HUDDERSFIELD provided all the home team for Yorkshire County Ladies – and they were triumphant against Cumbria.
Playing at Almondbury BC, Yorkshire took the home leg 243-191 while the away side won 207-200 at King Alfred BC for a 59-point overall success.
Captain Joan Wrigley (Broad Oak) watched her side play excellently at home for another excellent County Championship result – Julie Best (Marsh U) and Pauline Wilde (Lockwood Con) holding their nerve to clinch 21-20 successes.
Home – (Yorkshire names first): Linda Gledhill (New Mill) 21 Debbie Hall 14, Judi Hollingworth (Meltham) 21 Linda Valentine 18, Julie Best (Marsh U) 21 Violet Dennison 20, Marie Lockwood (New Mill) 21 Dorothy Hodgson 14, Ann Hinchliffe (Lockwood Con) 21 Barbara Hudson 4, Karen Gant (Meltham) 21 Karen Walker 19, Susan Gibson (Lockwood Con) 18 Margaret Stott 21, Pauline Wilde (Lockwood Con) 21 Sue Hillbeck 20, Jean Gee (Marsh U) 15 Janet Moxham 21, Marjorie Haigh (Marsh U) 21 Amy Huddleston 17, Lynn Carter (Cowcliffe Lib) 21 Kay Baker 10, Jacqui Roper (Meltham) 21 Mary Smith 13.
Away – (Yorkshire names first): Louise Whiteley (Hove Edge) 21 Charlotte Hampson 12, Dawn Bray (Ossett FH) 21 Wendy Holmes 17, Alicia Ormsby (Heckmondwike) 11 Audrey Silverster 21, Karen Hill (Hanging Heaton) 16 Angela Athersmith 21, June Johnson (Ossett FH) 18 Marian Alexander 21, Sue Haigh (Savile Park) 7 Joyce Athersmith 21, Christine Sutcliffe (Methley) 13 Margaret Hampson 21, Lyn Dye (Cas Town) 21 Thelma Bratney 20, Sharon Gadd (West Park) 21 Jule Gibbons 14, Andrea Buckley (New Mill) 16 Sandra Wood 21, Debbie Davis (Pudsey BC) 21 Kath Salisbury 9, Helen Gilroy (Eccleshill) 21 Marion Birbeck 2.
