County glory
JA Brown 21 J H Farrell 1, D Kilburn 21 D Bousfield 20, Shaun Fox 19 R Morgan 21, P Berry 19 P Senior 21, D Teale 21 M Barron 15, D Fox 21 GN Jaskolski 8, G Foulkes 21 S Greaves 14, H Lumb 17 M G Sykes 21, A Lumb 17 R Dickinson 21, E Wareing 18 P Hopkinson 21, T Butterfield 12 G Swain 21, A Wolfenden 21 R L Senior 16. Stephen Pinfield 21 G Radcliffe 5, Ashley Tattersley 21 C Starkey 9, Scott Tattersley 21 R Dunford 19, Allan Thompson 21 M Richardson 9, Simon Walder 21 D Beeby 16, Harry Seerha 21 Kieron Spencer-Halsall 13, Robert Hitchen 21 C Longbottom 6, Graham Higgins 21 N Gomersall 9, Ian Newby 21 Kyle Spencer-Halsall 11, Paul Ingleby 21 M Martin 10, Richard Brook 8 A R Heaume 21, Ryan Mitchell 19 D Ripley 21.
T Boothroyd 12 W Moseley 21, K Wenzel 13 Andrew Harper 21, M Wenzel 5 D Slattery 21, G Siswick 21 R Snr Walsh 7, T Brook 17 R Manning 21, R Chomiak 13 R Cox 21, P Binns 10 Peter Kain 21, J Greenhalgh 21 Mark Richardson 13, P Longbottom 18 E Haigh 21, R Whitwam 21 M Cox 15, M Giles 21 J McMahon 12, M Atkinson 21 Michael Snr Higgins 16.
A Cairns 18 Ian Pountney 21, C Kelly 21 Dean Pountney 19, Craig Gant 21 Martin Laycock 17, R Clarke 21 Gary Mountain 11, R Jackson 21 Darren Hickey 4, M Anderson 21 Wayne Hirst 14, K Damms 14 Graham Hirst 21, R Armitage 6 Martin Fox 21, A Staitham 8 Aiden Fox 21, Jack Dyson 21 Ian Smith 10, M Farmer 8 Martin Murphy 21, K Reilly 16 John Leach 21. Meltham A won the Sanderson Cup. Left to right: Alicia Beaumont, Jacqui Roper, Karen Gant, Marie Nicholson (captain), Ann Smith, Yolande Sykes, Hazel Rangeley, Jane Buchan YORKSHIRE Ladies are British champions!
After a 14-year gap, the White Rose team sponsored by Damart beat North Midlands by 38 points to win the British Inter-County Championship.
The final was at Bridgewater Bowling Club, Whitchurch, and to reach the showpiece Yorkshire featuring plenty of Huddersfield bowlers – had a difficult first-round group of games including Shropshire and Warwick & Worcester, emerging the victors to beat South Yorkshire in the semi-finals.
There were some excellent performances from the Yorkshire team, including Dawn Bray (Ossett Flying Horse) winning 21-8, Karen Hill (Hanging Heaton) 21-6 and Chloe Hirst (Hove Edge) 21-9, plus some good and determined bowling from the rest of the team.
Nichole Farrar (Whitkirk) 20 Lesley Shaw 21; Suzanne Howarth (New Mill) 14 Rebecca Taylor 21; Andrea Buckley (New Mill) 21 Frances Filliard 15; Viv Abel (Skipton Broughton Road) 8 Gillian Greenbank 21; Lorraine Hirst (Linthwaite Hall) 21 June LLoyd 16; Alicia Beaumont (Meltham) 21 Carol Blakey 15; Mo Chambers 8 Debbie Cross 21; Sophie Brown (Farnley Tyas) 21 Ros Taylor 18; Dawn Bray (Ossett Flying Horse) 21 Lynn Wood 8; Suzi Ladbrooke (Lockwood Con) 19 Jenny Adams 21; Karen Hill (Hanging Heaton) 21 Karen Healley 6; Lynda Drury (New Mill) 12 Elizabeth Wooding 21.
Fern Beaumont (Paddock C&B) 21 Josie Shepherd 18; Alexis Lunn-Gadd (Ossett Fying Horse) 21 Joyce Thomson 10; Jacquie Roper (Meltham) 13 Debbie Welland 21; Helen Gilroiy (Rufford Park) 21 Sharon Masters 10; Marie Lockwood (New Mill) 14 Maggie Barnes 21; Karen Gant (Meltham) 21 Emilie Jones 13; Linda Gledhill (New Mill) 14 Liz Roberts 21; Mandy Wilson (Chapel Allerton) 21 Angela Jones 16; Chloe Hirst (Hove Edge) 21 Julie Hallam 9; Julie Mallinson (Lockwood Con) 21 Jackie Burdett 14; Sharon Gadd (West Park) 21 Lyn Clarke 18; Sally Turner (Mirfield C&B) 18 Carol Verdon 2.