Norfolk County Competitions

Norfolk Singles

Norfolk held the NCBA Singles tournament at Wortwell.

This years competition had 36 player enter, these were divided in to 6 groups with the winners and runners up and 4 best 3rd places going in to the knock out rounds.

In to the Knockout rounds we had 4 Reepham, 3 Syleham, 2 Wortwell, 2 Pulham, 2 Brockdish, 1 Sea Palling, 1 Antingham, and 1 Tacolneston

After the first round of knock outs we moved to the last 8.

Syleham (Arthur) played Tacolneston (Chris) with Chris coming out the winner.

Wortwell (Mick) played Reepham (Stephen) with Stephen coming out the winner.

Reepham (Peter) played Brockdish (Charley) with Charley coming out the winner.

Reepham (Matt) played Syleham (Les) with Matt coming out the winner.

The semi-finals brought two one-sided games. The two Reepham comrades were pitted against each other, with Matt taking a 13-0 victory and Stephen retiring at the end of the fifth end. 

Meanwhile, on the other carpet, Charley from Brockdish played Chris from Tacolneston, with Charley dealing Chris an impressive 9-1 defeat, also only getting to five ends. 

The final was exactly as you would expect from two seasoned players. Charley went toe to toe with Matt, going 3-2 up against him ahead of the 5th end. Unfortunately for him, Matt then got a full 4 shots in that end, and a further 2 shots in the 6th end. A game well played, but unfortunately not enough to tear the title from the 9-time Singles' winner.

Norfolk Fours

Norfolk held the NCBA Fours competition at Wortwell. 

This year had 12 teams enter the competition, these were divided into two groups of six, with everyone playing each other. Winners and runners up of each group went through to the semi-finals.

The winners progressing into the semis were Brockdish and Tacolneston, and the runners up being Kenninghall and Sea Palling. 

Brockdish played Tacolneston, and Kenninghall played Sea Palling, with both Brockdish and Kenninghall progressing through to the final. 

Kenninghall started by going 6-0 up in the first end, Brockdish followed up by taking every subsequent end, meaning that they managed to cinch the victory 9-6.

A big congrats to Charley, Trish, Gill and Geoff!

Norfolk Triples

Norfolk held the NCBA Triples competition at Wortwell.

This year we had 15 teams enter the competition, these were divided in to 3 groups of 5 with everyone playing each other. Having just the winners and 1 highest runner up going through in to the semi final.

With Winners being Reepham Robins, Wortwell and Brockdish with Kenninghall getting the runners up spot.

Wortwell faced off against Kenninghall and Reepham taking on Brockdish.

Wortwell got off to a great start and built on the lead with Kenninghall conceding the game with an end to go.

Reepham and Brockdish battled hard in the first 3 ends with Reepham then starting to control the game. Eventually coming out on top to meet Wortwell in the final.

With a repeat of last years final Reepham vs Wortwell (although both teams being different players)

The game was very close with single shots being scored on each end after 6 ends Wortwell leading 4-2.

Reepham managing to take the final end but only scoring a single the title went back to Wortwell.

Congratulations to Wortwell!

Norfolk Pairs

Norfolk held the NCBA Pairs tournament at Wortwell

This years competition had 25 teams enter, these were divided in to 5 groups of 5 teams with the winners of each group and 3 highest runners up going through to the next stage.

The people that got through to the next round were Brockdish, Kenninghall, Wortwell, Reepham Robins, Tacolneston, Syleham, Pulham, Sea Palling.

The semi finals were between Syleham vs Brockdish and Reepham vs Tacolneston.

With Syleham taking the early ends and then building on that with a final score of 8-3 they moved on in to the final.

Reepham started the brighter of the 2 teams and kept the pressure on, finally running out winners 9-2 and moving to the final.

The final between Syleham and Reepham was a very interesting game with the first 2 ends scoring 3 but one for each team (3-3) Syleham took the 3rd with a single (4-3) 

Reepham respond scoring a strong end of 4 with Syleham unable to run the jack back. (4-7)

Syleham taking the next 2 ends first with a single and then with a double to level the score again with one end to play (7-7)

The final end with Reepham managing to get a wood on the jack Syleham manage to remove it but unfortunately not far enough with Reepham having a wood to play taking the shot to win the game (7-8)

Congratulations to Reepham on retaining the title.

Norfolk Singles

Norfolk held the NCBA Singles tournament at Wortwell.

