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