HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY

SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

BARNET LEAGUE 2017-2018

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BARNET LEAGUE
SEASON 2017 - 2018
Division 1 Table
DIVISION 1
Team P W D L F A SD Pts
Greenwood A 10 7 1 2 159 108 +51 15
Letchworth 1 10 6 1 3 136 135 +1 13
Harpenden B 10 5 0 5 156 119 37 10
Greenwood B 10 5 0 5 128 148 -20 10
Harpenden A 10 3 0 7 131 148 -17 6
St Margaret's 1 10 3 0 7 113 165 -52 6
Division 2 Table
DIVISION 2
Team P W D L F A SD Pts
Northiam East 12 10 0 2 209 123 +86 20
Letchworth 2 12 9 0 3 216 147 +69 18
Shillington 12 6 1 5 182 143 +39 13
St Margaret's 2 12 6 0 6 178 164 +14 12
Northiam West 12 5 0 7 48 169 -21 10
Northiam South 12 2 2 8 115 211 -96 6
Harpenden C 12 2 1 9 115 206 -91 5
Season Summary

2017-2018 SEASON SUMMARY

DIVISION 1

CHAMPIONS: GREENWOOD A

Greenwood A started the defence of their 2016-2017 title with a close encounter against St Margaret's 1, a 12-11 win. Their only defeat before the Christmas break was to their club mates Greenwood B who got the better of the derby match by 2 shots. The new year began with a drawn match with Letchworth 1 after which they went on a winning run and clinched the title in their return game with Greenwood B.

Letchworth 1 opened up with 2 losses. Their draw with Greenwood A proved to be decisive. Just one more shot and they would have finished with the same points as the champions. Letchworth 1 had a number of close matches and finished in runner up spot with a shot difference of only +1.

Harpenden B started the season with 3 comfortable wins. Their only losses in 2017 were to Greenwood A and they were second placed entering 2018. But they didn't win again until the last game of the season.

Greenwood B found life in Division 1 a little difficult to start with, opening up with 4 straight losses. However, they followed that with 5 wins and finished their first season in the top division with a 50% record.

Harpenden A finished with just 3 wins but both of their losses to Letchworth 1 were by a single shot and they were unlucky not to accumulate more points.

St Margaret's 1,despite finishing at the bottom of the table, showed what could have been in their two matches against the champions. They lost their opener by 1 shot and won the return fixture by the same margin.

DIVISION 2

CHAMPIONS: NORTHIAM EAST

Northiam East just pipped Northiam West in their opening fixture and followed up with 4 wins out of 5. Their first setback was a heavy defeat by St Margaret's 2 but from there to the end of the season they were unbeatable.

Letchworth 2 had an equally good start, winning five of their first six matches. They were soundly beaten by the eventual champions and St Margaret's 2 before a final run in of four wins secured runners up position.

Shillington, newcomers to the Barnet League, took 7 points from their first six matches. Another 6 points from the second half of the season earned a third place finish.

St Margaret's 2 looked to be well in contention scoring their 12 points before the end of January including an impressive 20-6 win over Northiam East. However, a pointless finish to the season ended their chances of troubling the top two.

Northiam West's 10 point return could have been much better with three of their losses being by a single shot.

Northiam South won their opening match but didn't win again until their penultimate fixture, drawing two of the intervening games.

Harpenden C had to wait until 2018 to get their first point. They proved much harder to beat from there winning two matches and missing out against Shillington in their final fixture by 10-11.

