:401:39:47

ran into a good position. Green bowl

would have been perfect. But the

1:39:471:39:51

jack is good.

Playing with that kind

of controlled weight gets it moving

1:39:511:39:56

on it. Very good delivery.

1:39:561:39:59

Needs an edge.

1:40:051:40:11

Dropped in as well!

Big bonus.

Played it well again. Good reach in

1:40:111:40:18

weight.

1:40:181:40:27

weight. Any movement on the jack is

good. Big effort as well. Very close

1:40:281:40:33

isn't he? Gets a jack.

How unlucky

is that? !

An inch either ways, it

1:40:331:40:44

was good value for three.

Just past

the red bowls is where you're

1:40:441:40:52

headed, mate.

1:40:521:40:59

You can hear Greg saying he wants to

bowl past.

1:41:051:41:11

Has to play it with a very

controlled weight now to get the

1:41:111:41:14

shot.

Yes. He'll still be playing

into that. Really what he wants is

1:41:141:41:20

the movement of jack into about that

position. If it gets a bit harder,

1:41:201:41:24

it's a difficulty, because it brings

the two green bowls into play. I

1:41:241:41:29

think he's got no choice, he has to

play it.

I think he's playing the

1:41:291:41:33

same bowl as the last delivery, he's

going to be close. Same line. Same

1:41:331:41:37

weight.

1:41:371:41:40

There's something not quite the

same.

1:41:451:41:53

I don't see any value in going

anywhere near that.

1:41:551:42:04

He can't possibly be... No, he's

not.

1:42:121:42:16

It was never going to be a shot to

be played.

It wasn't the time to try

1:42:251:42:31

to be a hero.

1:42:311:42:32

3-1 looks pretty good, I would say.

1:42:351:42:39

It's that type of game. You don't

want to give anything away. It's

1:42:391:42:44

going to be close. At the moment,

they've got the edge.

Short of jack

1:42:441:42:51

length, 25 metres, an interesting

change.

1:42:511:42:58

Trying to shake Mark Dawes off the

length and line. That's been the

1:43:071:43:11

main thing. Greg's been playing

well, but Mark's just been getting

1:43:111:43:16

inside.

1:43:161:43:25

APPLAUSE.

1:43:291:43:37

APPLAUSE.

1:44:081:44:10

Trying to back hand very well.

Trying to make the adjustment.

1:44:211:44:31

Forehand runner will be left to Nick

if he doesn't get it.

1:44:321:44:37

Just didn't get back. Not trouping

quite as well for him on his back

1:44:401:44:44

handers as his red bowls.

And and

it's a shorter jack.

It is. Gets a

1:44:441:44:50

big turn.

1:44:501:44:52

Mark could really make this

difficult.

1:44:571:45:04

That is the red, the same

manufacturer and model as the green,

1:45:071:45:11

just dipping a little bit more.

There are a lot of things that can

1:45:111:45:19

affect the delivery. Always a good

talking point.

1:45:191:45:27

Wasting no time on the forehand

runner. Clear the reds. He's getting

1:45:301:45:37

the run-through, is he? Red bowl

just dropped in time. He's cleared

1:45:371:45:44

the way.

1:45:441:45:50

Needs to tighten the bowls up

because they will disappear. Needs

1:45:521:45:57

to get in beside them.

1:45:571:46:00

Not bad. Going again, looking for

the split. Oh! A horrible result.

1:46:051:46:22

How on earth... Looked perfect on

the split.

Certainly did. Looked to

1:46:221:46:28

get the two Reds away.

1:46:281:46:30

Nicky will want to turn his mic off

and air his thoughts on that, I'm

1:46:321:46:36

sure.

Can't be happy with that one.

It was a real poor result.

1:46:361:46:46

He's looking for a really good front

bowl.

1:46:581:47:01

Not bad. He's going to have to draw

this.

Yes, the only thing you could

1:47:031:47:09

say is, there's room to draw it in

favour for Jamie, he's played two

1:47:091:47:14

running bowls. That's the only thing

that'll put a doubt in his mained

1:47:141:47:18

but he'll fancy getting close with

this -- in his mind.

1:47:181:47:24

Two of them not particularly close.

You would expect to draw probably

1:47:331:47:39

third... Getting close to second you

are going to be very close to the

1:47:391:47:42

shot. Not getting much from Greg on

this one.

He's missed it. That's

1:47:421:47:51

going to be a big score, the biggest

score of the match.

1:47:511:47:59

score of the match.

Can't say

anything about it. Looks like a five

1:47:591:48:02

coming up here.

1:48:021:48:11

coming up here. The last time he had

a Hans to draw for four, he missed

1:48:111:48:15

it.

1:48:151:48:17

There is a lot of room here, I fancy

him to do this.

It's all about

1:48:171:48:26

getting within a yard. Doesn't want

to move the jack.

1:48:261:48:31

APPLAUSE.

Massive end. Don't see too many of

1:48:331:48:42

tho pairs. Three shots in it. Just

means the set is not dead but it's

1:48:421:48:55

certainly in favour now.

Turned the

match upside down really. It was so

1:48:551:49:03

close up until then. So much damage

done to Greg and Nick here.

Still

1:49:031:49:17

four ends to go. Talking about three

shots. You know, it's still doable,

1:49:171:49:22

just remember the last time. Got

three to go level. Won the set.

1:49:221:49:30

Jamie would have traded that last

bowl.

1:49:301:49:42

Reply from Greg.

They can afford to

reach it then. Won't do too much

1:50:021:50:07

damage.

This is the time now for

Chestney. If they can put the

1:50:071:50:15

pressure on, they'll be in a very

strong position. That is very good

1:50:151:50:19

as well. I'll be well pleased with

that.

1:50:191:50:28

Asking a few questions of Greg

Harlow. Really trying hard. Doesn't

1:50:411:50:47

want to be solid.

1:50:471:50:55

Stephen fry just mentioned he's

enjoying the bowls. We now you're a

1:51:081:51:13

fan.

1:51:131:51:18

fan. The skill level is very, very

high.

1:51:201:51:29

# Bbcbowls - you never know who is

watching.

1:51:401:51:47

Nick is looking to try to change the

shape of this head. At the moment,

1:51:481:51:53

it's in favour of the red bowls. If

he gets on to the back red with this

1:51:531:51:59

one, Greg has got a chance.

1:51:591:52:03

Changed that completely. Really good

bowl.

1:52:071:52:11

Always liked coaching the

celebrities. Some years ago we had

1:52:141:52:17

the hole in the wall guy back in

Northern Ireland, I coached him for

1:52:171:52:21

years, we played an exhibition game.

We'll get Stephen down to coach with

1:52:211:52:25

him.

1:52:251:52:35

Perfect bowl to drop off on to the

green and fall in. Not a lot of room

1:52:431:52:48

to spare. Very close.

1:52:481:52:59

Signal to Nicky, the little turn of

the jack.

1:53:041:53:11

Good effort.

Didn't want to be

short. Got into a good position

1:53:271:53:33

there.

1:53:331:53:39

there.

This is a very narrow target.

1:53:391:53:50

Still is possible to turn that red

away.

Good weight though.

1:53:581:54:09

We got a glimpse there of the face

of Nicky Brett.

1:54:091:54:16

Front bowl. That might give him

something. It's very narrow.

1:54:201:54:25

The plan is not good because the red

bowl at the end of the rink...

1:54:291:54:35

It's a very good position. That

plant isn't very good at all.

I

1:54:351:54:41

wonder what he's looking at is that.

Having said that, where the danger

1:54:411:54:45

is, is over this direction here.

That jack goes back, they've got the

1:54:451:54:50

green bowls coming into play. So,

you know, the front plant moves the

1:54:501:54:55

jack, it's just how far it goes.

Still a shot down the forehand on

1:54:551:55:00

the draw. Playing what he did

before, trying to get to that green.

1:55:001:55:03

It's not widened in the target on

the back hand. Leaving Nicky very

1:55:031:55:08

little. Line's good again. Line's

very good with this. Gets the bend.

1:55:081:55:17

Still just hanging off, isn't it.

Pretty good though.

To be honest,

1:55:171:55:24

even if he gets on to the front, the

jack will move, it's just how far it

1:55:241:55:30

moves but it moves to there, he gets

a double.

He may have to use a bit

1:55:301:55:33

of weight and the red bowl at 5

o'clock is the vital bowl and if

1:55:331:55:38

there's too much weight. It's just

drawing it, David.

You can see the

1:55:381:55:43

reasons why.

Further, mate.

Greg is

calling it. He thinks it's closer.

1:55:431:55:50

Big effort, big effort! Well played!

Great bowl. Marvellous bowl.

1:55:501:55:58

APPLAUSE.

A fantastic bowl under that sort of

1:55:581:56:06

pressure.

1:56:061:56:12

6-4.

1:56:121:56:17

Easy to say there's a dramatic

difference from 7-3. Had it been

1:56:171:56:23

7-3, they'd be chasing the match but

now, two shots behind, three ends to

1:56:231:56:26

go. Very doable.

1:56:261:56:34

APPLAUSE.

1:56:511:56:55

Concentration On Mark Dawes face.

He's very good at that. Doesn't

1:57:051:57:15

wander.

1:57:151:57:20

Ten inches away. Silence.

