KENT COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING
ASSOCIATION
Affiliated to English Short Mat Bowling
Association
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Date of last update: 10 August 2008
KENT
COUNTY SHORT MAT TEAMS
County Team Manager: Mark Wiedeholz
Premier Team: Captain; Tim Rycraft
"A" Team: Manager; Ray Anns.
Captain; Keith Austin
"B" Team: Manager; Derek
Carpenter. Assistant Manager; Jan Davey. Captain; John Hallett
Juniors: Manager/Secretary; Samantha
Philpott. Playing Coach; Chris England
10 Aug 08. Kent’s
latest results in the ICC Summer League published. Click here
for details.
22
June 08. County 2008/09 winter fixture lists published. Click
here to follow links. For County 2008/09 Pre-season games click here.
13 May 08. Photos of 2007/08 County Squad
End of Season Dinner published. Click here to view.
7 May 08. All County team results for previous seasons can be found in the Archive section. Click here for details.
Kent County Team Results and Match Reports
The
County team results and match reports can be found on this web page by
following the links below. The link to the ESMBA web site will give visitors
access to all of the ICC competition results and tables.
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2008/09 Squad |
2008/09 Squad |
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County Summer
League Fixtures 2008
For details of the summer league format click here
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DATE |
VENUE |
OPPOSITION |
RESULT |
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Saturday 10 May 2008 |
Away |
SURREY |
Kent won 6 matches and drew 2. 133 shots – 60 shots |
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Sunday 11 May 2008 |
Burham Village Hall |
SURREY |
Kent won 7 matches and lost 1. 148 shots – 55 shots |
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Match total: KENT WON 32pts
– 4pts (281 shots – 115 shots) |
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Sunday 1 June 2008 |
Burham Village Hall |
HAMPSHIRE |
Kent won all 8 matches. 149 shots – 61 shots |
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Sunday 1 June 07 |
Away |
HAMPSHIRE |
Kent won 7 matches and lost 1. 112 shots – 65 shots |
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Match total: KENT WON 34pts
– 2pts (261 shots – 126 shots) |
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Sunday 20 July 2008 |
Burham Village Hall |
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE |
Kent won 3 matches
drew 1 and lost 4. |
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Sunday 20 July 2008 |
Away |
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE |
Kent won 4 matches
drew 1 and lost 3 |
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Match total: KENT LOST
16pts – 20 pts (156 shots – 156 shots) |
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Sunday 3 August 2008 |
Burham Village Hall |
ESSEX |
Kent won 7 matches
and lost 1 |
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Sunday 3 August 2008 |
Away |
ESSEX |
Kent won 4 matches
and lost 4 |
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Match total: KENT WON 22pts
– 10pts (210 shots – 132 shots) |
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The summer league format consists of
counties playing 'home' and 'away' on the same weekend - 8 players at home and
8 players away.
Each
set of eight players play three games: two games of Fours over 12 ends and one
game of Pairs over 15 ends.
The
schedule is as follows:
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Session 1 |
Pair 1 v Pair 1 |
Pair 2 v Pair 2 |
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Session 2 |
Four 1 v Four 1 |
Four 2 v Four 2 |
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Four 1 is made up of Pairs 1 & 2 and Fours 2 is made up of Pairs 3 & 4 |
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Session 3 |
Pair 3 v Pair 3 |
Pair 4 v Pair 4 |
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Session 4 |
Four 1 v Four 2 |
Four 2 v Four 1 |
The
scoring system is 2 pts for a win and 1 pt for each match drawn. There
are 4pts available for the overall shots across the home and away matches.
County
2008/09 Pre-season Fixtures
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DATE |
VENUE |
OPPOSITION |
RESULT |
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SUN 7 SEPT 08 |
STROOD |
TEAM SELECT |
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SAT 20 / SUN 21 SEPT 08 |
SWALE INDOOR BOWLS CENTRE |
ENGLAND SELECT |
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SUN 5 OCT 08 |
STROOD |
PRESENTATION MATCH |
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DATE |
VENUE |
OPPOSITION |
RESULT |
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SAT 27 SEPT 08 |
AWAY |
WEST SUSSEX |
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SAT 1 NOV 08 |
AWAY |
SURREY |
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SUN 9 NOV |
AWAY |
LONDON |
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SUN 23 NOV 08 |
STROOD |
WEST SUSSEX |
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SUN 30 NOV |
STROOD |
SURREY |
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SUN 7 DEC 08 |
STROOD |
LONDON |
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SUN 14 DEC 08 |
STROOD |
EAST SUSSEX |
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SAT 10 JAN 09 |
AWAY |
EAST SUSSEX |
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31 JAN / 1 FEB 09 |
AWAY |
PRELIMINARY ROUND |
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21/22 FEB 09 |
AWAY |
QUARTER FINAL |
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28 FEB / 1 MARCH 09 |
AWAY |
SEMI FINAL |
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SUN 8 MAR 09 |
AWAY |
FINAL |
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All games commence
at 10am.
