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MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT
SHORT MAT TRIPLES LEAGUE
Date of last update: 27 January 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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27
Jan 12.
League and Cup results updated. Click
here for links.
16
Dec 11.
Messer Cup 2nd Rd draw published. Click here to view.
4
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.
9 May
11. Ryarsh “A” beat Burham “A” to win the Messer Cup final held at Ryarsh
Village Hall on Sunday 8 May 2011. Click here for details.
14 Mar 11. Kent “A” win the final of the English National Inter-County Championship for 2010/11. Click here for details.
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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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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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KENT “A” BEAT SOMERSET IN THE FINAL OF THE ENGLISH INTER COUNTY
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2010/2011
Kent
“A” became England’s ICC “A” team champions for the 4th time when
they beat Somerset 24-16 in the final played at Caroline
Chisholm School, Northampton on Sunday 13 March 2011. The “A” team
finished top of their regional league against East Sussex, Hampshire and West
Sussex to qualify for the national knockout stage. In the quarter finals
Northamptonshire were beaten 33-7 and Devon were beaten 21-19 in the semi
finals.
Kent
"A" have previously been English "A" County Champions in 2001/02,
2005/06 and 2006/07 and have been losing finalists on four occasions.
The
Kent Premier Team finished their 2010/11 campaign at the semi finals stage when
they lost to Cheshire.
The Kent
Premier team won their regional league against East Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey
and West Sussex to qualify for the national knockout stage. In the quarter
finals Kent beat Devon 30-10 (196 shots – 151 shots) before losing to Cheshire
18-22 in the semi finals.
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, 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, Hempstead
Valley, Ryarsh, Tovil and Tunbury.
Full results and photographs can be found on the Kent County Short Mat Bowling Association website.
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