Division 1 Fixtures
FIXTURES AND RESULTS
DIVISION 1
27 September 2017
St Margaret's 1 11 - 12 Greenwood A
4 October 2017
Greenwood B 9 - 23 Harpenden A
11 October 2017
Letchworth 1 7 - 21 Harpenden B
18 October 2017
St Margaret's 1 17 - 8 Greenwood B
Greenwood A 22 - 11 Letchworth 1
25 October 2017
Harpenden A 8 - 21 Harpenden B
1 November 2017
St Margaret's 1 11 - 18 Harpenden A
8 November 2017
Greenwood B 11 - 16 Harpenden B
15 November 2017
Greenwood A 16 - 8 Harpenden B
Letchworth 1 21 - 9 St Margaret's 1
22 November 2017
Harpenden A 7 - 14 Greenwood A
29 November 2017
Greenwood B 7 - 19 Letchworth 1
6 December 2017
St Margaret's 1 7 - 22 Harpenden B
13 December 2017
Harpenden A P - P Letchworth 1
Greenwood A 10 - 12 Greenwood B
20 December 2017
Harpenden B 14 - 18 Greenwood A
10 January 2018
Harpenden A 15 - 16 St Margaret's 1
17 January 2018
Letchworth 1 13 - 13 Greenwood A
Greenwood B 20 - 12 St Margaret's 1
24 January 2018
Harpenden B 11 - 14 Harpenden A
31 January 2018
Harpenden B 9 - 12 Letchworth 1
7 February 2018
Greenwood A 24 - 8 Harpenden A
9 February 2018
Harpenden A 11 - 12 Letchworth 1
14 February 2018
Harpenden A 11 - 13 Greenwood B
St Margaret's 1 11 - 12 Letchworth 1
21 February 2018
Harpenden B 11 - 21 Greenwood B
28 February 2018
Greenwood A P - P St Margaret's 1
7 March 2018
Letchworth 1 17 - 16 Harpenden A
14 March 2018
Harpenden B 24 - 5 St Margaret's 1
Greenwood B P - P Greenwood A
21 March 2018
Letchworth 1 12 - 17 Greenwood B
22 March 2018
Greenwood B 10 - 17 Greenwood A
4 April 2018
Greenwood A 13 - 14 St Margaret's 1
Division 2 Fixtures
FIXTURES AND RESULTS
DIVISION 2
27 September 2017
Northiam West 13 - 9 Shillington
St Margaret's 2 24 - 2 Harpenden C
4 October 2017
Harpenden C 10 - 24 Shillington
Northiam East 17 - 16 Northiam West
11 October 2017
Letchworth 2 20 - 14 St Margaret's 2
Harpenden C 10 - 16 Northiam South
18 October 2017
Shillington 8 - 13 Northiam East
25 October 2017
Northiam West 13 - 14 St Margaret's 2
Letchworth 2 9 - 17 Shillington
1 November 2017
Harpenden C 12 - 23 Letchworth 2
Northiam South 8 - 14 Northiam East
8 November 2017
St Margaret's 2 19 - 8 Northiam South
Northiam West 16 - 9 Harpenden C
15 November 2017
Shillington 21 - 9 St Margaret's 2
22 November 2017
Northiam South 13 - 13 Shillington
Northiam East 13 - 19 Letchworth 2
29 November 2017
Harpenden C 13 - 18 Northiam East
Letchworth 2 21 - 7 Northiam South
6 December 2017
Northiam West 6 - 24 Letchworth 2
St Margaret's 2 20 - 6 Northiam East
13 December 2017
Northiam South 4 - 25 Northiam West
20 December 2017
St Margaret's 2 17 - 16 Shillington
Letchworth 2 8 - 26 Northiam East
10 January 2018
Northiam South 10 - 10 Harpenden C
Shillington 15 - 7 Northiam West
17 January 2018
St Margaret's 2 23 - 8 Letchworth 2
24 January 2018
Northiam East 24 - 4 Harpenden C
Northiam South P - P St Margaret's 2
31 January 2018
Shillington 29 - 8 Northiam South
Letchworth 2 21 - 8 Northiam West
7 February 2018
Harpenden C 11 - 10 Northiam West
Northiam East 17 - 11 Shillington
14 February 2018
Harpenden C 17 - 10 St Margaret's 2
21 February 2018
St Margaret's 2 12 - 15 Northiam West
Northiam South 6 - 26 Letchworth 2
28 February 2018
Shillington P - P Letchworth 2
Northiam West P - P Northiam South
7 March 2018
Northiam East 18 - 7 Northiam South
Letchworth 2 20 - 7 Harpenden C
12 March 2018
Northiam South 16 - 12  St Margaret's 2
14 March 2018
Northiam West 5 - 21 Northaim East
21 March 2018
Northiam East 22 - 4 St Margaret's 2
Shillington 11 - 10 Harpenden C
4 April 2018
Shillington 8 - 17 Letchworth 2
Northiam West 14 - 12 Northiam South