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Summer League Finals 2015

On Wednesday 2 September, the SCBA held the Summer League finals night at Needham Market Community Centre.

The five league winners and competing teams were Chelmondiston, Barking, Knodishall, Sproughton and Bildeston.

In the first session, each team played two rinks (fours) games.

It was Barking who made the best start in their game against Chelmondiston. Scoring heavily in the middle ends put the game beyond doubt and the final score was 26-4. Knodishall weren’t far behind though, again dominating the middle ends in their game against Sproughton, finishing up comfortable 17-3 winners.

Barking and Knodishall faced each other in what was the closest game of the session. Barking kept edging ahead but Knodishall always drew level and then a three on the penultimate end was the clincher, Knodishall holding on for a crucial 9-8 win.

In the two other games, Bildeston eased to an excellent 14-2 win over Sproughton, and Chelmondiston beat the other Bildeston rink by 15-9.

At halftime, Knodishall were looking good with two wins but Barking, Bildeston and Chelmondiston all had a win each, so it was all to play for in the second session.

The second session saw each team play two triples games, against the teams they had not faced in the rinks games.

Knodishall knew that two wins would mean they couldn’t be caught. They got off to a great start against Chelmondiston, 5-0 and 9-1 up, which was then reduced to 9-5. However from there they didn’t look back and raced away to a 17-6 win.

Barking kept up the pressure on Knodishall by controlling their game against Bildeston. An early lead was extended in the middle ends and concluded with a 13-7 win.

The crucial game was now Knodishall against Bildeston and after a tight low scoring start, Knodishall slowly took control to secure an 8-2 lead. That advantage was reduced to 10-6 with an end to play, but it was enough and Knodishall held on for a 10-8 win.

In the other games Sproughton bounced back well from disappointing rinks games to record two wins, but only just. It was a see-saw game against Barking and they held their nerve on the final ends to win 8-7. Then against Chelmondiston they led from the start, it was level going into the final end but they scored a single shot for a 9-8 win.

Congratulations to Knodishall, unbeaten on the night and 2015 Summer League champions.

The final placings were:

Points

Shots+

Shots-
Knodishall

8

53

25
Barking

4

54

28
Sproughton

4

22

46
Bildeston

2

38

40
Chelmondiston

2

33

61

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Neil Jolly