Sunday 25 February 2018

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 25 February 2018

Cornwall face West Midlands in Inter County Semi Finals.
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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release - 25 February 2018

Inter County Championship
On Sunday Cornwall travel to Daventry to face West Midlands in the Semi Finals of the ESMBA Inter County Championship.

This will be the third meeting of the two teams in just under a year with West Midlands having won the final of the same competition by 25 points to 15 with shots 179 apiece in March last year and again coming out on top in the Inter County Rinks in January by 37 shots to 32.  Will it be third time lucky for Cornwall on Sunday.

Area Leagues
The area leagues results and tables can be found at http://ccsmba.nicholastruscott.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association maintains a list of local media outlets for a number of years and regularly send out news releases.

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
9 Queens Road
St Austell, Cornwall PL25 4RQ
United Kingdom

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Sunday 18 February 2018

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 18 February 2018

Cornwall through to Inter County Semi Finals after tie break victory.
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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release - 18 February 2018

Inter County Championship
On Sunday Cornwall travelled to Daventry to face Essex in the quarter finals of the ESMBA Inter County Championship.

Cornwall started well winning three of the four games in the first session, Nigel Nicholls 12-11 in the Singles and Elise Daniell & David Studden 21-6 and Martin Boraston & Gill Cawrse 14-8 in the Pairs.  The second session saw points shared with Cornwall winning the Triples and Essex the Fours.  Keith Williams, John Worton & Chris Roberts 11-10 and Bob Banks, Mike Dyer & Kevin Williams 15-8.  Cornwall led 10-6 at the halfway point in the match.

The third session saw points shared with Nicholls winning 11-9 in the Singles and Daniell & Studden winning 14-11 in the Pairs.  Cornwall took the 2 bonus points for the Pairs and Essex took the Singles to move the match score onto Cornwall 16 Essex 12. The final session saw Essex fight back taking three games and bonus points from the Fours whilst Banks, Dyer & Williams won 13-7 in the Triples for Cornwall securing the bonus points levelling the match score at 20-20. 

The tie break rules came into play with first the bonus points removed leaving the score 16-16 meaning a 3 mat 1 end play off was required to separate the two teams.  Nigel Nicholls took an opportunity to run the jack into the ditch against Dom Reed to win his mat.  David Studden out-bowled Jake Atrill to secure the match win for Cornwall.  Peter Hore secured a 3-0 tie break win against Anthony Fautley.

The playoff can be viewed here https://www.facebook.com/ccsmba/videos/10155325355788581/.

Cornwall will face West Midlands in the Semi Finals at Daventry on Sunday 4 March.

Individual Scores (Cornwall First)
Singles:- Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 12-11 & 11-9 and Peter Hore (Holmans) 14-16 & 10-14.
Pairs:- Elise Daniell (Holmans) & David Studden (Holmans) 21-9 & 14-11 and Martin Boraston (East Taphouse) & Gill Cawrse (Lostwithiel) 14-8 & 12-13.
Triples:- John Worton (St Newlyn East), Keith Williams (Penlee) & Chris Roberts (Ladock) 11-10 & 14-15 and Bob Banks (Boscastle), Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity) & Kevin Williams (Porthleven) 15-8 & 13-7.
Fours:- Graham Reeves (Saltash), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) & Luke Jolly (Withiel) 6-14 & 9-13 and Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake), Glynn Roy (Withiel), Percy Tripp (Newlyn Trinity) & Callum Beale (Withiel) 6-10 & 8-15.

St Georges Cup
This weekend Nigel Nicholls and Peter Hore will line up in the South team for the annual North v South event at Bromsgrove Indoor Bowling Club.  Known as the Ryder Cup of Short Mat Bowls Saturday will see Pairs and Fours played with Sunday starting with Fours followed by Singles.

Area Leagues
The area leagues results and tables can be found at http://ccsmba.nicholastruscott.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Copyright © 2018 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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Sunday 11 February 2018

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 11 February 2018

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release - 11 February 2018

Short Mat Players Tour English Masters
Over the weekend seven bowlers from Cornwall made the long journey to the Falcon Bowling & Social Club, Chelmsford for the latest Short Mat Players Tour competition, the English Masters. 

