South Norfolk League
Defending SNL champions Hempnall won 8-2 at Mulbarton where the home side continues to show encouraging improvement. The visitors have some Norfolk Premier players in their side and they produced the goods as Jon Sparham’s triple won 31-4 and Jack Gray’s triple won 28-9. Paul Baker’s triple were given a hard game but emerged with a 13-12 win against Marcus Chapman’s triple. Norfolk star Keith Cooke and his triple suffered a shock 11-10 defeat against Mulbarton’s Martin Salisbury, John Shaw & Alan Rank who can be more than pleased with their victory. Connaught scored a maximum 10-0 home win against Saxlingham with Di Quadling, Malcolm Southgate & Bob Oatway winning 25-9, Mike Minshull’s triple winning 22-5, David Aldous’s triple winning 21-7 and Roy Taylor’s triple winning 18-8. Connaught’s visit to Harling two nights later proved less successful where they went down 10-0. Three of Harling’s triples produced ten shot wins with Loretta Smith’s triple winning 21-11, Colin Hayman’s triple winning 19-9 and Ian Hartley’s triple winning 17-7. George Cody’s triple added a 17-13 win.
Jack Gray - won 28-9 for Hempnall
CITY OF NORWICH LEAGUE
The top four positions remain the same in the City of Norwich League as all top four teams won this week. Leaders Horsford Heroes won 12-2 at home to Jarrolds who arrived at Horsford’s St Faiths venue as the bottom club in the league. The only bright spot for Jarrolds in their fifth defeat of the campaign was the two points collected by Sheila Andrews, Kelly Andrews & Steve Andrews in beating Roger Frank’s triple 18-6. This was enough to move Jarrolds off the bottom and one point ahead of Horsford Blue who have lost all their opening seven games. Chris Woodhouse skipped his Heroes triple to a 23-9 win, John Aggas to a 22-6 win and David Crosby to a 10-6 win as Horsford Heroes kept up the pressure on their rivals for the title. Second placed Thorpe Marriott were not given an easy ride at British Rail and will be satisfied after emerging with a 10-4 away win with only three shots separating the teams at the end. An 18-7 win for Pat Hall, Richard Moore & Derek Sheldrake clinched the narrow victory for Marriott while Mandy Marshall, Richard Perkins & Andy George added a win of 8-6. British Rail’s star performers were Peter Wright, Leslie Webber & Martin Douglas who beat Tony Turner’s triple 13-5 while Mark Baker’s triple won 12-10. Windows remain in third place after a 10-4 home win against Costessey with Diane Halford, Keith Halford & Di Boswell top scoring with a 15-6 win against Graham Tweed’s triple. First Bus are still fourth after winning 12-2 at home to Horsford Gold. Steve Hall’s triple won 15-5, Jane James’ triple won 10-5 and Glennis Holmes’ triple won 11-9 while Ray Ayres collected Gold’s only win of the night.
Andy George of Thorpe Marriott
BURE LEAGUE
Bob Carter moved a step closer to retaining the Bure League title with a maximum 10-0 home win against Hevingham. They put the pressure on nearest challengers Halvergate by putting visitors Hevingham to the sword with wins of 21-7 by captain Jason Woods, 23-6 win for Jack Pye, a 23-7 win for Gary Best and a 20-13 win for AJ Pye. Bob Carter have just one match left to play, which is away to Halvergate, where a win would guarantee they retain the title. Halvergate still have three games to play before the league season comes to an end in December. January will see the start of the revamped Bure Cup which will be played on a league system for the first time. The points system will be similar to the old Tens League where total shots will be used to determine how many points are gained for each match.
Jason Woods - Bob Carter Captain
BRECKLAND LEAGUE
Breckland League giants Wymondham won 10-0 away to bottom of the table Connaught “B” as expected. Jack Pye’s triple led the way with a 34-4 win, AJ Pye won 20-11, Jon Sparham’s triple won 12-11 and Debbie Sparham’s triple won 17-12. Thetford won 8-2 at Shropham with Cat Walker, Peter Harvey & Jason Martin producing an impressive 28-10 win. Forncett won 6-4 at home to Carleton Rode in a very close match where the match points were earned with a solid 18-9 win for Mark Watson’s triple. Harling collected an 8-2 home win against Hingham. Joy Neave, Andrew Smith & Paul Rogers were in great form winning 26-7, Ann Walker, Jill Hayman & George Hume won 22-17 and Linda Chilvers, Ron Marsh & Nigel Battley won 22-17 while Graham Tweed’s triple earned Hingham their two points with an 11-6 win.
Jon & Debbie Sparham win again