English qualifier Robert Paxton powered through to the semi-finals of the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open for the second year in a row after upsetting sixth-seeded compatriot Simon Skelton in the quarter-finals of the opening World Bowls Tour event of the season at Dewars Centre in Perth.

It was a good day for the west country at the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open in Perth where Devonians Ian Bond and Robert Paxton both continued their surge in the opening World Bowls Tour event of the season to reach the quarter-finals at Dewars Centre.

In his first World Bowls Tour event since being appointed Scottish Head Coach, David Gourlay delighted the local crowd at the Dewars Centre in Perth when he beat South African qualifier Barry Maitland-Stuart to reach the second round of the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open.

Success for the fourth time at the Potters Holidays World Indoor Singles Championship in January has led to Scotland's Paul Foster retaining the World Bowls Tour world number one ranking, according the list for the 2011/12 season announced by the WBT.

England's Mark Royal celebrated his second World Bowls Tour title success in Wales in four years when he beat Scotland's former world number one David Gourlay in today's final of the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix at the City and County of Swansea Indoor Bowls Club in Swansea.

Scotland's former world number one David Gourlay rolled back the years to see off new world champion Paul Foster in the quarter-finals of the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix to secure an unexpected place in the semi-finals of the final World Bowls Tour ranking event of the season at the City and County of Swansea Indoor Bowls Club in Swansea.

Scotland's former champion David Gourlay survived a nail-biting encounter in the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix to claim a place in the quarter-finals of the final World Bowls Tour ranking event of the season at the City and County of Swansea Indoor Bowls Club in Swansea.

In a dramatic first round encounter on the opening day of action in the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix, Scottish qualifier Stewart Anderson upset England's No8 seed Ian Bond in the final World Bowls Tour ranking event of the season in a defeat which will see the popular 'Devon Destroyer' out of next season's WBT world top 16.

Scottish qualifiers Michael Stepney & Andrew Barker extended their giant-killing run in the Potters Holidays World Indoor Pairs Championship when they defeated England's event favourites and defending champions Ian Bond & Andy Thomson to reach the semi-finals of the World Bowls Tour event at Hopton-on-Sea in the English county of Norfolk.

England's eighth seed Mervyn King and Scottish outsider Stewart Anderson will line up in Saturday's final of The Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open