Lymo ladies suffer defeat but stay top (From Bournemouth Echo)

Lymo ladies suffer defeat but stay top

7:00am Wednesday 10th June 2009 in

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LYMINGTON remain on top of A Division despite their home defeat by West Moors (38-41). Kay Richardson’s squad collected two points for the hosts (21-18), but that was covered by Dot Eason, Val Baxter, Judith Miles and Janet Price (23-17) who kick-started West Moors to four points.

The remaining four matches also resulted in away wins. Southbourne slipped out of the top three after losing out to Broadstone 5-1 (43-27), with Ros Valentine, Janet Harford, Sibil Ball and Anne Williams pounding the Tower Ladies 25-9. Jan Dearling’s rink (18-18) denied Broadstone the six points, however.

Redhill Park’s first success of the season came at Poole Park 6-0 (47-27). Redhill’s best, Barbara Bell, Linda Hyde, Pauline Wiseman and Pat Horgan (25-11) were backed up by Ethel Hanlon’s quartet (22-16).

New Milton could not buck the trend, losing to Richmond Park, with Sylvia Postill, Monica Niemier, Lynda Gorf and Eileen Deadman (30-16) more than matching the 20-11 by New Milton’s winning skip Sheila Nicoll.

Iford Bridge gained a 6-0 (43-31) at Fortress Braeside.

B DIVISION

WEST Moors’ winning rink of Ann Savage, Sandra Rhodes, Pat Chance and Olive Freeman (21-12) proved decisive in a 4-2 (35-30) victory over Argyll, for whom Norma Richens’s squad (18-14) put up a spirited reply.

Ferndown, Brockenhurst and Broadstone all managed 6-0 home wins. Brockenhurst led the way, giving Pelhams a 60-22 pasting, thanks to Dorothy Bond (42-6) who combined with Jean Lees’s rink (18-16) to pulverise the opposition.

Broadstone amassed 51 shots, but Braeside managed to get close, eventually going down 51-44. Broadstone skips Jean Ames (27-23) and Sheila Thomson (24-21) worked in tandem for the double-rink victory.

Ferndown’s result was even tighter as visitors Richmond Park fell five shots short (40-35). Bessie Woods, Rosemary Butler, Brenda Phillips and Julie Stringer’s 21-17 winning margin proved priceless, after Ferndown’s other skip Barbara Brown hung on (19-18).

Mary Jones, Doreen Cross, Gill Head and Jenny Osborne (21-11) ensured Swanmore picked up a 4-2 success at Wimborne.

C DIVISION

KINGS Park were knocked off of their perch by visitors Fordingbridge even though opposing skips Beryl Nuttall (Kings) and Pat Lugg (Turks) settled for an honourable draw (18-18). In a tense finish, it was left to the visitors’ winning skip Jenny Alder (19-18) to clinch the match on the final end (34-33).

Ringwood and Verwood now head the table on the same points. Ringwood romped home against visitors Southbourne, with Chris Pentelow (32-19) and Mary Macarthur (18-10) supervising a Foresters maximum.

Skips Audrey Merrington (22-16) and Pat Downing (20-17) were at the tiller for Verwood, who also picked up six points in their home win against Lymington. Highcliffe joined the chasing pack after skips Valerie Snook (30-15) and Janet Emerson (26-13) urged their team on to a 6-0 (56-28) success over New Milton. Christchurch edged away from the drop zone with a 4-2 (42-28) home win over Bournemouth. Beryl Round, Doreen Hewitt, Hilda Cummings and Mary Poore (30-15) chimed in for Christchurch, with the Belles response coming from Joan Belcher’s rink (23-12).

D DIVISION

BRANKSOME Park registered their fourth 6-0 victory of the season in convincing fashion at Redhill Park.

A resounding 32-8 win by Carol Williams, Stefanie Pinson, Maureen Matthews and Irene Button, bolstered by Lola Barker’s quartet (22-17), set up the Squirrels’ 54-25 total.

Georgina Bennett, Audrey Grinstead, Janet Fish and Jean Perry (26-16), backed up by Jean Robins’s rink (22-17), justified team selection as Pelhams triumphed 6-0 over club-mates Pelhams II.

Alexandra Park took maximum points from visitors Highcliffe thanks to Dierdre Owen’s rink (26-16). They were given fine support by Gill Fagg’s foursome, who paved the way for Alex’s 50-29 win.

Annette Chant, Joy Munday, Bobby Thompson and Mary Burrell-Davis (26-18), allied with Joan Anthony’s quartet (19-17), oversaw Argyll’s domination of Kings Park.

After 20 ends at Swanmore, Milford-on-Sea held a one-shot advantage across the boards. The Swans’ winning skip Pearl Shepheard picked up two shots to finish 23-22, as did visiting skip Diana Goodyear (16-14) to earn Milford a 4-2 (38-37) success.

E DIVISION

SOUTHBOURNE were left reeling at Poole Park as the hosts completed their fourth consecutive 6-0 triumph. Poole’s final tally of 57-21 included a hot shot from Rosemary Stainer, Anita Jones, Joan Eales and Gwyneth Foord (33-10) and a clinical 24-11 from Mo Mowlam’s rink.

Richmond Park also remain unbeaten after their 42-20 win over Broadstone. Carol Gariano, Anslie Kibby, Marie Crone and Anne Lodge (23-7) set up Richmond’s 6-0 win.

In contrast, Iford Bridge are still seeking a first success after their 4-2 (40-35) home defeat against Moordown. Sheila Nelson, Erika Sykes, Olive Long and Cathy France (24-17) covered Iford’s winning rink (18-16).

West Moors completed a hat-trick of victories for the club with a 44-32 victory at Lymington.

F DIVISION

FERNDOWN rattled up a mammoth 60-19 win at Richmond Park thanks to a dazzling display from Audrey Craig, Ruth Lawrenson, Margaret Bengtsson and Anne Wrightson (40-8) along with Mary Harris’s sparklers (20-11) who kept the hosts in top spot.

New Milton came out on top at Moordown (47-39) after Jean Clark, Dorothy Macartney, Mary Herlihy and Chris Mays (32-12) comfortably covered Moordown’s Nancy Peckham (27-15).

Janet Young (31-21) steered Braeside to their first points with a 4-2 (48-40) home victory over Shelley Park.

G DIVISION

YET to lose a rink this season, Redhill Park ran out 6-0 (43-38) winners at Argyll. Val Griffiths, Angela Hopkins and Mary Pearce top-scored with 22-18, as Gladys Rolfe wrapped up the six points with a last-end single (21-20).

Branksome Park I also collected a maximum – but only just – as their colleagues Branksome II tried to prove a point. Jeannette Newman lost out to Hannah Rose 18-17 and Babs Shand was edged out by Hilary Jenkins 20-19.

There was yet more six appeal at Highcliffe where the hosts lost out to Swanmore 38-30. Jo Dunn, Isabell Barr and Jo Batley (20-15) were complemented by Chris Friery’s triple (18-15) for the Swans.

Geraldine Somerton’s rink (20-11) ensured the match points for Milford-on-Sea, but Poole Park held on to two points courtesy of Shirley Richardson who doggedly held on 20-19.