In only their second series, they had managed to win their first match at this level, and had forced the host country to occupy the bottom spot in the five countries final league table.’I’m quite proud of what the girls have achieved,’ said Jersey president Ros McKernan.
‘The more exposure our players have at international level, the better they will become.’A handful of the Island’s players have experience of playing at Commonwealth Games and world level, but many newcomers to the international cauldron aquitted themselves well this weekend.’It’s also nice to recognise some of the best players who we’ve only heard about, and the success of the St Brelade four in the British championships shows that the top stars can be beaten,’ insisted McKernan.’I was delighted with our first win in the series,’ she added.
‘Though a little sad, in a way, that it had to be against the host country – because they have been so welcoming in every possible way.
We will have a job to match their hospitality next year, when the series comes to Les Creux, but we are looking forward to the challenge,’ she said, after formally accepting the British Isles Women’s Bowling Council flag to take home to Jersey.On the green, Jersey’s bowlers completed their programme yesterday with a creditable 129-100 result against the defending champions, Scotland, who won on five rinks.Claudette Renouf, Sue Silcox, Jean Jones and Sue Dingle produced a storming finish to the series, beating Margaret Russell’s quartet, 25-12, but Alison Birch’s rink were sadly not able to record their fourth successive win.With two wins and a draw in four games, Dingle’s rink finished with a shots credit of +22, while Birch won three out of four against formidable opposition, and was ten shots to the good over the piece.Karina Horman’s rink looked on course for their first win yesterday when they took a 7-0 lead over Liz Dickson’s quartet, but slipped to their third successive six-shots defeat.
