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Suffolk Finals 2014/2015

Singles

GROUP A

Richard

Ralph

Steven

Paul

Pl

Pts

F

A
Richard Green

8-3

5-7

6-6

3

3

19

16
Ralph Sadgrove

3-8

2-12

8-5

3

2

13

25
Steven Cain

7-5

12-2

11-2

3

6

30

9
Paul Leach

6-6

5-8

2-11

3

1

13

25

Richard and Steven won their first games and then met in the next set of game. The game went to Steven 7-5, which meant that he had a 2 point lead going into the final group games.

Steven only needed a draw from that last game to qualify, but took a comfortable win over Ralph to win the group with maximum points.

GROUP B

David

Trevor

Jim

Lin

Pl

Pts

F

A
David Ford

8-0

8-5

9-8

3

6

25

13
Trevor Cain

0-8

0-8

0-8

3

0

0

24
Jim Goodrich

5-8

8-0

6-8

3

2

19

16
Lin Cooke

8-9

8-0

8-6

3

4

24

15

With Trevor unable to play it came down to a fight between David, Jim and Lin.

Unfortunately for Jim he was edged out by both of his opponents which left David and Lin to play off for a place in the final.

David raced out to a 6-0 lead early on and by the penultimate end had an unbeatable 9-4 lead, although Lin took all four on that end to finish 8-9 down.

Final
Steven Cain
(Gt Blakenham) v David Ford (Gt Blakenham)

The Final came down to perhaps the two favourites, who were not only club teammates but also partners in the Pairs.

End 1 – The last wood does all the damage as David takes Steven's shot wood out to give himself 3.
End 2 – David lands his second wood on the jack. Steven is forced to run at it, makes contact, but the jack goes clean off. 5-0 to David.
End 3 – This time David is short and Steven takes full advantage, taking out David's nearest wood with his last to give himself the maximum 4 shots. 5-4 to David.
End 4 – Steven is firing on all cylinders now. His first wood in front of the jack, second and third behind as David fails to reach until his third which is fired in to cut the count down to one. And his final wood is also played with weight and looks like it might have backfired, but he's still only one down. All square at 5-5.
End 5 – Now Steven is short until his last wood which is good enough for second. David declines to bowl his last and is back into the lead at 6-5.
End 6 – Now David struggles while Steven prospers. David finally reaches the jack with his last wood to cut it down to 1. This time it's Steven who doesn't bowl his last. 6-6.
End 7 – The familiar to and fro continues. David holds two while Steven is short. With the jack having been loved back and to the side of the carpet David draws a blocker across the line into the perfect spot. Steven's last wood connects squarely with the blocker and David doesn't need to bowl his last as he takes 2 to win 8-6 and take the title for the first time.


David Ford


Steven Cain


Pairs

GROUP A

Kel B

Kel A

Barking

Blake

Pl

Pts

F

A
Kelsale B

3-10

13-3

4-8

3

2

20

21
Kelsale A

10-3

4-10

3-3

3

3

17

16
Barking

3-13

10-4

4-9

3

2

17

26
Gt Blakenham B

8-4

3-3

9-4

3

5

20

11

Kelsale A and Blakenham won their first games and faced one another in their next. It was a close one as Kelsale took a shot on three of the first four ends while the other was tied and Blakenham finished with one on each of the last 3 ends to finish the game in a 3-3 draw and leave both teams on 3 points, seperated by a single shot. With Kelsale B having won one and lost one the group could go any one 3 ways.

However both Kelsale teams lost so it was Gt Blakenham that came through undefeated to win the group.

GROUP B

Felix

Knod

Claydon

Blake

Pl

Pts

F

A
Old Felixstowe

16-0

3-7

1-8

3

2

20

15
Knodishall

0-16

5-9

8-5

3

2

13

30
Claydon

7-3

9-5

1-9

3

4

17

17
Gt Blakenham A

8-1

5-8

9-1

3

4

22

10

With everyone having played twice it was all square with each team have won one and lost one. However with Old Felixstowe and Gt Blakenham holding a healthy shot advantage over the other two teams added to the fact that they would play one another in the final game, the winner looked likely to be one of the two.

While Claydon won their final game to finish one 4 points it was Gt Blakenham who won the group as Old Felixstowe barely got a look in, losing 8-1. Blakenham getting through with a 5 shot margin.

Final
Andy Pooley & David O'Brien
(Gt Blakenham B) v Steven Cain & David Ford (Gt Blakenham A)

Another all Blakenham final with Steven and David defending their title.

