Sporting Digest: Bowls

LIVERPOOL VICTORIA ENGLISH WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Royal Leamington Spa) Fours first round: Wellingborough (A Johnson) bt Thorpe Rec Norfolk (J Swatman) 25-24; Rugby Thornfield (M Edwards) bt Wilton (I Sanders) 25-15; Manchester (J Harper) bt Barking (J Bruce) 23-20; Blaby Leics (P Blair) bt Broadstone, Dorset (J Collier) 23-17; Cosham (B King) bt Highworth Wilts (M Moss) 22-18; Sutton (P Wills) bt Felixstowe and Suffolk (G Rednall) 23-14; Benfield Northumberland (V Taylor) bt Sele Farm Herts (G Wrenn) 33-15; Spennymoor (J Hull) bt Droitwich Spa (F Sparkes) 31-7; Leominster (C Hodgson) bt Bourne Town (J Mitchell) 31-19; Ramsey Hants (E Housden) bt Florence Park Oxford (M Barson) 18-14; Maurice Lea Park Derbys (L Crawshaw) bt Keswick (M Watson) 22-18; Olney Bucks (J Barrick) bt Maiden Erlegh Reading (J Pound) 20-18; Broadstone (R Peters) bt Watchetts Surrey (F Shaw) 24-11; Bloomfield Bath (C Shearing) bt Bembridge IOW (V Foster) 29-14; Barnwood Gloucs (B Carey) bt Buckhurst Hill Essex (J McManus)

18-16; Gravesend (M Webster) bt Cambridge Chesterton (J Larter) 25-13; Ledbury (E Maddox) bt Whitnash Warwicks (M Tims) 38-21; Springhead Hull (J Pindar) bt Skegness Vine (D Briars) 27-10; Balderton Notts (J Wells) bt Sandytown Beds (R Addison) 21-10; Shepherds Bush (B Lines) bt Worcester Ladies (W Hayes) 22-14; Chacewater Cornwall (P Pascoe) bt Bolton (A Morton) 22-13; Wellingborough (J Abel) bt Felixstowe and Suffolk (E Symes) 26-21; City and Port of Bristol (M Hart) bt Bassetsbury Manor Bucks (D Wingrove) 30-11; Ponteland Northumberland (J Graham) bt Kearsney Kent (A Smith) 17-14; Hagbourne Berks (P Tait) bt Mansfield (B Thorpe) 26-10; Loughborough (M McHowat) bt Preston Park Brighton (A Donno) 17-12; Kingsbridge Park Devon (M Wellington) bt Ainsty Yorks (B Richardson) 21-16; Flitwick Beds (M Thorne) bt Norfolk BC Norwich (D Steward) 26-8; Minehead (J Murrell) bt Perkins Peterborough (J Evans) 20-19; Crediton bt Bodmin 29-16; City and County of Oxford bt Herts Watford 22-17; Rottingdean bt Cambridge Chesterton 21-11. Second round: Rugby Thornfield bt Manchester 30-11; Blaby bt Cosham 20-19; Sutton bt Benfield 19-13; Leominster bt Spennymore 16-12; Ramsey (D Grange) bt Maurice Lea Park 26-13; Broadstone bt Olney 23-16; Barnwood bt Bloomfield 21-12; Gravesend bt Ledbury

19-18; Springhead bt Balderton 23-16; Chacewater bt Shepherds Bush 19-18; Wellingborough bt City and Port of Bristol 25-9; Hagbourne bt Ponteland 20-15; Loughborough bt Kingsbridge Park 26-5; Minehead bt Flitwick 18-15.

Triples Final: Great Baddow bt Grimsby Park Avenue 14-10.