I hope you’ve all survived the festivities and are ready for SMB to get underway again. Our first fixture of 2025 is at Yorkley on January 10th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because we are now a ten team league, we have a new structure for the end of season playoffs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. The top four teams at the end of the season will go straight into the championship finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. The teams in fifth and sixth position will go through to the plate competition final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Teams in seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth places will play in the plate eliminators, with the top two going through to the plate final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This format will give all teams a chance to take part in the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The venues will be drawn at Yorkley on January 10th. As Yorkley and Longhope hosted last season’s finals, they will not be in this year’s draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the finals will be played to a conclusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Should there be teams tied at the end of play in the plate eliminators, the results will be decided by a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. In the plate final, there will also be a penalty shootout in the event of a tie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. In the Championship final, should we have teams finish on equal points, they will play a sudden death end, if the jack is taken off or the end should be tied, it will go to a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Forest League has never been afraid of trying different ways of playing and making competitions more challenging and exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A New Year quiz question: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When was the last time the ESMBA or the GSMBA came up with a new idea for Short Mat Bowls?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clue: Peter Pan lives there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike E<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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