After a positive start to the season, Norfolk’s Middleton Cup campaign came to a disappointing end with defeat to Suffolk earlier today at County Arts BC.

Needing to win on 5 rinks to guarantee Group honours and a place in the quarter finals, Norfolk lost by 108 shots to 81, winning on only 2 rinks.

>With Essex taking all 22 points from their match against Cambridgeshire, it is they who progress to the quarter finals to play Buckinghamshire.