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» 2011 MARION'S FAB FOURS

This year's tournament was held on 23rd July at Needham Market, raising funds to help the county team attend the National Championships in November.

Although the entries were a little down on last year the standard of bowling was, as usual, first class.

After the group games and the knock-out stage, a team all the way from Cambridgeshire, That's All Folkes, and a team who had to be put together at the last minute after a last minute withdrawal, No Hope, contested the final.

In a closely contested game, No Hope, consisting of Jean Simpson, Stan Aldous, Mick Watkins and Andy Gilder managed to win on the last end.

The Suffolk Squad would like to thank everyone who supported the event.

» 2011 KELSALE FOURS

25 teams joined us at Tunstall Village Hall for this year's Kelsale Fours Tournament, coming from all across Suffolk, as well as entries from Essex and even Bedfordshire.

Barking made it through to the final having won their group on shots. They came through their Quarter Final with an 11-6 win over Belstead and followed that with a narrow 5-4 Semi-Final victory in a tight fought game with Copdock.

The host club provided the other finalists, Kelsale had scraped through the the group stage as one of the runners-up. Their Quarter Final had seen them take a 9-5 win over Tolgate, following which they overcame Chelmondiston 6-2 in the Semi-Final.

The Final itself was closely fought with only one shot being scored per end through the first 4 ends, shared evenly between the 2 teams. The 5th end again yielded just a single shot, but it saw Barking take the lead of the game for the first time. They built on the lead with a further 2 shots on the penultimate end and having all but sealed victory then proceeded to take the final end to win 6-2.

The winning team was Mick & Shirley Watkins, Sue Gilder and Rita Daniels.

We would like to thank everyone who joined us and helped us to raise more than £600 for Kelsale Village Hall.

» 2011 GREAT BLAKENHAM LADIES TRIPLES

We had a very enjoyable day on Sunday 19th June with our Ladies Triples Competition.

12 teams competed split in leagues, giving everyone a minimum of 3 games to play.

The winners of each league Bentley, Cockfield and Bramford/Old Felixstowe along with the best runner up Nacton 'B', then went through to the knock-out stage.

The final was a very close game between Bramford/Old Felixstowe and Cockfield played over 9 ends with the score on the 8th end being equal at 8 shots each, a very close final end saw Bramford/Old Felixstowe score 1 shot to end up as the winners with a score of 9-8.

Refreshments were available all day with bacon rolls going down well.

We had a very good raffle with over 50 prizes, a tombola plus another couple of fundraising games. Proceeds from these amounted to £212 and will be donated to the East Anglia Children's Hospices.

Winners
Old Felixstowe/Bramford

Runners-Up
Cockfield
» 2011 THURSTON CHARITY SUMMER FOURS

The Thurston Summer Charity Fours Competition 2011 took place on Sunday 19th June.

Rinks from Suffolk, Essex & Cambridgeshire battled it out to get their name on the competition shield. This year’s chosen charity was The West Suffolk Voluntary Association for the Blind. The association is run by volunteers and offers practical assistance and solutions for the blind and partially sighted across the whole of Suffolk.

2011 saw first time entries from Ashdon, Copdock, Harstead, Lawford, Lavenham and Polstead playing alongside seasoned regulars. Twenty four teams, in six groups, each playing 3 games in the round robin stage.

The six group winners; Harstead, Fornham All Saints B, Polstead, Nayland, Stanningfield and Barking were joined in the quarter final round by first and second runners up; Brantham and Bramford.

Winning through the semi-final stage saw rinks from Stanningfield and Bramford in the final. Bramford took an early lead and while Stanningfield managed to get four shots back on the second end, they couldn’t stop Bramford who went on to take the shield with an 11 – 5 win.

The wooden spoon was awarded to the rink for Horringer who, despite some closely fought games, could only manage five shots all day.

Trophies were presented by Ken Snow from the WSVAB who, thanks to team’s and spectator’s generosity, will shortly receive a cheque for the £1000 plus raised on the day.

Winners
Bramford

Runners-Up
Stanningfield

Wooden Spoon
Horringer
» 2011 COCKFIELD INVITATION FOURS

If at first you don't succeed.........
....follow the example of the Ashley quartet, who on Saturday 26 February won the Cockfield Invitation Fours trophy. They had come second on the previous three occasions, but in this year's final were too strong for runners up Hundon.

The trophies were presented by Peter Harrison representing the East Anglian Air Ambulance, one of the two charities to benefit in this year's event - the other being MacMillan Nurses.

Thank you very much from all of us in the Cockfield Club to everyone who took part, for your generosity. You helped us to raise £740 which will be shared equally between these two worthy causes. Do come back again next February for another enjoyable day's bowling, and help us to raise even more money for them.

Winners
Ashley

Runners-Up
Hundon