WILTSHIRE men open their inter-county championship campaign tomorrow.

They visit Stoke Bowls Club (Coventry) for their opening Middleton Cup group match against Warwickshire.

The ladies begin their quest for glory in the inter-county championship when they face Somerset at Wootton Bassett on Tuesday, June 17.

The team contains 12 players from local clubs, with Purton having the largest representation with four.

Team: Rink 1: Lyn Greenland (Cooper-Avon), Ann Hindley (Wilton), Alex Jacobs (Box), Janet Hardie (Westinghouse). Rink 2: Chris Mitchell (Cricklade), Pat Stephenson (Purton), Marcia Cottle (Spencer Melksham), Sue Frost (Alderbury).

Rink 3: Jackie Akhavan (Highworth), Sue Burgess (Pewsey), Josie Lloyd (Purton), Doris Woodley (Rod bourne Cheney).

Rink 4: Jean Bird and Brenda Cars (Purton), Wendy Anderson (Rod/Cheney).

Rink 5: Margaret Griffin (Wilton), Olive Henery and Anne Hayward (Westlecot), Janet Willis (Stratton Churchways).

Rink 6: Cecilia Painter (Warminster), Isobel Dawson (Corsham), Val Mortimer (Westlecot), Ann Richards (Amesbury).

Res: Pat Cornish (Westlecot), Iris Gardiner (Supermarine), Kath Lees (Wroughton), Pat Sharp (Amesbury).

On June 12, Wiltshire meet Herefordshire at Caer Glow (Gloucester) in the Walker Cup, a new double rinks competition..

Team: Rink 1: Margaret Griffin, Olive Henery, Janet Wills, Wendy Anderson. Rink 2: Lyn Greenland, Ann Hindley, Alex Jacobs, Marguerite Alexander.Res: Anne Hayward.

WILTSHIRE'S young bowlers have qualified for the regional finals of the national under 25 two rink competition.

They booked their place in the regional finals to be held at Bath on June 22 with a narrow victory over Dorset.

Wiltshire took the honours on one rink but lost on the other.

Neil Hope's quartet went down 25-11 but the 14-shot loss was easily compensated as the rink skipped by Russell Francis recorded an impressive 32-12 victory to give Wiltshire a 43-37 success.

Teams: Rink 1: Stewart Tait (Wootton Bassett), James Titcombe (Westlecot), Michael Snell (WB) and Neil Hope (Westlecot).

Rink 2: Arran Tucker (Spencer Moulton), Luke Meehan (Corsham), Ian Williams (Purton) and Russell Francis (SM).

WILTS Vice Presidents recorded a narrow win in their latest game at Winsley.

They edged home by one shot against the Bradford on Avon club, who are celebrating their 100th anniversary, when taking the honours 100-99.

Scores: T Peglar 22, P Lilley 11; C Ashton 12, D Farmer 28; T Sherwood 20, C Dando 21; J Duncan 28, D Richman 17; I Francis 18, T Parry 22.

The VPs next match is at Cooper-Avon, Melksham, on Sunday, when they entertain Somerset CBA Patrons.

MIKE LARGE, the 2003 Swindon and District president, is eagerly looking forward to tomorrow's representative match.

He leads his side in one of the S&D's top matches of the season against the English Fire Service at Swindon Bowls Club (2.30pm).

Team: Rink 1: Four members from Swindon Bowls Club.

Rink 2: Dave Wheeldon and Roy Major (Westlecot), Mike Large (Cricklade), Chris Payne (Garrards).

Rink 3: Norman Nicholls (Wanborough), Fred Edwards (Highworth), Dave Herold (Town Gardens), Dave Woodbridge (Swindon).

Rink 4: Ron Vickery (Supermarine), Derek Fry (Town Gardens), Frank Etherington (Highworth), Dave Gough (Stratton Churchways).

Rink 5: Tony Thrush (Rodbourne Cheney), Bob Scammell (Westlecot), Sid Corbett (Town Gardens), Terry Hoare (Stratton C).

Rink 6: Danny Williams (Town Gardens), Alan Anderson (Cricklade), John Simpson (Shrivenham), Jimmy Nelson (S'marine).