THREE women's teams from Bromsgrove Indoor Bowls Club have reached the last 16 of the English National Championships.

The club's doubles, triples and fours teams all booked their places in the national finals, which are held at Nottingham between February 25 and March 6.

The quartet of Gill Rees, Margaret Stokes, Angela Farrar and Chris Grigg defeated Swindon in the regional zone finals to move into the last 16.

Farrar Grigg and Rees then beat a three some from Swindon to ensure Bromsgrove will be represented in the triples category.

Ann Brookes then teamed up with Rees to defeat Cheltenham and make sure Bromsgrove was the only club to have a side in all three categories in the finals.

l The club bounced back from defeat to Gannow in the Denny Plate by sealing the title in their regional division of the Wessex League. A 102-50 win over Chipping Norton made sure Bromsgrove won the title they last got their hands on in 2004. In the home matches Wayne White, Tony Hall, Keith Weaver and Rob McCaughtrie won 27-8, while Henry Perks, Arthur Grigg, Peter Davis and Neil Smith won 26-14.

At Chipping Norton Paul Kitchen, Ian Crowe, John Cracknell and Neil Brereton won 29-11 for Bromsgrove, while Brian Harper, Richie Hall, Gareth and dad Adie Burbridge won 20-17.

Victory means that Bromsgrove are on track to win qualify for the national play-offs with just one league match against Cheltenham left.

Tony Hall and Tony Smith have qualified for the last 16 of the National Over-60s Pairs Championships.