We clinch third place on final day of Mid Sussex League

Our Mid Sussex League team took three points off newly crowned league champions Henfield to finish third in Division Three.

We managed to win one, draw one and lose one against the consistently strongest team in the league, earning us three points - and enabling us to leapfrog St Francis into third place.

Henfield won the division by 13 points from Isle of Thorns, who defeated Crawley Town last night.

We started the day level with St Francis but behind them on shot difference.

But they picked up only two points from their defeat at Southgate Park, meaning we pipped them by one - and suddenly that draw on Anne's rink in the fading light becomes crucial.

The winning rink, skipped by Neville, included Graham Aldis, Marge and Graham Barton.

Ultimately, as in several competitions this season, we came up just short - but with honour and, I believe, greater respect from some of our rival clubs.

Notably, only the champions won more rinks over the course of the Mid Sussex League season than we did. Unfortunately, it was the shot count that made the difference - and we lost three games where we actually "won" on rinks.

Division Three final table:

Played Shot difference Points
1) Henfield 12 96 87
2) Isle of Thorns 12 96 74
3) Haywards Heath & BH 12 12 67
4) St Francis 12 68 66
5) Southgate Park 12 -72 50
6) Crawley Town 12 -82 43
7) Horsham Park 12 -118 33

NB This article appeared on the homepage of the website from August 12