right good afternoon good evening good morning wherever you are in the world here we are at the semi-final stage of the cup competition for the Irish open which is currently being played at the Belfast indoor Bowls Club at shaes Bridge which is just a few miles outside of Belfast we're watching a match between jela P of Ireland and David peton also of Ireland tight first end Simon PM coming over to measure try to get you a better View's got to get the old F ages out [Music] so Simon very close measure this using the F of gauges both Ball's very close do yeah extremely tight measure this I think we just fav in the black bow here black yeah thought it would black just the way you went p l B the doll the ball's doll so one shot to David Pon first end get you the best viar we can David Pon leads off middle [Music] Jack all Ireland semi-finalist start when Jo be to this end [Music] David just putting a little bit of pace on this yeah gets the Jack very good Jo will now look at playing this on the back end probably looking for the Jack looks to be very close bit lucky with the result uh with the ball but I think he's got a result think he's line shot evening David even [Music] Gerard good ball in the back end from David pon Joe just running at this a little oh bit unlucky there isn't he evening to you all thanks for joining us we are at the semi-final stages now of the cup competition the Irish open sorry the way David Pon looking to draw a second what's he going to do here he possibly left Jo an opportunity on the forand now hi Tona how are you never did quite get Tona right goodday good to see you on here again sorry we don't see you these days here so Joe be looking for this big draw he's close here close oh you've got to say that's a good ball what a good ball from Joe B yeah ball sits down one to Joe great ball from Joe be one shot all two ends played keeping an eye on the scoreboard over the there for my friend John relx yeah good draw from Jo B lies too Davy Bon being slightly positive draw second ball Joe still Li well good line from Joe just two foot long DAV B and goes again bit closer this time little bit unlucky just through just touch on the jack would have done the job two balls to come in this end j sends a big wide ball round could be happy with that I think he's lyed two shots dve P gets one ball out another shot to Joe BC moves him to two shots to one advantage after three ends keep you up updated on the other games as much as possible over on M six in the The Shield final not quite safe to be honest I'll update you on that when I can get to see the scoreboard J P was a decent lead but David Pon just bettered it I know J goes again on the back end big wide bow this good effort this isn't it great ball from Joe great bow from David pep it's good toucher Jack just bounces off Joe's ball and Joe just looking to draw to the line now not looking too bad will it stop no not quite currently one shot to David Pon here looking to get rid of Joe's B and Doan stays Joe facing three down at the moment last ball to ball this looks a better Pace from Joe oh no it's not Joe would not be impressed with that cently three down David P has a ball to come looks to be good for four here yep four shots of David pedon Martin Harris it's a bit out of my reach but I'll go and try and have a very quick look for you on the show M David Pon picks up cou shots and we'll go to a five shots are to Advantage after four ends can have a look for you Martin [Music] it's on the show mat in the plate final Terry Crawford is currently leading seven shots to one against Ben mnam think I've got that right it's difficult covering all these mats so middle Jack David Pon leads off bit through good start from Joe Bey here pretty well perfect back to toucher difficult bow to beat over on m 2 Craig Burgis has gone into eight shots to one advantage after six ends CH comes in the backand door again he's willing this in yeah good draw from Jack J B current L shot looking to draw a second is he close no he's shter pace could be intentional she looking to change the angle hi Nathan Hi C seen a good run from Young gel bit little earlier nice to see the uh the boys from the early birds back in them early days playing Jo be is still lying one shot here final bow of this end Jo would be delighted to pick up a two looks a better line than the last ball it's very close here yeah looks very good that oh it's just fell out is it is it one or two a quick look there it's just one one shot to Joe BT stop J B good touch up d p Just th short definely Joe not impressed with that very demanding of himself Joe has been said many times he loes two shots good ball from David pant it's what Joe was worried about Jo will try and play the same game now just a little bit of pace Jack would be perfect Joe's a bit unlucky there isn't he his ball hasn't just duck with the Jack what would David do now he's got a touch in the ditch will he play this he's got a ball on the back hand side will he look to move that is that the best hand if he's wide he gets the ball through he Chris what the block what does Joe do Joe has the Last Bow of this end suspect you'll come and have a look not quite sure ja might be ly shot anyway just move the camera a bit can't quite see it's Jo done here Joe picked up two not sure now that's fell out I think not quite sure about that Mr Campbell but I do enjoy doing this to keep people uh updated with what's going on so David P with the final bow of this end oh he's hit the block again is he now no he's tight what's he get in here through a gap big gap there certainly wanted J is it too not sure yet Jo's asking for two umire just calling on R measure for second ball it's one out for Joe BT