SUFFOLK bowler Mark Royal bowed out of the Welsh International open in Swansea this afternoon.Royal, who won the event last year, lost 8-7, 8-7 to England's Simon Skelton in a tight quarter-final tie lasting 100 minutes.

SUFFOLK bowler Mark Royal bowed out of the Welsh International open in Swansea this afternoon.

Royal, who won the event last year, lost 8-7, 8-7 to England's Simon Skelton in a tight quarter-final tie lasting 100 minutes.