Sunday 24 January 2016

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 24 January 2016



Swedish Masters & Inter Area
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CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE
24 January 2016

Swedish Masters
Three local bowlers, Elise Daniell, Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore, recently made the trip to Stromstad in Sweden to compete in the Short Mat Players Tour Swedish Masters.
Elise won three out of five games in the group stages to finish second in Group 9 and qualify for a SMPT Main Knock-out for the first time.  In the last 16 she lost 13-9 to Belguim's Jonathan Payne.  Nigel was unbeaten in Group 7 to set up a last 16 match against eventual winner Swede Marcus Almen losing a tight match 12-10.  Peter found was drawn in Group 2 and despite winning three games and drawing another could only finish third such was the difference in quality between the three players with England experience and the three Nordic players in the group.  In the last 16 of the Plate competition Peter faced Sweden's Daniele Giorgini winning 13-5.  Quarter Final opponent was England's Mike Shaw with a comfortable 17-4 win recorded.  Semi Final opponent was Sweden's Jorgen Karlsson who brought Peter's run in the competition to an end with a 19-3 defeat.

The current SMPT Top 10 is

WORLD RANK-PLAYER-COUNTRY-TOTAL
1-Mark Beattie-Ireland-1151
2-Dimitri Payne-Belgium-909
3-Jonathan Payne-Belgium-901
4-Joel Hager-Sweden-850
5-Andrew Morrison-Ireland-755
6-Jal Richardson-Ireland-719
7-Dick Almen-Sweden-701
8-Joseph Beattie-Ireland-679
9-Pauline Beattie-Ireland-672
10-Lee Toleman-England-661
Local player rankings are
85-Peter Hore-220
89-Richard Kerr-212.25
93-Nigel Nicholls-207
144-Elise Daniell-133
172-Dennis Shorthouse-113
187-Neil Gribble-103
224-Luke Jolly-82
275-Ed Dyer-55
441-Tom Westlake-9

Inter Area League
The final round of Inter Area Matches was played at Carnmoggas on Sunday 17th January.

West defeated Central 21-19 and North beat East 22-18.  Central have finished top with 73 points with East second with 60, North third on 54 and West bottom on 53.

ESMBA Open Fours
Cornwall's England squad members competed in the ESMBA Open Fours on Saturday 16th January.  Full result information has unfortunately not been published by the ESMBA.  Nigel Nicholls, David Studden & Gillian Cawrse joined by Devon's Simon Pridham progressed the furthest losing in the Quarter Finals to Gloucestershire's Ryan Knight, Ollie Hipkiss, Steve Holdsworth & Jake Atrill.  Peter Hore & Elise Daniell teamed up with fellow England Squad members Steven Packer & Nicky Bartlett losing in the last 16.  Tom Westlake, Ed Dyer & Karen Watson were joined by Somerset's Karl Hudson substituting for the unavailable Luke Jolly qualified for the Plate competition where they lost in the last 16. 

Forthcoming Events
The next event in the calendar is the A Team's Inter County Last 16 match against Cheshire over the weekend of 6/7th February.

National Championship Allocations
Cornwall's National Championship allocations have been confirmed with the following competing at Church Gresley in April.
Singles: Karen Watson; Nigel Nicholls
Pairs: Martin Boraston & Gary Davey; Mike Dyer & Kevin Williams; Peter Hore & Karen Watson
Triples: Elise Daniell, Nick Truscott & Peter Hore; Sandra Worton, John Worton & Chris Roberts; Mike Dyer, David Balow & Kevin Williams
Fours: David Studden, Percy Tripp, Gill Cawrse & Nigel Nicholls; Elise Daniell, Dennis Shorthouse, Neil Gribble & Peter Hore
Mixed Fours: Elise Daniell, Gill Cawrse, Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore
League Tables
Up to date league tables can be accessed by following this link http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=tabledisplayall


ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association

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E-mail - cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com
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Sunday 3 January 2016

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 3 January 2016

Four Wood Pairs
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CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE
3 January 2016

County Four Wood Pairs
With the New Year celebrations barely over Cornwall's Short Mat Bowlers were back in action over the weekend at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club for the County Four Wood Pairs.  On Saturday 24 teams were drawn in 6 groups of 4 with group winners and 2 runners-up going forward to a knock-out round.

Blisland's Mike Webster & Henry Matthews topped Group One with 4 points +16 shots ahead of Neil Gribble (Landrake) & Gillian Cawrse (Lostwithiel) on 4 +10 which earned them the second of the two runners-up spots.  Mark Payne (Newlyn Trinity) & Nigel Jelbert (Penlee) topped Group Two with 6 +21 with Wadebridge's Robin Burden & John Menhenick second on 2 -3.  Treviscoe's Sarah Grimshaw & Tony Jago took the top spot in Group Three with 6 +15, second placed Henry Kendall & Tony Liddicoat (Withiel) claimed the first of the runners-up spots with 4 +13.

