^{After a day on nail biting exciting quarter finals the semi finals line started to appear and Andy Thomson, the elder statesman on the World Bowls Tour, rolled back the years to reach the semi-finals of the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines World indoor singles championship at Potters Leisure Resort.}

^{The 56-year-old tenth seed, chasing his first world singles title since 1995, is joined in the last four by another former champion from the pre-World Bowls Tour era, Scotland's David Gourlay, the 1996 winner, Welshman Jason Greenslade, still seeking that elusive first world indoor title after almost two decades of trying, and one of the newer generation of top flight bowlers, Scotland's Darren Burnett, who has reached this stage for the first time.} 

^{Karen Murphy flew home to her native Australia today clutching her first world indoor trophy after winning the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines Ladies World Matchplay title at Potters Leisure Resort. But the 37-year-old from Sydney admitted afterwards that she as good as stole it from was the grasp of England's Debbie Stavrou, who had seemed destined to win the prestigious title for a record third time.}

^{For all but the last few ends of a gripping final, Murphy had struggled to cope with the consistency of Stavrou, who was appearing in her fourth final in five years, but when the big bowls were required, the Aussie star was not found wanting as she underlined her status as one of the world's top women players.}

^{England's Debbie Stavrou is on course for a record-breaking third ladies matchplay title at the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines World Indoor Bowls Championships at Potters Leisure Resort. The 38-year-old from High Wycombe reached a fourth final in five years with a straight sets, 9-3, 9-8, defeat of defending champion Alison Merrien MBE (Guernsey), whom she also defeated in the 2009 and 2010 finals.}

^{A record-equalling third mixed pairs title for Scotland's David Gourlay when he partnered England's Debbie Stavrou for the first time to success at the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines World Indoor Bowls Championships at Potters Leisure Resort. After a pulsating final high in drama and quality, the new Anglo-Scottish partnership edged out Kerry Packwood (Wales) and Scotland's Paul Foster on the last end of the tie-break for a 9-3, 6-9, 2-1 triumph.}

^{It was fresh-faced Welsh teenager Ross Owen who produced one of the biggest upsets in years by dethroning the four-times world champion, 9-9, 7-5, to set up a second round meeting with his iconic fellow countryman John Price. Although the pairs final took centre stage as the BBC TV began transmitting live coverage of the championships, everyone was talking about the show-stopping performance of young Ross Owen, from the Cynon Valley club.Owen, who recently retained his Welsh junior singles title, looked totally unfazed by the drama of the occasion and the reputation of his opponent and the large crowd soon warmed to a 'New Kid on the Block.' If Owen had any nerves, they were quickly dispelled by a maximum count of four on the second end of the match, and Foster was relieved to gain a single on the last end to share the first set spoils at 9-9.}