Sunday 19 January 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 19 January 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 19 January 2020

COUNTY FINALS
Over the weekend the Finals of the County Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours were played at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.

First up on Saturday morning was the Singles.  The Quarter Finals saw Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) defeat Kevin Williams (Newlyn Trinity) 11-5.  Percy Tripp (Newlyn Trinity) won 15-2 against Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake).  John Worton (St Newlyn East) defeated Martin Boraston (Duloe) 11-10.  Callum Beale (Withiel) received a bye after the withdrawal of the final qualifier.

The Semi Finals saw Tripp defeat Nicholls 12-5 and Worton defeat Beale 12-6.  Tripp won the final 12-6 against Worton.

Saturday afternoon saw the Fours contested.  The Quarter Finals saw Peter Ramsden, Christine Kitley, Sandra Worton & John Worton (St Newlyn East) defeat Leonard Lee, Roy Saxby, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) 8-7.   Simon Lees, Morgan Lees, Ray Jeffery & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) won 17-9 against Nathan Waters, Glynn Roy, Luke Jolly & Callum Beale (Withiel).  Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott, Peter Hore & David Studden (Holmans) edged out Janet Carter, Jane Spatchett, Bob Banks & David Topliffe (Boscastle) 8-7.  John Garrison, Howard McCormack, Annette Topham (Penlee) & Mark Payne (Penzance) won 11-8 against Stephen Goddard, Carole Dunn (Penlee), John Thomas & Kevin Williams (Newlyn Trinity).

In the Semi Finals Nicholls defeated Worton 10-2 and Studden won 15-6 against Payne.  Studden won the final against Nicholls 14-4.

On Sunday morning attention turned to the County Pairs.  In the Quarter Finals John Garrison (Penlee) & Kevin Williams (Newlyn Trinity) won 10-8 against Derek Foulds & David Balow (Marazion).  Karen Watson (Saltash) & Callum Beale (Withiel) defeated Elise Daniell & Peter Hore (Holmans) 8-7.  Janet Carter & David Topliffe (Boscastle) won 13-3 against Diane Crocker & Shane Aldridge (Luxulyan).  Ray Jeffery & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) won 17-7 against Sandra & John Worton (St Newlyn East).

In the Semi Finals Watson & Beale won 13-7 against Garrison & Williams.  Jeffery & Nicholls edged out Carter & Topliffe 11-10.  Jeffery & Nicholls won the final against Watson & Beale 11-10.

Sunday afternoon saw the Triples decided.  In the Quarter Finals Martin Boraston, Caroline & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) defeated Betty Temple-Smith, Max Burden & Keth Matthews (Blisland) 14-12.  Dennis Shorthouse, Richard Kerr & Neil Gribble (Landrake) won 16-8 against Nathan Waters, Ken Horrell (Withiel) & Luke Jolly (Holmans).  Michael Liddicoat, Glynn Roy & Callum Beale (Withiel) won 14-2 against Lynn & Bob Smith (Porthleven) & Frank Plummer (St Ives).  Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore (Holmans) won 21-2 against Louise Williams & Nicola Ellis (Helston) who were playing with a player short.

In the Semi Finals Gribble won 10-6 against Trubshaw and Beale came from behind to defeat Hore 11-10.  Beale won the final against Gribble 13-6.

ESMBA OPEN SINGLES
On Saturday some local bowlers travel to Solihull for the English Short Mat Bowling Association Open Singles competition with a place at March's World Championships up for grabs for the winner.  Unfortunately no further information is available from the ESMBA.

INTER AREA LEAGUE
On Sunday Carnmoggas hosts the final round of Inter Area League matches with North against East and Central against West.  West lead the way with 55 points from the first two rounds of matches.  Central are second on 45, East third on 35 and North fourth on 25.

COUNTY LEAGUES
The CCSMBA offer a full fixtures and results service for the media.

Fixtures can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=fixtures

Results can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=results

League Tables can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Sunday 12 January 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 12 January 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 12 January 2019

COUNTY FOUR WOOD PAIRS
Over the weekend of 4th & 5th January the County Four Wood Pairs Competition was contested at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.

