Sunday 25 October 2009

CCSMBA News Release - 25 October 2009

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 25 OCTOBER 2009

 

COUNTY FOUR WOOD PAIRS

 

Over the weekend (24 & 25 October) 59 pairings competed on one of the two days to determine qualifiers for the finals day to be played in March with each pair playing three games.  Qualification proved tough on both days with only five of the eventual sixteen qualifiers managing to record three wins with only a further three managing to go unbeaten.

 

Progressing to the finals from Saturday were Group 1 winners Pam Williams & Sheila Collins (St Newlyn East) 4 points +3 shots, Jim & Carolyn Stanley (St Newlyn East) took Group 2 honours with an unbeaten 6 +12. Elise Daniell & Peter Hore (Holmans) claimed Group 3 with 4 +26, whilst in Group 4 Margaret Goodwin & Graham Reeves (Saltash) recorded the day’s best score of 6 +33. 

 

A tight group 5 went the way of Henry Kendall & Roger Edwards (Withiel) with 4 +22.  Group 6 saw two pairs finish with identical scores of 4 +4.  This left Camilla Cawrse & Phil Hicks (Luxulyan) to play an extra end against Brian Wakeley & Ken Horrell (Withiel) to determine the group winners.  Cawrse and Hicks prevailed on the fourth attempt to play the end with the jack killed on the three previous attempts.  Group 7 also saw two pairs finish with identical records of 5 +4,  Rosemary Pengelly & Ron Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) progressed to the finals as group winners on the tie break with Fran Phillips & David Hickey (Helston) taking the best runners up spot to complete the eight qualifiers from Saturday.

 

Sunday’s play proved equally competitive, Kevin Williams & Mike Widger (Porthleven) claimed Group 1 with 5 +9.  Margaret Jenkin & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) came out on top in Group 2 with 4 +13.  An unbeaten 6 +20 saw Carol & Graham Ford (St Newlyn East) claim Group 3 with Dawn Bunce & Colin Jasper (St Tudy) taking Group 4 with 4 +11. 

 

Brenda Sleep & Jean Roper (Dobwalls) were unbeaten in claiming Group 5 with 6 +20.  Robert Stack & Brian Webb (Treviscoe) won Group 6 with 4 +13 and Percy Tripp & Roy Christophers completed the list of unbeaten teams in claiming Group 7 with 6 +20.  The final spot went to best runners up Gillian & Chris Cawrse (Luxulyan) with 4 +13.

 

The 16 qualifiers will return to Bodmin on Saturday 6 March 2010 for the knockout final.

 

 

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

 

On Saturday (31 October) Cornwall travel to Exeter to face Devon in the ESMBA Inter County Championship.  A few changes have been made to the teams after the home match against Devon a few weeks ago.

 

Premier Team

P Hore (Holmans), P Tripp (Helston), M Jenkins (Newlyn Trinity), G Cawrse (Luxulyan), K Williams (Porthleven), M Widger (Porthleven), P Williams (St Newlyn East), C Ford (St Newlyn East), G Ford (St Newlyn East), E Daniell (Holmans), B Sleep (Dobwalls), N Truscott (Holmans), K Goodman (Treviscoe), P Sully (Holmans), G Fisher (Troon), J Thomas (Penzance), R Christophers (Helston), G Luke (Luxulyan), B Wakeley (Luxulyan), C Roberts (Ladock)

 

A Team

P Spargo (Liskeard), D Griffin (Lostwithiel), S Hodge (Liskeard), B Sharp (Dobwalls), M Goodwin (Saltash), G Reeves (Saltash), A Jago (Treviscoe), M Barbery (Dobwalls), D Newton (Liskeard), J Stanley (St Newlyn East), M Stewart (Lostwithiel), A Hambley (Lostwithiel), M Keers (St Agnes) J Ward (Withiel), J Keers (St Agnes), N Ward (Withiel), M Horrell (Withiel), C Cawrse (Luxulyan), B Temple-Smith (Lostwithiel), C Stanley (St Newlyn East)

 

 

LEAGUES

 

Central Area Premier Division

 

Ladock A 12-23 (5-11 & 7-12) Lostwithiel

Treviscoe Whites 16-19 (9-10 & 7-9) St Agnes Cuckoos

Withiel Elms 27-19 (13-12 & 14-7) St Newlyn East

Withiel Oaks 26-12 (14-8 & 12-4) Luxulyan Golds

Lostwithiel 29-8 (8-7 & 21-1) Withiel Elms

St Newlyn East 24-19 (12-11 & 12-9) Withiel Oaks

Ladock A 15-24 (6-13 & 9-11) Treviscoe Whites

Luxulyan Golds 18-20 (8-17 & 10-3) Lanjeth Greens

 

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Shots

Shots

Shot

Points

For

Against

Diff.

