Sporting Digest: Bowls

MANCHESTER UNITY ENGLISH INDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Melton Mowbray) Triples first round: Ipswich (A Wyatt) bt Birmingham (J Godfrey) 22-11; Ilminster (N Rowe) bt Luton (D Shearer) 17-10; Stanley (J Leeman) bt Atherley (G Standley) 17-14; Camberley (P Short) bt Southend (G Cable) 19-8; Wey Valley (P Vamvacopoulos) bt Wellingborough (M Allen) 16-14; Church Gresley (J Barnett) bt Worthing Pavilion (R Robera)

21-11; Thornaby (G Skipp) bt British Cellophane (J Davies) 28-13; Blackpool Borough (N Burrows) bt Mote Pk (R Jenkins) 22-16; Teignbridge (J Wickham) bt Wymondham Dell (I Daines) 25-11; Isis (R Mackie) bt City of Ely (T G Day) 19-10; Barking (H Reading) bt Cambridge Pk (G Little) 23-20; Cyphers (G Smith) bt Preston, Brighton (K Renwick) 25-12; Boston (M Tomlin) bt County Arts Norwich (P Woodcock) 24-9; Plymouth Mayflower (P Downs) bt Nottingham (B Clark) 21-15; Malvern Hills (I Maddox) bt Dalston (G Vipond) 19-17; Clevedon (G Luker) bt Hull & District (J Harrison) 26-4. Fours final: Cyphers (G Booth, T Heppell, M Sekjer, G Smith) bt Paddington (D Harmon, A Lines, G Smyth, S Halmai) 19-16.