KENT COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING
ASSOCIATION
Affiliated to English Short Mat Bowling
Association
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Date of last Update: 18 July 08
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Mat Bowls within Kent
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KCSMBA Anniversary Pairs Competition
In
celebration of the Kent County Short Mat Bowling Association reaching it’s 20th
anniversary a pairs competition was held at Strood Leisure Centre on Sunday 18th
May 08. A total of 44 teams entered the competition with an addition mat laid out
for Target Bowls. In a very tight finish, which was decided by ends won, the
winners of the competition were Sonia Watson and Thomas Coles with Frank Davis
winning the bottle of whiskey for the highest score on the Target Bowls mat.
The full results are below, click here.
To
commemorate the founding of the association the County Committee decided to
present the eight founder members of the Association with a memento. The
founder members were Des Butters, Ted Messer, Andrea and John Rycraft, Tony
Mulcuck, Glynne Hibbert, Ray Owen and Ted Pocklington.
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Five of the
Founder Members: Ted Messer, Tony Mulcuck, Glynne Hibbert and Andrea and John
Rycraft. |
Ted Messer being
presented with his memento by the County Vice Chairman Derek Carpenter. |
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Competition
winners Sonia Watson and Thomas Coles along side the runners up Mark
Wiedeholz and Michelle Carpenter with the County Vice Chairman Derek
Carpenter. |
Target Bowls
winner Frank Davis shows off his bottle with runner up Michelle Carpenter. |
The results of the pairs competition are as
below:
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Played |
Won |
Points |
Shots |
Ends Won |
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Sonia
Watson & Thomas Coles |
6 |
6 |
12 |
+39 |
+35 |
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Michelle
Carpenter & Mark Wiedeholz |
6 |
6 |
12 |
+39 |
+34 |
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Sylvia
& Warwick Ball |
6 |
6 |
12 |
+38 |
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Roy Toms
& Tony Drew |
6 |
6 |
12 |
+33 |
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Andrea
Rycraft & Matt Dillon |
6 |
6 |
12 |
+20 |
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KENT SELECT v
ENGLAND – 20/21 SEPTEMBER 08
A
Kent and Southern Counties Select side will take on an England side at both senior
and junior levels in September 2008. The games will be played at Swale Indoor
Bowls Centre, Sittingbourne over the weekend of 20th/21st
September 08. Spectators welcome.
COUNTY
FUND RAISING EVENTS FOR 2008/09
The
following fund raising events have been confirmed for the forthcoming months:
Sat
25 October 08 Autumn Triples Snodland
Sat
3 January 09 Bowls &
Brains Snodland
Sun
17 May 09 County Open
Competition Strood
TBA Race Night Burham
FRIENDS
OF KENT TO PLAY IN NORFOLK IN AUGUST 2008
Over
the weekend of 8th/9th/10th August 08 a group
of mainly non county Kent bowlers will be travelling up to Norfolk to play
their Over 60’s side. The weekend consists of staying in Norfolk overnight on
Friday and Saturday and returning on Sunday. The trip home will have a stopover
at a place of interest. Interested players should contact Derek Carpenter,
Tunbury SMBC.
BOWLING FOR DEMELZA
HOUSE
The
following report has been submitted by Peter Richards,
Newington SMBC.
Short mat bowlers from all over Kent and Essex converged on Strood Sports
Centre on Monday 5th May 2008 in aid of the Demelza House Children’s
Hospice.
This event now in its 10th year has become one of the
most popular annual bowls competitions on the Short Mat calendar, with
this year, one hundred and eighty bowlers taking part.
The organizers Alan, Jack and June Faulkner from Sittingbourne would like
to thank the Kent County Short Mat Bowling Association for the free loan
of all of the equipment for the day and Strood Sports Centre for the free
use of the hall. Without their continual contribution this event would be very
difficult to run.
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Winning triple of Rod
Wynn, J Bassett and David Burgin with Robert Tolson from Demelza House. |
This year’s competition was outstanding. With six teams winning all of their
games in the morning session they all carried six points forward to the
afternoon games. How things can change, with a change of mat, the afternoon
session bought about a change in fortune for many of the teams. Only two teams
won all of their afternoon games, gaining another six points.
The final placings came down to who had the highest shot total for
the day, giving one of the closest finishes in recent years.
This years Champions were John Bassett, Rod Wynn and David Burgin,
from Kemsing Short Mat Bowls Club with 12 points and plus 54 shots. A
close second were S Killington and team from East Hanningfield (Essex) with 12
points and plus 38 shorts. Third place went to A Connors and team from Tovil
SMBC, with 11 points.
This years Trophies were presented by Robert Tolson from Demelza House who
also accepted from June Faulkner just under a £1000 raised from this
years event.
Snodland Short Mat Bowls Club
Snodland Festivities
Fortnight. On the 8th July 2007 during Snodland Village Festivities
Fortnight the Short Mat Bowls Club played host to a Kent County team. Four
triples from Kent played both Snodland “A” and Snodland “B” in games over 9
ends. The result was Kent Select 16pts – 107 shots, Snodland SMBC 0pts – 47
shots.
Boughton Monchelsea Short Mat Bowls Club
Boughton Monchelsea short mat
bowls club will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary on the 27th
March 2008 with a fun drive followed by the annual presentation dinner at the
Grangemoor Hotel, Maidstone on the 29th March.
There are still three founder
members playing at the club, Keith Shoebridge, who has been treasurer
since it's formation, his wife Glenda and Grace Brockwell.
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