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AGM
This year's
AGM was held on 12th May at Sizewell Sports & Social Club.
There were no big changes this year, so this is just a summary
of the more relevant items.
Election
of Officers
All the officers from last year's committee were re-elected.
This includes Pat Chapman as Secretary, who had previously said
that she would be standing down because of ill-health. However,
in the absence of anyone volunteering as a replacement, she has
very kindly agreed to carry on, on the proviso that much of the
work that has fallen to her over the last couple of years is
picked up by the rest of the commitee. This includes the purchase
of trophies for presentation night as well as prizes for the
Charity Tournament and Team Bowl, all of which could easily fall
within the remit of the Tournament Committee.
This Year's
Charity
The meeting was asked for nominations for a beneficiary for this
year's
Charity Tournament. Clubs were asked to get their suggestions
to the Chairman by 1st July.
The only nomination on the night was for the Suffolk
Accident Rescue Service.
Promotion
& Relegation
Thorpeness officially confirmed that the club would be folding
and as a consequence would not be competing next season.
Having finished
as runners-up in Division 2 last season, they should have been
promoted and the matter of what would happen in their absence
was therefore discussed.
With a 3 up,
3 down system in place, Saxmundham, who had finished in 4th place
in Division 2 were approached with the offer of a play-off between
them and Knodishall B who had finished 8th in Division 1. However
Saxmundham declined the offer, saying that they were happy to
stay in Division 2 for next season.
It was therefore
agreed that in order to keep 10 teams in Divison 1 for next season,
thereby leaving a slot open in Division 2 for any new team wishing
to enter, there would be just 2 teams promoted/relegated for
the 2007/08 season, reverting back to 3 up, 3 down for next season.
Therefore Riverside
and Reydon will be relegated to Division 2 and Darsham
and Orford will be promoted to Division 1.
Committee
Meetings
It
was agreed to change the constitution to remove the necessity
to have at least 4 committee meeting a year. They will now be
held as and when necessary.
Postponed
Matches
Reydon raised the matter of matches being postponed, because
the team calling off the game were missing some of their better
players, not because they did not have enough to make up a team.
The Chairman
reminded teams that they could play a game with just 10 players
and urged all teams to do their utmost to complete their fixtures
in the alloted timeslot, saying that we did not want to have
to go down the route of introducing a rule which would penalise
teams who called off matches.
He also asked
that if it was going to be necessary to postpone a game, that
teams give as much notice as possible to their opponents, reminding
them that it is quite acceptable to bring matches forward, so
as to avoid fixture congestion at the end of the season.
Summer League
Once again the matter of a Summer League was raised and once
again there were insufficient teams willing to commit, to be
able to organise a league.
However, of
the teams represented on the night, Darsham, Kelsale,
Knodishall, Reydon and Sizewell all said
that they were keen to play friendlies over the Summer months.
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Finals Night
KNOCKOUT
CUP
Walpole & Cookley 43 Knodishall A 32
Walpole had control of the Cup Final from the first few ends
of the match, scoring heavily in the first couple of ends and
holding on to much the same lead all the way through the rest
of the match.
The first 2
games went to Walpole 11-5 and 10-6 to establish a 10 shot lead.
The second set of games saw Knodishall take their first win of
the night, 7-3, but the other game went to Walpole 11-5, so at
the break Walpole had extended their lead slightly to 12 shots,
35-23.
With a comfortable
lead in hand Walpole were able to take a conservative approach
to the last pair of games. Again each team had one win, Knodishall
taking one game 7-2, Walpole the other, 6-2, to win by an 11
shot margain overall.
HERITAGE
PLATE
Darsham
48
Middleton 48 (won by Darsham on an extra end)
The Plate final was a very different affair to the Cup, as the
match swung back and forth between the two teams.
The first 2
games were split between the teams, with Middleton taking a 7-6
win, while Darsham had a 12-6 win which game them an 18-13 lead
overall.
The second
pair of games both went Middleton's way with wins of 9-6 and
9-3 which meant that they led 31-27 at the break. Hardly a decisive
lead, but a good turnaround from their early deficit.
