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 14th seed Jonathan Ross became the lowest seed to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix when he upset ninth seed Mervyn King on the last day of second round action in the final World Bowls Tour ranking event of the season at the City and County of Swansea Indoor Bowls Club in Swansea.

Alex Marshall and Paul Foster, two Scots with eight world singles titles between them, produced stunning winning bowls with do-or-die final tie-break deliveries in today's quarter-finals of the Potters Holidays World Indoor Singles Championship to earn places in the semi-finals of the premier World Bowls Tour event in Norfolk.

English qualifier Andrew Ware pulled off the biggest upset so far in the Potters Holidays World Indoor Singles Championship when he ousted seventh-seeded compatriot Ian Bond, a former runner-up, in today's opening round of the premier World Bowls Tour event in Norfolk.

England's Mervyn King stormed into the quarter-finals of The Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open

Former champions Jason Greenslade and Kelvin Kerkow fell at the first hurdle on the opening day of The Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open, the first World Bowls Tour event of the new season at Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland.

England's Ian Bond, The World No7 From Devon, Tonight Turned The Seedings Of The Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay Championship On Their Head By Winning The Prestigious World Bowls Tour Title At Ponds Forge International Sports Centre In Sheffield In His Maiden Appearance In The Event For The World's Top Eight Players.

Englishmen Ian Bond And Simon Skelton Celebrated Successful Debut Performances In The Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay Championship With Surprise Victories Over Top Seed Mervyn King And Third Seed Greg Harlow, Respectively, In Today's Opening Round Of The World Bowls Tour Event At Ponds Forge International Sports Centre In Sheffield.