Sunday 13 April 2014

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 13 April 2014

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE - 13 April 2014

ESMBA/TLH TOP CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Over the weekend two teams representing the Holmans club competed in the English Short Mat Bowling Association/Torquay Leisure Hotels Top Club Championship in Torquay.

In the Group Stages Holmans 2 (John Worton, Chris Roberts, Luke Jolly, Ken Horrell, Martin Boraston and Alan Holden) were drawn in group 1 to face Portsdown (Hampshire), Templecombe 1 (Somerset) and E57 Rollers (West Midlands).  The first game resulted in a 2-7 points and 24-39 shots defeat to the E57 Rollers.  The second group game was against Templecombe 1 with a narrow 5 points to 4 and 34 shots to 32 win.  The final group game against Portsdown was won 7 points to 2 and 29 shots to 27.  This left the team in second place in the group and through to the knock-out stages.

Holmans 1 (Peter Hore, Elise Daniell, Mark Eddy, Nigel Nicholls, Gillian Cawrse and Neil Gribble) were drawn in group 2 to face Gloster Knights (Gloucestershire), Kingscliffe 2 (Somerset) and Templecombe 2 (Somerset).  The first game against Templecombe 2 was won comfortably 6 points to 3 and 45 shots to 20.  Against Kingscliffe 2 Holmans were dominant taking all 9 points and a 56-20 shots advantage.  The final group game against Gloster Knights was closely fought with Holmans losing out by 4 points to 5 and 29 shots to 32.  The result was enough to see both teams through with Holmans 1 topping the group.

In the Quarter Finals competition both Holmans teams were drawn to play each other.  Holmans 1 claimed the Singles 13-4 with the Fours drawn 8-8 in the first session.  In the second session the pairs were drawn 8-8 and a tight Triples game ended in a 6-3 advantage to Holmans 2 to leave Holmans 1 to progress to the Semi Finals by 5 points to 4 and 32 shots to 26. 

In the Semi Finals, Kingscliffe 1 (Somerset) proved the opposition.  Nigel Nicholls won the Singles comfortably 18-8 but in the Fours Elise Daniell, Neil Gribble, Gillian Cawrse & Peter Hore went down to a 6-7 loss.  In the second session Mark Eddy & Nigel Nicholls lost 6-12 in the Pairs and Elise Daniell, Neil Gribble & Peter Hore won 12-5 in the Triples which added up to a 5 points to 4 and 40 shots to 32 win.

In the first session of the Final against Gloster Knights Nigel Nicholls lost the Singles 5-11 and Mark Eddy, Neil Gribble, Gillian Cawrse & Peter Hore the Fours 4-7 to leave it all to do in the second session.  Mark Eddy & Peter Hore won the Pairs 12-8 and Elise Daniell, Gillian Cawrse & Nigel Nicholls the Triples 11-4 t leave the final score 5 points to 4 and 32 shots to 30 in Holmans 1's favour securing the first major National Short Mat Bowls title to come to Cornwall in the 24 year history of the CCSMBA.

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Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer 
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
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Tuesday 8 April 2014

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 8 April 2014

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 8 April 2014

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Over the weekend the National Championships were contested at Church Gresley Indoor Bowling Club in Derbyshire with mixed fortunes for Cornwall's representatives.

On Thursday the Singles was contested with Peter Hore (Holmans) and Alan Holden (Landrake) representing Cornwall.  In the group stages Peter started with a 17-6 win against Hertfordshire's Margaret Regan.  His second game resulted in a 9-12 loss to Gloucestershire's Jake Atrill before defeating Devon's Michael Avery 9-6 to finish on 4 points +11 shots in second place in the group.

In the second round Peter faced defending champion Jason McLean of Hampshire winning 11-6.  The third round saw Northamptonshire's Leigh Hall providing the opposition as Peter progressed with a 9-8 win.  Peter's run ended in the Quarter Finals with a 4-11 defeat against Sean Conroy of North Yorkshire.

Alan lost his first game 8-12 to Richard Nicholl of Surrey.  In his second game he defeated Martin Simcock of Shropshire 14-7 before going down to a 5-11 defeat in the third game against Pauline Taylor of Hertfordshire.

On Friday attention turned to the Pairs with Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) teaming up with Peter and John Worton & Chris Roberts (Ladock) representing Cornwall.  Peter & Nigel made a poor start with 3-14 defeat against Oxfordshire's Gareth Davies & Roger Wiggins.  A second defeat followed against Somerset's Chris & Celia Jeans 7-11.  The final game saw the pair take an 11-4 win against Buckinghamshire's Irene Roberts & Jack Rutley but this was not enough to qualify for the knockout stages.

