Sunday 24 September 2017

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 24 September 2017

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release - 24 September 2017

Inter County Championship
On Sunday Cornwall faced Somerset in the first match of the 2017/18 ESMBA Inter County Championship Season at Donyatt IBC.

Cornwall's Premier Team, who achieved there best ever finish in the competition last season when they lost in the final to West Midands are looking to go one better this year.

Cornwall started strongly in the first session winning all four mats.  In the Singles Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore won 16-11 & 16-8 respectively.  In the Pairs David Balow and David Studden won 15-13 and Martin Boraston & Gill Cawrse won 11-10.  The second session saw a solid response from Somerset restricting Cornwall to just one win on the four mats, Bob Banks, John Worton & Chris Roberts 16-11 in the Triples.  At the halfway stage Cornwall led 10 points to 6.

The mats were shared in the third session with Nicholls winning 16-9 in the Singles and Boraston & Cawrse winning 16-15 in the Pairs.  Cornwall claimed the bonus points in the Singles by 13 shots but missed out on the Pairs by 3.  With a session to play Cornwall led 16-12.  The final session again saw the mats shared with Roberts' Triple winning 16-7 and Elise Daniell, Richard Kerr, Percy Tripp & Callum Beale winning 13-6 in the Fours.  Cornwall took the Triples bonus points by 6 shots but were someway behind for the Fours.

The final match score Somerset 18 points  188 shots Cornwall 22 points 182 shots.

Individual Scores (Cornwall First)
Singles:- Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 16-11 & 16-9 and Peter Hore (Holmans) 16-8 &  9-16.
Pairs:- David Balow (Marazion) & David Studden (Holmans) 15-13 & 8-15 and Martin Boraston (East Taphouse) & Gill Cawrse (Lostwithiel) 11-10 & 16-15.
Triples:- Bob Banks (Boscastle), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Chris Roberts (Ladock) 16-11 & 16-7 and Rose Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Keith Williams (Penlee) & Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity) 9-10 & 5-12.
Fours:- Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake), Graham Ford (Ladock), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) & Luke Jolly (Withiel) 3-14 & 6-15 and Elise Daniell (Holmans), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Percy Tripp (Newlyn Trinity) & Callum Beale (Blisland) 7-16 & 13-6

Cornwall's A Team suffered a heavy defeat losing 30 points to 10 and 221 shots to 145.  Cornwall points coming from wins for Des Pengelly & Sandra Worton 12-9 in the first session of Pairs.  Carol Dodd, John Dodd & Brian Wakeley 17-5 in the morning Triples, Meg Horrell, Nathan Waters, Brenda Sleep & Ken Horrell 13-7 in the morning Fours.  Heidi Kerr, Betty Temple-Smith & Mike Webster 22-7 in the afternoon Triples and Sheila Hodge, Dianne Shorthouse, Lynne Davey & Gary Davey took a 9-8 win in the Fours with the last wood of the game.  Cornwall failed to pick up any bonus points, coming closest in the Triples missing out by 4.

Individual Scores (Cornwall First)
Singles:- Alan Holden (Landrake) 10-13 & 2-22 and Ronnie Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) 10-15 & 6-17.
Pairs:- Graham Reeves (Saltash) & Henry Kendall (Withiel) 5-18 & 10-20 and Des Pengelly (Landrake) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 12-9 & 10-11.
Triples:- Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East), John Dodd (St Newlyn East) & Brian Wakeley (Ladock) 17-5 & 5-26 and Heidi Kerr (Landrake), Betty Temple Smith (Blisland) & Mike Webster (Blisland) 6-16 & 22-7
Fours:- Meg Horrell (Withiel), Nathan Waters (Withiel), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) & Ken Horrell (Withiel) 13-7 & 3-13 and Sheila Hodge (Liskeard), Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake), Lynne Davey (Landrake) & Gary Davey (Landrake) 5-14 & 9-8.

Cornwall are next in action on Sunday 8th October when they travel to Exeter to face Devon.

Before that match next weekend see's a number of bowlers travel to Tamworth for the ESMBA Open Pairs on Saturday and England squad members have a squad day on Sunday.  In the County the first round of Inter Area League matches take place at Carnmoggas on Sunday with North against Central and East against West.  On Saturday 7th October the County Mixed Fours will be played at Carnmoggas.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

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Sunday 17 September 2017

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 17 September 2017

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release - 17 September 2017

County Team & Inter County Championship
On Sunday the County Team Trials were held at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club with Team Manager Gill Cawrse trying a number of combinations of players across the four sessions of play.

With a number of players unavailable for Sundays session, the team practice session on Saturday will give another opportunity to fine tune the team ahead of Sunday's match away to Somerset at Donyatt Indoor Bowling Club. 

