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MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT
SHORT MAT TRIPLES LEAGUE
Date of last update: 27 July 2010
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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 July
10. Agenda for Annual Meeting to be held at Langley Village Hall on Wednesday
25th August 2010 published. To view
click here.
25 Apr
10. Detling beat Tovil to win the Messer Cup final held at Detling Village Hall
on Sunday 25 April 2010. Click here for details.
16 Apr
10. League results updated and final league standings published. Click here for links.
8 Mar 10. Kent A lose in the semi final of the English National Inter-County Championship. Click here for details.
2 Oct 09. West Kent League win the Inplay Challenge Trophy for 2009. Click here for full results and photos.
3 May
09. Ted Messer presents to the League a new cup to present to the knockout cup
winners. Click here for details
May 09.
All results for 2008/09 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 2009/10 RESULTS & LEAGUE POSITIONS |
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LEAGUE ANNUAL MEETING to be held at LANGLEY
VILLAGE HALL on WEDNESDAY 25 AUGUST 2010 starting 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 2009, with the addition of one new
club, Ditton BC Short Mat Section, 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 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 competed for the Inplay Challenge
Trophy, which was won by West Kent League, at the Inter-League competition held
at Dymchurch Village Hall on Sunday 20 September 2009.
The
Maidstone & District Triples League was represented by teams from:
Langley: Margaret Birks, Mick Sayer and Thomas Coles.
P4, W3, L1.
Ryarsh: Maureen and Roger Staple and Derek Ford. P4,
W3, L1.
Chalk Village: Roy Winnett, Frank Davis and Alan Clark.
P4, L4
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The Inplay
Challenge Trophy |
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Dymchurch Village Hall. |
The dayss event in progress. |
Results Table:
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PLAYED |
WON |
DREW |
LOST |
POINTS |
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WEST KENT Kemsing, St. Marys Platt &
Chiddingstone. |
12 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
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SWALE Teynham, Borden & Newington. |
12 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
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MAIDSTONE Langley, Ryarsh & Chalk Village. |
12 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
12 |
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SOUTH EAST KENT Rye, Hamstreet & Hawkinge |
12 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
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MALLING Aylesford, Burham 1 & Burham 2. |
10 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
KENT A LOSE TO WEST MIDLANDS IN THE SEMI FINAL OF THE ENGLISH
INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2009/2010
West Midlands
halted the Kent A team's campaign for this season in the semi final. Having
lost last season in the semi-finals, Kent A again failed to progress to the
final losing at the same hurdle. 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 Essex were beaten 24-16 (187
shots 157 shots) before being beaten by West Midlands, the eventual ICC
winners, 15-25 (162 shots 187 shots) 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 2009/10 campaign at the quarter finals when
they lost to Hampshire.
The
Kent Premier team came second in their regional league against East Sussex,
London and West Sussex to qualify for the national knockout stage. In the
preliminary round Worcestershire were beaten 29 - 11 (217 shots 135 shots)
before losing to Hampshire 12-28 (152 shots 184 shots) in the quarter
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, 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, Detling,
Ryarsh, Shorne, Tovil and Tunbury.
Full results can be found on the Kent County Short Mat Bowling Association website.
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