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Latest news:
- Competitions: Preview for this weekend's finals, featuring fascinating facts and figures
- Millennium Day: West Hoathly make it a hat-trick - but St Peter & St James are the real winners
- Jimmy Riddle: End-of-season match between our two league squads brought forward to 4pm (see Fixtures)
- Mid Sussex League: Valiant effort at champions Henfield secures third place (see below)
- Green: Mats for roll-ups and coaching sessions until further notice
Match details in Fixtures and Results section
Another bumper pay day for our special charity
West Hoathly won the Millennium Trophy for the third year in a row - but the biggest achievements of the day were avoiding the predicted thunderstorms and raising another tidy sum for our pet charity, St Peter & St James Hospice.
The weather forecast was not promising as we embarked on our annual all-day tournament, attended by our near-neighbours St Francis and Burgess Hill and, of course, West Hoathly.
But apart from a couple of heavy showers, we emerged relatively unscathed, meaning that everything ran to schedule, on and off the green.
It was a nail-biter this year, as West Hoathly - who have now won the trophy in each of the three years they have taken part - and Burgess Hill finished level on 24 points. But the reigning champions had the higher total of shots and took the trophy home yet again.
The final total is set to be well over the £1,000 raised last year.
Full report and breakdown of results and our performances
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Mark Howell photo gallery
Mid Sussex team cap fine season with Jimmy Riddle Trophy win
Our Mid Sussex League team triumphed in their annual match against our John Spriggs League side to retain the Jimmy Riddle Trophy.
But they were given a scare by their opponents, who play in the more junior of the two leagues.
Captain Basil Larkins led by example, skipping his four to a 22-12 victory over the Mid Sussex League's most consistent team, led by captain Anne Bosman.
The other two Mid Sussex teams won comfortably to give the senior side overall victory, but once again, Basil's players did themselves - and the club - proud.
Three points against the champions help us clinch third place in Mid Sussex League
Congratulations to our Mid Sussex League team who 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