End 1 – With 'A' holding 2 Andy chipped the jack to the side of the carpet with his first wood and then drew to it twice to take 2. 'B' lead 2-0.
End 2 - 'B' make the early running but Steven takes shot with his last wood. 'B' lead 2-1.
End 3 – 'B' have a wood jack high early on but 'A' take shot with their last wood and Andy's last rolls another in for the opposition. 'A' lead 3-2.
End 4 – Early advantage to 'A' with a wood on top of the jack. The jack is moved but 'A' still hold and they now lead 4-2.
End 5 – David Ford's early woods put the opposition under pressure and they have to take repeated attempts to move the jack, which only happens with the final wood, but the end still goes to 'A' who are now 5-2 up with two ends to play.
End 6 – 'B' hold 2 and Andy makes it 3 with his first. Steven immediately moves the jack to cut the count down to 1, but Andy draws second. One end to go and now there's only one shot in it. 5-4 to 'A'.
End 7 – The early lead belongs to 'A' and they keep it as the jack gets moved. However Andy manages to punch one of his woods up, leaving it in front of the jack which is off to the side and with some protection at the front. There is nothing that Steven can do so it's all square at 5-5, time for an extra end.
End 8 – With the jack pushed back 'B' hold and 'A' consistently fail to get close enough. Andy's penultimate wood draws right to the jack and Steven can't get close, leaving 'B' with 3 shots, to completing a massive comeback to win 8-5.


Andy Pooley & David O'Brien


Steven Cain & David Ford

Fours

GROUP A

Bark A

Bark B

Burstall

Belstead

Pl

Pts

F

A
Barking A

6-4

5-6

8-4

3

4

19

14
Barking B

4-6

12-5

3-9

3

2

19

20
Burstall

6-5

5-12

2-10

3

2

13

27
Belstead

4-8

9-3

10-2

3

4

23

13

Belstead and Barking A won their opening games, but while Belstead won their second, Barking lost. So the two teams headed into what would be the deciding game, with Belstead holding a 2 point and 8 shot advantage.

Belstead knew that they would not even need to win the game so long as they kept the shot defecit under 8. A simple enough task you would think, but not so. Barking were on it right from the start, nailing the jack while their opponents struggled badly, and chipping away at their target. Remarkably by the sixth end Barking led 8-0 and the job was all but done, all they needed to do was to prevent Belstead from scoring on the last end. But finally Belstead found the jack, got woods into the head and Barking couldn't get in. Belstead took 4 shots and that was enough to see them through.

GROUP B

Cockfield

Kelsale

Withers

Brockley

Pl

Pts

F

A
Cockfield

8-5

7-3

3-9

3

4

18

17
Kelsale

5-8

3-9

8-7

3

2

16

24
Withersfield

3-7

9-3

4-7

3

2

16

17
Brockley

9-3

7-8

7-4

3

4

23

15

Cockfield and Brockley opened up with wins, and although Cockfield won their second game while Brockley lost, they still had to play one another. Cockfield would qualify with just a draw, while a win for Brockley would open it up for them and Kelsale, if they could win their last.

As it was Kelsale lost so it was just down to Cockfield and Brockley.

Brockley started well and were never behind in the game. However just winning was not enough, they needed a 2 shot margin, so with Brockley leading 6-3 it all came down to the last end, which Brockley took to see themselves through.

Final
John & Sue Holder, Barrie Stokes and John Hayward
(Belstead) v Neil & Keith Jolly and Jonothan & Joey Stones (Brockley)

End 1 – With Belstead holding 3 Brockley's no.3 drew shot and they kept it to take the end. 1-0 to Brockley.
End 2 – Belstead get shot early on in the end and hang on to it before adding a second at the end. 2-1 to Belstead
End 3 – Belstead again have their noses in front, but as the end goes on the head gets more crowded and they have to block to hold on to what they've got. Managing to do so they take 2 to lead 4-1.
End 4 – A lonely Belstead wood hangs in to hold shot until Brockley's penultimate wood, which takes shot, but only the one. 4-2 to Belstead.
End 5 – This time it's a lonely Brockley wood that's hanging on for shot as they try to throw blockers in the way, all of which fail to stop the Belstead skip snatching shot with his last wood. 5-2 to Belstead.
End 6 – Brockley hold, but no one is really troubling the jack until late on in the end. Belstead move the jack to hold 4, but Brockley's skip takes shot and holds on. 5-3 to Belstead.
End 7 – This time Brockley have the jack nailed early on. Belstead can't get close and as Brockley add to their count Belstead succeed only in blocking themselves out. Brockley have enough and make sure they keep them, taking 4 to take a last gasp 7-5 win.


Neil & Keith Jolly and Jonothan & Joey Stones


John & Sue Holder, Barrie Stokes and John Hayward

SUFFOLK CHARITY FOURS
Presentation to East Anglia Air Ambulance


Suffolk Singles 2014/2015

Week II
This year's qualifying event is spread across 2 weekends to accomodate all the entries.

