CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 15th January 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 15th January 2023

The Inter Area League competition was concluded on Sunday at Carnmoggas.

After the first two rounds played earlier in the season West held a 4 point lead over Central with East and North a further 12 points adrift.

The new format for the competition this year sees the areas play each other on each of the three match days with a possible 24 points available.

Sunday's first session of play saw North draw 4-4 with Central and East draw 4-4 with West.  The second session saw North take a 5-3 advantage over West and East take a 6-2 scoreline against Central.  

With one session left to play West led overall with 40 points, Central second on 35 points, East third on 27 and North fourth on 26.  In the final session East took a clean sweep of 8 points against North and Central won 6-2 against West which was enough for West to claim the Inter Area League title by one point.  The final scores on the day, East 18 points +8 shots, Central 12 points -9 shots, West 9 points +21 shots, North 9 points -20 shots.

The final scores overall West 42 points, Central 41 points, East 35 points, North 26 points.

County Triples

On Saturday 21st January, 23 teams will compete in the County Triples to be played at Carnmoggas with 8 places in the finals up for grabs.

Inter County Championship

On Sunday 22nd January Cornwall's Premier Team will host Hampshire at Carnmoggas in the final group match of the 2022/23 season.  Cornwall lie 1 point ahead of their opponents and will be looking for a minimum of 20 out of the 40 points available to avoid a possible relegation match against the bottom team in group two of the Premier One section of the ESMBA Inter County Championship. 

Cornwall's team for the match is

SINGLES: Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity); Percy Tripp (Newlyn Trinity)

PAIRS: John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East); Treeve Pollard (Holmans) & David Studden (Holmans)

TRIPLES: Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) & Martin Boraston (Duloe); Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East), Mark Payne (Penzance) & Kevin Williams (Porthleven)

FOURS: Richard Kerr (Landrake), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) & Neil Gribble (Landrake); Max Burden (Blisland), Rita Hancock (Blisland), Keith Matthews (Blisland) & Peter Hore (Holmans)

Reserve: Austen Runnalls (Luxulyan)

County Two Wood Singles

On Saturday 28th January 35 bowlers are entered to play across two sessions at Carnmoggas, competing for the 8 places on offer in the finals on Saturday 18th February. 

County Four Wood Pairs

On Sunday 29th January 64 bowlers are entered in to play in the rearranged County Four Wood Pairs at Carnmoggas, competing for the 8 places in the finals on Saturday 18th February.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA