Kent Girls Win U18 Junior Inter County Championships. Nottingham July 2009

History has been made for Kent junior bowling, as this was the first time our girls have won the U18’s inter-county championships. It has been a long time coming but well worth the wait. Our team was Hannah Frost, Chelsie Pyle, Katie Reeves, Hannah Smith, and Lesley Waters all from Whitstable YBC, and for the first time at the U18s, Rebecca Cooper from Cliftonville YBC. Jess Silvester, also from Cliftonville YBC, unfortunately had to pull out due to illness on the Friday night.

There were some great individual performances from all our bowlers. Lesley Waters 180 avg, Chelsie Pyle 175 avg, Katie Reeves 224 high game, Hannah Frost 220 high game, Hannah Smith 212 high game. Rebecca Cooper played her part when required, hitting a 180 game.

 The lane conditions were the toughest that I have ever known at county championships, so winning this competition was all down to teamwork, and of course a little bit of luck in the last game. Kent had won their first 10 games, but we had to win the last game against Norfolk, to win the competition, Norfolk had to win to get 3rd place. It was finally just down to one pin, Kent 810 to Norfolk’s 809.

Kent winning all 11 games with a team average of 848.6

 Top 3 Placing

 1st Kent 104.35 points.

 2nd Yorkshire 103.46 points.

 3rd Lancashire 96.20 points.

 Team Coaches:
 Denise Dyke
 Reg Belchem.

6th July 2009

4th 300 game for Chris Standell

6th July 2009
Kent U18 girls win 2009 Inter Counties

24th May 09
Kent Juniors Excel at Nationals

10th May 09
Hannah Smith and Chris Skudder are 2009 Kent Masters

27th March 09
Kent bowling loses Beryl Drury
Please see latest news

23rd March 09
Report added on Under18 Preliminary Round

23 Feb 09
Chris Standell achieves 2nd 300 game-click here

29 JAN 09
Brief report on Club Tournament

28 JAN 09
Chris Standell's 300 game now officially recognised see 300 Games

19 JAN 09
Hannah Frost has been Nominated for the Kent Regional news &
Media Sports awards - your vote is needed
See Latest News for more details.

19 JAN 09
Some high scores added to Area Highs 08-09 from
the Olympic League, Gravesend - more details on Latest News.

13 JAN 09
Some high scores added to Area Highs 08-09 from
the Early birds League at Chatham - more details on Latest News.

13 JAN 09
Tournament news from Xmas period - Kent bowlers success
at Sussex 6's and Purley Xmas Doubles - see Latest News

08 JAN 09
Chris Standell of Tunbridge Wells rolls 300 game -
see Latest News for more details

30 DEC08
The KTBA wish you all a Happy New Year!
A quick reminder to get your entries in for the Club Tournament and the Quiz Night at Bugsy's - full details can be found on Forthcoming Events!

13 DEC 08
News from Bowltech about sponsorship for Becca Luke from Tunbridge Wells

13 DEC 08
Season's Area high scores submitted in the Junior section for
Glenn Richardson -these are the first entries we have had for Junior Scores!

05 DEC 08
News of high scoring in Olympic League, including some
season's highs - See Latest News  

02 DEC 08
Report on success for Kent U24 Ladies

29 NOV 08
Missed an Olympic "High" - sorry Steve! Lucy's 606 is there now

28 NOV 08
Area Highs 08-09 from the Olympic League

23 NOV 08
November Edition of Bowling News available

23NOV 08
New John Jowdy coaching articles - Free Arm swing and
Power Step, Slide Right and Trailing Leg

22 NOV 08
Area highs 2008-9 from Olympic League in 4 person Team Game
and Ladies Singles Game if there have been any qualifying scores in your league please let us know.

18 NOV 08
Correction to scores in Bert & Vicky Timms Tournament
(not affecting results!)

14 NOV 08
New sponsor for Kent Website see Area Highs 08-09

14 NOV 08
Talk Tenpin web address changed on links page

11 NOV 08
Two notices on League Pages - one re: unclaimed raffle prize the other and extract from Go Tenpin regarding Rule 37
(for those of you who don't get their copy of Go Tenpin)!

