WORCESTERSHIRE acquitted themselves well at the National Women's Bowls Championships at Leamington Spa.

Pershore Bowling Club's Marie Jones, Kath Haywood and Val Johnson reached the semi-finals of the triples championship where they were defeated by a triple from Leicestershire.

Gill Lloyd from of Manor Park, Malvern, was defeated in the quarter-final of the singles championship by the eventual winner Anne Anderson of County Durham.