Southern are the stars
The Women’s Country InterZone Round Robin fours was completed over the weekend, with Kalgoorlie hosting a sizzling edition of the event with temperatures touching 40 degrees at times.
In round robin events, the challenge is to go through undefeated, and it was the Southern Zone able to achieve that feat, taking all before them to secure the title.
The successful Southern outfit looked like this:
| SKIP | THIRD | SECOND | LEAD | RESULTS |
| K Miller | H Perks | S Armstrong | L Mann | 2 wins (+3) |
| J Zadow | R Young | S Bilney | J Hughes | 2 wins (+28) |
| B Cooper | K Blight | L King | M Rance | 2 wins (+20) |
| B Michell | B Davidson | J O’Neil | T Barrett | 3 wins (+38) |
| C Grant | V Cliff | T Andrews | A Bateup | 3 wins (+36) |
The overall standings for the event finished like this:
| TEAM | WIN PTS | RINKS | MARGIN |
| SOUTHERN | 6 | 12 | +125 |
| SOUTH WEST | 4 | 9 | +32 |
| EASTERN | 2 | 5 | -70 |
| NORTHERN | 0 | 4 | -87 |
The following teams were then selected to represent the Country in the annual curtain raiser to Women’s Country Week in a match against a selected Metropolitan side…
| SKIP | THIRD | SECOND | LEAD |
| Irene Grout | Karen Gaglia | Kerry West | Lexie Harris |
| Pat Belcher | Fiona Panting | Julie Watson | Chris Lewis |
| Sian Smith | Pam Armstrong | Donna Hayes | Irene Leahy |
| Paula Reid | Beryl Cooper | Bridget Michell | Jacinta Zadow |
| Linda Warburton | Dee Harrison | Lynda Coxon | Lyn Yates |
| Karen Miller | Bev Davidson | Sandra Trenowden | Anne Carlshausen |