10 NOV 08
New Mixed Doubles Kent All time High record - see Latest News

10 NOV 08
Area Highs for 2008-9 Season added from Bert & Vicky Timms
Tournament (Cli) and also from Olympic League (Gra).

10 NOV 08
Report on Bert & Vicky Timms Tournament now available -
use link on Tournament News page.

10 NOV 08
Provisional scores/results from the Bert & Vicky Timms
Mixed Doubles tournament now available.

05 NOV 08
Kent Ladies came 4th in Inter County final click here for report

28 OCT08
Area Highs for 2008-9 season - scores from Olympic League added
see Latest News

28 OCT 08
Reports on Junior successes see Under 14's report and
report on Triple Crown success for Whitstable YBC bowlers.

23 OCT08
Success for Steve Carnall in Centurian Doubles at AMF Torquay
See Latest News

23 OCT 08
Brief report on Under 14's success at Inter Counties
(We are still hoping to get some photos from the event)
See Latest News

13 OCT 08
Report on Senior Inter Counties finals - see Tournament News

13 OCT 08
2007-8 Club Qualifiers from Guys and Dolls league (Bex) listed.

24 SEP 08
Olympic League end of season report

22 SEP 08
Club Qualifiers from Tunbridge Wells YBC added
see Club Tournament 08

18 SEP 08
Brief report of Kent Ladies sucess in Intercounties Tournament
see Latest News

12 SEP 08
Additions to Area Highs 07-08 from Spartan League (Bex)
and to Area Highs 08-09 from Olympic League (Gra)

09 SEP 08
Additions made to Area Highs 07-08 and for the Area Highs 08-09
qualifying scores were received from the Spartan League (Bex).

If you know of any scores that should be featured on the Area Highs 07-08
please let us know. Also let us have qualifying scores for the new season.

02 SEP 08
Latest Club Qualifiers listed for Olympic League - see Club Tournament 08

02 SEP 08
Various leagues, including the Olympic League, are looking for new members for the start of the new season check them out on the League News page
If your league needs new bowlers you can advertise on this page!

01 SEP 08
Dave Ross wins AMF Senior Bowlers Club - Havant Singles
See Latest News

25 AUG 08
Club qualifiers for the Double TT's league at Bexleyheath now listed -
see Club Tournament 08

14 AUG 08
Latest edition of Bowling News now on website.

13 AUG 08
Club qualifiers for the Fireball league now listed- see Club Tournament 08
The Fireball league are looking for new bowlers - details on League News page

12 AUG 08
News of Bowltech YBC bowlers sponsorship offer - see Latest News

06 AUG 08
Link available to results for Peewee tournament at Bugsy's
See Latest News

04 AUG 08
KTBA are pleased to announce a new website sponsor.
AMF Bowling (Kent Centres) are sponsoring our new League News page.
See their offer to KTBA members on their advert page.

02 AUG 08
End of season results listed for Bexleyheath Broads &
Club qualifiers 07-08 listed.

Note to League Secretaries - Has your league just finished?
If so, send us results and Club qualifiers for listing on
the website. Contact us using this link.

26 JUL 08
Link added for World Sports Festival (Vienna) results
see tickertape in YBC News Page.
Report on Under 18 Inter Counties see YBC News page

