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Latest news:
- Competitions: Preview for this weekend's finals, featuring fascinating facts and figures
- Carrow Cup: Trophy joy for Nicola, Doug and John (see below)
- Jimmy Riddle: Mid Sussex squad triumph after John Spriggs team give them a scare
- Millennium Day: West Hoathly make it a hat-trick - but St Peter & St James are the real winners
- Wheelchair: New facilities could help bowlers old and new
- Green: Mats for roll-ups and coaching sessions until further notice
Match details in Fixtures and Results section
Nicola, Doug and John clinch Carrow Cup
Congratulations to Nicola, Doug and John Box, who picked up the second club trophy of the season with a sweeping victory in the Carrow Cup.
Watched by former club stalwarts Anita and Mike Rymer, whose family provided the trophy, Steve Williams, Gill and Brian Goatman, they won three of their four triples matches to take the prize by seven points from Mark Howell, Fiona Burman and Mark Gooch.
It was Doug's second trophy of the season, having been in the team that came second in the David Johns Trophy in May.
For Mark Gooch, it was a second successive runners-up prize, having played alongside Doug and Bill Mann in the David Johns.
It was a first (of many, most of us would imagine) club trophy for Fiona.
Despite Nicola's team's overwhelming success, Mark's were the only team to win all four matches - albeit by a narrower margin.
Results:
Nicola Coles, Doug Cowell and John Box - 27 points
Mark Howell, Fiona Burman and Mark Gooch - 20
Graham Aldis, Jo Glenn and Graham Barton - 17
Basil Larkins, Jo Barton and Linda Huntley - 15
Neville Dalton, Judy Aldis and Doreen Penfold - 10
Anne Bosman, Cheryl Preston and Martin Gaskell - 8
Another bumper pay day for our special charity
West Hoathly won the Millennium Trophy for the third year in a row - but the biggest achievements of the day were avoiding the predicted thunderstorms and raising another tidy sum for our pet charity, St Peter & St James Hospice.
The weather forecast was not promising as we embarked on our annual all-day tournament, attended by our near-neighbours St Francis and Burgess Hill and, of course, West Hoathly.
But apart from a couple of heavy showers, we emerged relatively unscathed, meaning that everything ran to schedule, on and off the green.
It was a nail-biter this year, as West Hoathly - who have now won the trophy in each of the three years they have taken part - and Burgess Hill finished level on 24 points. But the reigning champions had the higher total of shots and took the trophy home yet again.
The final total is set to be well over the £1,000 raised last year.
Full report and breakdown of results and our performances
Photo gallery
Mark Howell photo gallery
Mid Sussex team cap fine season with Jimmy Riddle Trophy win
Our Mid Sussex League team triumphed in their annual match against our John Spriggs League side to retain the Jimmy Riddle Trophy.
But they were given a scare by their opponents, who play in the more junior of the two leagues.
Captain Basil Larkins led by example, skipping his four to a 22-12 victory over the Mid Sussex League's most consistent team, led by captain Anne Bosman.
The other two Mid Sussex teams won comfortably to give the senior side overall victory, but once again, Basil's players did themselves - and the club - proud.