The second week had 40 singles playing in 8 groups of 5, with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the knockout stages. The last four would qualify for Finals Day, along with the the last four from Week II.

ROUND ONE

Barking G*

10

-

7

Thurston D

Barking E*

0

-

9

Bealings A

Thurston B*

7

-

6

Cockfield A

Gt Blakenham E*

8

-

5

Brockley

Barking H*

6

-

3

Cockfield B

Barking C*

7

-

6

Old Felixstowe E

Gt Blakenham D*

2

-

7

Barking J

Old Felixstowe D*

5

-

6

Withersfield F

*Group Winners

ROUND TWO

Barking G

4

-
8 Thurston B

Bealings A

8

-
4 Barking H

Barking C

4

-
8 Withersfield F

Gt Blakenham E

8

-
2 Barking J

QUALIFIERS
Bealings A Richard Green
Gt Blakenham E David Ford
Thurston B Paul Leach
Withersfield F Lin Cooke
A list of all this year's qualifiers can be found here.

Week I
This year's qualifying event is spread across 2 weekends to accomodate all the entries.

The first week had 35 singles playing in 7 groups of 5, with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the knockout stages, along with the 2 best third placed teams. The last four would qualify for Finals Day, along with the the last four from Week II.

ROUND ONE

Gt Blakenham B*

13

-

6

Burstall D

Kelsale C*

4

-

7

Hundon C

Gt Blakenham C*

6

-

3

Knodishall C

Hoggards Green A*

10

-

6

Kelsale A

Hoggards Green F*

5

-

6

Claydon B

Barking B

11

-

5

Withersfield A

Burstall A*

7

-

2

Kelsale D

Hundon A*

9

-

6

Knodishall B

*Group Winners

ROUND TWO

Gt Blakenham B

10

-
4 Hundon A

Hundon C

8

-
3 Hoggards Green A

Gt Blakenham C

10

-
3 Barking B

Claydon B

6

-
4 Burstall A

QUALIFIERS
Claydon B Jim Goodrich
Gt Blakenham B Steven Cain
Gt Blakenham C Trevor Cain
Hundon C Ralph Sadgrove
A list of all this year's qualifiers can be found here.

Suffolk Pairs 2014/2015

Week II
This year's qualifying event is spread across 2 weekends to accomodate all the entries.

The second week had 35 teams playing in 7 groups of 5, with the winners and runners-up of each group qualifying for the knockout stages, along with the 2 best third placed teams. The last four would qualify for Finals Day, along with the the last four from Week I.

ROUND ONE

Old Felixstowe C*

5

-

3

Thurston B

Barking D*

12

-

1

Harkstead

Withersfield C*

3

-

9

Knodishall D

Kelsale A*

11

-

4

Knodishall B

Cockfield C*

5

-

3

Somersham

Kelsale C*

12

-

1

Chelmondiston B

Old Felixstowe A*

4

-

7

Withersfield B

Knodishall A

9

-

3

Thurston A

*Group Winners

ROUND TWO

Old Felixstowe C

10

-
2 Cockfield C

Barking D

3

-
5 Kelsale C

Knodishall D

12

-
3 Withersfield B

Kelsale A

5

-
3 Knodishall A

QUALIFIERS
Kelsale A Paul & Mike Daniels
Kelsale C Rita Daniels & Keiron Perkins
Knodishall D Chris & Shirley Tilbrook
Old Felixstowe C John Varden & Ann Andrew
A list of all this year's qualifiers can be found here.

Week I
The first week saw 32 teams playing in 8 groups of 4, with the winners and runners-up qualifying for the knockout stages. The last four would qualify for Finals Day, along with the the last four from Week II.

ROUND ONE

Hundon C*

3

-

6

Cockfield A

Barking C*

6

-

5

Barking A

Claydon B*

6

-

4

Barking B

Hundon E*

6

-

4

Hundon A

Cockfield B*

4

-

7

Bealings B

Hundon B*

7

-

6

Bealings A

Claydon A*

4

-

8

Gt Blakenham A

Gt Blakenham C*

14

-

0

Stratford St Mary B

*Group Winners

ROUND TWO

Cockfield A

0

-
12 Claydon B

Bealings B

3

-
9 Gt Blakenham A

Hundon B

4

-
10 Gt Blakenham C

Barking C

11

-
5 Hundon E

QUALIFIERS
Barking C Mick Watkins & Andy Gilder
Claydon B Clint & Emma Watling
Gt Blakenham A Steven Cain & David Ford
Gt Blakenham C Andy Pooley & David O'Brien
A list of all this year's qualifiers can be found here.

