County bowling legend Alex Marshall clinched a record-extending sixth World Indoor Singles title on Sunday.

The Tranent bowler brushed aside Andy Thomson, himself a three-time winner, in the final in Great Yarmouth, winning 11-9, 10-3.

And Marshall admitted he felt “drained” after victory, but described his sixth win in the tournament as a “dream come true”.

The 47-year-old bounced back from defeat in the final of the pairs – for the second year running – alongside former Garden County player Paul Foster to extend his record for the most wins in the competition, ahead of good friend and former East Lothian team-mate Foster, who has claimed the singles title four times.

The county star secured the championship for the first time since 2008 after victory over Fife-born Thomsond.

Marshall, known as Tattie, first won the competition in 1999, before back-to-back successes in 2003 and 2004, and again in 2007 and 2008.

The Tranent bowls legend said after his victory: “I’m done in, absolutely drained. Although the scoreline doesn’t reflect it, you’ve got to stay focused and concentrate. You can’t relax for a minute.

“Over the game, though, I got the wee breaks that were going, especially in the first set. A lot of times I forced Andy onto the dodgy forehand side of the rink playing towards the commentary position and that was a very difficult side to play.

“Over the piece, Andy played some big shots but at 6-1 up in the second I just tried to keep it tight from there.” Beaten finalist Thomson paid tribute to Marshall, describing him as “the deserving winner”.

He said: “Alex was the better player on the day, without a doubt.” In the best of 11 ends, two set-final, Marshall led 10-3 with three ends remaining in the opening set.

His opponent clawed himself back with a four and a double to trail by a shot, playing the last. But an all-important single got Marshall over the line 11-9.

In the second set, Marshall started well and went 6-1 ahead after five ends, only dropping singles on two of the remaining five ends to take the title with an end to spare.

On his way to the final, Marshall overcame 2010 champion Greg Harlow, before seeing off the challenge of Thomson – the 2012 winner and a three-time champion – to clinch the title and claim the £55,000 prize.

And fellow county bowls legend Willie Wood told Courier Sport: “[Marshall’s] first game was his hardest against the qualifier and as the tournament went on he just got better and better.

“In the final he always looked like he was going to win – he got better as the match and the tournament went on.

“Every year it gets harder for him [to win it] because there are even more good players coming through, so it’s quite some achievement that he’s managed to win all these titles.” County bowling legend Alex Marshall clinched a record-extending sixth World Indoor Singles title on Sunday.

The Tranent bowler brushed aside Andy Thomson, himself a three-time winner, in the final in Great Yarmouth, winning 11-9, 10-3.

And Marshall admitted he felt “drained” after victory, but described his sixth win in the tournament as a “dream come true”.

The 47-year-old bounced back from defeat in the final of the pairs – for the second year running – alongside former Garden County player Paul Foster to extend his record for the most wins in the competition, ahead of good friend and former East Lothian team-mate Foster, who has claimed the singles title four times.

The county star secured the championship for the first time since 2008 after victory over Fife-born Thomsond.

Marshall, known as Tattie, first won the competition in 1999, before back-to-back successes in 2003 and 2004, and again in 2007 and 2008.

The Tranent bowls legend said after his victory: “I’m done in, absolutely drained. Although the scoreline doesn’t reflect it, you’ve got to stay focused and concentrate. You can’t relax for a minute.

“Over the game, though, I got the wee breaks that were going, especially in the first set. A lot of times I forced Andy onto the dodgy forehand side of the rink playing towards the commentary position and that was a very difficult side to play.

“Over the piece, Andy played some big shots but at 6-1 up in the second I just tried to keep it tight from there.” Beaten finalist Thomson paid tribute to Marshall, describing him as “the deserving winner”.

He said: “Alex was the better player on the day, without a doubt.” In the best of 11 ends, two set-final, Marshall led 10-3 with three ends remaining in the opening set.

His opponent clawed himself back with a four and a double to trail by a shot, playing the last. But an all-important single got Marshall over the line 11-9.

In the second set, Marshall started well and went 6-1 ahead after five ends, only dropping singles on two of the remaining five ends to take the title with an end to spare.

On his way to the final, Marshall overcame 2010 champion Greg Harlow, before seeing off the challenge of Thomson – the 2012 winner and a three-time champion – to clinch the title and claim the £55,000 prize.

And fellow county bowls legend Willie Wood told Courier Sport: “[Marshall’s] first game was his hardest against the qualifier and as the tournament went on he just got better and better.

“In the final he always looked like he was going to win – he got better as the match and the tournament went on.

“Every year it gets harder for him [to win it] because there are even more good players coming through, so it’s quite some achievement that he’s managed to win all these titles.”