Sporting Digest: Bowls

EBF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Skegness) Quarter-finals: Men: Two-bowl singles: T Robson (New Delaval and Newsham) bt B Ryles (Blossom Way, Humberside) 21-11; J Stephenson (St Peters, Hunts) bt J Orgles (Church Worsop, Notts) 21-10; D Johnson (Lincoln, Railway) bt B Miller (Phoenix, Derbys) 21-13; J Davison (Gateshead Borough) bt P Utting (Wrentham, Suffolk) 21-10. Four-bowl singles: E Graves (Wickham Gardens, Lincoln) bt E Maule (Elm Tree, Cleveland)

21-12; N Harris (Hirst Park, Northumberland) bt N Wigg (Kessingland) 21-14; T Greetham (Worksop Cricket & Sports Club) bt K Whitehead (Poringland Swan) 21-12; M Ward (Balderton, Notts) bt S Quinney (Woolpack, Nth Cambs) 21-15. Under-25 singles: D Bolt (South Shields, Cleadon Park) bt G Nash (Cornard, Essex) 21-4; J Roope (Nestle Rowntree) bt N Brett (Warboys, White Hart) 21-14; S Atkin (Arnold Park, Notts) bt G Storr (Stockton) 21-15. Pairs: N Brett and L Swannell (Warboys White Hart) bt W Jackson and A Hall (Lincoln St Giles) 21-15; P Crisp and J Brooks (Cornard) bt G Hawes and D Frost (Fakenham RBL) 23-12; S Hutchinson and W Houghton (Broughton Red Lion) bt I Bradbury and S Short (Somercotes Rec) 23-12. Two-bowl rinks: Elm Tree (E Maule) bt Belvedere Peterborough (P Jessop) 19-12. Women: Two-bowl singles: L Wrighton (Tungate, Norfolk) bt J Duffy (Peterborough South Ward) 21-15; L Paling (Mansfield Ladies) bt I Brown (Walker, Northumberland) 21-10; V Swann (Walsham-Le-Willows) bt D Edyvean (Haverhill Town) 21-20; F Graham (South Shields West End) bt N Robinson (Elm Tree, Cleveland) 21-12. Four-bowl singles: S Dawson (Freiston, Lincs) bt R Allin (Hemingford) 21-20; P Thompson (Heaton, Northumberland) bt B Whitehead (Poringland Swan) 21-15; B Gaze (Swanland, Humbs) bt J Foster (Felling, Cotgarth) 21-10; P Oliver (Creswell) bt J Savage (Terrington, King William) 21-19. Under-25 singles: S Archer (Creswell, Derbys) bt J Russell (Gosforth Garden Village) 21-17; A Savage (Terrington King William) bt J Groves (Lowdham) 21-15; S Walpole (Ketton) bt T Parnell (Stockton) 21-11; D Overton (Briggtown) bt R Sleight (Dunholme, Lincs) 21-18. Pairs: J Wilson and P Strong (Lincoln Railway) bt L and B Whitehead (Poringland Swan) 19-15; P Mather and E Crook (Birtley, Durham) bt D Cooper and B Perkins (Victoria Park, Derbys) 22-17; M Stark and A Harrison (Billingham) bt M Ager and J Webb (Haverhill Town) 14-13. Three-bowl rinks: Coslany, Norfolk (M Ward) bt Eldon Grove, Cleveland (M Jackson) 32-10; Haverhill Town (J Webb) bt Helpringham, Lincs (J Bannister) 24-10; Somercotes, Derbys (J Thompson) bt Woolpack, Nth Cambs (C Quinney) 17-7; Readhead (M Charlton) bt Otley, Suffolk (I Morley) 22-8. Mixed pairs: R and V Portasman (Boultham Park, Lincs) bt M and B Power (Deeping) 17-13; I Stobbs and T Robson (New Delaval and Newsham) bt S Botten and M Thompson (Newmarket Foods) 20-19; J M Hill and T Lee (Somercotes Rec) bt T and H Bales (Melton, Suffolk) 21-14; E Lightfoot and B Carlin (Simonside) bt I and S Waudby (South Cave, Humbs) 18-17. Mixed rinks: Ryton, Durham (S Hubbard) bt Docking (M Leverett) 27-9; Silent Channel (J Higgnet) bt Lucas CAV, Essex (K Hollingworth) 17-10; Lincoln St Giles (K Keilty) bt Balderton (M Ward) 23-16.