CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 23rd April 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 23rd April 2023

Short Mat Players Tour - World Masters

Three local bowlers travelled to Belfast last weekend for the final Short Mat Players Tour event of the season, the World Masters involving 216 bowlers representing 8 countries.

Newlyn Trinity's Nigel Nicholls started his weekend with an 8-5 win against Craig Burgess (ENG).  An 8-12 defeat to Robbie Foster (IRE) was followed by wins against Paul Hagan (IRE) 14-7 and Caolan Mchugh (IRE) 10-6.  Sunday's final group game against Paul Duff (IRE) ended in a narrow 6-7 defeat leaving Nigel in 3rd place in the group and into the Plate Competition.  

In the last 64 round Nigel lost 8-9 to John Pye (ENG).  Nigel retains 9th place in the World Rankings with 674.50 points and finishes this season's Order of Merit in 8th place with 476.50 points and a place in the England team at August's World Cup event.  Nigel's SMPT stats can be found on the SMPT website at https://stats.shortmatplayerstour.com/player.php?player=89 

Holmans's Elise Daniell lost her opening matches of the weekend by 2 and 1 shot respectively against Dean Craig (IRE) 6-8 and Stephan Mulholland (IRE) 7-8.  Saturday afternoon saw further defeats to David Chittock (ENG) 3-13 and Hannah Cochrane (IRE) 6-16.  A 9-6 win in Sunday's final group game against group-topping Daniel Sands (ENG) didn't lift Elise off the bottom of the group and into a place in the Shield Knockout.  

In the last 64 round Elise won 10-0 against Gerald Conroy (IRE) before losing in the last 32 round to Nigel Hamilton (IRE) 3-14.  Elise drops to 49th in the World Rankings with 367.25 points and finishes this season's Order of Merit in 66th place with 208.75 points.  Elise's SMPT stats can be found on the SMPT website at https://stats.shortmatplayerstour.com/player.php?player=78

Holman's Peter Hore started with a 11-7 win against Anja Ehmke (NOR) before three defeats across the rest of Saturday's matches,  5-11 to Steven Jeffers (IRE),  5-7 to Steven Burrows (ENG) and 6-18 to Jaime West (IRE).  A 1-21 defeat to evential semi finalist Ian Hobson (IRE) left Peter 5th in the group and into the Shield Knockout.    

In the last 64 round Peter lost 5-10 to Michael Reid (IRE).  Peter drops to 57th in the World Rankings with 325.75 points and finishes this season's Order of Merit in 99th place with 169.75 points.  Peter's SMPT stats can be found on the SMPT website at https://stats.shortmatplayerstour.com/player.php?player=90.

The tournament was won by Dorset's Alex Kley who adds the title to the English National, British Isles and World Short Mat Bowls Council Singles titles already won this season. 

On Friday Nigel Nicholls took part in the Belfast Open Pairs with Northamptonshire's Ed Sawbridge.  After losing thier opening match against Martin McNicholl & Damien Campbell 4-12 they won 8-5 against Christer Nordin & Eroll Morina to finish second in the group and qualify for the Cup Knockout where they lost in the first round to Joseph Beattie and Gary Moore 9-11.

Friends of Essex Tour

Locally the CCSMBA is preparing to host the Friends of Essex Touring team over the Coronation weekend at Carnmoggas.  The fixture was originally planned to take place in 2020 to mark the 30th anniversary of the CCSMBA.

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAY BOWLING ASSOCIATION - NEWS RELEASE 16th April 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE- 16th April 2023

Short Mat Players Tour - World Masters

Three local bowlers travel to Belfast this weekend for the final Short Mat Players Tour event of the season, the World Masters.  216 bowlers representing 8 countries are entered in the event which will sees them drawn in 36 groups of 6 for a round robin competition through Saturday and Sunday morning followed by a knockout competition on Sunday afternoon and evening.  The top two from each group will progress to the Cup, 3rd and 4th place to the Plate and 5th and 6th to the Shield competitions.

Newlyn Trinity's Nigel Nicholls goes into the event with a tour win rate of 69.75% and in 9th place in the SMPT World Rankings, 7th in this season's Order of Merit Standings and holding one of the four places for the England Team in August's 2023/4 season opening World Cup event.  Nigel is drawn in Group 5 where he faces Craig Burgess (ENG) (Rank 37 Win Rate 70%), Paul Duff (IRE) (104 - 70.10%), Robbie Foster (IRE) (199 - 52.86%), Paul Hogan (IRE) (481 - 33.33%) and SMPT newcomer Caolan Mchugh (IRE).  Additional stats can be found on the SMPT website at https://stats.shortmatplayerstour.com/group-compare.php?comp=52&group=05.

