SHOWDOWN

The semis at Chippenham Town were originally scheduled to be played today but have been switched to tomorrow.

That is because they would have clashed with Wiltshire's Middleton Cup quarter-final against Oxfordshire at Cheltenham.

Local players will feature in four of the five championship semi-finals pairs being the exception.

Wootton Bassett's Neil Smith, who beat Westlecot's England international Steve Warren 21-20 in the quarter-finals, faces Graham Shadwell, who overcame Ben Hatton 21-0 in the outstanding quarter-final match.

Bassett are also represented in the triples semi-finals where Richard Buckland, Hedley Bowen and Rob Clews play a trio from Marlborough.

In the fours, Purton's quartet of Miles Roberts, Mark Wadsworth, Chris Cheesley and Ray Sowden must overcome home advantage to book a place at Worthing they face a Chippenham Town quartet.

The other triples semi-final, featuring Westlecot's Mel Biggs, Neil Hope and Mark Dyer, has been put back to Tuesday, July 29. The Westlecot boys are playing on Sunday at Cheltenham in the regional finals of the new EBA Top Team competition.

Semi-finals schedule

Morning

Fours: M Savin, T Riccio, W Jones and S Heseltine (Chippenham T) v M Roberts, M Wadsworth, C Cheesley and R Sowden (Purton); A Frayling, T Bailey, R Wickham and M Trimble (Malmesbury) v G Woolley, A Wilson, P Frost and J Webb (Alderbury).

Triples: S Haddock, G Loney and V Kimber (Marlborough) v R Buckland, H Bowen and R Clews (Wootton Bassett).

Afternooon

Singles: N Smith (W Bassett) v G Shadwell (Spencer Moulton); Paul Macdonald (SM) v Keith Hutchens (Westinghouse).

Pairs: M Savin and J Lucas (Chippenham Town) v M Litherland and N. Price (Cooper-Avon); M Oliver and M Webb (Holt) v C Stephens and T. Coward (Calne).

Tuesday July 29

Triples: N Hope, M Biggs and M Dyer (Westlecot) v. A Greenland, R Gainey and K Hutchens (Westinghouse).

Tuesday July 24

Under 25 Final: N Hope (Westlecot) v R Francis (Spencer Moulton).