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Suffolk
Singles |
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The Singles brought out an
entry of 42, only one down on last year.
The winners and runners-up from each group would qualify for
the knockout rounds.
Group 1
The outcome of the group came down to shots conceded, and there
were only 2 in it. Stanningfield finished on 6 points
and 29 shots, the same as Chelmondiston C, but Chelmo
only had 18 against, while for Stanningfield it was 20, so Chelmo
were the group winners, Stanningfield were second.
Group 2
Kelsale A dropped only one point, finishing on 7, second
place went to Thurston who had two wins and a draw.
Group 3
Gt Blakenham A won all four games to win the group comfortably.
Cockfield B’s 5 points was good enough for second
place.
Group 4
Another close one, with only 3 points covering the 5 players
at the end. The top two went through with 6 points, Cockfield
D’s 30 shots was enough to give them the win, 4 shots better
than Hintlesham D.
Group 5
Chelmondiston B won all of their games, to finish on 8 points,
Burstall A, just losing once, were through as runners-up.
Group 6
Kelsale B completed a clean sweep of all their games, to
finish first, while Gt Blakenham B were through with 3
wins and a loss.
Group 7
Brockley recorded maximum points to win the group, well ahead
of second placed Chelmondiston A who were next best with
2 wins and a draw.
Group 8
Claydon B were very comfortably through on 8 points. However,
a regrettable scoring error meant that second place was awarded
to Barking A when it should have gone to Hundon B. Unfortunately,
the mistake was only spotted once the First Knockout Round had
already been played, by which time there was no way to make a
correction.
Knockout Rounds
First Round
Brockley led from the start against Barking A, and
by the time it got to 11-0, an end was called to the match with
2 ends still to go.
Gt Blakenham A took the lead at the start, and never let
go, Stanningfield were only able to win one end, the final
result was 11-2 to Blakenham.
Kelsale A just got their nose in from on the 3rd end,
against Burstall A, and hung on for a 7-4 win.
After losing the first end, Chelmondiston B struck back
against Cockfield B, with a full house, and went on to
win 9-5.
Thurston were ahead from the start against Kelsale
B, and were 5-0 up after 3 ends, it came back to 5-3, but
Thurston picked up the last 2 ends for a 7-3 win.
Cockfield D dropped the first end to Gt Blakenham B,
but were ahead on the next end, and went away to win 9-3.
Closest game of the round was Chelmo C against Hintlesham
D, which was all square with an end to go. That last end
went to Hintlesham for a 5-4 win.
And the least close game of the round was Claydon B against
Chelmo A. It ended up 20-1 to Claydon.
Quarter Finals
Sam Runnacles (Claydon) came off one big win, straight into
another, this time against Frank Wilkin (Hintlesham),
he started with a full house on the first end, and went on to
take the win 13-0, with 2 ends still to go.
Peter Fellingham (Cockfield) also picked up a full house,
this time on the second end, against Paul Leech (Thurston),
sealing the win there and then. Sam finished up winning 9-4.
After one dead end, Neil Jolly (Brockley) picked up a
3 on the second against Steven Cain (Gt. Blakenham), he
followed it up with a 2, and while Steven struck back to make
it 5-3, Neil won the next 2 ends for an 8-3 victory over the
reigning champion.
Oscar Mew (Kelsale) won the first end with a single, against
Adam Hubbard (Chelmondiston), but Adam won the next 3
to put him 5-1 up, a couple of shots were pulled back and with
one wood to go to looked like an extra end would be needed, but
Adam used that last wood to good effect, took 3, and won the
game 8-3.
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The games between
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Semi-Finals
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Neil Jolly (Brockley) v Adam
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Adam took the early lead,
with 1 on the first end, but Neil drew level, and then pulled
ahead, winning 4 consecutive ends to go 7-1 up. After that there
was no way back for Adam, Neil winning 8-3.
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Sam Runnacles (Claydon) v Peter
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This one was nip and tuck
for the first half of the game, 3-3 after 4 ends. But the 5th
end saw Sam take what looked like a decisive 3 shots. However
Peter took them all back immediately, to make it 6-6 with one
end to go. That end went to Peter, sending him into the final
with an 8-6 win.
Final
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Peter Fellingham (Cockfield)
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End 1 - Peter takes shot with his last wood,
dragging the jack back, Neil attempts a draw (or a 3 ball plant)
with his last, but it’s still one to Peter.
