Marshall faces Shortmat Challenge
| May 16, 2012 Henselite UK sponsored player Alex Marshall MBE faced one of his toughest ever challenges recently when he took on shortmat champions from across the UK in a series of bowls matches on the NEW Greengauge Punch Shortmat Surface. The challenge for the five time world indoor singles champion was to win 3 out of 5 matches to try and prove that flat green players can master the best...Read More |  |
Harlow Regains No1 Spot in the World Rankings
| February 14, 2012 Henselite UK sponsored player Greg Harlow has regained his place at the top of the World Bowls Tour ranking list. The Englishman was confirmed as the new number one following his runner-up spot at the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix at Llanelli, the third and final WBT ranking event of the season. He replaces fellow Henselite UK sponsored player Paul Foster,...Read More |  |
Harlow defeated in Welsh final
| February 14, 2012 Henselite UK sponsored Greg Harlow suffered his second final defeat of the 2011/12 World Bowls Tour campaign when he lost in straight sets (10-1, 8-4) to Scotland's David Gourlay in the final of the Welsh Grand Prix at Llanelli. So disappointed was Harlow with his display in the final that he actually apologised to the large crowd at the Selwyn Samuel Stadium. Harlow's...Read More |  |
Team Henselite UK Feature in Scots Squad
| February 9, 2012 With 2012 a World Championship year, Bowls Scotland recently announced it's Scotland squad with two members of Team Henselite UK featuring in the men's squad. As expected Scotland squad regulars Alex Marshall MBE and Paul Foster, who recently retained their World Indoor Pairs Championship title, have both been named in the six man team who will represent Scotland in the World...Read More |  |
Greenslade fails in world title bid
| February 9, 2012 Henselite UK sponsored player Jason Greenslade hopes of winning his first ever World Indoor Singles title were thwarted when the Welshman lost to England's Andy Thomson in the final at Potters Leisure Resort in Norfolk. Greenslade failed to find any real consistancy and accuracy throughout the course of the final and Scots-born Londoner Thomson took full advantage as he cruised...Read More |  |
Foster and Marshall retain World Pairs crown
| January 26, 2012 Henselite UK sponsored players Paul Foster and Alex Marshall MBE became only the second pair in World Bowls Tour history to successfully defend the world pairs title with an awesome display of bowling to defeat fellow Henselite UK sponsored player Jason Greenslade and partner Robert Weale of Wales in the final. The first set was a tight affair in the end, with the defending...Read More |  |
Henselite UK Sponsor Scotland Under 25s
| January 23, 2012 Henselite UK continued their support of Scottish Indoor Bowling by recently sponsoring the gents junior international side at the British Home Junior International series in Nottingham. The Scots had to settle for a third place finish with England taking the title and Wales finishing runners-up. Ireland took the wooden spoon. Read More |  |
Foster collects three awards
| January 19, 2012 Henselite UK sponsored player Paul Foster grabbed a hat-rick of awards at the recent World Bowls Tour Annual Awards Ceremony on the eve of the World Indoor Championships at Potters Leisure Resort. A delighted Foster collected the Player of the Year, Shot of the Year and the Players Player of the Year. Fellow Henselite UK player Greg Harlow collected the Fans Player of the Year...Read More |  |
Harlow pipped at post in Scottish International Open
| November 17, 2011 It was to be a case of so far yet so near for Henselite UK sponsored player Greg Harlow in the recent Scottish International Open in Perth. The 2010 World Champion was beaten by fellow Englishman Robert Paxton in a cracking final that was very much a game of two halves. Harlow started brilliantly and completely overwhelmed his opponent set winning 11-2. But a change of...Read More |  |
Foster Claims Fourth World Indoor Singles Title
| January 24, 2011World number one Paul Foster beat fellow Henselite UK sponsored player Alex 'Tattie' Marshall MBE in the world indoor singles final at Potters Leisure Resort to win the premier World Bowls Tour title for the fourth time. Both players used Henselite Tigers and that continued a remarkable trend for the ever popular model as for the last consecutive eight years the title winner has used...Read More |  |
Foster & Marshall Celebrate Eight-Year World Pairs Wait
| January 18, 2011Henselite UK sponsored players Paul Foster and Alex Marshall MBE are feeling on top of the world after the pair, who boast eight world singles titles between them, celebrated their maiden World Bowls Tour success together when they beat fellow Scots Andrew Barker & Michael Stepney in the final of the Potters Holidays World Pairs Championship. It was the 2006 Commonwealth Games Pairs gold...Read More |  |
Harlow begins World Title Defence