16 JUL 08
BTBA membership fees for 2008-9 have been announced
- see Latest News

16 JUL 08
New member of KTBA Council welcomed - see Latest News

12 JUL 08
Charity Bowlathon - see Latest News

06 JUL 08
High scores in Olympic League - see Latest News

05 JUL 08
Harbour League Club Qualifiers now entered see Club Tournament 08

02 JUL 08
4th Margate Doubles coming to Bugsy's see Latest News

01 JUL 08
Harbour League 2007-8 Report now showing. Harbour League
Club Qualifiers will be listed soon.

30 JUN 08
Page now available showing qualifiers for the Kent Junior Teams

29 JUN 08
Downloadable Junior Roll-off Results available -
see YBC News Page

25 JUN 08
Success for Whitstable YBC bowlers - see Latest News.

21 JUN 08
News of 2nd Annual Peewee Singles and YBC Challenge to be held at Bugsys.
See Latest News

20 JUN 08
Results of John Boulton Duo + One tournament see Latest News

19 JUN 08
Spartan Trios at Bexleyheath are looking for new players
Click here for details.

17 JUN 08
New edition of Bowling News - highlighting major events/achievements over the past couple of months. There is also a link to a coaching article by top USA coach, John Jowdy. The subject of the article is the Follow Through.

12 JUN 08
300 game - see left! Steve Williams' 300 game now listed
under Area Highs 2007-8 and list of 300 games.

11 JUN 08
Details of Senior Inter County qualifying rounds

10 JUN 08
Downloadable entry form available for Kent Junior County Roll-offs
see Forthcoming events page or Y.B.C. News

05 JUN 08
Results of the Bugsy's Challenge 2 tournament held at
Busgsy's on 1st June are now shown on Latest News

30 MAY 08
Cliff Dew bowls another high series in Olympic League -
 see Latest News and Area Highs 2007-8

27 MAY 08
Area Highs 2007-8 added from Area Championships in
Team event, Regular Doubles and Mixed Doubles - see Latest News.

26 MAY 08
Cliff Dew bowls high series in Olympic League - see Latest News
and Area Highs 2007-8

21 MAY 08
There have been some corrections made to the Areas results in the All Events categories. We are still in the process of double checking everything.

19 MAY 08
Provisional Areas Results now available. More photos added to slideshow.

18 MAY 08
Raffle winners at the Area Championships announced and
slideshow of images from the event.

16 MAY 08
Club Qualifiers for the Blackpin league entered.

15 MAY 08
Details of Bugsy's latest tournament to be held on 1st Jun now
available on Forthcoming Tournaments page

14 MAY 08
Club Qualifiers from the Animal League now loaded.
Have you qualified? Check Club Tournament 08 to see!

12 MAY 08
Scores from Area Championships - 11th May. 
More detailed report on Masters event now avialble.

10 May 08
Downloadable schedule for the Area Championsips now available -
see "Area Championships" page.

10 MAY 08
Bugsys will be holding a Tenpin Bowling Academy for adult and Junior bowlers of all abilities - see "Latest News"

07 MAY 08
There are still spaces available for the Area Championships - late entries are being taken now! There is a great raffle with a top range reactive bowling ball (your choice of weight) and a two ball roller bag donated by Bowltech as prizes.

02 MAY 08
New entries on the Area Highs for 2007-8 from the Spartan League at.
Bexleyheath. They are 3 Person Team scores in High games (3) and High series (2) and individual scores by John Hinch and Jan Hodge.

01 MAY 08
Changes to Earlybirds League page.

28 APR 08
Details of John Boulton Duo + One Tournament on Entry form page.

27 APR 08
Kent County Roll-off results now available see Tournament News page

22 APR 08
Report and photos from Under 16's Inter-County Championships

21 APR 08
Congratulations to Under 16 girls - see tickertape above!

21 APR 08
New Forum now added - please use it.
We would also like your suggestions for topics to appear on it - email here.

20 APR 08
Roll-off scores updated to show today's scores

18 APR 08
Correction to AMF centres phone numbers on Kent Centres page

14 APR 08
End of season details for the Earlybirds League Chatham

14 APR 08
550, 600 & 650 Club qualifiers from Olympic & Early birds leagues now listed

13 APR 08
Latest scores from Kent Roll-off now on website

12 APR 08
200 & 500 Club qualifiers from Earlybirds (Cha) and
Olympic League (Gra) entered - 550, 600 & 650 to follow

11 APR 08
Another date added for the Kent Roll-off - 20th April at 10 a.m.
Use downloadable entry form but make it clear which of the new dates you want 13, 20 or 27th April at 10 am.

