IT'S been another day of mixed blessings for Somerset's finest Down Under, with crushing defeats alongside the triumphs.

Tomorrow promises yet more drama, with lawn bowls and shooting medals up for grabs.

Hockey

But first, the hockey, where England women were knocked out at the semi-final stage, despite heroics from goalkeeper Maddie Hinch.

England had the lion's share of the possession against New Zealand, and won plenty of penalty corners, but they rarely looked like scoring (one goal-line clearance aside), whereas Hinch had a lot to do at the other end.

She'd already made a couple of good reflex saves when, with mere seconds left, she pulled off an outstanding stop to keep the game 0-0 and send it into a shootout.

Hinch then did enough to deny New Zealand on three occasions, but England could only score once in the shootout, so they lost it 2-1.

New Zealand will play Australia for gold, and England face India for bronze - both matches on Saturday.

Lawn bowls

Also still in the hunt for a medal is ex-Taunton Deane and now Ilminster bowler Rob Paxton, who faced a men's singles rematch with Shannon McIlroy this morning, having already beaten the world champion from New Zealand in the group stage.

And it was the same outcome in the quarter-finals, as Paxton recovered from an early 4-0 deficit to burst into a 16-9 lead, and although McIlroy fought back to only trail 17-16, the Englishman finished stronger, winning 21-16.

That puts him into the semi-finals, where he takes on Aaron Wilson of Australia for a shot at gold - the match starting at 3.30am UK time.

Depending on the outcome of that match, he will either contest the final or the bronze medal match at 8.30am tomorrow.

As for Louis Ridout in the men's fours, he also tasted quarter-final success, as England cruised past New Zealand 20-2.

But Ridout, David Bolt, Jamie Chestney and Sam Tolchard found Scotland too hot to handle in the semi-finals - not that it looked that way as they eased into a 7-0 lead after just three ends.

But the Scots steadily overhauled their opponents, as England endured seven scoreless ends and Scotland led 12-7, going on to win 18-10.

There's still bronze to play for, and England face Wales for the medal at 3.30am tomorrow.

Shooting

Taunton-born David Luckman, already a gold medallist at these Games, sits nicely poised going into the final round of the Queen's Prize individual event.

Luckman was ranked fourth after yesterday's first round, and after today he is now in second place, just behind Australian Jim Bailey.

He has a day off now, with the third and final round taking place on Saturday.

Tomorrow it's over to Abbey Ling, Ellie Seward (women's trap) and Ed Ling (men's trap), who have waited patiently for their turn to compete on the Gold Coast.

Abbey Ling (Wellington) and Seward (Chard, Richard Huish College student) take part in the qualification event from midnight tomorrow, and if they are successful they will contest the finals from 6.55am, also tomorrow.

As for Abbey's husband Ed Ling, he's looking to build on his Rio 2016 bronze medal with a good performance in the first day of the men's qualification event (12.30am).

The second day of qualification, and the finals, of the men's trap take place on Saturday.

More highlights

Aside from the above, what else might you want to look out for?

From 2.40am, you can see Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow compete in the men's synchronised 10m platform final diving event.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson continues her bid for heptathlon gold with the 800m (11.10am), and from 11.15am you can see England take on Australia in the women's rugby sevens pool stage.