CCSMAB NEWS RELEASE - 28 November 2010

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 28 November 2010

 

COUNTY TRIPLES

 

The County Triples qualification competition fell victim to the wintery conditions over the weekend with play only possible on Sunday after overnight snowfall prevented travel on Saturday Morning for many players and officials.

 

Sunday’s play featured 16 teams who braved the cold conditions at the Dragon Leisure Centre to compete for four of the eight places available at the County Finals to be played in January.

 

Margaret Jenkin (Newlyn Trinity), John Thomas (Penzance) and Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) claimed Group One after defeating the Liskeard team of Lynne Davey, Martin Boraston and Gary Davey 9-7 in the final game in the group to finish unbeaten with 6 points +21 shots.  Kath Goodman (Treviscoe) combined with St Newlyn East’s Carol & Graham Ford to claim Group Two unbeaten with 6 +22.  Group Three went down to a final game decider with Illogan’s Bob Williams, Joe Coups & David Studden defeating Holman’s Nicholas Truscott, Karen Watson & Peter Hore 12-5 to finish on 6 +23.  The final game of Group Four went the way of Luxulyan’s David Giles, Betty Temple-Smith & Phil Hicks who defeated nearest challengers St Newlyn East’s Sheila Collins, Margaret Walke & Pam Williams 11-9 to finish on 6 +15.

 

A restaging date for Saturday’s cancelled competition has yet to be confirmed at the time of writing.

 

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

 

On Saturday the County Two Wood Singles qualification competition will be contested at the Dragon Centre with two sessions of play spanning morning and afternoon with 44 bowlers entered.

 

On Sunday the County Teams are in action with Dorset the visitors to the Dragon Leisure Centre.  In a bid to earn a first win of the season for the Premier Team, Team Manager Chris Cawrse has shuffled the team with many bowlers featuring in different disciples than they have been used to so far this season.  The A Team will be looking for a strong result in their bid to finish top of the South West Area of the A Team Competition.

 

Premier Team: Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans), Gillian Cawrse (Lostwithiel), Percy Tripp (Helston), Karen Watson (Holmans), David Studden (Illogan), Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), Kevin Williams (Porthleven), Joe Coups (Illogan), Ken Horrell (Withiel), Brian Wakeley (Ladock), Carolyn Matthews (ST Newlyn East), Carol Ford (St Newlyn East), Pam Williams (St Newlyn East), Graham Ford (St Newlyn East), Roy Christophers (Helston), Graham Luke (Ladock), Ronald Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) & Chris Roberts (Ladock).

 

A Team: Peter Spargo (Liskeard), Tony Baldwin (Liskeard), Sheila Hodge (Liskeard), Terry Bray (Lostwithiel), Miriam Barbery (Dobwalls), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls), Joyce Ward (Withiel), Luke Jolly (Treviscoe), Max Burden (Dobwalls), Bob Williams (Illogan), Linda Martin (Illogan), Gerald Fisher (Illogan), Kath Goodman (Treviscoe), Peter Sully (Perranporth), Derek Swaby (Wadebridge), David Griffin (Lostwithiel), Meg Horrell (Withiel), Margaret Goodwin (Saltash), Graham Reeves (Saltash) & Derek Newton (Liskeard)

 

AREA LEAGUES

 

League tables can be found on the following links, the * mark shown in the tables does not need to reproduced.

 

West Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26225

West Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26226

West Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26227

 

Central Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26222

Central Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26223

 

North Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26219

North Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26220

 

East Area will be sent separately.

 

CCSMBA News Release - 21 November 2010

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE – 21^st November 2010

 

BRITISH ISLES CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Whilst local bowlers took a break from competitive action over the weekend, Holmans club member Karen Watson travelled to the Isle of Man to take her place in the England team at the British Isles Championship.  The format involved teams from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Isle of Man, playing in both Individual Championships for Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours and a Team Championship involving 16 players per team playing in 4 rinks, the cumulative scores from each match determining the final result.

