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CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 24 November 2013

COUNTY TRIPLES

Over the weekend 39 teams competed in the County Triples competition at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club with 19 playing on Saturday and 20 on Sunday.

On Saturday teams were split into four groups with just the group winners going forward to the County Finals later in the season.

Group One, a group of six, came down to a deciding game between Newlyn Trinity's Ken Weeks, Ray Jeffery & Nigel Nicholls who had recorded two dominant wins and Holman's Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott and Peter Hore who also had two wins albeit less dominant. In the decider it was the Holmans team who proved stronger taking a 12-2 win to finish on 6 points +24 shots. Group Two, a group of five, went the way of Treviscoe's Simon Groves, Gordon & Jenny Smith who defeated Duloe's Alan Trubshaw, Bob Bishop and Roy Saxby 13-10 in the deciding game to finish on 6 +9.

In Group Three a draw in the final game was enough for Illogan's Joe Coups, Linda Martin & Gerry Fisher to edge out there opponents from Ladock, Edward Wakeley, Sandra and John Worton by one shot finishing on 5 +8. The final qualifiers from Group Four were Diane & Martin Williams (Penlee) and Mark Payne (Newlyn Trinity) with 6 +18.

Sunday's format was different with 5 groups with group winners and three runners up going forward to an additional knock out round.

Group One produced two qualifiers with Withiel's Joe Dixon, Meg and Ken Horrell topping the table with 4 +16 and Treviscoe's Kath Goodman, Luke Jolly and Karen Watson winning the last game against Saltash's Melba Kitt, Graham Reeves and Jim Ashton 13-4 to secure one of the runners-up spot with 4 +8. A 10-10 draw in the final game of Group Two ensured both dominant teams in the group qualified. Marilyn Stewart, Arthur Hambley (Withiel) and Keith Matthews (Blisland) finishing with 5 +32 and Tintagel's Emma Provis, Sheila & Robert Flower finishing on 5 +22.

Group Three saw Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake), Gillian Cawrse (Luxulyan) and Neil Gribble (Landrake) the the weekends biggest score with 6 +36 and wre joined in the play off draw by Wadebridge's Paul Spencer, Ruth Newbury and Derek Swaby who finished on 4 +6. Group Four went the way of St Minver's Janet Carter, Brian Crank and David Topliffe with 5 +6 and he final qualifiers were Dobwall's Bill Sharp, Brenda Sleep and Max Burden (Dobwalls) with 5 +7.

Sundays qualifiers for the County finals were determined by a single knock out round which saw Max Burden defeat Robert Flower 12-3. Derek Swaby was a 12-5 winner against Keith Matthews. Neil Gribble defeated Karen Watson 9-6 and David Topliffe won a tight match against Ken Horrell 9-8.

INTER AREA LEAGUE

The second round of Inter Area League matches was played recently at Carnmoggas. West area took a second consecutive win in this years competition with a 30 shots to 10 and 197 shots to 153 result against the North area to consolidate the top spot in the table. East area recorded there first win of the year with a 29-11 and 193-146 win over the Central area.

The final round of fixtures will be played on January 19 at Carnmoggas when North will face East and Central take on West

Table

P W D L SF SA Pts

West 2 2 0 0 379 330 54

East 2 1 0 1 370 328 45

Central 2 1 0 1 353 329 38

North 2 0 0 2 283 404 23

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Saturday Cornwall travel to Taunton to meet Somerset in the ESMBA Inter County Championship. Cornwall's Premier Team have yet to record a win this season and currently lie some way adrift at the bottom of the table. The A Team who are enjoying a good run of form with two wins against Dorset will be looking to consolidate a place in the Main Knockout competition with another strong result.

LEAGUE TABLES

West Premier Division


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Newlyn Trinity Jowsters	14	9	1	4	174	112	62	30
2	Holmans	14	9	0	5	143	122	21	28
3	Helston Grylls	14	7	2	5	152	138	14	26
4	St Ives	14	8	1	5	141	142	-1	25
5	Illogan	14	8	0	6	161	124	37	24
6	Marazion Blackbirds	14	7	1	6	143	130	13	23
7	Porthleven Fisherfolk	14	4	2	8	125	155	-30	14
8	Helston Penrose	14	4	2	8	121	155	-34	14
9	Penlee A	14	4	2	8	110	154	-44	14
10	Troon Tryers	14	4	1	9	121	159	-38	12

