What does the latest lawn bowls World Singles Champion of Champions winner do the day after securing the biggest victory of his career?
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He returns to his local club to try and force his way back into pennant action this weekend.
After some celebratory beverages in Adelaide on Sunday night, Bendigo East coach Lee Schraner quickly turned his attention back to Bendigo Bowls Division weekend pennant where his reigning premier Beasties play old rival Bendigo this weekend.
"I have to get picked first,'' Schraner said.
"I'm back at the club tonight (Monday) for weekend pennant selection.
"I'll try to squeeze myself in somewhere, but everyone is playing well at the moment so it won't be easy."
Schraner admitted he was still coming to terms with the enormity of his achievement at the World Singles Champion of Champions.
"I don't know yet, it hasn't sunk in. I'm sure it will sink in eventually,'' Schraner said.
Schraner was the only bowler to go through the tournament undefeated and he stayed calm under enormous pressure in the final against Hong Kong China's Tony Cheung.
The final was decided by a third-set tie-break.
"I played good tie-breaks this week.
"I was more relaxed in the tie-breaks than I have been in the past.
"Knowing that the game was anyone's...there was no point stressing about it. I just had to play as well as I could for three ends.
"The tie-break in the final was epic."
Cheung picked up one shot on the first end of the tie-break and he looked set to double that lead on the penultimate end.
However, under immense pressure Schraner produced, with hindsight, the shot of his career.
"His (Cheung's) shot bowl was 18 to 20 inches away (from the kitty) near the boundary line and it's not my strength to run backhand, especially when it's off centre,'' Schraner explained.
"I thought I had more of a chance to draw shot rather than running his bowl off.
"Unless I got the bowl, the jack was no good because he would have still had shot on a re-spot.
"At that point I thought I was going to be in a position where I needed to get two shots on the final end.
"I just trusted the line and snuck it in. It was probably the first time throughout the match that I gave it a clenched fist after that shot.
"It was a big difference knowing that we were going to have a one-end shootout to decide the title."
Schraner's execution in the big moments proved to be the difference as he produced a superb drive and long draw shot close to the ditch in the final end of the tie-break.
That left Cheung with an extremely tough last shot to deny Schraner victory.
"I was gone before that stage. It had all got the better of me before that shot,'' Schraner admitted.
"He had limited opportunities with his last, but in the end he wasn't very far away."
The first person to congratulate Schraner was his great mate and Bendigo East team-mate Brad Marron.
Marron had surprised Schraner by making the drive from Bendigo to Adelaie on Saturday night.
Marron had a special passenger on board - Schraner's mum, Sally.
"They got to Adelaide about midnight on Saturday night and then left 15 or 20 minutes after the presentation on Sunday night,'' Schraner said.
"They did the up and back trip in the space of 24 hours or so. It was crazy good to have them there.
"Mum doesn't fly, so I think that's the first time she's watched me play live since I played for Australia in 2010. I think she bit all her nails off watching the final.
"She was pretty emotional at the end as well. It was special."
After pennant commitments, Schraner will play for the Perth Suns in next week's Premier League before heading to Shepparton for the Victorian Open.
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