A runner-up finish in last week’s Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open in Perth has taken England’s Greg Harlow to the top of the first provisional World Bowls Tour world rankings for next season.

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.

After the disappointment of a second round exit last year, Scotland's world number one and world champion Paul Foster made it through to the quarter-finals of the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open after a close-fought victory over England's former world champion Billy Jackson in the opening World Bowls Tour event of the season at Dewars Centre in Perth.

England's Les Gillett, a wildcard entry in the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open, produced the biggest upset on the last day of first round action in the first World Bowls Tour event of the season at the Dewars Centre in Perth when he defeated legendary Scot Alex Marshall.

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.

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.

Scotland's new world champion Paul Foster was given a stern test in the first round of the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix before overcoming Australian qualifier Matt Mitchell to claim his place in the last 16 of the final World Bowls Tour ranking event of the season in Swansea.

A week after winning a fourth world title in Norfolk, Scotland's Paul Foster will be bidding to pick up a second World Bowls Tour trophy in Wales when he competes in the 2011 Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix in Swansea.

After predicting the score-line to BBC TV viewers minutes before the match, second seed Paul Foster duly won the first set and tied the second to beat fellow Scot Alex Marshall in today's final of the Potters Holidays World Indoor Singles Championship to win the premier World Bowls Tour title in Norfolk for the fourth time.

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.