Match Report
Kent teams travelled to their nearest neighbours with some confidence following a positive start to the season.
National Champions v Region Champions in the Men’s A section saw the Kent men deliver a resounding 29-15 victory. All the more impressive when you consider the A team were missing three strong players in Charlie Minta, Sean Kirby and Dave Fernandez. However the strength in depth is now evident as there are plenty of players capable of stepping up to the mark when needed: Steve Ritchie (4/4), Jamie Gamble and Aaron Bhat coming into the team to maintain the strength. Josh Patel delivered another 4/4 to remain top of the rankings and only an in off black in my last frame of the day prevented a full house for Wilbo.
The B team raced to an early 6-0 start before the opponents pulled back to 10-8. The Kent side kept their noses in front before pulling away in the last set convincingly by winning 7 of the last 8 frames to deliver a 27-17 victory. The team certainly seem to have their mojo back following a disappointing nationals and the combination of youth and experience seems to be creating a positive atmosphere. Ben Morgan picked up 4/4 in the match and Nathan Glass, brought up for the day fought back well after losing his first two frames to pick up the next two to finish the day on a positive note.
The C team delivered an overall good team performance and looked like wrapping things up early in 4th set but our Surrey opponents fought back from 20-13 down to 20-19. Up stepped Chris Freelove to stop the rot before Paul Wood delivered the winning frame in a 24-20 win.
Our ladies had a convincing 29-15 victory with Captain Fane and WC Taylor both winning 4/4. Karen Darby stepping in for Amy Cook winning 3/4 frames. Well done ladies on another dominant performance.
Our Under 23 team had no match so it was left to our Juniors to hand out another convincing win by beating Surrey 25-11. Callum Britt the player to shine this month with his 4/4. When you look at the rankings of the juniors you will see most of them are 75% and above evidencing their win rates in the division.
The other match of the day saw our Seniors lose a rather disappointing match 23-13. We had a terrible start going 6-1 down then pulling back to 11-8 before our opponents pulled away in the 3rd and 4th sections. So that was the seniors first loss of the season and I’d back us to bounce back next time with a better performance.
Congratulations to the following players having earned their next county medal:
400 frames – Katie Martyn
400 frames – Jasper Simmonds
300 frames – Gavin Webb
Our next match is Sunday 11th June away to Berkshire so I look forward to seeing you all there. There a few pics of the day here – I never got round all the teams but will do next time out.
Best wishes,
Wilbo
Final Scores
| u23s | no match |
| Seniors | 23-13 LOSS |
| Juniors | 11:25 WIN |
| Ladies | 15:29 WIN |
| A | 15:29 WIN |
| B | 17:27 WIN |
| C | 20:24 WIN |