Sporting Digest: Bowls

EBF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Skegness): Men's finals: Two-bowl singles: J Davison (Gateshead Borough) bt T Robson (New Delaval and Newsham) 21-13. Four- bowl singles: M Ward (Balderton) bt N Harris (Hirst Park) 21-17. Under-25 singles: A Seymour Jnr (Hirst Park) bt J Roope (Nestle Rowntree, Norfolk) 21-15. Over-65 singles: D Rossin (Hemmingford) bt E York (Elmtree, Cleveland) 21-15. Pairs: P Crisp and J Brooks (Cornard) bt N Deacon and G Allan (Burradon) 19-18. Two-bowl rinks: S Shepherd, L Crick, D Shepherd (Thornham Magna, Suffolk) bt R Stevens, J Sellars, F Johnson (Bilsthorpe) 23-14. Three-bowl rinks: A Bryden, C Knott, G Stokes (South Shields, Parkside) bt T Green, W Wright, C Baker (Alderton, Suffolk) 22-9. NatWest Adams Trophy: Lincolnshire 169 Humberside 149. NatWest Newton Trophy: Humberside 171 Suffolk 162.

Women's finals: Two-bowl singles: L Wrightson (Tungate, Norfolk) bt V Swann (Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk) 21-15. Four- bowl singles: P Oliver (Creswell, Derbys) bt P Thompson (Heaton, Northumberland) 21-15. Under-25 singles: D Overton (Brigg Town) bt A Savage (Terrington King William) 21-19. Over-60 singles: J Tombleson (Bramble Lane, Wisbech) bt J Butters (Metheringham) 21-3. Pairs: C and A Gowshall (Park Avenue, Grimsby) bt J Wilson and P Strong (Lincoln Railway) 23-11. Two-bowl rinks: M Johns, M Hufton, N Wilson (Mansfield Ladies) bt M Palmer, J Chapman, A Ashmore (Hemmingfords) 24-11. Three-bowl rinks: J Phillips, V Scott, M Ward (Coslany, Norfolk) bt M Barker, F Batchelor, J Thompson (Somercotes, Derbys) 14-12. Mixed finals: Pairs: R and V Portasman (Boultham Park, Lincs) bt J M Hill and T Lee (Pretty Polly, Notts) 19-9. Two- bowl rinks: B Heath, B Hall, K Keilty (Lincoln St Giles) bt J Waine, J Whittamore, J Hignett (Silent Channel, Hants) 31-5. NatWest Donald Steward Trophy: Humberside 164 Lincolnshire 96.