IF you want top quality bowls there's only one place to be this Sunday - the Carr Mill Hotel.

It's the venue for the Hamlet Championship, staged in association with Greenalls.

Two giants of the game in Bob Hitchen (Halifax) and Stan Frith (Weaverham) are through to the last eight, while there's a strong Cumbrian influence.

Local hopes rest on British Plate's Paul Gartside. The action begins at 1pm

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