The 2025 Rinks was hosted by Norfolk on 27th March, at Littleport.

The 22 entries came from across the Eastern region, as well as a couple of teams from the North.

The Teams were divided into two groups, one of 10 teams, the other of 12, with each team playing 4 games, and the top 4 from each group going forward to the Knockout Rounds.

Group 1
After 2 games only 3 teams had won both of their games. N Jolly, Herts/Durham, and Claydon. They had scored 27, 18, and 13 shots respectively. One other team, Kenninghall, were still undefeated, but had won one and drawn one.

The top 2 teams played one another, and it was Herts/Durham who came out just ahead. That meant that they had qualified with a game to go, and it was the same for Claydon, who also won. N Jolly and Hunters were both on 4 points, and would play each other in the final round of games, so Hundon and Kenninghall, who were both on 3 points, were still in with a shout of qualification.

Claydon and Herts/Durham both finished of with wins, to come home in first and second places respectively. The Hunters v N Jolly game was close, but went the way of Hunters, and Hundon on to move onto 5 points, which was good enough for 4th place.

Group 2
Four teams won both of their opening games. Stanningfield led the way on 25 shots, Littleport/Northborough had 22 shots, C.B.B. had 20, and Durham/Sunderland had 19. The next best teams were on 2 points.

Three teams made it 3 wins out of 3. C.B.B., Durham/Sunderland, and Littleport/Northborough, who were on 30, 29, and 28 shots, respectively. None had done enough to qualify, as Stanningfield and Bottisham were on 4 points. To make things even more interesting, C.B.B. and Littleport/Northborough would play each other in the final round.

Durham/Sunderland romped home to another win, to secure the top spot. A close game between the other two undefeated teams saw C.B.B. come out on top, taking second. Stanningfiield lost again, which meant that Littleport/Northborough hung on to third sport, by a single shot over Bottisham, who had climbed their way up the standings, having been down in 8th after 2 games, to take the final qualification spot.

GROUP 1 Pts F A 1 Claydon 8 41 15 2 Herts/Durham 8 35 18 3 Hunters 6 25 17 4 Hundon 5 21 18 5 N Jolly 4 33 18 6 Kenninghall 3 16 29 7 Reepham Robins 1 2 24 31 8 Littleport V.H. 2 23 27 9 Finchingfield 2 20 33 10 Isleham 2 0 19 51

GROUP 2 Pts F A 1 Durham/Sunderland 8 43 14 2 C.B.B 8 35 11 3 Littleport/Northborough 6 31 17 4 Bottisham 6 30 17 5 Stanningfield 4 35 24 6 Iselham 1 4 23 37 7 Reepham Robins 2 4 21 28 8 Withersfield 2 36 22 9 Shalford 2 21 40 10 Ellesmere 2 17 28 11 Symonds Green 2 15 47 12 Hitcham 0 17 39

Knockout Rounds
The Quarter Finals would see the group winners taking on the 4th placed team from the other group, and second playing third from the other group.

Claydon v Bottisham
Bottisham picked up a 4 on the seond end, and never looked back, another 3 on the third put them 7-2 up, and took another 4 on the final end to seal an 11-4 win.

Herts/Durham v Littleport/Northborough
Littleport won the first 3 ends, but only by a single shot on each. Herts/Durham cancelled out that fragile lead on the 4th end, and proceeded to win the rest, taking a 10-3 victory.

CBB v Hunters
It was all square at 3-3 after 4 ends, but Hunters, having led for the first 2 ends, retook the lead in the 5th with a single, and brought home the win with 2 on the next, and one at the end, having shut the opposition out, winning 7-3.

Durham/Sunderland v Hundon
Hundon took the lead with a single on the first, and never gave it up after that. 5-1 up after 4 ends, they went into the last with a slender single shot lead, but won out with a single on the last, taking the game 6-4.

Semi-Finals
Bottisham v Hunters
It was 2 all after 3 ends, but after they picked upa 3 on the next, Bottisham never looked back, reaching the final with a 10-2 win.

Herts/Durham v Hundon
After dropping 2 on the first end, Hundon chipped their way into a 5-2 lead with 2 ends to go, only to drop 2 on each of those ends, and end up on the wrong side of a 6-5 win for Herts/Durham

Final
Bottisham (Matt & Emma Thurley and Simon & Amy Missing) v Herts/Durham (Pete & Marilyn Cook, Stephen Templeton and Dave Smith)
After a single to Herts/Durham on the first end, Bottisham struck back with a 3 on the next. They followed up with a single and a two to lead 6-1, after which Herts/Durham were left chasing the game as Bottisham kept applying the pressure, shutting the opposition out of the last two ends, and taking the win 8-2, to secure the title.

Many thanks to Norfolk fot organising the event, and for all who supported it.

Winners

Runners-Up

You can find a list of the previous winners here.

updated 27/04/25