Match Line-ups:
Winners Final:
Stephen Joyce -v- Paul Stott
Losers Semi-Final 1:
Pat Irvine -v- John Kennedy
Stott starts with a strike. Darragh McLoughlin has backed Stephen Joyce to go all the way here, and he starts with a spare against Stott.
Kennedy takes the early lead against Irvine with a strike against Irvine's open frame.
Joyce harshly done by with a 7-10 split in frame two as Stott spares to increase his lead early.
Stott lucky not to leave a 2-10 split in frame three. Joyce carries all ten light in the pocket to get his game going.
Kennedy and Irvine neck-and-neck at the half way stage of game one in their match.
Joyce turkey's to close the gap on Stott, who cant put strikes together at the moment. Irvine now 15 pins up on Kennedy.
Joyce's strike run comes to an end, but he spares the 2-10 split to lead by 5 pins at the half way point in game one.
Kennedy strikes to close up on Irvine. A heavy pocket hit gives Stott a strike in frame 8, and Joyce leaves a ten pin to fall 9 pins behind.
Stott taps the ten pin to double for the first time in the match. Joyce matches his strike to stay in touching distance.
Kennedy takes a 17 pin lead into game two against Irvine.
Stott finshes strong, but Joyce keeps up the pressure with a good finish of his own. Stott leads by 19 pins after game one.
Stott doubles to start game two. Joyce hits back with a double of his own.
Kennedy leads Irvine by 9 pins, but an open frame in the fifth will hamper him going forward.
Joyce breaks first in the battle with Stott in game two. Both men went front four before Stott added a fifth strike and Joyce posted a 7 spare.
Stott now holds a 65 pin lead after going front seven. He goes through the face in frame 8, but picks up a handy 9 spare.
Irvine opens frame ten to fall 16 pins behind Kennedy.
A strike from Joyce in the ninth get him back to within 50 pins of Stott coming to the end of game two.
Stott posts 268 for 497 over two games. Joyce has bowled well, shooting 440, but Stott has been too good so far.
Irvine and Kennedy looks like going right down to the wire. Kennedy's lead is 30 pins at the half way stage in game three.
Joyce stones an 8 pin in frame two. This does not look like its going to go his way as Stott continues to look solid.
A Kennedy strike in frame eight looks like being the foundation for a victory against Irvine.
Kennedy advances with 30 pin victory.
Stott's lead sits at 45 pins after frame six of game three. Joyce just cannot put the strikes together to close the gap.
Stott completes a fairly comfortable victory over Joyce in the end. He wins by 80 pins.
Joyce will play Kennedy in the final of the losers section.
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