Sport in short: Bowls

ENGLISH WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Royal Leamington Spa): Fours: Preliminary round: Plymouth Co-op (P Thomas) bt Hereford (M Mageness) 18-15; Kirkley Park Lowestoft (N Garnham) bt Kildare Bristol (E Haberfield) 29-23; Carlton Conway Notts (B Atherton) bt Longtown Cumbria (B Box) 20-9; Sandy (R Addison) bt Ilminster Somerset (I Hoad) 18-15; Westland Aerospace (F Williams) bt Southport (M Marshall)

20-17; Stratford on Avon (L Chedgzoy) bt Broadstone Dorset (J Smith) 18-17. First round: Downham Market Norfolk (C Oliver) bt Railway Institute York (B Holtby) 18-10; Wickford British Legion Essex (D Searle) bt Penryn (G Daniel) 18-15; Peterborough (C Anton) bt Whitchurch Hants (L Hayward) 17-13; Players Notts (G Hofton) bt Guilt Edge Kidderminster (E O'Hara) 23-14; Linton Northumberland (J Down) bt Guildford (A Taylor) 21-18; Goodwood Leicester (M Handley) bt Three Mile Cross Berks (K Howarth) 23-10; Rugby Thornfield (M Edwards) bt Moneyfields Portsmouth (M Stokes) 26-10; Keswick (M Watson) bt Sharnbrook Beds (P Thomas) 29-11; Chichester Priory (W Adams) bt Shanklin (M Kerridge) 28-19; Silver Band Long Eaton (N Hazzledine) bt Ross-On-Wye (P Eckley) 24-11; Straton Swindon (V Mortimer) bt Helmsley (E Wray) 29-13; Oxford CNC 'B' (M Ellis) bt Townsend St Albans (J Hubball) 24-20; Victoria Essex (P Welsh) bt Spennymoor (J Hull) 15-14; Oxford CNC 'A' (I Molineaux) bt Sutton Surrey (P Wills) 25-10; Malbern Victoria (J Swibern) bt Blackpool (J Young) 19-18; Park Lincoln (J Edson) bt Eye Suffolk (M Saunders) 21-13; Maidenhead Desborough (H Tucker) bt Hesketh Park Dartford (M Stokes) 25-11; Sunbury Sports Middx (M Steele) bt Bodmin (V Brooker) 20-16; Quicklaid (J Reeves) bt Herts Watford (J Killer) 22-18; West Moors Dorset (P Hallam) bt Willington Key Northumberland (S Joicey) 28-17; March Con (C Preston) bt Rothwell Manor Park Northants (V Partridge) 19-15; Bourne Lincs (J Mitchell) bt Bucks West End (A Canton) 20-17; Buckfastleigh Devon (P Manfield) bt Hemingford Hunts (I Meaks) 20-13; Wymondham Dell (S Flood) bt Woodland Darlington (M Burdess)

18-13; Bloomfield Bath (B Galloway) bt Edmondton London (S White) 25-20; Kingscroft Leicester (P Sutton) bt Abington Park Northampton (C Barlow) 21-9; Kearsey Kent (A Smith) bt Bexhill (D Carpenter) 17-13; Sir Thomas Rich's Gloucs (S Blackman) bt Derby West End Dorset (D Thompson) 24-15; Chesterton Cams (L Jarman) bt Princes Risborough (V Selby) 26-10; Plymouth Co-op bt Karkley Park Lowestoft 25-9; Charlton Conway bt Sandy 22-15; Stratford on Avon bt Westland Aerospace 21-19. Second round: Players bt Linton 23-17; Rugby Thornfield bt Goodwood Leicester 28-12; Chichester Priory bt Keswick 19-16; Silver Band Long Eaton bt Stratton Swindon 18-7; Oxford C and C 'B' bt Victoria Essex 20-10; Essex C and C 'A' bt Malvern Victoria 29-16; Maidenhead Desborough bt Park Lincoln 28-12; Sunbury Sports bt Cricklade 19-18; West Moors Dorset bt March Con 21-16; Buckfastly bt Bourne 29-8; Wymondham Dell bt Bloomfield

23-17; Kearsley bt Kingscroft Leicester 32-15; Chesterton Cambs bt Sir Thomas Rich's Gloucs 19-18; Wickford British Legion bt Peterborough 25-4. Singles: Preliminary round: M Heggie (Edenside Carlisle) bt G Fitzgerald (Kettering Lodge) 21-4; J Numan (St Austell) bt C Walker (Bolton) 21-19; A Leeman (Dunnington York) bt C Anton (Peterborough) 21-8; S Springell (Chesham Pk) bt C Percival (Countesthorpe Leicester) 21-15; B Morley (Silver Band Long Eaton) bt A Donno (Preston Park Brighton) 21-9; Y Groom (Street) bt D Pratt (Sele Farm Hertford) 21-12.