Thank you to all the organisers and players who made this latest challenge event held on Jan 10th & 11th such a success.  Sussex entered 9 teams in the 8 age groups held at 7 centres across England.

40s @ Milton Keynes. Premier Div. finished 6th

45s @ Milton Keynes. Premier Div. finished 5th

50s @ Bournemouth. Division 1b. finished 4th

55s @ Milton Keynes. Premier Div. finished 7th

60s @ Eastleigh Division 1b. finished 6th

65s @ Bournemouth Division 1b finished 7th

Players, Simon Hodge, Dave Morbey, Andrew Lock, Paula Weller, Debbie Smith and last minute substitute Alison Ramsay, who was not as old as the rest of us, meant ineligible to score

Enjoyed the weekend, without unfortunately winning any although half were 1:2, with some close matches

70s A Bournemouth Division 1b. finished 3rd

70s B Eastleigh Division 2b. finished 2nd

The team of Gill Fairham, Howard Thomas (capt), Janet Pordage, John Webb, Nigel Cook and Sheila Perrin enjoyed a pretty good weekend at the MCC (Eastleigh venue) where our division of the O70s also played the three teams of O75s.  Over the weekend we won against Cornwall, the Isle of Wight and Sussex O75s but were not so successful against Somerset or the O75s of Lancashire and Kent.  Most of the team stayed the weekend in the very good facilities, which include spa and pool, of the Norton Park Hotel and enjoyed the gala dinner and disco (three of us danced, anyway!) on the Saturday night.

75s Eastleigh Division 1. finished 3rd

This is the first ever over 75 section at the MCC, unfortunately with some teams dropping out we were combined with an over 70 division to give both sections 3 matches each day.

Our team was Sue Awcock, Pamela Barden, Chris Jone, Peter Ballard, Mike Stoneman plus Vicki Betts who stepped in as a last minute replacement, unfortunately she could not score for us but we are very grateful for her help.

We played Somerset, Isle of Wight, Sussex and Cornwall all 70 teams, plus Lancashire and Kent as 75 teams and finished 3rd in our section, Our ladies Pairs of Sue and Pamela had a couple wins as did Sue and Chris in the mixed.  A very enjoyable weekend played in a good sporting spirit.