"I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so." Horatio Nelson
The NCSMBA is deeply saddened to learn that Mike Smail of Forncett SMBC has passed away. Mike was a hugely generous man who was always willing to play his part in the administration of short mat bowls at club, league and county level. He stepped up t…
Harling entertained Forncett for the first leg of their Breckland Five Pairs semi-final clash. It proved to be a close match on the night leaving Harling only taking a narrow two shot lead into the second leg. Harling won three of the five games with…
South Norfolk League giants Hempnall increased their lead at the top of the table to 18 points after beating visitors Connaught by 10-0. Kerry Greenacre, Ray Lamb & Keith Cooke stormed to a 26-2 win with Charlie Archer’s triple winning 24-7, Paul…
Despite losing their final match of the Waveney League season at Wortwell, last season’s champions Broome have retained the league title. Wortwell have again finished as runners-up fourteen points behind Broome with Bradwell in third place. Haddiscoe…
The funeral of former NCSMBA Secretary Jane Frary will take place at Breckland Crematorium on Tuesday 10th March at 11am. Afterwards everyone is invited to meet at Abrahams Bar at Hingham Sports and Social Club, all will be welcome. A tribu…
An amazing second half comeback by Norfolk against West Mids secured the defending Inter-County Championship side a place in the semi-finals. The first session of singles and pairs at Solihull left opponents West Mids in a strong position as Norfolk…
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Alastair McCrea is the new SMPT English Masters champion after defeating Matt Sifford 11-6 in the final at Chelmsford. He began the long route to the final on Saturday morning with a 9-9 draw against Andrew Hudson before putting together a run of nin…