End 2 - Only just down one, Peter picks up the jack with
his last, nearly takes it off, but instead leaves it teetering
on the edge of the carpet. Neil just needs to get within about
3 feet to win the end, and does it, just. 1-1.
End 3 - Neil draws for shot with his last, but Peter pushes
that one out, and takes two to lead 3-1.
End 4 - Down one, Neil pushes the jack through to hold,
but Peter hits back, playing one of his own through to push the
jack deep, leaving Neil with a difficult draw, which is close,
but misses out by an inch or so. Peter leads 4-1.
End 5 - A very good start from Peter, but Neil responds
well, to get second, just in behind, and then gets shot with
his next. Peter is too eager with his last, and goes sailing
by, Neil’s last is understandably tentative. One to Neil,
Peter leads 4-2.
End 6 - Neil is on the jack, Peter gets it loose, but
Neil still holds. Peter’s third cuts it down from 3 to 1,
Neil puts another back in, forcing weight from Peter, who misses,
and it’s all square at 4-4.
Final End - Neil drops in front of the jack with his first,
while Peter runs through. The second from Neil sits slightly
wide, offering a tempting target to play in off, but instead
Peter knocks it round, right in behind the jack. Neil, looking
for cover at the back, is a little short and taps the jack away,
and Peter is holding. Peter does nothing with his 3rd wood, and
Neil, with his last is too tight, does nothing, and the game
is over, 5-4 to Peter.
Congratulations to Peter, who
wins his first Suffolk Singles title.
All the day's results can be
found here.
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Suffolk
Pairs |
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This year’s Pairs matched
last year’s entry of 45, which meant deploying the dreaded
9th mat. The winners of each of the 9 groups would qualify, along
with the best 7 runners-up.
Group 1
Claydon C comfortably
took the group, winning all their games with ease. The runner-up
spot went to Hintlesham & Chattisham E, but their
5 points and 21 shots was 6 shots short of what they needed to
qualify.
Group 2
Copdock & Washbrook
and Cockfield were separated by just 2 shots, having both
won 3 and lost 1 game. Cockfield finished top courtesy of their
victory over Cockfield, but both teams were through.
Group 3
Four teams ended up within just one point of one another once
all the games were played, with the top 2 teams finishing on
5 points. Knodishall/Belstead won the group thanks to
their 29 shots, 3 better than Barking A. Both teams were
through.
Group 4
Hintlesham & Chattisham C
were one of only 2 teams to come through the group stages with
4 wins, comfortably topping the group. The runner-up spot went
to Elmsett C, on 5 points, they too were through.
Group 5
Top spot went to Earl Soham, who won 3 of their 4 games.
The remaining teams in the group were separated by just 1 point,
but 4 points was the best any of them could manage, which wouldn’t
be enough to progress.
Group 6
Chelmondiston A’s
6 points was good enough for the group win. They finished just
1 point ahead of 2 teams, Claydon E, who qualified, and
Elmsett D, who just missed out by 3 shots.
Group 7
With one game in the group to be played, any combination of two
out of three teams could get through. As it was, the game, between
Chelmondiston B and Claydon D finished in a draw,
which meant that Chelmo (7 points) were through as group winners,
Kelsale (6 points) were through in second, and Claydon
(5 points) missed out.
Group 8
Three teams ended up on 6 points. First place went to Barking
(34 shots), and second went to Hundon/Stanningfield (31
shots). Unfortunately, Elmsett E (26 shots) just missed
out.
Group 9
Claydon B made it through
undefeated, dropping just one point in their 4 games. Barking
B’s 5 points and 27 shots left them in second, and they
too were through to the knockout rounds.
First Round
Hintlesham & Chattisham C
knocked out the holders, Cockfield, coming from 3-4 down
with 2 ends to go, to win 8-4.
Barking A had the best of the middle part of
the game, against Earl Soham, holding on to win 5-3.
Kelsale pulled out a 6 shot lead over Chelmondiston
A, and held on to win 7-4.
Chelmondiston B just had the best of Claydon E
over the first few ends, but really pulled away at the end, to
win 10-1.
Barking C established an early lead over Claydon
B, and were never in trouble as they won 7-2.
Claydon C were 2-5 down to Barking B with
3 ends to go, but pulled themselves back into the game, and finished
9-5 winners.
