The primary object of WBT is to set up a series of premier bowls events at which the top players in the world can play.
Greg Harlow extended his unbeaten run at Ponds Forge, Sheffield to a magnificent 18 games when he beat Mervyn King in the Co-operative Funeralcare World Match Play Championship.
“It's unbelievable, I don't know what it is - I just wish we could play all our WBT events here,” said an ecstatic Harlow after being asked by Sky Sports presenter Lee McKenzie to explain the secret of his success at the Sheffield venue.
"Obviously this was an important triumph for me as it plugged a significant gap in my CV and to win two successive WBT ranking events is no mean achievement," he said.
Royal had earlier shocked top seed Kevin Kerkow as well as ending Paul Foster's hopes of holding three World Bowls Tour titles simultaneously.