Sunday 30 December 2007

CCSMBA News Release - 30th December 2007

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE - 30th December 2007

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Cornwall travel to Somerset on Sunday for the final match of the group stage of the ESMBA Inter County Championship. In the home fixtures Cornwall suffered double defeat with the Premier team going down 11-25 and the A team losing 10-26. Cornwall have enjoyed better results in the subsequent matches against Devon & Dorset. The ESMBA have published the draws for the knockout stages of the Inter County Championship later in the season.

The A Team, having won the consolation competition last season have qualified for the main competition this season. They go into the match against Somerset just four points behind in a bid to seal the South West group win. Cornwall are already guaranteed progression to a quarter final match at Caroline Chisholm School, Northampton on Sunday 3rd February. A win of 5 or more points will see a match against one of Norfolk, Northants, Essex or Kent. Any other result will see Oxfordshire as the likely opponents.

The Premier Team, regardless of the result against Somerset , will face either Worcestershire, Gloucestershire or Herefordshire in a preliminary round game of the consolation competition on either Saturday 26th or Sunday 27th January at a venue yet to be decided.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
CCSMBA Chairman

Sunday 16 December 2007

CCSMBA News Release - 16th December 2007

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE – 16th December 2007

INTER COUNTY CHALLENGE

On Saturday the annual fixture challenge match between Cornwall and Devon for bowlers not part of either counties Inter County Championship squads took place at Winkleigh in Devon. The match was played to the usual Inter County Format.

Cornwall started strongly in the first session with wins in the singles for Ben Cotton (Luxulyan) & David Griffin (Lostwithiel) and the Wadebridge rink of Margaret Menhenick, Mary Moynihan, Peter Morrish & John Menhenick to give Cornwall a 6 points to 2 and 18 shot lead. The second session proved to be Cornwall’s undoing losing all four games in the pairs and triples to allow Devon to gain the points lead 10-6 at the half way point.

The third session saw Cornwall claim a solitary win courtesy of the Wadebridge rink led by John Menhenick. The match outcome remained in the balance with Devon leading 16-8 but Cornwall holding a three shot lead in the battle for the 4 extra points. The final session though saw Cornwall claim just one win through Don & Anthony Dymond (Coads Green). The final match score being Devon 26 points 175 shots Cornwall 10 points 172 shots.

SCORES

Singles – Ben Cotton (Luxulyan) 19-3 & 8-11; David Griffin (Lostwithiel) 15-11 & 15-16

Fours – Margaret Menhenick, Mary Moynihan, Peter Morrish & John Menhenick (Wadebridge) 8-7 & 15-3; John Turner (Liskeard), Betty Temple-Smith (St Newlyn East), Dorothy Woodyatt (Liskeard) & Margaret Turner (Liskeard) 6-9 & 1-11

Pairs – Don Dymond & Anthony Dymond (Coads Green) 10-17 & 18-9; Ted Pentland (Luxulyan) & Pam Wlliams (St Newlyn East) 12-13 & 13-16

Triples – Sue Orchard, John Ashby & Kevin Orchard (Luxulyan) 7-10 & 6-7; Robin Bray, Fran Phillips & David Hickey (Helston) 11-13 & 8-19

LEAGUES

Latest league positions can be found on the following links.

West Area – Provided by the West Division League Secretary directly to relevant publications

Central Area Premier Division
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/centprem.php

Central Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/cent1st.php

East Area Premier Division
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/eastprem.php - No results received this week

East Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/east1st.php - No results received this week.

North Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north1st.php

North Area Division Two
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north2nd.php

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES

JANUARY
Sat 5
Western Division 4 Wood Singles
Goldsithney & Marazion
Sun 6
Inter County v Somerset
King Arthurs School, Wincanton
Sun 13
County Pairs
Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin
Sat 19
National Qualifiers
Luxulyan Village Hall
Sat 19
Western Division 2 Wood Singles
Goldsithney
Sat 26
Inter County Preliminary Round
TBA
Sun 27
Inter County Preliminary Round
TBA
FEBRUARY
Sat 2
Western Division Triples
Marazion
Sun 3
Inter County Quarter Finals (A Team)
Caroline Chisholm School, Northampton
Sat 9
Inter Area League (Central v West, East v North)
Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin
Sun 10
County 2 Wood Singles & 4 Wood Pairs Finals
Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin
Sat 16
Inter County Quarter Finals (Premier Team)
Caroline Chisholm School, Northampton
Sat 16
Western Division 2 Wood Pairs
Goldsithney
Sun 17
Western Division 2 Wood Pairs
Goldsithney
Sat 23
County Singles & Fours Finals
Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin
Sun 24
County Pairs & Triples Finals
Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
CCSMBA Chairman

