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Norfolk County Short

Mat Bowls Association
Season End Roundup

By Selwyn Goldsmith

Both Norfolk teams defeated in I.C.C semi-finals

It was disappointment for Norfolk Premier and Norfolk “A” yesterday as
both teams suffered defeats in the semi-finals of the ESMBA Inter-County
Championships. Norfolk Premier went down by 28-12 against Dorset Pre-
mier in Solihull after trailing 10-6 at the halfway stage. The pairs proved
to be Norfolk's best discipline with Morgan Warnes & Gary Best winning
their first game by 17-8 and Neil Davidson & Jack Pye also winning in
their opening game by 14-12.
Both Norfolk pairs lost in their second outing but held on to earn the two
bonus points with better overall shots. In the singles Chris Willies 22-12
win in the second half was their only success while in the triples a 13-10
win for Owen Cranston, Simon Willies & Trevor Brown gained their only points
Norfolk Manager in that discipline. The same applied in the fours where Norfolk won just one
Jack Pye game of the four, a 14-12 victory for Jack Marshall, Ryan Fox, Robbie Lamb
& Jason Woods.
Norfolk “A” lost by 32-8 against Kent “A” in Guildford after the first half saw them trail by 14-
2. In the singles a 13-11 win for Jason Martin in the second half gained their only points in that dis-
cipline while all four pairs games were won by Kent "A". Norfolk did win two out of the four triples
games with a first half 12-11 win for Billie Barker, David Blundell & George Hume and a 12-8 second
half win for Tony Ottewell, Jill Townsend & Melvin Woods. Peter Harvey, Chloe Suffolk, Steve Hall &
Ray Lamb delivered a 12-8 fours win in their second game.
Player-Manager Jack Pye said after the semi-finals that "they were both tough opposition"
and indicated that it was a "big learning curve" in his first season as Manager but that there were
"lots of positives to take" from the season.
Norfolk Youth
for England

Three of Norfolk’s young bowlers
played for England Under 21’s
against Wales as England won the
international by 46-34. Ryan Fox of
Halvergate, playing his last game at
that level, skipped a four, triple and
a pair.
Chloe Suffolk of Thetford
played skip in a pair, number three
in a four and skipped a triple. Kacy
Suffolk of Thetford played as num-
ber two in a rink and a triple and
played lead in a pair’s g