New-look team for opening Suffolk game

FOLLOWING a morale-boosting victory over Hertfordshire in their last Eastern Counties League match, Suffolk have named their team to face Norfolk in the Middleton Cup at the Felixstowe & Suffolk BC tomorrow (2pm).

FOLLOWING a morale-boosting victory over Hertfordshire in their last Eastern Counties League match, Suffolk have named their team to face Norfolk in the Middleton Cup at the Felixstowe & Suffolk BC tomorrow (2pm).

It is a new-look team for this first round robin match, with several players unavailable for various reasons. Suffolk will give debuts to Roger Adams (Felixstowe & Suffolk), David Hay (Margaret Catchpole) and Marcus Fuller (Rookery).

Adrian Holden returns to skip a rink after having a season's rest from Middleton Cup action, and Andrew Friend and John Chalk make returns after several years away from the county scene.

Following last week's Middleton Cup results, Suffolk can almost put paid to Norfolk's progress to the next round as they lost their opening match 17-5 against Hertfordshire at home. The other result in Suffolk's group saw Huntingdonshire comfortable overcome Essex 19 points to 3.

Suffolk team

John Rednall, Andy Meikle, David Wellington and Adrian Holden.

Roger Adams, Calvern Kemp, Ian Catchpole and Brian Andrews.

Colin Hunting, Mark Stannard, David Hay and John Chalk.

Mark Todd, Colin Chick, John Catchpole and Andrew Friend.

Richard Leeder, Marcus Fuller, Daniel Ramsbottom and Mark Royal.

Geoff Ramsbottom, Chris Love, Ian Platford and Andy Catchpole.

Reserves: R Willoughby, B Beamish, L Fordham and I Wiseman.