Notts bowlers win national title for first time in 40 years
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE'S women bowlers have won the national inter-county championship, the Johns Trophy, for the first time in 40 years.
They beat Oxfordshire in the final 106-104 on the opening day of the Bowls England Women's National Championships at Royal Leamington Spa after a nail-biting 120-119 win against Cornwall in the semi-final earlier in the day.
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Notts President Sandra Maguire (right) receives the John's Trophy from Bowls England Women's President Diane Ingle after the County's victory at Leamington Spa
The rink of Sue Mart, Maureen Dixon, Angela Porter and Sylvia Offler led the way in both the semi-final and final – recording Nottinghamshire's only winning rink in the semi-final with a 36-12 win against Cornwall's Elizabeth Bray and a further 31-13 win in the final against Oxfordshire's Carol Penson.
Nottinghamshire's last win in the competition was back in 1969, when they beat Surrey. The county was last in the final in 1990 when they lost to Kent.
This year's victorious team contained five members of that team – Brenda Atherton, Sylvia Offler, Margaret Maidlow, Audrey Pinder and Mavis Osborne.
Rink scores: (Notts skips first)
Semi-final (v Cornwall) – Brenda Atherton lost to Alison Williamson 21-14; Margaret Stokes lost to Gloria Thomas 27-21; Margaret Maidlow drew with Mary Trevennen 15-15; Enid Adams lost to Joan Rees 26-176; Sylvia Offler beat Elizabeth Bray 36-12; Rose Lewis lost to Mary Jenkins 18-17.
Final (v Oxfordshire) – Stokes lost to Caroline Campion 21-8; Offler beat Carol Penson 31-13; Atherton lost to Katherine Hawes 17-14; Adams lost to Barbara Pearce 24-14; Maidlow drew with Sue Lacy 16-16; Lewis bt Ann Norton 23-13.
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