Expectations are high.

It's tough

1:57:391:57:45

out there, it really is.

Don't get a

clap for anything other than a

1:57:451:57:50

toucher.

1:57:501:57:59

Greg would really like to get to the

green bowls.

There are a thousand

1:58:031:58:09

people out there. No-one can decide

to clap one bowl a foot away.

1:58:091:58:17

APPLAUSE.

Pretty good that.

That's good.

1:58:171:58:25

Probably one of Greg's best ends.

It's the right time to do it.

1:58:251:58:35

Will he get back. Needs to bend very

quickly. It's just not bending for

1:58:361:58:40

him. You can see it. He thought that

was coming in at one stage and

1:58:401:58:47

Mark's also confused.

1:58:471:58:54

It's up to you.

1:58:561:59:03

Forehand draw puts the bowl into

position, the back hand draw turns

1:59:031:59:07

the jack around the corner and

really gives Jamie a lot of trouble.

1:59:071:59:14

He doesn't want to leave him with

that shot. Gets the movement on the

1:59:141:59:18

jack.

1:59:181:59:20

Got down, the red's going to fall.

That's not where the issue is, but

1:59:281:59:32

it's a big shoulder. It just means

now Jamie can afford to play with

1:59:321:59:36

weight. Instead of just drawing, he

can play into this.

1:59:361:59:46

Will he use the shoulder the right

way? Yes, he has. Opened it up.

1:59:471:59:51

Still one down. A bit unlucky with

that bowl following through but he's

1:59:511:59:57

opened it up.

It's about that little

bit in front...

1:59:572:00:03

Only problem he's had is, Nick's

been very good on the offset jack.

2:00:052:00:11

He certainly has, throughout the

match. Good line again.

2:00:112:00:20

match. Good line again. It's not

going to help in terms of drying to

2:00:202:00:23

draw the shot.

2:00:232:00:29

You have got to picture this on the

mat. You have got to play a draw and

2:00:372:00:41

hope you miss on the inside. Well

the trouble is you get on to the

2:00:412:00:49

green bowl and you're not doing

anything with it. Yeah, exactly. He

2:00:492:00:54

has also fallen away too. That was

always going to be a problem, but

2:00:542:00:57

there was no other way in. So...

The

only thing I would say, the plus

2:00:572:01:01

point is he moved those two green

bowls for the target. He has got

2:01:012:01:05

options if he wants to attack those.

He has got the split to take the two

2:01:052:01:11

bowls out and it is still a problem

for Nick because he needs another

2:01:112:01:14

bowl in.

2:01:142:01:22

bowl in. You are really looking at

it, it is something, John, if he

2:01:222:01:26

could make the draw and get it into

this sort of position, that's what

2:01:262:01:30

he is looking for. He can drop in

that side of it. He needs something

2:01:302:01:36

hidden in this area and the ideal

position is to get one in there and

2:01:362:01:41

that's hidden. No worries. Take the

two bowls out and you're still going

2:01:412:01:46

to get the shot.

It is coming away

from the two greens. On the other

2:01:462:01:50

side of the jack, it would be away

from those greens and it would be a

2:01:502:01:55

good bowl.

The difficulty is that,

you know, whenever you look at these

2:01:552:02:00

bowls here, the two green ones, this

one in particular, because that one

2:02:002:02:06

is a problem really for Jamie

because he can't get the line into

2:02:062:02:09

the jack on the draw. So that bowl

there is a key bowl in this end.

2:02:092:02:22

Nicky has decided. Backhand.

Oh,

this will be interesting.

He is

2:02:442:02:51

coming around to a deep position.

He

is taking a risk on this. What he's

2:02:512:02:56

really saying is, if you take those

two bowls out, I'm prepared to lose

2:02:562:03:03

the shots, but if you get the jack,

I've got it covered. That's a very

2:03:032:03:11

risky policy, John, because you

can't cover both with one bowl. It's

2:03:112:03:14

impossible. If he gets this

absolutely plum, there is a chance.

2:03:142:03:20

It is a split on the greens, isn't

it? Gets the splits on the green

2:03:202:03:25

then he's in business.

It is what he's looking for. The

2:03:252:03:30

green bowl goes. The green bowl goes

and it brings all those red ones

2:03:302:03:35

into play. Oh, he's playing it very

controlled. Goodness me, Jim, are

2:03:352:03:44

you trying to draw it? He is not

trying to draw it. He's still

2:03:442:03:47

looking for the split.

Well, I don't know, John, I think he

2:03:472:03:53

was taking a chance. There was only

one green bowl there and he had

2:03:532:03:57

what, three thirds?

He hit the

target, but he didn't have enough

2:03:572:04:01

weight to do the damage.

Three-thirds with one bowl against,

2:04:012:04:05

you know, even if he had taken the

two bowls out and cleaned his own

2:04:052:04:09

close one out, he was still scoring

two. Why on earth did he use that

2:04:092:04:16

weight?

If he had got the bowl and run

2:04:162:04:23

through, he would have got a single,

but I think that was a chance to win

2:04:232:04:27

the match.

I thought he might have

gone thicker at that.

Sometimes you

2:04:272:04:31

get a chance to win the match. If he

had taken that and had a real go at

2:04:312:04:36

it and got it right, a chance of

three. He is sitting at 9-4 in front

2:04:362:04:41

with two ends to go. He had it in

his pocket.

As it is now, it is all

2:04:412:04:46

to play for.

Absolutely.

2:04:462:04:56

to play for.

Absolutely.

Saying that

David, it is easier sitting up here

2:04:562:04:59

in the box. You haven't got the

wrong shot yet!

No, that's true, but

2:04:592:05:03

you know, you get to see what the

percentages are John, and I think

2:05:032:05:06

that was one of the more obvious

ones, but maybe they felt that the

2:05:062:05:11

bowls just didn't sit right for it,

but it looked good. I think Nicky

2:05:112:05:16

Brett would have played it. Let's

put it that way.

A loose start. Both

2:05:162:05:22

players need to be closer.

Year

after year you see the key moments

2:05:222:05:33

in a match and just occasionally you

have to take a risk to win a title.

2:05:332:05:39

I thought it was up.

He's better...

. They both prefer this fore hand,

2:05:392:05:54

but the jack is more open in the

backhand. It has rarely been used

2:05:542:05:59

though. Jamie is calling it to move.

APPLAUSE

2:05:592:06:13

Either your green ones.

Open it up.

2:06:132:06:24

I'm not surprised, relying on Greg

to move the heavyweight ball to move

2:06:292:06:33

the front ones. Looking for a good

result and that's pretty good

2:06:332:06:37

because he has opened it right up.

That in from the spot.

That's the

2:06:372:06:41

benefit of having a lead that can

play those things and it has been a

2:06:412:06:45

feature for both leads actually this

this match.

They are both very

2:06:452:06:50

capable, all-round players.

This

isn't easy.

2:06:502:07:00

APPLAUSE

That's narrowed down the jack. He

2:07:042:07:07

can still get to a full jack, but

it's certainly not easy. I think at

2:07:072:07:13

this stage in the game Nick will be

thinking to himself, "I can maybe

2:07:132:07:17

get a close ball and then go chasing

it."

2:07:172:07:24

That's the first bowl for the draw.

2:07:282:07:36

He has a good line.

Yes.

Good second. That's what he wanted.

2:07:362:07:51

That stays there, he might well

chasing with the next one.

2:07:512:08:00

chasing with the next one. Oh John

McCain European Commission you're

2:08:002:08:02

heavy.

It's not bad though, David.

It's a good starter for him.

It

2:08:022:08:08

depends how brave you're feeling,

mate.

Exactly. If he gets the edge

2:08:082:08:12

of the jack on the respot, that's a

perfect bowl.

Jack in the ditch or

2:08:122:08:17

will bowl out.

Bowl out is actually

OK.

Or a good second.

Oh. Edge of

2:08:172:08:22

the jack, surely. Edge of the jack

is perfect.

If you're going to

2:08:222:08:27

gamble this is probably the one to

gamble with a second bowl.

Yes,

2:08:272:08:34

absolutely. I think he ends up with

a bowl six inches in front.

2:08:342:08:45

LAUGHTER

Well, he must have said something

2:08:452:08:47

there, because he knew it was tight.

I think Jamie has to go for this

2:08:472:08:52

spot here.

I tried to play it inside

and I turned.

Well, you don't want

2:08:522:08:58

to frame it.

He's playing fore hand.

He can pass that green either side

2:08:582:09:06

and he is probably better on the

outside.

Yes, I think he is.

Rather

2:09:062:09:09

than the inside.

He wants second

shot. That's his target. He doesn't

2:09:092:09:13

want to frame the jack.

He doesn't

want to get too close.

2:09:132:09:21

APPLAUSE

It's not ideal because if Nick plays

2:09:212:09:23

the same line he'll get off that

bowl.

And that's the trouble.

That

2:09:232:09:28

needed to be on a leng. It needed to

be another foot heavier and that

2:09:282:09:32

would have been a perfect bowl. As

it is, he's lying two, which is

2:09:322:09:35

good. But no, it is not great in

terms of the way they're lying.

The

2:09:352:09:42

problem for Nicky is, the shot bowl,

he doesn't want to get the shot bowl

2:09:422:09:46

clean into the jack otherwise it is

much over.

