THE Northants women’s county teams made an unsuccessful return to action after a three-year absence with defeats away to Norfolk.
Both teams returned with just two points from a maximum 18, with the Donald Steward team losing 147-83 at Acle, while the Silver Jubilee Vase side went down 147-83 at Martham.
The successful rink for the Donald Steward team was Hazel Bass, Gill King and team captain Joan Robinson with an 18-17 win, while Silver Jubilee Vase captain Ann Cooper figured in her team’s only winning rink alongside Gina Shoebridge and Christine Pell, the score 24-20.
The Donald Steward team are next in action away to North Cambs on June 1.
RESULTS
DONALD STEWARD TROPHY
Northants 92 (2), Norfolk 124 (16) – (Northants names only):
Carol Warters, Shirley Suffling, Chris Ford lost 18-31; Elizabeth Wallace, Val Du’Kett, Liz Hext lost 16-27; Joan Robnson, Gill King, Hazel Bass won 18-17; Norma Squires, Penny Hart, Jessica Phillips lost 21-27; Terri Handley, Moira Holroyd, Angela Cox lost 19-22.
SILVER JUBILEE VASE
Northants 83 (2), Norfolk 147 (16) – (Northants names only):
Sally Albany, Veina Slater, Carol Grief lost 13-36; Kate Heath, Moira Osborne, Joyce Needham lost 17-26; Karen Porter, Maureen Stone, Viv Hempsell lost 13-29; Tina Tinklin, Linda Toms, Wendy Stevens lost 16-36; Christine Pell, Gina Shoebridge, Christine Pell won 24-20.