On Saturday teams were split over 5 groups with the group winners and three best runners up going through to a knock out round.  Betty Temple-Smith & Rita Hancock (Blisland) topped Group One with 6 points +22 shots ahead of Julie & Keith Walker (Tintagel) whose 4 +6 saw the through as one of the three best runners up.  Mike Dyer & Kevin Williams (Newlyn Trinity) topped Group Two with 6 +33 ahead of Fran Phillips & David Hickey (Helston) on 4 +8 which saw them claim a runners up spot.  In Group Three Dennis Shorthouse & Richard Kerr (Landrake) topped the table with 4 +22, second placed Carol & John Dodd's (St Newlyn East) 4 -7 did not see the through.  Group Four was topped by Elise Daniell & Peter Hore (Holmans) with 6 +25 ahead of Joyce Harding & Sandra Kileen (Luxulyan) on 4+8 which saw them through to the knockout.  In the final group Gary Davey (Landrake) & Martin Boraston (Duloe) led the way with 6 +26 with Peter Skinner and Graham Reeves (Saltash) second on 3 +1.

The knockout scores were
Shorthouse & Kerr 11-2 Daniell & Hore; Temple-Smith & Hancock 7-6 Davey & Boraston; Phillips & Hickey 7-8 Dyer & Williams; Harding & Kileen 8-3 Walker & Walker.

On Sunday teams were again split over 5 groups.  Callum Beale (Withiel) & Karen Watson (Saltash) topped Group One with 6 +30 ahead of Caroline & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) whose 4 +2 saw them take a runners up spot.  Chris Roberts & Tony Jago (Ladock) topped Group Two with 5 +23 ahead of Kevin Phillips & Frank Derbyshire (Mylor Bridge) on 3 -1.  In Group Three Mark Payne (Penzance) & Howard McCormack (Penlee) topped the table with 6 +29 ahead of Mark Albon & Mike Allen (Luxulyan) on 2 -4.  Group Four was topped by Martyn Featherstone & Alan Holden (Saltash Kernow) on 6 +20 ahead of David Cole & Aiden Smith (Saltash) on 4 +22 which saw them through to the knockouts.  In the final group Luke Jolly (Holmans) & Nathan Waters (Withiel) topped the table with 6 +17 ahead of Janet Carter & David Topliffe (Boscastle) on 4 +17 which saw them through.

The knockout scores were 
Featherstone & Holden 5-15 Jolly & Waters; Carter & Topliffe 5-11 Trubshaw & Trubshaw; Payne & McCormack 7-6 Cole & Smith; Beale & Watson 13-5 Roberts & Jago.

The eight pairs winner knockout games return to Carnmoggas on Saturday 28th March for the final stages of the competition.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Cornwall's Inter County Championship season is over after both Premier and A Teams lost to Devon at ISCA Indoor Bowling Club on Sunday.

The Premier Team lost by 13 shots to 27 to end the season third in the South West Group on 109 points, 15 points behind Devon and 41 behind Dorset.  The A Team endured a heavy defeat going down 8-32 to finish bottom of the South West Group on 77 points 45 points adrift on 3rd places Somerset, 63 behind Devon and 64 behind Dorset.  Dorset and Devon go forward to the main knockouts in both the Premier and A team sections of the competition.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR
The British Open competition was played at York & District Indoor Bowling Club over the weekend with five local bowlers in the line up of 192 bowlers.

Elise Daniell (Holmans) won three games in Group One to finish third and take a place in the Plate Competition.  In the first round Elise defeated Karl Nordlund (SWE) 10-9.  In the second round she defeated Stephen Gale (IOM) 12-2 before losing to Peter Hore 8-11 in the third round.

Martin Boraston (Duloe) picked up two wins in Group Three to finish fourth and take a place in the Plate Competition where he lost in the first round to Paul Seaman (ENG) 5-12.

Peter Hore (Holmans) won three games in Group Five to finish third and progress to the Plate Competition.  In the first round Peter defeated Martin Watts (ENG) 11-6.  In the second round he defeated Martin Grange (ENG) 12-7, in the third round a win against Elise Daniell 11-8 set up a quarter final against Steven Stafford (NIR) which was lost 6-12.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) won three games and drew one in Group Twenty to be placed third and go into the Plate Competition. In the first round Nigel defeated Armin Stoll (CAN) 13-4.  The second round saw him win 15-3 against Chris Terry (ENG), in the third round Sandy Mcdonald (SCO) was defeated 11-9. Nigel's run in the competition came to an end in the Quarter finals with defeat to Andrew Carr (ENG) 7-9.

Martyn Featherstone (Saltash Kernow) won two games and drew one in Group Twenty Five to be placed third and go into the Plate Competition where he was defeated in the first round by Don McNamara (NIR) 4-14.

The next Short Mat Players Tour event is over the weekend of 8th & 9th February with the English Masters in Chelmsford.

COUNTY FINALS
This coming weekend sees the County Finals played at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.

