KENT COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING
ASSOCIATION
Affiliated to English Short Mat Bowling
Association
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Date of last Update: 10 August 08
Short
Mat Bowls within Kent
Click on the links below for details of
leagues and clubs within Kent.
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To obtain contact details of any of the clubs listed below, or any other information regarding short mat bowls in Kent, please contact the County Secretary by clicking here.
10
Aug 08. Swale Short Mat Bowls League end
of season tables published. Click here for details
15 May 08. Demelza House charity competition held on 5 May 80 deemed to
be a roaring success. Click here for
report.
15 May 08. South East Kent League end of season
tables published. Click here for details.
9 May 08. Maidstone & District Short Mat Triples
League end of season report published. Click here
for details.
6 March 08. Boughton Monchelsea SMBC celebrates its
20th anniversary in March 2008. Click here for details.
5 Oct 07. Snodland SMBC host the Kent County team
during the villages Festivities Fortnight during July 2007. Click here for details.
MALLING LEAGUE
The Malling League was started in 1995 and is based at
Ditton Community Hall. Clubs are drawn from the Malling area, which covers an area from Snodland and Burham in the
north to Ryarsh in the south and Aylesford in the east to St Mary's Platt in
the west. The league currently consists of 18 teams making up 1 division and
plays all its games on a Tuesday afternoon during the winter season. The format
of the league is Triples over 21 ends.
MAIDSTONE &
DISTRICT TRIPLES LEAGUE
The Maidstone and District Short Mat Triples League was
founded in 1987 and is drawn from clubs in the Maidstone and Medway area. 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. By 2005 the league had contracted
to four divisions of six teams, made up of 18 different clubs. The league
format is three teams of triples playing over 11 ends on a home and away basis.
The scoring system is 2 points a mat win, 1 point for a mat draw and 4 points
for aggregate shots. Promotion and relegation of one team between divisions
occurs at the end of each season. A knockout cup competition, consisting of two
triples, is also competed for. The cup scoring format differs from the league
in that the winning team is decided on aggregate shots scored.
The six clubs that initially formed the Maidstone &
District league were heavily involved in discussions that resulted in the Kent
County Short Mat Bowling Association being formed. These clubs were: Detling,
Langley, Rochester, Sutton Valence, Tovil and YMCA.
The League has a website at www.maidstoneshortmatbowls.co.uk
To view the final league tables for 2007/08 season click here.
To view the Ted Messer Cup Final result for 2007/08 season click here.
The South East Kent league covers an area from Ashford
to Folkestone and Romney Marsh and includes clubs from Wye in the north of the
area to Dymchurch in the south. The league also has clubs from Hawkinge in the
east to Bethersden and Rye in the west of the area. Formed in 1993 the league
was three divisions strong in 2005 with 14 clubs supplying a total of 25 teams
into the competition. The league format is one two wood triple played over 12
ends on a home and away basis. The scoring system is 2 points a mat win, 1
point for a mat draw. Promotion and relegation of two teams between divisions
occurs at the end of each season.
To view the final league tables for 2007/08 season click here.
The Swale league was founded in 1992 and consisted of
five clubs providing eight teams to form one division. By 2004 the league had
expanded to three divisions with 14 clubs entering 21 teams. League membership is
restricted to clubs that are within the Swale geographical area of Isle of
Sheppey, Sittingbourne and Faversham.
The league season runs from mid October to mid April
and is made up of games played on a home and away basis. The format of each
match is 1 four wood Singles and 3 two wood Pairs played in the first half with
1 two wood Triple and 1 two wood Fours played in the second half. No player may
play more than one game in each half, therefore a minimum of 7 players are
required for a team. The scoring system is 2 points a mat win, 1 point for a
mat draw and 2 points for aggregate shots, giving a total of 14 points being
available for each match. Relegation and promotion occurs between divisions at
the end of each season.
The league also arranges singles, pairs and triples
tournaments which are played to a finish on their separate competition days.
The League has a website at www.swalecvs.co.uk/bowls.htm
To view the final league tables for 2007/08 season click here
To view the Swale League honours board click here.
The West Kent League was formed in 1990 and has a
catchment area based on Sevenoaks, which covers an area from Joydens Wood in
the north to Pembury in the south and Chiddingstone Causeway in the west to St
Mary's Platt in the east. Initially the league began with one division of nine
teams. In 1993 a second division was formed and then in 1995 and 1999 the
league enlarged again to form a third and fourth division. The league also runs
a knockout cup competition and a mid week afternoon competition of one
division. The mid week afternoon league is designed to be more sociable,
consisting mostly of slightly older, less competitive people who would rather
not drive after dark. The league currently has a membership of 20 clubs with 40
teams entered into the league and cup competitions. The league retains its
original format of each team consisting of 4 players, must not be all of the
same sex, playing home and away over 15 ends. Each of the four divisions
consists of 8 teams with two teams promoted and relegated from the divisions at
the end of the season. In addition the league holds an annual one-day fours
tournament at various venues throughout its area.