| January 7, 2011Henselite UK sponsored player Greg Harlow begins his defence of his title at the 2011 Potters Holidays World Indoor Singles Championship which gets underway this week. It was a case of '15th time lucky' when the 42-year-old Englishman from Ely clinched the world title for the first time at Potters Leisure Resort a year ago. Harlow, who sits top of the provisional WBT World Rankings after...Read More |  |
Tolchard claims title at Hong Kong Classic
| December 21, 2010Henselite UK sponsored player Sam Tolchard ended the recent Hong Kong Classic event on a winning note after the 21-year-old from Marldon won the men's pairs tournament with newly-crowned singles champion and fellow England international Rob Newman. After a gruelling competition at the famous Kowloon Bowling Green Club where they battled through the 11-match group stage to qualify for the...Read More |  |
Forrest is a Record Breaker
| December 2, 2010Henselite UK sponsored player Julie Forrest wrote her name into the record books as the first five times winner of the Scottish Ladies Indoor Singles title when defeating fellow Scotland internationlist Lorna Cameron 21-13 in the final. Forrest was also completing the first ever hat trick of title wins having set the wheels in motion with a 21-9 success over Eleanor Anderson in the...Read More |  |
Kelly claims Bronze at Games
| October 14, 2010Henselite UK sponsored player Gary Kelly of Northern Ireland won a bronze medal in the men's singles at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The 22 year old from Ballymoney defeated fellow Henselite UK sponsored player Sam Tolchard of England in a thrilling bronze medal play-off clash. Kelly lost the first set but overcame an early deficit in the next to win it 8-7 and force the tie-break...Read More |  |
Foster and Hogg head for Delhi
| September 28, 2010Henselite UK sponsored players Paul Foster and Wayne Hogg have jetted out to India to represent Scotland in the much maligned Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Foster goes for gold in the singles event while Hogg teams up again with Willie Wood MBE and David Peacock in the triples which brings back together the combination who are the current World Champions. We wish both players...Read More |  |
Marshall pipped at the post in sunny Cyprus
| September 27, 2010Last week saw the staging of the WBT Premier League Bowls event with the tournament being staged on an outdoor rink for the first time ever in the luxurious Athena Beach Hotel in Paphos, Cyprus. The three-day event included six of the best players in the world and Henselite UK sponsored players Alex Marshall MBE, Paul Foster, Greg Harlow and Ian Bond were all...Read More |  |
Bond Wins World Matchplay Crown
| September 27, 2010Henselite UK sponsored player Ian Bond, the world No.7 from Devon, was in sparkling form to win the Co-operative Funeralcare World Matchplay Championship title, beating fellow Henselite sponsored player Jason Greenslade in the final at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. 37-year-old Bond from Crediton recovered from a dramatic fightback by Welsh wizard Jason...Read More |  |
Ashby & Marshall Win World Mixed Title
| February 12, 2010Henselite UK sponsored players Carol Ashby and Alex 'Tattie' Marshall MBE recently won their first world title as a partnership at the Potters World Matchplay mixed pairs championships in Norfolk when they won the all-Scottish head to head against Ceri Ann Davies and David Gourlay. Marshall and Ashby joined forces and produced the goods to win an epic final against the defending champions.Read More | |
Foster Heads New WBT Provisional Rankings
| February 12, 2010Henselite UK sponsored player Paul Foster was celebrating after it was confirmed he will world number one in next season's World Bowls Tour rankings after reaching the quarter-final stage at the recent Welsh International Open. Foster trailed Henselite UK stablemate and newly crowned world indoor singles champion Greg Harlow by one point going into the event, but a shock defeat for Harlow from...Read More | |
Foster Feted At World Bowls Tour Awards At Potters
| February 12, 2010Henselite UK sponsored player and three time world champion Paul Foster collected two awards at the recent World Bowls Tour Awards evening for 2009, staged at state of the art Atlas Theatre at Potters Leisure Resort. The 36-year-old from Scotland, winner of a record sixth WBT title at the Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish International Open in Perth in November, collected the Players' Player of...Read More | |
Harlow Wins Maiden World Title At Potters
| January 29, 2010The Henselite Tiger bowl is basking in the warm glow of another world indoor single title success (now 8 in total) after Henselite UK sponsored player Greg Harlow of England won his first ever title success following a straight sets victory over Scottish qualifier Stuart Anderson in the final at Potters Leisure Resort. "Winning this is the highlight of my career - it's what I've been playing...Read More |  |