THE NWBF county teams are still seeking their first wins of the season in the Donald Steward Trophy and Silver Jubilee Vase following a double defeat in Suffolk.
The Steward team picked up four points from their 119-86 defeat at Kessingland, the wins coming from the rinks of Chris Ford and Myra Landsburgh.
The Vase team could only muster 12 players because of illness and unavailability, and so had to play one player short on three of the five rinks at Halesworth, hence the scoreline of 194-51 and a nil return.
RESULTS
DONALD STEWARD TROPHY
Northants 86 (4), Suffolk 119 (16) – (Northants rinks only):
Marlene Osborne, Viv Hempsell, Gill King lost 13-30; Shirley Suffling, Sally Albany, Myra Landsburgh won 22-20; Terri Handley, Linda Toms, Carol Grief lost 20-21; Elizabeth Wallace, Moira Holroyd, Chris Ford won 22-18; Miriam Hulbert, Sharon Green, Pat Jones lost 9-29.
SILVER JUBILEE VASE
Northants 51 (0), Suffolk 194 (20) – (Northants rinks only):
Christine Frost, Sue Mansbridge, Liz Hext lost 12-39; Kate Heath, Ann Northen, Joyce Needham lost 13-35; Wendy Stevens & Val Du’Kett lost 7-41; Karen Mercer & Ann Cooper lost 11-46; Linda Starbuck & Althea Taylor lost 8-33.
