Nov 1st Scratch League & Bell Trophy Report

Jeph Hamilton 2017 Report For P&K AGM Scratch League & Bell Overall another well contested year, with Muckhart coming out on Trophy Organiser top in both the Bell Trophy & Scratch league format. Both competitions are summarised in this report along with some learning and reflections for 2018.

Thanks to all the Junior Organisers, parents and players for their efforts and support.

Scratch League Final

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Muckhart (Red) Blairgowrie (Gold)

Jamie Roberts v Fraser Matthews Won 3&2

Andrew Thornton won 6&5 v Katy Alexander

Finlay Hamilton won 6&4 v Callum Dow

Summary of Competition

Qualifying Leagues

League Table - White Post Fixture 7 - Final Team Played Points Games For Games Against Net Muckhart (Red) 7 12 17.5 3.5 14 Blairgowrie (Gold) 7 12 16 5 11 Balirgowrie (White) 7 10 15 6 9 (A) 7 8 14 7 7 7 6 10 11 -1 Dunning 7 6 8.5 12.5 -4 7 2 3 18 -15 Aberfeldy/Taymouth Castle 7 0 0 21 -21

League Table - Green Post Fixture 7 - Final Team Played Points Games For Games Against Net Strathmore 6 12 16.5 1.5 15 6 8 10.5 7.5 3 6 7 12 6 6 6 6 9 9 0 Blairgowrie (Green) 6 4 5 13 -8 Auchterarder B 6 3 5.5 12.5 -7 Muckhart (Blue) 6 2 4.5 13.5 -9

Semi Finals

Blairgowrie Gold 3 ½ v Strathmore 2 ½

Muckhart Red 6 v Pitlochry 0

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Key Learning Points for 2017/18 • Of the 24 clubs in P&K 13 could field a 3-man team with Blairgowrie entering 3 teams and Muckhart 2, appendix 1 shows a summary • Despite dropping to a 3-man team format we are still seeing some clubs struggle to field a team with some having dropped out in 2017, see appendix 2 • There were also 6 instances over the league format where games had to be forfeited due to a team not being able to field players • Changes for 2018: o Entry will be published out earlier and raised at the AGM in November o The schedule will be reviewed as availability of players may be better toward the end of the summer o Teams to be reminded that they can pair up with other clubs o Teams to be reminded they can field alternate players 4

Bell Trophy -Final Results & Overall summary A fantastic final saw Muckhart edge out Aberfeldy/Taymouth Castle 3-2.

Result

Muckhart 3 - Aberfeldy/Taymouth 2

Oliver Devlin won 4&2 against Josh Dolzanski

Euan Duthie lost 3&1 against Ben Cowan

Alex Turlik won 3&2 against Duncan McBride

Luke Volland lost 3&1 against Sean Menzies

Douglas Young won 4&3 against Cameron Shaw

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Full Results

Key Learning Points for 2017/18 • Of the 24 clubs in P&K 11 could field a 3-man team with Milnathort entering 2 teams, appendix 1 shows a summary • Again, some clubs struggled to field a team with some having dropped out in 2017 • There were also 2 instances over the league format where games had to be forfeited due to a team not being able to field players see appendix 2 • Changes for 2018: o Entry will be published out earlier and raised at the AGM o The schedule will be reviewed as availability of players may be better toward the end of the summer o Teams to be reminded that they can pair up with other clubsTeams to be reminded they can field alternate players o Draw format will be reviewed on whether 2 leg approach works, we tried it for the quarter finals but only one was able to be played over 2 legs

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Appendix 1 – Entrants 2017

Appendix 2 – Forfeited Games

Scratch League Forfeited Games (Forfeit Team):

• White Section o Alyth v Blairgowrie (Gold) o Muckhart (Red) v Alyth o Dunning v Alyth o Auchterarder v Alyth • Green Section o Crieff v Blairgowrie (Green) o Pitlochry v Crieff

Bell Trophy Forfeited Games – quarter finals (Forfeit Team)::

• Dunning V Crieff • Aberfeldy/Taymouth Castle V Auchterarder