Hundon/Stanningfield were looking good against Copdock
& Washbrook, 7-3 up with 2 ends to go, but Copdock levelled
the game to force an extra end, which they won for a 10-7 victory.
There was never much between
Knodishall/Belstead and Elmsett C, but Elmsett
had the better of the closing ends, winning 7-3.
Quarter Finals
A 3 on the second end for Hintlesham & Chattisham C
made sure that they were always within reaching distance against
Kelsale, in a very close game. Unfortunately, the chance
to win the game with the last wood, was too much to resist, when
the game could have gone to an extra end, and the game was lost
by Hintlesham 4-7.
Barking A took the early advantage against
Chelmondiston B, and they were never in trouble, winning
11-4.
Claydon C chipped out a 5-0 lead over Copdock
& Washbrook over the first 4 ends, and that held them
in good stead, as they took the game 7-3.
An early lead for Barking
C was lost on the fourth end as Elmsett C took a 4.
Elmsett never looked back, taking the win 8-4.
Semi-Finals
Barking A (Andy Gilder & Mick Watkins) v Kelsale (Oscar Mew
& Paul Daniels)
Barking led 7-3 going into the final end, but found themselves
trying too hard not to lose a big score, and ended up doing just
that, as Kelsale picked up the shots they needed to force an
extra end. That end was incredibly tight, but Kelsale just held
the narrowest of advantages, until the final shot moved to just
enough for Barking to get the shot they needed to reach the final.
Claydon C (Andy Pooley &
David Ford) v Elmsett C (John Gillies & Barry Thorpe)
Claydon took the lead from the start, and were 5-0 ahead after
3 ends, Elmsett took 1 back on the 4th, but going into the last
end Claydon had the game sewn up at 10-1, although Elmsett grabbed
a couple back on that final end.
Final
Claydon C (Andy Pooley & David Ford) v Barking A (Andy Gilder
& Mick Watkins)
End 1 - Claydon are
holding 3 or 4, Andy P puts in a good-looking blocker, but Andy
G draws in to a tight cluster, takes shot, and Andy P can’t
get it back with his last. Barking lead 1-0.
End 2 - Mick starts well, but David is into the head to
push the jack through. Andy P draws shot, but Andy G pushes that
one through, and then takes a second. 3-0 to Barking.
End 3 - Mick is no better than jack high, David is there
and behind, to hold 1. Andy G plays across the head, to take
the jack, and hold 2. Andy P uses his last wood to play the shot
through, and takes one. 3-1 to Barking.
End 4 - David again with the better start, but Mick pushes
the jack through to the back of the mat. No one is particularly
close. Andy P find the wide line, and gets to within a foot and
a half to hold, and then repeats the shot. 3-3.
End 5 - David puts a toucher in behind the jack, and Andy
P puts one on the front. Four down, Andy G manages to cut Claydon
down to 2, and Claydon now lead 5-3.
End 6 - David moves the jack to the back again, Andy P
draws one, and Andy G manages to promote an opposition wood into
second. 7-3 to Claydon.
Final End - David puts the screws on with his 3 woods,
and the situation looks unpromising for Barking, even more so
when Andy P drops a second Claydon wood onto the front of the
jack. The end is turning into a nightmare for Barking as, with
Mick having already gone off the side, Andy G hits hit the middle.
Andy P makes sure of the win by taking another Barking wood off,
and they end up with a 4 to win 11-3.
This is David’s 4th Pairs
title, and Andy’s second.
Many thanks to all the attendees,
and in particalar all those who stayed to the end, and helped
clear up.
All the day's results can be
found here.
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Suffolk
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Despite the close proximity
to Christmas, this year's championship attracted 28 teams, the
same as last year.
The group winners, runners-up, and the best 3rd placed team would
qualify for the knockout rounds.
Group 1 was won by Belstead, who were undefeated,
with second place going to Chelmondiston A, who finished
on 6 points.
Group 2 was an incredibly close affair, with Hundon
A and Elmsett B vying to top the group in their last
game, with Hundon knowing that they would finish first as long
as they didn’t lose by more than 6 shots. And that's just
what happened. the game finished 7-1 to Elmsett, which left the
two teams tied on 6 points, and 23 shots, but Hundon only had
15 against, compared with Elmsett’s 24.
