Sporting Digest: Bowls

SANATOGEN EBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Worthing) Pairs, First round: B Woodward and B Beaumont (Sandy Conservatives, Beds) bt N and P Harrison (Ainstey, York) 20-19; R Shelley and G Standley (Atherley Southampton) bt T Mitchell and J Squires (Corsham Wilts) 30-8; J Barrell and R Cutts (Marlborough Ipswich) bt D Harvey and M Stevenson (Church Warsop, Notts) 22-21; R Johnson and J Wickham (Totnes) bt D Oliver and R Bewick (Hilton Colliery Welfare) 26-17; M Bantock and K Smith (Denham) bt T Exall and H Punjabi (Old Coulsdon) 21-18; M Henderson and J Knox (Portland Northumberland) bt K Morley and P Holmes (Stanton Clubhouse) 26- 16; M Atkins and A Burbridge (Droitwich Vines Pk) bt K Tomlinson and J Akitt (Seaton Village Hall Cumbria) 23-20; C Feltham and C Tidcombe (Bristol St George) bt L Rayment and A Easy (Ely Beet) 28-12; B Robinson and R Brittan (Erdington Court) bt J Low and P Mattravers (Ilminister) 23-17; D Harrison and T Smith (Knighton Victoria Leics) bt D Smith and R Morton (Peterborough Railway) 22-18; J Gearey and R Blencowe (Brackley and Dist) bt S Golding and A Golding (Branksome Pk Dorset) 21-17; P and M Wilson (Aldersbrook) bt K Brown and A Augustus (Westland Aerospace IoW) 21-19; P Rands and R Kirk (Wealdstone) by I Watchman and J Downie (GW Staniforth) 26- 19; A Prout and M Harris (Hampden Pk Eastbourne) bt I Henwood and M Peachey (Summertown Oxon) 25-15; J Wear and P Holland (Hereford) bt P C Howells and D Skelton (Scotter Lincs) 24-14; K Mitchell and D Colbourne (Bolton) bt R Quinton and R Pearson (Rosedale) 28-19; T Locke and A Cooke (Solihull Municipal) bt K Tinkler and P Edwards (Darlington Woodland) 20-16; G Smith and A E Thomson (Blackheath and Greenwich) bt D Farr and N Smith (Liberty of Havering) 24-7; J Hay and J Simmons (Garston Herts) bt D Maidlow and L Walker (Monks Road WMC Newark) 23-11; A Chilman and M Davies (Brintons SC Worcs) bt K Harrison and R Patterson (Ilkeston Rutland) 26-8; D Holyoake and R Cooper (Leics) bt D Bull and R Bull (Carterton Oxon) 24-17; K Arnold and D Cutler (Plymouth CS) bt J Holmes and T Webb (Cope Chat, Glos) 28-13; I Peacock and M McGreevy (Summerhill Northumberland) bt T Dawson and G Wishart (Bedford Boro) 18-16; P Hall and D Magness (Leominster) bt C Willgress and C Knights (Norfolk BC, Norwich) 21-20; B Dawson and T McGrath (Alexandra Pk Dorset) bt D Lowe and P Jackson (Mansfield Colliery) 21-17; R Blake and P Rathband (Southampton SC) bt S Popple and A Jessop (Belvedere Peterborough) 20- 13; J Birch and A O'Connell (S London) bt G Thomas and K Hutchens (Westinghouse, Wilts) 18-15; L Rutt and J Morley (Finchley) bt A Grainger and R Parks (West Hove) 21-12; W Campen and M Allen (Wellingborough) bt M Walton and N Brignall (Nafferton) 25-15; R Kirby and A Hitchcock (Trentham Berks) bt J Calbert and J Kersley (Shanklin IoW) 25-10; A Wait and D Killick (Denham Bucks) bt M Green and S Marshall (Cambridge Chesterton) 24-15; P Barlow and S Farish (Wigton Cumbria) bt W Coad and S Bray (St Austell) 24-19. Second round: Atherley bt Sandy Conservatives 18-15; Totnes bt Marlborough; Ipswich 22-18; Denham (K Smith) bt Portland 21-10; Droitwich Vines Park bt Bristol St George 20-15; Erdington Court bt Knighton Victoria 23-18; Brackley bt Aldersbrook 21-11; Wealdstone bt Hamden Park 24-13; Bolton bt Hereford 21-20; Blackheath and Greenwich bt Solihull Municipal 29- 22; Brintons bt Garston 25-13; Plymouth CS bt Leicester 23-20; Leominster bt Summerhill 24- 10; Alexandra Park bt Southampton 23-21; South London bt Finchley 29-20; Trentham bt Wellingborough 24-13; Denham (D Killick) bt Wigton 18-17.