CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
News Release - 26th March 2023
The past week has seen the conclusion of the County Competitions for the 2022/23 season.
The County Mixed Pairs was decided over two legs with Elise Daniell & Peter Hore winning comfortably by 26 shots to 7 at Holmans against Rita Hancock & Keith Matthews on the 15th March. In the second leg at Blisland on the 22nd March Elise and Peter extended their overall lead to 24 shots after 4 ends before Blisland recovered to take a 17-10 win on the night. The Holmans pairing won overall by 36 shots to 24 to take the title for a fourth time in a row and eighth time overall.
The Team of Three between Holman's Peter Hore, Elise Daniell & Nicholas Truscott and St Newlyn East's Steve Smith, Sandra & John Worton, was also played over two legs, with the first leg at Holmans on the 14th March. In the Singles match Peter Hore opened an early lead against Steve Smith before Steve moved into a 5-2 lead after 5 ends. Peter levelled the score over the next two ends before Steve edged ahead over the closing ends to win 11-5. The Pairs saw Elise Daniell & Nicholas Truscott level 4-4 against Sandra & John Worton after 5 ends. The Holmans pairing edged ahead before St Newlyn East took the lead on the seventh end. Scores of 2, 1 and 1 over the closing ends to Holmans gave them a 9-6 win. Holmans started the Triples well, opening up a 5-0 lead after three ends. Scores of 1 and 5 on the next two ends saw St Newlyn East move into the lead after 5 ends. Holmans levelled the score on the sixth end before St Newlyn East again moved ahead with scores of 1 and 3 on the next two ends. Holmans scored 3 on the penultimate end with St Newlyn East scoring 2 on the final end to win the Triples 12-9. The overall score after the first leg was Holmans 23-29 St Newlyn East.
The second leg was played at St Newlyn East on the 23rd March. In the Singles, Steve opened up a 3-0 lead after two ends before Peter responded with scores of 3 and 2 to lead 5-3 after 4 ends. Steve scored 1 on the fifth end before Peter scored 2 and 1 to lead 8-4 with three ends to play. Scores of 2 on each of the last three ends gave Steve the win by 8 shots to 6. In the Pairs Sandra and John opened up a 5-0 lead over the first three ends, extending the overall lead to 13 shots. Elise and Nicholas responded with scores of 2, 1, 1 and 4 over the next four ends to lead 8-5 after 7 ends. Sandra and John picked up scores of 1 and 2 to level the score in the game with an end to play. Elise and Nicholas picked up a single shot on the last end to win the game 9-8 and reduce the overall deficit to 7 shots going into the final Triples game. Holmans started the Triples well with scores of 1 and 4 on the opening ends before St Newlyn East responded with scores of 1 and 3. The 3's on the fifth and sixth ends for Holmans levelled the match score. St Newlyn East scored a single shot on the seventh end before Holmans took a significant score of 4 on the eighth end and moved into the lead of the match. Two singles on the final ends for St Newlyn East left the score in the Triples game at 15-7 to Holmans and 55-54 to Holmans overall to retain the title and a seventh Team of Three title.
The final of the Rae Francis Competition was played over two legs between local rivals Dobwalls and Duloe. The first leg was played at Dobwalls on the 13th March. The Fours saw Mike Scott, Sue & Mike Mervyn and John Cole for Dobwalls against Jon Read, Jeremy Burrow, Caroline & Alan Trubshaw. Dobwalls opened up a 6-2 lead after 6 ends before Duloe recovered with consecutive scores of 1, 4, 6 and 1 to win 14-6. The Triples saw Graham Bickle, Eileen Taylor & John Worth for Dobwalls against Bryan Lewis, Steve Wilson and Lenny Lee for Duloe. The early exchanges saw the score level at 2-2 after 3 ends. Duloe picked up 3 on the fourth end before Dobwalls won three consecutive ends with scores of 1, 3 and 1 to move into the lead. Two scores of 1 brought Duloe level with and end to play. Dobwalls claimed 1 on the final end to win 8-7.
The Pairs saw Bill Sharp & Brenda Sleep for Dobwalls against Chris Hall & Mark Slack for Duloe. Dobwalls opened up a 5-0 lead over the first two ends before Duloe responded with a score of 4 on the third end. Three ends to Dobwalls with scores of 1, 2 and 1 over the fourth to sixth ends put them into a lead they would not relinquish over the closing ends with a final score of 12-6 to Dobwalls. In the Singles Richard Clarke for Dobwalls opened up a 4-0 lead against Martin Boraston for Duloe. Martin moved into the lead over the next three ends with scores of 2, 3 and 1. A shot apiece on the next two ends saw Martin leading by 2 with three ends to play. Richard scored a 2 and 1 over the next two ends to lead by 1 going into the last end where Martin picked up a 3 to win 10-8. The overall score after the first leg Dobwalls 34 - 37 Duloe.
