The annual Random Triples tournament was a little down on numbers this year, thanks to clashing events in both Essex and Cambridgeshire, but there were still 72 entries.

Round 1
The trio of Linda Sadgrove, Sam Runnacles and William Hitchcock won their first game 13-1, and led the way, Ellen Grube, Jim Goodrich and John Mayhew had a 10-4 win, and Angus Rogers, Keith Fellingham and Sue Davey also picked up 10 shots, while dropping 5.

Round 2
We already had a (very) clear leader, at least as far as the shots were concerned. William Hitchcock had the 4 points from his two wins, along with 32 shots. Second was Mick Watkins, on 25 shots, Sam Runnacles had 22, Angus Rogers 18, and Keith Fellingham rounded out the top 5 on 17 shots.

Ten other players had won both their games so far.

Round 3
Only 6 players made it 3 wins out of 3. Still leading the way, with a healthy shot lead, was William Hitchcock, on 38 shots, Sam Runnacles was 2nd on 29, John Mayhew and Andy Simpson were on 20, and Frank Wilkin and Paul Daniels had 19 shots.

Three further players, Michelle Rutherford, Tony Stephenson and Sue Isles were still in with a shout, having dropped just one point so far.

Round 4
Four games down and there were still 5 players maintaining a perfect record. William was still out in front on 46 shots, Paul was on 30, Andy had 27, John 25, and Frank 24.

And with a very remote outside chance, Sam and Tony were on 7 points.

Final Round
Having led all day, unfortunately William Hitchcock suffered a defeat in his final game, leaving him in 6th place. Frank Wilkin, also lost his perfect record, as he drew his last game, which meant he finished 5th, on 9 points, and 30 shots. Also on 9 points, but with 42 shots, was Sam Runnacles, which brought him back up to 4th.

The remaining 3 players all finished on a maximum 10 points. Third was John Mayhew, with 35 points, second was Paul Daniels, on 37 points, but leapfrogging to the top, right at the end, was Andy Simpson, with 40 shots.

We would like to give huge thanks to everyone who came along to play, and we hope to see you all again next year.

You can see the results here.

Andy Simpson

John, Sam, Paul & Andy

This year's event saw a maximum entry of 40 teams, and was raising funds for Blood Runners.

As usual teams would get 4 games each, with the winners decided on points, shots for, and finally shots against.

Round 1
There were no drawn games in the first round (in fact none of the 80 games played on the day resulted in a draw), so there were 20 teams who started off with a win. And of those, 11 teams got double figure shot scores.

The top 5 were: Withersfield A (15 shots), Mixed Bag of Nuts (13), and Finchingfield, Belstead and Hintlesham & Chattisham B (12 shots each).

Round 2
13 teams also won their second games. Burstall A now led the way with 25 shots, Mixed Bag of Nuts were just one shot behind, Claydon/Chelmondiston were one shot further behind, and Belstead and Burstall B were on 20 shots.

Round 3
Only 9 teams made it 3 wins out of 3. They were: Burstall A (34 shots), Mixed Bag of Nuts (33), G I Blues (32), Belstead (29), Claydon/Chelmondiston (29), Knodishall (28), Stanningfield A (25), Elmsett C (25), and Hundon B (24)

Final Round
The day ended with just 5 teams going undefeated, and there was very little to tell between them, with just 4 shots to separate them, but it was Burstall A who came out on top, ahead of G I Blues by virtue of just a single shot.

Pts For Agst 1 Burstall A 8 42 14 2 G I Blues 8 41 14 3 Claydon/Chelmondiston 8 41 18 4 Knodishall 8 39 14 5 Belstead 8 38 13

We would like to give massive thanks to everyone who came along to play and who who helped contribute to a profit of £1325.

You can find the final results here.

Winners Burstall

Runners-Up G I Blues