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Suffolk
Finals Day 2017/2018 |
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SINGLES
Group A
Neil Jolly, with a
10-3 win over Don Allum, and Ellen Grube, who beat Paul Leach
6-5, led the way after the first games. It was another 6-5 result
in Ellen's next game, but this time it went against her as Neil
won for a second time. Meanwhile Paul beat Don 9-3.
Even with Neil 2 points clear
it wasn't all over, if he lost Paul or Ellen could still overtake
him. As it was Ellen lost 11-5 to Don and Neil took an 8-4 win
over Paul to top the group on 6 points.
Group B
Mick Watkins (7-3 over
Sam Runnacles) and Paul Daniels (9-5 over Sue Davey) both started
with wins and then faced each other in the next game. That one
went to Paul who beat Mick 9-1 while Sue beat Sam 9-3.
Paul had both points and shots
in hand with one game to go and with Mick beating Sue 9-5 Paul
already had enough of both in his pocket which meant that even
if he had lost he would still have gone through, as it was he
stumbled his way to a 5-5 draw with Sam.
Final
Neil Jolly (Brockley)
v Paul Daniels (Kelsale)
Paul had the better start, getting the speed of the carpet while
Neil was a little heavy, and picked up 3 on the first. However
Neil was back in the game with 2 on the second end and ahead
with a 3 on the third, leading 5-3.
But the 4th end saw a reverse
as Paul picked up another 3 to lead 6-5 in what was clearly not
going to be a low scoring game. However the 5th end was the crunch
one. Again Neil was a little heavy and had his first 3 woods
behind while Paul was holding 3 but with the jack pushed out
to the side. With his final wood he needed to either be blocking
or covering the woods behind. Instead he did the worst thing,
drew right to the jack, widening the target and after two failed
attempts Neil didn't miss at the thrid time of asking, taking
the jack back to hold 4 and lead 9-6.
But it wasn't quite over yet,
with Neil holding 2 Paul knocked the jack to the back of the
carpet. With Paul's last wood to bowl Neil held one with a wood
that was wide and begging to be taken out. Paul made contact
but got the angle wrong, knocking Neils wood onto the jack which
went off.
At 11-6 with an end to go the
game was over with Neil taking his 6th Singles title, his first
since 2007.
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PAIRS
Group A
Barking A all but settled
the group in their first game as they beat Gt Blakenham, the
other favourites for the win, with a 7-2 victory. Meanwhile Kelsale
A beat Hoggards Green 10-2. The two winning teams then met one
another for their second games with Barking taking the win 8-3,
while Blakenham beat Hoggards 11-2.
Barking would need no more
than a draw in their final game, but as it was took an 11-5 victory
over Hoggards to finish on maximum points, with Kelsale and Blakenham
drawing 5-5 in the other game.
Group B
Knodishall and Kelsale B played out a topsy turvey game which
went from Knodishall being 7-0 up to Kelsale pulling back to
level before Knodishall took it 9-7. Meanwhile Barking B didn't
even drop a shot as they beat Old Felixstowe 9-0. Both winning
teams followed up with further wins, Knodishall 7-3 over Old
Felixstowe and Barking B 10-5 over Kelsale B, setting everything
up for a final match showdown, but with Barking having what might
be a crucial 3 shot advantage.
But as it turned out that advantage
was quickly negated and the game was nowhere near as close as
might have been imagined. Put simply Knodishall ran away with
the game, they were 4-0 up after 2 ends then added a 6 and then
a 5 to lead 15-0 after only 4 ends. In the end it finished 18-2
and Knodishall were into the final.
Final
Barking A (Tom &
Sam Runnacles) v Knodishall (John Whiting & Doug Adamson)
The game started off closely, one to Knodishall on the first,
one back to Barking on the second and one to Knodishall on the
third. But the fourth end was crucial, Barking won it, taking
3 shots to lead the game for the first time and give themselves
a 2 shot advantage, which they then proceeded to add to.
The 5th end again went to Barking,
only 1 shot, but the gap was widening, they repeated that on
the penultimate end to put themselves 6-2 ahead. That meant they
could now defend their lead and put all the pressure in their
opposition, forcing them to chase shots. And they did just that,
adding another 2 to their tally to win 8-2, taking their first
Pairs title and adding it to the Triples title which they had
already won earlier in the season.
