CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 14 April 2013

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 14 April 2013

On Sunday (14 April) the last competitive action of the season took place at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club with the Bebbington Cup and Under 25's contested.

First up was the Bebbington Cup where the four area league winners from across the county come together to determine the overall county league champions.

In the first round of games Treviscoe Whites (Central Area) and Callington Eagles (East Area) shared the points on offer with scores of 8-11 and 11-10.  Illogan (West Area) claimed maximum points against last years champions Lanteglos A (North) with scores of 10-7 and 11-9.

The second round of games saw Illogan comfortably take maximum points off Callington with scores of 13-2 and 17-3.  Treviscoe took three out of four points against Lanteglos with scores of 15-11 and 8-8.

In the final round of games Callington claimed maximum points against Lanteglos with scores of 9-7 and 12-3.  In the title deciding match up between Illogan and Treviscoe in was the West area team who claimed the advantage taking three points with scores of 14-6 and 7-7.

Teams

Treviscoe Whites

Callington Eagles

Lanteglos A

Illogan

Final Table

                   P W D L SF SA Pts

Illogan            6 5 1 0 72 34 11

Treviscoe Whites   6 2 2 2 55 61  6

Callington Eagles  6 3 0 3 47 59  6

Lanteglos A        6 0 1 5 45 65  1

Upon conclusion of the Bebbington Cup 5 of the counties youngest bowlers contested the County Under 25's title.  With a small entry all bowlers played each other in a league format to determine the winner.

The first round of games saw Elise Daniell (Holmans) defeat Rob Price-Brind (Treviscoe) 22-2.  Luke Jolly (Treviscoe) defeated Alice Grimshaw (Treviscoe), the youngest bowler competing, 15-6.  The second round of games saw Elise defeat Alice 14-4 and Karen Watson (Treviscoe) defeat Rob 14-5.  Round three saw Elise defeat Karen 19-6 and Luke defeat Rob 20-5.  Round four saw Luke and Karen play out a 12-12 draw and Rob score his only points of the day with a 16-3 win against Alice.  The final round of games saw Karen defeat Alice 13-8 and in the title deciding game Luke defeated Elise 14-5.

The final table

Luke Jolly      4 3 1 0 +33 7
Elise Daniell   4 3 0 1 +34 6
Karen Watson    4 2 1 1 + 1 5
Rob Price-Brind 4 1 0 3 -31 2

Alice Grimshaw  4 0 0 4 -37 0 

Next weekend a group of bowlers, (Peter Hore, Elise Daniell, Nigel Nicholls, Neil Gribble, Ken Horrell and Chris Roberts), travel to Torquay for the ESMBA/Torquay Leisure Hotels Top Club Championship up against 15 other teams from around the Country.  

The following weekend will see the County AGM held at Luxulyan Village Hall on Sunday 28th starting at 1430.

Over the weekend of the 11th and 12th May, Cornwall's National Championship Fours Runners Up Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott, Nigel Nicholls and Peter Hore travel to Bere Regis to compete in the Dorset Open Pairs and Fours.  The Pairs, a new competition this year will be played on the Saturday.  The Fours, in which they reached the semi final last year will be played on the Sunday.

Nicholas Truscott  
Press and Promotions Officer  
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association

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CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 13 April 2013

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release 13th April 2013

The final competitive action of the local short mat bowling season takes place at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club tomorrow, Sunday 14th April.

From 0900 the Bebbington Cup, County League Finals, will be contested by the four area league winners.  Representing the West will be Illogan who in the short existance of the club have secured back to back promotions and the Premier Division title in there first season in the top flight.  Central Area will be represented by Treviscoe Whites who secured the title by a single point from Ladock Chiefs.

The East Area representatives are Callington Eagles who finished two points ahead of Saltash Blues.  Completing the four team line up will be Lanteglos A, the defending champions, who represent the North Area.

Each club will be represented by an A and B rink with each club playing each A or B team playing in three rounds of games. The overall winners determined on points.

Upon conclusion of the Bebbington Cup the County Under 25s will be contested by 6 of the Counties youngest bowlers.  It is dissapointing that the entry is low for a competion that in the past has had around 20 entries.

Next weekend a group of bowlers travel to Torquay for the ESMBA/Torquay Leisure Hotels Top Club Championship up against 15 other teams from around the Country.  The following weekend will see the County AGM held at Luxulyan Village Hall on Sunday 28th.

Over the weekend of the 11th and 12th May, Cornwall's National Championship Fours Runners Up Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott, Nigel Nicholls and Peter Hore travel to Bere Regis to compete in the Dorset Open Fours, a competion in which they reached the semi finals last year.  They will also compete in the new Pairs competition on the same weekend.

Ends

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 7 April 2013

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Relese 7th April 2013

Cornwall enjoyed mixed fortunes at the ESMBA National Championships over the weekend.  The highlight was the Four of Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott, Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore reaching the final of Saturday's Fours competition.  The first time a team from Cornwall has progressed beyond the last 8 at the championships.

In the group stages they started with a strong showing against Derbyshire winning 12-3.  Qualification for the knockout stages was assured with a 17-5 win against East Sussex 1 in the second game.  Cheshire 3 defeated Cornwall in the final group game 6-12 to guarantee thier own progression to the knock out rounds.

In the second round Cornwall faced Essex 4 against whom a lead was built up and defended for a 7-2 win.  The third round saw Cheshire 1 provide the opposition and saw Cornwall need to come from behind to win 8-10 to move into the Quarter Finals.  East Sussex 2 provided the opoosition in the last 8 and were brushed aside 16-7.  A tight Semi Final saw Cornwall against West Midlands 2 and after again coming from behind to force an extra end it was Cornwall who held their nerve to claim the game 8-7.  The final proved a step to far as opponents Oxford 2 skipped by youngster AJ Brown quickly opened a large lead, thanks in part to a 6 on the second end, going on to win 17-5.

The result proves that county have the talent to compete on the National stage yet it is a shame that every year competition organisers struggle to get enough entries to run local qualification competitions.

The second Cornwall team competing on Saturday also enjoyed a good run.  John Worton, Neil Gribble, Ken Horrell & Chris Roberts were group winners beating a strong Dorset rink 7-3, Hertfordshire 2 11-1 and a narrow loss against Hampshire 2 4-7.  In the second round West Sussex 1 were defeated 13-6.  The third round saw them up against eventual winners Oxford 2 losing 2-10.

On the other days of competition David Studden reached the third round of the Singles on Thursday.  Having won his group with wins against Tony Gayler (Herts) 17-2 and Geoff Booth (Derby) 16-4 and a narrow defeat to Sean Thompson (Worcs) 7-9 David comfortably defeated Ian Davis (Worcs) 13-2 in the Second round.  Craig Strong (West Mids) ended David's day in the third round with a 5-15 defeat.

On Friday Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore played in the Pairs. Their first game saw them take a 10-9 win against Bucks 1.  An 9-11 defeat to Dorset 2 left Peter & Nigel needing to beat Derby to be sure of progression to knockout stages.  They duly won the game 12-5 to progress to play Essex 1.  Essex 1 edged a close Second round game 11-10 to end Peter and Nigel's day early.

Sunday's Triples proved disappointing after the high of Saturday as Nicholas Truscott, Nigel Nicholls and  Peter Hore failed to win a game in a difficult group and failing to progress to the knockout stages.  The game scores were 7-16 against Northants, 9-15 against Gloucester 3 and 3-16 against North Yorkshire.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA