"I'm confident but not overconfident. It's no good playing if you're not confident, it's pretty simple really," Brian said.

"I played pretty well after a slow start in the semis against Glenn (Kearney) but watching 'Jacko' (Lawrence Jackson) and Lindsay (Willding) next door they were trading blows before Lindsay got on top late. They had a good game.

"If I can take any extra into the finale it is I have 'got him' (Lindsay) in championship pairs this year after an extra end and by one in fours," Brian added.

It's hard to figure exactly how Lindsay feels about the final, his appearance of let's play and calmness isn't hard to see.

Asked his approach he answered, "All I'll be trying to do is get it close to the kitty. I don't think too much about it.

"I feel my game has gone backward a bit since 2005 when I lost part of my left leg."

This year's final is being heralded as one the best for many years.

Both are champions who would like nothing better to have their names added to the list of club champions at the Forbes 'Bowlie'.

So who are they?

Most know Brian who was born in Maitland but he has no hesitation in calling Forbes home.

"Mum and dad brought the family to Forbes when I was four years old, I finished my schooling at Forbes High and enjoyed it, especially in sport," he says.

"I tried them all, mainly footy in winter and cricket in summer, swimming also was high on my list but really anything that came along I had a go at.

"To be truthful, you could say I was an all rounder in sport, not an academic," Brian said.

Leaving school Brian, like many others worked at the abattoirs, for two years, before butchering at Woolworths for 29 years to finish at Catholic Care for 11 years before retirement.

"After school I played league for the Magpies in all grades prior to starting bowls after some urging from dad in 1990. I'm pleased I did.

"In local bowls I have won all majors bar minor fours and highlighted by my win in major singles in 2018. Last year I nearly had a clean sweep of all majors except singles," Brian said.

Success away from the local club is all part of bowls for Brian Asimus who has collected wins in district singles, pairs, triples and fours along with Zone pairs and triples.

Brian has admiration for his father Bob who passed away three years ago. One of the best to play out of the local club.

"Dad played for the state 44 times, he won state triples three times, was club champion here in Forbes six times

"Dad won the Big 4 at three clubs. That is four club titles, four district and four zone titles playing for three different clubs, Forbes and the two in Maitland.

"I had the pleasure of playing with dad. We won the Ben Hall Pairs and the prestigious Border Pairs in Maitland where dad finished his career.

"Dad was the first paid bowls coach at Maitland City," Brian added.

Will Brian have family watching this weekend?

"Wendy and I have two children, Chris and Kath who live in Dubbo, and it will be hard enough without having the grand-kids there so my time was with them last weekend for Fathers Day," Brian added.

Lindsay and Lynne Willding have settled back into life in Forbes after a journey which has taken them to almost every corner of the nation.

"We've done a fair bit of travelling over the years but in June last year I had had enough of the rat race of living along the coast and with Forbes having friends and family here in Barry and 'Fatty' Field we though why not move back," Lindsay said last week.

"It was like coming home, I grew up here and since being back I have run into people I had forgotten and didn't know were still here. It's good to be back." he added.

Not only have Lindsay and Lynne moved house they have brought a bowls record with them which would be the envy of any couple. Over the years they have won more then their share of major tournaments.

The highlight was undoubtedly Lindsay winning the State Senior Singles championship played at the Bateau Bay Bowling Club in 2009. A look around their home tells of many more majors for the talented couple.

While Forbes is close to his heart Lindsay was actually born in Tenterfield to former Forbes residents 'Watty' Willding and Vivian Villotet.

"We came back to Forbes when I was three years old, real early. My brother Russell was born here," Lindsay said.

Sport and a rugged nature saw Lindsay play on the wing for Forbes High School Open rugby league side when he was only 12.

Leaving school the railway called where he worked for a year before a call to rural life eventuated working with his father.

"I did a bit of everything with the 'old man', any rural work, shearing, and one to work with was John Ashcroft, while a lot of work with the summer wheat crop," Lindsay said.

Like many others Lindsay also had a stint working at the abattoirs while rugby league made a calling.

"I captained the under 18s and while no premiership we were runners-up two years in a row before I had an accident breaking two vertebra and injuring my pelvis.

"I came back and played reserves and first grade, all in the forwards before I left when I was 24-years-old."

There is a good reason. During this time Lindsay met Lynne who worked as a barmaid for Leo Lacey at the Albion Hotel.

Lynne left shortly after moving back to Sydney which saw Lindsay follow where he played league for the Canterbury Juniors and Umina on the Central Coast.

Russell had heard where Lynne was in Sydney for Lindsay to again catch the love of his life for them to marry in 1968.

Four years later the purchase of a caravan saw them travel and work all over Australia for the next nine years before the first of the eight homes they had purchased came in Western Australia.

One of the homes came in Broken Hill where Lindsay was back on the shearing shed floor as well as coming out of rugby league retirement to captain coach a local side at the age of 37. League retirement finally came three years later before taking up a role as coach of a local Aussie Rules team.

While never playing Aussie Rules Lindsay showed his sporting abilities to succeed, more so in watching his son Russell excel to be drafter later to play with the Hawthorn Club in Melbourne.

The next move for the Willding family had them at Ballarat where golf attracted the interest of Lindsay who again showed sporting ability.

"I only played a little, not serious," the humble left hander said despite having won the club championship and representing in pennants at the Beaufort Club.

After playing the fairways for 11 years on top of a 'hard' life working on the land arthritis set in, especially to the elbow restricting the golf swing.

Then came bowls. "It's 30 years ago, I was 46 years old and Beaufort was a bowling and golf club and that is when I first tried bowls. A few of my mates said have a roll-up one day and that is when I fell in love with the game," Lindsay said.

"In my first year I was runner-up in singles and pairs."

Continuing their moving ritual Barooga added to bowling success for both Lindsay and Lynne.

"The main game for me is pennants. I love being part of a team, have team mates, someone you can celebrate with," Lindsay adds.

Success followed to the Murray River, more club championship titles as well as a runners-up title in state pennants. Six years later the Central Coast called with Bateau Bay Bowling Club gaining the talents of Lindsay and Lynne.

In 2001 they won the No 1 Zone Pennants with Lindsay playing as skip. The following year runners-up. Eight times they were Division 1 pennants winners, runners-up in the state twice, plus numerous others.

The pinnacle came in 2009 with Lindsay lifting the trophy as best in State Senior Singles while playing out of the Halekulani Club on the Central Coast with victory over Bob Wilson from Wollongong, 31-26.

But there is more in the life of Lindsay Willding. In 2005 he lost the lower part of his left leg due to perdipderal disease caused from artery blockages.

Lindsay and Lynne are a humble couple while proud of their three children, Adam, Russell and Gene, all different in works from rural to government while talented in sports from Aussie Rules to bowls.