He swept aside Jason Greenslade, the No.14 seed from Wales, with a 10-3, 10-4 win, storming home in the first set with a 2, 1, 2 finish before a full house on the fifth end of the second put him 8-3 ahead and well on the way to a straight-sets victory.
"I usually have a tussle against Jason and thought I would be in for a hard match but he wasn't closing down heads and I finished comfortably," he said. "I opened with a treble on the first end and I found a line and length from my first bowl so was happy with my form."
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