- 2007-08 World Bowls Tour
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context = October 2008
wikify = September 2007The World Bowls Tour (WBT) is a limited company formed in September 1996 by the
Professional Bowls Association , and the two major governing bodies for world flat green bowls,World Bowls and theWorld Indoor Bowls Council (WIBC).The primary object of WBT is to set up a series of premier bowls events at which the top players in the world can play.
Players
The top 16 players automatically entered into the four main tournaments. The rest of the players are made up of qualifiers.
The top 16 for the 2007-08 season are:
1. flagicon|AUS
David Gourlay
2. flagicon|ENGGreg Harlow
3. flagicon|SCO Paul Foster
4. flagicon|SCO Alex Marshall
5. flagicon|WALJason Greenslade
6. flagicon|WALRobert Weale
7. flagicon|ENG Andy Thomson
8. flagicon|ENG Mervyn King
9. flagicon|AUSKelvin Kerkow
10. flagicon|IRE Jonathan Ross
11. flagicon|ENGIan Bond
12. flagicon|ENGMark McMahon
13. flagicon|ENGMark Royal
14. flagicon|ENG Billy Jackson
15. flagicon|ENGLes Gillett
16. flagicon|WAL John PriceCalendar
Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007
Ponds Forge, Sheffield21st and 22nd June 2007 engage International Open 2007
Ponds Forge, Sheffield28th October to 4th November 2007 The Great British Mobility Group Scottish International Open 2007
Dewars, Perth24th November to 1st December 2007 Potters Holidays World Indoor Bowls Championships 2007
Potters Leisure Resort, Norfolk7th to 27th January 2008 Welsh International Open 2007
Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli, Wales2nd to 8th February 2008 Events
The 2007-08 season saw the arrival of a new tournament, the 'Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007'.
As well as this new event, the four main tournaments open to all the top 16 players will be played in their traditional months.Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay 2007
Greg Harlow extended his unbeaten run at Ponds Forge, Sheffield to a magnificent 18 games when he beat Mervyn King in the Co-operative Funeralcare World Match Play Championship.
Every game of the tournament was broadcast live on Sky Sports – the first time that the broadcaster had given the World Bowls Tour such lengthily coverage.
Harlow, 38, has won the three previous International Open’s at Ponds Forge – a record that no one has managed to do.
“It's unbelievable, I don't know what it is - I just wish we could play all our WBT events here,” said an ecstatic Harlow after being asked by Sky Sports presenter Lee McKenzie to explain the secret of his success at the Sheffield venue.Results: Semi-finals:
[8] Mervyn King (ENG) bt [4] Alex Marshall (SCO) 11-6, 9-7
[2] Greg Harlow (ENG) bt [6] Robert Weale (WAL) 6-5, 5-5
Final:
[2] Greg Harlow (ENG) bt [8] Mervyn King (ENG) 10-8, 4-10, 2-0Potters Holidays World Indoor Bowls Championships 2008
Welsh International Open 2008
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