 

Playing in the team competition Karen was teamed with Stephen Burrows (Cheshire), Jason McLean (Hampshire) and Craig Burgess (Essex).  Their first game saw Scotland claim an 8-7 win but England won 53-27 overall.  Next up were the Isle of Man with England claiming a comfortable 73-14 margin with Karen’s team winning 14-2.  Wales were the opponents in the third round of games with England again coming out on top 35-27 although Karen’s team lost 9-7.

 

England went into the final session against Ireland knowing the an overall win would secure the championship.  In a close session Ireland lead by three shots with an end to play and extended the lead to five to claim the win 36-31 and the Team Championship,  Karen’s team losing 9-5.  England finished in 2^nd overall.

 

England claimed to titles in the Individual championships.  Devon’s Lee Toleman & Michael Ivings taking the Pairs and Shropshire’s Warwick France, Allan Williams, Chris Shakeshaft & Chris Williams claimed the Fours.  Ireland claimed the Singles, England’s Trevor Brown (Oxfordshire) finishing third and the Triples with England’s Dave Hayward (Warwickshire), Martin Walker (Cheshire), John Pitcher (Warwickshire) in second place.

 

Full results can be found at http://esmba.co.uk/bi_2010_results_144.html

 

 

Next weekend attention returns to local matters with the County Triples at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin with 39 teams split over the two days competing for one of the eight places available in the county finals in January.

 

AREA LEAGUES

 

League tables can be found on the following links, the * mark shown in the tables does not need to reproduced.

 

West Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26225

West Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26226

West Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26227

 

Central Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26222

Central Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26223

 

North Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26219

North Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26220

 

East Area will be sent separately.

 

 

CCSMBA News Release - 14 November 2010

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 14 November 2010

 

ESMBA INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

 

On Sunday (14 November) Cornwall travelled to the Dorset Bowls Resort, Bere Regis for the latest round of ESMBA Inter County Championship fixture against Dorset.

 

Cornwall’s Premier Team suffered a heavy defeat with the final score reading Dorset 29 points 206 shots Cornwall 11 points 136 shots.  Dorset completed a clean sweep of wins in the first session of Singles and Pairs.  The second session saw Cornwall take a shared session thanks to wins for Joe Coups, Ken Horrell and Brian Wakeley in the triples 9-8 and Roy Christophers, Graham Luke, Ronnie Thomas & Chris Roberts 9-7. 

 

In the third session Michael Widger & Kevin Williams claimed an 11-10 win in the Pairs but with Dorset winning the other three games in the session and securing the shots bonus points in the Singles and Pairs the match was out of reach for Cornwall.  The final session saw Dorset consolidate a well earned match victory with a 5-3 session advantage.  Cornwall’s points recorded in the Fours by Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott, Karen Watson & Peter Hore with a 10-6 win and Chris Robert’s team earning a hard earned 7-7 draw to ensure that Cornwall also claimed the Fours bonus points.

 

SCORES - Singles

N Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 17-8 & 17-10; D Studden (Illogan) 21-5 & 15-7

Pairs

G Cawrse (Lostwithiel) & P Tripp (Helston) 15-12 & 12-8; K Williams (Porthleven) & M Widger (Porthleven) 19-8 & 10-11

Triples

G Reeves (Saltash), P Williams (St Newlyn East) & G Ford (St Newlyn East) 15-2 & 10-8; J Coups (Illogan), K Horrell (Withiel) & B Wakeley (Ladock) 8-9 & 16-13

Fours

E Daniell (Holmans), N Truscott (Holmans), K Watson (Holmans) & P Hore (Holmans) 11-9 & 6-10; R Christophers (Helston), G Luke (Ladock), R Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) & C Roberts (Ladock) 7-9 & 7-7

 

Group Table

                   P        W       D        L        Pts

Devon           3        3        0        0        88

Dorset          4        3        0        1        87

Somerset      3        1        0        2        57

Cornwall        4        0        0        4        48

 

The A Team started slowly claiming a single win from the four games in the first session, Peter Spargo winning 16-11 in the Singles.  The second session saw Cornwall claim all four games.  In the Triples Luke Jolly, Bill Sharp & Brenda Sleep 15-7 and Bob Williams, Linda Martin & Gerald Fisher 8-4.  In the Fours Kath Goodman, Peter Sully, Derek Swaby & David Griffin 14-4 and Meg Horrell, Margaret Goodwin, Miriam Barbery & Max Burden 7-5.  At the halfway point Cornwall led by 10 points 84 shots to Dorset’s 6 points 78 shots.