This years competition had 36 player enter, these were divided in to 6 groups with the winners and runners up and 4 best 3rd places going in to the knock out rounds.

In to the Knockout rounds we had 2 Kenninghall, 3 Tacolneston, 3 Wortwell, 2 Syleham, 4 Reepham, 1 Southrepps and 1 Sea Palling

After the first round of knock outs we moved to the last 8.

Kenninghall (Phyllis) played Reepham (Matt). Matt coming out with the win.

Kenninghall (Rosemary) played Reepham (Stephen) with Stephen coming out the winner.

Reepham (Trevor) Played Tacolneston (Chris) With Trevour coming out the winner.

Wortwell (Steve) played Syleham (Arthur) with Steve coming out the winner.

The semi-finals brought two wonderful games. Stephen from Reepham played Steve

from Wortwell, and Matt and Trevor from Reepham played one another. In near

perfect timing, both Stephen and Matt went one shot down. They both clawed back

in the next end, Matt getting one shot and Stephen getting two. The next end saw

both games go 3-1 to the Frosts. The next three ends saw both Matt and Stephen

gaining points. Steve and Stephen deciding not to play their last end, leaving their

score at 7-1. Matt and Trevor played all 7, with Trevor gaining one shot, finishing the

game 7-2.

The final left nothing to desire. In a game where the woods have been described as

“unable to be placed better if I went down and put them there”, every shot seemed

perfect. Matt had an unlucky first two ends, dropping two shots. Not to be beaten,

especially by his father, he managed to gain a shot on the third end. Stephen one-

upped him once again, gaining one shot in end four. The fifth end saw Matt getting

two shots, putting the game at 3-3. Just when you think that Matt was about to steal

the show with 3 woods holding, Stephen managed the perfect shot, resulting in a

dead end. After an absolute nail biter, Matt managed to scrape through and win the

game, maintaining his title as Norfolk singles champion for the 6th year in a row.

Norfolk Rinks

This Years Norfolk rinks being held at Wortwell had 12 teams enter.

The teams were divided in to 2 groups of 6 with every team playing each other. The winners and the Runners up from each group would go through to the semi finals.

With group 1 playing followed by group 2 it meant that all the group games were played at the same time.

It all came down to the last session of the group games with Reepham Robins 1 knowing a win would see them go through as group winner. They managed to see out the game with Southrepps 1 coming in 2nd both only losing the 1 game but with Reepham having the better shot score.

Group 2 was very close battle with Reepham Robins 2 having not lost a game coming up against a Wortwell side that needed the win to get 8 points. With Southrepps 2 knowing a win in the last game would also see them on 8 points. Southrepps took a comfortable win over Pulham St Mary all eyes moved to the other game. Wortwell always managing to keep in front until the last end Reepham got a 2 to make it a draw. This meant Reepham Robins 2 group winners and Southrepps 2 runners up.

Both Semi Finals would be Reepham vs Southrepps. Both of the semi finals very closely matched with Reepham Robins 2 managing to always keep Southrepps trailing to take the win. Story on the other carpet was not the same with some confusion over the score the match was then tied at 6-6 with 2 ends to play. Reepham Robins 1 managed to take both the last 2 ends to come through.

This meant that it was a Reepham Robins show down. Reepham Robins 2 took the lead early and continued to build on that through out the game and coming through eventual winners 8-4.

Congratulations to Both Reepham teams.

Norfolk Pairs

Norfolk held the pairs competition at Wortwell 10th March

25 teams entered the pairs competition this year.

All teams were divided in to 5 groups with everyone playing each other. Winners of the groups and 3 highest runners up progressing to the quarter finals.

Progressing through to the quarters were Reepham 1 and 2, Wortwell 1 and 2, Kenninghall, Syleham 1 and 2, Tacolneston

With the matches being won by Syleham, Kenninghall, Wortwell 2 and Reepham 1 we had the semi finals.

Wortwell played Reepham with Reepham getting the lead and keeping Wortwell at bay.

Kenninghall played Syleham and with a tough game had Kenninghall getting the better.

The final between Reepham and Kenninghall who had played the first game of the day against each other.

The final was a much closer match with Kenninghall needing 3 to draw or 4 for the win on the last end. Phyllis pushed the jack between 4 of her woods to be holding for the win. Matt with his last wood manages to run in to the head cutting it down to 2 and taking the title.

