Yorkshire make it five out of five at County Finals
Triumphant Yorkshire completed a clean sweep in the English counties championship when they defeated Dorset 7½ -1½ on the last day of the finals at Long Ashton in Gloucestershire
Triumphant Yorkshire completed a clean sweep in the English counties championship when they defeated Dorset 7½ -1½ on the last day of the finals at Long Ashton in Gloucestershire.
It was their fifth win from five matches and it confirmed their victory in the championship. They couldn t be caught after winning their first four matches but they were determined to complete the week with a full set.
The battle for second place ended in success for Hertfordshire who beat Sussex 6-3 and scored 3½ points from the week. Warwickshire moved up into third place when they beat Leicestershire and Rutland 5-4 and overtook them in the table.
Yorkshire s victory was their fifth consecutive win in the championship and they are the first team to achieve that feat.
Yorkshire training officer Joy Hunter commented: It s a fabulous result and especially because we have now won the championship five times in a row. I am just so thrilled for the girls who have all worked so hard all week.
The match was probably the last appearance for Yorkshire by former English champion Naomi Edwards. She s going to Tour School in the New Year and she said: I hope this is my last time in the nicest possible way!
She signed off in style, teaming up with Sara Garbutt for a 9/7 victory in the foursomes, which they completed with a winning birdie.
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Meanwhile, the fight for second place was fiercely contested. Hertfordshire and Leicestershire & Rutland started the day on level terms, half a point ahead of Warwickshire.
The honours eventually went to Hertfordshire while Leicestershire were overtaken by a battling Warwickshire side.
Hertfordshire captain Jaki White said afterwards: I am so pleased and so proud of my team. They knew what they had to do and they went out and did it. It was fabulous.
Warwickshire s Bev Belcher was jubilant after her side bounced back from losing the foursomes 2½- ½. They responded with 4½ points from the six singles and she said: It was just absolutely awesome.
Final placings
Yorkshire 5pts
Hertfordshire 3½
Warwickshire 3
Leicestershire & Rutland 2½
Sussex 1
Dorset 0
Fifth day results
Hertfordshire 6 Sussex 3
(Hertfordshire names first)
Foursomes
Lucy Williams & Charlie Field beat Aileen Greenfield & Chloe Court 6/5
Jackie Foster & Tina Jeary beat Emma Fields & Katherine Russell 1 up
Charlie Douglass & Steph McEvoy lost to Hannah Ralph & Karen Sykes 2 down.
Singles
Alison Franklin beat Jo Galway 7/5
Harriet Key beat Chloe Court 5/4
Williams beat Clarissa Bushell 5/4
Field lost to Russell 2/1
Douglass beat Fields 2/1
Jeary lost to Ralph 2/1
Warwickshire 5 Leicestershire & Rutland 4
(Warwickshire names first)
Foursomes
Claire Howells & Charlotte Dalton halved with Chloe Dexter & Jamie-Leigh Voss
Lauren Taylor & Ashley Cramond lost to Tracy Bourne & Jo Morris 4/3
Lisa Barton & Abby Gittings lost to Kym Larratt & Helen Lowe 3/2
Singles
Barton beat Voss 3/2
Tracy Atkin lost to Larratt 3/2
Gittings halved with Morris
Dalton beat Dexter 3/2
Howells beat Bourne 2/1
Hannah McLoughlin beat Lowe 3/2
Dorset 1½ Yorkshire 7½
(Dorset names first)
Foursomes
Hayley Davis & Marketa Mann lost to Nikki Dunn & Ellie Robinson 2/1
Melanie Buxton & Harriet Legg lost to Naomi Edwards & Sara Garbutt 9/7
Georgia Hall & Melissa McMahon halved with Kim Crooks & Laura Harvey
Singles
McMahon lost to Emma Brown 4/3
Davis beat Helen Searle 1 up
Hall lost to Robinson 1 down
Legg lost to Harvey 2 down
Mann lost to Crooks 1 down
Ilona Davidson lost to Dunn 1 down
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