World Bowls Tour
Nick Brett, World No 1 took on Qualifier James Rippey in the last match of the first round to be played off and it was a very nervous Rippey that stepped out for his first ever appearance on the blue portable rink. Unfortunately for Rippey he came up against a very on form Brett and
Mark Dawes from England took Australian qualifier Jamie Smith in the first match today in the Just Retirement Professional World Indoor Singles Championship here at Potters Resort and it was an on form Dawes that did not give Smith any chance to settle down on the rink. By the end of the 5th end Dawes
This was a match to be seen, if you did not catch it on BBC then look at it on the WBT youtube channel on www.youtube.tv/worldbowlstour. All four players were playing to a massive standard in front of a packed out audience at Potters Resort and what a match it turned out to be. Ronnie
The second Mixed Pairs Semi Final between Darren Burnett & Katherine Rednall against Paul Foster MBE & Rebecca Field turned out to be a surprising affair as both sides fought to get ahead in the first set. With neither pair giving way it was only single shots that were being grabbed and by the 6th
First match of the afternoon was Semi Final 1 in the World Indoor Mixed Pairs Championship between Nick Brett & Alison Merrien MBE against 6 time World Indoor Champion and Julie Forrest. Into the first set and it was Forrest and Marshall that laid down an opening barrage that Merrien and Brett found unstoppable, despite
First match of the day here at Potters Resort at the Just Retirement World Championships was between Les Gillett v Jason Parkinson and into the first set it was taking Parkinson quite a while to find the rink line against a well playing Gillett. Gillett opened up like a demon taking 8 shots to nil
Last match of the day here at Potters Resort in the Just Retirement Ladies World Indoor Matchplay Championship saw Cliodhna Eadie from Ireland take on Katherine Rednall from England and it had a near capacity crowd at the resort enthralled with high class bowls and action and is well worth watching the replay on the
Last match of the afternoon was between Alison Merrien MBE from the Channel Islands against Englands Rebecca Field and what a scrap that turned out be. In the first set it seemed as if Field was off to a flying start as she piled in the shots against Merrien and was 10-2 up in the
First match of the afternoon here at Potters Resort was Scottish International, Julie Forrest up against England International Ellen Faulkner in the Ladies World Matchplay. This turned out to be a cracking match though in the first set it did look as if Falkner was struggling to find the rink likes lots of other players
The first match of the day in the Just Retirement World Professional Indoor Ladies World Indoor Matchplay was between Reigning Champion Laura Thomas and International Janice Gower. Into the first set and it was Thomas that got off to a flying start building a 9-0 lead by end 4 with Gower struggling to find a