Gloucestershire Women’s County Finals

THE blue riband event of bowls, the Women’s County Singles Final, was won by Elaine Lewis (Redland Green) in an intriguing battle with Gill Fry (Gloucester Spa). The final score was 21-13 win.

The Pairs Final saw a stunning game that went down to the very last end with May Shurmer and Margaret McColl (Cheltenham Spa) defeating last season’s champions Lynne Drysdale and Sue Latham (Olveston) 22-21.

The Fours Final saw Gill Hodder, Val Heathcote, Jean Crook and Jacky Howes (Stroud) beat last year's runners-up Ann Leach, Maureen Richards-Smart, Pauline Gunn and Kay Gent (Caer Glow).

Stroud made the early gains and then won five ends on the trot to lead 18-5.

Three winning ends later they had sealed victory 22-8.

The Triples Final went the way of Sally Rolls, Chris Prosser and Gill Fry (Gloucester Spa) who up against Di McCullough, Val Ford and Barbara Brown (Arrow Ladies) stormed to a 27-15 victory.

Val Molton (Kingswood & Hanham) retained her Two Wood Singles crown when up against Isobel Cooke (Arrow Ladies) by a margin of 18-5.

The Champion of Champions saw Val Osmond (Ardagh) beat Marion Haynes (Tewkesbury) 22-10.

In the Unbadged Singles final Angela Furhuraire (Gloucester Spa) hit a purple patch mid-game to beat Jenny Somers (Canford) 21-13.