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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
Match details in Fixtures and Results section
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.
Promotion hopes gone - but fight is on for second place
Our lingering hopes of promotion from Division Three of the Mid Sussex League were finally extinguished in another narrow defeat against Isle of Thorns.
For the second time in just over a week, we won two of the three rinks against them but lost the overall match by a single-figure margin.
Despite taking four of the 10 points available, we cannot now catch leaders Henfield. But we are only eight points behind Isle of Thorns, and with both of us having just two games left, we still have a chance of finishing second.
St Francis are also eight points behind - ahead of us on shot difference - so it promises to be a fascinating three-way battle for the runners-up spot.
We are at home to Southgate Park next Tuesday and end the season at Henfield, who quite possibly will have been crowned champions by then.
Isle of Thorns play St Francis in a match that is crucial to all three teams' hopes, and the pair end the season at home to Crawley Town and away to Southgate Park respectively.
Division Three table after the July 28/30 matches:
Played Shot difference Points
1) Henfield 11 81 80
2) Isle of Thorns 10 93 64
3) St Francis 10 tbc 56
4) Haywards Heath & BH 10 14 56
5) Southgate Park 10 -64 40
6) Crawley Town 10 -85 33
7) Horsham Park 11 tbc 31
NB Mid Sussex League have not been given the score of the Horsham Park v St Francis match, so shot difference is to be confirmed
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.