Group Four winners were Martin Boraston (East Taphouse) & Gary Davey (Landrake) with 6 +27 ahead of Liskeard's Shelia Hodge & Tony Baldwin on 4 +7.  Dobwalls' Bill Sharp & Brenda Sleep topped Group Five with 6 +28 with Treviscoe's Carolyn & Jim Stanley second on 2 -8.  Group Six saw another Treviscoe pairing in top spot with Chris Fry and Tom Westlake on 6 +25 with Hayle's June Trestrail & Chris Harris second on 4 +9.

In the knock-out round G Cawrse defeated N Jelbert 12-5.  T Jago raced to a 9-0 lead against H Matthews and despite a comeback from the latter went on to win 10-6.  Scores of three on each of the first two ends set up G Davey for an 11-5 winn against T Westlake and in the final game T Liddicoat defeated B Sleep 9-6.

On Sunday 22 teams were drawn into 5 groups, 1 of six and 4 of four with group winners and 3 runners-ip going forward to a knock-out round.

Ladock's Sandra & John Worton topped Group One with 6 +37 ahead of Betty Temple-Smith (Blisland) & Ruth Newbury (Wadebridge) on 4 +11 who qualified as second runners-up. Holman's Elise Daniell & Peter Hore won Group Two with 5 +18 with Landrake's Dennis Shorthouse & Richard Kerr second on 4 + 12 to give them the top runners-up spot.  The weekends top score came in Group Three where David Balow (Marazion) & David Studden (Holmans) scored 6 +46 ahead of Ladock's Richard Brown & Graham Luke on 4 +1.

Illogan's Linda Martin & Gerald Fisher topped Group Four on 4 +15 ahead of Kath Goodman (Treviscoe) & Karen Watson (Saltash) on 4 +7 who took the final runners-up spot.  Newlyn Trinity's Mike Dyer & Nigel Nicholls took top spot in Group Five with 6 +24 ahead of Wadebridge's David Shaw & Paul Spencer on 4 +\- 0.

The draw for the knock-out round saw the three qualified runners-up face the pairings they had already met in the group stages.  P Hore came from 0-5 down against R Kerr to win 10-7.  In a game which saw the lead change hands four times and never more than two shots advantage either way D Studden defeated N Nicholls 8-6.  K Watson won 7 of the 9 ends against G Fisher to win 8-4 and the final game saw R Newbury defeat J Worton 9-6.

Swedish Masters
This weekend Peter Hore, Elise Daniell & Nigel Nicholls travel to Stromstad in Sweeden to compete in the Short Mat Players Tour Swedish Masters.

Peter is drawn in Group Two where he will face Stephen Proctor & James Smith from England, Norway's Frode Coppered & Kai Aslak Holte and Sweden's Peter Cronstromin.  In Group Seven Nigel faces Sweden's Birgit Dahlgren, Ingvar Nelson, Eva Nelson & Ulf Hällstrand and Northern Ireland's Sam Moore.  Elise is drawn in Group Nine where Sweden's Jorgen Karlsson & Lillian Gjermo, Isle of Man's Michael Collister, Norway's Kjetil Grønseth and Belguim's Dimitri Payne provide the opposition.

Results can be followed online at the following links

Peter Hore - http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/teammatches.aspx?id=659B39F5-0B4F-4F5B-990A-459BC937A583&tid=10
Nigel Nicholls - http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/teammatches.aspx?id=659B39F5-0B4F-4F5B-990A-459BC937A583&tid=57
Elise Daniell - http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/teammatches.aspx?id=659B39F5-0B4F-4F5B-990A-459BC937A583&tid=28

Forthcoming Events
For the rest of January, with the exception of the final round of Inter Area League fixtures on the Sunday 17th January, English Association events take over the calendar.  On the 16th the ESMBA Open Fours will be contested with the winners earning a place in the England team at the forthcoming World Championships.  The following day the England squad have a practice day planned.  The following weekend regional qualifiers for the ESMBA/Torquay Leisure Hotels Top Club will be played.  On the 30th the Cornwall A Team have qualified to play will play the ICC Rinks finals in Daventry against Kent, West Sussex, Suffolk, Surrey, Somerset, North Yorkshire and Northampton.

League Tables
Up to date league tables can be accessed by following this link http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=tabledisplayall

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association

Tel - 07800 916059
E-mail - cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com
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