Carol Baker led her Diss team of Pat Baker, Mary Stimson, and Mary Johnson through some incredible games of bowls to reach the EBA National Championships final.

Carol Baker led her Diss team of Pat Baker, Mary Stimson, and Mary Johnson through some incredible games of bowls to reach the EBA National Championships final.

They eventually lost 16-15 to the North Wiltshire block.

They had won previous matches 14-13, 32-18 and 25-18 against West Berkshire, Westlecott and Paddington. Carol Pollington, from the Norfolk club, bowed out at the semi-final stage of the singles, losing 21-19 to Liz Tunn, of Colchester.

Also defeated in the semi-finals were pairs contestants Christine Webb and Jayne Roylance, from North Walsham.

They lost 21-13 to the eventual winners, Sue Mart and Pam Cutts, from Nottingham.

In the triples, Margaret Hawes, Mary Johnson and Carole Baker, from Diss, lost in the first round.