Lostwithiel

6

5

0

1

72

38

34

16

Withiel Oaks

6

3

0

3

76

51

25

10

St Newlyn East

6

3

0

3

59

62

-3

9

Lanjeth Greens

4

2

0

2

41

37

4

8

Treviscoe Whites

6

3

0

3

59

55

4

8

St Agnes Cuckoos

4

3

0

1

37

36

1

8

Withiel Elms

6

3

0

3

50

79

-29

8

Ladock A

6

1

0

5

43

63

-20

3

Luxulyan Golds

4

1

0

3

30

46

-16

2

 

Central Area Division One

 

Goonbarrow Greens 15-20 (8-11 & 7-9) Treviscoe Blues

Kea Plums 23-12 (14-3 & 9-9) St Agnes Gulls

Cubert Blues 17-18 (11-6 & 6-12) St Stephen

Ladock Braves 19-21 (12-11 & 7-10) Perranporth Pilchards

Lanjeth Whites 21-14 (10-9 & 11-5) Cubert Royals

Perranporth Pilchards 18-11 (13-5 & 5-6) Lanjeth Whites

Goonbarrow Greens 16-21 (3-8 & 13-13) Kea Plums

Treviscoe Blues 17-22 (8-10 & 9-12) Ladock B

Cubert Royals 22-15 (12-3 & 10-12) St Stephen

St Agnes Gulls 34-9 (12-7 & 22-2) Cubert Blues

 

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Shots

Shots

Shot

Points

For

Against

Diff

Kea Plums

6

4

2

0

64

45

19

16

Ladock B

6

5

0

1

64

47

17

14

St. Agnes Gulls

6

4

1

1

66

40

26

13

Perranporth Pilchards

6

3

0

3

60

45

15

12

Lanjeth Whites

6

3

0

3

41

55

-14

8

Cubert Royals

6

2

0

4

54

59

-5

6

St. Stephen

6

2

0

4

50

59

-9

6

Treviscoe Blues

6

2

0

4

45

57

-12

6

Cubert Blues

6

2

0

4

49

70

-21

6

Goonbarrow Greens

6

1

1

4

46

62

-16

3

 

ENDS

 

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowls Association.

 

 

Full results information for the County Four Wood Pairs can be found http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/2008site/compdraws.php?pg=4wp

 

Sunday 18 October 2009

CCSMBA News Release - 18 October 2009

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE – 18 October 2009

COUNTY FOURS

On Saturday (17 October) the County Fours competition took place at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin with 28 teams competing for the 8 places available in the County Finals.

Qualifiers from Group One were the Liskeard team of Sheila Hodge, Tony Baldwin, Derek Newton & Peter Spargo with an unbeaten 6 points and +23 shots. The Holmans team of Elise Daniell, Peter Sully, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore claimed Group Two with 4 +40. Group Three went the way of the Lostwithiel team of Dave Abbiss, Peter Moyle, David Griffin & Terry Bray with 4 +19. The Withiel team of Henry Kendall, Joe Dixon, Eric Boddy & Joan Boddy claimed Group Four with 5 +17.

An unbeaten 6 +10 saw the Wadebridge team of Barbara Swaby, M Davies, Mary Moynihan & Derek Swaby claim Group Five. Also unbeaten were the Saltash team of Margaret Goodwin, Melba Kitt, Graham Reeves & Darren Woolner with 6 +12 in Group Six. Rounding off the group winners were the Penlee team of John Dollery, Nigel Jelbert, Malcolm Furneax & Mike Jefferies also unbeaten in Group Seven with 6 +24. Completing the qualifiers as best runners up were the St Newlyn East team of Sheila Collins, Pam Williams, Carol Ford & Graham Ford with 4 +17 in Group One.

