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Latest news:
- 100 up!: Days after our biggest defeat of the season, we enjoy our biggest win - and then another
- John Spriggs League: First win of the campaign for Basil's inexperienced team
- Mid Sussex League: Another loss to our rivals - so fight is on for second place
- Hot weather: Please see Bowls England guidance on playing in extreme weather conditions (Documents tab)
- Charity: Millennium Cup Day, Burgess Hill's charity day and another at Hurstpierpoint coming up
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Battle for second in Mid Sussex League goes to the last day
The battle for second place in the Mid Sussex League is going down to the final day.
After our fine win against Southgate Park on Tuesday, from which we took eight out of 10 points, we're still very much in the hunt for that runners-up spot - although it's not totally in our own hands.
St Francis's comprehensive victory over second-placed Isle of Thorns means that the three of us are separated by just two points as we enter the final round of matches.
Ise of Thorns' defeat (2-8 on points) not only means that we and St Francis are both now just two points behind them; it also means Henfield cannot now be caught and are Division Three champions. Congratulations to them.
But in the three-way battle behind them - like so many of our competitive matches this season - it's going down to the wire.
Thorns have 66 points and a superior shot difference (although the Mid Sussex League has not yet updated St Francis's scores following the previous week's matches).
St Francis are third, on 64 points - the same as us. Although I'm not sure of their shot difference, it's certainly better than ours - which means we are currently fourth, but still only two points adrift of Isle of Thorns.
All of which means that to finish as runners-up we need to gain one more point than St Francis and three more than Isle of Thorns in our final round of matches.
Thorns are at home to Crawley Town; St Francis are at Southgate Park and we visit the new champions, Henfield.
It's a challenging task but not impossible. And even if we can't make up the ground, it's some achievement to still have something to play for in our last match of the season.
Top of Division Three after the August 4 matches:
Played Shot difference Points
1) Henfield 11 81 80
2) Isle of Thorns 11 82 66
3) St Francis 11 tbc 64
4) Haywards Heath & BH 11 27 64
NB Mid Sussex League have not confirmed the score of the Horsham Park v St Francis match, so shot difference is not yet available.
Table will be updated after Mid Sussex League confirms details of latest round of matches.
Record-breaking weekend as we notch up a century
In a week of highs and lows for the club, we won a John Spriggs League match for the first time this season, finished bottom in the Nicholas Soames Trophy, had our Mid Sussex League promotion hopes frustratingly dashed, lost a friendly by the biggest margin of the season - and then achieved our two biggest winning margins - hitting 100 points in one of them.
The 25-74 friendly defeat at Barcombe was quickly forgotten when we hosted Haywards Heath rivals St Francis and won four of the five triples to triumph 100-66.
It was the first time we had scored 100 points in the two years I have been keeping records - and our biggest winning margin of the season.
Yet 24 hours later that record was eclipsed as we enjoyed a rare victory at Burgess Hill - 63-27.
Jennie, Marge, Mark Howell and I were on winning teams on both days.
Top national competition comes to Beech Hurst
Haywards Heath & Beech Hurst were honoured to host a last-32 men's Top Club match between East Sussex side Sidley Martlets and North Sheen, from south London.
The match - played over five disciplines, including two forms of singles, pairs, triples and fours - had to be held on a neutral green, and the sides decided we were roughly equidistant.
It's fair to say some of the top-class players struggled to get to grips with the quirks of our green, but it's also fair to say some of them adapted brilliantly, with little complaint.
The Martlets won to reach the last 16.