 

The third session saw the points shared with Cornwall claiming both Singles games and the bonus points, Peter Spargo 17-9 and Tony Baldwin 23-5.  The final session saw the game points on offer shared with two wins apiece, Gerald Fisher’s Triple winning 10-8 and David Griffin’s Four 13-3.  Cornwall also secured the bonus points for both Triples and Fours to leave the final score reading Dorset 16 points 163 shots Cornwall 24 points 167 shots.

 

SCORES - Singles

P Spargo (Liskeard) 11-16 & 9-17; T Baldwin (Liskeard) 13-8 & 5-23

Pairs

J Rule (Lostwithiel) & T Bray (Lostwithiel) 16-11 & 17-8; J Ward (Withiel) & C Stanley (St Newlyn East) 18-5 & 17-7

Triples

L Jolly (Treviscoe), B Sharp (Dobwalls) & B Sleep (Dobwalls) 7-15 & 9-4; B Williams (Illogan), L Martin (Illogan) & G Fisher (Illogan) 4-8 & 8-10

Fours

K Goodman (Treviscoe), P Sully (Perranporth), D Swaby (Wadebridge) & D Griffin (Lostwithiel) 4-14 & 3-13; M Horrell (Withiel), M Goodwin (Saltash), M Barbery (Dobwalls) & M Burden (Dobwalls) 5-7 & 17-1

 

Group Table

                   P        W       D        L        Pts

Cornwall        4        3        0        1        94

Somerset      3        3        0        0        75

Devon           3        0        1        2        48

Dorset          4        0        1        3        43

 

Cornwall’s next match will be the return fixture against Dorset to be played on Sunday 5 December at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin.

 

COUNTY MIXED FOURS

 

On Saturday 23 teams contested the qualification competition for the County Mixed Fours at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin.  Split into 5 groups, the group winners and three best runners up would qualify for the finals to be played later in the season.

 

A tough days play saw only one team progress unbeaten, Lostwithiel’s Pam Hamley, Marilyn Stewart, Jim Rule and Terry Bray with 5 points +20 to win Group One.  The Wadebridge team of Margaret Menhinick, Barbara Swaby, Derek Swaby & John Menhinick took Group Two with 4 +10.  Group Three went the way of Liskeard’s Sheila Hodge, Edna Cope, Peter Spargo & Tony Baldwin with 4 +6.  Group Five went the way of Dobwall’s Miriam Barbery, Bill Sharp, Brenda Sleep & Max Burden with 4 +9.  The final group winners spot went to Withiel’s  Joan Boddy, Eric Boddy, Margaret Horrell and Ken Horrel with 4 +11. 

 

The Runner’s Up spots went to Kath Goodman (Treviscoe), Joyce Ward (Withiel), Michael Widger & Kevin Williams (Porthleven) with 4 +16.  St Agnes’s John & Marion Keers and Vera & Brian Blackwell took the second spot with 4 +7 and Newlyn Trinity’s Christine & Len Coxall, Margaret Jenkin and Nigel Nicholls took the final spot with 4 +2.

 

BRITISH ISLES CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

There is a break in local action this weekend as the British Isles Championships in the Isle of Man take centre stage.  Cornwall will be represented in the team for the first time in nearly 20 years with Karen Watson from the Holmans club named in the team of 16 for the Rinks competition.  Karen, a regular member of the Cornwall Premier Team, was first selected for England at Under 18’s level in 2003 has moved into the senior squad for the first time this season. 

 

AREA LEAGUES

 

League tables can be found on the following links, the * mark shown in the tables does not need to reproduced.

 

West Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26225

West Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26226

West Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26227

 

Central Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26222

Central Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26223

 

North Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26219

North Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26220

 

 

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 7 November 2010

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE – 7^th November 2010

 

ESMBA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

 

On Saturday (6 November) the local entrants for the ESMBA National Championships converged on Withiel Village Hall to contest the local qualification competitions.

