Tour 1:
29th & 30th March @ Miscues, Barnsley
Main: (R1) Final: Collette Henriksen 7-2 Emma Cunningham
Plate: (QF) Final: Leah Willet 5-1 Sue Ramsbottom
For the first tour of the year I drew Sue Ramsbottom in the 9.30am round. I'm not the best at that time in the morning but was confident going into the match after playing well recently. Sue however, who had qualified for the England ladies team earlier in the month, rattled off a 5-2 victory over me. I struggled a bit with my position which cost me a couple of frames but overall Sue deserved to go through.
So into the plate I went... winning a very close match against Theresa Sheridan 4-3, then had a bye in R2 to see me playing against Norma Nagle in the last 16. After going 2 nil down when I probably could have had both opening frames, I went on to take the next 4. I was through to my first Sunday in a Quarter Final against my friend Anne-Louise Eaton. We both struggled in the early frames but it was close all the way with Loopy coming out victor 5-4.
I was well happy though to get that far, and have improved on each tour so far. Next tour is at Peterborough where I have drawn Leicestershire team mate Rebecca Osborne. It should be another close match, just a shame we have drawn each other again!! Tour 2 also includes the World Championships qualifiers.
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