TROWBRIDGE’S Graham Shadwell, a member of the Bowls England elite squad, has been chosen to compete in the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championships in New Zealand, writes DAVE EATON.

Shadwell, who plays for the Spencer Moulton Club in Bradford on Avon, is named in the five-man England team along with Jamie Walker (Northants) and the Devon trio of Louis Ridout, Sam Tolchard and Robert Paxton to compete in the world championships that take place in Christchurch, New Zealand from November 29 to December 11.

A regular for England since 2001, Shadwell will play at skip in the triples with Walker and Paxton and at number three in the fours event with Ridout, Paxton and Walker (skip).

Full story in this Friday’s Wiltshire Times