Well, you know, what

2:09:462:09:49

we're talking about John, I suppose,

is coming into there and then the

2:09:492:09:53

potential of getting on to the jack.

The jack moves, if that, if he hits

2:09:532:09:57

the bowl on that, the jack moves and

the jack goes into this position.

2:09:572:10:00

What he doesn't want is the other

one, Dave, into the jack.

If I gets

2:10:002:10:05

- the difficulty is if he gets the

jack, as you say John, but if he

2:10:052:10:10

gets into the bowl then well,

everything is, that's a match.

2:10:102:10:14

That's over. The match has gone

because what will happen is that the

2:10:142:10:17

jack will end up back in this

position and all these bowls and the

2:10:172:10:22

reds will count. So...

Jamie had

three meters, four meters to draw

2:10:222:10:27

another.

Well and he'll lie three.

That's the one he doesn't want.

Yes.

2:10:272:10:32

This has to be the jack really, I

think, or nothing.

2:10:322:10:40

He's under it. He wants to stay away

now.

Well, he has lost a two with

2:10:412:10:48

one more to come. Three up into the

last end.

2:10:482:10:53

The first set again.

Yes. You

wouldn't bank on it, but he has a

2:10:532:10:59

real chance to put this one in,

another bowl here.

Just as well he

2:10:592:11:03

didn't get his own bowl, that would

have been a shake hands job.

This is

2:11:032:11:08

a nothing to nothing for Jamie. A

nice quiet draw here and makes

2:11:082:11:11

another one.

Outside green bowl, he

has to be careful. Can't afford to

2:11:112:11:19

touch T

He will aplay this nice

weight, I think.

He wants a wide

2:11:192:11:24

line and just trickle in. He doesn't

want to hit the green bowl.

It's OK

2:11:242:11:29

if he's on the outside. He'll bend

back.

Has he got a straightener? He

2:11:292:11:33

has and he missed a chance. That

happened in the first set as well.

2:11:332:11:38

The last bowl to win the match. I

think if he'd of drawn that, that

2:11:382:11:42

would have been enough. As it is,

there is a possibility of a three.

2:11:422:11:54

That's amazing, isn't it? Jamie last

bowl. Both times to really nail the

2:11:542:12:00

game.

But they are in a good

position. It is the world pairs

2:12:002:12:06

final. Three up playing the last.

Take that any day.

2:12:062:12:15

I think Jamie will be sitting there

thinking, "Oh my goodness me. I had

2:12:242:12:30

to be careful." Four shots, really

hard to get them when you need them.

2:12:302:12:43

Well, you can the difference with

the just the three. That's obvious

2:12:452:12:49

because of the second set. They're

three up with the ends won. That's

2:12:492:12:55

the difference, whenever the

Chestney Dawes combination have been

2:12:552:13:00

scoring. It is caused by that three

in the last end of the first set and

2:13:002:13:03

of course, that big five. A good

bowl by Greg.

2:13:032:13:13

bowl by Greg. He has played over it,

but it is in the better position

2:13:152:13:17

than being short.

I'd stick with it.

Either side of the red.

2:13:172:13:34

Hang around.

Not with what weight he

doesn't. Oh dear, oh dear. It's OK

2:13:432:13:51

in terms of they can get at it, but

Greg had a bit of weight on that

2:13:512:13:55

one.

It is unfortunate he doesn't

put that right behind the jack.

2:13:552:14:00

Well, he's probably thinking to

himself, John, I don't want to be

2:14:002:14:06

short.

No.

Mark, that's another bowl

in the head. Yes.

2:14:062:14:14

APPLAUSE

He has played big game, hasn't he,

2:14:142:14:17

he has been the star of the four,

really.

He has been very consistent.

2:14:172:14:23

You can see what Nicky is looking

for here, just to play on to the red

2:14:232:14:27

bowls. He removed one bowl and the

other will stay, but it will give

2:14:272:14:34

him a good position. It is

controlled weight so if he misses he

2:14:342:14:39

stays on the green.

Yes. Essential.

Miss.

That's what he wanted because

2:14:392:14:47

that gives him an option.

It depends what Jamie wants to do

2:14:472:14:53

here, he can go deep here, but he's

taking a risk by leaving the head.

2:14:532:14:58

He's forcing, he's really forcing

Nicky to play a brilliant bowl and

2:14:582:15:05

one of his bowls looks like it is

completely locked in.

2:15:052:15:16

Well, we have a little change there

just to get things out of the way.

2:15:162:15:20

There we go. Settle down again.

2:15:202:15:31

He's looking for the cover bowl and

wants to go deeper than this. Just

2:15:412:15:45

deep, deep, deep. Not bad, but not

perfect.

You have got to be quite

2:15:452:15:51

positive, haven't you? Enough to get

on to the jack and all the way

2:15:512:15:56

through. The two in the back.

Bowl

on the jack is what he's looking

2:15:562:16:02

for. The edge of the red, he might

scoot the two of them out.

A good

2:16:022:16:07

result.

APPLAUSE

2:16:072:16:10

That's actually very good. I thought

that red bowl, the middle one was

2:16:102:16:13

locked in. If you had hit it clean,

but ez hit the green bowl first.

2:16:132:16:17

Goodness me, that's a very good

result.

2:16:172:16:25

result. Now then Jamie. The pressure

is back on.

2:16:252:16:31

The height looks decent.

He has

played it well, I think. It was a

2:16:312:16:37

good second.

That was a critical

bit. Get a decent second in.

2:16:372:16:43

APPLAUSE

That's that shot. There is a chance

2:16:432:16:47

to play it through and stop.

I

thought he would just draw it.

I did

2:16:472:16:51

as well. That's a tougher shot to

play through and stop. I think at

2:16:512:16:56

this stage if you could draw another

bowl and just turn that jack. If you

2:16:562:17:05

played weight on that, everything

has to go right. I think a draw

2:17:052:17:10

would be the aerngs Dave. Answer,

Dave.

A little tickle around the

2:17:102:17:16

corner would be good. Get into this

position and then you're sitting

2:17:162:17:20

saying to yourself, I've got two.

The pressure is on the opposition

2:17:202:17:23

and if he miss, the best he could

hope for is a draw and set. I can

2:17:232:17:29

see what he's going for.

He has got

to get this perfect any wrong

2:17:292:17:36

connection. Well, he has got the

jack through.

OK. OK. OK. It's not

2:17:362:17:42

great, but it's OK.

LAUGHTER

2:17:422:17:44

Exactly. It's not great, but it's

OK!

2:17:442:17:51

We will have to see who is lying

here.

Everything is a long way away.

2:17:522:17:56

Yes. We have got two bowls left.

They need three shots.

2:17:562:18:07

They need three shots. How can green

get three shots out of this?

2:18:072:18:17

He could finish it off. One good

bowl here.

One good bowl will do it.

2:18:352:18:41

Yes.

Well, that's a good shot for us

in terms of looking at it because

2:18:412:18:46

it's two feet from the edge and we

can see it is a good bowl in term of

2:18:462:18:50

line.

APPLAUSE

2:18:502:18:56

Well, I just cannot see how on earth

they're going to make three out of

2:18:562:19:00

this.

2:19:002:19:08

Well, John, we're always looking at

angles and shot options and I just

2:19:122:19:16

can't see anything there to develop

what he needs, you know, it depends

2:19:162:19:22

if he's lying two seconds or not.

Maybe he is lying two seconds. We

2:19:222:19:27

can't tell. Nothing from Greg. A

good effort.

2:19:272:19:34

APPLAUSE

Well, in the end, I think the more

2:19:342:19:42

consistent pair won that match and

it is fair to say John, it was good

2:19:422:19:48

value for Mark Dawes and Jamie

Chestney, Dawes was superb.

I think

2:19:482:19:51

that was probably the difference

today. Mark Dawes' consistency and I

2:19:512:19:56

think worthy winners over the

tournament.

Yes, absolutely. They

2:19:562:20:00

played some great stuff and they

take the second set, 9-5 after

2:20:002:20:05

drawing the first set 6-6.

But it is Mark Dawes and Jamie

2:20:052:20:10

Chestney who win the world pairs

final here at Potters Leisure

2:20:102:20:15

Resort.

2:20:152:20:21

Resort. Well, right from the start,

we expected a very good game.

2:20:212:20:26

Especially when you're talking about

the world number one and two, but

2:20:262:20:30

these two, Mark Dawes and Jamie

Chestney were playing everything

2:20:302:20:34

they needed to play under the

circumstances. They were brilliant.

2:20:342:20:37

Nick Brett kept things going for his

pair. Mark Dawes was doing a lot of

2:20:372:20:43

damage upfront. He drove in the end

and then drew two shots on that one.

2:20:432:20:48

Jamie Chestney when he needed to

play a really good bowl, it was

2:20:482:20:51

there, just dropping a little bit on

that one, but they were really lying

2:20:512:20:56

three and whilst disappointed with

that, it was a good pick up, the

2:20:562:21:01

previous bowl to move the jack and

that was the big five. That's where

2:21:012:21:04

the match was won on the sixth end

when they picked up the five shots

2:21:042:21:08

to go 6-3 in front.

