Report: Final Charles Stampe Trophy Competition

Result:
Anchorians II 482pts:Howard VII 525pts

Howard VII won by 43 points

The 39th final of the Charles Stampe Trophy Competition was played out at Sturdee on Tuesday, as customary in the presence of Mrs Stampe who presented the prizes.

The finalists, Anchorians II had ended their season mid-table in the first division while the Howard VII juniors after promotion from division five the previous year had ended up 4th in division four.

Anchorians knew they were going to have an uphill task against youngsters who took full advantage of their favourable 5 - 15 starts with an open attacking play.

However, in the opener Paul Norman kept Paul Welsh in check and lost by just one point over the two legs. Sean McMillan was not so fortunate and went down 49 - 62 to Alex Blow, Enticknap replied with a 62 - 44 trouncing of Sam Driver to give the seniors a four-point advantage while Welsh shared the legs with McMillan to level the score. Driver excelled defeating Norman and McMillan by 47 - 63 and 45 - 62 score-lines respectively to give the under-dogs a comfortable lead and although Enticknap clawed back nine points at Welsh's expense, Blow sealed victory beating Norman 46 - 62 to win overall by 43 points.

2ND ROUND DRAW

TO BE PLAYED W/C 26TH NOVEMBER 2007