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Middleton Cup triumph for Norfolk

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Norfolk beat Suffolk in a thrilling Middleton Cup tie to make it two successive wins in the competition.

They trailed by 22 shots at County Arts before storming back to win 122-119 and keep up their 100% record.

Darren Rousell claimed seven shots with the final delivery of the match to clinch an unlikely win.

Jamie Chestney, 21, is about to become England's youngest ever skip and he led Norfolk's biggest winning rink to success by 23 shots.

Norfolk last won the Middleton Cup in 2006 and had already beaten Hertfordshire in their first group game.

Chestney who is from Fakenham told BBC Radio Norfolk he was thrilled by the way they have started this year's campaign.

"All five teams in this group are capable of doing well and will take points of each other, so to start off with two wins has given us a good chance," he said.

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