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

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