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The County Team is holding an Open Day on 1st November at Needham Market for anyone who might be interested in joining the squad. See below for more information:

Bowling for the Suffolk Team

Matches and Competitions: The Suffolk team is involved in each season:

Eastern Counties League: Five matches, one per month between November and March, against Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk. A match involves six rinks (fours) per county playing three, nine end games each, starting at 10.30am. Home matches are at Needham Market and venues for the other counties are usually Barton le Clay (Beds), Milton (Cambs), Braintree (Essex), Ware (Herts) and Wortwell (Norfolk).

Six Counties: Held in April at Braintree Leisure Centre. Every county has six rinks, each playing one game against each of the other five counties.

Charity Teambowl: Held in September at Littleport Leisure Centre. Every county having four singles, pairs and triples, each play one game against each of the other five counties.

National County Championship: Held over a weekend in October or November, at Potters, Hopton-on-Sea.
On the Friday night there is a match between the Eastern Counties League winner and the Northern League winner.
The main competition played over Saturday and Sunday, currently involves Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Durham, Northumberland and Sunderland. Every county has six rinks, each playing one game against each of the other counties.
Bowlers selected are subsidised by the SCBA and ECBA, with money deducted directly from accommodation costs. Squad fundraising subsidies (see below) are paid directly to bowlers in cash at the weekend.

Suffolk Squad Fundraising: They run the Random Triples, Marion’s Fab Fours and Chairman’s Triples to raise funds for the Nationals team. The subsidy each bowler receives relates to the number of fundraising events they attend.

Dress: Suffolk play in a white shirt/blouse and grey trousers/skirt. The SCBA pay for a new bowler’s first uniform and we have a fund that subsidises any additional items.

Cost: There is no cost attached to bowling for Suffolk in the above events, as the SCBA pay the entry fees. The bowlers car-share in travelling to away venues.
There is an accommodation cost at the National County Championships, but this is reduced after available subsidies.

For more information, please call Neil on 01440 712328 or email suffolkcba@gmail.com

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