Rachel is Player of the Weekend as Cippenham capture division title

15-years old Rachel Farquhar put in another fantastic as Cippenham won the Women’s British League Third Division title. Farquhar lost just once over the whole of the second weekend of matches at Doncaster to add to her unblemished display in the first weekend earlier in the season. Her just reward was the priize for Player of the Weekend.

Farquhar’s performance was backed up by good displays from team-mates Sue Hayes and Caroline Linz as Cippenham leapfrogged over rivals Southampton West to gain the divisional crown by one point. In the key match Cippenham improved upon their 3-3 draw with the south coast side in the first half of the season to win the showdown 4-2. Both defeats were at the hands of Southampton’s number one Mihilda Sillard from France. Farquhar and Linz both beat Sarah Warwick while Farquhar, again, and Hayes did likewise against Becky House.

The only match that Cippenham did not win over the weekend was the 3-3 draw with Staffordshire Ladies. It was in this match that Farquhar suffered her only defeat of the season to Suus Tanke. Cippenham had needed to play the same Staffordshire side in the opening matches before the division was split into two halves. On that occasion Tanke was not present and Cippenham prevailed 4-2.

Both other matches were won: 6-0 against Guernsey B and 4-2 against St. Andrews 2.

Division 3 table – stage 1

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Southampton West	7	6	1	0	33	9	13
Cippenham	7	6	1	0	31	11	13
Staffordshire Ladies	7	4	1	2	24	18	9
ST. Andrews 2	7	2	2	3	21	21	6
Waterside	7	2	1	4	24	67	5
Guernsey B	7	2	1	4	15	27	5
DML Woolwell C	7	2	0	5	16	26	4
Halton 2	7	0	1	6	10	32	1

Division 3 table – final (top section)

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Cippenham	10	8	2	0	42	18	18
Southampron West	10	8	1	1	45	15	17
Staffordshire Ladies	10	5	2	3	32	28	12
St. Andrews 2	10	2	2	6	26	34	6