Name  : Ben Phillips

Age : 25

Occupation : Gas works co-ordinator

Club(s) : Lloyds and Poynton Sports

Bowls you use : Taylor Delux 2-11

Best game you've ever played : Beating Andy Spragg to quslify at the Waterloo in 2010

Best player(s) you've ever beaten : Andy Spragg, Dave Jackson, Kevan Shaw, Chris Morrison and a few more along the way

Your best bowling quality : My temprament

Your worst bowling weakness : Stricking although it has improved recently

Best bowling achievement : Being selected to play for the county

Biggest bowling disappointment : Nothing major really just a few games I should have won that I didn’t!

One rule you'd introduce/change : allow stamping as it makes no difference anyway

Favourite green : Ribblesdale Wanderers, Metro Sports and Quary Bank Timperley

Most dreaded other green : Garswood Hall and Graet Moor

Ambition : to win the waterloo – the same as everyone I guess

Funniest bowling moment : My dad asking Kev Shaw who was on in a pairs game when Kev was up on the balcony getting a cloth – you had to be there lol

Best piece of advice you could give : play at the highest level you can at al times.