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FOURS
Group A
Kelsale/Brockley thought they had their opening game against
Kelsale/Knodishall all tied up, 6-4 up and holding one they put
in a blocker with their final wood. Unfortunately it didn't work
as they had hoped, the blocker was pushed into the head, their
wood went out, leaving Kelsale/Knodishall with 3 shots and a
7-6 win. In the other game between Cockfield and Barking there
weren't many shots on offer but they nearly all went to Cockfield
who took a 7-1 win. Cockfield followed up with a second victory,
10-3 against Kelsale/Knodishall while Kelsale/Brockley did just
enough to beat Barking 6-4.
Barking finished their games
with an easy 13-2 win over Kelsale/Knodishall, but both teams
were out of it by then. To stop Cockfield from making it to the
final Kelsale/Brockley would not only need to win but do so by
a 6 shot margin which was possible, if not likely. But after
one end it seemed both more possible and likely as Kelsale/Brockley
took 5 and looked to have done most of the head work. But Cockfield
still had a slender advantage and more than that they knew that
for every shot they were wer able to score their opponents would
need 2. And on each of the next 3 ends they did just that, pulling
the score back to 5-3. Each team took one more to make it 6-4
with an end to go, leaving Kelsale/Brockley needing 4 and Cockfield
weren't going to let that happen this time, they forced their
opposition to chase the shots, pushing the jack back, picking
up 3 to win the group with a clean sweep.
Group B
Thurston started off with an impressive 10-4 win over Withersfield
while Hoggards Green beat Hundon 7-4. Hundon then went on to
beath Thurston 9-3 while Hoggards took their second win, 6-2
over Withersfield. That left Hoggards topping the group on 4
points and 13 shots while Hundon and Thurston had 2 points and
also 13 shots each.
A draw for Hoggards would be
enough but one of the other 2 could sneak it. However Hundon
went down to Withersfield 10-5, so it was all on the other game.
Thirston started well, picking up a shot on each of the first
3 ends, but Hoggards wiped out the lead in one go with a 4 and
looked to be back on target again. But Thurston regained the
lead with a 2, extended it with another 2 and went into the last
end 3 up. And then ended up being too much of an ask for Hoggards
who could only get 1 back, losing 7-5, which saw Thurston finish
top on 4 points and 20 shots, 2 shots better than Hoggards.
Final
Cockfield (Colin &
Peter Fellingham and Sue & Graham Davey) v Thurston (Len
Lamb, Sally Dalton, Helen Halls and Marie Hagger)
On paper this game looked like a slam dunk, Cockfield were former
Fours champions and had a team of 4 county players, against a
team who had only made it to the final by a couple of shots and
had no finals experience. But as you've probably guessed things
didn't play out as many would have expected.
Thurston hit the lead immediately
with 2 on the first end, Cockfield got one back and Thurston
got the lead back to 2 shots on the third. Still the smart money
would be in the more experienced team, but Thurston had a knack
of getting themselves out of trouble and sometimes the woods
just went for them and on the 4th end Cockfield could do nothing
to stop thier opponents from getting a pretty much game ending
5. 8-1 and only 3 ends to go.
It wasn't as if Cockfield weren't
giving themselves chances, but promising looking heads came to
nothing as Len came in more than once to completely turn everything
around.
At this stage Cockfield were
not only having to win ends but pick up multiple shots and it
proved impossible to do either. One shot for Thurston on the
5th end made a comeback highly unlikely, 2 on the next made it
impossible and with an end to go and 11-1 down Cockfield waved
the white flag as Thurston took a resounding win to take the
Tony Webber Trophy.
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Suffolk
Singles Qualifying 2017/2018 - PM Session |
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The afternoon saw 28 players
competing for the remaining 3 spots on Finals Day. Seven group
winners and the five best runners-up would go through to the
knockout games.
Group 1
Three teams ended up on 4 points with Elmsett B finishing
top by a single shot ahead of Gt Blakenham A who also
qualified.
Group 2
Gt Blakeham B won all
3 games to win the group with Barking C going through
on 4 points.
