WARWICKSHIRE Women suffered a cruel 89-87 two-shot defeat against Gloucestershire in the club’s second Middle England League match of the season.
Warwickshire led by 12 shots after 10 ends but could not maintain their lead as Gloucestershire staged a comeback to triumph by two shots at Pineholt Bowls Club.
The highest winning rink went to Warwickshire’s Pat Gagg with Donna Kerr (Lillington), Dawn Horne and Anita Cowdrill (both Royal Leamington Spa) as three shots on the ninth end saw the quartet claim a 19-11 win.
Skip Maureen Edwards with Becky Lever (both Rugby Thornfield), Pippa Mace (Lillington) and Jenny Wickens (RLS) recovered from a slow start to take four shots on the fifth end and secure a 20-13 success.
Jenny Corn (Lillington) with Jacqui Ashley (RLS), Vanessa Brazier (Rugby Railway) and Ros Taylor (Avenue Coventry) found themselves level until the last end when four shots helped the quartet to a 14-11 win.
However, Debbie Bloxham (Stratford) with Joy Cooke (Sherwood Park), Jayne Henfrey (Lillington) and Wendy Holloway (Welford) led 15-1 after nine ends only for Gloucestershire to stage a remarkable comeback to triumph 17-16.
And Gill Maund (Sherwood Park), Caroline Halliwell (RLS), Lynne Fowler (Southam) and Ann Harwood (Nuneaton) were level at nine-all after nine ends before Gloucestershire pulled away to win 19-10.
The Warwickshire quartet of Pat Moore (Three Spires) with Nicola Bradshaw (Rugby Thornfield), Lynne Innes (Stratford) and Chris Hurst (RLS) suffered a similar fate as they kept pace for the first half of the game but lost the momentum in the second half to lose 18-8.
