Suffolk Carpet Bowls Association

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On Sunday 6th January Suffolk 2013 hosted their annual Charity Fours tournament at Needham Market Community Centre, which this year was in aid of The Stroke Asscoiation.

There were 43 teams playing this year, several of whom had travelled from outside the county.

So that we could accomodate as many teams as possible there was no knockout stage, the winners were simply decided by the results of the group games.

The group winners were Bealings B, Knodishall B, Reepham A, Kelsale A, Brantham A, Withersfield B, Bentley A, Knodishall A and Nayland A.

The first team to win all their games and set the benchmark were Nayland A who finished on 8 points and a very impressive 43 shots. Kelsale A came close, again winning all their games, but just falling short on shorts, despite reaching a total of 39 in their 4 wins.

The final round of games saw Knodishall B with the only realistic chance of snatching victory. They went into their last game needing a win and 12 shots to be sure of victory and although they still needed another 3 shots going into the final end they did exactly what they needed to do, finishing on 44 shots to take the title by a single shot.

The winning Knodishall team were Chris & Shirley Tilbrook, Val Game and Ken Drane.

We would like to thank everyone who helped to contribute the event which we are pleased to say raised more than £1200.

On Sunday 22nd January Suffolk hosted their annual Charity Fours tournament at Needham Market Community Centre, this year raising funds for Age UK.

As with last years event we concentrated on getting as many entries as possible in order to maximise the income. With 45 teams, including ones from Essex, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, entered there wouldn't be enough time for a knockout stage. So the eventual winners would be decided simply on how well the teams did in their 4 group games.

7 of the 9 group winners won 3 of their 4 games, they were Burstall, Stratford St Mary, Bentley, Colmworth, Knodishall A, Brockley and Barking A. Going one point better than those teams were the eventual Runners-up, Withersfield A, who finished on 7 points. But the winners were the only team not to drop a single point all day, Barking B, who were Mick & Shirley Watkins and Sue & Andy Gilder.

We would like to thank everyone who helped to contribute to the final figure which we expect to top £1000.