Group 3
Barking A had a clean
sweep of all their games to finish top while Chelmondistion
I also made it through, on 4 points.
Group 4
Cockfield A topped
the group with maximum points.
Group 5
Cockfield B finished
top with only one point dropped while Brockley with 4
points and 23 shots was the final qualifier.
Group 6
Chelmondiston B won
all 3 games to comfortably finish top of the group.
Group 7
Barking B won the group
by winning all 3 games with Gt Blakenham C also qualifying,
on 4 points.
Knockout Rounds
Round 1
Elmsett B ran out to
a 6-0 lead over the first 4 ends against Cockfield B but
then proceeded to drop 9 shots over the remaining ends to see
Cockfield through.
Gt Blakenham B and Chelmondiston I had to
go all the way to an extra end which Chelmo took to win 6-5.
Barking A won each of the first 4 ends but was
still only 4-3 up against Gt Blakenham C going into the
last end, but took one more to win 5-3.
It was all square at 4-4 between
Cockfield A and Barking C after 5 ends, but Barking
racked up 5 shots in the last 2 to win 9-4.
Brockley edged away from Chelmondiston B
over the first few ends but in a relative flurry of scoring
at the end guaranteed the win with 3 on end 6. It finished 8-3.
Barking B fell behind Gt Blakenham A
early on but came back to grab the lead and finished with a 7-4
win.
Round 2
Cockfield B took control
early on against Barking C with 2 each on the first 2
ends, finishing a 7-3 winner.
Eight shots over the first
3 ends for Barking B was enough to secure the win against Chelmondiston
I who took the remaining 4 ends but could only get 5 shots in
doing so.
Brockley had the upper hand
over barking A from the very start, it was never very much of
a lead, but it was enough as Brockley finished 6-2 up.
Qualifiers
Sam Runnacles (Barking)
Neil Jolly (Brockley)
Sue Davey (Cockfield)
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Suffolk
Singles Qualifying 2017/2018 - AM Session |
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There were 44 players in the
morning session competing for 5 places on Finals Day.
The winners of each group and
the 9 best runners-up would go through into the knockout stages.
Group 1
Witnesham A won all
3 games to comfortably win the group.
Group 2
Claydon E won the group
with 2 wins and 34 shots, Thurston A's 4 points and 19
shots was enough for one of the runner-up spots
Group 3
Two wins was enough for Chelmondiston F to win the group.
Hintlesham & Chattisham were through in second with
3 points.
Group 4
Barking E won all 3
games to top the group while Hundon A took 2 wins came
home in second.
Group 5
Thurston D took the
group win with maximum points while Hundon D were comfortably
through on 4 points.
Group 6
Claydon B dropped just
one point on the way to the group win and Thurston C's
3 points was enough to also go through.
Group 7
Withersfield C topped
the group with 4 points and Old Felixstowe A with 3 points
made it though by virtue of having one shot less against that
Kelsale A.
Group 8
Barking G won all 3
games to finish first and Claydon C lost just once and
were comfortable runners-up.
Group 9
Claydon A took maximum
points for the group win with Hoggards Green G going through
with 4 points.
Group 10
Kelsale B won the group
with 3 wins.
Group 11
Kelsale C and Tuddenham
both finished on 5 points with Kelsale just ahead on shots.
Knockout Rounds
Round 1
Thurston C took control
against Claydon E with 5 shots over ends 2 and 3 and went
on to an 8-2 win.
After Chelmondiston F
took the first end against Hundon A it was all one-way
traffic with Hundon finishing 11-2 winners.
There was only one shot an
end being scored between Barking E and Claydon C
with Barking hanging on to a 4-3 win.
Hoggards Green G edged out a 5 shot lead against Thurston
D but the lead was down to 2 shots going into the last end
but Hoggards took that for an 8-3 win.
Old Felixstowe A went into the last end against Witnesham
A 2 shots ahead but dropped a 3 to see Witnesham go through
6-5.
Withersfield C were 5-0 up after 2 ends but Hintlesham
& Chattisham came back to win it on the last end 7-6.
Barking G won the first end against Tuddenham
and just about kept their nose in front to win 7-4.
Kelsale B raced out to a 7-0 lead but just hung
on, taking the last end to win 8-5 over Claydon A.
