Greenslade wins world title on his home green

Guernsey Indoor Bowling Association staged a spectacular showcase for the World Bowls Indoor Championships and club member Greenslade certainly gave the home crowd plenty to cheer about on the green in the men's singles.

Winning one of the three ultimate prizes at the seven-day event, was ‘a dream come true’ for Greenslade.

'It’s what I’ve always wanted in bowls. I feel so at home here in Guernsey and very proud to wear the Guernsey flag.'

• Watch: Jason Greenslade on the moment which swung Saturday’s final his way

Greenslade's road to the podium saw him first top his section winning all five of his group matches before chalking up wins against Spain’s Peter Bonsor in the quarter-final, New Zealand’s Shannon McIlroy in a semi-final tie-break, and Malaysia’s Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple, 6-5, 9-3, in the final – dashing Malaysia’s hopes for double singles glory.

Malaysia nevertheless finished as the top performing country winning the women’s singles gold, men’s singles silver and mixed pairs bronze.

Dzulkeple, current World Bowls Championships pairs bronze medallist, meanwhile won four out of five section games to win his section. He then knocked out two big guns - Ray Pearse (Australia) in the quarter-final and England’s Harry Goodwin, 5-5, 7-2, to earn his place in the final.

Greenslade, a former British Isles singles winner and holder of three WBT titles, came close to the final stages of the mixed pairs too – he and partner Rose Ogier however bowed out to England in the knockout round.