Ross and Lea combined mixed pairs team and Fownhope will compete in the English Short Mat Bowls national finals in March after success in the Herefordshire qualifier at Bishopswood.

Ross' George Marhsall combined with Lea's Alf and Sheila Wye and Anne Watkins to win the competition, while Fownhope's Brenda and Andrew Mollett and Sue and John Stannard were runners-up.

l Leominster IBC results: 119 Rankin Club 130, 119 Wormelow 141, 136 Cynon Valley 96, 125 Birmingham 118, 102 Bromsgrove 109.