England's Robert Paxton and Guernsey's Jason Greenslade complete the line up for the final of the Ambassador Cruise Line World Indoor Open Pairs title decider where they will take on the all Scottish duo of Jason Banks and Mike Stepney for the unique, locally crafted, Langham Glass trophies with the final being delivered Live on BBC Television on Monday 20th January at 1pm.
The second semi-final of the day was another tough exchange between the new partnership of ex Welshman Jason Greenslade who now lives in Guernsey and England's Rob Paxton against seven time qualifiers Damien Doubler and Dan Salmon from Cardiff.
It was a close first set, with Paxton and Greenslade winning 11-7, scoring a double followed by a single on the last two ends.
With eight singles scored in the second set, the verdict once again went to Paxton and Greenslade's way.
They trailed 0-3 after three ends, racked up a 1, 1, 2 and 1 to lead 5-3, with Doubler and Salmon scoring back to back singles to stand all square at 5-5 and agonisingly miss out on a tie break bye one and a half sets to a half.
Some interesting statistics prior to the final -
* Jason Greenslade had played in 3 finals - won this title in 2017 with Les Gillet, and lost with Mike Stepney and Robert Weale.
* Rob Paxton won the title in 2015 with Simon Skelton.
* Mike Stepney has lost in two, firstly with Elgin clubmate Andrew Barker 2011 and then with his final opponent - Jason Greenslade in 2023.Monday 20th January.
* Jason Banks, playing with Paul Foster 2024, lost in the final to Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett!
RESULT
AMBASSADOR CRUISE LINE WORLD OPEN PAIRS - 2nd Semi-Finals
ENG/GUERNSEY (Rob Paxton & Jason Greenslade) bt WALES (Damien Doubler & Dan Salmon) 11-7, 5-5;
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