Somerset's Premier Team started the season with a 27-13 win away to Devon whilst there A Team lost 15-25 to Devon.  This weekend Devon travel to Dorset.

Short Mat Players Tour Irish Open
Over the weekend three bowlers travelled to Belfast to compete in the Short Mat Players Tour Irish Open.

Elise Daniell topped Group Ten with 10 points after recording three wins, a draw and a loss.  In the Cup Knockout Elise lost in the last 64 to Nathan Haire 4-15.  Elise has jumped nearly 100 places in the SMPT rankings to 117th with 169 points and 76th in the Order of Merit with 83 points.

Nigel Nicholls finished second in Group Thirteen after recording four wins and a loss.  In the Cup Knockout Nigel reached with last 32 with a win over Alan Browne 12-9 before defeat to Martin Trainor 6-7.  Nigel has moved into the top 20 in the rankings holding 19th place with 520.50 points and 6th in the Order of Merit with 197 points.

Three wins in Group Five was only enough to see Peter Hore finish fourth in the group and take a place in the Plate Knockout where he was knocked out in the last 64 by James Shaw 2-8. Peter holds 41st place in the with 328 points and 122nd on the Order of Merit with 52 points.

Full results from the the event can be found at https://shortmatplayerstour.com/tournaments/upcoming-tournaments/irish-open-2017/.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

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Sunday 10 September 2017

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 10 September 2017

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release - 3 September 2017

County Team
The main Short Mat Bowls season gets underway in Cornwall on Sunday (17th September) with the annual county team trials at Carnmoggas when invited bowlers will play for one of the 40 places available in one of the county Premier or A teams to face Somerset at Donyatt Indoor Bowling Club a week later on the 24th.  Players selected will have an additional practice day at Carnmoggas on Saturday 23rd September.

Short Mat Players Tour
Peter Hore, Elise Daniell and Nigel Nicholls travel to Belfast this weekend to take part in the Short Mat Players Tour Irish Open competition which features a full entry of 192 bowlers from 10 countries.

Peter is drawn in Group 5 with five Irish bowlers including Stuart McSorley who finished fourth in the recent UK Open.  Elise will lines up in Group 10 against 4 Irish and 1 Welsh bowler.  Nigel faces Devon's James Trott and 4 Irish bowlers in Group 13.

More information about the event can be found at https://shortmatplayerstour.com/tournaments/upcoming-tournaments/irish-open-2017/.  The SMPT will update results across the two days on their website and social media channels.

Summer League
The area leagues are complete and full league tables are available from
West Area http://ccsmba.nicholastruscott.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay&comp_id=25&div_type=s&area=NS
East Area http://ccsmba.nicholastruscott.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay&comp_id=26&div_type=s&area=NS

ESMBA Open Fours & Presidents Weekend
A number of bowlers from the county travelling to Tamworth over the weekend to compete in the English Short Mat Bowling Association Open Fours at Tamworth Indoor Bowling Club on Saturday and the annual England Squad against Presidents team fixture on Sunday.

County Competition Entries
In response to requests from members the closing date for entering County Competitions has been put back this year to the 30th September.  Details are with club secretary's and available on the CCSMBA website at www.ccsmba.co.uk.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Copyright © 2017 Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association, All rights reserved.
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Our mailing address is:
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St Austell, Cornwall PL25 4RQ
United Kingdom

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Sunday 3 September 2017

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 3 September 2017

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release - 3 September 2017

Summer League
Nomads and Blisland Blues will contest the Summer League final after finishing top of the West and East sections respectively.

ESMBA Open Fours
A number of bowlers from the county will be travelling to Tamworth on Saturday to compete in the English Short Mat Bowling Association Open Fours at Tamworth Indoor Bowling Club. 

Short Mat Players Tour - Irish Open
Three bowlers from the county travel to Belfast over the weekend of 16th & 17th September for the second Short Mat Players Tour event of the season.  Nigel Nicholls, Peter Hore and Elise Daniell are in a full entry of 192 bowlers from 10 countries.

County Team Trials
On Sunday 17th September the County Team Trials will be held at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club to determine the County Team Squad for the upcoming season.  A further squad practice is scheduled for Saturday 23rd September ahead of the first match of the season the following day away to Somerset at Donyatt Indoor Bowling Club.  

County Competition Entries
In response to requests from members the closing date for entering County Competitions has been put back this year to the 30th September.  Details are with club secretary's and available on the CCSMBA website at www.ccsmba.co.uk.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Copyright © 2017 Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association, All rights reserved.
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association maintains a list of local media outlets for a number of years and regularly send out news releases.

Our mailing address is:
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
9 Queens Road
St Austell, Cornwall PL25 4RQ
United Kingdom

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