Sporting Digest: Bowls

SANATOGEN EBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Worthing) Pairs, semi-finals: A Theobald and D Webb (Gateshead) bt D and R Morgan (Boscombe Cliff) 25-14; K Wood and M Bennett (Ponteland) bt H Barker and J Thompson (Silksworth) 26-13. Final: Ponteland bt Gatehead 26-6. Singles, preliminary round: P Wilkinson (Long Eaton Town) bt D Perrin (Falmouth) 21-13; B Read (Ledbury) bt M Smith (New Lount) 21-9; D Wilson (Cleethorpes) bt P Mattravers (Ilminster) 21-13; G Luker (Clevedon) bt S Marrett (Broomfield) 21-16; D Griffin (St Peter's Municipal) bt R G Reeves (Saltash) 21-12. First round: M Caldwell (Stratford-upon-Avon) bt P Rogers (Hounslow Sports) 21-17; M Tomberry (Poole Park) bt G Charlton (Folkestone Park) 21-18; D Richardson (Roebuck) bt S Jacobs (Sawston)21-17; M Biggs (Swindon) bt C Lawrence (Cawston) 21-15.