England Senior Women’s 2014 Team Announced

Report courtesy of Bowls England

Bowls England has named four new caps in the women’s senior international team that will defend the British Isles Series in Jersey on Sunday 15th to Tuesday 17th June 2014.

The new faces selected after the trials held in Royal Leamington Spa last weekend are Pa Walker (Leicestershire), Kirsty Hembrow (Somerset), Katherine Rednall (Suffolk) and Rebecca Wigfield (Northamptonshire).

Two of this season’s successful team, Lynne Bowen (Worcestershire) and Jayne Christie (Cambridgeshire), had informed the selectors prior to the trials that they did not wish to be considered for selection in 2014.

Selected team: Deborah Baker (Kent), Julie Leake (Dorset), Sandy Hazell (Kent) & Natalie Melmore (Devon); Pa Walker (Leicestershire), Kirsty Hembrow (Somerset), Stefanie Branfield (Somerset) & Amy Gowshall (Lincolnshire); Katherine Rednall (Suffolk), Rebecca Wigfield (Northamptonshire), Annalisa Bellamy (Lincolnshire) & Ellen Falkner (Cambridgeshire); Sue Davies (Worcestershire), Jo Skelton (Derbyshire), Jean Baker (Derbyshire) & Penny Strong (Lincolnshire); Laura Holden (Somerset); Jamie-Lea Winch (Warwickshire); Nicola Bowe (Cumbria) & Sian Gordon (Buckinghamshire); Sophie Tolchard (Devon), Lorraine Kuhler (Sussex), Pat Bourne (Surrey) & Wendy King (Kent);

Travelling Reserves: Kylie Hampton (Surrey); Katherine Hawes (Oxfordshire)

Non-Travelling Reserves: Lorraine Hackett (Devon); Amy Stanton (Worcestershire)

Captain: Sandy Hazell (Kent)

Team Manager: Edna Bessell MBE (Somerset)