Congratulations to Reepham (Stephen and Matt)

Norfolk Triples

Norfolk Held the Triples competition at Wortwell 11th Feb

15 teams entered in to this years competition

All the teams got split in to 3 groups of 5 teams with the winners of each group and the highest runner up going through to the semi finals

The Teams that progressed were Reepham, Wortwell, Syleham and Pulham st Mary.

With Reepham overcoming Pulham and Wortwell overcoming Syleham it was a very familiar showdown between Wortwell and Reepham for the title.

The final was a very close battle which came down to the final end. Wortwell came out on top in the finish.

Wortwell have reclaimed the title again but with a different team this time.

Well done to David, Val and Mick on a very well deserved victory.

Norfolk Singles

Norfolk held the Singles competition at Wortwell

This years competition had 36 players enter, Split over 6 Groups with Just the winners and the 2 highest runners-up going through to the next round.

The winners and runners-up that went through were: Rosemary, Rachel, Phyllis, Peter, Matt, Stephen, Tony and Arthur.

Rachel overcame Peter, Tony Overcame Stephen, Matt overcame Phyllis and Arthur overcame Rosemary.

On to the semi finals

Arthur kept Rachel and bay and that margin kept building to book his place in the final

Tony had a lead up until the last end where Matt managed to pick up 3 to progress and face on in the final.

Both Arthur and Matt battled hard and it came down to the last shot. Arthur had to repeat a take out shot he had just done to win. Unfortunately clips it just wrong and still 1 down. This meant that Matt Took the title for the 5th year running.

Very well played both in the final.

Norfolk Rinks competition

Norfolk held the Rinks competition at Wortwell

10 Teams entered this years competition, split in 2 groups of 5 each team playing each other

The Winners and the runners-up from each group would move on to the Semi finals

Group 1 Winners Tacolneston and Runners- up Pullham St Mary

Group 2 Winners Team stars and Runners-up Reepham Robins 2

Reepham robins played Tacolneston and Team stars played Pullham St Mary

Reepham Robins overcame Tacolneston and Pullham St Mary overcame Team Stars

The final was always in Reephams control and they kept that up to take the title.

Congrats to Reepham Robins

National Champions of Champions

Norfolk Team heading up to Stanley to compete in the National Champions of Champions.

Team

Singles: Matt Frost

Pairs: Mick Fisher and Rosemary Knox

Triples: Jenny and Ray Collins and Steve Wells

Rinks: Doris, Peter and Stephen Frost and Phyllis Sutton

Well done to all of the players are competed in the competition and for traveling. To see the full Report

Eastern Counties Champions of Champions

With all of the Norfolk competitions being played Norfolk had the teams that would be going to represent them in the Champions of Champions

Team

Singles: Matt Frost

Pairs: Mick Fisher and Rosemary Knox

Triples: Jenny and Ray Collins and Steve Wells

Rinks: Doris, Peter, Stephen Frost and Phyllis Sutton

With big congratulations going to Matt Frost who managed to retain the Singles title again becoming only the second person to win it back to back.

Norfolk in the team event finished 4th

Full report

NCBA Pairs 2023 competition

Competition was held at Wortwell

30 teams entered this years pairs competiton

With a few teams having to drop out and teams being put together to fill spots. Sadly it meant that was still 1 teams short.

Teams were divided in to 5 groups with winners and the 3 highest runners up going in to the next round.

The day went on and finally we came to the final.

Wortwell Vs Reepham Robins

With the game coming down the the wire and with the final 2 ends being the critical ends.

Reepham picked up a 3 to put them 1 up going in to the last end, With Reepham then having first woods meant the end got away from wortwell and with Matt blocking Steve out the title went to Reepham Robins for the 7th time.

Congratulations Reepham Robins

NCBA Triples 2023 Competition

Competition was held at wortwell, This would be the first norfolk competition of 2023

20 teams entered this years competition.

Theses teams split in to 4 groups and it would be the winners and the runners up for each group going in to the next round.

These got down to Wortwell vs Reepham Robins and Syleham wingfield vs Tacolneston

It would be last years runners up that would be beaten by Wortwell and Syleham Wingfield would go to the final.

The final was very well contested and it all came down to the final couple of ends with Wortwell coming out the winners.

Congratulations to Wortwell

NCBA Singles 2022 competition

36 players entered this years competition

These players were divided in to 6 groups playing 5 games each.

Winners and the 2 best runners up would go straight through to the quarter finals.

