Cheshire Salver 1996

M&CBA Teams-of-Four

Liz won the Cheshire Salver!

It is the first County event that she has ever won after twenty years of playing in County events. She entered the County Teams-of-Four [the Lady Connell Cup] and met one of the two Merseyside & Cheshire top teams, captained by Ted Reveley, and duly lost. That's no shame, since my team, including John Armstrong, lost to him in the next round!

First round losers enter the Cheshire Salver. After a first round bye, she played against the team captained by Jon Fjortoft. After 18 boards she was losing by 15 imps, but pulled back 17 imps over the last six boards!

Into the final against Joan King's team. Everyone expected Joan King to win. Liz gained 15 imps over the first 8 boards, then another 18, then another 16, to lead by 49 with 8 to play. She was somewhat worried because her team never wins after leading! Dropping 11 imps over the last 8 boards was no hardship and she duly won.

• Liz's team was:
  • Liz Stevenson [Capt]
  • Julia Dearing
  • Lucy Jones
  • Simon Jones
  • Ann Hughes [played against Fjortoft instead of Julia Dearing]
• The opposition was:
  • Joan King [Capt]
  • Olwen Brown
  • Roger Allison
  • Avril Lee

Since then, Liz has shown this is really her own event, by winning it again in 2000 and 2002.

In 2000	Liz Stevenson Ann Hughes Grattan Endicott Lucy Jones Simon Jones in earlier rounds	beat	E O'Keefe R Roberts C Bryd G Cowie
In 2002	Liz Stevenson Steve Pennington Simon Jones Lucy Jones Ann Hughes in earlier rounds	beat	Joan King Olwen Brown Jean Mason Margaret Lloyd

Editor's note:

• If you want to comment on this article, why not write direct to Liz Stevenson? She will be pleased to hear from you!

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