The finals of the Diana Lloyd Memorial Shield were hosted by the Friendly Bar, Citrus Centre with a great turn out from the league to support this `Clash of the Titans´. The two top teams this season, Gap Girlz and CK1 Ladybirds were pitched against each other in what promised to be a nail biter and it certainly didn´t disappoint.
The first of the 3 `pairs´ games featured ladies Singles Winner, Bliss Wright and teammate Chelsea Campbell go head to head with Dons Ralph (Singles finalist) and Sharon O´Rourke, the latter pair coming away with the spoils 2-1.
Gap´s Gail Murray and Yvonne Rouffignac then volleyed a 2-0 against the Gatling gun arm of Kirsty Green and Gena Woods. No matter, the Ladybirds retorted with a victory in the third, courtesy of Angela Mullen and Lynn young against Amanda Skinner and veteran Cynthia Jevons.
In the first of the singles, Bird´s Sue Cam stole a 2-0 zinger against Jevons, the ´Reds´ erupting at their 3-1 advantage. The turning point came when Rouffignac faced Ralph but the steely determination of ´Roofie´ won through. Spurred on by this, the Gap took the next two singles 2-0 by means of Wright and Murray to bring them to 4-3.
The real match of the night was than between the Chelsea Dagger and Foghorn Leghorn Green which saw several attempts at a check-out in the third leg until finally the `Dagger´ sunk in D5 for the all-important 5th game. In true style, Skinner and Woods played the 9th game to see what the outcome would have been had it been 4 apiece in the previous game. Super Amanda scored the final hit in a 2-1 finale, score on the doors 6-3 to the Gap Girlz.
Hot Shots: Bliss Wright 123, 121, 117; Gail Murray 134, 100; Chelsea Campbell 140: Cynthia Jevons 134; Dons Ralph 133¸ Amanda Skinner 121, 100; Yvonne Rouffignac 100 x 2; Sue Christie 114.
The League would like to bid a fond farewell to Gap Girlz Cynthia Jevons, who will be returning to Blighty for good next week. Cynthia was one of the founder members of Gogarty´s Gals, who became The Gap Ladies and ultimately the Gap Girlz. Good luck and best wishes from us all Cynthia, we will miss you xx.
Photo: Back row: Sue Cam, Gean Woods, Christine Pattison, Kirsty Green, Gail Murray, Sandra O´Rourke, Dona Ralph, Angela Mullen, Amanda Skinner, Sue Christie,
Front Row; Cynthia Jevons, Yvonne Rouffignac, Chelsea Campbell, Bliss Wright, Sandra Crabbe, Lynn Young.