And early on
in the final set of games it looked as if Middleton had it all
sown up as they won the first ends of each game with a total
of 9 shots to take their overall lead up to a comfortable looking
13 shots. But Darsham fought back, reducing the deficit bit by
bit, taking it all the way to the final end of the last game
to finish and taking the 2 shots that were necessary to draw
the game and take it to an extra, deciding end, a first for any
final in the league's history (as far as I know).
As so to the
extra end, which was played between 2 teams who had just seen
out an 8-8 draw between themselves. Moving from a slow carpet
to a much faster one, both teams struggled to find the pace and
early on the jack was taken to the end of the carpet by Darsham
who had a wood right on top of the jack which ultimately forced
the Middleton skip, who was in an almost impossible position,
to knock the jack off and give the game to Darsham.
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League Round-Up
Division
1
Although
Kelsale now hold the top spot, Snape's game in
hand and easier run to the end of the season, mean that they
remain hot favourites to take the title for the first time in
the club's history. Meanwhile Knodishall A look as of
they have a very good chance of taking the runner-up spot, with
4 out of their last 5 matches being home games.
Division
2
It looks as though Darsham now have the upper hand in
their fight with Thorpeness, for the Second Division title.
Either way both of those teams are now all but assured of promotion.
Third place now looks to be a straight fight between Orford
and Saxmundham.
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Division 1 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Kelsale |
15 |
126 |
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2 |
Snape |
14 |
122 |
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3 |
Wenhaston A |
15 |
108 |
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4 |
Knodishall
A |
13 |
96 |
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5 |
Sizewell B |
13 |
96 |
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6 |
Sizewell A |
14 |
95 |
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7 |
Walpole &
Cookley |
13 |
94 |
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8 |
Knodishall
B |
15 |
90 |
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9 |
Reydon |
15 |
87 |
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10 |
Riverside |
15 |
80 |
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Division 2 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Darsham |
15 |
147 |
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2 |
Thorpeness |
15 |
141 |
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3 |
Orford |
15 |
119 |
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4 |
Saxmundham |
13 |
98 |
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5 |
Leiston St
Marg FC |
14 |
97 |
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6 |
Wissett |
14 |
93 |
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7 |
Middleton |
15 |
87 |
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8 |
Wenhaston B |
15 |
86 |
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9 |
Yoxford |
15 |
85 |
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10 |
Amber |
13 |
55 |
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Heritage Team Bowl
The
entry for this year's competition matched last year's with a
very healthy 20 teams entered.
The teams were
divided up into 4 groups of 5 with the teams playing all of the
others in thier group plus one other from another group (the
format for this competition is designed for groups of 6 teams
so that all teams are playing all the time). Only the winner
of each group would qualify for the knockout stages.
Group 1 saw Knodishall
A (22 points out of a possible 30) winning the group comfortably
by a margin of 7 points over runners-up Darsham. Group 2
was won by Knodishall B (23 points), who finished 4 points
ahead of Leiston St Margarets FC. Group 3 was even closer
but was won by Kelsale A (25 points), just 3 ahead of
Walpole & Cookley whose final tally would have been enough
to have qualified from 2 of the other groups. And finally, closest
of all, Group 4 which finally went to A N Other
(20 points) who, despite being a team made up from players from
4 different clubs, edged out Snape by a single point to qualify.
Semi Finals
Knodishall A 2-4
Kelsale A
Kelsale A took the singles match 6-3 and then took the pairs
4-3 by virtue of a measure on the final end. With the overall
result a foregone conclusion the triples match finished early
with Knodishall 6-2 ahead.
Knodishall
B 0-6
A N Other
A N Other took the singles match on the last end 8-6, a score
which was repeated in the pairs, sealing victory before the triples
completed a resounding victory by winning theor game 10-4.
