Hertfordshire suffered a narrow 22-14 away defeat to Suffolk on Sunday 15th February. The result makes winning the league almost impossible now but leaves us in a fantastic position to finish 2nd in the league.

The full match report is available to view on the website, please go to;

Result & Stats > County Game Reports 2014/2015

Reminder to all that the forum section of the website is there for us all to use. Been hardly no posts of late. I've posted about a new competition idea I'd be interested to know your thoughts on

A reminder that the closing date for the singles being held at Ware Drill Hall on Sunday 1st March is Friday 20th February.

Please ensure that you have your entries submitted to Maureen before that date. The numbers for the pairs were down on last year so would be nice if everybody can rally round their clubs to try and get the numbers up for this years competition.

Hertfordshire travel to Bildeston on Sunday 15th February to face Suffolk in a top of the table clash. We go into this fixture 9 points behind the leaders and will be looking for a positive result to maintain our fantastic form so far this season. The team selected is as follows;

1. Mary Cobbold                          1. Thomas Ellis                            1. Tom Slade

2. Gill Barraclough                      2. Andy Cobbold                           2. Jacqui Harris

3. Annette Luedtke                      3. Sandra Gammage                  3. Rebecca Hearn

4. Rob Washbrook                       4. David Danby                            4. Jason Ellis

1. Jackie Harden                         1. Dave Smith                                1. Ian Carter

2. Margaret Forrest                     2. Roy Harden                                2. Lynda Coates

3. Marilyn Cook                            3. Jonathon Carter                        3. Paul Harris

4. Pete Cook                                 4. Mick Cook                                  4. Craig Hearn

Good luck to all of those playing, let's hope for a good days bowling and a positive result.

Rebecca & Craig Hearn (Symonds Green) defetaed Andy Cobbold and David Danby (Stanstead Abbotts / Braughing) in the county pairs final on Sunday 1st February.

It was Rebecca's 5th county pairs title and incredibly Craig's 12th. Well done to both of them. Full results from the competition can be viewed under;

Results & Stats > County Competitions > County Pairs

Stanstead Abbotts defending a 5-3 lead from the first leg completed an 8-0 (45-20 shots) 2nd leg win over Shenley.

They advance through to the semi final with a 13-3 (80-46) win. They will next face either Braughing or Symonds Green in the semi final.

For updated draw and results see;

Results & Stats > Hertfordshire Club & League > SCAPA Draw & Results

The draw for the county pairs being held at Ware Drill Hall on Sunday (01-02-15) is now available on the website. The draw can be found under;

Result & Stats > County Competitions > County Pairs

The defending champions Marilyn & Pete Cook (Stanstead Abbotts) have been given a tough draw in group 1. They face D Warner, M Grethe (Braughing / St Abbotts - who they defetaed in last years semi final), S Gammage (Essendon - Previous Winner) and A Cobbold (St Abbotts / Braughing - Partner D Danby previous winner).

Group 2 sees S Caller (Great Amwell), P Symonds (Bedmond), J Ellis (Symonds Green), G Barraclough (Stanstead Abbotts) and J Forrest (Bedmond) do battle.

Group 3 also looks like a tough one and is made up of D Smith (Symonds Green), C Hudson (Hunsdon), I Carter (Braughing - Triples winners), R Washbrook (Essendon - Previous winner) and A Luedtke (Little Hadham - Fours winners & Triples runner up)

Group 4 pairs M Ashman (Shenley), L Coates (Symonds Green), M Cook (Stanstead Abbotts / Essendon), E Dunn & M Bennett (Braughing)

Group 5 is made up of M Forrest (Bedmond), J Brown (Shenley / Stanstead Abbotts), C Hearn (Symonds Green - Multiple previous winner), P Graves (Stanstead Abbotts) and J Pullen (Symonds Green).

The five group winners and the three best placed runners up will advance to the quarter final. Good luck to all those competing

Braughing have moved up to second place in the 2nd division after a good 6-2 (+ 22 shots) away win at Hertford Heath.

Hertford Heath still lead the way with 18 points (5 matches played), Braughing are now just two points behind (3 matches played), followed by Shenley on 14 points (from 4 matches) and Little Hadham on 8 points (from 2 matches).

Essedon have moved to within two points of the league leaders (Symonds Green) in the first division after a 6-2 home win over Stanstead Abbotts (+8 shots). Stanstead Abbots also move to within two points of the leaders but drop behind Essendon on shots difference.

Season points total is now updated after the Cambridgeshire fixture. It can be found under;

Results & Stats > County Season Performance

It still remains very tight but we now have new leaders as David Danby & Sandra Gammage leap to the top on 28 points (David having slightly better shot difference). They have a single point lead over Marilyn Cook, Jacqui Harris, Ian Carter (previous leader) and Pete Cook. Just 5 points separate the top 17 places.