Eastern Counties Carpet Bowls Association

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This year's Six Counties Charity Teambowl was hosted by Cambridgeshire at Littleport Leisure Centre on Sunday, 25th September 2011.

Round 1
Suffolk's 19-5 win over Hertfordshire saw them take the early lead. Cambridgeshire held second place, taking 16 points from Bedfordshire, while 3rd place was held by Norfolk with their 13-11 win over Essex.

Round 2
Norfolk moved up into second place with the day's most impressive result, a 22-2 win over Hertfordshire. Cambridgeshire took another 16-6 win, this time over Essex, but slipped to third. However Suffolk's 20-4 win over Bedfordshire kept them in the lead, albeit by just 4 points.

Round 3
Suffolk took another 20 point haul, this time over Essex and extended their overall lead to 11 points as Cambridgeshire took 16 points yet again, this time off Norfolk, who now slipped to third spot. Meanwhile Hertfordshire won their encounter with Bedfordshire 13-11.

Round 4
The top 2 teams played one another and shared the points. Suffolk now lead with 71 points while Cambridgeshire stayed 2nd on 60 points. However Norfolk missed their chance to close in on the leaders as they were able to take 13 points off Bedfordshire. They were now on 56 points. Essex's 15-9 win over Hertfordshire moved them on to 38 points, maintaining their 4th place. Bedofrdshire were 5th on 34 points, while Hertfordshire stood 5 points further back.

Round 5
With such a healthy lead Suffolk only needed to avoid any silly mistakes to take the win. Cambridgeshire finished off their day with a 19-5 win over Hertfordshire, but Suffolk matched that total with their win over Norfolk to secure the title for the third year in a row. Essex finished with their best result of the day, winning 18-6 against Bedfordshire, all of which meant that the overall standings remained exactly as they had been after the previous round.

The final standings were as follows:

A copy of the all the day's results can be found here.

All profits from the day went to this year's chosen charity, MAGPAS.