Sporting Digest: Bowls
WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (Ayr) Individuals: Singles, semi-finals: P Nolan (Irl) bt W Line (Eng) 25-11; J Davies (Bridgend, Wal) bt B Green (Sco) 25-19. Final: Nolan bt Davies 25-4.
Teams: Singles, semi-finals: Scotland bt Ireland 133-93 (Sco skips first): F Whyte bt T Nolan 25-17; M Mackain bt M McGarrity 22-15; S Gourlay lost to F Elliot 17-19; D Barr bt N Mallon 23-14; J Lindores bt C O'Gorman 21-19; S McCrone bt M Johnston 25-9. Wales bt England 126-109 (Wales skips first): R Jones bt E Bessell 28-12; S Oliver bt M Price 18-16; J Davies lost to M Steele 18-23; A Lewis lost to M Heggie 21-22; M Wintle bt W Line 23-20; B Morgan bt N Shaw 18-16. Pairs, semi- finals: Wales (L Evans and E Thomas, Port Talbot) bt Ireland (M Barber and P Nolan, Blackrock)
17-16; England (J Morgan and Larter, Cambs) bt Scotland (A Bettley and J Blades, Airdrie Central) 27-12. Final: Wales bt England 27-15. Triples, semi-finals: Ireland (I Scott, E Morrison, M Mallon; Lisnagarvey) bt England (G Blackmore, K Hawes, S Rogers, Oxfordshire) 14-12, Scotland (J Kyle, M Frost, I Bennet; Hawick Wilton) bt Wales (W Evans, M Rees, G Watkins, Llansawel) 23-10. Final: Scotland bt Ireland 15-14. Fours, semi- finals: Wales (A Mullins, P Czarmecki, M Price, R Jones, Gilfach Bargoed) bt England (A Harrison, J Heath, R Vane, A Smith, Kent) 28-15, Scotland (J Gillies, M Cramb, I Dockrell, A Blackmore, Ardrossan) bt Ireland (D Marsden, R Freeman, S Donald, N Gibson, Lisnagarvey) 23-21. Final: Wales bt Scotland 26-6.
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