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Tuesday, 10 December, 2002, 19:06 GMT

WORLD INDOOR BOWLS

LATEST NEWS
Gillett proves the Master
England's Les Gillett holds off the home challenge to win the HJ Hall Welsh Masters title in Llanelli.

Welsh trio in semis
Robert Weale, John Price and Mike Prosser give the home crowd plenty to cheer at the HJ Hall Welsh Bowls Masters in Llanelli.

Allcock suffers early exit
Les Gillett beats world indoor singles champion Tony Allcock in the first round of the HJ Hall Welsh Bowls Masters in Llanelli.

Prosser masters Foster
Mike Prosser delights his home crowd with a shock first round win over Scotland's Paul Foster at the 2002 HJ Hall Welsh Bowls Masters.

Webley takes Welsh title
Cardiff's Jeff Webley wins the 2001 Welsh Indoor Bowls title after a marathon final against Nigel Williams.

Glory for Scottish duo
Hugo Duff and Paul Foster go one better than last year by winning the Potters Holidays World Indoor Pairs bowls title.

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Allcock clinches title
Tony Allcock powers past Richard Corsie to claim bowls' World Indoor Singles Championship title on Sunday.

Allcock and Corsie win through
Veterans Tony Allcock and Richard Corsie will contest the World Indoor Bowls title after winning their respective semi-finals.

Corsie to tackle Bond
Richard Corsie takes on Ian Bond in the semi-finals and admits he will quit if he wins the World Indoor Bowls.

BBC seals new bowls deal
The BBC has agreed a five-year deal with the World Bowls Tour for exclusive television rights up until 2005.

Allcock to face Foster
Veteran Tony Allcock will meet defending champion Paul Foster in the semi-finals of the World Indoor Bowls.

Bond sees off Gourlay
Ian Bond knocks out world number one David Gourlay to reach the quarter-finals of the World Indoor Bowls Championship.

FEATURES
Bowls' new approach
BBC Sport Online's Gordon Dunwoodie discovers how the game of bowls is being given a face-lift.

Bowls' brave new world
BBC Sport's Chris Hollins assesses the changes made in bowls as the World Indoor Championship begins.

Bowls gets jacked up
BBC Sport Online examines the new look game of bowls and possible changes to make it at least as popular as croquet.

COMPETITION
Bowls break prize-winner
BBC Sport gave you the opportunity to win a four-day bowls break at the Potters Leisure Resort in Great Yarmouth.

BOWLS IN 2001 - A LOOK BACK
Bond wins close final
Ian Bond wins the Bupa Care Homes Open bowls tournament in Blackpool, beating Greg Harlow in a tie-break.

Foster regains world bowls title
Paul Foster defeats fellow Scot Richard Corise 3-1 to win the World Indoor Singles Bowls Championship for the second time.

Bowls pair slam crowd's "ignorance"
Scotland's Hugh Duff and Paul Foster lose World Indoor Pairs final to England's Les Gillett and Mark McMahon and attack partisan fans.

Oldfield lays down the mat
The new head of the World Bowls Tour Nigel Oldfield tells BBC Sport Online of the direction he wants to see the sport take.

Bowls hit by foot-and-mouth
The British Isles International Indoor Series, scheduled for Belfast next week, is the latest casualty of the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Edinburgh is centre for world bowls
Bowls' international governing body has chosen Edinburgh as the location for its new headquarters.

Bowls undergoes a makeover
The first indoor bowls tournament of the winter has seen the launch of a new look for televised bowls.

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