All qualifiers will compete the County Finals on Saturday 13 March 2010.

INTER COUNTY V DEVON

On Sunday (18 October) Devon visited the Dragon Leisure Centre to take on Cornwall in the ESMBA Inter County Championship.

The Cornwall Premier Team, buoyant from the recent win away to Somerset came up against a determined Devon team featuring 5 current England Internationals. The first session saw just one win from the four games Cornwall thanks to Gillian Cawrse & Percy Tripp (14-10) in the Pairs. The second session again resulted in Cornwall collecting a solitary win thanks to Pam Williams, Carol Ford & Graham Ford (14-2) in the Triples. At the half way point the score read Cornwall 4 points 86 shots Devon 12 points 95 shots.

The third session again saw Cornwall collect just one win this time thanks to Nigel Nicholls (12-10) in the Singles. The final session of play saw Cornwall claim wins in the Triples for Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Brian Wakeley (9-6) and Fours for Kath Goodman, Peter Sully, Gerald Fisher & John Thomas (9-6) backed up by a draw for Pam Williams, Carol Ford & Graham Ford (9-9) resulting in a 5 points to 3 session advantage. The final score, after addition of bonus points for most shots, read Cornwall 13 points 160 shots Devon 27 points 194 shots.

The A Team started their match well with three wins out of four in the first session thanks to the Singles of Peter Spargo (15-13) & David Griffin (17-10) and Pair of Bill Sharp & Jean Roper (14-10) opening up a 6 points to 2 lead. The second session again saw a 6 -2 score line in Cornwall’s favour thanks to wins for Jim Stanley, Marilyn Stewart & Arthur Hambley (10-8) in the Triples and the Fours of Marion Keers, Joyce Ward, John Keers & Norman Ward (15-7) & Meg Horrell, Camilla Cawrse, Betty Temple-Smith & Carolyn Stanley (12-8). Cornwall held a solid looking 12 points 99 shots to 4 points 81 shots lead at the half way point.

The third session saw wins in the Singles for Peter Spargo (17-8) and David Griffin (14-11) completing a clean sweep of the singles points for the home team and a drawn session leaving Cornwall on the verge of registering their first match win of the season. Devon fought back hard in the final session allowing Cornwall to score just one point recorded by the Four of Marion Keers, Joyce Ward, John Keers & Norman Ward (9-9). This point proved enough when the bonus points were added for most shots the final score read Cornwall 21 points 175 shots Devon 19 points 179 shots.

Cornwall’s next match will be the return against Devon at the Isca Bowls Centre in Exeter on Saturday 31 October.

Scorers

Premier Team

Singles - P Hore (Holmans) 13-17 & 7-21; N Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 12-13 & 12-10

Pairs - G Cawrse (Lostwithiel) & P Tripp (Helston) 14-10 & 12-14; K Williams (Porthleven) & M Widger (Porthleven) 12-17 & 11-20

Triples - P Williams (St Newlyn East), C Ford (St Newlyn East) & G Ford (St Newlyn East) 14-2 & 9-9; E Daniell (Holmans), N Truscott (Holmans) & B Wakeley (Luxulyan) 10-12 & 9-6

Fours - K Goodman (Treviscoe), P Sully (Holmans), G Fisher (Troon) & J Thomas (Penzance) 7-17 & 9-6; G Luke (Luxulyan), R Christophers (Helston), D Newton (Liskeard) & C Roberts (Ladock) 4-7 & 5-13

A Team

Singles –P Spargo (Liskeard) 15-13 & 17-8; D Griffin (Lostwithiel) 17-10 & 14-11

Pairs – B Sharp (Dobwalls) & J Roper (Dobwalls) 14-10 & 5-20; M Goodwin (Saltash) & G Reeves (Saltash) 12-13 & 10-14

Triples - A Jago (Treviscoe), M Barbery (Dobwalls) & B Sleep (Dobwalls) 4-12 & 6-12; J Stanley (St Newlyn East), M Stewart (Lostwithiel) & A Hambley (Lostwithiel) 10-8 & 11-13