Sunday 9 December 2007

CCSMBA News Release - 9th December 2007

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 9th December 2007

County Singles

Over the weekend 45 bowlers competed in the qualification competition for the County Singles at the Dragon Centre in Bodmin. On both bowlers competed in a round robin competition with 5 group winners and 3 runners up progressing to a knockout round.

On Saturday Malcolm Furneaux (Penlee) defeated Fran Phillips (Helston) 10-1. In a repeat of an earlier group game Francis Walther (Mabe) defeated Joyce Ward (Withiel) 9-7. Jim Ashton (Saltash) overturned an earlier group game defeat to progress to the finals with a 11-6 win over Jean Roper (Dobwalls). The final qualifier was Marion Keers (St Agnes) who defeated Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) 6-4 in a closely contested game.

On Sunday Phil Thomas (Dobwalls) gained a place in the last 8 at the expense of Graham Ford (St Newlyn East) winning 15-7 in the play off having earlier lost 7-8. Robert Flower (Tintagel) defeated Peter Hore (Holmans) 9-6. Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) eased past Jim Watson (St Stephen) 21-1 with the final place the finals taken by Brian Wakeley (Treviscoe) who defeated Percy Tripp (Helston) 9-4.

Inter County Challenge

On Saturday a team of 20 bowlers travel over the border to Winkleigh for the annual challenge match v Devon for bowlers uncapped during the current season.

Leagues

Latest league positions can be found on the following links.

West Area – Provided by the West Division League Secretary directly to relevant publications

Central Area Premier Division
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/centprem.php

Central Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/cent1st.php

East Area Premier Division
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/eastprem.php - No results received this week

East Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/east1st.php - No results received this week.

North Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north1st.php

North Area Division Two
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north2nd.php

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
CCSMBA Chairman

Sunday 2 December 2007

CCSMBA News Release - 2nd December 2007

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 2nd DECEMBER 2007

INTER COUNTY

Bodmin’s Dragon Leisure Centre was the venue for Cornwall’s latest ESMBA Inter County Championship fixture on Sunday when Dorset were the visitors.

The A Team recorded the best score of the competition so far this season in claiming an unbeaten 35-1 win over Dorset. In the singles Peter Spargo made it 10 out of 10 for the season including a 20 shot win in the afternoon session. Brian Wakeley, on his singles debut, claimed his second win of the day on the very last wood of his game. In the fours Elise Daniell, Tony Baldwin, Jean Roper and Norman Ward recorded a 24 shot advantage over their two games with Camilla Cawrse, Meg Horrell, Ken Horrell and Phil Hicks claiming a seven shot advantage on both games.

The morning session of pairs was the closest of the day with Joe Coup & Lynn Stephens winning by 1 shot and Joyce Ward & Bill Sharp drawing. In the afternoon session both pairs won claiming 12 and 16 shot advantages respectively. The triples of Sheila Hodge, Miriam Barbery and Derek Newton & Kath Goodman, Tony Jago and Francis Walther won both games in the morning and both came from behind to win in the afternoon session in the last games to finish to preserve the unbeaten record for the day.

The final match score being Cornwall 35 points 238 shots Dorset 1 point 134 shots.

The Premier Team recorded their best score of the season to date with both counties claiming 8 wins apiece, but Dorset took the overall victory by 32 shots.

The first session went Dorset’s way with three wins, David Studden claiming Cornwall only win in the singles. Large wins for Dorset in the other singles and one of the fours saw them also claim a 29 shot lead. Session Two, Pairs and Triples, saw the points shared with Cornwall’s wins recorded by Carolyn Matthews and Chris Roberts in the pairs and the triple of Geoff Lane, Malcolm Furneaux & Percy Tripp. At the half way point Dorset led by 4 points and 19 shots.

