This year’s Charity Fours, held to raise funds for St Elizabeth Hospice, saw an increase in entries over 2025, with 38 teams taking part.

Each team would play 4 times, and with no time for knockout rounds, the winners would be the team at the top of the overall standings after all the games were played.

Game 1
With no drawn games, there were 19 winners in the first round of games, with some substantial wins for the teams who would be leading the way at this initial stage.

Top of the lot were Mad Dogs, on 19 shots, followed by Claydon on 15, Burstall on 13, Clapgate Lane on 12, Elmsett B on 11, with Thurston in 6th place having scored 10 shots.

Game 2
Eleven teams made it 2 wins out of 2.

Clapgate now led the way, with 27 shots, Withersfield A were just 1 behind, Mad Dogs were down to 3rd (24 shots), Claydon were 4th (23), Burstall and Elmsett B had 21 shots, Reepham B 20, Old Claystead 19, Ellesmere 18, Reepham A 16, and the final team on 2 wins were Shalford A, with 15 shots.

Game 3
Eight of the eleven teams who had won their first two games, lost their perfect records, leaving Mad Dogs (6 points, 34 shots), Ellesmere (6 points, 27 shots), and Shalford A (6 points, 25 shots) at the top of the standings.

Two of this round's games involved 4 of the leading pack playing among themselves, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, ended in draws. Those teams were now all on 5 points, and were Withersfield A (31 shots), Elmsett B (27), Old Claystead (25), and Reepham A (21).

These were the only teams in with a realistic chance of taking the overall win.

Game 4
Three of the teams who were previously on 5 points, won their final games. Repham A finished on 7 points and 29 shots, Withersfield A were on 7 points and 39 shots, and Old Claystead had 7 points and 43 shots.

They had done all they could, but the three teams ahead of them at the start of the round all won their final games to finish with 100% records.

Third place went to Shalford A (8 points, 34 shots), runners-up were Ellesmere (8 points, 36 shots), which left Mad Dogs (8 points, 42 shots), as this year’s winners, by a margin of 6 shots.

Pts For Agst 1 Mad Dogs 8 42 12 2 Ellesmere 8 36 22 3 Shalford A 8 34 17 4 Old Claystead 7 43 15 5 Withersfield A 7 39 14 6 Reepham A 7 29 12

Many thanks to all who were there to support the event, and to everyone who was so generous in their support of the draw, both with prizes, and buying tickets, who helped us raise around £1200.

You can find the final results here.

Winners Mad Dogs

Runners-Up Ellesmere