THE Banbury Central trio of Carole Galletly, Stella Amos and Caroline Campion represented England in the British Isles Championships at Les Creuz BC, Jersey.
And they put up a great performance to reach the final, where they went down to a strong Wales outfit.
They opened their campaign against Jersey, and managed to keep their noses in front throughout.
A late fightback from the opposition trio of Sue Dingle, Jean Jones and Gaynor Thomas proved to be in vain as Galletly, Amos and Campion hung on for a hard-fought 19-16 victory.
Things were equally as close in the semi-final against Scotland’s side of Margaret Davidson, Jennifer Forbes and Betty McKenna.
The Banbury bowlers found themselves 10-8 behind after ten ends, but hit back to lead 15-13 after 15 ends, before holding on to claim an 18-15 success.
But they found the going tough against the Wales side of Gill Miles, Jean Hartley and Pam Johns in the final.
A sensational burst from their opponents saw Wales open up a 13-3 advantage after just five ends, and they never looked back.
England could never make any inroads and went down 24-12.
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