Page 5 - Summer 2017

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5 SUFFOLK
SUFFOLK
CHARITY
CHARITY
EVENTS
EVENTS
Over the last few
years we have or-
ganized tourna-
ments for various
charities, among
them being The
Heart Foundation,
The Local Hospice, Suffolk Family Carers and this year's chosen charity was Cancer Research.
We have a smaller venue now so numbers had to be cut from the 32 of previous years to 24.
We always organise our tournaments over 2 sessions starting an hour apart. Even to ac-
commodate the reduced number it was a case of when one session was playing the other
could have a seat but nobody minded such is the popularity of our events. To keep everyone
involved through the day we run them with 4 points for win 2 points for a draw and 1 point for
every end won. This way it is still possible to lose a game and still collect enough points to win
overall.
We run to normal ESMBA rules apart from Jack off mat is re-spotted by the organiser
using one of four points on the Jack and foot lines. To save time instead of not allowing the
skip to visit the head he or she is allowed to walk up the side of mat, not on it, walk behind the
fender all the way around and back to the delivery end without stopping.
This gives the skip the chance to see the head without continually asking which wood
holds etc, which can sometimes take longer than allowing them to visit. The winner of the first
group played the winner of the second group in the best of a three end sudden death tie break,
with Neil Davidson, Karl Newby and Graham Mobbs beating Donna Mills, John Worne and
Colin Sharp in the final.
We managed to get some sponsorship for the prize money and with a raffle (prizes all
donated by those taking part) a spider, 1 - 100 board and a couple of other fundraising bits we
raised the grand total of £906 but more than that everyone who was there enjoyed a great days
bowling in a happy and relaxing atmosphere. I would also add that we had a few people who
were disappointed there wasn't room and wanted to make sure they were included next time.
Margaret Hastings & Bob Cousins

Tournament Organisers - Suffolk Short Mat Bowling Association

OPEN FOURS
OPEN FOURS

Sidford Short Mat Bowling club sent a team to the
Open Fours Competition at the Dorset Bowls Re-
sort where over 60 bowlers from 7 counties took
part over 2 days in an Open fours.
At the end of day 1 Sidford led with maxi-
mum points and a superior shots difference. Day
2 saw Sidford loose the first game and were over-
taken but at the end they pulled through by beat-
ing the team in front of them in the last match and
brought the trophy back to Devon. The team were
Colin & Pam Palmer, Bev & Evan Williams.
Evan Williams