Winners Reepham Robins 1, Syleham Wingfield 3, Tacolneston 1, Tacolneston 3, Reepham Robins 7 and Sea Palling 1 

2 Best runners up Tacolneston 8 and Wortwell 4

Tacolneston 3 Vs Syleham Wingfield 3 With Arthur (Syleham Wingfield 3) coming out the winner

Reepham Robins 1 Vs Wortwell 4 with Ray (Wortwell 4) coming out as the winner

Sea Palling 1 Vs Tacolneston 1 with Chris (Tacolneston 1) coming out as the winner

Reepham Robins 7 Vs Tacolneston 8 with Matt (Reepham Robins 7) coming out as winner

Ray vs Arthur with a close game coming down to the last shot by Ray to run the jack to the back of the carpet to win the game.

Matt Vs Chris Was another tight game until a bad end by Chris on the 5th let Matt have 4 and then he closed out the game.

With a repeat of the last Singles final of Ray vs Matt

Each end was very much going back and fourth with neither player managing to run away from the other with 2 ends to go Matt picks up a 4 to take a 6 lead but was quickly pegged back by Ray scoring 2 to make it 8-4, unfortunately with Rays first wood he bowls it too heavy and off the carpet handing the title to Matt again.

NCBA Fours 2022 competition 

12 teams of 4 entered the competition.

These teams were then divided in to 2 groups of 6 teams playing over 3 carpets

The winners of the groups would then go straight through to the final to play for the title.

Strong starts for Wortwell 2, Reepham Robins 1, Tacolneston and Southrepps also opening with a win.

After games 2 it was looking good for Reepham Robins 1 and Tacolneston in group 2 and Wortwell 2 and Reepham Robins 2.

The games kept going but it came down to the games between the front runners with Reepham Robins 1 over coming Tacolneston and Wortwell 2 over coming Reepham Robins 2 we had the winners.

The final was very one sided with Reepham Robins 1 taking the early lead and not letting Wortwell back in to the game, with an end to go the score was 11-1 to Reepham. Wortwell conceded and the title was Reephm Robins.

Eastern County Champions of Champions

Norfolk traveled to Littleport to take part in the Eastern counties Champions of Champions.

The team that took part was a little change from the one that traveled to stanley due to certain circumstances

Singles: Matt Frost

Pairs: Phyillis Sutton, Mick Fisher

Triples: Sue Ross, Rachel Allen and John Clements

Rinks: Doris Frost, Peter Frost, Arthur Wingfield and Stephen Frost

Great to see all the counties taking part with the competition taking a break due to covid.

Standings for Norfolk at the end of the day:

Matt Frost Singles champion 9pts

Pairs Finished 5th on 3 pts

Triples finished 4th on 4 pts

Rinks finish 5th on 4 pts

Congratulations to Matt frost for winning the Double Singles champions of Champions

Full report

Champions of Champions 2022

Norfolk traveled to Stanley to compete in the Champions of Champions.

The team that traveled was

Singles: Matt Frost

Pairs: Phyllis Sutton and Mike Fisher

Triples: Susan Ross, Rachel Allen and John Clements

Rinks: Doris Frost, Peter Frost, Sue Ross and Stephen Frost

Matt Frost Came out as Champion for the Singles with 11Pts

Pairs finished 5th with 7pts

Triples finished 8th with 3pts

Rinks finished 3rd with 10 pts

This meant that the team finished 4th with 31 pts

Congratulations to everyone for getting to the event.

Full Report

Norfolk County Triples 2020

Norfolk County Triples competetion was held at Wortwell on 2nd Feburary

20 teams entered and were divided in to 4 groups of 5 each playing each other.

With the group winners and the runners up going through to make up the last 8.

Reepham Vs Occold, Kenninghall Vs Needham, Sea Palling Vs Brockdish, Tacolneston Vs Syleham.

Reepham beating Occold (10-4) going on to play Kenninghall who overcame Needham (7-4)

Sea Palling narrowly beating Brockdish (5-4) were to play Syleham who overcame Tacolneston (8-5)

Semi finals saw Reepham beat Kenninghall and Sea Palling beat Syleham after a very close battle. This set up a Final Between Sea Palling (Rachel, Mick, John) Vs Reepham (Doris, Matt, Stephen)

Sea Palling started off strong with Rachel leading well and Mick managing to fill in gaps before Matt could bowl. This was the same through out the game with Sea Palling just building on the lead from the first End. With Reepham not even getting a look in end after end. Sea Palling had won the game with an end to spare. (11-2)

Congratulations to Sea Palling.

