(Content reviewed 20/9/08)

This page is dedicated to the BSA SMBC - one of the counties most active and successful clubs

Brief competition reports and a ROLL of previous winners appears after the club profile 

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CLUB PROFILE

(as published in the 2005/06 Handbook)

If you leave Malton on the B1257 Helmsley road, you will soon pass through the villages of Broughton, Swinton and Amotherby. It is the initial letters of these three, (and not a well known British motor cycle) that Matt Fenwick used to name the club he formed in March 1996. Although a relatively small club with just 16 members, they fields two teams in the Scarborough league both of which have a very consistent record. The ‘A’ team has always been good enough to maintain its position in the middle of Division 1 whilst the ‘B’ team regularly props up the others in Division 3! However all the players in both teams thoroughly enjoy their games and will continue to try and make progress against their fellow league clubs in the coming seasons. Several members also play regularly for the Ryedale region of the Yorkshire (North) League.

Individual accolades go to Matt & Freda Fenwick who played regularly for the County team in the mid 90’s whilst Richard Lund enjoyed a particularly good season in 2004/05 reaching the Semi-Finals of the County Singles and Quarter-Finals of the County Triples with club colleagues Sue Watson and John Coffey. With Sue he was also runner up in the annual Kirbymisperton Pairs.

Since 1998, the Club has held its own open Triples competition and the funding from this has gradually helped it to build up a stock of 10 mats. With such assets and a popular capacious venue, the Club is able to play host to the annual County Championships. In 2006, they introduced an open Pairs competition whilsy in 2008 they took on the job of organising the High Fives from the St. Cuthberts club. They now have 12 available mats.  

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COMPETITION REPORTS

2009 PAIRS - (15/2/09)

2009 HIGH FIVES - (14/2/09)

2009 TRIPLES - (17/1/09)

2008 PAIRS - (10/2/08) A slightly reduced entry of 28 meant that only 7 mats were required to give everyone 4 games timed at 35 minutes over 8 sessions. Several pairs managed to remain undefeated over the day and so final places were decided on shot difference. The top 3 places then worked out as Andrew & Mary Leng (Yedingham) in 3rd with +18; Barry & Joan Crossland (Flixton) in 2nd (for the second successive year)  with +24, whilst the winners were Trevor & Edith Collier (Kirbymisperton) with +32.

2008 HIGH FIVES -(9/2/08) For the 3rd year, the competition involved 22 teams (of 5), although at the last minute it was found that one of these could not make it. This unfortunately meant that the BSA home team had to drop out in order to balance up the numbers and allow the competition to go ahead with no adverse affects on any of the other teams.  The same format as last year was used with both the Pairs (40 minutes) and the Triples (45 minutes) having 3 games each in alternate session on 11 mats. A maximum of 12 points was therefore possible per team.

Once everyone had completed their games, only two teams remained undefeated. These were David & Joseph Newsome, Ben Render, Jayne Rudd and Richard Lochman (12 points) and Derek & Pat Beardsley, Bryan & Pat Jones and Roger Green (11 points). These two teams were joined in the final playoff by the next best two teams. These were Barry & Joan Crossland, Sheila & David Loraine and Geoff Kelleher (10 points) and Edwin Smith, Dorothy Knaggs, Elaine & Dennis Thorburn and Brian Prentiss who ended, along with 5 others on 8 points but had the better shot difference.

