Sport in Short: Bowls

LIVERPOOL VICTORIA ENGLISH WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS (Royal Leamington Spa): Pairs, Second round: Gloucester City bt Cowes 28-12; Porthleven bt Ropner Park 22-21; Borough Park Redcar bt Henfield 20-15; St Marks bt Hereford 22-16; Oxford (Molyneux) bt Southwick 18-13; Harrow bt New Herrington 21-16; Blackpool bt Park Avenue Grimsby 21-15; Oxford (Rogers) bt South Derbyshire 22-7; Maidenhead Thicket bt Burnham-on-Sea 23-17; Rushden Town bt Marlborough Ipswich 22-19; Milton Park Portsmouth bt Stowmarket 25-12; Sandwich bt Peterborough and District (Anton) 18-15, St Austell bt Malvern Victoria 31-11; Cambridge Chesterton (Larter) bt Keswick 25-16.