Kelsale C were ahead oll the way against Thurston
A and took a comfortable 9-2 win.
Hundon D just edged the last couple of ends
to beat Claydon B 6-3.
Round 2
Thurston C built up
a 5-0 lead over Hintlesham & Chattisham and stayed
ahead to win 7-3.
Hundon A came from 3 shots down against
Barking G to take a convincing 9-3 win.
It was cat and mouse between
Barking E and Kelsale B, with an extra end needed
to separate them which Barking took with the very last wood to
win 7-6.
It was 3-2 to Kelsale C
after 3 ends against Hoggards Green G, but Kelsale had
the best of the remaining ends to win 10-2.
A 4 on end 3 saw Witnesham
A move nicely ahead of Hundon D with Witnesham taking
the game 8-3 with an end to spare.
Qualifiers
Mick Watkins (Barking)
Ellen Grube (Hundon)
Paul Daniels (Kelsale)
Paul Leach (Thurston)
Don Allum (Witnesham)
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Suffolk
Pairs Qualifying 2017/2018 - Week 2 |
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For the second week of qualifying
we had 25 teams playing in 5 groups of 5 which would eventually
produce 3 teams who would go forward to Finals Day along with
the 5 qualifiers from Week 1
Group 1
Brockley won their
first 3 games to qualify and finished off with a final win to
take maximum points. Old Felixstowe D finished on 5 points
and 29 shots for second place while Barking E who were
alson on 5 points, but only 24 shots also went through as one
of the best third placed teams.
Group 2
Barking C dropped just
a point to as they went through. The final game would be between
Earl Soham A (5 points) and Old Felixstowe C (4 points) to decide
who would join them. That game went to Earl Soham who
ended up topping the group, also on 7 points.
Group 3
East Bergholt B and
Nayland D settled first and second between them by winning
their first 3 games. They then played each other in the last
game with Nayland winning to be one of only 2 teams on the day
to take maximum points.
Group 4
Hoggards Green A made
sure they were through by winning their first 3 games, however
they lost their final game to Gt Blakenham C which put
Blakenham through as well, also on 6 points, while Burstall
A with 5 points had done enough for the final third place
slot.
Group 5
Despite losing their final game Claydon E were through
on 6 points. Second place in the group would be decided in the
game between Claydon D who would need just a draw and Barking
B who would need a win and 9 shots, although if Barking could
only manage a narrow win, Stanningfield could well sneak through.
In the end the game went to Barking, who took 10 shots, enough
to see them through in second, by one shot.
Knockout Rounds
Round 1
Old Felixstowe D went
out to an early 5-1 lead, but 5 shots over ends 5 and 6 gave
Barking C a 1 shot lead going into the last end, however
the jack was moved, pushing it to Old Felixstowe's woods, giving
them a 7-6 win.
At 5-5 after 4 ends Bramford
B were keeping Brockley honest, but Brockley took
each of the last 3 ends to win the game 10-5.
After dropping 1 on the first
end Earl Soham A took 12 shots over the next 4 ends to
give Gt Blakenham C the almost impossible task of getting
at least 11 shots over the final 2 ends. In the end they managed
5, losing 12-6.
Nayland D started with a 3 against Barking
B but the game was square 2 ends later, Nayland took 2 on
the next and then lost 2 on the following end to make it 5-5
after 5. But Nayland finally managed to win 2 on the trot and
secured the win 7-5.
Four on the 3rd end for Hoggards
Green C was what made the difference against Burstall
A. Although there was still only 1 shot in it after 4 ends,
Hoggards took the next 2 to lead by 5 going into the last, finally
winning 10-7.
The lowest scoring game of
the round was between Claydon E and Barking E,
2 shots were scored on end 4, but the rest of the ends were just
singles. The difference though was that Barking won 6 of the
7 ends, taking the game 7-1.
Round 2
There was never very much in it between Old Felixstowe D
and Nayland D as they won alternate ends and by the 7th
it was all square, 5-5. An extra end was needed and 1 was enough
to see Old Felixstow through to finals day.