Fours - M Keers (St Agnes), J Ward (Withiel), J Keers (St Agnes) & N Ward (Withiel) 15-7 & 9-9; M Horrell (Withiel), C Cawrse (Lostwithiel), B Temple-Smith (Lostwithiel) & C Stanley (St Newlyn East) 12-8 & 4-11

LEAGUE UPDATES

North Area - Division Two

St Tudy 20-20 Altarnun

Poughill 27-9 Lanteglos B

Lanteglos B 34-13 Poughill

Stratton A 33-13 Blisland

Altarnun 20-13 St Tudy

St Tudy 15-22 Lanteglos B

Blisland 34-18 Stratton A

Lanteglos B 26-19 St Tudy

Table

P W D L SF SA Pts

Lanteglos B 4 3 0 1 91 74 10

Altarnun 2 1 1 0 40 33 5

Stratton A 2 1 0 1 51 47 4

Poughill 2 1 0 1 40 43 2

Blisland 2 1 0 1 47 51 2

St Tudy 4 0 1 3 67 88 1

Central Area Premier Division

St Agnes Cuckoos 18-20 (6-10 & 12-10) Lostwithiel

St Newlyn East 16-16 (11-5 & 5-11) Ladock A

Lanjeth Greens 21-19 (6-14 & 15-5) Treviscoe Whites

Withiel Oaks 31-15 (10-12 & 21-3) Withiel Elms

Central Area Division One

Perranporth Pilchards 21-15 (4-13 & 17-2) Goonbarrow Greens

St Stephen 17-20 (6-8 & 11-12) Kea Plums

Treviscoe Blues 8-20 (6-8 & 2-12) St Agnes Gulls

Cubert Royals 18-23 (8-14 & 10-9) Cubert Blues

Lanjeth Whites 9-23 (7-10 & 2-13) Ladock B

Next weekend, 24 & 25 October, 60 pairs will compete in the qualification competition for the County 4 Wood Pairs title at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowls Association.

Sunday 11 October 2009

CCSMBA News Release - 11 October 2009

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 11 October 2009

 

INTER AREA LEAGUE

 

The first round of Inter Area League matches were contested at the Dragon Leisure Centre in Bodmin on Sunday.

 

In the first game, last year’s winners and runners up came head to head with East playing West.  In the first session of Singles and Fours the east claimed three wins to open up a 6 points to 2 lead.   A reverse of the score in the second session, Pairs and Triples, saw both areas tied on 8 points with the west narrowly ahead on shots.  The third session saw the East claim both Singles games and the West both Fours to leave the score tied going into the last session.  A tight final session saw both areas claim a Pairs and Triples win apiece, with superior shot scoring by the West securing the four bonus points and the match win.  The final score reading East 16 points 173 shots West 20 pints 177 shots.

 

The second game saw the North and Central meet in what turned out to be a one sided match.  Central claimed three wins in the morning Singles and Fours followed by a clean sweep of the morning Pairs and Triples to lead by 14 points to 2 at the half way point.  The afternoon Singles and Fours saw Central claim three wins to put the result of the match beyond doubt with a session to spare.  A further three wins in the afternoon Pairs and Triples left the final score, after addition of the bonus points, North 6 points 132 shots Central 30 points 222 shots.

 

INTER COUNTY

 

Cornwall face Devon in the first home match of the season for the county squad on Sunday (18 October) at the Dragon Leisure Centre.  Cornwall will be keen to build on the strong start made to the season in Somerset recently.  The match gets under way at 11.00 and will run through to about 15.30.

 

COUNTY FOURS

 

The first County competition of the season takes place on Saturday at the Dragon Leisure Centre with 28 teams expected to compete.

 

AREA LEAGUES

 

The area leagues are now underway with most teams having now played their first games of the season.

 

 

ENDS

 

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer CCSMBA

Sunday 4 October 2009

CCSMBA News Release 5th October 2009

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 5th October 2009

Inter County Championship

Cornwall’s Inter County Championship teams made a positive start to the season away to Somerset on Sunday.