Norfolk County Squad Pairs

Squad Pairs tournement was held at wortwell on 3rd November.

It was a very good day had by all.

The competition is always played in good sprits and is used to help the running of the county team.

This year had a good amount of interest from outside of Norfolk.

The day ran well with the final coming down to two teams from Cambridgeshire 

Maureen and Barry Vs Colin and Beryl.

It all came down to the last end with Colin and Beryl having the upper hand and going on to win the game.

Congratulations to both teams.

Norfolk County Singles 2019

Norfolk Singles competition was held at Wortwell on 20th October

With 48 players entering they were divided in to 8 groups of 6 with everyone playing each other. Group winners and runners up went through to the knock out stages.

We pick up the action in the semi finals with Defending Champion Matt (Reepham Robins) vs Phyllis (Kenninghall) the other draw was Sue (Reepham Robins) vs Ray (Aubugh)

The early ends between Matt and Phyllis were exchanged with the score 1-2 after 3 ends played with the Champion behind but managing to pick up a 2 followed by 2 scores of 3 the game was over with Phyllis conceding the game.

The other game between Sue and Ray was a very close affair but with Ray always being in control managed to hold on and see out the victory.

The final Between Matt and Ray: 

First end: Matt starting off the better holding 2 until his last wood was too heavy cutting it back to 1.

2nd end: was pretty much a repeat of the 1st and again Matt manages to be holding 3 this time but Ray does a good running shot to cut it down to 1 2-0

3rd End: little bit better from Ray making some good draws but again it is Matt that wins the battle and manages to steal another 1. 3-0

4th End: Matt starts off well and is holding Ray pushes it back but Matt does 2 good draws to make it a count of 2. 5-0

5th End: Good exchange this end with the jack being moved about with Ray holding Matt manages to draw in to take the end and Ray could not reply. 6-0

6th End: Matt is a little heavy with his first 2 woods and Ray makes him pay. Matt draws in but is still down 1. Ray cant make it 2 again. Matt with a good running shot pushes the jack to the back of the carpet to hold 2. Ray does a good draw to take the end. Unfortunately with not enough ends the game was over.

Congratulations to Matt Frost for winning the title for the 3rd year in a row.

Norfolk County Fours 2019

Norfolk fours competition was held at Wortwell on 29th September.

Only 15 teams entered this years competition meaning that they had been divided in to 3 groups of 5 with the winners and 1 highest runner-Up going in to the Knock outs.

Reepham Robins won Group 1, Wortwell won Group 2 and with 3 teams on 6 points in Group 3 it was Brockdish that came out winners in that group. It was no surprise that the highest runner-up came from group 3 with Antingham just missing out topping the group by 2 shots and Roydon a further 6 shots back from them

Semi Finals lined up with Reepham taking on Brockdish and Wortwell taking on Antingham.

Both semi finals were very close and well battled through out with Brockdish managing to over come Reepham with the last bowl winning 6-5. In the other semi final Antingham managed to hold on and pip Wortwell 6-4 with the last wood making sure that they were off to the final.

After meeting already in the day Brockdish would once again take on Antingham.

With a very poor carpet and only 1 side really being able to be played it was Brockdish that took an early start to the game with Antingham struggling with the pace of the carpet. The first 3 ends going the way of Brockdish and them having a 4-0 lead.

Antingham finally started to pick up the pace and started the fight back with Joy managing to get on and Brockdish not able to more it on the next end 4-1. 

End 5 : Brockdish start off the better and does not look good for Antingham but Gillian manages to push the jack back away from the 3 that Brockdish held to hold themselves. Ken tries to get through the woods but ends up gifting another. 4-3

End 6 : This time Antingham start off building a good head but it is quickly cut down to 1. With no movement on it from the skips and no improvement the game is tied going in to the last end. 4-4

Last end : the end is very spread out until Joyce manages to draw in a good shot wood. With Gillian not being able to move or promote a wood up Brockdish take the Title 6-4.

Congratulations to Brockdish

Eastern County Champions of Champions 2019

With the Norfolk competition winners traveling to littleport to take part in this years eastern counties champions of champions.