Suffolk Triples 2014/2015

A total of 35 teams entered the event this year, with the 7 groups producing the 16 qualifiers for the knockout stages, by way of each group winner and runner-up, as well as the 2 best third placed teams.

The Finalists
Having been the only team on the day to win all of their group games, Barking B were pushed hard by their First Round opponents, Cockfield D, who had only just made it through, having finished third in their group. Having been 5-1 down, Cockfield clawed their way back to 4-5, only for time to run out on them.

Barking's Quarter Final against Kelsale was much more clear cut, a straightforward 10-0 drubbing, with the opposition never getting a look in. The Semi-Final was another completely different affair. This time team mates Barking A were off to a good start, 6-0 up in 3 ends, but Barking B relentlessly dragged themselves back with 3 shots on the 4th end, 2 on the 5th, getting into the lead with 2 on the 6th (including one sublime draw) and finishing their opponents off with 3 on the last to take the game 10-6

Gt Blakenham B started the day off shakily, losing their first game, but going on to win the next three, they came home top of their group, on shots. First Round opponents Hundon A made the better start and going into the final end were 5-2 ahead, but Blakenham pulled themselves together and blew past Hundon with 4 shots on the last to win by one.

Their Quarter Final against Barking C started better for Blakenham as they went 3 up after 3, but 3 ends later it was all level at 3-3, before another big finish saw Blakenham run out 6-3 winners. And their start in the Semi-Final was the same as their previous game, 3 up after 3, but Knodishall were 4-3 ahead 2 ends later and it was all square going into the last end. Blakenham had the advantage all the way through the end, with 2 on the jack after which they were blocking. The blockers were good, but not quite good enough, as the Knodishall skip found a way through with his last to send the jack out the side of the mat. It took a measure to decide the match and it was close, but Blakenham just took it.

The Final
While Blakenham had had a bit of scrambling to do at various points of the day, Barking had barely missed a beat, even if a couple of the games had been relatively close. And that greater consistency told as they got off to the much better start, winning the first 3 ends to take a 4-0 lead. The fourth saw Blakenham break their duck with 2, but Barking countered that with 2 on the 5th. Four ahead and two to play.

For Barking it was about controlling the situation and not letting their opponents nick the game at the very end. Blakenham picked up one on the penultimate end to give themselves a glimmer of hope, but at 3 down it was always going to be a big ask. And so it proved as Barking won the end and deservedly took the trophy with a 7-4 victory.

ROUND 1

Kelsale*

10

-

9

Barking D

Old Felixstowe A*

2

-

7

Cockfield B

Barking B*

5

-

4

Cockfield D

Barking A*

16

-

3

Stratford St Mary

Knodishall B*

6

-

3

Chelmondiston A

Gt Blakenham B*

6

-

5

Hundon A

Nayland*

4

-

10

Polstead A

Withersfield

5

-

6

Barking C

*Group Winners

QUARTER FINALS

Kelsale

0

-

10

Barking B

Cockfield B

2

-

5

Barking A

Knodishall B

9

-

4

Polstead A

Gt Blakenham B

6

-

3

Barking C

SEMI FINALS

Knodishall B

4

-

5

Gt Blakenham B

Barking B

10

-

6

Barking A

FINAL

Barking B

7

-

4

Gt Blakenham B


Winners

Neil Jolly
Sue Gilder
Keith Jolly


Runners-up

Steven Cain
Trevor Cain
Heather Cain

Suffolk Fours 2014/2015

30 teams entered this year's Fours Qualifying event. The winners and runners-up from each of the 6 groups, along with the 4 best 3rd placed teams, played off to produce the 8 teams to go forward to Finals Day.

KNOCKOUT ROUND RESULTS

Barking B*

11

-

6

Somersham

Claydon*

1

-

11

Barking A

Gt Blakenham B*

6

-

7

Burstall

Withersfield*

6

-

5

Hitcham

Cockfield A*

7

-

6

Hundon A

Kelsale B*

8

-

6

Hoggards Green A

Brockley

5

-

4

Cockfield B

Copdock & Washbrook

4

-

9

Belstead

*Group Winners

QUALIFIERS
Barking A Rita, Pete, Sam & Tom Runnacles
Barking B Stan Aldous, Mick Watkins and Andy & Sue Gilder
Belstead John & Sue Holder, Barrie Stokes and John Hayward
Brockley Neil & Keith Jolly and Jonothan & Joey Stones
Burstall Richard & Jane Sago and Keith & Lindsay Armes
Cockfield Trevor Cornwell, Sue Davey and Brenda & Mike McIntyre
Kelsale Mike, Rita & Paul Daniels and Jane Evans
Withersfield Lin & Tony Cooke and Trish & Sam Agnew
A list of all this year's qualifiers can be found here.