The third session again saw the points shared with both Cornwall fours, Margaret Jenkins, Derek Swaby, Nicholas Truscott and Graham Ford & Pam Hamley, Robert Flower, Roger Edwards and Peter Hamley winning but the 9 shots advantage earned was wiped out by Dorset’s wins in the singles allowing Dorset to stretch the shots lead to 33 going into the final session.

The final session saw Cornwall claim a 6-2 points advantage with wins in the pairs for Carolyn Matthews and Chris Roberts & Gillian Cawrse and Peter Hore and the triple of Geoff Lane, Malcolm Furneaux & Percy Tripp. The final match score being Cornwall 16 points 157 shots Dorset 20 points 189 shots after the addition of the 4 bonus points for most shots.

COUNTY TWO WOOD SINGLES

On Saturday 37 bowlers contested the qualification competition for the County Two Wood Singles at the Dragon Centre.

Qualifiers for the finals are Kath Goodman (Treviscoe) 6 pts +9 shots, David Griffin (Lostwithiel) 6 +10, Peter Spargo (Liskeard) 6 +13, Jim Ashton (Saltash) 6 +21, Tony Baldwin (Liskeard) 4 +21, David Studden (Troon) 6 +19, Gerald Fisher (Troon) 4 +14 & Carol Ford (St Newlyn East) 4 +24.


This weekend the qualification competition for the County Singles will take place over two days at the Dragon Centre in Bodmin.

LEAGUES

Latest league positions can be found on the following links.

West Area – Provided by the West Division League Secretary directly to relevant publications

Central Area Premier Division
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/centprem.php

Central Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/cent1st.php

East Area Premier Division
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/eastprem.php

East Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/east1st.php

North Area Division One
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north1st.php

North Area Division Two
http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north2nd.php

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Chairman, CCSMBA

Inter County Scores

Premier Team
Singles
Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 9-19, 6-18; Dave Studden (Troon) 14-13 & 7-18
Fours
Margaret Jenkin (Newlyn Trinity), Derek Swaby (Wadebridge), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) & Graham Ford (St Newlyn East) 6-9 & 10-7; Pam Hamley (Lostwithiel), Robert Flower (Tintagel), Roger Edwards (Withiel) & Peter Hamley (Lostwithiel) 1-18 & 10-4
Pairs
Carolyn Matthews (St Newlyn East) & Chris Roberts (Ladock) 18-9 & 10-9; Gillian Cawrse (Luxulyan) & Peter Hore (Holmans) 13-18 & 16-13
Triples
Roy Christophers (Helston), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) & Carol Ford (St Newlyn East) 11-13 & 6-10; Geoff Lane, Malcolm Furneaux & Percy Tripp (Helston) 11-3 & 9-8

Table P W D L Pts
Somerset 5 4 0 1 105
Devon 5 3 1 1 103
Dorset 5 2 1 2 94
Cornwall 5 0 0 5 58

A Team
Singles
Peter Spargo (Liskeard) 15-10 & 26-6; Brian Wakeley (Treviscoe) 17-12 & 18-16
Fours
Elise Daniell (Holmans), Tony Baldwin (Liskeard), Jean Roper (Dobwalls) & Norman Ward (Withiel) 16-2 & 14-4; Camilla Cawrse (Luxulyan), Meg Horrell, Ken Horrell (Withiel) & Phil Hicks (Luxulyan) 8-6 & 10-5
Pairs
Joe Coup (Troon) & Lin Stephens (Treviscoe) 11-10 & 21-9; Joyce Ward (Withiel) & Bill Sharp (Dobwalls) 13-13, 23-7
Triples
Sheila Hodge (Liskeard), Miriam Barbery (Dobwalls) & Derek Newton (Duloe) 15-9 & 10-9; Kath Goodman (Treviscoe), Tony Jago (Treviscoe) & Francis Walther (Mabe) 12-9 & 9-7

Table P W D L Pts
Somerset 5 4 0 1 121
Cornwall 5 4 0 1 117
Devon 5 2 0 3 76
Dorset 5 0 0 5 46