Brockley found themselves under pressure early
on from Hoggards Green C who were just doing enough to
edge out a lead. After 5 end Hoggards were 5-1 up but Brockley
got 1 back on the 6th but would still need a big end to keep
in the game. And for a moment they had it, their final wood drawing
in for 4, but still with one to come from Hoggards. Nerves had
to be held and they were. That last wood came in to push 4th
away, after that it was a measure, and it was only 2 to Brockley,
giving Hoggards a 5-4 win.
Earl Soham A had had a tremendous day so far and
up against Barking E they continued with their good form.
5 ends in they were only 4-3 down, but Barking had the best of
the penultimate end, taking a 3 which gave them a little breathing
room for the first time in the game, finishing with 1 more on
the last to win 8-3.
Qualifiers
Barking E - Mick &
Shirley Watkins
Hoggards Green C - Alan Smith & Colin Barnes
Old Felixstowe D - David Tennant & John Austin
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Suffolk
Pairs Qualifying 2017/2018 - Week 1 |
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40 teams were playing for 5
spots on Finals Day in Week 1 of qualifying. They played in 8
groups of 5 with the winners, runners-up and 4 bets 3rd placed
teams going through to the knockout stages.
Group 1
With 3 wins and a loss Knodishall A topped the group with
Kelsale B finishing second on 5 points. Cockfield A's
4 points and 29 shots was good enough for third and qualification.
Group 2
Claydon A qualified
after 3 games and went on to finish on maximum points. Hoggards
Green A finished second on 5 points and Withersfield B
made it through as one of the thirds with 4 points and 29 shots.
Group 3
Gt Blakenham B were
through after taking 3 wins, they finished top on 7 points. Second
place went to Witnesham whose 4 points and 25 shots was
one shot better than Chelmondiston D.
Group 4
Barking A also won
their first 3 to ensure qualification and finished on maximum
points. Gt Blakenham A's 2 wins and a draw saw them through
in second.
Group 5
Both Cockfield D (6 points) and Hoggards Green D
(5 points) were through before they had played their final game
which would be between the two of them. Cockfield won that to
finish first.
Group 6
In a tight group Elmsett had done enough to qualify after
3 games, despite dropping a point and they drew again in their
last game and finished top. Both Hundon D (5 points and
24 shots) and Claydon C (5 points and 28 shots) went through.
Group 7
Knodishall C won all
four to finish top of the group with Hundon A winning
three to finish second. Darsham/Barrow just managed to
sneak through on two wins and 27 shots.
Group 8
It was a clean sweep of wins for Kelsale A to finish first.
The best of the rest was Claydon B who finished on 4 points.
Knockout Rounds
Round 1
Kelsale B took all
6 shots on the first end against Claydon A and were comfortable
12-3 winners.
Gt Blakenham B started off with a 4 against Hoggards
Green A and never looked back, winning 12-2.
Barking A won the first 5 ends against Withersfield
B and were untroubled as they won 9-2.
Claydon C got 1 on the first end against Hundon
B, but that was it for them, 4 on the last gave Hundon a
9-1 win.
It was close between Knodishall
A and Darsham/Barrow, with just a shot an end for
the first 5 ends. Knodishall went into what was to be the last
end 4-1 down but emerged 5-4 winners.
In the battle of the Cockfields
an early lead for A was overturned and B cam through
to win 8-5.
A 4 on the 5th end for Gt
Blakenham A propelled them into a 6 shot lead over Hoggards
Green D on the 5th end and they cam home 9-3 winners.
Witnesham always had the upper hand over Knodishall
C, winning 8-2 with a good last couple of ends.
Kelsale A picked up a 4 on end 2 against Hundon
D to give them a 5-0 lead and moved away to a comfortable
13-1 win.
Elmsett began well against Claydon B
edging out a 4-0 lead over the first 3 ends, but dropping a 4
put them behind on end 5. Elmsett were back in the lead with
a 2 on the next end but Claydon snatched the victory with 2 on
the last to win 7-6.
Round 2
Cockfield B let an
early lead slip, falling behind against Kelsale B, but
squared the game up as the whistle blew, requiring extra time.
And it was Kelsale that came through to win 7-5.
There was never much in the
all Gt Blakenham match, B clawed back an early
deficit but A re-established their lead and when the whistle
blew were 5-3 ahead.
A 4 on end 1 and a 5 one end
2 mean that Barking A's victory over Witnesham
was never in doubt, it finished 14-2 to Barking.