Final
Kelsale A 6-0
A N Other
The singles was closely fought with the game swinging first one
way and then the other, but Kelsale finally won 8-6. The pairs
was a different affair, Kelsale taking a comfortable 12-2 win
which sealed victory. The triples game finished at 4-2 in Kelsale's
favour with a couple of ends still to go, but the overall result
in no doubt as Kelsale took the title for the fourth straight
year.
Team
Bowl Results Archive
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League Round-Up
Division
1
Snape
still hold a comfortable lead and, barring any major mishaps,
look as if the are heading towards their fist Division 1 title.
Behind the leaders the main contenders for the runner-up spot
are currently Kelsale, Knodishall A and Walpole & Cookley.
Meanwhile at
the bottom of the table Reydon, Knodishall B and Riverside all
have a lot of work to do if any of them are to avoid relegation
Division
2
The race for the Second Division title is closer than ever with
Thorpeness and Darsham neck and neck. Both of them
are all but assured of promotion. Behind them it is a close run
thing with Orford just ahead of Saxmundham, Wissett and Leiston
St Marg FC.
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Division 1 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Snape |
11 |
100 |
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2 |
Kelsale |
12 |
98 |
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3 |
Wenhaston A |
12 |
84 |
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4 |
Knodishall
A |
11 |
83 |
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5 |
Sizewell A |
12 |
81 |
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6 |
Walpole &
Cookley |
9 |
71 |
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7 |
Sizewell B |
10 |
70 |
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8 |
Knodishall
B |
12 |
69 |
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9 |
Reydon |
11 |
65 |
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10 |
Riverside |
12 |
63 |
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Division 2 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Thorpeness |
12 |
117 |
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2 |
Darsham |
11 |
107 |
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3 |
Orford |
12 |
92 |
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4 |
Leiston St
Marg FC |
12 |
86 |
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5 |
Wissett |
10 |
77 |
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6 |
Saxmundham |
10 |
74 |
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7 |
Wenhaston B |
12 |
67 |
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8 |
Yoxford |
11 |
66 |
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9 |
Middleton |
11 |
53 |
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10 |
Amber |
11 |
45 |
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Heritage Ladies Singles
A total
of 40 Ladies entered this year's competition. The qualifiers
would be the 10 group winners and 6 best runners-up.
Round Robin
Group Winners - Maureen
Fox, Yvonne Horsnell, Jane Robinson, Diane Goldsmith, Jackie
Kingston, Rita Daniels, Julie Hurr, Shirley Tilbrook, Val Game
& Betty Pegg.
Runners-Up - Kay Masters, Rose Julings, Sally Smith, Jean
Melton, Eileen Adamson & Jane Evans.
First Round
Shirley Tilbrook 4 Rita Daniels 7
Kay Masters 8 Rose Julings 1
Betty Pegg 11 Eileen Adamson 4
Jane Robinson 8 Sally Smith 2
Julie Hurr 6 Jane Evans 4
Diane Goldsmith 3 Jean Melton 9
Jackie Kingston 3 Val Game 10
Yvonne Horsnell 8 Maureen Fox 5
Quarter
Finals
Kay Masters
came back from 3-1 down in her game against Jane Robinson to
eventually win 5-4. Julie Hurr took an 8-1 lead in her
game against Rita Daniels and held on against a late comeback
to take the game 8-6. Betty Pegg took a comfortable 8-2
win against Jean Melton. Val Game came back from being
5-2 down with 2 ends remaining to finally win 8-5.
Semi Finals
Val Game
held a narrow 4-3 lead after 4 ends of her game against Betty
Pegg, but took each of the remaining ends to run out the winner
by a score of 8-3.
In the second semi once again it started out close with Julie
Hurr 3-2 ahead after 4 ends, but Kay Masters took the
final 3 ends to also finish an 8-3 winner.
Final
Kay
Masters took a 2-0 lead after the first end, but Val Game took
the second to take a 3-2 lead, extending that to 4-2 after 3.
Kay then drew level on the 4th but Val took the 5th & 6th
ends to take a 6-4 lead into the final end. However Kay came
back and holding 2 with one wood left, made a decisive shot to
take out Val's nearest wood and win the game 7-6.
