There was an entry of 31 teams
for this years event with 6 group winners, 6 runners-up
and 4 3rd placed teams making it through to the knockout rounds.
Group 1 was dominated by Hoggards Green
who won all 4 games. Barking B finished second on 5 points
and Old Felixstowe B were through in third on 4 points.
Group 2 saw Witnesham winning all their
games, Claydon B lost just once to take second and Hundon
As 2 wins put them through in 3rd.
Group 3 was won by an unbeaten Barking
A with Stanningfield B finishing in second on 5 points.
Group 4 was topped by Chelmondiston A
who were undefeated, dropping just one point and Stanningfield
A came home in second, on 6 points.
Group 5 saw Claydon C drop just one
point as they finished top, one point ahead of Chelmondiston
B. Knodishall Cs 4 points was enough to see
them through.
Group 6, which had 6 teams, produced 2 teams
who won all 4 of their games, Knodishall A and Chelmondiston
C. Burstall were also through with 4 points.
Knockout Stages
Round 1
Stanningfield B pretty
much wrapped up their game against their A team on the
first end by taking 5. They went on to win 11-2.
It was the same result for
Hundon A over Hoggards Green as they went 5-0 up
after 3 ends.
Knodishall C were 6-1 up early on over Witnesham,
but 6-6 after 5 ends. However Knodishall took the last 2 to win
8-6.
Barking A started against Burstall with
a 4 and went on to win 8-4.
A tight game between Chelmos
A and B saw A winning 5-3.
Even tighter between Claydon
C and Chelmondiston C which Claydon hung on to 5-4.
Knodishall A took 2 on the last to beat Old
Felixstowe B, also 5-4.
And Claydon B took the
lead after 3 ends against Barking B, going on to win 8-2.
Quarter Finals
After dropping the first end Chelmondiston A had a good
run of ends to go 8-1 over Claydon C, finally winning
8-5.
Knodishall A held off Claydon B to win 7-5
after being well ahead.
Hundon A went from 2-0 down to 11-2 up in the
space of 4 ends against Stanningfield B, winning 11-4.
Barking A had their game against Knodishall
C settled early on and were able to drop the last 3 ends
and still win 9-5.
Semi Finals
Knodishall A were ahead
for one end, after the second, but Barking A blitzed the
rest, running away to a 13-2 victory.
At 4-3 to Hundon A after
5 ends against Chelmo A, it was close, but Hundon secured
both of the final 2 ends to take a comfortable looking 8-3 win.
Final
Barking/Claydon (Tom & Sam Runnacles and Clint Watling) v Hundon (Kevin Salmon, Nick Wood
& Ellen Grube)
Hundon began by taking 2 shots
on the first end but Barking had them back level after 3 and
the next end jumped into a 5-2 lead witha 3. However Hundon pulled
that back to just 5-4 and were back in the game again. But not
for long. The 6th end was the killer as Barking took 4 shots
to go into the final end 5 ahead. Hundon grabbed 2 on the last
to make the score more respectable, but it was a 9-6 win to Barking/Claydon
who have now taken the title for an unprecedented 4 consecutive
years and 5 times in total.
You can see a replay of the
match here,
with apologies for the lack of sound (please note that the video
quality was limited by the speed of the internet connection).
Photos.
You can find a full copy of
the day's results here. |