7 May, 2016
First match on Saturday at Blackpool Newton Hall in the Co-operative Funeralcare European Masters was between Scotland Michael Stepney and England’s Gary Smith. It was a great match and one well worth watching on the WBT Channel www.youtube.com/worldbowlstour as the final scoreline does not reflect the actual match! Although it was a great win by Gary Smith the final score does not reflect the also great bowls played by Stepney. Smith though was at the top of his game and just did not allow the big man from Scotland an inch, and even when Stepney did put them in close it was Smith who layed good bowls to remove them to win both sets and match 5,11 - 3,8