Kelsale A established a narrow lead over Hundon
B in the first few ends, extending it to 6-1 after 4. But
Hundon took back a couple on the next, however Kelsale took the
last couple of ends for a 9-3 win.
Picking up 8 shots over ends
2 and 3 meant that Knodishall A had a nice lead early
on against Claydon B. Claydon were able to pull it back
to 8-6 over the next couple of ends, but the clock ran out on
end 6 with Knodishall taking 1 to win 9-6.
Qualifiers
Barking A - Tom &
Sam Runnacles
Gt Blakenham A - Steven Cain & David Ford
Kelsale A - Paul & Rita Daniels
Kelsale B - John Hayward & Mike Daniels
Knodishall A - John Whiting & Gordon Bloomfield
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Triples 2017/2018 |
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35 teams were competing in
7 groups of 5 with the winners, runners-up and 2 best third placed
teams making it through to the Knockout Stages which would be
played all the way down to the final.
Group 1
Three teams won 3 games and lost one and all of them qualified
for the Knockout Stages. Cockfield A had 33 shots for
and 13 against, Belstead 33 for and 19 against and Hundon
A 27 for and 17 against.
Group 2
Gt Blakenham B won
the group with 6 points and 32 shots while Claydon were
runners-up with 6 points and 27 shots.
Group 3
Gt Welnetham were one
of only 2 teams to win all their group games, finishing top of
the group. Bealings, with 5 points and 30 shots just edged
out Hundon B who also finished on 5 points and 21 shots.
Group 4
Again 3 teams finished on 6 points and all qualified. Claydon/Barking
finished top with 42 shots, Knodishall A had 35 shots
for and 17 against, Hoggards Green A 35 shots for and 19 against.
Group 5
Barking took with group
with 6 points while the remaining 4 teams ended up within just
one point of one another. The best of them was Somersham
on 4 points.
Group 6
Gt Blakenham A were
the other team to win four out of four, finishing top. Brockley/Kelsale
won 3 and lost one to finish second.
Group 7
Yet another group with 3 teams finishing on 6 points. Old
Felixstowe B had 29 points for first place, Nayland
had 24 shots for second and Knodishall B with only 20
shots were unlucky to miss out on qualification.
Knockout Rounds
Round 1
Claydon and Cockfield
A were all square going into the last end which Claydon took
to win 5-3.
Gt Blakenham B led most of the game against Hundon
A but lost as Hundon picked up 3 on the last end to win 6-4.
Gt Welnetham had their noses in front from the
fourth end on and beat Hoggards Green A 6-4.
Somersham won the first couple of ends after
which Claydon/Barking came on strong to win 10-3.
It was just one shot and end
between Barking and Brockley/Kelsale, but Barking
could only win 2 of them.
Gt Blakenham A came from 5-2 down after 4 ends to
win 6-5 against Knodishall A.
Old Felixstowe B went from 4-2 down to beat Bealings
7-5.
Not even a 5 on the 6th end
was enough to save Belstead as they lost 11-6 against
Nayland.
Quarter Finals
Claydon came from 5-1
down after 5 ends against Gt Welnetham to win the game
6-5 on an extra end.
Claydon/Barking didn't let Hundon A get a foothold
as they won 9-3.
Gt Blakenham A came from behind again, against Nayland
to win 6-4.
Old Felixstowe B and Brockley/Kelsale went into
the last end all square. With the final Felixstowe wood still
to be bowled they were 4 down but they moved the jack into a
cluster of their woods where only a very tricky draw could save
the game. Old Felixstowe won 12-6.
Semi-Finals
Old Felixstowe B moved
to 4-1 up after 3 ends, but Gt Blakenham A fought their
way back to lead going into the last end. Even so a final wood
nearly forced an extra end, but it wasn't quite enough as Blakenham
won 6-5 to end a very impressive run from the Felixstowe team.
Claydon/Barking never gave Claydon a look in
as they ran away to an 11-1 win
Final
Claydon/Barking (Tom
& Sam Runnacles and Clint Watling) v Gt Blakenham A
(Steven Cain, Andrew Pooley & David Ford)
End 1 – Tom cuts down the count with his last wood,
Steven can't add to that 2-0 to Blakenham.
