So said Shane Garvey after an epic extra-end battle against Brian Harriott left both teams saluting their performance and fans delivering a prolonged ovation at Woonona Bowling Club.

In what will surely be a "remember when" moment in years to come, Garvey and his fours team won 10-9, with Garvey drawing the winning shot with his final bowl on the extra end to break a 9-9 deadlock.

With fans circling the green and standing room only inside the club, there was a series of collective gasps as Steve Glasson drew the holding shot on the extra end, only to be trumped by his Fairy Meadow opponent Mark Kesby, then Garvey followed by his rival skip Harriott.

Shot for shot, with each team moving the head and holding shot, before Garvey rolled in a perfectly weighted draw shot with his final bowl for what proved the match-winner.

A match worthy of a final, not the first knockout round.

"How good was that?" Garvey said.

"Brian [Harriott] and his team played an outstanding match. Sixteen ends and just 19 shots all up. Only three ends of twos, the rest as singles. That's about as close as it comes."

Garvey's run ended in the quarter-finals yesterday, beaten by his new Wiseman Park clubmate Matt Sargeant 16-10 in another high-quality match.

Sargeant will take on Bob Johnson's composite team in one of the fours semi-finals.

Johnson has 30 years of bowls experience but it's the first time he and team-mates Ronny "toucher" Miller, Paul Condron and Paul Sweeney have made a South Pacific semi-final.

"I've made a couple of quarters but it'll be a big day for our team," he said.

And they won't be fazed in taking on Sargeant for a spot in the final.

"We're going to enjoy being in a big match. We might get beat - probably will - but we won't be overawed," Johnson said.

Defending fours champion John Green meets Eric Johannes' Oak Flats team in the other semi-final.

In yesterday's quarter-finals, Green beat Tom Ellem's team 19-10 while Johannes beat Anthony Moran 19-13.