KENT COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING
ASSOCIATION
Affiliated to English Short Mat Bowling
Association
Date of last update: 30 January 2012
County Domestic &
National Qualifying Competitions
Competition
Secretary: Sonia Watson
The County
competitions for season 2011/12 will be held at Strood Leisure Centre, Strood. ME2 3JQ.
For
location map click
here.
Click below
for discipline required.
County
Ranking Points
To obtain a
County badge and become eligible to represent the County in Inter-County
competitions, members must gain sufficient ranking points to become listed on
the annual ranking list. Ranking points from the past two years are added
together to compile the list and are rolled over each year. The total number of
members appearing on the list varies each year and the County committee decides
upon the cut-off points total.
Ranking
points are obtained by entering County domestic competitions and from 2009/09
season are awarded in the following revised manner:
For each
discipline entered - 1 point,
For Round
Robin winners – 3 points,
For Best
Round Robin losers – 1 point, (when required for qualification to finals day).
For each
win on Finals Day – 1 point.
To view
current ranking list click here.
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SINGLES
Singles
Finalists
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PAIRS
Pairs Finalists
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TRIPLES
Triples Finalists
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FOURS
Fours Finalists
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CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Sunday
11th September a delayed 2010/2011 Club Championship took place in
Snodland Village Hall. Teams from Snodland, Whiteoak, Leysdown, Ditton,
Langley, Hollingbourne, Tunstall and Hempstead Valley battled out an
excellent day of bowling.
As the
event reached its climax 4 teams and 3 clubs were in the running
to win and by chance were all playing each other in the last round of
games.
The first
clash was between Langley and Snodland “B”. Langley, Bob Whiting, Gwen
& Neil Norris, began their last game with 13 points and 36 shots
and Snodland “B”, Margaret Waghorn, Joan Tree and Brian
Holman, started the game with 12 points and 14 shots. As was expected it
was tight all the way with the score being 7-7 with one end to play; Snodland
took advantage of their home venue and snuck a single shot.
The second
clash was between Hempstead Valley & Snodland “A”. Hempstead Valley, Pam
Horan, Pat Grant and Jean Jones, started the game with 13 points and 17 shots
and Snodland “A”, Mark Woodger, Margaret & Ron Champion, started the game
with 15 points and 19 shots. As with the previous result the game was tight
with both teams having chances to win, however like the above game the home
team took full advantage and secured a 2 shot victory.
This meant
that the 2010/11 Club Championship was won as follows:-
Snodland
“A” - 18 points & +21 shots – undefeated.
Snodland “B”
- 15 points & +15 shots
Langley -
13 points & +35 shots
Hempstead
Valley - 13 points & 15 shots
I would
like to take this opportunity to thank all the bowlers for taking part and
making the day such an enjoyable event, Snodland for hosting us once
again, Alfie Spelman for umpiring and our competition secretary Sonia Watson for
organising all the paperwork despite not being able to attend.
The winners
and runners ups will be invited to the forthcoming Presentation Day in Strood
on October 2nd 2011.
Tim Rycraft
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NATIONAL
QUALIFIERS
The England
Championship Finals are to be played on:
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FOURS
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TEAM competition
The
competition is on a knockout basis with each round consisting of 2 fixtures,
one match at home and one away. Each club team will consist of a minimum of 6
KCSMBA registered players playing 1 singles, 1 pairs and 1 triples game.
To obtain
additional result sheets scroll down to bottom of page.
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Click on links
below for information required:
National
finals experience from our juniors.
Carol
Smith tells of her experience of going to Northampton for the National Finals.
“My
experience of being part of the Under 18’s national competition in Northampton.
When
you’ve never had the chance to be apart of a big competition, in a completely
new environment than you are used to, full of people around your age group; you
think of it as a big opportunity to be the best you can and to get as far as
you can.
I
have now been apart of the Under 18’s national competition held in Northampton
for two years. My first visit (last year, 2008) I was a bag full of nerves. My
biggest worry was not knowing what to expect. I hadn’t the slightest clue what
I was walking into and also, who and what I was up against. Three games had to
be played, to either win the mat or get through as the best loser for the
knockout stages. Unfortunately I lost 2 games out of 3 which resulted to my
journey back home, I felt as though I let myself down and could have done
better.
This
year, 2009, I headed back to Northampton with determination to do better and
get further than last year, this time knowing what to expect and full of
excitement gave me considerable confidence. My first game was easily won and
enjoyable, made me feel I was able to step up my game to the next level. My
second game unsuccessfully lost, although I felt I didn’t let myself down as I
kept hold of my confidence and didn’t become that weaker bowler I know I can be
when I have determination and strongly feel under pressure to do well. Having a
stranger who spectated my game with a positive attitude firmly told me how I’d
made an interesting and extremely enjoyable and competitive game to watch, he also
convincingly told me how I was a strong enough player to beat many of the
competitors there on that very day. Unluckily to finish off I had a very
challenging match, my most competitive games in a singles competition I’d had
since I’d started bowling.
From
my experience I can without a doubt say it’s an amazing experience with a calm
yet exceedingly competitive atmosphere, it’s one of my best bowling
experiences. It was an honour to be the only competitor to play for Kent!”
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Andrew
Rodger shares his thoughts on his day at the National U18’s final.
“My
experience of being part of the under 18’s national competition.
When
you’ve never had the chance to be apart of a big competition in short mat, in a
completely new environment than what you are used to, full of people that you
don’t know around your age group; you think of it as a big opportunity and a
big learning curve to get as far as you can. This is the first time I have
participated in the Under 18’s national competition this time in Bedfordshire.
I was calm on the outside but I was a bag full of nerves on the inside hoping
they wouldn’t show. My biggest worry was that I didn’t know what to expect. I
had a clue what I would be facing but did not think for a moment it was going
to be that hard.
I
had three games to play, to either win the group, or get runner up in the group
to progress through to the knock out stage. My first game I lost 15-5 and that
was really tough. I was lucky to get points out of that game, second game was
much easier and I breezed through winning 13-3, third game I won that 12-7.
This brought us up to lunch time roughly about 12. We started the next round
roughly 12:50 and this was the start of the last 16, to begin with I dropped
three within two ends but then pulled back and it was nip and tuck until the 8th
end where I was one behind on the overall scoreboard and picked up 2 to go 1 in
front heading into the last end. On the last end I drew 3 close to the jack but
obviously not close enough as my opponent drew shot with his last wood, this
brought it to a extra end where I eventually lost it by 1.
For
my 1st time experience I can say it’s a amazing experience with a
calm and exceedingly competitive atmosphere, one of the best games I’ve played
in my short mat experience. It was an honour and privilege to play as the only
bowler from Kent!”
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For
all entry forms, results sheets and Strood map click here.
