Sport in Short: Bowls

ENGLISH MEN'S INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Melton Mowbray) Fours: Egham bt Church Gresley 22-21; Atherley bt City of Ely 21-20 (after an extra end); Towerlands, Braintree bt Wymondham Dell 19-16; Cambridge Park bt Darlington 27-16; Lincoln bt Harpenden 27-11; Barking bt Nottingham 26-11; Preston, Brighton bt Prince Arthur, Gillingham 21-20; Desborough bt Bentham, Gloucestershire 24-10.

ENGLISH WOMEN'S INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Stevenage): Two-wood triples Last 16 round: Essex County bt Sole Bay 21-13; King George Field bt Kentish Ladies 24-12; Gedling bt Huddersfield 18-12; Arun bt Exmouth Madeira 20-13; Stevenage bt Nailsea 22-14; Peterborough bt Croydon 20-16; Darlington bt Cotswold 16-12; Tye Green, Harlow bt Preston, Brighton 23-3. Quarter-finals: King George Field bt Essex County 24-3; Gedling bt Arun 17-14; Stevenage bt Peterborough 25-6; Tye Green bt Darlington 23-14. Under-31 singles: S Rickman (King George Field) bt C Ashby (Eastbourne) 21-15; J Dean (Rugby Thornfield) bt B Sleeman (Chiping Norton) 21-15; J Bailey (Nottingham) bt K Sartain (St Heots) 21-14; A Knott (South Tyneside) bt K Bell (Rushcliffe) 21-9; S Irons (City of Ely) bt L Whitehead (Norfolk and Norwich) 21-7; S Hazell (Mote Park) bt S Evans (Honiton) 21-1; K Hawes (Cherwell) bt E Clennell (Sunderland) 21-8; C Herbert (Arun) bt M Clark (East Dorset) 21-18.