Kent Premier squad for season
2008/09
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Singles |
Pairs |
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Fours |
Triples |
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DATE |
VENUE |
OPPOSITION |
RESULT |
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SAT 27 SEPT 08 |
AWAY |
WEST SUSSEX |
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SAT 4 OCT 08 |
AWAY |
SURREY |
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SAT 8 NOV 08 |
AWAY |
EAST SUSSEX |
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SUN 23 NOV 08 |
STROOD |
WEST SUSSEX |
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SUN 30 NOV 08 |
STROOD |
SURREY |
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SUN 7 DEC 08 |
STROOD |
HAMPSHIRE |
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SUN 14 DEC 08 |
STROOD |
EAST SUSSEX |
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SUN 11 JAN 09 |
AWAY |
HAMPSHIRE |
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31 JAN / 1 FEB 09 |
AWAY |
PRELIMINARY ROUND |
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14/15 FEB 09 |
AWAY |
QUARTER FINAL |
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28 FEB / 1 MARCH 09 |
AWAY |
SEMI FINAL |
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SUN 8 MAR 09 |
AWAY |
FINAL |
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All games commence
at 10am.
Kent "A" squad for season
2008/09
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Singles |
Pairs |
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Fours |
Triples |
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DATE |
VENUE |
OPPOSITION |
RESULT |
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SAT 4 OCT 08 |
AWAY |
SURREY |
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SUN 9 NOV 08 |
AWAY |
LONDON |
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SAT 15 NOV 08 |
SNODLAND |
EAST SUSSEX |
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SUN 23 NOV 08 |
STROOD |
WEST SUSSEX |
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SUN 30 NOV 08 |
STROOD |
SURREY |
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SAT 6 DEC 08 |
AWAY |
ESSEX |
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SUN 7 DEC 08 |
STROOD |
LONDON |
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SUN 14 DEC 08 |
STROOD |
CLUB SELECT TEAM |
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SAT 17 JAN 09 |
SNODLAND |
ESSEX |
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SAT 31 JAN 09 |
AWAY |
WEST SUSSEX |
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SAT 7 FEB 09 |
AWAY |
WEST SUSSEX (CHALLENGE SHIELD) |
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SAT 28 FEB 09 |
AWAY |
EAST SUSSEX |
All games commence
at 10am.
Click on links below
for information required:
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KENT "A"
LOSE IN THE FINAL OF THE ENGLISH INTER COUNTY "A" CHAMPIONSHIP FOR
2007/2008
Congratulations to the Kent "A" Team for
their performances in this year’s English Inter County "A"
Championships. Having reached the final for the third year running, they were
unable to retain the title, eventually losing to West Sussex “A”. The final was
played on Sunday 9 March 2008 at Northampton.
The Kent "A" team came second in their
regional league against East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey to
qualify for the national knockout stage. In the preliminary round Norfolk were
beaten 25-11 (181 shots – 161), in the quarterfinals Somerset were defeated
22-14 (189 shots - 186) and Cornwall were defeated 20-16 (174 shots - 156) in
the semi-finals. In the final, Kent “A” lost to West Sussex “A” 11-25 (154
shots - 180).
Kent "A" has previously been English
"A" County Champions in 2001/02, 2005/06 and 2006/07.
Cheshire halted the Kent Premier team's campaign for
this season, in the semi-finals. The Premier team
finished top of their regional league against East Sussex, Surrey and London to
qualify for the national knockout stage. In the quarterfinals Avon were beaten
27-9 (214 shots - 132), before Kent finally lost 16 – 20 (150 shots – 178
shots), to Cheshire, in the semi-final.
Kent has previously been English County Champions in
1994/95, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03.
Click here for full match
reports of games played.
County
Squad End of Season Dinner.
The
2007/08 End of Season dinner was held at Swale Indoor Bowls Club, Sittingbourne
on 19 April 2008.
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Rita Horn receiving the “A” Team
Manager’s Player of the Year award. |
Alan Harwood and Alan Hadfield with the
Triple “A” Trophy for the “A” Team’s Best Team Performance shield. |
Alan Hadfield receiving the “A” Team’s
Players Player of the Year award. |
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Sonia Watson receiving Premier Team
Manager’s Player of the Year award. |
Members of the “A” Team supporters club. |
Mark Wiedeholz with the shield for the
Highest Points Gained in Every Match. |
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Mark Wiedeholz receiving
Premier Team’s Players Player of the Year award |
Match
Report – Kent v Surrey – 10/11 May 08
The
results are as follows:
Surrey v Kent on Saturday 10th May.
In the pairs:
M. Fitzgerald and T. Rycraft won 12-8.
F. Wiedeholz and G. Allard won 21-5.
R. Palmer and G. Best won 23-1.
A. Harwood and T. Harwood won 21- 6.
In the Fours:
M. Fitzgerald, F. Wiedeholz, G. Allard and T. Rycraft drew both of their games
11-11 and 12-12.
A. Harwood, R. Palmer, T. Harwood and G. Best won both of their games
16-12 and 17-5 respectively.
Kent v Surrey, played at Burham on Sunday 11th May.
In the pairs:
I. Benton and M. Wiedeholz won 10-9.
D. Kruse and S. Watson won 22-5.
P. Boozer and P. Boozer won 28-3.
J. Davey and J. Davey lost 8-15.
In the Fours:
I. Benton, D. Kruse, S. Watson and M. Wiedeholz won both of their games 17-6
and 24-1 respectively.
J. Davey, P. Boozer, J. Davey and P. Boozer won both of their games 23-9 and
16-7 respectively.
The overall score was Kent 32 points (281 shots) v Surrey 4 points (115 shots).
A great start for Kent.
Kent’s next game is against Hampshire at Burham on Sunday 1st June.
Match
Report – Kent v Hampshire – 1 June 08
Hampshire v Kent played at Itchen College on
Sunday 1st June.