The
following is a list of all affiliated clubs within Kent.
To obtain contact details of any of the clubs listed below, or any other information regarding short mat bowls in Kent, please contact the County Secretary by clicking here.
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Apples ARCA |
Balfour Bethersden Bluett Street |
Bobbing Borden Boughton Monchelsea |
Burham |
Capel Chalk Village Culverstone |
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Downswood Detling Ditton |
Dymchurch |
Eastling East Farleigh |
Hadlow Hamstreet Harrietsham |
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Hawkinge Heather House Hempstead Valley |
Hildenborough Hollingbourne Hornhill |
Hothfield Hythe |
Joydens Wood |
Kemsing |
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Larkfield Active Retirement Association |
Leysdown Lyminge Lympne |
Malling Marden Mersham |
New Ash Green Newington New Romney |
Pembury Pratts Bottom |
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Rodmersham Ryarsh |
Rye |
Snodland Stone South Darenth |
Shorne Senacre Shadoxhurst |
St Mary's Platt St Mary Bay St Michaels |
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Tovil Tunbury Tunstall |
Tyler Hill Tenterden Teynham |
Warden Bay West Kingsdown & Fawkham |
Wingham Wye |
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Maidstone
& District Short Mat Triples League. Season 2007/08
End of Season Report
The Ted Messer cup final was won by Langley A to
end the 2007/08 season. The cup final and league presentation day was held at
Downswood Community Centre on Sunday 27 April 2008.
In the semi-finals Culverstone B beat Snodland B
19-18 and Langley A beat Ryarsh A 25-16 to set up the final. In the final
Langley A won 17-14.
The league season for 2007/08 was probably the
closest fought season to decide the outcome of all divisions. All divisions
needed the result of the final game to decide who would be the winners.
In Div 2 Hempstead Valley went to Culverstone A
knowing they needed 3pts to avoid relegation and Culverstone A needed all
10pts to win the division. At the end of the game Hempstead Valley won one mat
which meant they had tied with Shorne for bottom place with 41pts each, but
Shorne had the better shots difference and stayed off the bottom of the
division. At the other end Culverstone A finished 1pt behind Boughton
Monchelsea, who topped the division.
In Div 3 Ryarsh A hosted Balfour knowing that they
could lose one mat and still gain enough points to beat Marden to the division
top spot. Ryarsh A did just that, won the game 8-2 and took the top spot by
1pt.
In Div 4 Ryarsh were again involved in deciding top
spot. Ryarsh B hosted Tunbury B and Tunbury needed 6pts to take the winners
spot from Snodland B. Tunbury B only lost one mat and had done enough to
win the division. The score of 2-8 also meant that Ryarsh B had not done
enough to avoid picking up the Wooden Spoon for this season.
In Div1, with Tovil having taken maximum points from
their last three games, the last game of the season involved Langley A going
to Burham A needing 5pts to win the league title. At the end of the game
Langley had won 1 mat, drawn 1 mat and lost 1 mat and were 1 shot short of
sharing the points for shots. With the result 25 shots 26 shots and 3pts
7pts, Tovil won the division with 2pts to spare.
Division 1
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CLUB |
P |
W |
L |
D |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Tovil |
10 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
353 |
256 |
69 |
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Langley
"A" |
10 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
346 |
237 |
67 |
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Culverstone
B |
10 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
300 |
280 |
56 |
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Burham
"A |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
321 |
273 |
53 |
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Tunbury
"A" |
10 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
265 |
324 |
36 |
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Downswood |
10 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
205 |
420 |
19 |
Division 2
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CLUB |
P |
W |
L |
D |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Boughton Monchelsea |
10 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
344 |
257 |
61 |
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Culverstone
"A" |
10 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
297 |
285 |
60 |
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Burham "B" |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
313 |
288 |
50 |
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Detling |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
300 |
291 |
47 |
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Shorne |
10 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
292 |
335 |
41 |
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Hempstead Valley |
10 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
262 |
352 |
41 |
Division 3
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CLUB |
P |
W |
L |
D |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Ryarsh A |
10 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
318 |
267 |
63 |
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Marden |
10 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
311 |
281 |
62 |
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Chalk Village |
10 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
272 |
331 |
48 |
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Langley "B" |
10 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
304 |
314 |
46 |
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Balfour |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
298 |
316 |
45 |
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Rochester |
10 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
300 |
294 |
36 |
Division 4
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CLUB |
P |
W |
L |
D |
F |
A |
Pts |
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Tunbury "B" |
12 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
393 |
286 |
82 |
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Snodland "B" |
12 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
367 |
322 |
79 |
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Snodland "A" |
12 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
345 |
338 |
54 |
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New Ash Green |
12 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
333 |
389 |
45 |
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Ryarsh "B" |
12 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
315 |
418 |