Thursday 22 December 2022

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 22 December 2022

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE - 22 December 2022

AREA LEAGUES

The Area League program has reached the halfway point.

In the West Area Premier Division Newlyn Trinity Jowsters lead Holmans by a single point and the two teams meet at Holmans on the 12th January in what could prove to be a key match in determining the outcome of the West Area title.  Penzance Pirates lead Division One, 7 points ahead of Helston Penrose.

In the Central Area Withiel Oaks lead St Newlyn East Pheonix by 2 points.  Duloe Blues lead the East Area Premier Division by 3 points from Landrake.  Dobwalls Blues head East Division One by 2 points from Saltash Kernow and Liskeard.  The North Area is headed by Blisland who are 4 points ahead of Boscastle.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR
Over the weekend of the 7th and 8th January the Short Mat Players Tour British Open takes place at the York & District Indoor Bowling Club.  Three local bowlers are entered in the competition.

Nigel Nicholls, currently 10th in the SMPT rankings with a Win Ratio of 69.91%, is drawn in Group 21 where he will face Steve Puttock (ENG, Rank - 44, Win Ratio - 59.92%), Simon Kamar (SCO, 612, 15.79%), Roger Green (ENG, 496, 35.71%), James Rutledge (IRE, 277, 50%) and Robert Mumford (ENG, N/A, N/A).

Elise Daniell, currently 36th in the rankings with a Win Ratio of 41.04%, is drawn in Group 25 where she will face Darren Brown (ENG, 127, 27.16%), Fred Wyness (SCO, 299, 30.51%), Rodney Knight (ENG, N/A, N/A), Simon Pridham (CYP, 153, 72.92%) and Keith Lackford (ENG, 49, 54.86%).

Peter Hore, currently 37th in the rankings with a Win Ration of 55.88%, is drawn in Group 29 where he will face Pauline White (ENG, 454, 12.50%), Steve Easter (ENG, 331, 35.71%), Maria Vandermaesen (BEL, 589, 26.67%), Annabelle Almond (ENG, N/A, N/A) and Marc Miskimming (SCO, N/A, N/A).

The full match schedule and results throughout the two days can be found at https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=A05D3165-B1FE-4BB5-AB6C-7DAFEA8FC8E5.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

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Sunday 11 December 2022

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 11 December 2022

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE - 11 December 2022

The County Four Wood Pairs due to be contested on Sunday at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club on Sunday was postponed due to the freezing weather affecting access to the rural venue.  The competition will be rescheduled for a later date.

Competitive Short Mat Bowls will return after the Christmas Break with the Short Mat Players Tour British Open in York on the 7th and 8th January.  The ESMBA Open Triples will take place at the Dorset Bowls Resort on Saturday 14th January.  Sunday 15th January will see the Inter Area League concluded with the final day of matches at Carnmoggas.  The County Triples will be played at Carnmoggas on Saturday 21st January.  Cornwall host Hampshire in the final Inter County Championship group match on Sunday 22nd January at Carnmoggas.  Cornwall need to win the match to avoid having to play in the Premier One relegation match.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA  
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Sunday 4 December 2022

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 4th December 2022

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
News Release - 4th December 2022

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
On Sunday Cornwall hosted Devon in the ESMBA Inter County Championship at Carnmoggas.

The Premier Team had the worst possible start to the match failing to pick up a point in the first session of Singles and Pairs.  In the second session Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Martin Boraston won 18-4 in the Triples to take Cornwall's only points of the morning session.  Cornwall picked up a further two wins in the afternoon Singles and Pairs, Nigel Nicholls 17-6 and John Worton & Steve Smith 14-13.  The final session saw Boraston's Triple pick up a 12-7 win and along with it the bonus points for the Triples.  Cornwall were unlucky not to collect more points with another 5 games decided by 1 or 2 shots.  The final match score Cornwall 10 points 155 shots Devon 30 points 206 shots.  Elsewhere in the group Dorset won 34 -6 against Hampshire.  Cornwall's final group game is against Hampshire on January 22nd at Carnmoggas where Cornwall will need to at least draw the match to avoid the Relegation Play Off match. Dorset and Devon qualify for the main knockout competition.