trying to update you while I can while this measure takes place there's a few people interested in the plate Final on the show Matt so I'll move up here position the camera and come back John LX moves into it 10 shots to five advantage in the shield final now we're in the plate final Terry Crawford leads Ken mnam by 10 shots to two after seven ends 10 shots to two Derek after to seven ends ja Bey leads off middle Jack perfect weight just slightly under the line hi Tony Craig thanks for joining us everybody so welcome everybody coming to the the real nitty-gritty now of all the matches here we've got the plate final currently taking place you've got the shield final currently taking place and the two semi-finals of the cup competition on this map we're concentrating on jph B of Ireland playing David Pon of Ireland David Pon currently leads by five shots to four after six ends Joseph Bey Knows Lies two shot in this now we're in the other semi-final nine in played Craig burgus leads by 10 shots to two so David pen now looking a little bit of run on the forehand close to that block probably too [Applause] tight J will be looking at protecting his back black bowl I think hi Nikki big effort from Jo be here he'd like to be past that but yeah he wanted to be past that ball Jack still visible Joe looks disgusted most of us would be quite happy with that ball David pitton with his third bow of this end [Applause] yeah very good bow from David Bon that was Joe's Joe's worry Jo now needs a big draw now to get back into this end Pace certainly looks good Line's very good he's not quite there though Joe Joe very very hard on himself boys is hi George Greg good to see you on Guys Callum the old Mur in that [Applause] so good job David Pon pick St up yeah I'll let him Copeland Kieran train is not playing he was knocked out a few rounds ago a good effort good start from David P Jo be not quite getting to grips with this at the minute David ping and eight shots to four advantage after seven ends Joe just playing a little bit of run here yeah good ball from Joe hi Mark thanks for joining us everybody get down to the Integrity now this is Craig Burgess has just won in the first of the semifinal over on map 2 we are filming here the second of the semi-finals on map 4 and this one we're concentrating on is jela Beach of Ireland who's playing against David Pon of Ireland David Pon currently has an eight shots to throw Advantage after seven ends [Applause] so on mat six John LAX has just won the shield final excellent win for my friend John ready police Rim David ped just looking to quite sure he's here this time well that's pulling up y he's playing well today Rob some fantastic drawing so Joe Bey coming up on the back end tell by that trademark St green looks good Pace looks good everything looks good about this doesn't it yeah pretty good this gel moves that pick up like line three shots Joe needs this Joe's looking bit down Crest as he does it's just Joe's way very very demanding of himself David P with his final bow of this end what's he playing here he doesn't want to Spring the jck no cuz that means Joe is still three on I think looks like Joe's three on here big big draw for Jo big four-and draw I would have thought she playing backand now he's playing forand just stand right across here for [Applause] four great goal from Joe beer let's turn the game around a little bit David Pon was just uh getting on top but Joe's B well there so eight1 played eight shots all all the eights so hi Jerry I guess you're home didn't see to say goodbye hope you had a safe journey mate so Joe puts it middle draws off David Pon with his first ball with this ninth end to shot pretty 8 Ines short just under the line I em Jo be just tightens his line slightly door shot Davy p on the back end looking to draw this again he just slid through the Gap there's always a gap isn't there Jo looking to draw another P of pressure on a little bit Yeah another bowl for Joe Joe lies two and with that backward there that it's uh pretty good position to be in David P will be looking to draw that Jack back needs to come back what 10 Ines to gain shot stay with it he's in the region he's close here good bow this he's might be unlucky we have a quick look David pen shot David P probably two Ines short with the Jack and Joe BT just moov the just moov the camera around a bit J be about 3 in behind the jack Joe just looking to move this ball he's very close isn't he oh what's happened there not quite sure Joe looks Crest fall in the game looks to be David Pon Bowl again Jo really does show his emotions he was a bit unlucky there to be fair Francis Farmer oh Francis Two Shoes welcome that's a long time ago Francis so David P the last bowl of this end what's he doing think he's playing forehand looking to sit his other ball down he's not here though well short so still a tight game umpire so umpire's called Joe's asking for measure all the other balls been taken out spindle hello Emily hello Simon PRM been called to do the measure Simon another one of the snpt directors trying to move around get you the best view of this that we can calipers come out by far the most accurate way to measure these ballls the distance between the bowl and the Jack very touchy feely bit of Mark measuring Simon moves around to the other side see what thinks that Gap looks bigger to me it's black isn't it all day long it's black all day long that is out to Joe you're not sure get a measure so yeah David Pon picks up another one so nine in play David Pon goes into a nine shots to eight lead three ends to go [Music] three in to play start from David P suspect Joe will stay backand little bit of Jack or a little bit of Bowl here hello Gary