Last match of th
e afternoon was Alex Marshall MBE against Irish Qualifier Gary Kelly. It was Marshall that started strongly going 7-2 in the lead by the 5th end, though Kelly was doing his best to stop 6 times World Indoor Champion in his tracks but Marshall was having none of it. By the 8th end Marshall was 8-5 up leaving Kelly looking for a triple for the draw or a full house for a win, Kelly managed to hold shots for a few minutes but it was Marshall that put in the killer bowl to take another single and take the first set 9-5
Into the second set and again Marshall was demonic in his tracks but Kelly did not buckle under and by the end of the 6th end the score was 4 all. Despite all of Kelly’s best efforts it was again Marshall that got the upper hand and he took a further single and a double in the next two ends to take the score 7-4 leaving Kelly a superhuman task of taking a full house away from Marshall to force a tie break, it was not to be as Marshall let only a single slip and it was 6 times World Indoor Champion Alex Marshall MBE that took the set and match 9-5, 7-5