West Division One


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	St Ives Belyars	10	8	0	2	136	76	60	32
2	St Ives St Eia	12	8	0	4	135	110	25	22
3	Praa Sands Buckets	12	6	1	5	136	127	9	21
4	Helston Wendron	14	6	1	7	124	161	-37	19
5	Centenary Spurs	12	5	2	5	113	121	-8	18
6	Penlee B	14	4	2	8	135	139	-4	16
7	Hayle Foundry	12	6	0	6	109	127	-18	16
8	Newlyn Trinity Wreckers	10	4	0	6	104	106	-2	10
9	Marazion Choughs	12	4	0	8	121	146	-25	10

West Division Two


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Porthleven Treza	10	7	0	3	136	84	52	24
2	St Ives Knill	12	7	0	5	133	110	23	22
3	St Keverne B	10	6	0	4	109	89	20	18
4	Hayle Copperhouse	10	5	0	5	101	108	-7	16
5	St Keverne A	10	4	1	5	95	121	-26	13
6	Bolitho Sinners	8	4	1	3	98	70	28	11
7	Troon Pendarves	8	3	0	5	83	102	-19	8
8	St Ives Trenwith	12	3	0	9	95	166	-71	8

Central Premier Division


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Ladock Braves	12	9	0	3	122	93	29	26
2	Lostwithiel	12	6	2	4	130	105	25	22
3	St Newlyn East	14	6	0	8	116	137	-21	20
4	Cubert Blues	12	6	1	5	116	116	0	19
5	Treviscoe Whites	10	5	1	4	95	98	-3	17
6	Ladock Chiefs	14	5	1	8	129	135	-6	17
7	St Agnes Gulls	12	6	0	6	122	119	3	16
8	Withiel Oaks	12	5	1	6	103	112	-9	15
9	Luxulyan Golds	10	3	0	7	82	100	-18	10

Central Division One


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	St Stephen	10	9	0	1	110	69	41	26
2	Lanjeth Maroons	10	7	0	3	125	72	53	24
3	Kea	10	7	0	3	114	76	38	22
4	Perranporth Pilchards	12	7	0	5	115	108	7	20
5	St Agnes Cuckoos	10	6	0	4	101	93	8	17
6	Cubert Royals	12	5	0	7	99	130	-31	11
7	Treviscoe Blues	12	3	0	9	93	136	-43	10
8	Ladock Apaches	10	2	0	8	80	110	-30	8
9	Goonbarrow Greens	10	2	0	8	69	112	-43	6

North Division One


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Tintagel	6	5	0	1	137	110	27	14
2	Blisland	4	3	0	1	103	78	25	10
3	Wadebridge A	5	3	0	2	110	82	28	8
4	Lanteglos A	4	2	0	2	61	76	-15	6
5	Altarnun	3	0	0	3	43	60	-17	0
6	St Minver	4	0	0	4	51	99	-48	0

North Division Two


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Boscastle	6	3	1	2	126	121	5	13
2	Lanteglos Reds	4	2	1	1	77	81	-4	9
3	Stratton A	5	3	0	2	111	96	15	8
4	Wadebridge B	4	2	0	2	91	80	11	8
5	Poughill	4	3	0	1	82	77	5	8
6	Lanteglos Whites	7	1	0	6	129	161	-32	2

East Premier Division


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Landrake	14	12	0	2	187	100	87	36
2	Dobwalls	14	7	2	5	123	113	10	24
3	Callington Eagles	12	6	0	6	110	95	15	18
4	Liskeard	12	5	1	6	101	106	-5	16
5	Duloe A	12	4	2	6	90	126	-36	16
6	Saltash Whites	12	4	2	6	108	115	-7	15
7	Calstock	12	3	3	6	99	145	-46	13
8	Saltash Blues	12	3	2	7	104	122	-18	12

East Division One


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Callington Hawks	12	8	0	4	117	103	14	26
2	Rilla Mill	14	7	0	7	151	106	45	23
3	Callington Falcons	12	8	0	4	122	98	24	22
4	Lanreath Reds	14	8	0	6	123	126	-3	22
5	St Germans	12	6	1	5	113	119	-6	20
6	Lanreath Greens	12	6	1	5	130	105	25	19
7	Crafthole	12	6	0	6	113	121	-8	18
8	Pensilva	12	4	0	8	98	143	-45	11
9	Torpoint	12	2	0	10	92	138	-46	8