SUE Cooke from the Box club bids this Saturday to reach her third Wiltshire National Championship final at North Wilts later this month.

She will be competing in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the ladies top competition, four wood singles, at Bradford-on-Avon.

Cooke is already through to the county fours and triples finals as well as qualifying to represent Wiltshire in these two events in the National Championships at Royal Leamington Spa at the beginning of August.

Surprisingly only one of the players in the last eight of the singles has ever reached the county final before and represented Wiltshire at Leamington in this event.

That is Michele Williams from the Avon Club (formerly Cooper Avon Tyres) who won the title in 2005.

From an initial entry of 79 players this year only eight now remain and all of them are from different clubs around the county.

DRAW: Janet Daniell (Wootton Bassett) v Sue Cooke (Box); Jean Renicks (Swindon North End) v Delia Godwin (Chippenham Town); Rosemary Nichols (Westlecot) v Michele Williams (Avon); Sandra Bartlett (Winsley) v Maureen Woolley (Alderbury).

BOWLS Wiltshire Women’s representative team enjoyed mixed fortunes in their latest friendly matches.

Under the leadership of 2010 president June Coyle (North Wilts) they were beaten 105-124 by Berkshire at Wilton despite winning on three of the six rinks.

However, a few days later they bounced back to defeat Glamorgan CWBA 118-104 at Wootton Bassett even though the rink scores were again tied at 3-3.

RESULTS

Versus Berkshire

Rink 1: Sue Frost lost to J Holmes 15-22; Rink 2: Margaret Annetts beat S Harrison 19-17; Rink 3: Iris Gardiner lost to M Nutley 15-30; Rink 4: Joyce Lewis beat J Hill 21-17; Rink 5: Sue Burgess lost to J Porter 16-26; Rink 6: B Bowen beat S Young 19-12.

Score: Wiltshire lost to Berkshire 105-124.

Versus Berkshire

Rink 1: Sue Frost lost to J Holmes 15-22; Rink 2: Margaret Annetts beat S Harrison 19-17; Rink 3: Iris Gardiner lost to M Nutley 15-30; Rink 4: Joyce Lewis beat J Hill 21-17; Rink 5: Sue Burgess lost to J Porter 16-26; Rink 6: B Bowen beat S Young 19-12.

Score: Wiltshire beat Glamorgan 118-104.

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