Newlyn Trinity's Nigel Nicholls was again in good form following up last months British Open win with the bronze medal and extending his lead at the top of the Order of Merit rankings to 77.5 points.  With a lead of 215.5 over the fourth placed English Bowler Nigel is now assured a place in the England team for the SMPT World Cup event in August.  Nigel has moved up four places to fourth place in the World Rankings.

Nigel came through the group stages second in Group 8 with three wins out of four, his only defeat to fellow Cornwall player Peter Hore. In the knockouts Nigel defeated Aaron Clare (ENG), Alex Kley (ENG), Frans Roberts (NED), Steve Killington (ENG) before defeat in the semi finals against eventual winner Jack Pye 9-10.  In the bronze medal match Nigel defeated Stephen Gale (IoM) 11-4.

Peter Hore (Holmans) topped group 8 with three wins out of four, an unbeaten run on Saturday ended by a 9-10 defeat on Sunday morning. In the last 32 Peter came up against Jonas Hager (SWE) losing 11-14.

Callum Beale (Withiel) finished third in Group 3 with three wins and a draw that put him into the Plate competition.  In the last 32 Callum defeated Ingvar Nelson (SWE) 17-5 before defeat in the last 16 to Nigel Charles (IRE) 8-12.  Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) picked up two wins in Group 3 to finish fourth and take a place in the Plate competition where defeat in the last 64 to Eric Pavey (ENG) 3-16 ended his run.

Glynn Roy (Withiel) won two games in Group 11 to finish fourth and also take a place in the Plate competition where defeat in the last 64 to Cennydd Howell (WAL) 5-11 ended his run. Elise Daniell (Holmans) won Sunday mornings final group game in Group 14 to finish fourth and take a place in the Plate competition where she was defeated in the last 64 by James Bucknell (ENG) 4-13.  Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake) won her final group game 12-0 to finish fifth and take a place in the Shield competition.  In the Last 32 Dianne lost 8-10 to Bob Naylor (ENG).

The next Players Tour events are two Pairs competitions in Cardiff over the weekend of 24 & 25 March which clash with the Cornwall County Championship FInals.

The final Singles Tournament of the Season is over the weekend of 21 & 22 April in Belfast where as many as 270 bowlers will compete for the World Masters Title.

Inter County Championship
Cornwall's Premier Team start their run in the ESMBA Inter County Championship knockouts on Sunday at Daventry Indoor Bowling Club where they will face Essex in the Quarter Finals.

Area Leagues
The area leagues results and tables can be found at http://ccsmba.nicholastruscott.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Copyright © 2018 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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Sunday 4 February 2018

CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 4 February 2018

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association
News Release - 4 February 2018

ESMBA Inter County Championships
Cornwall's opponents in the Quarter Finals of the ESMBA Inter County Championship on 18th February will be Essex after they defeated Herefordshire 31-9 in the Preliminary round on Sunday,  Dorset are also through to the Quarter Finals after a 22-18 win against North Yorkshire.
 
Short Mat Players Tour English Masters
This weekend the Short Mat Players Tour English Masters will be played at the Falcon Bowling & Social Club, Chelmsford with a number of local bowlers entered.  With two ranking tournaments left this season Newlyn's Nigel Nicholls, winner of last months British Open, will be looking for another strong performance to retain top spot in the Order of Merit and a place in August's World Cup.

Joining Nigel in the event will be Peter Hore (Holmans), Elise Daniell (Holmans), Callum Beale (Withiel), Glynn Roy (Withiel), Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake), Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake) & Karen Watson (Saltash).

The draw had not been made at the time of writing.  The event will feature the usual Short Mat Players Tour online coverage through the website www.shortmatplayerstour.com with results available throughout the two days here https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=E8DA2423-65B3-4A4B-AF54-14C916E80EBC

St Georges Cup
Peter Hore & Nigel Nicholls have been included in the South team for the eight running of the Short Mat Bowls St Georges Cup over the weekend of 24th & 25th February at Bromsgrove Indoor Bowling Club.

Area Leagues
The area leagues results and tables can be found at http://ccsmba.nicholastruscott.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Copyright © 2018 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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