And once again, they are putting

2:21:082:21:13

bowls in all directions. Nothing

they could do, the guys in the last

2:21:132:21:17

round, but Mark Dawes and Jamie

Chestney worthy winners, the

2:21:172:21:23

professional world indoor pairs

champions for 2018. Ends won, well

2:21:232:21:27

Harlow and Brett won more ends, but

they were heavily hit with a three

2:21:272:21:31

and a five and that's where the

total scores came in, but look at

2:21:312:21:36

the touchers, goodness me that was

Mark Dawes as well, 17-8. The guys

2:21:362:21:40

were under pressure a lot all the

way, Harlow and Brett and Chestney

2:21:402:21:46

and Dawes thoroughly deserve their

title.

2:21:462:21:49

We can hear from all four players

starting with Greg. Different

2:21:512:21:56

scenario here, but it was always

going to be close between four

2:21:562:21:59

players of such quality, and so

closely matched?

Yes, absolutely, I

2:21:592:22:04

don't think there was too much in

the game to be fair. A very high

2:22:042:22:08

standard game. Nick and I played one

bad end in the second set and that's

2:22:082:22:13

probably obviously cost us the

match, but well played to the boys,

2:22:132:22:16

they played great. I've sort of got

a sweet feeling because I actually

2:22:162:22:22

put this pair together a couple of

years ago and it has come back to

2:22:222:22:27

bite me in the do-da.

You need to

have a word with your partner

2:22:272:22:33

afterwards.

I will do.

When you know

each other, how much of a joy is it

2:22:332:22:38

to play, but how difficult is it in

the heat of the battle?

I think it's

2:22:382:22:42

good to be fair. There was no malice

between any of us. We wanted to beat

2:22:422:22:45

them. They wanted to beat us. They

bloody beat us!

2:22:452:22:49

They did. They did. Jamie, those who

next to you, they've won this title

2:22:492:22:54

before, but it's the first time that

you and Mark are lifting the title.

2:22:542:23:00

I'm speech lrs at the moment. I

thought the standard, it was a great

2:23:002:23:05

game of bowls and president guys got

one result and that gave us a bit of

2:23:052:23:12

momentum in the second set and it

could have gone either way just on

2:23:122:23:15

the day. Yeah, thrilled to win our

first.

That fifth end of the second

2:23:152:23:21

set so we might look at that. That

was obviously, sorry Nicky, a huge

2:23:212:23:25

five.

Yes, it was. Nicky has got a

terrible result with his runner and

2:23:252:23:29

the way the game was going, it never

looked like a bibbing count was

2:23:292:23:34

coming so to pick a five up was

massive really to be fair.

It put

2:23:342:23:39

you massively in the driving seat,

but it took you to the victory. You

2:23:392:23:42

had to hold your nerve late on as

Nicky and Greg tried hard in the

2:23:422:23:46

final end of the second set. But

you've now won a trophy at Potters,

2:23:462:23:52

put into words what it would mean to

the pair of you?

It is amazing. Put

2:23:522:23:57

together a couple of years ago. Good

friends as well and it is good to

2:23:572:24:00

win it with somebody else. You get

enjoyment from it all. It is amazed,

2:24:002:24:08

when I started bowling, these are

the days you look forward to.

You're

2:24:082:24:12

going to have to share some of that

with Greg #230r for putting you

2:24:122:24:18

together. Your pairs champions of

2018, Jamie Chestney and Mark Dawes.

2:24:182:24:31

APPLAUSE

It is presentation time and here to

2:24:312:24:36

make the presentations, your

appreciation please for the chief

2:24:362:24:40

digital information officer for

Just, that's Giles and the Chief

2:24:402:24:49

Executive of World Bowls Tour.

APPLAUSE

2:24:492:24:54

And first to the runners up, ladies

and gentlemen, they gave us an

2:24:542:24:58

absolutely terrific final, but

please, receiving their runners-up

2:24:582:25:03

cheques, will you welcome Nick Brett

and Greg Harlow.

2:25:032:25:12

APPLAUSE

And now to the winners, receiving a

2:25:122:25:25

glass goblet each, a cheque and the

title of the 2018 Just world indoor

2:25:252:25:32

pairs champions, it is Jamie

Chestney and Mark Dawes.

2:25:322:25:39

APPLAUSE

2:25:412:25:51

Ladies and gentlemen, one more time,

the delighted pair, they've done it,

2:25:552:26:00

the winners, give it up for the 2018

Just World Indoor Pairs Champions,

2:26:002:26:07

Jamie Chestney and Mark Dawes.

APPLAUSE

2:26:072:26:18

Great reception for the new

champions.

2:26:182:26:22

Jamie Chestney ranked number eight

in the world and Mark Dawes 12th,

2:26:222:26:26

they saw off the one and two ranked

players in Nick Brett and Greg

2:26:262:26:30

Harlow. A fantastic effort from the

winning pair. Just to remind you

2:26:302:26:35

about the Australian Open highlights

coming after we come off air on BBC

2:26:352:26:38

Two and that's at 4.45pm today.

We're concentrating on the singles

2:26:382:26:47

next and it features the defending

champion, Paul Foster against

2:26:472:26:56

67-year-old Lea Blackman. Paul

Foster has pulled out of the pairs

2:26:562:27:02

and mixed pairs this year because of

the surprise and sudden death of his

2:27:022:27:06

father last week and he is

concentrating on defending the title

2:27:062:27:11

he won 12 months ago, but he

acknowledges how difficult things

2:27:112:27:13

will be on the blue rink this week.

Today's game, I'm not going to tell

2:27:132:27:21

lies, it will be difficult. I'm not

looking for excuses, it's not me. I

2:27:212:27:27

know out there, I've just got to try

and do a professional job. Things

2:27:272:27:32

are going well for me, great. I know

there will be times when I will have

2:27:322:27:36

a few slack ends and things don't go

for me, and I will be thinking about

2:27:362:27:41

him. I have got to get on with it.

That's what he'd want. I know my

2:27:412:27:46

family want that as well. I will

have to do what I can.

It's close.

2:27:462:27:57

It has always been good to go back

to Potters, especially defending

2:27:572:28:02

champion. It has been a quiet year.

I always enjoy it down here.

2:28:022:28:13

Everybody was talking about it is my

20th year. It is a long time ago,

2:28:132:28:16

but I still remember it well at

Preston and beating Mervin cap king

2:28:162:28:22

in the final and it was a great

match and I'm still here 20 years

2:28:222:28:25

on.

He's overweight. He's going to

say bye. The new champion of the

2:28:252:28:32

world, looked at that smile.

My

whole family was there that day and

2:28:322:28:36

I had never been involved in

anything like that in my life and to

2:28:362:28:41

be in a world film, it was surreal.

I didn't know what was happening and

2:28:412:28:44

I kept doing what I was doing and it

was a very proud moment.

The 2017

2:28:442:28:53

world indoor singles champion, Paul

Foster MBE.

I have been fortunate to

2:28:532:28:57

hold the title five times and if I

get a sixth, great. If I don't, it's

2:28:572:29:02

not the end of the world. A lot of

things have been put in prospective

2:29:022:29:06

now. Bowls has been really good to

me, but family comes first.

2:29:062:29:11

Family does indeed come first, but

if Paul Foster can keep his mind on

2:29:112:29:15

the game this week, then, of course,

is very much the man to beat, but he

2:29:152:29:19

is up against a thraented player in

67-year-old Lea Blackman who only

2:29:192:29:25

started playing the sport 14 years

ago when he retired from his job as

2:29:252:29:32

a human resources manager at an

Asset Management company.

2:29:322:29:38

I am Lea Blackman. I'm 67. I think

the oldest English qualifier ever

2:29:382:29:48

and the only qualifier from East

Anglia which is rather nice. I

2:29:482:29:52

qualified at Bromley Indoor Club

which is one of four qualifying

2:29:522:29:56

places in England and it is a

process over eight or nine, ten

2:29:562:30:01

hours and a straight knock-out

competition. Anyone can enter these

2:30:012:30:07

competition and if you're lucky like

me, you can end up in this fantastic

2:30:072:30:12

arena at the World Championships.

I'm not expected to win. I'm the

2:30:122:30:15

under dog. There is no pressure on

me. I feel very relaxed and I intend

2:30:152:30:23

to be very focussed and give him as

hard a time as possible. I'm not

2:30:232:30:27

coming out here just to make up the

numbers. I'm coming out here to win.

2:30:272:30:33

I only started bowling, I rolled my

first bowl when I was 53. So, you

2:30:332:30:40

know, it progressed from there. I

have won a number of sort of county

2:30:402:30:49

and national titles and it has

progressed and this so far is the

2:30:492:30:53

pinnacle of my achievements. My wife

is here. The family is two children

2:30:532:30:58

and four grand kids and they are all

watching at home. Plus I will have

2:30:582:31:05

supporters from a number of clubs

really which is rather nice. So, I

2:31:052:31:11

hope there will be a lot of people

here making quite a lot of noise for

2:31:112:31:16

me.

2:31:162:31:17

going to help in terms of drying to

draw the shot.

2:31:172:31:18

What a story. David alongside me

again. Incredible progression in 14

2:31:182:31:25

years from picking up a bowl for the

first time 14 years ago?

