"I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so." Horatio Nelson
The NCSMBA is saddened to hear of the death of Arthur Herring who passed away on Tuesday 16th January aged 87. Arthur captained the Deaf Sports team in the early days of the City of Norwich League and represented the club as one of their two delegate…
Ryan Fox of Halvergate is the new Norfolk Singles Champion after defeating four times champion Neil Davidson in the final. It is Ryan’s second county title of the season having previously appeared in the winning rink in the County Fours. The prelimin…
After only collecting two points from their seven league matches this season Mulbarton entertained SNL leaders Hempnall with little hope of adding to their tally. But as we all know nothing can be taken for granted in short mat bowls and Hempnall fou…
The ESMBA has released the National Championship allocations for the 2024 National Championships. Norfolk has received an allocation of 23 places overall, which is the fourth highest total of places. Only Oxfordshire with 28, Devon with 26 and Hampsh…
Read more: Norfolk fourth highest in National Championship allocations
Harling Yellows are into the semi-finals of the Norwich Cup after yet another convincing home win in the revamped competition. Visitors Hevingham of the Bure League were making their first visit to Breckland League side Harling and suffered a similar…
Read more: Davis dreams of cup glory as Harling storm into semi-finals
The SMPT British Open took place over Saturday and Sunday at York. Steve Easter of Wymondham and David Blundell of Wortwell were the two Norfolk bowlers who had entered the event. It proved to be a long weekend of bowls for Blundell who finished as a…
Read more: David Blundell runner-up in the British Open Shield
Norfolk Premier’s domination of their group in the Inter-County Championships was demonstrated again on Sunday with a 31-9 away win, 263-153 on shots, against Cambridgeshire at March IBC. Despite late withdrawals by two key players through illness No…