Sporting Digest: Bowls

Eastbourne's Carol Ashby survived Debbie Talbot's challenge to win the Women's All-England Under-31s singles indoor title at the ISCA Centre, Exeter on Sunday night.

WOMEN'S ALL-ENGLAND INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP (Exeter) Under-31s singles, Semi- finals: D Talbot (Barnsley Metrodome) bt K Hawes (Cherwell) 21-13; C Ashby (Eastbourne) bt S Seymour (City of Ely) 21-15. Final: Ashby bt Talbot 21-20. Triples Championship semi-finals: Preston (J Bowles) bt Egham (K Strutt) 23-7; Lincoln (J Edson) bt Yeovil (E Bessell) 18-9. Final: Preston bt Lincoln 17-12. Champion of champions first round: H Wall (Church Gresley) bt J Hadfield (Newquay) 21-9; V Mortimer (Swindon Westlecot) bt E Shorter (County Arts) 21-16; A Cox (Handy Cross) bt B Hope (Stonyhill) 21-17; P Bain (Eastbourne) bt W Line (Atherley) 21-14; T Burgess (Wellingborough) bt B Dudley (King George Field) 21-18; C Edmondson (Cumbria) bt A Knott (South Shields) 21-15; T Darnell-Langton (Loddon Vale) bt S Langdon (Minehead) 21-14; S McClintock (Royal Tunbridge Wells) bt D Wood (David Lloyd club) 21-19. Quarter-finals: Wall bt Mortimer 21-16; Bain bt Cox 21-11; Burgess bt Edmondson 21-14; Darnell-Lengton bt McClintock 21-16.