The second leg was played at Duloe on the 22nd March. An unchanged Duloe Four faced Denise Pluckrose, Gerry Tizzard, Bill Sharp & John Cole for Dobwalls. The game proved close throughout with scores of 3-3 after 5 ends, 5-5 after 7 ends and 7-7 after 9 ends. Dobwalls scored a single on the final end to win 8-7. In the Triples Bryan Lewis, Steve Wilson and Roy Saxby lined up for Duloe against Diane Thomas, Eileen Taylor and John Worth for Dobwalls. A close match saw no more than 2 shots scored on any end. After 8 ends Dobwalls led 6-3 before two scores of 2 on the last two ends saw Duloe win 7-6.
The Pairs saw Chris Hall & Lenny Lee for Duloe against Brenda Clarke & Brenda Sleep for Dobwalls. Scores of 3 and 1 saw Duloe into an early lead. Dobwalls responded with a 3 on the third end. Scores of 2 to Duloe on each of the next two ends saw them lead 8-3 after 5 ends. Dobwalls narrowed the gap in the next end with a score of 3. Duloe scored 1 on the seventh end, Dobwalls responded with 2 on the eighth end. Duloe scored 5 over the last two ends to win 14-8. The Singles proved to be the most one sided of the 8 games played in the final with Duloe's Martin Boraston taking a 13-0 lead against Richard Clarke after 7 ends. The eighth end saw Richard score 2, the ninth saw Martin score 3 and Richard take a consolation shot on the final end. The final score was 16-3 to Martin and 44-25 to Duloe on the night. The overall score Duloe 81 - 59 Dobwalls.
On Saturday morning the four area league winners met at Carnmoggas for the Bebbington Cup Competition. After the three rounds of games Duloe came top with 10 points and +35 shots with Newlyn Trinity Jowsters second on 8 points +20 shots, St Newlyn East third on 6 points -13 shots and Blisland fourth on 0 points -42 shots.
Session 1 - St Newlyn East A 10-9 Duloe A; St Newlyn East B 4-15 Duloe B; Blisland A 6-14 Newlyn Trinity Jowsters A; Blisland B 5-15 Newlyn Trinity Jowsters B
Session 2 - St Newlyn East A 13-7 Blisland A; St Newlyn East B 8-7 Blisland B; Duloe A 15-8 Newlyn Trinity Jowsters A; Duloe B 11-10 Newlyn Trinity Jowsters B
Session 3 - St Newlyn East A 7-10 Newlyn Trinity Jowsters A; St Newlyn East B 5-12 Newlyn Trinity Jowsters B; Duloe A 13-8 Blisland A; Duloe B 13-1 Blisland B
Teams
St Newlyn East - Ron Cartwright, Ann Cuff, Sandra Worton, Steve Smith, Roger Hailey, Trish Cartwright, Carol Dodd, John Dodd, John Worton & Jan Shepard
Duloe - Bryan Lewis, Lenny Lee, Roy Saxby, Martin Boraston, Jon Read, Mark Slack, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw
Blisland - Henry Matthews, Mary Dingley, Mike Webster, Rita Hancock, Leonard Dingley, Sandra Matthews, Max Burden & Keith Matthews
Newlyn Trinity Jowsters - Ken Weeks, Alan Stephens, Simon Lees, Percy Tripp, Ernest Stevens, Dave Bowden, Morgan Lees & Nigel Nicholls
The final title decided was the Club Champion of Champions which saw 8 players compete in a straight knockout following the completion of the Bebbington Cup on Saturday.
In the Quarter Finals Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) won 10-3 against Peter Hore (Holmans), Tony Jago (Withiel) won 11-9 against Paul Symons (Helston). Peter Skinner (Saltash) won 8-6 against Steve Williamson (Luxulyan). Bob Banks (Boscastle) won 12-10 against Richard Clarke (Dobwalls).
In the semi finals Smith won 10-5 against Jago. Banks won 11-6 against Skinner. A close final was won on the last end by Steve Smith with a final score of 9-8.
This coming weekend Cornwall is represented at the National Championships.
On Thursday Nigel Nicholls and Peter Hore take part in the Singles. On Friday Elise Daniell & Nigel Nicholls compete in the Pairs. Saturday will see three teams take part in the Fours, Elise Daniell, Nigel Nicholls, Peter Hore & Karen Watson; John Worton, Sandra Worton, Steve Smith & Tony Jago and Martin Boraston, Jon Read, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw. On Sunday Peter Hore, Nigel Nicholls & Karen Watson take part in the Triples.
ENDS
Photos are available on request.
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA
