Warwickshire beat Herefordshire in final Midland England League battle
Warwickshire ease clear for comfortable victory
Warwickshire triumphed 107-83 overvisiting Herefordshire in their final Middle England League battle.
Forecast to be one of the hottest days of the year it was decided to bring the game forward and play more in the morning than the afternoon, which meant an early start for Herefordshire but helped the players to cope with the exceptional weather.
Stratford Bowling Club hosted the match and for the first five ends the teams were evenly matched at 31-30 but then Warwickshire started to pull ahead to finish with a comfortable victory.
Highest winning rink went to skip Debbie Bloxham (Stratford) on Rink 1 with Joy Cooke (Sherwood Park), Jayne Henfrey (Lillington) and Becky Lever (Rugby Thornfield) who started well and were 7-2 up at five ends before continuing in a similar vein to win 20-4.
At the other end of the green on Rink 6, skip Jane Chedgzoy with Wendy Holloway (both Welford), Jacqui Ashley (Royal Leamington Spa - RLS) and Lynne Innes (Stratford) were level pegging at five all on five ends before making their presence felt and going on to win 25-13.
Jenny Corn (Lillington) with Wendy Wilson (Welford), Elspeth Summers (Stratford) and Gill Maund (Sherwood Park) started well with six shots on the third end.
But their opposition were having none of it and retaliated with six on the fourth end.
The teams were then fairly evenly matched until the home side started to pull away to finish with a four shot win 20-16.
Maureen Edwards (Rugby Thornfield) with Pippa Mace (Lillington), Ros Taylor (Avenue Coventry) and Jenny Wickens (RLS) started strongly and were 8-3 up at eight ends before their opponents started to pull back.
But four shots on both the 14th and 15th ends helped their cause and they went on to win 18-15.
Tracy Wheeler (Welford) with Caroline Halliwell (RLS), Lynne Fowler (Southam) and Ann Harwood (Nuneaton) were fairly evenly matched and level 13 all at 16 ends before their opponents pulled ahead on the last two ends to win 18-13.
Pat Gagg with Donna Kerr (both Lillington), Dawn Horne and Anita Cowdrill (both RLS) were only one shot down at the 11th end, 9-8, before their opponents put their foot on the pedal and went ahead to win 17-11.