BOWLS players from 12 counties headed to Elvaston Bowling Club, in Hexham, to play a team representing Bowls Northumberland.

The touring Friends of English Bowls drew in players from the likes of Kent, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Cambridgeshire, for the game at the Hexham club.

After an enjoyable day of bowls action, the visiting players, fielding three past national presidents, won 106-99.