Last Saturday saw the first weekend of the Senior County Champs matches, with Cambridgeshire having four teams taking part this season.
Cambs 1 and Cambs 2 are both in Division 2 central this season, and started off with a head to head match. Despite close scorelines within the match, the overall score was 10-1 in favour of the first team. Cambs 1 then faced Norfolk in the afternoon, coming out on top with a 9-2 win. Cambs 2 went on to play Lincs 1 in the afternoon match and finished with a scoreline in their favour of 8-3.
Cambs 1
Back row: Natalie Taylor, Amber Ngo, Alison Meijers, Zoe Foote (C) & Gem Leiw.
Front row: Abu Kaher, Finlay Smith, Chris Lim, Charlie Wakefield.
Not pictured: Manobhiram Vaddi
Cambs 2
Back row: Michaela Anthony, Helen Yan, Ben Gardner, Matt Harris, Sara Moore, Polly Thisdell.
Front row: Scott Carter, Campbell Wilson (C), Frank Xie & Martin Crossley.
Cambs 3 are in Division 3 Central, and their first match saw them face Norfolk 2, where they were successful with a 7-4 win. For the afternoon match, they took on Bedfordshire 2s, and improved on their morning match score, finishing with an 8-3 win.
Cambs 3
Back row: Luke Bennett, Ollie Norris (C), Simon Parker, Alex Wilson, Josh Males.
Front row: David Nuzzo, Steph French, Adele Woodhams, Hannah Robertshaw & Amelia Martell.
Our newly introduced Cambs 4 team are in Division 4 Central, starting off their entry in the SCC with a 9-2 win against Northamptonshire 3s. Their afternoon match also saw them face a team from Norfolk, this time the Norfolk 3s. Unfortunately the team came out the wrong side of a 6-5 scoreline, with it coming down to the final rubber which went Norfolk's way 21-19 in the third end, but a great start for our new team!
Cambs 4.
Pictured: Aidan Ip, Rosie Kern, Hannah Catton, Jack Curtis, Chris Parker (C) & Yafei Wang.
Not pictured: Damien Dugmore, Thomas Wade, Olivia Wilkins.
The current standings after the first weekend are:
- 1st Team - 1st in Division 2
- 2nd Team - 7th in Division 2 (but only 3 rubbers behind 2nd place!)
- 3rd Team - 3rd in Division 3
- 4th Team - 4th in Division 4
A fantastic first set of matches for Cambridgeshire, with the next set on Saturday 18th January. Good luck to everyone for the remainder of the season!
All results can be found on Tournament Software: https://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/league?id=95C93C22-E60E-4CE1-A179-CE8180AD9484