NORTHANTS’ Donald Steward team suffered a second successive defeat in the English Women’s Bowling Federation inter-county championship when they were beaten 99-111 away to North Cambs at March.
They won on two of the five rinks and lost another by just a single shot to collect four points from a possible 18.
The winning rinks were Sally Albany, county president Viv Hempsell and Gill King, who won 29-16, and Norma Squires, Wendy Stevens and Myra Landsburgh, who were 22-17 winners.
With North Cambs having no team in the Silver Jubilee Vase, the counties played a three-rink friendly, which Northants won 91-56.
Both teams are in action again on June 15 at home to Suffolk.
RESULTS
DONALD STEWARD TROPHY
NORTHANTS 99 (2), NORTH CAMBS 111 (14) – (Northants rinks only):
Elizabeth Wallace, Val Du’Kett, Liz Hext lost 8-27; Sally Albany, Viv Hempsell, Gill King won 29-16; Terri Handley, Penny Hart, Moira Holroyd lost 15-25; Norma Squires, Wendy Stevens, Myra Landsburgh won 22-17; Carol Warters, Shirley Suffling, Chris Ford lost 25-26.
SILVER JUBILEE VASE FRIENDLY
NORTHANTS bt NORTH CAMBS 91-56 (Northants rinks only):
Karen Porter, Marlene Osborne, Joyce Needham won 33-18; Veina Slater, Dawn Prosser, Carol Grief won 31-22; Pat Booth, Pauline Jones, Linda Toms won 27-16.