hope you're well young man Jo's pretty close here just under the line I think okay not too [Music] disappointing I'll tell him bill pass it on go go go M great m Joe Joe be bit of weight David Pon line two here Joe Joe very good at this hit the target he's tight okay he's got one out he's got one out one down not a disaster played that with a lot of pace though surprised at the pace David Pon looking to draw another he's just under the line I think just Joe half an opportunity Joe just needs to settle now very settled player Joe but very demanding of himself as I keep saying close here close oh needs this to stay on really does need that to stay on and it has because that will fall go two down but as a backw now doesn't want to drop two here [Music] yeah Joe's bow sat down what's David doing here he's hitting the Jack what will Joe do Joe come have a look where does that J go if he comes straight suppose the risk is I've just looked at the angle and if you look at the angle if Joe hits the if you can see where the jack is probably not so the three black bows there's two together if Joe hits the one to the right as you look he's got the wrong bow here I think well now it's a bit unlucky from Joe [Music] see what they decide is Jo yeah that's three J Mi to three so David pedon moves into a 12 shots to eight Advantage after 10 ends two ends to go we've seen Joe in this position before he's got the skill he's got the ability he's got the wish to do this let's see this could be the last end David Pon playing very well I have to be honest I know not much about David Pon but he's played some superb bowls this game d p puts the Jack just past middle waight was good Joe comes down on the forehand yeah good start from Joe he had that though Joe's just been coming under that line not a lot on the forand and the backand both ends he's just coming under the line and just leaving David opportunities these mats are very very much drawing mats these little opportunities give people a bit of Hope David's close here again well the Jack stayed on J looking to door to the line now Joe needs to obviously pick up at least a two here playing his wood Joe's definitely not been quiet on his game today David Pon goes again get to draw to the line not a bad effort making Joe's job harder every time J's closer with his toucher this time got to say that's a good B Jo BT you can't get much better than that can you he's literally on the jack ideally Joe needs a second bow here he's four down only one end to play after this one David P's not changed anything here just set his ball down suppose that makes Joe's draw a little bit tougher Joe will play a big backand draw now oh he's playing forehand just to prove me wrong he's close here this is a good effort isn't it yeah it's a good ball from Joe BT great bow from Joe keeps the pressure on two to Joe scoreboard ticks over 12 shots to 10 in favor of David pedon 11 ends played so we're into the final end of this second semi-final the winner of this will be going on to play Craig burges in the final the Irish open 2024 our second ranking event of the Season don't forget you can watch this game and lots of others on YouTube please go on to YouTube search for the short M Players Tour subscribe to the channel and you can watch this standard of balls all day every day so superb start from jbt just what he needs time to put the pressure on Two Shots deficit sort of feel the tiebreak coming on here don't we David Pon spell very well this whole game as they both have I think with no doubt what Joe be will play here pretty certain Joe's going to be looking to get this Jack in the ditch he already has a toucher to work with he's close here yep he's got this he's a little bit unlucky he's halfed it David P takes a look let's have a quick look here tough call that Joe could be ly shot in the ditch black black ball is either shot or second anyway so David P needs to beat that back ball his own ball which will put pressure on Joe where's this going he doesn't want this in the ditch it is in the ditch so Jo Beach will now probably try to play this ball off don't believe it's a toucher Jo asking the marker what his opinion is it's quite tough isn't it we know that the ditch is 6ot wide we know that the long Jack is 3 foot from the back of the fender I'm suspec in as I say the black ball is either shot or second Joe's got to try and find two at least here Joe's trying to get rid of this ball as close just outside it Joe's only got one ball left now what can David pedon do so Joe Joe's almost put himself under pressure I think Joe's holding one shot but it's a measure mayy Pon taking his time this is a better bow from David Pon you got to say that's a good Ball but Joe I don't know what Joe does here Joe is certainly knock down he's got to try and get rid of both of these he's got to play Pace David ped's also got a ball to [Applause] come so fantastic ball from Joe BT he's lying the game David Pen's got a draw to this line to save the game what's he done what's he done yeah he's done enough here oh it's off that might be off that ball is over the line that ball is over the line that's three shots Joe BT [Applause] so listen thanks for watching everybody this is balls isn't it just bites you on the bum well done Joe un lucky David good game you have to say that it's uh the attenion is Pulp at times people are lining up now ready for the final on the show Matt yet another fantastic game of balls thanks for watching uh the Cup Final will be broadcast next 5 10 minutes we'll be starting so thanks for watching so far today uh committee still hard at work Emma Trot doing all the work as usual thanks for watching Everybody uh and we'll catch up with you later