There, he defeated John Hargreaves 5–3, George Scott 5–1, Jimmy White 5–2 and Dene O'Kane 5–0, before losing 1–5 to Neal Foulds.

Owers won the 1989 WPBSA Invitational Event Two beating Dave Gilbert 9–6 in the final.

The next season brought a welcome return to form in patches; most notably, Owers reached the last 16 at a ranking event for the first time in four years at the 1990 Grand Prix.

There, he was victorious over Gary Natale, Brian Rowswell, John Virgo and Knowles, before losing once more to Peter Francisco - this time taking the third frame in a 1–5 defeat.

This proved to be Owers' last showing in the latter stages of a tournament; at the 1993 World Championship, he lost his second-round qualifying match 0–10 to a young Drew Henry, having beaten Sefton Payne 5–1 in the first round.