After a little bit of moving about due to one reason or another the team that went was:

• Singles: Gillian Wilson

• Pairs: Rachel Allen & Peter Frost

• Triples: Doris, Matt and Stephen Frost

• Rinks: Val & Mike Bond, Phyllis Sutton and Steve Wells

This was a very strong team and had very good chance of taking away the trophies. 

Congratulations to Doris, Matt and Stephen Frost for winning the champions of champions Triples for Norfolk

Full Report

Norfolk County Pairs 2019

The Norfolk Pairs held on 24th March at Wortwell.

The day started with 30 teams that were split in to 6 groups with the winners of the groups and the 2 highest runners up going through to the next round.

The quarter finals lined up with

Tony + Rachel Vs Occold 2

Reepham 2 Vs Kenninghall 1

GT Hockham 4 Vs Syleham

Reepham 1 Vs Kenninghall 2

With last years winners falling in the quarter finals to Kenninghall who would take the title?

Semi finals lined up with

Tony + Rachel Vs Gerald + John (Kenninghall)

Les + Arthur (Syleham) Vs Doris + Peter(Reepham)

All the semi finals came down to the last end but with victories for Tony and Rachel 5-4 over Kenninghall and Syleham 7-5 over Reepham.

The final was very close with both teams exchanging ends but with 2 ends to go Arthur managed to pick up a couple of shots to give him a 3 shot lead going in to the final end.

With Tony setting the Final end up for a pick up Arthur again manages to split up the woods leaving Tony with no where to go. He still tries but only manages to get a single shot giving the title to Les and Artur.

Congratulations to Les and Arthur on the first Norfolk title.

Norfolk County Triples 2019

The Norfolk Triples held on the 3rd February at Wortwell.

The day started off with the very sad news that a member of the Norfolk squad had sadly passed away. It is with a heavy heart that we said fair well to Colin Knox. What an amazing player he was and a true gentleman as well. I am sure that I speak for everyone when I say that he will be greatly missed by all of the team and everyone that knew him. Are thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family.

The bowling started off with 20 teams divided in to 4 groups of 5 with the winner and Runner-up of each group going through to the next round and being put through to the quarter finals.

The quarter finals lined up with

Reepham Robins 1 vs Roydon 

Reepham Robins 2 vs Southrepps 4

Wortwell vs Brockdish 1

Tacolneston 1 vs Southrepps 1

All games were closely battled but the eventual winners came through to the semi finals to see who could make it to the final.

Reepham Robins 1 then took on Southrepps 4 after they had managed to knock out the other Reepham Robins.

Wortwell had seen off Brockdish to set up a tie with Southrepps 1 who had seen off last years runner up.

Reepham Robins were too strong for Southrepps 4 and booked a place in the final.

Wortwell kept a healthy lead and always had the upper hand in the game as they too booked a place in the final.

Familiar faces seen in the final this year with Wortwell and Reepham Robins.

Worwell team of Val, Mike and Steve vs Reepham Robins team of Doris, Matt and Stephen

The final was very close with the Robins managing to get the better of the early ends and pulling in to a 4-0 lead.

Wortwell then started to get the better only managing to pick up singles but slowly but surely managed to get the game to 4-4 as we entered the last end.

Mike for Wortwell managed to get a great wood on the jack with Matt only managing to rest in behind so the advantage went to Wortwell. With both Matt and Stephen not managing to rock it Wortwell claimed the victory 5-4

Congratulations to Wortwell

Norfolk County Squad Pairs

Norfolk held the Squad pairs on the 4th November.

The competition is to help with the running of the county team.

For those that don't know this a tournament for a county player to play with a non-county player.

It was a good days bowling with people traveling from across the Eastern counties to take part.

The final came down to 2 teams from Wortwell with Janet and Mick battling it out with Pam and Steve.

It came out with Pam and Steve being the victors of this meeting.

Norfolk Singles 2018

The Norfolk singles were held at Wortwell on 21st October.

48 players were divided in to 8 groups of 6 each playing each other with the winner and runner up going through to make up the top 16.

The day slowly coming to a close with the semi finals being Mick ( Wortwell) playing Phil (Roydon) and Christine (Southrepps Social) playing Matt (Reepham Robins)

Mick took a strong lead and never looked back booking his place in the final.

The other semi final was a well fought battle with it some very good bowls being played with Matt just taking the edge to book his 3rd final in 4 years.

The final between Mick and Matt.

