Norwich Cup
The revamped Norwich Cup knock-out competition saw Harling Yellow secure safe passage into the next round with a solid 40-19 home win against Hingham. They fielded a strong team comprising of John Davis, George Hume, Lorretta Smith, Glen Hume, Jill Hayman, Val Easter Jean Deathridge & Sid Burton and nominated their wild card ends as 1, 2 & 30. This proved to be a good move as they established an early 8-0 lead after just two ends. After 13 ends Harling led 19-5 which had become a huge 31-7 lead after 20 ends. Hingham's use of their three wildcards on ends 3, 8 and 19 failed as the home side won all three ends. In the second round Harling Yellow will entertain the winners of the Hevingham v Bradwell tie which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 31st October.
Breckland League
Harling Unicorns won 6-4 at Hingham in the Breckland League, and won on three mats, but a stomping 18-7 win by Hingham’s Will Townsend, Margaret Hunter & John Hunter limited the damage by claiming the two match points. Two days earlier Will Townsend, Margaret Hunter & John Hunter had spearheaded an 8-2 away win for Hingham against Shropham with a 27-13 victory. Defending champions Wymondham began their campaign with an 8-2 away win at Forncett while Harling Griffins won 10-0 at Thetford.
City of Norwich League
Thorpe Marriott won their fourth City League win in five games beating visitors Taverham 10-4. Sylvia Turner, Richard Perkins & Kath Frost won by 19-7 while Gary Gray, Jack Gray & Tony Turner won by 17-7. Taverham made a fight of it with skips Jane James and Richard Moore both winning their games. Horsford Heroes won 10-4 at Jarrolds where Richard Hart, Ted Griffin & Chris Woodhouse won 20-4 to secure the match points.
Bure League
In the Bure League East Tuddenham won 8-2 at home to Horsford BC with Sheila Hook, Robert Howlett & Chris Willies achieving the evenings biggest win of 33-4. Dennis Seaton’s triple scored the visitors only win beating Trevor Brown’s triple 13-11.
South Norfolk League
SNL action saw Saxlingham Nethergate win 6-4 at home to Horsford with both sides winning two games apiece. The two match points were secured for Saxlingham by John Torbitt, Alex Thompson & Robert Howlett who won by 28-5.
Waveney League
Carlton played host to Wortwell in their first Waveney League match of the season. The points were shared in the first two games with Wortwell’s Anita Lambert, Margaret Roll and David Elliot winning 12-10 in the triples while Carlton responded with a 6-5 Pairs win. Carlton’s triple of Jeff Freeman, Margaret Shambrooke and Linda Dyer then took a win 7-5 whilst Wortwell’s pairing of new captain Ron Saitch and Chris Roberts cruised to an 11-1 win leaving the match all square at 2-2 at the break. After the interval Margaret Barley, Jill Cleveland and Lesley Dyer of Carlton won 9-5 in the triples whilst Wortwell had another win in the pairs to make it 3-3. The last two games were therefore fiercely contested but in the end the pairing of Tony Oram and Derek Seaman won 10-3 and the triple of Anita Lambert, Margaret Roll and David Elliot won 9-3 to earn Wortwell a 5-3 away win plus an extra point for the highest score. Earsham are the early season table toppers after a 7-2 home win against Broome although they lost 6-3 at Haddiscoe. Bradwell opened with a 6-3 home win against Haddiscoe while Broome won at home to Wortwell.
Winter Afternoon League
There were four tight games at Hingham where visitors Thetford emerged with an 8-2 away win. Thetford won on three mats with Peter Scarborough's triple winning 9-7, Chloe Suffolk's triple winning 12-11 and Peter Harvey's triple winning 11-10.
George Hume was part of Harling Yellows winning Norwich Cup team