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Norfolk finished the season with 87 points, Northants runners-up with 61 points and Cam-
bridgeshire third with 56 points. Four Norfolk triples scored maximum points. They were 37
Billie Barker of Wymondham, Steve Easter of Harling & Mick Boswell of Windows, Alice
Payne of Saxlingham, Graham Tweed of Hingham & Jane James of Horsford Heroes, Joan
Costello of Hevingham, Geoff Payne of Saxlingham & John Jarvis of Thorpe Marriott and Gillian
Amos of Deaf Sports, David Blundell of Wortwell & Simon Willies of East Tuddenham.
Bob Carter Team Wins
Bob Carter Team Wins
Bob Carter retained the Norwich Cup after Connaught “A” conceded the tie with the aggregate
score at 19-5 after the second session of the second leg at Connaught had been completed. In
truth the tie was as good as over after Bob Carter stormed to a 15-1 win in the first leg at Drayton.
With a Connaught side that is used to playing on slow mats at their Attleborough venue the slick
mats at Drayton were bound to pose them problems.
Carter do not drop many points at home and were quickly out of the blocks as Steve Bridge,
Robert Howlett & Jamie
Forster stormed to a 23-1 win
against Owen Secker’s triple
while Elaine Willies, John
Turner & Melly Woods beat
Sheila Bragg’s triple 15-2.
The opening pairs ses-
sion saw the Carter onslaught
continue as Nigel Willard &
Jason Woods beat Diana Ad-
cock & Sheila Parsons 15-2
and Simon Willies & Gary Best
beat Bill Adcock & Lee Fallows
6-4. Melly Woods’ triple then
beat Owen Secker 9-4 but
Connaught collected their first Champions Bob Carter

point as Sheila Bragg’s triple
drew 7-7 with Jamie Forster.
The last session saw two more
Carter wins as Simon Willies &
Gary Best won 24-2 and Nigel
Willard & Jason Woods won 7-
4.
The second leg at Con-
naught was a mere formality
with Carter needing just one
win to retain the cup. This
came in the opening session
as Steve Bridge, Rob Howlett
& Jamie Forster edged a 7-6
Connaght Finalists win against David Quadling,

Roy Taylor & Owen Secker.
On the other mat Connaught’s Di Quadling, Richard Harrison & Sheila Bragg beat Elaine
Willies, John Turner & Melly Woods 9-6. The captains decided to play the first pairs session to
give everyone a game on the night and this saw Carter’s Simon Willies & Gary Best beat Diana
Adcock & Sylvia Parsons 13-4 while Connaught’s Bill Adcock & Lee Fallows beat Nigel Willard &
Jason Woods 9-4.