John & Chris started with a 10-4 win against Buckinghamshire's Val & Brian Latham.  The second game saw the pair lose to Shropshire's Warwick France & Dave Wall 3-10.  The final group game ended in a comprehensive win against Wiltshire's Geoff Lane & Pete Sullivan 15-1 to confirm second place in the group and progression to the knockout stages.

In the second round John & Chris faced Gloucestershire's Jack and Ryan Knight losing 10-12.

Saturday saw the Fours contested with Nigel & Peter joined by Elise Daniell (Holmans) & Nicholas Truscott (Luxulyan) to make up one team and Alan Holden joined by Landrake team mates Dennis Shorthouse, Gary Davey & Neil Gribble to form the second team.

Peter's four started with a well earned victory over Devon's Elliot James, Bronagh Malone, James Smith & Lee Tolman 10-7.  The second game was also won 10-4 against Surrey's Mary Sheather, Phyl Lister, Dennis McGuiness & Peter Sheather.  Controversy surrounded the end of the final group game against Suffolk's Cheryl Graham, June Dickens, Joanne Clements & Derek Adams with Cornwall leading 6-5 and with three bowls, two Suffolk and one Cornwall jammed around the jack Peter opted not to bowl his last bowl and take the tied end.  An umpire was called to confirm the result and he determined two shots to Suffolk, the Cornwall bowl having moved away from the jack, resulting in defeat 6-7.  With Devon's Lee Tolman winning 29-0 in his last game Cornwall were pushed into second place in the group.  In the second round Peter's team faced Cheshire's Ben Holbrook, Keith Lackford, John Manley and Steve Proctor losing 11-5.

Neil's team started off with a well earned victory over the Hampshire team of Phil Mills, Jody Bright, Tom Clough & Ben Pay 9-8.  The second group game saw them defeat Hertfordshire's Cherry Nolan, Ted Nolan, Brian McGiven & Clive Mark 10-3.  The final game saw them up against Cheshire's Ste Tinsley, Keith Smith, Geoff Lee & Grant Soller losing 11-3 which left them with insufficient shot difference to progress to the knock out stages.

On Sunday the Triples concluded the Championships with Nicholas, Nigel and Peter forming one team and John & Chris joined by Richard Brown (Ladock) to make up the other team.

Chris lost his first game 5-11 against Essex's Peter Fautley, Steve Killington & Anthony Fautley and was subsequently beaten 8-9 by North Yorkshire's Gordon Raggett, Dave Herbert & Danny Langdon.  The final group game resulted in victory against Somerset's Dan Windmill, Andrew Pinkawa & Jim Mannell 8-2 which was enough to see them qualify for the second round where they met Essex's Sadie Young, Mitchell Young and Adam Sultana losing 9-7.

Peter's day got off to the worse possible start with an 8-14 defeat to Buckinghamshire's Howard Cave, Keith Patrick & Paul Knight.  A 9-5 win followed in the second group game against Cheshire's Alan Whitelegg, Steve Burrows & Dennis Leather.  With each of the four teams having won a game after the first four only a win would do against North Yorkshire's Roger Green, Dave Newsome & Rose Haynes and the team delivered with a 10-5 victory which was enough to top the group on shot difference.

In the second round they faced Norfolk's Ray Lamb, Robbie Lamb & Keith Cooke winning 11-4.  The third round opponents were three of the four who denied the Cornwall team in the Fours final last year, Oxfordshire's Geoff Cross, Gareth Davies & AJ Brown.  A tight match went the way of the Cornwall trio with a 7-3 win.  Into the Quarter Finals Essex's Peter Fautley, Steve Killington & Anthony Fautley provided the opposition as the Cornwall trio marched on with a 9-8, a four on the final end to the Essex trio tightening up the final score.

The Semi Final opposition came from Hampshire's Mike Wright, Mark Hollis & Shane Davison with the Cornwall trio moving into the final with an 8-6 victory.  The opponents in the final were Devon's Bronagh Malone, James Smith & Lee Toleman.  In a tight match the final result was decided by a couple of key shots which which saw the Devon team take the win 7-4, leaving Nicholas, Nigel and Peter as runners up for a second year.  

ENDS

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer 
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
Tel:    07800 916059
E-mail: cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ccsmba
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