Matt started off the better taking a slight edge and keeping Mick just at bay, It all came down to the final end with Matt leading 8-4. Unfortunately Mick could only manage 3 which was not enough to force the extra end so the title was Retained by Matt Frost ( Reepham Robins)

Norfolk Fours 2018

The Norfolk 4s were held at Worwell on the 30th September

The day was well contested all day long and the final came down to Wortwell and they were playing against Alburgh/ Southrepps.

The final was a thrilling game but Wortwell came out on top to take the title for 2018.

Norfolk County League Finals 2018

On May 13th at Woodton the league winners met in a county league finals day.

The match was between Reepham Robins winners of the Broadland league and Kenninghall Winners of the South Norfolk League.

At the start of the day Reepham knew that it would be hard to overcome the much more experienced Kenninghall which was exactly how it started out with Kenninghall winning both of the Rinks 9-4 and 4-3, this meant that they had a good lead going in to the pairs.

However this did not go to plan with the Robins taking both of the pairs games 7-6 and 8-3. This meant that not only had they pulled back the points but also the shot difference going in to the last round of games.

With everything to play for in the last 2 games it could all come down to shots. After 2 ends the games were split with Reepham leading 4-0 and Kenninghall 4-0 on the other. This is were the games turned, the game Reepham had been leading then dropping a 4 to make it level and the other game still going Kenninghalls way. No matter what Reepham could do one of the games went to a dominating Kenninghall. Games ended being split but with Kenninghall winning 12-3 and Reepham 8-6 meant Kenninghall were crown Champions by 7 shots.

CONGRATULATIONS TO KENNINGHALL

Norfolk Pairs 2018

The NCBA Pairs Tournament was held on March 26th at Wortwell.

35 teams divided in to 7 groups with every team in the group playing each other. Only the winners of the groups and the overall runner-up qualifying for the Quarter Finals.

The semi-Finals came down to Dilham(Rachel, Skipped by Tony )to play Reepham Robins (Stephen, skipped by Matt). The other semi final saw South Repps (Gillian and skipped by Colin)  take on Dilham (Josie, skipped by Alan)

Reepham Robins took the semi final against Dilham after a strong performance to set up a final with South Repps who managed to have the edge in the final stages of the game against Dilham.

The Final was again a very good performance from the Robins who took control right from the get go. This left South Repps chasing and unfortunately could not get going with the strength of the Robins. Final score 11-0 to the Robins.

Norfolk Triples 2018

The NCBA Triples tournament was held at Wortwell on the 4th Feb

It was a good day with some very good bowling by all but there can only be 2 teams in the final.

The final came down to Kenninghall and Tacolneston.

With the both teams playing very well it came down to the experience of Kenninghall to take the title.

Norfolk Singles 2017

Norfolk Singles were held at Wortwell.

The day started out with the current champion making his way through the group stages and then on to the final for the 3rd year in a row.

This was to be a repeat of the 2015 final with current champion John clements from Sea Palling meeting Matt Frost of Reepham Robins.

The game started out going the way of Reepham, taking a strong lead before Sea Palling making a come back. Unfortunately the damage had been done in the early ends and the title went back to Matt Frost of Reepham Robins.

Norfolk Fours 2017

The NCBA Four tournament was held at Wortwell.

Was a great day for all with the final coming down to Kenninghall and Wortwell.

Both teams were playing very well and it was a close match all the way through but with Kenninghall coming out the victor in the end.

Norfolk Pairs 2017

The NCBA Pairs tournament was held on April 2nd at Wortwell the Semi Final was an exciting event with three South Repps teams qualifying plus Reepham. 

In the final the Reepham team of Stephen skippered by Matt beat the South Repps team of Mike (from Wortwell playing in place of Ruby who was unwell) skippered by Colin. 

Reepham have now won the pairs trophy 5 times out of 6 consecutive years, an unprecedented event in our history. 

Congratulations to this super winning combination.

Norfolk Triples 2017

Quarter finals: 

Tasburgh A v Sea Palling, South Repps 2 v Kenninghall 1, Roydon 1 v Alburgh, Reepham Robins 1 v Occold 1

Semi Finals : 

Occold 1 v Sea Palling and Roydon 1 v South Repps 2

Final : Roydon 1 v Sea Palling

Result: Winners Sea Palling 11 shots 

Runners Up Roydon 1 2shots

County League Final

The County League final took place at Wortwell on May 15th 2016.

All the games were very tight and just a shot here or there could have resulted in a very different outcome.

