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CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 1st December 2013

INTER COUNTY v SOMERSET

On Saturday Cornwall travelled to Taunton Deane Indoor Bowls club to face Somerset in the ESMBA Inter County Championship.

The Premier Team, still seeking their first win of the season made a reasonable start in the first session to take a share of the points with wins for Nigel Nicholls (12-11) in the Singles and Graham Reeves & Nicholas Truscott (14-12) in the Pairs. The second session saw Cornwall move into the lead of the match with wins for Richard Brown, Ken Horrell & Neil Gribble (15-4) in the Triples and John Worton, Derek Elliott, Chris Roberts and Percy Tripp (11-5) in the Fours. A draw (6-6) for the second Cornwall Four of Lynn Davey, Joe Dixon, Luke Jolly & Peter Hore left Cornwall 9 points to 7 in the lead at the lunch break.

Cornwall were however unable though to convert the good start into a positive result as the managed just 5 points from the afternoon sessions. The third session saw a solitary point for Cornwall with a draw for Graham Reeves & Nicholas Truscott (11-11) in the Pairs. The final session saw Neil Gribble's Triple (9-5) and Percy Tripp's Four (10-8) complete the double of wins on the day but a number of heavy defeats across all disciplines saw Cornwall fail to pick up any of the eight bonus points on offer. The final match score Somerset 26 points 187 shots Cornwall 14 points 142 shots. With Devon defeating Dorset 28-12 on Sunday Cornwall are almost certain of finishing bottom of the group with the prospect of a potentially expensive preliminary round match in the Consolation knockout competition.

	P	W	D	L	PTS
Dorset	5	3	0	2	115
Somerset	4	4	0	0	91
Devon	4	2	0	2	89
Cornwall	5	0	0	5	65

The A Team, who started the weekend on top of the local table also took a share of the points in the first session with wins in the Pairs for Bill Sharp and Brenda Sleep (18-8) and Betty Temple-Smith & Max Burden (17-9). The points were again shared in the second session with Cornwall claiming both Triples, Meg Horrell, Jim Stanley & Carolyn Stanley (13-9) and Tony Jago, Alan Holden & Gary Davey (8-7).

The third session proved to be the decider with just a solitary win for Cornwall with Betty Temple-Smith & Max Burden completing a double on the day (20-8) ensuring Cornwall also claimed the Pairs bonus points. The final session saw Gary Davey's Triple complete a double (12-4) and the Four of Kath Goodman, Sheila Hodge, Pam Wlliams & Carol Ford win (10-8). Cornwall claimed the Triples bonus points and Somerset the Fours to leave the final match score Somerset 22 points 169 shots Cornwall 18 points 161 shots. In the weekends other match Dorset took a 21-19 win against Devon to leave three counties separated a point although Devon and Somerset have a game in hand over Cornwall. A strong result is needed in the final match on Sunday against Devon to avoid slipping to bottom spot.

	P	W	D	L	PTS
Cornwall	5	2	0	3	94
Devon	4	3	0	1	94
Somerset	4	3	0	1	93
Dorset	5	1	0	4	79

Cornwall's last group game will be played on Sunday at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club when Devon will be the visitors.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

On Sunday the final National Championship qualifiers were played at Carnmoggas. During the morning the Pairs was played in groups and on to a knockout where Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore defeated Janet Moyse & Peter Skinner 10-4 and John Worton & Chris Roberts were 7-3 winners against Derek Elliott and Mark Eddy. In the final Nicholls & Hore defeated Worton & Roberts 10-7 to secure a place in the National Championships in early April.

The afternoon saw a keenly contested Triples competition with no team going unbeaten through the afternoon. After missing out in the morning Worton & Roberts, joined by Richard Brown took the top spot. Nicholls & Hore, joined by Nicholas Truscott finished second with Brian Webb, Luke Jolly & Neil Gribble third and Dennis Shorthouse, Alan Holden & Gary Davey fourth.

To round off a long day of bowling a single game for the Mixed Fours was played with Nicholls and Hore joined by Elise Daniell and Gillian Cawrse defeating Diane & Dennis Shorthouse and Lynne and Gary Davey 10-7.