The Premier Team started well claiming three wins in the first session thanks to wins for Peter Hore (14-12) and Nigel Nicholls (18-6) in the singles, and Gillian Cawrse & Percy Tripp (15-12) in the pairs. The second session again went Cornwall’s way with wins in the fours of Kath Goodman, Peter Sully, Gerald Fisher & John Thomas (12-5) and Roy Christophers, Graham Luke, Derek Newton & Chris Roberts (13-1), and a draw in the triples for Pam Williams, Carol Ford & Graham Ford (9-9). At the end of the morning session Cornwall held an 11 – 5 points lead.

After lunch, a shared third session with wins Nicholls (14-6) and Cawrse & Tripp (16-13) ensured that the match remained undecided going into the final session. A tense final session saw the four of Goodman, Sully, Fisher & Thomas win comfortably (13-1). The outcome was finally decided in Cornwall’s favour with last wood deciders in the triples game featuring Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Brian Wakeley (7-6) and the fours featuring of Christophers, Luke, Newton & Roberts (9-8). The final score after addition of bonus points for most shots in the singles and fours for Cornwall and pairs and Triples for Somerset was Somerset 15 points 161 shots Cornwall 25 points 175 shots.

The A Team’s first session was shared with Cornwall claiming both singles thanks to Peter Spargo (16-8) and Graham Reeves (12-9) and Somerset taking both pairs. The second session proved Cornwall’s best of the day winning on all four mats, Tony Jago, Miriam Barbery & Brenda Sleep (13-6) and Jim Stanley, Marilyn Stewart & Arthur Hambley (12-9) in the triples and Marion Keers, Joyce Ward, John Keers & Norman Ward (10-7) and Meg Horrell, Camilla Cawrse, Betty Temple-Smith & Carolyn Stanley (6-5) in the pairs. Cornwall held a 12-4 points lead at the end of the morning session.

After the lunch break Somerset dragged them self back into contention taking all four games of the afternoon Singles and Pairs to level the points score at 12-12 but heavy scoring saw the hosts secure the bonus points in both disciplines. A tense final session saw the points shared. A win for Horrell, Cawrse, Temple-Smith & Stanley (4-10) and a draw for the Keers and Ward combination (6-6) in the fours combined with a draw in the triples for Jago, Barbery and Sleep (12-12) left the game points tied 16-16. Somerset however claimed the triples bonus points by 1 shot with Cornwall taking the fours points by a comfortable margin. The final score read Somerset 22 points 187 shots Cornwall 18 points 153 shots.

Scorers (Somerset scores first)

Premier Team

Singles - P Hore (Holmans) 12-14 & 20-10; N Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 6-18 & 6-14

Pairs - G Cawrse (Luxulyan) & P Tripp (Helston) 12-15 & 13-16; K Williams (Porthleven) & D Griffin (Lostwithiel) 16-9 & 13-8

Triples - P Williams (St Newlyn East), C Ford (St Newlyn East) & G Ford (St Newlyn East) 9-9 & 16-5; E Daniell (Holmans), N Truscott (Holmans) & B Wakeley (Luxulyan) 17-3 & 6-7

Fours - K Goodman (Treviscoe), P Sully (Holmans), G Fisher (Troon) & J Thomas (Penzance) 5-12 & 1-13; G Luke (Luxulyan), R Christophers (Helston), D Newton (Liskeard) & C Roberts (Ladock) 1-13 & 8-9

A Team

Singles – P Spargo (Liskeard) 8-16 & 17-9; G Reeves (Saltash) 9-12 & 20-6

Pairs - S Hodge (Liskeard) & T Baldwin (Liskeard) 10-8 & 24-6; M Goodwin (Saltash) & B Sharp (Dobwalls) 18-11 & 15-10

Triples - A Jago (Treviscoe), M Barbery (Dobwalls) & B Sleep (Dobwalls) 6-13 & 12-12; J Stanley (St Newlyn East), M Stewart (Lostwithiel) & A Hambley (Lostwithiel) 9-12 & 17-6

Fours - M Keers (St Agnes), J Ward (Withiel), J Keers (St Agnes) & N Ward (Withiel) 7-10 & 6-6; M Horrell (Withiel), C Cawrse (Luxulyan), B Temple-Smith (Lostwithiel) & C Stanley (St Newlyn East) 5-6 & 4-10

This Sunday (11 October) the first round of Inter Area League matches take place at the Dragon Centre, Bodmin with teams of twenty representing of the four area leagues.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA