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MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT SHORT MAT TRIPLES LEAGUE
Date of last update: 1 May 2012
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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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1 May
12. League results updated. Final league positions in all divisions published. Click here for links.
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April 12.
Tunbury “A” beat Ryarsh “A” to win the Messer Cup final held at Snodland
Community Hall on Sunday 22 April 2012. Click here for details.
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Oct 11.
Maidstone & District Short Mat Triples League come third to the South East Kent
League in the Inplay Challenge Trophy competition held on Saturday 24 September
2011 at Snodland Community Centre. Click
here for details.
May 11.
All results for 2010/11 and previous seasons can be found on the 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@timicomail.co.uk |
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SEASON 2011/12 RESULTS & LEAGUE POSITIONS |
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. To be held on Wednesday
22 August 2012 at Langley Village Hall. Details to follow. |
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 2011 the league continued to operate
four divisions with a total of 17 clubs entering 25 teams.
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 SMBC. |
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It was
with regret that the League had to report that Ted Messer died on Sunday 24 May
2009. Ted was a member of Tovil SMBC back in 1987 when with others he helped
create the Maidstone & District Short Mat Triples League.
To read
various memories of Ted go to www.kentshortmatbowls.co.uk/archivekent09D.html#Ted
Maidstone
& District Short Mat Triples League come third to South East Kent League in
the Inplay Challenge Trophy competition held at Snodland Community Centre on
Saturday 24 September 2011 hosted by the Malling League.
The
Maidstone & District Triples League was represented by teams from:
Langley: Bob Whiting and Gwen and Neil Norris. P4 W1 D1
3Pts
Burham: Pat Boozer and Jan and Jim Davey. P4 W4 8Pts
Tunbury: Doug Sammon and Pat and Alan Ellis. P4 W1 2Pts
The
results are as below;
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POINTS |
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SOUTH EAST KENT Represented by: Wye, Stone-in-Oxney
and Hamstreet SMBC’s. |
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MALLING Represented by: Malling 1, Malling 2
and Malling 3. |
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MAIDSTONE Represented by: Langley, Burham and
Tunbury SMBC’s. |
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WEST KENT Represented by: St. Mary’s Platt,
Chiddingstone Causeway and Kemsing SMBC’s. |
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SWALE Represented by: Borden, Queenborough
and Newington SMBC’s. |
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ENGLISH INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2011/2012 SEASON
Kent “A”
lost in the ICC Quarter finals in their attempt to retain the “A” team
championship. The “A” team finished top of their regional league against East
Sussex and West Sussex to qualify for the national knockout stage. In the
quarter finals they were beaten by Buckinghamshire19-21.
Kent
"A" have previously been English "A" County Champions in
2001/02, 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2010/11 and have been losing finalists on four
occasions.
The Kent
Premier Team finished their 2011/12 campaign in third place after the round
robin matches and failed to progress at the National Consolation knockout
stage.
The
Premier team’s regional league opponents were East Sussex, Surrey and West
Sussex. In the Consolation quarter finals Kent lost to Northamptonshire 19-21.
Kent have previously been English County Champions in 1994/95,
1997/98, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03 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, Detling, Langley,
Ryarsh, Tovil and Tunbury.
Players
from the following clubs within the Maidstone & District Short Mat Triples
League were represented in the Kent "A" team: Burham, Ryarsh and
Tunbury.
Full results can be found on the Kent County Short Mat Bowling Association website.
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