SUE COOKE has qualified for her third Wiltshire National Championship final at North Wilts later this month, writes DAVE EATON.

The Box player booked her place in the top event, four wood singles final, with two comfortable victories in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the championship event held at Bradford-on-Avon last weekend.

Cooke was 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.

A new name is certain to be engraved on the Wiltshire singles trophy this year as neither Cooke nor her fellow finalist, Sandra Bartlett (Winsley), have ever reached this stage of the competition before.

Cooke opened up at Bradford with a convincing 21-8 success over Janet Daniell and then defeated Delia Godwin (Chippenham T) by five shots.

In the bottom half of the draw, Avon’s Michele Williams, the 2005 champion, accounted for Rosemary Nichols 21-10 but then was totally outbowled by Bartlett.

Williams only managed one shot as Bartlett raced away with the semi-final 21-1 and booked her place in the final against Cooke.

RESULTS

Quarter-finals: Janet Daniell (Wootton Bassett) lost to Sue Cooke (Box) 8-21; Jean Renicks (Swindon North End) lost to Delia Godwin (Chippenham Town) 10-21; Rosemary Nichols (Westlecot) lost to Michele Williams (Avon) 10-21; Sandra Bartlett (Winsley) beat Maureen Woolley (Alderbury) 21-14.

Semi-finals: Cooke beat Godwin 21-15; Williams lost to Bartlett 1-21.

BOWLS Wiltshire Women’s representative team enjoyed a healthy win in their latest South West Counties League match.

They beat Worcestershire by 36 shots on the green at Warminster running out 137-101 victors.

Wiltshire took the honours on four of the six rinks to take 18 of the 22 points on offer.

Their next two SWCL matches are at home at Devizes to Herefordshire and away to Dorset at the end of this week.

RESULTS

Rink 1: Marguerite Alexander lost to J Parfitt 15-21; Rink 2: Wendy Anderson beat W Alfread 21-15; Rink 3: Alex Jacobs beat D Prior 20-19; Rink 4: Fizz Mace lost to A Hutchings 14-22; Rink 5: Janet Willis beat J Jackson 36-12; Rink 6: Kim Smith beat S Davies 31-12.

Score: Wiltshire beat Worcestershire 137-101 and by 18pts to 4.

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