Claydon A won all their games to top Group 3, second
place went to Chelmondiston B, who finished on 6 points
and 27 shots, just ahead of Elmsett C who scored 1 shot
less, but who, in turn had finished 1 shot better than the second
best 3rd placed team, and so also qualified.
Stanningfield A scored a clean sweep of their games to
win Group 4, with Brockley taking the runner-up
spot by 3 shots over Chelmondiston & Barking, who also just
missed out on being the best 3rd placed team.
Group 5 was closest of all, going into the final round
of games there were 4 teams placed on 4 points. Old Felixstowe
A finished top, with 6 points and 32 shots, second went to
Knodishall A (6 points and 23 shots), just edging out Barrow
(6 points and 22 shots).
Knockout Rounds
First Round (runners-up and best 3rd)
Brockley began against Chelmondiston B with a 3,
and were never behind as they went on to win 10-2.
Chelmondiston A dropped the first end against Elmsett
B, but were level on the next then ahead, where they stayed,
to win 7-2.
Having been 6-1 down to Elmsett B, Knodishall A
performed a huge turn around, levelling the game on the next
end, before winning the 2 remaining ends for a 10-6 victory.
Quarter Finals
Whatever Claydon A did, Chelmondiston A had an
answer for them, winning the first 4 ends to pull 7-0 ahead.
Claydon won the next end, but only with one shot, and a 3 for
Chelmo finished the game off at 10-1 with an end to go.
Stanningfield A picked up 8 shots over Old Felixstowe
A, over the course of 3 ends, to lead 8-1, thereafter controlling
the game to take a 9-3 win.
Brockley took the early advantage against Hundon A,
and were 4-0 up after 2 ends. But 2 ends later it was all square.
Brockley took 2 on the next, which was, again, equalled, to put
the score 6 all, with an end to go. A single shot was all that
was needed, and it was Brockley that got it, to seal the win.
Having performed one miraculous escape, Knodishall A found
themselves 5 down after one end against Belstead, and
8-0 down after 3 ends. Surely they couldn’t do it again?
And, indeed, they weren’t finished, they picked up a 3,
then a 4, and were one ahead with a 2, as their skip pulled off
a series of perfect shots. And he did it again on the last, holding
his nerve, where the opposition couldn’t, well down with
just 1 wood to bowl, he took shot, having pushed the jack back,
and Belstead couldn’t grab it back. Knodishall won 10-8.
Semi-Finals
Chelmondiston A picked up 1 on the first end, but a couple of
ends later, they were 5-1 down to Stanningfield A. Another 2
ends later it was all square, 5-5, but it was Stanningfield who
won the final 2 ends, taking the game 8-5.
Knodishall A once again found
themselves well down, this time to Brockley, 9-1 after 4 ends,
but there was no miraculous turn around this time, as Brockley
held them at bay to win 10-4.
Final
Stanningfield (Paul
Leach, Trevor Bean & Rob Parnell) v Brockley (Neil
& Keith Jolly and Andrew Hensby)
End 1 - Brockley have the early advantage, but Stanningfield
sneak in. It’s close, Stanningfield decide not to bowl their
last, and get it on a measure, to lead 1-0.
End 2 - Stanningfield hold 3, although there’s nothing
very close, until Neil knocks an opposition wood in with his
first, to hide the jack. He goes with the draw with his last,
no change, 3 to Stanningfield, who now lead 4-0.
End 3 - Again there’s nothing much close, until Brockley
promote an opposition wood. Paul gets second, Neil can’t
change the head, 2 more to Stanningfield, and they lead 6-0.
End 4 - Finally a draw to the jack, from Brockley, and
while Stanningfield hit their target with the next, it squeezes
out to Brockley’s side woods, and they hold 2. Paul cuts
that down to one, forcing Neil to play his last, despite the
potential for danger. He gets it right, taps the best opposition
wood away, and takes 2. 6-2 to Stanningfield.
End 5 - They’re starting to warm up now, with shot
wood changing rapidly. Brockley hold one as the skips come to
bowl, but Stanningfield have to crucial back wood. The jack is
moved, but Brockley still hold, the last 2 woods to nothing.
6-3 to Stanningfield.
End 6 - Brockley hold with their wood on the nose of the
jack, but there are a trio of opposition woods just behind it.
Neil decides to block the straighter hand, Paul falls foul of
the swing on the other, one to Brockley. 6-4.