Kenninghall were the winners with Reepham Robins second and Wortwell third.

The individual game results were as follows

Kenninghall 42 shots 9 point v Reepham Robins 40 shots 4 points

Kenninghall 36 shots 9 points v Wortwell 31 shots 4 points

Reepham Robins 36 shots 8 points v Wortwell 32 shots 5 points

Norfolk Singles 2016

Norfolk singles was hosted at Wortwell.

The final came down to Southrepps (Colin Yarham) Vs Sea Palling (John Clements), This was the second time that John had made it to the final. This time he came out the victor taking the title in a gripping final.

Norfolk Fours Championship 2016

Sunday 18th September the Norfolk Fours Championship was held at Wortwell. 

12 teams entered and after a hard days bowling Southrepps 1, who were group winners, came up against Reepham Robins runners up of the other group and Kenninghall, also group winners came up against Wortwell, the other group runners up. 

Robins beat Southrepps 7 – 3 and Wortwell beat Kenninghall 7 – 6.

This meant that, ironically, the two finalists were both group runners up who then met on Mat 1, normally a mat which plays like grease lightning, but on Sunday the tables were turned on everyone and the mat was quite slow, which had caught a lot of people out all day. 

The mat was moved to a different place and was still slow. Wortwell struggled to find the length and the vast tournament experience of Reepham Robins carried them through with an outstanding win of 12 – 2.

NCBA Pairs 2016

The Pairs were held at Wortwell on 3 April 2016

Semi finals results Brockdish - 5 Occold - 3, Reepham Robins - 10 Kenninghall 1 – 6

The final, as usually seems to be the norm nowadays was an absolutely thrilling game with it going down to the last ball with Reepham Robins running out the winners 6 against Brockdish 4.

NCBA Triples  2016

On Sunday 7th Feb the triples championship was held at Watlington.

For the second year running it was won by Val, Mike and Mick from Wortwell with Phyllis and Gerald from Kenninghall and Tony from Dilham runners-up.

County League Finals

On May 17th the County League finals were held at Wortwell. the qualifiers were Reepham Robins from the Broadland League, Kenninghall from the South Norfolk 8’s and Roydon from the South Norfolk 6’s. 

After an afternoon’s hard battling Kenninghall emerged as the victors.

Eastern Counties Championship of Champions

On Sunday 10th May the Eastern Counties Championship of Champions was held at Needham Market.

The overall team winners were Suffolk but Norfolk are very proud to announce that Val, Mike and Mick from Wortwell clinched the 

Triples Crown. 

The scores were very tight in the triples with three teams on 6 points, therefore it was all down to shots and Norfolk triumphed by just one shot. 

Well done.

NCBA Singles in October  2015

NCBA Fours in September  2015

NCBA Pairs Championship 2015

On Sunday, March 22nd, the NCBA Pairs Championship was held at Wortwell

There were 7 leagues with 5 teams in each league and after much intensive bowling the finalists were Wortwell and Old Buckenham.

After having to play an extra end the winners were Jill and Fred from Old Buckenham who beat Val and Mike from Wortwell by the tiniest margin of about half of an inch!

NCBA Triples Championship 2015

The 2015 Triples Championship was held on Sunday February 8th at Watlington Village Hall. 

15 teams took part, they were divided into 3 leagues of 5 with the mat winner and the best runner up going through to the semi final. Both these games were fiercely fought with Tasburgh beating Occold, and Wortwell beating Kenninghall only after an extra end was played.

The absolutely thrilling final had all the spectators enthralled right up until the very last wood.

The jack had been driven right to the end of the carpet with Tasburgh holding two shots which would have levelled the score. Unfortunately the Tasburgh skip, who had last wood, whilst attempting to score another just tipped his opponents wood in, thus giving them the game.

Both teams produced excellent woods and it could have gone either way. What a stunning end to a wonderful day.

NCBA Fours championship 2014

On Sunday September 21st the was held at Wortwell. Despite a low turnout of only 12 teams the day resulted in some very good games.

The final saw Reepham Robins battling it out with a mixed team from Old Buckenham and South Repps. After a very thrilling, evenly matched seven ends the score was 4-4, so a deciding end had to be played with the mixed team emerging eventual winners.

The team players  were Reepham Robins Peter, Doris, Stephen and Matt Frost and the Old Buckenham players were Fred Bracey and Jill Emms, the South Repps players were Maureen Fletcher and Colin Yarham