Norbridge success in Camel Cup

THE final of the Camel Charity Bowls Cup 2007, held at Marlborough Bowls Club, resulted in a win for Norbridge BC against Bramford BC by 85 shots to 61 shots.

A strong Norbridge were defending champions and again produced a fine team performance to retain the trophy by 24 shots with some excellent bowling by both teams in good conditions.

The rink details were:

Rink 1: Mark Euston (skip) produced several telling running bowls in the early stages of the game to keep the Bramford trio, skipped by John Parnell, at bay.

The later ends saw the Norbridge set gradually gain the upper hand to win by two shots 19 -17.

Rink 2: Bramford's only winning rink on the day saw the Thompson family rink run out winners by eight shots over their Norbridge opposition.

Always a close game, Barry Creasy's rink slipped behind by eight shots at 15 ends but his experienced set never allowed the situation to get any worse, finally losing 12-20.

Rink 3: Norbridge captain Kevin Curl led his set to an 11-shot victory over John Sharman's rink.

At the 10-end mark, Norbridge led by only five shots, but over the next five ends this lead extended to 16.

After a positional change within the Bramford rink, the last few ends saw Bramford pull back to 11 shot defeat at 27-16

Rink 4: Phil Nunn of Norbridge, retuning to his former club, produced an excellent individual performance backed up by David Millam and Andy Roberts to dominate their opposition to record a fine 27-8 cup winning victory.

Increasing their lead steadily throughout the game, the Norbridge trio never gave the opponents a look in, this despite some positional changes by the Bramford set.

With teams from all parts of the county taking part, £600 in total has been donated to the following charities: St Nicholas Hospice (BSE), The East Anglian Children's Hospice, St. Elizabeth's Hospice (Ipswich) & The East Anglian Air Ambulance