Yes. My

2:31:252:31:30

goodness, he retired early didn't he

when you think about it.

He worked

2:31:302:31:34

for an Asset Management company!

I

know Lee, he's coming over the play

2:31:342:31:39

against us in the national team and

he's a very good player, no doubt,

2:31:392:31:44

but this is a massive league, it

really is. It's that movement to

2:31:442:31:49

play up against the top players. He

hasn't got one of the lesser seeds,

2:31:492:31:54

he has Paul Foster and that is

really tough.

What would he be

2:31:542:31:59

feeling now if you could put

yourself in his shoes given his

2:31:592:32:02

opponents?

Really he'll be thinking

to himself, get on the score card,

2:32:022:32:09

basic as that. He'll want to get off

and running, build up and work his

2:32:092:32:14

way through. We know about Paul's

situation, but he's a dedicated

2:32:142:32:19

professional for 20 years, Paul

Foster. He'll go out there to do a

2:32:192:32:25

job and won't underestimate someone

like Lee because he knows he's come

2:32:252:32:28

through the qualifiers and they are

not easy.

Indeed. The players just

2:32:282:32:31

warming up. Just a little bit more

about Paul Foster. We speak about

2:32:312:32:37

his position in the game's Echelons.

He's a five-time champion. No matter

2:32:372:32:42

what people say about how difficult

things are, he is the man to beat

2:32:422:32:47

just in terms of talent?

Yes. Not

only that, but to be one of the best

2:32:472:32:52

players in the world, five-times

champion, you have to be mentally

2:32:522:32:55

very strong. So from a pure

psychological point of view, I think

2:32:552:32:59

Paul will be fine. He's probably

worked out how to deal with the

2:32:592:33:03

problems.

What about the idea that

people say, when you are suffering

2:33:032:33:07

bereavement, it's sometimes gad to

have your mind distracted by

2:33:072:33:10

something else, would that be

something that you would suggest

2:33:102:33:13

might happen to him this afternoon?

Well, yes. I think he'll remove

2:33:132:33:17

himself from that. I had a good chat

with him a few days ago and Paul is

2:33:172:33:22

a sort of character that he'll know

exactly what everyone wants from him

2:33:222:33:27

and that is a great performance. I

think he'll deliver, I really do.

2:33:272:33:31

It's a fascinating match-up for us

to watch because of course he has to

2:33:312:33:35

cope with that particular issue,

whereas Lee obviously has to cope

2:33:352:33:39

with playing someone like Paul, I

guess if we were just talking about

2:33:392:33:43

these two guys in terms of ability

you would say Paul could win?

Yes

2:33:432:33:48

and by some distance to be truthful.

There are many really good players

2:33:482:33:52

that have played at this level

before who've won at qualifying and

2:33:522:33:57

the last thing you want to the is

face Paul Foster believe me, even if

2:33:572:34:02

you have been there before as a

newby, at this stage of his life you

2:34:022:34:06

are sort of thinking, this is the

best thing ever and he'll enjoy it.

2:34:062:34:09

Lee's a nice guy. He's a happy chap,

he's not a down sort of guy, he'll

2:34:092:34:14

love it.

He was telling me he used

to play a lot of ten H pin bowling

2:34:142:34:19

and that was the closest he got to

bowling before he started in the

2:34:192:34:23

sport 14 years ago. Thank you very

much. Let's just remind you of the

2:34:232:34:27

situation:

2:34:272:34:34

Those are the players through to the

second round of the singles. So who

2:34:582:35:02

will join them? Paul Foster, the

five-time champion or the newcomer

2:35:022:35:07

to this event, Lea Blackham? Here is

our MC to welcome the players

2:35:072:35:10

to this event, Lea Blackham? Here is

our MC to welcome the players out.

2:35:102:35:11

Thank you very much. This

grandfather from Colchester has many

2:35:112:35:18

national titles to his credit and is

absolutely delighted to have

2:35:182:35:21

qualified for the event. A national

over 60s champion, your appreciation

2:35:212:35:28

please for Lea Blackham.

2:35:282:35:30

APPLAUSE.

MUSIC

2:35:312:35:36

MUSIC

Simply the Best...

2:35:362:35:41

And now to a true Master Of The Game

and the only player ever to win all

2:35:512:35:59

WBT titles. Ladies and gentlemen,

five times and the defending World

2:35:592:36:03

Indoor Singles champion, it's Paul

Foster MBE.

2:36:032:36:10

MUSIC

The Eye of the Tiger...

2:36:102:36:18

Time to get this first round match

under way. We can head up to the

2:36:242:36:30

commentary box where David and John

are waiting for us.

2:36:302:36:32

Thank you. Only a short sprint up

here, so no real problem!

2:36:322:36:38

And really this has got to be the

most daunting situation for, well

2:36:382:36:43

first of all it's hard for any

player but someone with, I think

2:36:432:36:48

it's fair to say, limited experience

at the very top level, John. That's

2:36:482:36:52

not being disrespectful to Lea but

he knows that. I've played against

2:36:522:36:59

him when he's been over in Northern

Ireland. But it's a tough one.

It

2:36:592:37:05

certainly is. Paul Foster a great

player. Five-time winner of this

2:37:052:37:11

event. I'm sure Lea will look

forward to this. Whatever happens,

2:37:112:37:17

the experience will be good for him.

2:37:172:37:24

There's also an element of, I have

got absolutely nothing to lose.

2:37:242:37:35

got absolutely nothing to lose. He's

going to really enjoy it. He's a

2:37:352:37:38

really nice, upbeat guy. I'm sure

he'll give it everything he has and

2:37:382:37:42

see what happens. Paul Foster hasn't

played in the pairs, or mixed pairs,

2:37:422:37:51

hasn't had the time on the green

that he'd normally have.

2:37:512:38:00

Unfortunately, Paul lost his dad.

I'm sure we'd all like to send

2:38:002:38:05

condolences to he and his family.

His dad was a really great guy, a

2:38:052:38:11

good supporter of Paul. We send

condolences to the family and to

2:38:112:38:14

Paul. It's an emotional time for him

to come out here today and defend

2:38:142:38:18

his title under the circumstances,

David?

Yes, it is. You have to be

2:38:182:38:25

very mentally strong to have won all

the events he has won, but this is a

2:38:252:38:30

different situation, an emotional

one. He will put as much as he

2:38:302:38:37

possibly can into the back of his

mind. We were talking about

2:38:372:38:43

occasionally, you just want to dip

and start thinking and don't want to

2:38:432:38:52

get distracted. He'll be looking to

do his best under the circumstances

2:38:522:38:55

and play as well as he can.

2:38:552:38:58

The advantage for Lea is that he's

not had too far to go from where he

2:39:242:39:35

lives in Colchester.

2:39:352:39:38

Close with this one and a chance.

Oh, yes, played it well.

2:39:582:40:05

Very good first for both players.

2:40:112:40:21

David Gourlay, an interested

spectator.

2:40:282:40:38

Well, that's exactly what Lea had to

do, get on the card early. He

2:40:542:40:58

doesn't want to be chasing a Blank

side of the card. That's a nervous

2:40:582:41:04

thing really. Trying to get a shot

or two, or three or four on it. It

2:41:042:41:11

really is a situation where he can

settle down. He's managed that and

2:41:112:41:14

can build on it. It's the same at

any level of bowls. Whether it be

2:41:142:41:20

club or world singles, you want to

get on the ball -- on the board.

2:41:202:41:27

Settles the butterflies.

2:41:272:41:35

It will be interesting to see

whether Paul Foster gets the

2:41:352:41:38

opportunity to get the jack when it

goes 23, 24 metres. I've no doubt he

2:41:382:41:45

will.

2:41:452:41:52

APPLAUSE.

2:41:572:42:07

When it comes to Paul Foster, he's

been everything in the game and done

2:42:352:42:39

everything in the game that he

really wants to do.

2:42:392:42:43

APPLAUSE.

2:42:432:42:47

When you see profiles, and we have

them for Paul going back 20 years,

2:42:512:42:56

but when it's multiple pages, well,

as you know he's been about a long

2:42:562:43:02

time.

A top, top player.

2:43:022:43:06

APPLAUSE.

2:43:102:43:17

Good bowl by Lea.

2:43:172:43:25

Oh, a good reply.

APPLAUSE.

2:43:362:43:46

The profile of him is extensively

completed in hand writing that you

2:43:562:44:01

can actually read! Which helps.

Don't get a lot of information

2:44:012:44:07

sometimes on the players.

2:44:072:44:17

Ooh. He nearly got that on the

run-through.

Yes. Played a firm

2:44:182:44:24

delivery. There were opportunities

there. A few chances obviously just

2:44:242:44:29

inside the line.

2:44:292:44:37

Paul Foster probably not going to

bother. And he's not sure.

2:44:382:44:46

APPLAUSE.

1-1 after two ends.

2:44:462:44:55

Paul's ball down the rink. The jack

is delivered.

26 metres.

2:45:102:45:20

Lea Blackham retired at the very

young age of 54. People think back

2:45:442:45:48

home that's a good way to spend your

life if you can do it. He keeps

2:45:482:45:53

himself well and fit.

2:45:532:46:00

Paul normally uses a wide swinging

ball.

