CCSMBA NEWS RELEASE - 1 April 2018

View this email in your browser Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association News Release - 25 March 2018 Area Leagues On Sunday the Bebbington Cup competition will be contested by the four area league winners.  The line up will be West - Newlyn Trinity Jowsters, Central - Withiel Oaks, East - Landrake and North - Blisland.  The top teams in the area second divisions who will compete for the league plate will be West - Centenary Spurrs,  Central - St Newlyn East, East - Liskeard and North - Tintagel The area leagues results and tables can be found at http://ccsmba.nicholastruscott.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay National Championships On Saturday Elise Daniell, David Studden (Holmans), Karen Watson (Saltash) & Peter Hore (Holmans) will compete in the National Mixed Fours at Tamworth Indoor Bowls Centre. The following weekend the action moves to Melton Mowbray Indoor Bowling Club.  On Thursday 12th Karen Watson & Callum Beale (Withiel) will compete in the Singles.  Friday 13th sees Martin Boraston (East Taphouse) & Gary Davey (Landrake),  Elise Daniell & Luke Jolly (Withiel) and Rose Dyer (Newlyn Trinity) & Mark Payne (Penlee) compete in the Pairs. On Saturday 14th Gillian Cawrse (Lostwithiel), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Luke Jolly & Callum Beale and Elise Daniell, David Studden, Karen Watson & Peter Hore compete in the Fours.  The final day of the championships will see Kevin Williams (Porthleven), Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity) & Nigel Nicholls and Elise Daniell, Luke Jolly & Callum Beale compete in the Triples Short Mat Players Tour Over the weekend of 20th & 21st April Nigel Nicholls travels to Belfast for the final SMPT ranking tournament of the year at the Belfast Indoor Bowling Club.  With a potential entry of 234 bowlers this is will be the biggest singles competition of the year in Short Mat Bowls. Nigel heads into the tournament leading the season's Order of Merit table with an advantage of 48.25 points over his nearest rival after winning the British Open in January and claiming third place in the English Masters in February.  With a possible 150 points on offer in the tournament the 4 bowlers could still overhaul Nigel at the top of the table.   Rank   Player Country Points 1   NIGEL NICHOLLS 582.25 2   STEPHEN PROCTOR 534.00 3   JAMES TROTT 527.25 4   JONATHAN PAYNE 510.25 5   DOM REED 447.50 6   EDWARD SAWBRIDGE 403.00 7   PETER ROBERTS 396.25 7   JOEL HÄGER 396.25 9   STEPHEN GALE 392.00 10   JAMIE STILES 366.50 In the world rankings, calculated over a rolling 12 events Nigel lies in 5th place and is the only bowler in the Top 10 not to have to drop points at this event.   Rank   Player Country Points Dropping 1   STEPHEN PROCTOR 936.13 118.50 (817.63) 2   JAMES TROTT 859.75 64.25 (795.5) 3   JONATHAN PAYNE 795.25 33 (762.25) 4   DOM REED 787.25 92.13 (695.12) 5   NIGEL NICHOLLS 740.75 0 (740.75) 6   EDWARD SAWBRIDGE 687 87 (600) 6   STEPHEN GALE 687 87 (600) 8   JACK PYE 682 94 (588) 9   JONAS HÄGER 645.50 65 (580.5) 10   CHRISTER NORDIN 635.50 41 (594.5) The SMPT organisers will be providing the usual full results service and social media broadcasting from the event over the two days. 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 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.