The organisers had decided that the final places this year were to be decided on "shot difference" as opposed to "total shots" as used last year.  This created a small problem when the results of the two final matches showed that the teams of David Newsome and Derek Beardsley had tied for 1st place with +19 shots and that the teams of Barry Crossland and Edwin Smith were therefore in joint 3rd with -19 shots. To separate everyone out, the total shots scored were then used and this showed David's team to have won (32 shots) with Derek's team 2nd (31 shots), Edwin's team 3rd (13 shots) and Barry's team 4th (12 shots). These top four all received money prizes whilst the winners were also presented with the new attractive cut-glass rose-bowl trophy and a cut glass whisky glass keepsake each. The trophy had been donated by a local businessman and will be known as the "Peter Farrow Trophy". Umpire for the day was Clive Scholefield who was kept busy sorting out many a close measure. (See PhotoGallery) 

2008 TRIPLES (12/1/08) Once again Swinton attracted 36 entrants into their popular open Triples event and last years format was repeated exactly. By using 9 mats, the club was able to give all players 4 timed games of 35 minutes in alternate sessions. At the end of the day the top 3 teams, all of whom were unbeaten were as follows. In 3rd with +18 shots were David & Sheila Loraine & Linda Sherburn from Flixton. The runners up, also from Flixton, with a shot difference of +22, were Barry & Joan Crossland and Graham Sherburn. However the winners, with a huge shot difference of +69 were David & Joseph Newsome (N. Duffield) and Richard Lochman (E. Cottingwith).   

2007 PAIRS - (11/2/07) The second running of this competition attracted 32 pairs each of which had 4 games of 35 minutes during the day (8 mats in use). By the time the last session had finished, only 4 Pairs remained undefeated and the final positions were therefore determined on the basis of shot difference. In 3rd were last years runners up, David & Sheila Loraine (Flixton) on +28 whilst in 2nd were Barry & Joan Crossland (Flixton) on +35 but the winners by 2 shots were Brian Flinton & Brian Higgs from Marton with +37.

2007 TRIPLES - (13/1/07) A slightly increased entry this year of 36  gave rise to another successful competition in which everyone had four games with each timed at 35 minutes. Of course everyone knew that to win it would probably be necessary not only to gain the maximum 8 points available but also to clock up a reasonable shot difference. After the day had run its course, there were in fact only three unbeaten triples. John & Heather Myers and Trevor Collier with 3 wins and a draw ended in 3rd place. David & Sheila Loraine and Linda Sherburn won all games and with a shot difference of +10 took the runners up slot. However it was Ken & Jean Calvert, playing this year with Simon Holtby, also with 4 wins but a higher shot difference of +44 who won the day. This was the second consecutive win for Ken & Jean (who last year played with the late Les Stelling).   

2006 PAIRS - (12/2/06) The replacement of the Ampleforth Pairs (2 days) with the St. Cuthberts High Fives (1 day) this year,  meant the Sunday became available for use by other events and the BSA club decided to take advantage of this to introduce a new open Pairs competition. For this first time they attracted 30 pairs who were all given four games of 40 minutes using 8 mats. The result was decided simply by those scoring most points over the day and the standard of competition was high meaning that only 3 teams were able to remain undefeated. The winners, on shot difference were John & Heather Myers (Kirbymisperton) with David & Sheila Loraine (Barn) as runners up. Trevor & Edith Collier who had only dropped 1 point due a a draw in one of their 4 games, came third.

2006 TRIPLES - (14/1/06) The entry this year was 34 - somewhat down on last years record entry but never the less a good turnout. Everyone had 4 timed 40 minute games playing in alternate sessions on 9 mats and starting at 0930. With the final results to be determined purely on the results of these games (no knockout stage or Final game), everyone knew that it would probably be necessary to remain undefeated during the day to have a chance of winning  - to lose a single game was probably tantamount to losing any chance of coming top. So competition was keen right from the first session. With one session to go only three triples were undefeated whilst in the final session both Richard Clark and Neville Dawson could have made this five - but eventually lost their final games. So as expected it came down to shot difference to separate the three undefeated trios. In 3rd (+22) was Rose Haynes, Roger Green and Gail Daffern (Great Ouseburn); in 2nd (+36) was Arthur Jackson, Len Lofthouse and Dennis Mather (St. Cuthberts/Easingwold) whilst this years winners (+42) were Ken Calvert, Les Stelling and Jean Calvert (Boroughbridge/Yoredale). (See PhotoGallery)