2:46:132:46:22

Certainly it's the same

manufacturer. Depending on the rink,

2:46:282:46:37

Paul doesn't really change bowls

very much. He's a tendency to stay

2:46:372:46:41

to the model he's used to.

2:46:412:46:52

Problems now in the back position.

One down.

2:47:162:47:26

One down. Steady delivery.

2:47:262:47:30

Still struggling is it? Oh, he's got

a clear road, thought he was going

2:47:542:47:58

to get caught on the red.

APPLAUSE.

2:47:582:48:06

It's certainly a shot on, isn't it?

The back two as well...

2:48:062:48:13

It looks better on the forehand.

There is no space on it.

2:48:132:48:22

There is no space on it. Oh, clean

as a whistle and right in on top of

2:48:222:48:24

it.

2:48:242:48:31

Didn't mess about with that, did he?

Played it well. Clean strike on the

2:48:352:48:40

jack.

Problem with having three

short bowls for Paul Foster. He was

2:48:402:48:52

going to lose multiples and Blackham

has started off extremely well here.

2:48:522:49:00

APPLAUSE.

2:49:332:49:39

APPLAUSE.

The question is, how long will it be

2:49:572:50:02

before Paul Foster goes short?

Good

opener by Paul there.

2:50:022:50:07

Lea set out a stall that he prefers

the longer jack length, no doubt

2:50:082:50:13

about that.

2:50:132:50:21

Waving at that. You get the

impression something is wrong.

2:50:332:50:38

Something up when he does that. Yes,

that's the trouble.

2:50:382:50:47

Decent bowl. Drops inside that,

he'll probably score for two.

2:51:092:51:23

He punches on to the red and the

jack moves, it's coming to him...

2:51:362:51:41

So definitely worth playing to it.

2:51:412:51:47

I don't think he needed that.

It

looked like a forehand shot. On the

2:52:052:52:11

back hand he was moving it but the

red bowl was going with the jack,

2:52:112:52:15

whereas on the forehand, the red

bowl was going away from the jack.

2:52:152:52:27

That's unlike Paul Foster.

2:52:362:52:44

It's also quite difficult to come on

after a very good final, the

2:52:552:53:00

previous match. People have moved

out of the arena and they're coming

2:53:002:53:05

back in again.

I think it's always

difficult coming in after a final

2:53:052:53:10

like that as well. There's a lot of

movement, the crowd go out.

2:53:102:53:18

Atmospheric conditions change.

2:53:182:53:20

It's never easy in these situations.

You can drop a yard very quickly. It

2:53:262:53:32

will take the players a few ends.

It's a very good start by Lea, I

2:53:322:53:36

have to say. Excellent drive for the

treble.

2:53:362:53:42

He has had success in the game.

2:53:422:53:51

2012, the Suffolk singles champion.

That is no mane feat. Quite a lot of

2:53:572:54:02

gad bowlers involved there. He's won

other things with regards to the

2:54:022:54:08

over 60s nationals and again, in

England that's not easy. -- no mean

2:54:082:54:13

feat.

2:54:132:54:17

This will be a step up in class

because, at some point, you would

2:54:192:54:24

expect Paul to put a lot of close

bowls on this end. He'll start

2:54:242:54:28

asking a few questions of him.

2:54:282:54:30

Close with this. Yes, he's got it.

Dropped down.

2:54:322:54:45

A touch on that.

2:55:032:55:05

Paul reckoned he was well up with

that bowl.

2:55:122:55:20

that bowl. The crowd will come in...

2:55:202:55:34

He'll come back strong in the second

set as he gets into his game. Lea

2:55:422:55:48

started well. Played some very good

bowls already.

2:55:482:55:55

Inside line.

2:55:552:56:02

Not an easy last bowl shot to score.

2:56:132:56:23

He's very, very happy to accept

that.

2:56:452:56:54

Another good start.

2:57:442:57:52

Good reply by Paul.

2:58:042:58:13

APPLAUSE.

2:58:522:58:54

He's going again. Attacking with

this bowl.

Played it well.

2:59:032:59:09

Previously he got the jack

absolutely clean. Can't blame him.

2:59:092:59:16

I hope John is out there listening.

2:59:252:59:31

It's not what he wanted but takes

that shot away.

Well, brings in the

2:59:312:59:38

tiny shot on the other side now on

the back hand. Takes a forehand

2:59:382:59:45

drive out but the back hand is still

available.

2:59:452:59:57

He's just a drawing with this one,

Dave.

Yes. Good effort.

Big try.

3:00:093:00:14

He's drawn this.

After a drive.

That's the problem for Paul Foster

3:00:143:00:20

isn't it. The last was one bowl as

well.

The three that he picked up

3:00:203:00:27

was one bowl as well so this is

where the danger can be with a lot

3:00:273:00:33

of players. Four bowls out there but

if they get in with one, it can be

3:00:333:00:36

enough.

He did well there actually

from playing the weighted bowl.

3:00:363:00:41

Dropped off into the back hand and

drew it dead and nailed it.

3:00:413:00:52

I thought he would have played just

a reaching bowl. But he's building

3:00:523:00:58

up a tidy little lead here.

3:00:583:01:03

If he scores the next end, well he's

favourite to take the set. The thing

3:01:143:01:19

about that is, all the pressure then

transfers across to Paul Foster. Not

3:01:193:01:24

only does he have to win the second,

but he will have to win the

3:01:243:01:28

tie-break.

3:01:283:01:33

tie-break.

Difficult for Paul to

come here after what happened and it

3:01:363:01:39

depends on as well what's going on

in his mind and his mental state. He

3:01:393:01:44

won't be as sharp as he would have

liked to have been. It's a tough one

3:01:443:01:47

for him.

It is.

3:01:473:01:50

liked to have been. It's a tough one

for him.

It is. And under the

3:01:503:01:53

circumstances people wouldn't have

been surprised if he had withdrawn.

3:01:533:01:55

I think if he hadn't been defending

champion, he probably would have, it

3:01:553:02:00

wouldn't hurt him for one year. He

has got many, many years ahead of

3:02:003:02:07

him, but because he was defending

champion, he wanted to be here for

3:02:073:02:10

the singles.

I'm sure he wants to do

well for his father as well, but

3:02:103:02:16

it's a tough one and full credit to

him today to come out and defend his

3:02:163:02:21

title.

Two good bowls. Two good lead

bowls.

3:02:213:02:33

Not a bad bowl there.

3:02:523:03:00

A clean road would be better and

just the edge.

A little bit unlucky

3:03:143:03:20

with that.

The gap is three inches.

He has a good position here. He has

3:03:203:03:26

got his own bowl to use and he can

afford to use this. Punch the red

3:03:263:03:31

bowl out and turn the jack around

the corner. Worth arriving with a

3:03:313:03:34

little bit of weight.

3:03:343:03:41

little bit of weight. If he has got

the run in, he's on a very good line

3:03:413:03:44

here. He has the running. This is

close. Yes.

3:03:443:03:52

APPLAUSE

A nice positive bowl by Lea there.

3:03:563:04:00

Plenty of opportunities off the side

of that bowl. Gets the jack.

He

3:04:003:04:04

could have made it a double as well.

Paul is playing weighted.

He doesn't

3:04:043:04:08

like it much.

Gets a result. Gets

the green solid.

A little touch on

3:04:083:04:13

the jack on the way through. I think

he has turned it into one red. A

3:04:133:04:20

good conversion shot.

Yes, he did

well. Solid on the green into the

3:04:203:04:24

back green. A little bit of moment

on the jack.

I was looking at his

3:04:243:04:30

face as that bowl was coming down, I

don't think he was too sure about

3:04:303:04:33

the result he was going to get.

Never is when there is distance

3:04:333:04:38

between the bowl you're hitting,

David, you're never quite certain.

3:04:383:04:46

Fore hand, Lea Blackham is on a good

line. It depends on his weight.

He

3:04:473:04:54

is not far away from the jack. It

needs to stop though. And it has. He

3:04:543:04:59

played that well.

APPLAUSE

3:04:593:05:07

He is asking a lot of questions of

Paul Foster here and we are at the

3:05:073:05:11

business end now. We are saeventh

end of a nine end set. Paul Foster

3:05:113:05:15

really can't afford to lose this

end. A little runner down the

3:05:153:05:21

backhand. A little timing shot. Now

is he going to get a good

3:05:213:05:27

connection?

Oh, didn't want the edge.

3:05:273:05:39

Oh, didn't want the edge.

Another

single.

3:05:393:05:44

Playing well.

Playing solid at the

moment.

3:05:463:05:54

Well, he is certainly looking good

for the first set. There hadn't been

3:05:543:06:00

a situation building twos and threes

really the way that things have been

3:06:003:06:04

sitting. Obviously Lea drove the

jack into the ditch, but there

3:06:043:06:10

haven't been the threes and fours

for either player.

3:06:103:06:20

Paul needs to score on this end.

Ideally he needs a double or a

3:06:483:06:53

treble to get him back into the set.

A decent opening. Good weight.

3:06:533:07:08

A decent opening. Good weight.

The

winner of this match will play the

3:07:093:07:11

winner of Jason Greenslade and

Robert Gordon.

That's a big game for

3:07:113:07:17

Jason. He needs some points at the

lower end of the ranking. He needs

3:07:173:07:24

points Jason. It's an important game

for him.

