Walker Cup

Gloucestershire Women 41 Herefordshire Women 39

IN A pulsating tie against Herefordshire, Gloucestershire booked their place in the Regional Finals to be held at Cotswold BC on July 13 when they won by two shots at Falcon BC.

The match ended in a grandstand finish as Gloucestershire held the upper hand until the last three ends when Herefordshire clawed back from being 37-28 down to be within a whisker of going through.

Val Molton (Kingswood & Hanham), Sue Latham (Olveston), Sue Osborne (Kingwood & Hanham) and Joy Sheward (Cheltenham Whaddon) found themselves leading by a shot at halfway 9-8 before opening up a four shot lead at 14-10.

A haul of six shots over the next three ends extended the lead to eight shots before their opponents hit them hard by picking up seven shots without reply that saw a nail biting 20-19 win.

The rink of Iona Bird (Caer Glow), Chris Prosser (Gloucester Spa), Jacky Howes (Stroud) and Lindsay Collin (Page Ladies) held a 9-6 lead after 10 ends and then over the next five ends pulled away to lead 15-8.

Over the next three ends they scored just two shots as their opponents roared back grabbing eight shots to close the gap to a single shot 17-16. In the final run in they held out to grab a dramatic 21-20 win.

John’s Trophy

Gloucestershire 90 (4pts) Wiltshire 142 (18pts)

ON A lighting fast green at Devizes BC, Gloucestershire women suffered a second defeat in the John’s Trophy against Wiltshire.

Their only joy was two winning rinks with Rita Gerry (Moreton), Val Major (Churchdown), Julia Stannard (Nailsworth) and Lindsay Collin (Page Ladies) winning 24-22.

Val Ayres (Lydney), Di Wilson, Sue Latham (both Olveston) and Joy Sheward were 9-7 up before opening up a 14-9 lead and they went onto gain a 18-15 win.

The other four rinks all suffered defeats with Iona Bird (Caer Glow), Cynthia Winter-Alsop (Wotton), Pauline Gunn and Kay Gent (both Caer Glow) missing out in the final run in when, from only 17-15 down, they lost 25-18.

Val Molton, Pam Salvage, Pat Baker and Sue Osborne (all Kingwood & Hanham) lost out 20-13.

Val Webb (Victory Park), Veronica Richie (Olveston), Jacky Howes (Stroud) and Rachel Hughes (Royal Forest of Dean) came unstuck when they went from 11-5 down to concede 12 shots in the next five ends to end up losing 31-10.

Chris Prosser, Gill Fry (both Gloucester Spa), Margaret McColl (Cheltenham Spa) and Lyn Hamer (Ardagh) crashed to a 29-7 loss.

Gloucestershire 90 Herefordshire 109

GLOUCESTERSHIRE women fell to a 19-shot defeat to local rivals Herefordshire at Dowty BC.

Margaret Powell (Cotswold), Dawn Rowlands (Cirencester) Julia Stannard (Nailsworth) and Elaine Lewis (Redland Green) finished up 22-13 winners.

The only other success was that of Sally Rolls (Gloucester Spa), Joyce Ferson (Barnwood), Pauline Gunn and Kay Gent (both Caer Glow), who finished with a 25-20 win.

Gill Fry (Gloucester Spa), Carol Poole (Bishops Cleeve), Jill Stevenson (Henleaze) and Marion Haynes (Tewkesbury) suffered a three-shot defeat, 17-14.

Jo Slatter (Caer Glow), Anne Beaven(Dowty), Val Major (Churchdown) and Maryann Pye (Caer Glow) lost 18-11.

Gill Meadows (Dursley), Linda Bennett (Moreton), Pat Baker and Sue Osborne (Kingswood & Hanham), up against Jenny Murray, trailed throughout the match and went down 21-10.

It was a similar story for Jenny Westlake (Arrow), Fay Hitchman (Henleaze) Myra Davis (Cheltenham Whaddon) and Anne White (Arrow), who crashed to a 20-8 loss.