Summary

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  • Open singles semi-finals

  • 13:00 GMT: David Gourlay v Robert Paxton

  • followed by Mark Dawes v Jason Banks

  • Taking place at Potters Resort, Hopton, Great Yarmouth

Live Reporting

  1. Holder Anderson beaten by Gourlay in world quarters

    David Gourlay and Stewart Anderson

    David Gourlay has beaten tournament favourite Stewart Anderson

    Reigning champion Stewart Anderson has been knocked out of the World Indoor Bowls by fellow Scot David Gourlay in the quarter-finals.

    Gourlay, who lifted the trophy in 1996, beat the top seed and three-time champion 8-6 9-7 at Potters in Great Yarmouth.

    The eighth seed will face Robert Paxton in Saturday's semi-finals after the fifth-seeded 2020 champion beat fellow Englishman Les Gillett, seeded four and who won it in 2022, 10-4 7-5.

    In the other all-England quarter-final, two-time champion Mark Dawes, the sixth seed, edged out qualifier Paul Hartley 5-7 7-6 2-0.

    Dawes will play seventh seed Jason Banks, who beat five-time champion and fellow Scot Paul Foster 10-4 3-10 2-1.

  2. World Indoor Bowls Championships

    BBC Sport

    The prestigious World Indoor Bowls Championships will be held at Potters Resorts, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, for the 27th year.

    Potters is to bowls what The Crucible Theatre is to snooker, and Ally Pally is to darts, with the best of the best coming to compete over 16 days of competition.

    The favourite to win the open singles title this year is defending champion Stewart Anderson, who beat fellow Scot Alex Marshall in the final last January.

  3. How to watch

    All times are GMT and subject to change

    BBC iPlayer

    The BBC will bring you live action from the final week of the World Indoor Bowls Championship from Potters Resort across TV, Red Button, BBC iPlayer, and the BBC Sport website and app. You will also be able to catch up on all the action for up to 30 days on BBC iPlayer.

    Saturday, 25 January

    13:00 - 17:05 - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app

    17:30 - 18:00 - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app

  4. How to get into bowls

    BBC Sport

    Girls from ethnic minorities are taking up bowls as part of a Sport England initiative

    There's Lawn Bowls, which you'll see in the Commonwealth Games and is played on a flat rectangular bowling green. The aim is simple - to get your bowls as close as possible to a smaller target ball called the 'jack'.

    Crown Green Bowls is similar, but is played on a square bowling green which is made of natural grass, with a larger jack. There is a raised area or 'crown' in the green that makes the ground uneven, making it a bit more difficult.

    Indoor Bowls again offers a different surface, played on a carpeted area.How do I start?