Sunday 13 November 2022

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 13 November 2022

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE - 13 November 2022

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
On Sunday Cornwall hosted Dorset at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club in the fourth round of Inter County Championship fixtures and Cornwall's first at home this season.

The Premier Team shared the available points in the first session of Singles and Pairs with Nigel Nicholls (14-6) and Treeve Pollard & David Studden (15-7) taking Cornwall's share of the points.  Dorset moved into the lead of the match in the second session taking 6 of the 8 points on offer, Cornwall's points scored by Sandra Worton, Richard Kerr & Percy Tripp (10-8) in the Triples.

The third session saw points shared with Nicholls (15-14) and Pollard & Studden (17-10) adding to Cornwall's score along with the bonus points for the Pairs.  With a session to play the match score was Cornwall 12 points Dorset 16 points.  The final session saw Dorset secure the match win taking 6 of the 8 game points on offer together with the bonus points for the Triples and Fours.  Cornwall's points scored by Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Martin Boraston (12-9) in the Triples.  The final match score Cornwall 14 points 169 shots Dorset 26 points 195 shots.  The day's other group match Devon were 35-5 winners against Hampshire.  Cornwall now lie 3 points behind Hampshire in the battle to avoid the Premier One relegation match.

PREMIER TEAM SCORES
SINGLES - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 14-6, 15-14; Peter Hore (Holmans) 10-16, 10-17
PAIRS - John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) 10-14, 9-12; Treeve Pollard (Holmans) & David Studden (Holmans) 15-7, 17-10
TRIPLES - Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) & Martin Boraston (Duloe) 10-12, 12-9; Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East), Richard Kerr (Landrake) & Percy Tripp (Newlyn Trinity) 10-8, 7-20
FOURS - Austen Runnells (Luxulyan), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) & Neil Gribble (Landrake) 8-13, 9-13; Max Burden (Blisland), Rita Hancock (Blisland), Mark Payne (Penzance) & Keith Matthews (Blisland) 6-11, 7-13

TABLE
 
P
W
D
L
SF
SA
Pts
Dorset
4
4
0
0
-
-
129
Devon
4
3
0
1
-
-
92
Hampshire
4
1
0
3
-
-
51
Cornwall
4
0
0
4
-
-
48


The first session of the A Team match saw points shared in the Singles and Pairs with Dennis Shorthouse (14-10) and Carole & John Dodd (17-7) scoring for Cornwall.  Cornwall took the lead in the match in the second session with wins in both Triples Leonard Lee, John Read & Tony Jago (17-9) and Mark Williams, Mike Webster & David Topliffe (13-6).  In the Fours Meg Horrell, Heidi Kerr, Brenda Sleep & Ken Horrell drew 8-8.


The third session saw Dorset take all four games and the bonus points for both the Pairs and Singles to take a 19-9 lead in the match.  Cornwall fought back in the final session taking all the points on offer to secure, what after the third session looked, an unlikely win, in the Triples Jago (15-6), Topliffe (10-8) and in the Fours Horrell (16-4) and Henry Matthews, Simon Lees, Ray Jeffery & Morgan Lees (14-8).  The final match score Cornwall 21 points 185 points Dorset 19 points 173 points.

A TEAM SCORES
SINGLES - Graham Reeves (Landrake) 6-17, 9-11; Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) 14-10, 8-18
PAIRS - Des Pengelly (Saltash Kernow) & Alan Holden (Landrake) 9-18, 13-14; Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East) & John Dodd (St Newlyn East) 17-7, 11-160
TRIPLES - Leonard Lee (Duloe), Jon Read (Duloe) & Tony Jago (Withiel) 17-9, 15-6; Mark Williams (Lanteglos), Mike Webster (Blisland) & David Topliffe (Boscastle) 13-6, 10-8
FOURS - Meg Horrell (Withiel), Heidi Kerr (Landrake), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) & Ken Horrell (Blisland) 8-8, 16-4; Henry Matthews (Blisland), Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity) & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 5-13, 14-8

TABLE
P
W
D
L
SF
SA
Pts
Dorset
3
1
0
2
-
-
60
Cornwall
3
2
0
1
-
-
58
Devon
2
1
0
1
-
-
42

 

Cornwall's next match is on Sunday 4th December at Carnmoggas against Devon.  Dorset will host Hampshire on the same day.

NATIONAL QUALIFIERS
On Saturday qualification competitions for the National Singles, Fours and Mixed Fours were played at Carnmoggas.

The top two in each discipline were
SINGLES - Nigel Nicholls and Peter Hore
FOURS - Elise Daniell, Peter Hore, Nigel Nicholls & Karen Watson and Steve Smith, Sandra Worton, John Worton & Tony Jago
MIXED FOURS - Elise Daniell, Sandra Worton, Peter Hore & Nigel Nicholls and Heidi Kerr, Richard Kerr, Dianne Shorthouse & Dennis Shorthouse.

LEAGUE TABLES
These will be sent on a fortnightly basis but can be accessed from our website at any time from https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay.

INTER AREA LEAGUE
On Sunday Carnmoggas will host the second day of Inter Area League matches with the four area teams playing each other through the day.  Central lead on 15 points, North 12, East 12 and West 9.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA 

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