Fledglings fly the nest

NCPA Division 3 - Bressingham Flyers 4, S.F. Wallabies 1 (63-40)

Weather - grey skies, quite warm, little wind.

A sparkling display from the team help put our games/points difference back in the black.  There were some terrific shots from Cyril and Darren that closed the games out.  Nice to see Luke playing again (must be the school holidays).  We also wore our new burgundy team strip for the first time - looks pretty neat.

Match this Saturday is home against Cock 'n' Boules I in the second round of the ASCL Shield KO tournament.

It's a funny old game Saint

NCPA Division 3 - Diss Vikings 2, Bressingham Flyers 3 (43-58)

Weather - lovely evening to start with.  Some rain later on but still an enjoyable evening with a couple of amusing incidents (one confusing and messy end/floodlights switched off by mistake).

Pat/Cyril/Russ somehow recovered from an 8-0 deficit, allowing their opponents to notch up only one more point.  This turned out to be a pivotal moment in the match.  Dave and Mick won well in the pairs to give Bressingham the match.  A shame to see only one original Viking in their line up.

In the other game, Diss Duval beat Norwich Stars 3-2.

We host Wanderers SF Wallabies next time.

Thursday night is pétanque night

Friendly - Bressingham 3, Kettleburgh/Framlingham 2 (41-45)

Weather - nice evening.

Our match against Bob Carter Leisure was cancelled last Thursday as our opponents were unable to field a team, so I arranged a last minute friendly against Kettleburgh (and Derek and Iris from Framlingham).  There was also time for an interim triple of myself, Darren and Dan which finished 9-7 in our favour.  Pat, Liz and Mick won both their games in impressive style. Some of us got thrashed!

Pat/Liz/Mick won 13-7, Les/Diane/Dan lost 13-0
Pat/Les won 13-8, Dave/Darren lost 13-2, Liz/Mick won 13-4

Thank you to Richard, Deborah, Geoff, Paul, Derek and Iris for making the trip over.  We're over at Diss again next week against the Vikings.

Back on track

ASCL Mosaic Division - Bressingham 4, Carlton Crown 0

After a recent run of disappointing results (there was no match last Thursday) Bressingham put in a very good performance against the team from Carlton Colville (formerly Three Horseshoes North Cove).

The visitors had to default one game 13-0 as their captain was stuck in London.  However, it didn't start off too well for us though as Russ and I went 7-0 behind.  A mistake by our opponents in the next end gave us a vital point.  After that we slowly took control.  Some fine performances in the other games too.

Russ/Dave won 13-9, Darren/Pat won 13-4, Russ/Pat won 13-3, Dave/Darren won 13-0 by default

Other news - at the Russell Harris Fun Pairs at St. Faiths, Les and Diane suffered only one loss in five games to claim second place overall.  On the same day, Darren and Luke did really well to beat Derek and Jessica Shoesmith.

Congratulations go to Mr and Mrs Shilling

Away day blues

NCPA Division 3 - Bob Carter Centre 3, Bressingham Flyers 2 (60-50)

This match was played on a Tuesday evening (by the request of our opponents).  Cyril, Pat and Dan agonisingly missed out on a triples win which would have levelled the scores.  In the pairs, spirited comebacks from Darren/Dan and Cyril/Pat gave the team some joy and helped our games difference deficit.