First up will be the County Singles at 0900 on Saturday followed by the County Fours at 1200.  On Sunday the County Pairs will be played first at 0900 with the County Triples following at 1200.

The lineups for the finals are
County 4 Wood Singles
Saturday 18 January 2020Sign in by 09:00
Callum BealeWithiel
Martin BorastonDuloe
Percy TrippNewlyn Trinity
Dennis ShorthouseLandrake
John WortonSt Newlyn East
David BalowMarazion
Nigel NichollsNewlyn Trinity
Kevin WilliamsNewlyn Trinity
County Fours
Saturday 18 January 2020Sign in by 12:00
Leonard Lee, Roy Saxby, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan TrubshawDuloe
Simon Lees, Morgan Lees, Ray Jeffery & Nigel NichollsNewlyn Trinity
John Garrison, Malcolm Daniels, Annette Topham & Mark PaynePenzance
Janet Carter, Jane Spatchett, Bob Banks & David TopliffeBoscastle
Peter Ramsden, Christine Kitley, Sandra Worton & John WortonSt Newlyn East
Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott, Peter Hore & David StuddenHolmans
Nathan Waters, Glynn Roy, Luke Jolly & Callum BealeWithiel
Stephen Goddard, Ronnie Thomas, John Thomas & Kevin WilliamsNewlyn Trinity
County 2 Wood Pairs
Sunday 19 January 2020Sign in by 09:00
Diane Crocker & Shane AldridgeLuxulyan
Derek Foulds & David BalowMarazion
Sandra Worton & John WortonSt Newlyn East
John Garrison & Kevin WilliamsNewlyn Trinity
Elise Daniell & Peter HoreHolmans
Ray Jeffery & Nigel NichollsNewlyn Trinity
Karen Watson & Callum BealeWithiel
Janet Carter & David TopliffeBoscastle
County Triples
Sunday 19 January 2020Sign in by 12:00
Michael Liddicoat, Glynn Roy & Callum BealeWithiel
Betty Temple-Smith, Max Burden & Keith MatthewsBlisland
Nathan Waters, Ken Horrell & Luke JollyWithiel
Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Peter HoreHolmans
Martin Boraston, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan TrubshawDuloe
Lynn Smith, Bob Smith & Frank PlummerPorthleven
Richard Kerr, Dennis Shorthouse & Neil GribbleLandrake
Louise Williams, Nicola Ellis & Fran PhillipsHelston
COUNTY LEAGUES
The CCSMBA offer a full fixtures and results service for the media.

Fixtures can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=fixtures

Results can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=results

League Tables can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Thursday 2 January 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 3 January 2019

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 3 January 2019

COUNTY FOUR WOOD PAIRS
This weekend 50 pairings are entered in the County Four Wood Pairs to be played over the two days at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club with play starting at 0900 on both days.  Four pairs from each day will go forward to the finals later in the year.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
The following weekend Cornwall travel to the ISCA Indoor Bowling Club in Exeter for the final Inter County Championship group stage match against Devon on Sunday 12th January.  

In the Premier Team Competition Cornwall must win the match with a score of least 21 points to maintain a chance of qualification for the Knock Out Competition.  Cornwall are missing a number of players due to the fixture clashing with the Short Mat Players Tour British Open in York over the same weekend.  The A Team are bottom of the table and are effectively out of contention for qualification for the knockout competition.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR
The British Open competition at York & District Indoor Bowling Club on 11th and 12th January features four local bowlers in the 192 strong line up representing 14 countries.

Elise Daniell (Holmans) is drawn in Group 1 and is currently ranked 36th in the world and placed 22nd in the season's Order of Merit standings.  Martin Boraston (Duloe) is drawn in Group 3 for his first SMPT tournament of the season.  Martin's current Ranking is 390 from two tournaments.  Peter Hore (Holmans) is drawn in Group 5 and is currently ranked 34th and 38th in the Order of Merit standings.  Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), winner of the tournament in 2018, is drawn in Group 20 and currently 5th in the rankings and 17th in the Order of Merit standings.  Full details of the draw and match schedule can be accessed on the Players Tour website https://shortmatplayerstour.com/live-verdemat-bowls-british-open-2020-draw-004676/.

COUNTY LEAGUES
The CCSMBA offer a full fixtures and results service for the media.

Fixtures can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=fixtures

Results can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=results

League Tables can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com


NOTES FOR EDITORS
The weekend of 18th & 19th January will see 4 County Championships decided at Carnmoggas.  Local media are welcome the two days, play gets under way at 0900.