Heritage Men's Singles
There
were 52 Men competing for this year's title. The qualifiers would
be the 3 group winners and 3 best runners-up.
Round Robin
Winners
- Paul Daniels, Tim Hambling, Ken Drane, Mike Adams, Mike Daniels,
Ollie Whyte, Dave Cask, Peter Masters, Nevil Smith, Chris Tilbrook,
Bill Thurston, Basil Baker & Bill Chapman.
Runners-Up - Michael Battle, John Whiting & Doug Adamson.
First Round
Mike Daniels
10-3 Bill Chapman
Ken Drane 1-12 Ollie Whyte
Basil Baker 2-9 Nevil Smith
Mike Adams 7-2 Bill Thurston
Michael Battle 11-1 John Whiting
Chris Tilbrook 9-6 Tim Hambling
Paul Daniels 7-2 Doug Adamson
Dave Cask 2-7 Peter Masters
Quarter
Finals
Paul Daniels took
an early 5-0 lead in his game against Ollie Whyte, eventually
finishing an 11-5 winner. Nevil Smith was just 5-4 in
front after 4 ends of his game against Mike Daniels, but 3 shots
on the 5th end gave him a decisive lead as he went on to win
9-5. Peter Masters trailed 4-1 after 4 ends against Chris
Tilbrook, but came back with 2 shots on end 5, followed by all
4 on the penultimate end, finally winning 7-5. Michael Battle
took the first 5 ends of his match against Mike Adams, finishing
6-2 ahead at the end.
Semi Finals
Paul Daniels
lost the first end of his game against Nevil Smith but then preceeded
to take the next 5 ends, finally finishing the winner 9-3.
Peter Masters also dropped his first end, against Michael
Battle, but the next 3 ends saw his take a comfortable 9-3 lead,
eventually finishing 11-5 up.
Final
Another
closely fought final saw Paul Daniels take a 4-1 lead against
Peter Masters which he the preceeded to relinquish as Peter took
the last 3 ends, including 2 on the final end which saw him go
from 4-3 down to win the game 5-4 and secure 2 unique doubles,
the first time that both singles competitions were won by the
same club in the same year and the first husband and wife to
take the titles in the same year.
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Heritage Fours
Encouragingly,
this year saw an upturn in the number of entries for the competition,
with 28 teams entered.
Round Robin
The group stage produced 6 winners to move forward into the knockout
rounds, 2 teams from Kelsale, along with one each from Sizewell,
Riverside, Knodishall and Orford, who were joined by the 2 best
runners-up, one team each from Riverside and Knodishall.
Quarter
Finals
There were comfortable wins for Kelsale E and Knodishall E, while
the match between Kelsale C and Knodishall D was close fro the
first 4 ends, until the game slipped away from the Knodishall
team. Meanwhile Sizewell A had taken a 6-0 lead after 2 ends
of their game against Orford A, who then won the next 4 ends,
although it wasn't quite enough as the result finished 6-5 in
Sizewell's favour.
Kelsale C 6-2 Knodishall D
Knodishall E 7-2 Riverside B
Orford A 5-6 Sizewell A
Kelsale E 15-1 Riverside A
Semi Finals
Knodishall E took a comfortable win over Kelsale C, with the
game over after only 5 ends had been completed. The second game
however, went all the way. Sizewell A had the early advantage,
taking a 5-0 lead after 3 ends, but Kelsale E came back to draw
level and force the game into an extra end, which Sizewell took
by a single shot to take another 6-5 win.
Sizewell A 6-5 Kelsale E
Kelsale C 3-12 Knodishall E
Final
Sizewell A came into the final, having been runners-up the previous
year and as the representatives of the club who had taken the
title in 4 of the past 5 seasons. Knodishall, meanwhile, were
represented by The Chairman, who was looking for his first title
since the 1996/97 season (sic).
