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Norfolk were up next and again the Suffolk singles got the team off to a strong start. Both
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Andy (9-2 win) and Mick (7-4 win) kept up their fine form and recorded their third con-
secutive wins. Paul D also stayed unbeaten, another tight game for him but a hard earned
6-5 win. Paul L (4-6 loss) was a bowl away from winning as well, but his opponent snatched vic-
tory with his final bowl. In the pairs, Sue/Peter maintained their unbeaten record, but only just
with a 5-5 draw. Performance of the session came from Sally/Sam, responding well to their pre-
vious game loss with a comfortable 10-4 win. The consistency of Don/Colin added two more
points with a 7-3 win, but Pete/Rita dropped their first points of the day, losing 3-9.
In the triples games, S1 bounced back from their previous loss, to record a fairly comfort-
able 10-3 win. The other games were a lot closer though but as the ends went by, the Suffolk
triples gained more control and three more wins always looked on the cards. S3 played well for
their third consecutive win (7-3), a much improved S4 deservedly won by 6-4 and the full house
was completed by S2 with an 8-5 win. Suffolk were very pleased with the nineteen points scored
against Norfolk and that increased their advantage at the top to fifteen points ahead of Cam-
bridgeshire, with Essex a further point behind.
The penultimate session and Hertfordshire were the opponents. On paper Andy had the
toughest game but he more than rose to the occasion with a good performance and an 11-4
win. Further wins followed from both the Pauls, Paul L winning well by 9-5 and Paul D keeping
up his record of close games, winning by the slimmest of margins, 4-3. In the pairs, the highlight
was a dominant display by Pete/Rita as they hit top form on their way to a convincing 15-1 win.
The steady duo of Don/Colin added two more points with a tight 6-4 win and in a similar game,
Sally/Sam won again with a 7-5 win.
Despite a fine effort on the final end, Sue/Peter’s unbeaten record went, with a 4-5 defeat.
In the triples, it was the unbeaten S3 leading the way, in complete control throughout with a one-
sided 14-2 win. S3 weren’t far behind them with a superb 16-4 win and not to be outdone, S4
played well again to record a 13-2 win. Finally, whilst not as high scoring, equally as important
was S2’s 6-3 win for a full house of triples wins. Twenty points from Hertfordshire was more than
expected and this increased Suffolk’s overall lead to eighteen points over Cambridgeshire. With
only one county left to play, it was now Suffolk’s event to lose.
Suffolk’s final opponents were Bedfordshire and four quality singles games followed. Paul
L was having a good day and he sneaked a final end 6-4 win, finishing with four wins from five.
Going one better, Andy took his fifth win (7-3) of the day, a superb display and the only singles
bowler in the event to win all five games. Mick (6-7, on the final bowl) and Paul D (4-10) lost but
both played well all day and contributed good points.
In the pairs, confidence was high and four more wins were secured, meaning they all had
only lost one game each all day, a fantastic effort. There were two high scoring wins, Don/Colin
(12-2) and Sue/Peter (13-2) and two closer games, Pete/Rita (6-4) and Sally/Sam (8-5). Then
to add the icing on to the cake, the triples also finished their day with a whitewash four-win ses-
sion. After a slow start S4 were on a roll now, a convincing 13-2 victory for their third consecutive
win. S1 (8-3) and S2 (11-3) both finished with four wins from five. Top performing triple were S3,
finishing in great style with a 15-3 win, for a maximum five wins. Another twenty points from
Bedfordshire completed an excellent day for the Suffolk team.
FINAL TABLE
PTS
Suffolk 94
Cambridgeshire 68
Essex 61

Hertfordshire 49
Norfolk 47
Bedfordshire 41