Final End - Brockley’s best start of the game, they’re
holding 3 with the skips left to go. Neil’s blocker blocks
nothing, and Paul is in, onto the shot wood, and holds. Neil
is left with an improbable shot to get what's needed to force
another end, and, indeed, doesn't manage it, the final result
is 7-4 to Stanningfield.
Winners
Stanningfield |
Runners-Up
Brockley |
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Suffolk
Fours |
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There were 27 teams entered,
playing across 5 groups, with the winners, runners-up and the
best 3rd placed team qualifying for the knockout stages.
The day began slightly late
as we waited for the arrival of a few players who has been held
up by flooding caused by overnight rain.
Group 1
Cockfield topped the
group, winning all their games, while Claydon B won 3
and lost 1 to take second place.
Group 2
Belstead/Brockley topped
the group with 4 wins, while Claydon A lost just the once
to finish runners-up.
Group 3
Hundon B dropped just
one point on their way to the group win, with Chelmondiston
A clear runners-up on 6 points.
Group 4
Stanningfield won 3
and drew 1 to finish group winners, Claydon C made it
a trio of Claydon runners-up, with 6 points, and Hintlesham
& Chattisham A’s 2 wins and a draw was sufficient
to see them through as the best 3rd placed team.
Group 5
Group winners, with 4 victories, were Burstall, while
Elmsett B lost just once, on their way through to the
knockout rounds.
Knockout Stages
Round 1 (Runners-Up
and Best 3rd Place)
Chelmondiston A were off to a flier against Elmsett
B, getting 7 on the board before the opposition scored. They
were never going to give that lead up, and took the game 8-4.
The battle of the Claydons
saw ‘A’ grab an early 5-0 lead, after which
they alternated winning ends, with ‘B’ never
getting closer than within 3 shots. ‘A’ ends
up 9-4 winners.
Claydon C won the first and last of the 6 ends
played. Hintlesham & Chattisham A won the intervening
4 ends. Unfortunately for Hintlesham, they only scored 1 on each
of their winning ends, while Claydon picked up a pair of 3s.
Final score 6-4 to Claydon.
Quarter Finals
Hundon B were 5-0 up
over Claydon C, after just 2 ends. Claydon grabbed 3 back
in the next couple, but Hundon restored their lead on the next.
They went into the last end 6 up, and succeeded in dropping just
3, to win 9-6.
Cockfield and Chelmondiston A were all
square after 3 ends, but the second half of the game saw Cockfield
pull away to a 7-2 victory.
A couple of big ends for Belstead/Brockley
was what separated them from Stanningfield, as they
won 11-3.
Burstall looked like they had the game in the
bag, against Claydon A, very early on. They led 6-0 after
2 ends, and were 3 up on the third with one wood to go. But that
last wood was drawn in for shot, stopping the rot, after which
Claydon worked their way back before getting the 2 on what was
to be the last end, to put them in front. Claydon won 7-6.
Semi-Finals
Belstead/Brockley had
beaten Claydon A in the group stages, but this time the
boot was on the other foot. Claydon had the early advantage,
and never let off the pressure, running out to a convincing 8-1
win.
Hundon B picked up 3 against Cockfield
on the first end, but 2 ends later Cockfield were 7-3 up, a lead
which they never relinquished, winning 9-4.
Final
Cockfield (Colin &
Keith Fellingham, June Pettit and Jane Coulon) v Claydon
(Clint & Emma Watling, Ally Hobbs and Sam Runnacles)
Facing much the same team that
had won the championship the year before, Cockfield would have
been considered the underdogs going into game, but they hadn't
put a foot wrong all day, and that continued to be the case.
Cockfield won the first end,
picking up 2 shots, and added a further one on the second. Claydon
came back on the third end, with a 2, reducing the lead to just
one shot, but that was as close as they got.
Cockfield picked up one each
on the next 2 ends, and then, on the penultimate end, put the
seal on the game with a three, to lead 8-2. A 6 shot lead was
always going to be eminently defendable, and so it proved to
be. Claydon had been chasing the game from the start, and weren't
able to manufacture a miracle. Cockfield picked up one more shot
on that final end, to take a well deserved 9-2 victory.
For the record, Colin last
won the Fours in 2011/12, and June last won it 30 years again,
in 1993/94.
Winners
Cockfield |
Runners-Up
Claydon |
You can find all the day's
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