2005 TRIPLES - This year saw a record entry of 44 triples which as far as is known is the largest triples competition ever held in the county. To accommodate these, the BSA club utilised 11 mats (one on loan from Coxwold) and gave every entrant 4 games of 40 minutes duration. The result was determined simply on the results of these 4 games and by the end of the day there were 7 teams who had successfully won all their games thus ending on 8 points. The final placings were therefore determined on shot difference. In 3rd place on +33 came Bilsdales Arthur Jackson, Len Lofthouse and Gordon Cripps; in 2nd were the Knaresborough trio of Derek & Pat Beardsley with Len Rose on +38 whilst top prize went to the 2002 winners, Alan & Fred  Banthorpe with Danny Brown from Hambleton on +47. This certainly pleases Alan and Danny who had to settle for runners up place in last weeks County Triples Championship at the same venue!  

2004 TRIPLES - This year once again saw excellent support for this annual open competition with 40 entries. With 10 mats being used, all players were given four games of 35 minute duration. By the end of the last session, only three teams remained undefeated - winning all four of their games and scoring the maximum of 8 points. Final positions were therefore determined on shot difference. In 3rd place with +25 shots were Dennis Jarvis, Jean Calvert and Ken Calvert. In 2nd place, just ahead of Dennis's trio, with +27 shots were John Myers, Heather Myers and Trevor Collier. However, well ahead with +41 shots were Graham Sherburn, Linda Sherburn and Alan Barningham who now add this scalp to their win in the County Championships two weeks ago.

2003 TRIPLES - In a close result, Barry and Joan Crossland (Flixton) followed up their win in the Scarborough Open Pairs just after Christmas with another success at this years whistle stop at Swinton. Joined by club colleague Gwen Barningham, they score maximum points by winning all of their games during the day and accumulating a shot difference of +61. In second place were Allan/Alice Foxton and Barbara Todd (Pateley Bridge), with Chris/Christine Peel and John Ward coming third. Both these teams also won all their games but had a lesser shot difference. A

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BSA TRIPLES WINNERS & RUNNERS UP

 

2000	Alan Russell  Joe Atkinson  Hilda Thomas	?
2001	Brian Higgs  Brian & Helen Flinton	?
2002	Alan Banthorpe  Fred Banthorpe  Danny Brown	?
2003	Barry & Joan Crossland  Gwen Barningham	Allan & Alice Foxton  Barbara Todd
2004	Graham & Linda Sherburn  Alan Barningham	John & Heather Myrs  Trevor Collier
2005	Alan Banthorpe  Danny Brown  Fred Banthorpe	Derek & Pat Beardsley  Len Rose
2006	Ken & Jean Calvert  Les Stelling	Arthur Jackson  Len Lofthouse  Dennis Mather
2007	Ken & Jean Calvert  Simon Holtby	David & Sheila Loraine  Linda Sherburn
2008	David & Joseph Newsome  Richard Lochman	Barry & Joan Crossland  Graham Sherburn

BSA PAIRS WINNERS & RUNNERS UP

 

2006	John Myers & Heather Myers	David & Sheila Loraine
2007	Brian Flinton & Brian Higgs	Barry & Joan Crossland
2008	Trevor & Edith Collyer	Barry & Joan Crossland

HIGH FIVES WINNERS & RUNNERS UP

High Fives Chalice (2006, 2007) organised by St. Cuthberts

Peter Farrow Trophy (from 2008) organised by BSA

 

2006	Sue Watson  & Richard Lund Matt & Freda Fenwick John Coffey	Barry & Joan Crossland Mary Dyson David & Sheila Lorraine
2007	Jean Calvert & Simon Holtby Colin & Sylvia Mackay Dennis Jarvis	Barry & Joan Crossland David & Sheila Lorraine Geoff Kelleher
2008	David & Joseph Newsome Ben Render, Jayne Rudd Richard Lochman	Derek & Pat Beardsley Brian & Pat Jones Roger Green