AREA LEAGUES

West Premier Division


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	St Ives	16	10	1	5	170	151	19	31
2	Newlyn Trinity Jowsters	16	9	1	6	192	136	56	30
3	Illogan	16	10	0	6	185	142	43	30
4	Helston Grylls	16	8	2	6	180	153	27	30
5	Holmans	16	10	0	6	158	150	8	30
6	Marazion Blackbirds	16	9	1	6	168	147	21	29
7	Penlee A	16	5	2	9	132	174	-42	18
8	Troon Tryers	16	5	1	10	141	181	-40	14
9	Helston Penrose	16	4	2	10	138	180	-42	14
10	Porthleven Fisherfolk	16	4	2	10	134	184	-50	14

West Division One


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	St Ives Belyars	12	9	0	3	155	97	58	34
2	St Ives St Eia	14	9	0	5	156	129	27	26
3	Hayle Foundry	14	8	0	6	137	134	3	22
4	Praa Sands Buckets	12	6	1	5	136	127	9	21
5	Penlee B	16	5	2	9	159	160	-1	20
6	Helston Wendron	14	6	1	7	124	161	-37	19
7	Centenary Spurs	12	5	2	5	113	121	-8	18
8	Newlyn Trinity Wreckers	12	5	0	7	125	130	-5	12
9	Marazion Choughs	14	4	0	10	128	174	-46	10

West Division Two


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Porthleven Treza	12	8	1	3	153	100	53	29
2	St Ives Knill	14	9	0	5	162	122	40	28
3	Hayle Copperhouse	12	7	0	5	125	127	-2	22
4	St Keverne Mannacles	12	6	0	6	128	113	15	18
5	St Keverne An Gof	12	5	1	6	119	139	-20	17
6	Bolitho Sinners	10	4	1	5	110	99	11	11
7	St Ives Trenwith	14	4	0	10	113	190	-77	10
8	Troon Pendarves	10	3	1	6	99	119	-20	9

Central Premier Division


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Ladock Braves	14	9	0	5	131	119	12	26
2	Lostwithiel Club	12	6	2	4	130	105	25	22
3	St Agnes Gulls	14	8	0	6	148	128	20	22
4	Treviscoe Whites	12	6	2	4	117	115	2	22
5	St Newlyn East Club	14	6	0	8	116	137	-21	20
6	Cubert Blues	14	6	1	7	125	159	-34	19
7	Ladock Chiefs	14	5	1	8	129	135	-6	17
8	Luxulyan Golds	12	5	0	7	125	109	16	16
9	Withiel Oaks	14	5	2	7	120	134	-14	16

Central Division One


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	St Stephen	12	10	0	2	135	84	51	30
2	Lanjeth Maroons	12	8	1	3	144	85	59	29
3	Kea	12	7	1	4	127	95	32	23
4	Perranporth Pilchards	12	7	0	5	115	108	7	20
5	St Agnes Cuckoos	12	6	0	6	112	115	-3	17
6	Cubert Royals	14	6	0	8	118	148	-30	15
7	Ladock Apaches	12	4	0	8	102	121	-19	14
8	Treviscoe Blues	14	4	0	10	111	155	-44	12
9	Goonbarrow Greens	12	3	0	9	84	137	-53	8

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	Duloe A	14	6	2	6	116	138	-22	22
4	Calstock	14	5	3	6	122	154	-32	19
5	Saltash Blues	14	5	2	7	137	126	11	18
6	Callington Eagles	14	6	0	8	119	118	1	18
7	Liskeard	14	5	1	8	105	139	-34	16
8	Saltash Whites	14	4	2	8	120	141	-21	15

East Division One


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Callington Falcons	16	12	0	4	180	116	64	34
2	Rilla Mill	16	8	0	8	171	119	52	27
3	Crafthole	16	9	0	7	159	155	4	27
4	Callington Hawks	16	8	0	8	136	156	-20	26
5	Pensilva	16	8	0	8	156	171	-15	23
6	Lanreath Greens	16	7	1	8	159	154	5	22
7	Lanreath Reds	16	8	0	8	139	158	-19	22
8	St Germans	16	7	1	8	146	170	-24	22
9	Torpoint	16	4	0	12	128	175	-47	14

North Division One


		P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Tintagel	6	5	0	1	137	110	27	14
2	Wadebridge A	6	3	0	3	125	99	26	10
3	Blisland	4	3	0	1	103	78	25	10
4	Lanteglos A	4	2	0	2	61	76	-15	6
5	Altarnun	5	1	0	4	73	101	-28	2
6	St Minver	5	1	0	4	77	112	-35	2

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	Wadebridge B	4	2	0	2	91	80	11	8
4	Poughill	4	3	0	1	82	77	5	8
5	Stratton A	6	3	0	3	122	120	2	8
6	Lanteglos Whites	8	2	0	6	153	172	-19	6