As befits a
final, this was yet another close affair with the game swinging
back and forth. By the 4th end Sizewell were 3-2 up, but Knodishall
took 3 on the 5th end to take what looked to be a decisive 5-3
lead with just one end to go. But Sizewell came back to take
2 on the last end and draw level at 5-5 in a reverse of their
Semi Final. However, having made their way through the previous
2 matches by the narrowest of margins, this time their luck did
not hold out and Knodishall took the win 7-5 on the extra end.
Winners - Knodishall
(Chris Tilbrook, Val Game, Ken Drane & Shirley Tilbrook)
Runners-Up - Sizewell (Owen Allcock, Terry Davis, Daphne
Leggate & Colin Le Grys)
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Year-End Round-Up
Division
1
Halfway through the season and Snape are still setting
the pace. While other teams have stuttered somewhere along the
way, Snape have been almost faultless so far, with a record of
7 wins, 1 draw and no losses.
At the moment
the best of Snape's challengers are Knodishall A, followed
by Wenhaston A and Walpole & Cookley, who will
have a lot of catching-up to do if they are going to take their
fourth successive title.
Division
2
Thorpeness
are back in control of the Second Division title race once again,
following a good win over rivals Darsham who nonetheless
remain in strong contention for a promotion spot, along with
Orford. It will need a good run of results from one of
the other teams in the division, to be able to challenge the
current top 3.
League Tables
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Division 1 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Snape |
8 |
79 |
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2 |
Wenhaston A |
9 |
70 |
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3 |
Knodishall
A |
8 |
65 |
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4 |
Kelsale |
8 |
61 |
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5 |
Sizewell A |
8 |
55 |
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6 |
Walpole &
Cookley |
6 |
51 |
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7 |
Reydon |
8 |
49 |
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8 |
Knodishall
B |
9 |
45 |
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9 |
Riverside |
9 |
43 |
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10 |
Sizewell B |
7 |
42 |
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Division 2 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Thorpeness |
9 |
91 |
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2 |
Orford |
8 |
68 |
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3 |
Darsham |
7 |
67 |
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4 |
Leiston St
Marg FC |
8 |
62 |
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5 |
Wissett |
8 |
61 |
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6 |
Yoxford |
9 |
52 |
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7 |
Saxmundham |
7 |
47 |
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8 |
Wenhaston B |
8 |
41 |
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9 |
Middleton |
8 |
39 |
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10 |
Amber |
8 |
32 |
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Heritage Pairs
There
were a total of 55 pairs competing for this year's Heritage Pairs
title.
First Round
The round robin stages saw the teams competing in 11 groups,
5 of which were won by Knodishall who also had one of the best
runners-up to give them 6 qualifiers. The best represented of
the other clubs were Walpole & Cookley with 2 group winners
while Kelsale and Wenhaston also produced a pair of qualifiers
each. But despite there strength in numbers, none of the Knodishall
teams were able to progress any further than the First Round.
Wenhaston B 17-1 Yoxford B
Walpole & Cookley C 10-3 Knodishall K
Leiston St Marg FC D 9-1 Knodishall M
Kelsale E 8-4 Knodishall J
Darsham B 9-2 Knodishall D
Kelsale A 18-0 Knodishall B
Knodishall E 2-6 Walpole & Cookley A
Wenhaston A 6-7 Amber
Quarter
Finals
Wenhaston
B 3-10 Walpole & Cookley C
Leiston St Marg FC D 7-6 Kelsale E
Darsham B 5-8 Kelsale A
Walpole & Cookley A 10-0 Amber
Semi Finals
Having been untouchable all day Walpole & Cookley C were
pushed all the way, in what was by far their closest match to
date, finally taking the game by a single shot. Meanwhile Kelsale
A took the other Semi to deny the second Walpole team.
Walpole & Cookley C 9-8 Leiston St Marg FC D
Kelsale A 9-4 Walpole & Cookley A
Final
The final started out being a close affair with Kelsale (Peter
& Kay Masters) taking the lead on second end, giving
them the honour of being the first team all day to have led the
Walpole pair (James Rous & Jon Jordan) at any stage
of any game. By the 5th end it was all square at 3-3, but a disasterous
6th end saw the Walpole pair pick up all 6 shots, thereby all
but killing the game with only one end to play as they eventually
went on to win 9-5 as James & Jon took the title for the
second time.
