Bears looking for Trophy best in finals day contest
WARWICKSHIRE County Ladies will play Devon on Sunday having reached the National Regional Finals of the Double Rink Walker Cup Trophy.
The Bears won by just one shot on the last end to seal a 34-33 success against Worcestershire to set up their final date.
Meanwhile, Warwickshire edged out Gloucestershire in the National Johns Trophy at Royal Leamington Spa Bowling Club by just three shots, winning 108-105.
The highest winning rink came from skip Tracy Wheeler (Welford) with Caroline Halliwell (Warwick Boat Club), Gill Maund (Sherwood Park) and Anita Cowdrill (RLS).
The Bears quartet started slowly and were 8-0 down at six ends before roaring back for a resounding 21-13 win.
Maureen Edwards with Nicola
Bradshaw, Becky Lever (all Rugby Thornfield) and Joy Cooke (Sherwood Park) also struggled early on, trailing 7-0 before four shots on the fourth end helped their cause and they went on to win 22-19.
Heather Mills (RLS) with Lily-mae Adams (Welford), Ginny Burns (Warwick Boat Club) and Liz Wooding (Avenue, Coventry) were behind most of the game but four shots on the 14th end turned the tide and they went on to win 17-16.
Jenny Corn (Lillington) with Wendy Wilson (Welford), Lynne Innes (Stratford) and Aleen Shuttleworth (Stoke) trailed 22-9 until six shots on the 16th end and a further five on the 19th meant they lost by just one shot, 22-23.
Sue Hornsby (Lillington) with Alison Moy (Three Spires), Rachel
Ashmore (Rugby Thornfield) and Debbie Bloxham (Stratford) lost 18-16 in an evenly-matched contest and Janice White, Dawn Horne, Wendy Wickens (all RLS) and Wendy Holloway (Welford) were beaten 16-10 in another nip-andtuck match.
County president Caroline Harris (Nuneaton) was delighted to present a Johns Flash to Liz Wooding.