This year’s BNB was looking promising with some excellent weather.   The team this year under Pete’s captaincy was:

Pete Whalley, Tim Blood, Phil Stickler, Gary Hector, Mark Banham and Richard Willacy.

Pete, Tim, Richard and Mark went down for the practice round on Friday only to be joined by Andy Ford (for practice only) and Gary (because the weather was soooo good).

1st round was drawn against the Warwickshire Bears (tough ex county players).   Unfortunately Taunton lost a close 1st round by 2-1.  Pairings were:  Richard W & Mark B (Lost), Gary H & Phil S (Won), Pete W & Tim Blood (Lost)

1st round (Plate competition) we were up against the Royal Navy, same team pairings, which we won 2-1.  A great win.  Gary & Phil won, Tim & Pete won, Richard & Mark lost.

Semi-Finals (Plate competition) we were up against Epsom.  Same team pairings as Saturday but unfortunately Epsom beat us 2-1.  Once again Phil and Gary won their match to retain a 100% win record over the weekend.

Fantastic weekend, well organised and captained Pete.  As per last year the BNB proceeded the Halford Hewitt leaving only Monday to re-group before heading down to sunny Kent!