The 2026 ECBA Champion of Champions was held at Hartlepool over 6-7 June.

RINKS
Adam Hubbard, Frank Wilkin, Bruce Miller & Karen Hubbard
Suffolk were off to a promising start with an 11-5 win over Sunderland, but the rest of Saturday was not so fruitful as they lost to Cambridgeshire, Durham, Essex and Hertfordshire.

However Sunday went much better, they started off with a 22-3 trouncing of newcomers Lancashire, followed that with an even better 17-3 win over Norfolk and rounded the day off by beating Northumberland 12-5.

That run of wins pushed them up to a respectible 5th place finish on 8 points. Cambridgeshire took the title on 14 points.

Weekend record: W-L-L-L-L-W-W-W

TRIPLES
Paul Daniels, Andrew English & Tony Stevenson
It was not a good weekend for the Triple as they lost 4 of their 5 games on Saturday, beaten by Sunderland, narrowly losing out to Cambridgeshire, falling to Durham and Hertfordshire. The only bright spot was a comfortable 12-1 win over Essex.

Sunday ought to have been better but wasn't. They did start off with a win over Lancashire, but then lost out to Norfolk and Northumberland.

They finished 8th out of 9 teams with Durham winning on shots from Sunderland and Herfordshire, all of whom finished on 12 points.

Weekend record: L-L-L-W-L-W-L-L

PAIRS
Tom Runnacles & Neil Jolly
Saturday started with a loss to Sunderland and didn't get much better after that. They lost to Durham by just a single shot and Essex by 2, although they did managed to grab a point in the final game of the day, drawing with Hertfordshire.

Sunday ought tohave been better and was. They started of with a 26-1 rout of Lancashire, beat Norfolk 12-4 and finished with a 12-5 defeat of Northumberland.

Those results hauled them up to midtable respectability, finshing 5th on 7 points, while Sunderland took the overall win with 12 points.

Weekend record: L-L-L-D-W-W-W

SINGLES
Rita Runnacles
Rita turned out to be the star of the Suffolk team on Saturday as she produced 2 wins from her 5 games, beating David Folkes of Cambridgeshire and Peter Orrin of Essex.

Sunday saw her take one further win, beating two-time Singles champion Matt Frost of Norfolk.

Pete Cook of Hertfordshire took the title in 13 points while Rita finished on 6 points which, was only good enough for 8th place, being short on shorts, but so close was it that she was only a point of 4th place.

Weekend record: L-W-L-W-L-L-W-L

TEAM
Suffolk were never in the fight after a very tough Saturday which left them on just 9 points from 19 games, 20 behind leaders Hertfordshire, and 8th out of 9 teams.

Sunday proved to be much better as they earned 16 points from 12 games, pulling them up to finish in 6th place.

Meanwhile Hertfordshire who looked to be heading for a clean sweep at one point, squandered their overnight lead and were overtaken by Sunderland in the final session.

You can find a full copy of the weekend's results here.