Sporting Digest: Bowls

EBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Worthing): Triples, first round:: Greenhill, Dorset (W Goodyear) bt Blackheath and Greenwich (J Chandler) 16-10; Redding (M Newman) bt St Peters Municipal, Hunts (D Howells) 21-9; Bournemouth (L Pull) bt Ledbury (L Merritt) 26-18, Old Coulsdon (H Prinjabi) bt Tally Ho (L Godfrey) 17-10; Chansford (D Gildersleeve) bt Summerhill, Northumberland (R Train) 20-19; Holwell Works, Leicestershire (C Chamberlain) bt British Timken, Northants (D Santer) 15-13; Downton, Wilts (K Cousins) bt Shanklin (K Hamblin) 18-15; South Derbyshire Miners' Welfare (A Dennis) bt Bredon (S Pullin) 23-13; Biggleswade St Andrews (R Brown) bt Exonia (T Haywood) 15-11; March Conservatives (L Miller) bt Rose Leisure (R Parkin) 28-6; Hatfield (R Mercer) bt Whitburn (R Dykes) 16-11; Newquay Trenance (T Heath) bt Cavaliers Nottingham (P Dixens) 17-15 (after extra end); Bolton (G Niven) bt Framlingham Castle (J Carr) 17-15; Wigton (J N Bell) bt Eastbourne Redoubt (J Smith) 16-15 (after extra end); Bristol (P McCall) bt Carterton (B Sparkes) 18-16; Downham Ex-Servicemen (D Clifton) bt Bert Keech, Yorks (I Boyle) 18-13; Stratford upon Avon (B Butler) bt A C D Dunstable (N Cornish) 17-9; Bank House Hotel, Worcestershire (R Stanley) bt Branksome Park, Bournemouth (D Nash) 25-16; Gosforth (D Henley) bt West Wimbledon (P Vamvacopoulos) 20-7; Wymondham Dell (R Thacker) bt Bulmers, Herefordshire (R Perry) 15-11; Preston, Brighton (D Ovett) bt Worthington Simpson (M F Ball) 24-5; Spencer, Melksham (A Moore) bt Elson and Robbins (A Sallis) 26-10; Hilton Colliery, Durham (J Humphrey) bt Springfield Park (P Cook) 17-11; Torquay (D Denison) bt Garston Herts (A Briden) 16-9; Liphook, Hants (R Holden) bt Marlborough, Suffolk (R Cutts) 14-12; High Wycombe (G Grace) bt Romford (S Pickford) 17-13; Victory Park Stroud (T Webb) bt Trentham, Berks (R Kirby) 14-13; Lenham, Kent (M Hopekirk) bt Brampton Institute (E Newton) 23-20; Clevedon (G Luker) bt Summertown (G Harrington) 18-10; Longtown, Cumbria (R McMath) bt Kingscroft, Leicestershire (D Taylor) 20-12; Albert Park, Middlesbrough (D McKeown) bt Carnon Downs, Cornwall (J Reynolds) 20-15; Ventnor, Isle of Wight (B Crowad) bt Skegness Foreshore (R Robertson) 21-16. Second round: Redding bt Greenhill 23-12; Bournemouth bt Old Coulsdon 19-17; Holwell Works bt Chelmsford 21-11; Downton bt South Derbyshire Miners' Welfare 19-14; Biggleswade, St Andrews bt March Conservatives 20-18; Hatfield bt Newquay Trenance 18-17; Wigton bt Bolton 24-14; Bristol bt Downham Ex-Servicemen 12-10; Bank House Hotel bt Stratford upon Avon 24-11; Wymondham Dell bt Gosforth 15-11; Spencer bt Preston 15-7; Torquay bt Hylton Colliery

25-13; High Wycombe bt Liphook 17-14; Victory Park bt Lenham 16-12; Longtown bt Clevedon 21-14; Albert Park bt Ventnor 21-18.