Sporting Digest: Bowls

CHURCHILL INSURANCE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Preston) Singles, first round: R Corsie (Sco) bt I McClure (Irl) 7-5 4-7 7-2 7-0. Pairs, first round: D Bryant and T Allcock (Eng) bt G Lawson and S Giddy (NZ) 5-7 7-2 7-0 7-5.