^{England's Andy Thomson produced one of the best performances of his distinguished career to regain the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines world indoor singles title at Potters Leisure Resort and collect the top prize in the sport of £40,000. The 56-year-old from London, the oldest player to win a World Bowls Tour title, demolished the long held title dreams of Welshman Jason Greenslade with a masterful exhibition of bowling to underline his status as one of the sport's all-time greats.}

^{England's twice former champion Andy Thomson and Welshman Jason Greenslade, through to the final for the first time, will battle it out today on the famous blue portable rink at Potters Leisure Resort for the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines World indoor singles title and the richest prize in bowls - £40,000. Thomson's last success was back in 1995 and at the age of 56 he must have thought that his chance of a third title may well have escaped him, while Greenslade, 15 years his junior and beaten three times in the world indoor pairs final, has spent almost two decades in the top flight dreaming of such a moment.}

^{Thomson's tie-break victory over Scotland's number three seed Darren Burnett, playing in his first world semi-final, went right down to the last bowl after a tense and intriguing tactical battle full of twists and turns.}

^{The England captain, whose last final appearance was back in 1997, appeared to be in control of the first set at 6-1, but the 35-year-old Arbroath policeman arrested the slump in form and clawed his way back into the fray to win it 8-6, aided by a piece of good fortune on the penultimate end, which he duly acknowledged, when a slightly off target strike achieved an expected result of two shots to tie the set, which he claimed on the final end.}

^{Burnett certainly went through the gears in the second set to apply more pressure, but, ironically, lady luck went against him on the penultimate end when a clean strike saw the jack rebound from Thomson's back bowl and the Scot ended up dropping a maximum count and the set at 10-5.}

^{Thomson, playing right at the top of his form, had the misfortune to give the shot away on the opening end of the tie-break, but took the next two, with Burnett's final delivery of the match only a fraction of an inch from glory – it was that close!}

^{Greenslade ended the hopes of another former title winner from the 1990's in Scotland's David Gourlay in far more convincing fashion that one might have imagined given the form of the former world number one. The Welshman, seeded 13, ruthlessly exploited the fragility of Gourlay's form on the day with a 9-4, 8-2 victory that will give him every confidence for the biggest match of his distinguished career. He virtually had the first set in the bag after only three ends when he raced into a 7-0 lead , and he was equally dominant in the second when he might have expected the eighth seed rediscover his touch.}

^{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.}