He's on the edge.

3:07:243:07:34

for him.

He's on the edge. There are

some tasty second round matches

3:07:343:07:36

coming up. Let's see how Paul gets

on with this one. A decent line. Now

3:07:363:07:44

is the weight? Oh, pacing through a

bit.

3:07:443:07:56

Mark Royal, Andrew Kelly, Nick Brett

and Mervin King. : There is some

3:07:593:08:10

great stuff there. Played it.

Pressure on. Set lie.

3:08:103:08:25

He's not sure. He sort of knew that

wasn't right out of the hand and

3:08:273:08:39

there is reasons why we're not

seeing the real Paul Foster here and

3:08:393:08:44

it's testing for him.

3:08:443:08:52

it's testing for him. Lea is playing

steady bowls and on occasion some

3:08:533:08:57

very good bowls and it's keeping

Paul Foster under pressure, but he's

3:08:573:09:00

looking very good for this first set

now.

3:09:003:09:07

now.

Paul needs to just draw one in

here on the backhand side. Normally

3:09:123:09:16

he is so good on this hand.

Once

again, he didn't look terribly

3:09:163:09:23

positive. It will be closer this

one, there is no doubt about that.

3:09:233:09:26

But will he get back in time? That's

the question. Well, might be enough

3:09:263:09:32

to give him a single. Want it had

full for a double.

3:09:323:09:40

full for a double. He's not sure.

APPLAUSE

3:09:453:09:53

Paul Foster had a quick look. He has

decided it was against him.

3:09:533:10:03

decided it was against him. Ed it

full for a double. He's not sure.

3:10:033:10:04

APPLAUSE

Paul Foster had a quick look. He has

3:10:043:10:06

decided it was against him. He would

have needed four in the last end if

3:10:063:10:09

it had been a single, John, but 8-2,

it's not looking great for the

3:10:093:10:14

defending champion.

He needs to

start off fresh in this set.

3:10:143:10:25

start off fresh in this set.

Jack

length 28.5 meters.

I think it is a

3:10:253:10:28

consideration at the moment that

possibly Paul's mindset isn't quite

3:10:283:10:32

right. Lea is playing steady bowls,

but it's a difficult one.

3:10:323:10:42

APPLAUSE

3:10:483:10:53

You can catch the bowls over the

next 24 hours we're on tonight,

3:11:053:11:12

7.30pm again, Jason and Robert, as

we said it is an important game for

3:11:123:11:17

Jason Greenslade. Tonight, we have

got the highlights at 12.15 BBC Two

3:11:173:11:22

and tomorrow we're open again at

10am.

3:11:223:11:29

10am. And then mixed pairs final

tomorrow afternoon.

3:11:303:11:38

The open singles, well, that's a

great looking match. That will

3:11:383:11:42

follow the pairs on BBC Two.

3:11:423:11:49

follow the pairs on BBC Two. Some

nice stuff there, John.

Yes, some

3:11:493:11:52

good games to look forward to.

That's a good bowl by Paul.

3:11:523:12:01

I know we will be here watching, but

I think we will be watching them

3:12:013:12:06

anyway because there is some

fantastic matches there. We've got

3:12:063:12:10

the prime seat. Well, not really the

prime seat, but a lot of monitors in

3:12:103:12:15

front of us, but we can see

everything.

It's warm and cosy,

3:12:153:12:20

David, isn't it?

It is certainly

that, yes.

3:12:203:12:27

that, yes.

Just overweight. A good

effort.

Paul Foster is holding a

3:12:273:12:31

singing at the moment by the looks

of it.

3:12:313:12:38

of it. We're back into the short

clock, of course, running down from

3:12:403:12:44

30 seconds. Paul will take a

time-out and add another 60 on. When

3:12:443:12:52

it gets down to five or six, he'll

indicate.

Paul has four time-outs

3:12:523:12:58

remaining.

3:12:583:13:03

remaining.

The time-outs, they are

allowed in the first two sets.

He

3:13:033:13:11

would probably play the hack hand

side to try and get to those green

3:13:113:13:17

bowl.

If he just edges the green and

just lies it down, he'll get three

3:13:173:13:23

from it.

3:13:233:13:31

from it.

A really good effort by

Paul. He was unfortunate then.

3:13:313:13:40

APPLAUSE

Back to the backhand again after

3:13:403:13:42

playing the fore hand. It depends

how much weight he wants to use. The

3:13:423:13:48

danger is going tee heavy. -- going

too heavy. He has to make a positive

3:13:483:13:56

impact on the front bowl, but if it

goes with the jack and Paul Foster

3:13:563:14:00

has got the last bowl he could be no

better off.

3:14:003:14:11

better off. I can't see him getting

the split without the jack moving.

3:14:123:14:15

It's just so close to that front

bowl so. Let's just see how much

3:14:153:14:22

weight he's using because this is a

hard shot fur' not used to it.

I

3:14:223:14:25

don't think it will hold out. It

will go on the inside line. It goes

3:14:253:14:30

away quick, David.

I quite like the

weight he used.

But he was on the

3:14:303:14:34

wrong line for that weight.

It is

hard to pick out the right weight.

3:14:343:14:37

Those are the sort of shots that

Paul Foster needs to force Lea into

3:14:373:14:41

playing because they are low

percentage as you know John and

3:14:413:14:44

especially if

3:14:443:14:49

especially if you're new to the

carpet. Not an easy one for Paul to

3:14:533:14:56

add, but if he gets the green bowl

at the right angle, he can make four

3:14:563:15:00

out of it.

Played it well. A good

bowl by Paul.

Well played Paul

3:15:003:15:03

Foster. Three definite. But it looks

like four to me.

3:15:033:15:11

UMPIRE:

Four shots, Paul Foster.

A

little touch was enough.

Yeah, a

3:15:113:15:20

very good start to the second set

for Paul. It will be a boost.

3:15:203:15:33

The jack leng is 26 meters.

-- the jack length is 26 meters.

3:15:383:15:50

APPLAUSE

3:16:023:16:10

He's there or thereabouts again. A

nice spot that.

Just running through

3:16:413:16:45

a shade, but it will not do any harm

back there. Lea will be just looking

3:16:453:16:51

to arrive at his bowl, drop down off

it.

3:16:513:16:58

Well, it is a wonderful situation,

John, when you think about it. We're

3:17:083:17:13

one of the very few sports when you

can take up the sport at any age and

3:17:133:17:18

enter the qualifiers and end up

against the world champion. There is

3:17:183:17:22

very few sports where that is

actually available to you. Pay your

3:17:223:17:26

money to the professional bowl

association and get into it and take

3:17:263:17:31

your chance and suddenly you're on

television live against the world

3:17:313:17:35

champion.

3:17:353:17:41

Yes, close to it. Bowled and jack.

He didn't get the jack, but he got

3:17:463:17:52

the bowl clean and that's enough, I

think.

3:17:523:17:58

APPLAUSE

He hit that one well, more positive.

3:17:583:18:02

He will use the weighted bowl and it

is normally pretty close as well.

He

3:18:023:18:06

doesn't want to get sucked into

playing the controlled shots. Keep

3:18:063:18:10

to the strong stuff because he's

good at it. He's accurate and Paul's

3:18:103:18:16

lost his way with the last one. This

is the time when Paul has to just

3:18:163:18:25

try and get himself right. It's a

hard thing to ask him to do, but

3:18:253:18:31

everybody handles things in

different ways, but it's tough now

3:18:313:18:35

for him. He's changed from That from

one into three.

3:18:353:18:42

APPLAUSE

UMPIRE: Three shots, Lea Blackham.

3:18:423:18:51

Well, after losing a four, you

couldn't ask for much better.

3:18:513:19:03

The jack length is 29 meters.

3:19:303:19:41

A long jack again. A good start by

Lea.

3:19:523:19:55

APPLAUSE

3:19:553:20:04

Once again Lea is sticking to the

longer jack length. It has been very

3:20:273:20:33

successful for him. Dropping inside.

3:20:333:20:43

Well, a better second, but still not

close enough.

3:20:573:21:04

He just overplayed that. It is not a

bad spot, but a missed opportunity

3:21:233:21:27

really.

Yeah, over corrected it with

a short bowl, that was the problem

3:21:273:21:33

and better behind it obviously, but

Paul is just on the draw. Just wants

3:21:333:21:37

to sneak past the green one. Well,

his weight wasn't bad actually

3:21:373:21:43

because he pushed that about three

or four inches so he probably had

3:21:433:21:46

enough weight.

Paul Foster wants to get hold of

3:21:463:21:54

that jack.

3:21:543:21:59

I think it is a similar bowl for

Paul. He could get off the second

3:22:133:22:18

bowl, the red. A similar weight, I

think.

Yes, even a foot more just to

3:22:183:22:25

turn his own bowl over if he doesn't

get back into the head. He needs to

3:22:253:22:29

reach.

Played it well.

Has he got to

turn it? Not quite. That's what I

3:22:293:22:36

was thinking he would play just

slightly over.

Very unfortunate. He

3:22:363:22:40

was so close then.

Well, not the

single shot that's the problem, it

3:22:403:22:46

is the jack length.

3:22:463:22:51

Well, he is keeping the mat right

back on the three meter T mark.

