WARWICKSHIRE Women battled to a hard-fought 113-94 victory against Northamptonshire at Wellingborough Bowling Club.
Highest winning rink went to Janice White (RLS) with Nicola Bradshaw (Rugby Thornfield), Vivienne Belt (Stratford) and Wendy Holloway (Welford) who secured a dominant 20-8 success.
Elsewhere, Debbie Bloxham with Elspeth Summers (both Stratford), Caroline Halliwell and Jenny Wickens (both RLS) made a strong start only for Northamptonshire to almost draw level after seven ends.
However, the Warwickshire side held their own and eventually triumphed 25-16.
And Chris Cooke (Southam) with Ginny Burns (Warwick Boat Club), Lynne Innes (Stratford) and Ann Harwood (Nuneaton) scored five shots at the 14th end to claim a narrow 19-17 victory.
The team of Heather Mills with Dawn Horne (both RLS), Pat Lowe (Rugby Thornfield) and Liz Wooding (Avenue Coventry) held on in their game to secure a narrow 14-13 win.
However, Maureen Edwards (Rugby Thornfield) with Joy Cooke (Sherwood Park), Jayne Henfrey (Lillington) and Anita Cowdrill (RLS) matched their opponents up and began to pull away before eventually slipping to a 17-14 defeat.
And Sue Hornsby with Pippa Mace (both Lillington), Di Medhurst (Avenue Coventry) and Gill Maund (Sherwood Park) led by six shots after four ends only for their opponents to produce a comeback and triumph 23-21.
Warwickshire’s immediate past president, Caroline Harris, presented a colt badge to Caroline Halliwell (RLS).
