2025/26 Ladies Restricted Pairs Championship

Congratulations to Karen Lyall & Maria Giorgi who are our 2025/26 Ladies Restricted Pairs Champions. They defeated Lois McKiernan & Donna McCormick-Ford 29-15 in a match where the end score doesn’t reflect the closeness of the match.
Lois & Donna started well, leading 5-0 after 3 ends, then 9-4 after 7 ends. Karen & Maria the picked up 9 shots over the next 4 ends to take a 13-9 lead after 11 ends. After 15 ends, Kare & Maria had a healthy 8 shot lead, 19-11. Lois & Donna then picked up a 4, making it 19-15 after 16 ends. That would be as close as they would get though, with Karen & Maria scoring 10 shots over the next 4 ends, taking the score to 29-15 with only 1 end to play, & thus taking the Match & The Championship by that score, 29-15. Congratulations to all 4 players on reaching the final, & putting on a great match for the crowd.
In the Semi Finals, Karen & Maria where leading 17-3 when there opposition had to withdraw to due exhaustion, while Lois & Donna finished too strong for Lesley Arie & Michelle Smith, winning 23-11.