League Tables
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Division 1 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Snape |
7 |
70 |
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2 |
Wenhaston A |
8 |
64 |
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3 |
Kelsale |
8 |
61 |
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4 |
Knodishall
A |
7 |
58 |
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5 |
Sizewell A |
8 |
55 |
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6 |
Walpole &
Cookley |
5 |
47 |
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7 |
Reydon |
7 |
41 |
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8 |
Riverside |
8 |
36 |
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9 |
Knodishall
B |
7 |
33 |
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10 |
Sizewell B |
5 |
25 |
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Division 2 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Thorpeness |
8 |
79 |
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2 |
Darsham |
6 |
65 |
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3 |
Wissett |
7 |
58 |
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4 |
Orford |
7 |
57 |
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5 |
Leiston St
Marg FC |
7 |
53 |
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6 |
Saxmundham |
7 |
47 |
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7 |
Yoxford |
8 |
44 |
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8 |
Wenhaston B |
7 |
35 |
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9 |
Middleton |
7 |
34 |
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10 |
Amber |
8 |
32 |
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Division 1
Snape
have continued a very strong start to their season and everyone
else has a lot of work to do if they are to catch up. Walpole
& Cookley, Knodishall A and Wenhaston A
are currently looking like the teams most likely to be able to
put up a challenge.
Division
2
Although Thorpeness started very well, their form has
slipped a little of late, allowing Darsham to start to
catch them up, meanwhile Orford look as if they are moving
up to lead the hunt for the 3rd promotion spot.
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Knockout Cup &
Heritage Plate
The
draw for the forthcoming rounds of the Cup and Plate was due
to take place at Leiston during the Suffolk Pairs qualifying
tournament.
However, since
there were not enough entries from our area to justify running
qualifying events at more than one venue, the tournament was
run at East Bergholt.
The draw therefore
took place today, in the presence of representatives of all the
Heritage clubs who were present on the day.
You can find
a full rundown of the draw here.
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Charity Fours
Having
chosen a date without any clashing events for this year's tournament,
there was a much improved entry for this year's tournament, with
a total of 55 teams, including 23 from outside of the League.
First Round
Following the Round Robin matches 16 teams were left to compete
in the Knockout Stages with a 50-50 split between those from
inside and those outside of the League.
Knodishall C 6-4 Snape
Tuddenham C 4-7 Old Felixstowe A
Stratford St Mary B 5-3 Hitcham B
Knodishall A 3-9 Nacton B
Kelsale C 6-5 Knodishall D
Middleton A 6-5 Kelsale A
Barking 3-8 Gt Blakenham
Langham 4-9 Wenhaston A
Quarter
Finals
Knodishall
C 6-7 Old Felixstowe A
Stratford St Mary B 4-5 Nacton B
Kelsale C 9-7 Middleton A
Gt Blakenham 8-6 Wenhaston A
Semi Finals
Old Felixstowe A 13-4
Nacton B
Kelsale C 4-7 Gt Blakenham
Final
The
final was an extremely close affair which had to go to an extra
end before it was decided.
Old Felixstowe A 6-4 Gt Blakenham
We would like to thank everyone
who supported the event, not only by entering, but also with
their generous donations, all of which helped to raise over £1500 in aid of
this year's charity, the East Anglia Air Ambulance.
