Page 27 - Spring 2012

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The Armagh ladies again showed their 27
strength in the final session of the day
winning four of the six rinks to bring the
closing score on Saturday to 30-26 points
and 312-280 shots in favour of England.
To celebrate a great day of bowling, both
teams relaxed at a dinner at the Bedford-
shire Golf Club, Stagsden followed by en-
tertainment from Irish singer Sean
Conroy.
Sunday’s sessions were played at
Kempston Indoor Bowls club and once Umpires at the England ladies weekend
again the England ladies had a strong
start, taking the first session of individuals by 12-4 points with +14 shots and continued adding
to their lead with an 8-4 points +9 shots win in the second session. The third session was
shared, 4 mats each, which guaranteed the England ladies the overall win in the competition,
bringing the scores to 58-42 with only 12 points at stake in the final session.
The Armagh ladies did not give in but the England ladies dug deep and held on to take
a further 5 points from the final session to finally win by 63 points to 49 and 609-558 shots.
Well done to all those that played in the competition over the two days. The standard of bowl-
ing was very high and the spirit in which the game was played was a credit to both teams. All
photos courtesy of Derek Beardsley, who kindly stepped in as I had left mine behind.
The selected players were as follows:-
Lesley Fennell (Cheshire) Elise Daniell (Cornwall) Lorraine Axtell (Devon)
Bryony Ford (Dorset) Babs Morokutti (Essex) Sylvia Kendall (Hants)
Shirley Cox (Herefordshire)
Isobel Wardley (Herefordshire)
Jeanette Gayler (Herts)
Sue Murray (Herts)
Linda Wynn (Kent)
Jean Dennington (London)
Jan Hedges (London)
Kim Bridge (Norfolk)
Debbie Phillips (Norfolk)
Jean Woods (Norfolk)
Rachel Pedley (Northants)
Pat Beardsley (N Yorks)
Rose Haynes (N Yorks)
Bronagh Malone (N Yorks)
Jacinta Townend (N Yorks)
Gloria Smith (Oxfordshire)
Hazel Berry (Somerset)
Catherine Cowlin (Somerset)
Celia Jeans (Somerset)
Pam Fayers (Suffolk)
Nora Martin (Suffolk)
Pauline Freeman (Warks)
Kath Hoole (W Sussex)
Brenda Jones (W Sussex)
Gillian Weston (W Sussex)
Carole Hawkins