Hertfordshire started off the ECCBA league season with a great 21-15 away win at Essex.

At a venue (Braintree) where we have never done too well in the past we got off to a great start winning the first session 6-0. With the momentum well and truly behind us and some excellent support from the sidelines we took all three games in the next session to open up a 12-0 lead.

As we knew they would Essex hit back at us and got their first points of the day as they took 2 out of the 3 games to cut the deficit to 10 points at 14-4. That scoreline was repeated in the next session as Essex cut the lead again to 16-8.

The next session was an Important one as although Essex won 2 of the 3 games again, the two points for us meant we had reached 18 and therefore  had secured at least a draw in the match. 

Going into the final session we needed to win at least 1 of the three games to secure the win. We managed a win and a draw to finish up with an impressive 21-15  win. The teams performed as per below;

H1 : Paul Harris, Roy Harding , Sandra Gammage & David Danby   4 points

H2 : Dave Smith , Nathan Brown, Jonathan Carter & Craig Hearn  4 points

H3 : Jacqui Harris, Jackie Spearman , Andy Cobbold & Margaret Forrest. 2 points

H4 : Alan Bull, Mike Bennett , Marilyn Cook & Pete Cook. 5 points

H5 : Mary Cobbold , Gill Baraclough, Vince Tamoro & Rob Washbrook. 4 points 

H6 : Ian Carter, Sylvia Page, Mick Cook & Rebecca Hearn. 2 points

Well done to everybody, a great bowling performance and a fantastic result. I felt like that we had a great team spirit today and the support we gave each other from the sidelines was no doubt an important factor . Lets carry it on when we welcome Bedfordshire to the Drill hall in two weeks time!