League Tables
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Division 1 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Kelsale |
5 |
50 |
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2 |
Sizewell A |
5 |
40 |
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3 |
Snape |
4 |
35 |
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4 |
Wenhaston A |
5 |
33 |
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5 |
Knodishall
B |
5 |
27 |
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6 |
Knodishall
A |
4 |
26 |
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7 |
Walpole &
Cookley |
3 |
26 |
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8 |
Riverside |
4 |
19 |
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9 |
Sizewell B |
3 |
19 |
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10 |
Reydon |
4 |
19 |
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Division 2 |
Pl |
Pts |
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1 |
Thorpeness |
5 |
57 |
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2 |
Wissett |
4 |
34 |
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3 |
Orford |
4 |
32 |
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4 |
Darsham |
3 |
29 |
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5 |
Saxmundham |
4 |
28 |
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6 |
Leiston St
Marg FC |
3 |
24 |
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7 |
Wenhaston B |
4 |
23 |
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8 |
Middleton |
4 |
23 |
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9 |
Amber |
5 |
17 |
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10 |
Yoxford |
4 |
13 |
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News Round-Up
League
A couple
of weeks into the new season and Kelsale head the First
Division, of course being one of the few teams to have played
twice has helped.
As is common
at the start of the season there have been a number of cancellations,
so it will be a while before a true picture starts to emerge,
but Walpole & Cookley are already off to their usual
strong start, in search of their 4th straight title.
Again it has
been a slow start for the 2nd Division fixtures. Orford
currently lead, mainly by virtue of having played twice, followed
by a 3-way tie between Darsham, Wenhaston B and
Thorpeness.
Knockout Cup
There are still 2 games from the First Round to be completed,
but so far Middleton are through, along with Darsham
who have produced the first real surprise of the season with
a comfortable win over Sizewell B.
Charity Fours
There has been a much bigger response to this year's tournament
with 50 teams now entered, including a very healthy number
of entries from clubs from outside the league.
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Committee Meeting
Knockout Cup
The main business of the evening was the draw for the Knockout
Cup.
It was decided
that we would revert back to the old method of drawing the Cup
and Plate round by round. As far as possible the draw for the
subsequent rounds will be made at tournaments, so if you want
to know who you will be playing next, make sure you are there
to see it happen.
The draw itself
was fairly rough on the Second Division teams. The only team
from the 1st Division to be drawn to play in the First Round
is Sizewell B, other than that they are all from the lower division.
The Second
Round draw has not been particularly kind to them either for
the most part the 2nd Division teams have been drawn against
those from the First, only the Leiston St Marg FC or Wissett
v Yoxford tie will guarantee a 2nd Division representative
in the Quarter Finals, while the only guaranteed all Division
1 clash is Riverside v Kelsale. For the most part the
big guns have been kept apart.
You can find
the full draw here.
On a final
note with regard to the Cup, the draw has been left until rather
late in the day, so we have told everyone that if they cannot
get their games played over the next fortnight, as per the published
schedule, then the matches can be taken over into October, since
the weeks set aside in the calendar to play the next round are
not until the beginning of November.
League Matches
The
matter of the postponement of league games was mentioned.
Clearly there
are always going to be occasions where games have to be called
off, often this is a last minute thing, but sometimes clubs know
in advance that they will be short of players for a particular
game. Everyone was therefore reminded that it is quite acceptable
to bring games forward, provided it is convenient to both teams.
Match Results
Just another reminder that, in view of the problems we had with
the post last year, please do not post any results to me. Instead
could you please continue to post them to Rita.
Alternatively,
you can use any of the following methods to notify me of the
result:
Fax the result sheet to
0870 831 6195
or
Email me at p_daniels@yahoo.com
or
Fill out this form
Whichever method you chose,
please make sure that you keep a record of all your results,
both points and shots, just in case.
Tournaments
At the last AGM it was decided that in future the draw for tournaments
would be handled differently. Traditionally, as with all other
county and national competitions, the draw has been adjusted
so that teams from the same club do not play one another in the
round robin stage. This will now change to remove such any allowances.
Further to
this it has now been decided that the draw for the Knockout Stages
of tournaments will no longer be sorted out in advance. Instead
a draw will be made at the end of the round robin stage, once
the qualifiers have been decided.
Of course the
disadvantage of this is that it is going to add a little bit
of time to the proceedings on the day. But on the plus side it
is going to save me the whole heap of time I spend before each
tournament trying to work out a format that ensure that no one
has any kind of unfair advantage in the knockout stages.
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