Foster on top of the world
East Lothian ace Paul Foster will be crowned the new world No.1 on the World Bowls Tour rankings at the end of this week's Welsh International Open in Swansea – the last ranking event of the season.
Foster trailed newly crowned world indoor singles champion Greg Harlow by one point going into this week's event, but a shock defeat for Harlow from Israel unknown Zvika Hadar left the door open for Foster and he duly obliged with an opening round victory over Scottish qualifier Gary Hutchison, leaving him in an uncatchable position at the top of the rankings.
Foster's opponent in Wednesday's second round action was No.13 seed Ian Bond of England.
Foster's East Lothian clubmate Alex Marshall also marched through to the second round after coming back from a set down to beat well known BBC bowls commentator David Corkill 4-9, 8-6, 2-0.
More bowling in the East Lothian News, February 5, 2010 With the Welsh Open coming to a conclusion today it is expected that top skips Alex Marshall and Paul Foster will both arrive back in time to take their place in the EL line up which is at near full strength. The line up reads:
J Hogg capt, R Thomson, S Kennedy, P Foster skip.
J Stevenson, B Wyllie, Dek Oliver, G Robertson skip.
M Higgenbotham, S A Thomson, A Jeffrey, A Marshall skip.
M Johnston, D Berwick, J Higgins, W W Wood skip.
The ladies side at East Lothian IBC produced two winning performances last weekend to grab the qualifying honours from Division 1C in the Scottish Ladies League and are now one win away from bringing Premier League action back to Meadowmill stadium for the 2010/11 season. They now tackle Galleon or West of Scotland in a promotion play off clash at Abbeyview IBC on Saturday March 6.
Last Saturday they produced a tip top performance at West Lothian to record an 88-67 triumph then on Sunday the 16-strong team delivered a sensational 76 shot home win over promotion rivals Tweedbank in a rearranged fixture and it was an impressive 123-47 triumph that was never in doubt. The side produced an impressive performance that had team manager Sheena Currie
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