WARWICKSHIRE Ladies booked their place at the national finals of the Walker Cup after triumphing against three other counties.
The Warwickshire Women’s Bowling Association (WWBA) took on teams from Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire in the West qualifier at Devizes Bowls Club.
And Warwickshire thrashed Worcestershire 8-0 before beating Wiltshire 6-2 and thumping Gloucestershire 7-1 in a dominant display.
Matches featured pairs, triples and fours games as Lily Adams and Emily Kernick played the pairs and Dawn Horne, Michelle Meadowcroft and Kirsty Richards the triples.
And the squad of Liz Wooding, Anita Cowdrill, Tracy Wheeler, Moira Parsons and Jane Chedgzoy competed in the fours matches.
The WWBA also celebrated their 90th anniversary at Stoke Bowling Club in Coventry with a gala for more than 60 players and guests.
County president, Vanessa Brazier, thanked all the players, volunteers and supporters who had been a part of Warwickshire’s journey over the last 90 years.
Ladies too strong for Bedfordshire
Earlier this month, Warwickshire hosted Bedfordshire at Rugby Railway Bowls Club as the visitors won the rink one match 15-10 despite the best efforts of Liz Crowther and Pat Gagg of Lillington supported by Velisa Brown from Southam and Margaret Boldy from Wellesbourne.
And Bedfordshire claimed a narrow 17-15 win on rink two as Janice White of Royal Leamington Spa, supported by Joy Cooke, Sherwood Park, and Christine Harding and Becky Lever, both Rugby Thornfield lost a closely-fought contest.
County president Brazier helped Warwickshire to a 17-12 win on rink three skippered by Jenny Wickens, Royal Leamington Spa with Linda Linney, Stratford, and Margaret Grosvenor, Avenue Coventry in support.
Warwickshire also triumphed on rink four as Stratford pair Elspeth Summers and Pam Jowers combined with Brenda Beere from the Grange and Pat Moore, Three Spires Bowling Club, to win 18-16 in a back-and-forth contest.
And Warwickshire continued their momentum on rink five as Maureen Edwards and Pat Lowe, Rugby Thornfield, Ginny Burns, Warwick Boat Club and Pippa Mace, Lillington claimed a 17-12 victory.
Warwickshire players Ann Hardwood, Nuneaton, Heather Tredgold, Southam, Anita Cowdrill and Dawn Horne, both Royal Leamington Spa, secured the highest winning rink with a dominant 19-8 success on rink six to celebrate a 96-80 victory overall.
