FREEDOM Ladies won the Bolton Rounders League Champion of Champions Tournament with a seven run defeat of Willow Ladies in the final at Westhoughton CC.
Willows batted first with a 25 start and struggled to hit 75 runs. They lost four batters for no score in the first round due to some fine backstopping from Tanya Moores and several able catches. Gail Heaton scored a rounder with her first hit and went on to score 18 runs, with Angela Williams scoring 12 and Jean Bagnall five.
Freedom Ladies began their innings knowing the target required, and from the first ball pushed hard for the extra points, Sharon Entwistle, Kelly Amphlet, Debra Pike and Gemma Macnamara all scored rounders. Captain Wendy Nightingale after two no scores went on to grab two rounders in succession.
Willows fielded well with some excellent long throws, and tried hard to contain a team ready to take chances, but it was not to be and Freedom came out winners with 82 runs scored.
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