PREMIER TEAM SCORES
SINGLES - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 9-11, 17-6; Percy Tripp (Newlyn Trinity) 5-18, 3-20
PAIRS - John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) 7-18, 14-13; Treeve Pollard (Holmans) & David Studden (Holmans) 8-18, 8-9
TRIPLES - Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) & Martin Boraston (Duloe) 18-4, 12-7; Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East), Richard Kerr (Landrake) & Kevin Williams (Porthleven) 13-14, 5-15
FOURS - Austen Runnells (Luxulyan), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) & Peter Hore (Holmans) 5-14, 13-14; Max Burden (Blisland), Rita Hancock (Blisland), Mark Payne (Penzance) & Keith Matthews (Blisland) 9-11, 8-14

TABLE
 
P
W
D
L
SF
SA
Pts
Dorset
5
5
0
0
-
-
163
Devon
5
4
0
1
-
-
122
Cornwall
5
0
0
5
-
-
58
Hampshire
5
1
0
4
-
-
57

Cornwall's A Team started their match well taking a 5 points to 3 advantage in the first session with wins for Graham Reeves 15-10 and Carol & John Dodd 15-12.  A draw for Dennis Shorthouse 12-12 gave Cornwall the session advantage.  The second session saw Cornwall win one of the four games, Henry Matthews, Simon Lees, Ray Jeffery and Morgan Lees 11-6.  Both Cornwall's singles won in the third session, Reeves 14-11 and Shorthouse 12-11 which saw Cornwall take the bonus points.  In the final session Dianne Shorthouse, Jon Read and Tony Jago won 15-7 and Lees' Four won 13-12 to see the final match score read Cornwall 17 points 160 shots Devon 23 points 217 shots.  Cornwall currently top the group on 75 points with Devon second on 65 and Dorset third on 60.  Devon host Dorset in the final group match on the 22nd January, the result of the match will determine if Cornwall finish second or third in the group.

A TEAM SCORES
SINGLES - Graham Reeves (Landrake) 15-10, 14-11; Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) 12-12, 12-11
PAIRS - Des Pengelly (Saltash Kernow) & Alan Holden (Landrake) 2-23, 11-12; Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East) & John Dodd (St Newlyn East) 15-12, 8-25
TRIPLES - Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake), Jon Read (Duloe) & Tony Jago (Withiel) 9-15, 15-7; Mark Williams (Lanteglos), Mike Webster (Blisland) & David Topliffe (Boscastle) 6-12, 8-19
FOURS - Meg Horrell (Withiel), Heidi Kerr (Landrake), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) & Ken Horrell (Blisland) 5-10, 4-20; Henry Matthews (Blisland), Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity) & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 11-6, 14-12

TABLE
P
W
D
L
SF
SA
Pts
Cornwall
4
2
0
1
-
-
75
Devon
3
2
0
1
-
-
65
Dorset
3
1
0
2
-
-
60

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS
On Saturday qualification competitions for the National Pairs, Triples and Over 55's Pairs were played at Carnmoggas.

The top two in each discipline were
PAIRS - Elise Daniell & Nigel Nicholls and Peter Hore & Karen Watson
TRIPLES - Peter Hore, Nigel Nicholls & Karen Watson and Martin Boraston, Caroline & Alan Trubshaw
MIXED FOURS - Kevin Williams & Nigel Nicholls and Steve Smith & John Worton.

AREA LEAGUE SCORES
Area league scores can be copied from the dedicated league results section on our website.

North - https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay&comp_id=67&div_type=lp&area=NS

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES
This weekend will see the County Four Wood Pairs played on Sunday at Carnmoggas with 32 Pairs entered.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

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