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Suffolk Charity Tournament
46 Suffolk Charity Tournament This year’s An-
nual Charity
Cash Triples
Tournament was
in aid of Diabetes
UK.
Our venue
is quite small so
24 triples is the
maximum num-
ber of people
who can play
with only room
for half of them
to have a seat.
Such is the popularity of the day entries were complete way back in November. Apart
from Suffolk, teams entered from Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. The day is organised
over 2 sessions 45 minutes apart with everyone playing 4 games of 9 ends over 45 minutes,
with one session playing and the other sitting out, tea and coffee is available all day.
We run to normal ESMBA rules apart from the Jack going off the mat. This is then re-
spotted by the organiser using one of four points on the Jack and foot lines. Teams get 4
points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 1 point for every end won so adding everything to-
gether can make the result tight. Rather than have “no visiting the head rule”, skips are al-
lowed a quick walk up the side of mat, walk behind the fender then back down to the
delivery end without stopping. This gives them the chance to see the head without contin-
ually asking which wood holds etc,
which can take longer.
The winner of the first group played
the winner of the second group in the
best of a three end sudden death tie
break. The first group winner was
straight forward with 38 points however
the second group proved more difficult.
There were two teams on 41 points, they
had each won 25 ends.
One team had plus shots of 21 and
the other had 32. It was good to see
most people stay to watch Eileen Bellett
Sheila & Roger Booker from Essex beat Pam Fayers and
David Blundell, Ron Saitch and Chris
Roberts from North Suffolk in the final. Margaret Hastings
The venue was provided free of charge by the Indoor Club, we held a raffle also a spi-
der and a 1 – 100 board. We had sponsorship for the prize money and raised just under
£800 for the day. A big thank you to all the people who helped on the day getting there early
to get the equipment out, those who helped in the kitchen especially the ladies from outside
of Suffolk who volunteered their services and to everyone who donated the raffle prizes
and helped clear up afterwards. A great day was had by all
Margaret Hastings & Bob Cousins

Tournament Organisers
Suffolk Short Mat Bowling Association