The rain cleared before the 1st game started and the course wasn’t in too bad a condition considering the amount of rain we have endured this May. Derbyshire got off to a winning start to the season winning the trophy by 6½ to 3½. Looking at the results sheet it looked as if it was going to be a really tight match when after 5 matches Norfolk were 3-2 up, but the back 5 teams of Derbyshire swung it Derbyshire’s way with 4 games won and 1 halved. This put Derbyshire’s wins on the trophy to 3 wins since the introduction in 2009, with Norfolk having won it 7 times and 2 matches being halved.