Sporting Digest: Bowls

EWBA WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Royal Leamington Spa): Pairs final: J Carpenter and R Darling (Milton Park, Southsea) bt M Hodge and J Stern (Northolt) 18-15. Two-wood singles final: B Whitehead (Norfolk BC, Norwich) bt G Fitzgerald (Kettering Lodge) 16-9. Under-25 singles quarter-finals: K Hindley (Wilts) bt W James (Bucks) 21-4; R Chedgzoy (Warwicks) bt K Biesty (Derbys) 21-11; L Whitehead (Norfolk) bt T Parnell (Durham) 21-16; D Loveless (Sussex) bt J Jackson (Middx) 21-14. Semi-finals: Hindley bt Loveless 21-13; Whitehead bt Chedgzoy 21-14. Final: Whitehead bt Hindley 21-13. Champion of Champions singles, first round: D Blunt (Sussex) bt E Milton (Somerset) 21-8; J Baker (Derbys) bt M Ellis (Oxon) 21-7; I Howlett (Lancs) bt J Burn (Northumberland) 21-19. Second round: Baker bt Howlett 21-20; Blunt bt L Cutler (Berkshire) 21-13; A Porter (Notts) bt C Clarke (Middlesex) 21-11; J Rodgerson (Durham) bt D Jackson (Worcs) 21-7; L Thelwell (Bucks) bt P Jarvis (Essex) 21-11; K Exton (Lincs) bt J Kennedy (Here) 21-18; M Reeve (Glouc) w/o; D Kennelly (Yorks) bt M Negus (Norfolk) 21-17; S Augustus (IoW) bt P Jeffrey (Kent) 21-17; B King (Cornwall) bt B Hay (Warwicks) 21-15; W Line (Hants) bt M Gray (Leics) 21-10; M Fisher (Hunts) bt B Parish (Herts) 21-19; J Smith (Beds) bt S Richie (Cambs) 21-14; J Searle (Dorset) bt N Wright (Suffolk) 21-16; W Barnard (Devon) bt G Fitzgerald (Northants) 21-10; P Garden (Surrey) bt O Henery (Wilts) 21-8. Third round: Baker bt Blunt 21-11; Porter bt Rodgerson 21-16; Thelwell bt Exton 21-10; Reeve bt Kennelly 21-6; Augustus bt King 21-7; Fisher bt Line 21-12; Smith bt Searle 21-13; Garden bt Barnard 21-18. Quarter-finals: Baker bt Porter 21-20; Reeve bt Thelwell 21-17; King bt Fisher 21-20; Garden bt Smith 21-11. Semi-finals: Baker bt Reeve 21-14; Garden bt King 21-13. Final: Baker bt Garden 21-10. Mother and Daughter pairs final: S and K Hawes (City and County of Oxford) bt S and H Griffiths (Surbiton, Surrey) 20-8.