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t was then a scrap for fourth place with three pairs having won four and drawn one. Nigel 41
Willard and Jason Woods of Bob Carter managed to sneak in with +31 shots while
Wymondham's Debbie and Jon Sparham had +29 then Forncett's Tony Ottewell and Mike Smail
had +21.
The semi finals saw Terry and Karl Newby continue their winning streak beating Nigel and
Jason Woods 7-3 while Billie and Melvyn Barker eliminated John Jeffery and Mark Linsdell by 7-
5 setting up the Newby and Barker final. Early indications show that the raffle and entry fees pro-
duced a total of £245 and as the winners of the competition get to choose where the money goes
Terry and Karl selected The Big C Cancer charity.
Norfolk appoint new County Manager
Norfolk appoint new County Manager
The NCSMBA have met to appoint a new Norfolk County Team Man-
ager following the earlier announcement that current Manager Sel-
wyn Goldsmith will not re-stand for the position once his current two
year term finishes at the end of March.
The Committee unanimously voted to appoint Simon Willies of
East Tuddenham as County Manager from the 1st April with Keith
Cooke of Halvergate as Assistant Manager. Goldsmith thanked the
NCSMBA Committee for their great support over the six years that
he has been Manager and said that he was sure that Simon Willies
would receive the same level of support.
ED - Simon had moved to Norfolk from the West Midland a few
years ago and previously played for the West Midlands and also
New Norfolk Manager played for England for a Number of years. He has been a National
Simon Willies
Triples winner on two occasions.

Hi Bob,
Times Up in the Winter issue. I would ask…..Did the other team get
2 shots as no mention was made of this? Is the last end the last end
played when the bell goes or the 9th end in this case? The organisers
should make things clear at the start. They should stipulate for exam-
ple:- ESMBA rules except jack off the mat 2 shots away in all ends ex-
cept the 9th end when the jack will be replaced and the end played
Readers Letters again unless the bell has gone when it will be 2 shots away. The umpire
and Emails. was correct as maybe the jack could have been hit off several times and
the game last another 15 minutes or so.
Evan Williams

Hi Evan, firstly as I pointed out, the problem was in Wales and the shots given or not given
were not part of the problem when the Skip wanted the jack re-spotted. The point was that
the organisers had not spotted any potential problems in drawing up the rules of this particular
event. So hopefully it was a lesson learned.
The last thing I would suggest to a Welshman is that they follow the English Rules!
Whilst I am not keen on timed tournaments I fully understand why timed games are done if
you want to finish a tournament in one day and I have played in many. Usually, in England
such organisers specify using the English rules except for an instant penalty for a jack off the
sides but they always miss one very important rule in a timed game tournament
This comes under ABSENTEE PLAYERS - a) if a player is absent from a side at the
time laid down for the commencement of the game, a wait of 10 minutes may be al-
lowed.
I have never heard any organiser in any timed game tournament exclude this rule but
waiting 10 minutes for a game to start would really destroy the timings, so organisers please
take note and make sure to exclude this rule in addition to the jack off the mat rule.