08 APR 08
Correction to Area Championships form - changed from
AMF Whitstable to AMF Ashford!

08 APR08
Area Championships information & entry form now available

07 APR 08
Scores from first two squads of Kent Roll-off 2008 are now shown on the website. Can be accessed from the main menu to the left.

06 APR 08
Another squad added for the Roll-off - 27th April 10 am
Form can be downloaded here but does not show the extra squads.

05 APR 08
More high scoring in the Olympic League - see Latest News

04 APR 08
Correction to dates for Areas shown on Bowling News -
April was shown instead of May!! Word blindness set in - sorry!!!

02 APR 08
Mar/Apr edition of Bowling News now available which features a report
about a visit to latest sponsor Bowltech.

02 APR 08
News of high scores from the Olympic League - see Latest News

30 MAR 08
Results of the recent Bugsy's Challenge Tournament are now shown on the Bugsy's website - click here for a link!

29 MAR 08
Announcement re: 2008 Area championships - see "Latest News"

28 MAR 08
Brief reports on the National Championships and on the
England team success in Finland. See Latest News

22 MAR 08
Bugsy's new Pro Shop now open with special offer of
15% discount on all purchases over the Easter weekend.
Link through banner at top of Bowling News page

20 MAR 08
New squad added for Kent Roll-Off 2008 - there will be an
extra squad on Sunday 13th April at 10.00 am.
Form can be downloaded but does not show this extra squad

17 MAR 08
Link added to JTE blog where you can read what is happening -
See Kirsty & Chelsie in Helsinki page

16 MAR08
New high doubles score added to Area Highs 07/8 - see Latest News

15 MAR 08
Kirsty and Chelsie from Whitstable YBC are in Finland bowling for England.
Follow their progress - click here for further details.

15 MAR 08
New NAYBC website launched - link changed on links page.

10 MAR 08
New John Jowdy article "Play it Straight" - other articles by John Jowdy
can be found by going to the John Jowdy section in Bowling News

06 MAR 08
Bugsy's are opening a new pro shop - see Latest News
Downloadable entry form now available for Bugsy's Challenge Tournament

04 MAR 08
KTBA are pleased to announce a new sponsor for our website
Click here to see the Bowltech info

04 MAR 08
Results from U 18's at Newbury now available to download - go to YBC News

02 MAR 08
News of success for Under 18's girls team - see Latest News

01 MAR 08
Two more Olympic league bowlers score 279 games -
3rd highest game score in the County this season! See Area Highs 07-08

29 FEB 08
New links added on Links Page

27 FEB 08
Entry form for Roll-off now available - click here!

26 FEB 08
Info on 3 forthcoming tournaments including
downloadable entry form for two of them

26 FEB 08
Report on Under 24's Intercounty finals

19 FEB 08
News of special offer from Bugsy's for KTBA / BTBA members
See Latest News

17 FEB 08
Minor changes to Feb Bowling News - please vote in our poll!

17 FEB 08
Additions to Season's High Scores

17 FEB 08
Report of high scores from Olympic League - see Latest News

15 FEB 08
Latest edition of Bowling News now available

12 FEB 08
Changes to Areas Season's Highs

11 FEB 08
News of successes for Whitstable YBC - See Latest News

11 FEB 08
High scores in 1st week of Olympic League new season - See Latest News

08 FEB 08
Link added on links page for Bugsys new website

04 FEB 08
End of season report for the Olympic league.

01 FEB 08
Bugsy's Tenpin Bowling and Sports Bar are now sponsoring
the Bowling News page. Visit their advertisement to see
details of latest offers.

28 JAN 08
Report on Club Tournament held at AMF Gravesend.
Winners entered in Hall of Fame

24 JAN 08
Notice posted on notice board about proposed new league - includes an invite to an open evening at Bugsy's to discuss it.