 

First up was the Triples with four teams competing.  The first round of games saw Henry Kendall, Brenda Sleep & Max Burden defeat Meg Horrell, Joyce Ward & Ken Horrell 8-2 and Nicholas Truscott, Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore claim a 10-5 win against Roy Christophers, Kevin Williams & Ronald Thomas.  The second round of games saw Ronald Thomas’s team 8-7 winners against Max Burden and Ken Horrell claimed an 8-4 win against Peter Hore to leave all four teams on two points.  The final round of games saw Peter Hore take a 9-4 win against Max Burden to top the table with 4 points +1 shots and claim the place at the National Championships.  Ronald Thomas took an 8-5 win against to claim second place with 4 -4. 

 

Nine teams competed in the Pairs which saw the entrants split into three groups of three for the initial stages.  Kevin Williams & Ronald Thomas claimed a close group one with 3 points +1 shots ahead of Brenda Sleep & Max Burden with 2 points 0 shots after recording two draws and Joyce Ward & Ken Horrell with 1 -1.  Karen Watson & David Studden took Group Two honours with 4 +24.  Henry Kendall &Tony Liddicoat took second with 2 -10 ahead of Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore with 0 -14.  Jim & Carolyn Stanley scored 4 +11 to win Group three ahead of Meg Horrell & Joe Dixon  with 2-7 and Nicholas Truscott & Elise Daniell on 0 -4.

 

In the Semi Finals Kevin Williams & Ronald Thomas took an 11-9 win against Brenda Sleep & Max Burden to set up a final against Karen Watson & David Studden who came from behind to defeat Jim & Carolyn Stanley.  Karen & David claimed the place at the National Championships with an 8-2 win over Kevin & Ronald with an end to spare.

 

The afternoon session started with the Fours with four teams competing.  Meg Horrell, Henry Kendall, Joyce Ward & Ken Horrell started with a 6-4 win over Karen Watson, David Studden, Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore and Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott, Kevin Williams & Ronald Thomas claimed a 9-2 over Roy Christophers, Christine Coxall, Len Coxall & Mark Payne.  In the second round of games Ken Horrell’s Rink were comfortable 14-3 winners over Mark Payne’s team with Peter Hore’s team taking a 10-8 win against Ronald Thomas’s team after facing a potential match losing lie of 7 shots against on the final end.  The final round of games saw Ronald Thomas’s rink claim a 7-3 win against the previously unbeaten team led by Ken Horrell to leave both teams on 4 points +9 shots.  The slower pace of the game played between Peter Hore and Mark Payne allowed Peter to monitor the overall shots position on route to claiming a 12-2 win to finish on 4 points +10 shots to claim the Nationals place.

 

The final competition of the day was the singles with 8 players competing.  After a group stage the four bowlers progressing to the semi finals were Nigel Nicholls, Karen Watson, Ronald Thomas & Carolyn Stanley.  Karen claimed the first final spot defeating Carolyn with Ronald claiming the other by defeating Nigel, Karen went on to claim the place at the Nationals defeating Ronald in the Final.

 

INTER AREA LEAGUE

 

On Sunday attention turned to the Inter Area League at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin with West up against North and Central facing East.

 

West claimed victory over the North with all strong scoring in the Singles, Triples and Fours, the Pairs proving the only strong discipline for the North claiming 8 of the teams 12 points.  The final score being West 28 points 191 shots North 12 points 146 shots.

 

Central and East contested a much closer match with each session being shared 4 points apiece, Central claiming bonus points for shots in the Singles and Triples and East in the Pairs and Fours to leave the final score at Central 20 points 183 shots East 20 points 158 shots.

 

With one round of games left the table reads, West 54 pts, Central 51 pts, Eats 34 pts, North 21 pts.

 

AREA LEAGUES

 

League tables can be found on the following links, no need to publish the * mark shown in the tables or the points adjusted note.

 

West Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26225

West Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26226

West Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26227

 

Central Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26222

Central Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26223

 

North Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26219

North Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26220

 

 

Another busy weekend ahead with the County Mixed Fours on Saturday at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin with 23 teams entered.  On Sunday the County Squad travel to Dorset for the latest match in the South West group of the ESMBA Inter County Championship.  The selected teams were not available at the time of writing.