End 2 – At 5 down Tom gets his last wood in to cut
it down to just one. 3-0.
End 3 – David is winning the battle of the leads
against Clint. But Tom pushes the jack back and then out to the
side to take the end. 3-2.
End 4 – Clint's first wood is on the jack (although
the 2nd one is off the end) Andy gets a good second. Steven takes
advantage of the opposition's lack of back woods and moves the
jack to take 3. 6-2.
End 5 – Better opening woods are putting Claydon/Barking
under early pressure. The skips do nothing and it's one more
to Blakenham. 7-2.
End 6 – Claydon/Barking are up but Steven can just
play for second wood. Tom gets a second and with his last wood
does the only thing he can and plays to take the opposition's
nearest wood out. It might have cost the game but it works perfectly
and they pick up a four and get them back in a game that had
looked lost a few minutes earlier. 7-6.
End 7 – Sam plays Blakenham's shot wood off the jack
to hold. Tom moves the jack and may hold 2, Steven misses with
his last so it's one and a measure to Claydon/Barking and the
measure goes to them, they pick up 2 shots to complete a remarkable
comeback and win 8-7, retaining the title which they have now
won 3 times.
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There were 28 teams entered
this year. Playing in 7 groups of 4, the top two teams from each
group would qualify for the knockout stages plus the two best
third placed teams, producing the 8 teams for Finals Day.
Group 1
Bealings comfortably won the group, winning all three of their
games. The other teams took one win each which meant that Somersham
also made it through with 2 points and 23 shots.
Group 2
Hundon A won all 3
games to top the group and Hoggards Green B lost just once to
go through as runners-up. And Chelmodiston C's 2 points and 19
shots was good enough for one of the best 3rd placed teams.
Group 3
Cockfield A finished
on maximum points and Thurston were runners-up on 4 points.
Group 4
Barking A ran away with the group, winning all their games, racking
up 40 shots and conceeding only 3. Kelsale/Knodishall, despite
losing 16-0 to Barking, won their other 2 games to qualify.
Group 5
Kelsale/Brockley finished
top with 6 points, Hundon B's one win and 23 shots was enough
for second place and Hoggards Green A, with 2 points and 19 shots
were through in third.
Group 6
Withersfield A won
three out of three to finish first while Barking B won two and
lost one to finish as runners-up.
Group 7
Claydon won the group
with 2 wins and a draw while Chelmondiston A lost one game to
finish in a comfortable second place.
Knockout Round
In a prime example
of the Round Robin results counting for very little, of the seven
group winners only three of them won the one and only Knockout
Round game that would take them to Finals Day and one of the
teams who had scraped through in third place managed to get through.
Hoggards Green A won only their second game of the day
to beat Barking A 9-3.
Cockfield A came from 7-2 down to snatch victory
on the last end 10-7 over Chelmondistion A.
Barking B came from behind to beat Hundon
A 7-5 on the last end.
Hundon B went from all square against Bealings
to winning 10-3 by picking up 7 shots on the last 3 ends.
Somersham never got a look in as Kelsale/Knodishall
romped away to a 16-0 win.
Although Claydon never
headed Thurston it needed a fortunate wood right at the
end for Thurston to snatch a 6-5 win.
Withersfield A edged away from Hoggards Green
B halfway through their game and held on to win 6-4.
Although close early on Kelsale/Brockley
ran away from Chelmondiston C in the latter part of their
game to win 13-2.
Qualifiers
Barking B - Rita &
Pete Runnacles, Jean Sampson and John Dowsing
Cockfield A - Colin & Peter Fellingham and Sue &
Graham Davey
Hoggards Green A - Geoff & Margaret Holland, Robin
Frederick and Colin Barnes
Hundon B - Ann Hathaway, Nick Wood, Pam Deeks & Andrew
Cooper
Kelsale/Brockley - Paul, Mike & Rita Daniels and Neil
Jolly
Kelsale/Knodishall - Peter & Kay Masters and David
& Julie Hurr
Thurston - Len Lamb, Sally Dalton, Helen Halls and Marie
Hagger
Withersfield A - Lin & Tony Cooke, Stuart McNeil and
Lisa Edmead
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