YORKSHIRE Ladies play their second game in the British Championship on Sunday against Staffordshire – with Huddersfield bowlers again to the fore as the county bid for a big win.
The home team play at Linthwaite Hall (2pm), while the away team travel to Meir Sports and Social Club, Stoke on Trent.
In the first games of the competition, Yorkshire narrowly lost to Warwickshire by 17 points while Staffordshire were beaten by Coventry & District.
While Yorkshire were the runners-up in last year’s final, Staffordshire won the competition in 2007.
Yorkshire need a good win to have any chance in this year’s event.
At Linthwaite Hall: Katy Atkinson (Marsh Utd) v Sue Wright; Linda Gledhill (New Mill) v Laura Hame; Karen Gant (Meltham) v Lianne Evans; Ann Hinchliffe (Marsh Utd) v Kerry Evans; Karen Whitefoot (Marsh Utd) v Heather Rowe; Linda Drury (New Mill) v Emma Scragg; Alicia Ormsby (Meltham) v Beth Ball; Lynn Carter (Cowcliffe Lib) v Janet Salmon; Diane Radcliffe (Lockwood Cons) v Julie Burgess; Suzanne Howarth (New Mill) v Janet Hope; Julie Mallinson (Outlane) v Patsy Allen; Suzi Ladbroke (Lockwood Con) v Paulette Wheeldon.
At Meir Sports and Social Club: Dawn Bray (Ossett Flying Horse) v Leanne Burgess; Lisa Rice (Harold Club) v Joanne Podmore; Amanda Hagen (Ossett Flying Horse) v Carol Matthews; Karen Hill (Hanging Heaton) v Sylvia Holmes; Debbie Davies (Pudsey BC) v Carol Thompson; Louise Whiteley (Hove Edge) v Eileen Hollinshead; Laura Middleton (New Mill) v Gill Welsh; Alexis Lunn-Gadd (Morton House) v Joan Lewis; Sharon Gadd (West Park) v Hazel MacDonald; Andrea Buckley (New Mill) v Janet Hargreaves; Jacqui Roper (Meltham) v Stacey Brown.
Meanwhile, four teams of Yorkshire Junior bowlers are travelling to the Grange, Warrington, on Saturday to try to retain the British Crown Green Ladies Junior County Championship title – which they have held for the past two years.
Sixteen teams from across the country will be competing in four sections – the winners playing off in semi-finals and final.
Team Keith (Hatzer): Kieran Bannister (Heptonstall), Josh Mordue (Brighouse Sports), Rhys Beaumont (Broad Oak), Melissa Hoyle (Broad Oak), Chloe Ghaffar (Newsome WMC) and Harry Lumb (Kirkheaton Con).
Team Sheila (Whiteley): Robbie Ellis (Skipton Craven), Robert Wainwright (Rothwell BC), Fern Beaumont (Broad Oak), Charlotte Holmes (Garforth Rec), Shane Wainwright (Rothwell BC), Danny Teale (Kirkheaton Con).
Team Alan (Stephenson): Matthew Jacques (Shipley BC), Chris Jacques (Shipley BC), Jack Humpleby (Shepley), Chloe Hirst (Queensbury), Marc Armitage (Pudsey Littlemoor), Chloe Lay (Earlsheaton).
Team Bridget (Lunn): Sophie Brown (Almondbury BC), Matthew Bell (Borough, Scarborough), Mason Hill (Brockholes), Kieran Ormsby (Staincliffe), Jamie Winterburn (Garforth Rec) Lucy Hemmingway (Brockholes).