3:23:013:23:11

Probably quite sensibly at the

moment. It keeps a lot of distance

3:23:113:23:15

between Paul and the jack and even

though he's not nailing it with

3:23:153:23:19

every bowl, he's playing at least

one very good one.

3:23:193:23:26

APPLAUSE

Just about.

3:24:223:24:27

Still room there.

Paul Foster just on the outside edge

3:24:273:24:33

of the mat even with the strong bias

bowl so he can push them out wide

3:24:333:24:39

and let them dip towards the end of

its travel.

3:24:393:24:44

APPLAUSE

That makes it.

3:24:443:24:49

It's just about reaching. Might get

over the seem. No.

3:25:073:25:22

I can tell by Paul's reaction there,

whether he liked it or not. He is

3:25:233:25:31

getting back. He has played it well.

APPLAUSE

3:25:313:25:37

Still a one. Certainly came off a

wide line.

3:25:373:25:48

Just overplayed his chance for Paul

Foster to pick up a multiple here.

3:26:053:26:19

Now, is he getting up? He wants to

guarantee a second at the very

3:26:203:26:25

least.

One shot, Paul Foster.

3:26:253:26:39

APPLAUSE

That score 5-4 after four ends.

Five

3:26:403:26:45

ends to be played. And Lea Blackham

is right in this match. And there is

3:26:453:26:56

the mat up the rink. Well up the

rink actually.

Jack length 24

3:26:563:27:03

meters.

There we see it. And 24 meters. It

3:27:033:27:08

was going to happen sometime. Paul

was going to pull the mat up or keep

3:27:083:27:13

it back and play a very short

length.

3:27:133:27:22

APPLAUSE

3:27:283:27:35

It's a good bowl. It looks like it

is going to reach up to the red one.

3:27:463:27:54

APPLAUSE

A cracking line in. Just pulled up

3:27:543:27:56

short.

3:27:563:28:04

Good again here. A clear road.

Excellent. Just went down the gap.

3:28:073:28:14

It's there, but an edge in the green

one would have been absolutely

3:28:143:28:19

perfect. Lea can afford to reach his

own bowl or come off the red one.

3:28:193:28:35

Well, he has missed it, but he has

put it into a good position.

3:28:393:28:51

A better line with this.

Has he

overplayed it though? Will it hold

3:29:183:29:24

off? Actually that weight is very

good to play. Just missed the line

3:29:243:29:29

slightly, John. But that's a lovely

weight to play the shot. Paul Foster

3:29:293:29:35

has to be through with this because

he won't want that green bowl going

3:29:353:29:38

on to the jack and making a three.

Yeah, it is a case that Lea maybe

3:29:383:29:43

tempted to play firmer with his last

bowl for that type of shot.

Well,

3:29:433:29:48

Paul has seen the danger and he knew

he had to be there.

It might still

3:29:483:29:51

be worth it actually.

I thinkits

still worth it. -- I think it's

3:29:513:29:58

still worth it.

3:29:583:30:04

It's close to the second, isn't it?

Very close.

Not a lot in that. It is

3:30:043:30:11

a bit like my front room.

You have

got a new front room, you're happy!

3:30:113:30:17

Now, will he play a touch firmer or

same solid delivery? Same sort of

3:30:173:30:23

weight perhaps and roll into the

green?

He looks like he has narrowed

3:30:233:30:29

it slightly. Will he get back in

time?

3:30:293:30:35

Very close, wasn't it?

3:30:353:30:41

Definitely one red. Measure for the

second.

3:30:423:30:47

You can see the club shirts are

being worn.

3:30:533:31:05

This is a tricky little measure this

one. These are very accurate. Red

3:31:243:31:34

against the two green.

3:31:343:31:42

Take that one away, that's not in,

it's this other one that's in

3:31:453:31:49

question.

Yes. Looks like two. Good

call from the measurer.

Two shots,

3:31:493:31:59

Paul Foster.

APPLAUSE.

3:31:593:32:05

Always like to see the calipers

coming out, John, because they're so

3:32:053:32:11

accurate.

3:32:113:32:20

He's edging in front in the set,

Paul, 7-4.

The mat out once again.

3:32:203:32:34

It's a default position for Paul

Foster if things aren't going well.

3:32:343:32:40

He'll play a short jack length.

3:32:403:32:50

A lot of people might think it's

easier because it's short, but it's

3:32:543:32:58

quite the opposite.

Yes. The control

of the wait on the line.

3:32:583:33:09

Not quite so comfortable at this

length.

3:33:133:33:20

Need to run, Paul.

That's better but

only slightly.

Still a chance here

3:33:213:33:26

for Lea. Needs to get the bowl on a

good line knew. -- now.

From Paul's

3:33:263:33:34

standards, that's a long way away.

3:33:343:33:43

Bending to the jack from there.

That's good.

Just given too many

3:34:053:34:10

chances, really. Chance for the

second bowl to make it difficult for

3:34:103:34:15

Paul.

3:34:153:34:21

Paul.

Missed it. Third bowl for Paul

to get close. It's certainly on a

3:34:213:34:30

narrow line.

Too tight.

Yes.

I think

he was looking at the gap, it was

3:34:303:34:37

never easy to control down there

with the short bowl in the way.

A

3:34:373:34:41

bit extra weight needed.

3:34:413:34:51

bit extra weight needed.

They're

always difficult shots aren't they?

3:34:513:34:53

They are, very difficult to judge.

Paul's got cover here at the same

3:34:533:34:58

time as that. If I was Lea, I would

be tempted to run this a little

3:34:583:35:01

quicker. He could draw the shot.

It's not an easy draw. The forehand

3:35:013:35:06

is dodgy. The back hand is blocked.

Could do worse than to play through

3:35:063:35:12

it. The front plant looks like it's

going on to it.

3:35:123:35:16

Just inside the line...

Two shots, Paul Foster.

A bit of a

3:35:483:35:54

loose head. That's what Paul Foster

was trying to achieve. He wanted to

3:35:543:36:02

loosen off. That's what's happened.

Now he's in a strong position, 9-4

3:36:023:36:07

with three ends to go.

3:36:073:36:10

Paul would have been used to playing

in the pairs and mixed pairs

3:36:303:36:34

competition and had a lot of bowls

on the carpet as well.

That would

3:36:343:36:40

have added to his obvious advantage

of playing in the portable rink for

3:36:403:36:44

over 20 years.

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How many times have you seen

practises and then the bowls come

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out and are thrown all over the

park.

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Lea's lost his length as well.

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APPLAUSE.

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Attacking early. To me that was the

right shot to play. Open it up. Paul

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will be aware of the fact that even

if he picks up a single here, he's

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still in full control. The like that

N one.

No.

If it beats the green,

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and it has, it means it's the

shorter of the two bowls that go

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out.

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out. He's fighting with himself with

a bit of turmoil out there.

Going

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again.

He's close this time.

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Two red. Go deep.

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My goodness me. To lose the bowl! A

puff of the cheeks. Can't blame you,

3:39:103:39:17

Paul.

3:39:173:39:24

Paul. Back in the ditch. And again.

Oh, dear, oh, dear. That was

3:39:243:39:30

unlucky. A smile from Lea but my

goodness that was unlucky. Very

3:39:303:39:35

difficult to do that.

3:39:353:39:40

difficult to do that. Paul Foster in

an 11-4 lead. We'll move on to the

3:39:403:39:44

red button in a couple of minutes.

You can join us there. A fascinating

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game which looks as though it will

go to a tie-break.

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go to a tie-break. We should see

this end out. Four minutes or so

3:40:023:40:06

left on BBC Two. So we expect a

tie-break to be on the red button.

3:40:063:40:21

Just running through with the first

bowl. To be fair, he could easily

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have come off the red bowl and

buried the jack.

Yes and he had to

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play the two drives. He was

unfortunate to get the gap.

3:41:013:41:08

unfortunate to get the gap. He'll be

thinking about the tie-break. It's

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probably impossible to get back in

this set.

3:41:113:41:18

Paul would have to come back big

time and I don't think that is

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possible.

3:41:263:41:31

You wonder if it meant to a

tie-break, Paul might hope to win

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the toss and keep the length of the

jack. It might be a vital jack

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length.

I think it is because the

longer jack length is certainly

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suiting Lee. See said it from the

beginning how long would it take

3:41:543:41:59

before Paul Foster got to the short

jack length and it's proven to be

3:41:593:42:03

valuable for him. No doubt about

that.

Picked most of the shots up on

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this length.

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this length. At this length, it's

unusual to be this far away. Doesn't

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want to lose a three here. He wants

to get into the tie-break.

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That should be enough to take us

into the tie-break.

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This will be a practise bowl.

3:42:543:43:02

Just underneath. Paul Foster. Takes

out the single. Takes the second

3:43:053:43:12

set. 12-4. And we are into the three

end tie-break.

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We thought it was going to go this

way.

3:43:223:43:30

12-4. It will be a fascinating three

end.

3:43:303:43:40

We are going to make way for the

Australian Open highlights here on

3:43:453:43:49

BBC Two. If you want to stay with

the bowls, press red and see the

3:43:493:43:52

conclusion of this match between the

defending champion Paul Foster and

3:43:523:43:57

Lea Blackham in this tie-break.

3:43:573:43:59

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