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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

When Winning in the Last End Cover Your Opponent’s Bowls



Eric Galipeau, a club-mate of mine, playing in the indoor world championship at Potters lost a singles match because he failed to “cover’ his opponent’s bowls in the final end of a set. This is the most dramatic example of this situation that I have ever seen and the shot that beat him was extraordinarily good!

It is a textbook example of the need to cover opposing bowls at the end of  game you are winning. The relevant end starts at  1:29:14 in the video against Z. Hadar which can be found by searching:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h09UQar6HRE&t=4978s