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MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT
SHORT MAT TRIPLES LEAGUE
Date of last update: 25 May 2009
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Affiliated to:
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Kent
County Short Mat Bowling Association. http://www.kentshortmatbowls.co.uk/ English
Short Mat Bowling Association. |
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25 May
09. TED MESSER. It is with regret to report that Ted Messer died on Sunday 24
May 2009. Ted was a member of Tovil SMBC back in 1987 when with others helped
create the Maidstone & District Short Mat Triples League.
5 May
09. Triples League Annual Meeting date for 2009 published. Click here for details
4 May
09. Tovil beat Burham “A” in the final of the Messer Cup at Culverstone
Community Centre on Sunday 3 May 09. Click here for details
3 May
09. Ted Messer presents to the League a new cup to present to the knockout cup
winners. Click here for details
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April 09. Final league results and season end tables published. Click here for links.
10 Mar 09. Kent Premier lose in the final of the English National Inter-County Championship. Click here for details.
21 Dec
08. Downswood SMBC resign from the league. All league results involving
Downswood have been removed from Div 2 table.
22 Sept 08. Maidstone & District Short Mat Triples League win Inplay Challenge Trophy for 2008. Click here for results and table.
21 Aug 08. All results for 2007/08 season transferred to Hall of Fame and Archive pages. Click here for links.
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LEAGUE OFFICERS |
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Secretary: Marion Smith Shorne Short Mat Bowls Club Home telephone: 01474 - 357678 e-mail: |
Treasurer: Mick Sayer Langley Short Mat Bowls Club Home telephone: 01622 - 861457 e-mail: micksayer@clara.co.uk |
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SEASON 2008/09 RESULTS & LEAGUE POSITIONS |
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ANNUAL MEETING. To be held on Wednesday 12
August 09 at Langley Village Hall, commencing at 7.30pm |
The Maidstone
and District Short Mat Triples League was founded in 1987 and consisted of one
league of six clubs. These clubs were: Detling, Langley, Rochester, Sutton
Valence, Tovil & YMCA.
By 1999
the league had expanded to five divisions and encompassed clubs from Grain, in
the north, New Ash Green, in the west, Marden, in the south to Lenham in the
east. A total of 23 clubs then entered teams into the league with a number of
clubs entering more than one team.
In 2002
the league reduced to four divisions. In 2008, with the addition of one new
club, Hollingbourne SMBC, a total of 18 clubs entered teams into the league
which continued to operate four divisions.
The
league season starts in October of each year and runs until April the following
year. The league format is three teams of triples playing each club on a home
and away basis.
In
addition to the league a knockout shield competition is held. The competition
format is two teams of triples playing at whichever club has been drawn at
home. The winning club being decided on shot difference on the summation of the
two mat scores. The semi-finals and final of the knockout competition is held
each year at a different venue around the geographical area of the league. In
addition to the competition finals being played the presentation of all the
league shields and trophies takes place.
To
encourage competition between the various leagues within Kent, Inplay Ltd
donated the Inplay Challenge Trophy. This trophy was first competed for at the
end of the 1990/91 season and is played for annually. Teams of triples from the
winning teams of the competing leagues play each other, generally in September,
at venues hosted by each league in turn. Originally the competition was between
the Maidstone & District, Malling and South East Kent leagues. In 2000 the
competition was extended to embrace the Swale and West Kent Leagues.
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Ted
Messer Knockout Cup The
original cup, pictured on the right, was presented to the Maidstone &
District Short Mat Triples League by Ted Messer in 1998 and the first winner
was Langley “A”. Since then the cup has been competed for every year. In May
2009 Ted Messer kindly replaced the old cup with the new one pictured on the
left. The first winning team to receive the new cup was Tovil. |
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Inplay challenge trophy 2008.
Maidstone
& District Short Mat Triples League won the Inplay Trophy at the
Inter-League competition held at Snodland Community Centre on Saturday 20 September
2008.
The
Maidstone & District Triples League was represented by teams from:
Tovil: Lee Smith, Andrew Connors and Gary Allard. P4,
W4, Shots for 59, Shots against 16
Boughton Monchelsea: Ed Whittaker, Laurie Thomas and
Warwick Ball. P4, W4, Shots for 36, Shots against 25
Ryarsh: Maureen and Roger Staple and Albert Rose. P4,
W1, L3, Shots for 25, Shots against 41
Results Table:
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PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
SHOTS |
POINTS |
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MAIDSTONE |
12 |
9 |
3 |
120 - 82 |
+38 |
18 |
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SWALE |
12 |
9 |
3 |
112 - 81 |
+31 |
18 |
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MALLING |
12 |
6 |
6 |
101 - 107 |
-6 |
12 |
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WEST KENT |
12 |
4 |
8 |
75 - 115 |
-40 |
8 |
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SOUTH EAST KENT |
10 |
2 |
10 |
84 - 107 |
-23 |
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KENT PREMIER LOSE TO CHESHIRE IN THE FINAL OF THE ENGLISH INTER
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2008/2009
Cheshire
halted the Kent Premier team's campaign for this season in the final. Having
lost to Cheshire last season in the semi-finals Kent again failed to beat
Cheshire, this time in the National finals. The Premier team finished top of
their regional league against East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and London to
qualify for the national knockout stage. In the quarterfinals Somerset were
beaten 24-16 (197 shots – 149 shots) and beat Essex in the semi-finals 24 – 16
(180 shots – 176 shots). Kent lost to
Cheshire in the final 18 – 22 (156 shots – 170 shots) played at Northampton on
Sunday 8 March 2009.
Kent have
previously been English County Champions in 1994/95, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2000/01,
2001/02 and 2002/03. They have now been losing finalists on four occasions.
The
Kent "A" Team finished their 2008/09 campaign in the semi-finals when
they lost to Norfolk “A”.
The
Kent "A" team came second in their regional league against East
Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey to qualify for the national knockout
stage. In the preliminary round Oxfordshire were beaten 32 - 8 (213 shots – 151
shots) and in the quarterfinals West Midlands were defeated 24 - 16 (184 shots
– 168 shots). In the semi-final, played at Northampton on Sunday 1 March 2009,
Kent “A” lost to Norfolk “A” 19 - 21 (176 shots – 162 shots).
Kent
"A" has previously been English "A" County Champions in
2001/02, 2005/06 and 2006/07 and have been losing finalists on four occasions.
Players
from the following clubs within the Maidstone & District Short Mat Triples
League were represented in the Kent Premier team: Burham, Langley, Tovil and
Tunbury.
Players
from the following clubs within the Maidstone & District Short Mat Triples
League were represented in the Kent "A" team: Burham, Culverstone,
Langley, Shorne and Tovil.
Full results can be found on the Kent County Short Mat Bowling Association website.
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