CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
PREMIER ONE
Group 1 - Cornwall, Devon, Dorset & Hampshire
Group 2 - Essex, Kent, Norfolk & West Mids
PREMIER TWO
Group 1 - Suffolk, Cambs, Hertfordshire & Northants
Group 2 - Avon, Oxfordshire, Somerset & Wiltshire
Group 3 - Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire
Group 4 - East Sussex, London, Surrey & West Sussex
A TEAM
Group 1 - Cornwall, Devon & Dorset
Group 2 - Hampshire, Kent & Surrey
Group 3 - Norfolk, Shropshire, West Mids & Essex
NEWS RELEASE - 12 June 2022
SUMMER LEAGUE
The Summer League is well under way with no clear leaders emerging in either area. Blisland Reds lead Nomads on shot difference in the West Area. In the East Area five teams have 4 points so far albeit from differing numbers of games played. Landrake lead the way on shot difference from three games, Blisland Greens have played 4 games and sit in second, Boscastle are third and Dobwalls Blues fourth respectively from three games. The final team, on 4 points from 4 games, are Dobwalls Red.
INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Changes to the English Short Mat Bowling Association Inter County Championship for the 2022/3 season have been announced.
Recent years have seen a gradual decline in the number of counties competing at the Premier Team Level and instead only entering the A Team competition. In a bid to reverse this the ESMBA has changed the format of the competition by creating new sections Premier 1, Premier 2 and A Team.
Cornwall have been named as one of 8 counties playing at Premier 1 level and will play home and away matches against Devon, Dorset and Hampshire in the group stages of the competition. The other 4 counties at Premier 1 level are West Mids, Norfolk, Essex and Kent.
Premier 2 level will feature a total of 16 teams across 4 groups with the remaining Premier level teams together with counties who previously competed at A Team level only.
It is understood that promotion and relegation will be introduced with the bottom two teams at Premier 1 level playing off with the losing team dropping to Premier 2 and the top Premier 2 team moving up ahead of the 2023/4 season.
The third tier of the competition features 10 counties, mostly those entering two teams, drawn into three groups. Cornwall's A Team will face Devon A and Dorset A in the group stages.
FULL LIST OF GROUPS
PREMIER ONE
Group 1 - Cornwall, Devon, Dorset & Hampshire
Group 2 - Essex, Kent, Norfolk & West Mids
PREMIER TWO
Group 1 - Suffolk, Cambs, Hertfordshire & Northants
Group 2 - Avon, Oxfordshire, Somerset & Wiltshire
Group 3 - Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Worcestershire
Group 4 - East Sussex, London, Surrey & West Sussex
A TEAM
Group 1 - Cornwall, Devon & Dorset
Group 2 - Hampshire, Kent & Surrey
Group 3 - Norfolk, Shropshire, West Mids & Essex
ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA
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