Monday, 11 March 2019

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association - News Release 11 March 2019

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 11 March 2019

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR EUROPEAN OPEN PAIRS
Over the weekend a small group of local bowlers travelled to Herentals in Belgium for the Short Mat Players Tour European Open Pairs.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) & Peter Hore (Holmans) were drawn in Group B and topped the group with 16 out of a possible 18 points.  Elise Daniell (Holmans) teamed up with Dorset's Alex Kley in Group H where they finished second with 15 out of a possible 21 points.  Both pairings progressed to the Cup Knockout competition.  

In the first round of the knockout stages Peter and Nigel met Rebecca Smith & Dennis Hinks (ENG) winning 16-4.  Elise and Alex met John Duffy and Ake Almli (SWE) winning 9-4.  The second round saw Peter and Nigel against Gunnar and Ferdinand Frantzen (NOR) winning 8-5.  Elise and Alex met Olle Backgren and Karl Nordlund (SWE) winning 12-4.  The two pairings met in the Quarter Finals with Peter and Nigel winning 8-5.  The match was broadcast on Facebook and can be viewed here https://www.facebook.com/ShortMatPlayersTour/videos/2403786252964719/.  Peter and Nigel's run in the competition came to an end in the Semi Finals with a 10-5 defeat against eventual winners Nathan Haire and Terry Crawford (NIR).

INTER AREA MATCH
On Sunday 128 bowlers competed in the Inter Area Match at Carnmoggas with 4 teams of 32 representing each area.  A competitive days bowling saw Central take the title by 2 points from West.  The full result being

Central 30 points 196 shots for 187 shots against.
West 28 points 227 shots for 157 shots against.
North 21 points 176 shots for 199 against.
East 17 points 165 shots for 221 shots against.

COUNTY LEAGUES
The league season is coming to and end and the qualifiers for the Bebbington Cup are confirmed.  Representing each area will be West - Newlyn Trinity, Central - Withiel Oaks, East - Landrake and North - Lanteglos A.

Continually updated league tables for each division can be accessed from the links below.

We have added new functionality to the website to enable media organisations to download league match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline.  This can be found at http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/ccsmba/media/results.php

West Premier - https://bit.ly/2NcOIFf
West Division One - https://bit.ly/2OXTqbx
Central Premier - https://bit.ly/2Omr3H2
Central Division One - https://bit.ly/2Rd0G4Y
East Premier - https://bit.ly/2OmrMbe
East Division One - https://bit.ly/2zGwUPm

UPCOMING FIXTURES
Sat 24 March - County Singles and Fours Finals @ Carnmoggas
Sun 25 March - County Pairs and Triples Finals @ Carnmoggas

CCSMBA MAILING LIST
A new mailing list has been established for distributing news from the Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association.  Please subscribe by following this link http://eepurl.com/dw3JH1 to keep up to date with the latest news from the CCSMBA. 

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

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