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ECBA Six Counties Competition - Suffolk Triumph

Suffolk travelled to Littleport in Cambridgeshire to play in the annual six counties event. The first ses-
sion would see rinks 1-4 to take on Norfolk. It was a good session and one where Suffolk would take
7 points from the 8 available. Only S4 would drop a point in a well earned draw. The next session
would see S5 and S6 take on their respective numbers from Norfolk and they continued where the
first rinks left off and won both games. The other 2 games would see S1 and S2 beat their opposition
from Hertfordshire.
The third session would be a bad one for Suffolk losing 3 of the 4 games played against Hert-
fordshire. The only win would come from S3, beating their opposition 10-6. Session 4 would see S1-
S3 take on Cambridgeshire. The session would be tight and this was reflected in the scores. S1
would draw against their opponents 6-6, S2 would earn a well earned 8-5 win and S3 would go down
11-6 to their opposition. Session 5 could see Suffolk turn the screw if they could win two games from
the next three. S4’s game was never in doubt winding up 25-4 winners. S5 couldn’t quite get on top
of their game losing a tight game 8-6. S6 would do enough versus their opponents winning 10-6.
Session 6 would see Suffolk take on the current leaders of the competition, Essex. We would
need to play well to beat them. S1 and S3 couldn’t do enough in their games eventually losing 9-5
and 12-2 respectively. S2 and S4 did better in their games winning 9-7 and 9-5. A split session would
need S5 and S6 to win their games to apply some pressure to Essex.
Session 7 would see Suffolk apply the necessary pressure to Essex beating both of their re-
maining two rinks. S5 winning 8-6, S6 winning 12-4. S1 and S2 would play their last game of the day
against Bedfordshire. S1 would take a point and S2 would take two beating their opponents 10-5.
The last session of the day would see S3-S6 take on Bedfordshire. No slip ups and we would
win the event S3, S4 and S6 would all win their games comfortably allowing S5 to draw and take a
point from their last game. Suffolk were the overall winners again, beating their nearest competition
Cambridgeshire by just 3 points. A special well done to S3 who won all their games on the day.
Tom Runnacles

County Captain

Suffolk 6 Counties Champions