Holmans's Elise Daniell goes into the tournament with a win rate of 42.7% and is currently 40th in the World Rankings and 61st in the Order of Merit Standings.  Elise is drawn in Group 19 where she will face Daniel Sands (ENG) (33 - 60.13%), David Chittock (ENG) (217 - 28.7%), Hannah Cochrane (IRE) (323 - 62.07%), Stephan Mulholland (IRE) (527 - 41.27%) and Dean Craig (IRE) (703 - 5.56%).  Additional stats can be found at https://stats.shortmatplayerstour.com/group-compare.php?comp=52&group=19.

Holman's Peter Hore goes into the tournament with a win rate of 55.49% and is currently 43rd in the World Rankings and 81st in the Order of Merit Standings.  Peter is drawn in Group 34 where he will face Ian Hobson (IRE) (46 - 81.69%), Steven Burrows (ENG) (67 - 56.25%), Jaime West (IRE) (246 - 44%), Anja Ehmke (NOR) (399 - 22.22%) and Steven Jeffers (IRE) (527 - 34.83%).  Additional stats can be found at https://stats.shortmatplayerstour.com/group-compare.php?comp=52&group=34

On Friday Nigel Nicholls will also take part in the Belfast Open Pairs with Northamptonshire's Ed Sawbridge.

The Short Mat Players Tour website will carry comprehensive coverage of both events over the weekend at www.shortmatplayerstour.com.

ESMBA Inter County Championship

On Sunday the ESMBA Inter County Championship concluded with Dorset claiming the ICC title defeating West Midlands in the final.  Cheshire defeated Wiltshire to win the Premier Two title and promotion to Premier One next season replacing Hampshire who lost to Essex in the Premier One relegation match.  In the A Team Competition, Kent, who ended Cornwall's run, claimed the title defeating Hampshire.  If the ESMBA retains the same format next year the eight counties in the Premier One section will be Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Norfolk, Kent, West Midlands, Essex and Cheshire.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 2nd April 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 2nd April 2023

National Championships

The past weekend has seen Cornwall represented in all four disciplines at the English Short Mat Bowling Association National Championships.

The first competition, on Thursday, was the Singles with Cornwall represented by Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) and Peter Hore (Holmans).  Nigel was drawn in Group Four where he started with a defeat to Bronagh Malone (North Yorkshire) 5-12 followed by a 7-9 loss to Robert Martin (Dorset).  Nigel won his final group game against James Trott (Devon) 13-7 to finish the group stages with 2 points and -3 shots and third in the group missing out on the knockout stages.

 

Peter was drawn in Group Five where he started with a heavy defeat to David Newsome (North Yorkshire) 4-18.  Wins against Tony Main (Devon) 12-9 and John Hardy (West Sussex) 13-3 saw Peter finish the group stages with 4 points and -1 shot and second in the group.  In the first round of the knockout stages Peter defeated Ross Dunkley (West Midlands) 10-4 before losing to Bronagh Toleman 12-2 in the second round.  The Singles title was retained by Dorset's Alex Kley who currently holds the English, British Isles, World and Open Singles titles.

Friday saw attention move to the Pairs where Elise Daniell (Holmans) & Nigel Nicholls represented Cornwall.  Drawn in Group Two they started with a defeat to Steve Packer & Steve Duffin (North Yorkshire) 3-10.  A further defeat to William Clarke & Emily Weaver (West Midlands) 6-9 was followed by a consolation win against Val & Simon Smith (Humberside) 12-6 to finish the group stages with 2 points -4 shots and third in the group.  The Pairs title was won by Gloucestershire's Ryan Knight and Saul Featherstone.

On Saturday three teams represented Cornwall in the Fours.  Duloe's Martin Boraston, Jon Read, Caroline & Alan Trubshaw were drawn in Group One.  They started with a 9-7 win against Ivan Lunn, Marnie Wright, Phillip Wright & Maria Kitchener (Derbyshire).  A further 9-5 win against Shirley Cox, Jow Loveys, John Mills & Becci Cox (Herefordshire) secured qualification for the knockout stages with a game to spare.  The final group game against Bronagh & Lee Toleman, Danny Langdon & Callum Malone (North Yorkshire) ended in a draw 7-7 to finish the group stages with 5 points +6 shots and second in the group.

Elise Daniell, Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore were joined by Saltash's Karen Watson and were drawn in Group Six.  They started with a defeat to Roger Green, Debbie Taylor, Paul Johnson & John Walker 5-13.  A 10-6 win in their second game against  Christine & Ian Bratton, Ray Murphy & Peter Webster (Humberside) kept alive hopes of progression to the knockout stages.  A 6-12 defeat in the final group game against Antony Fautley, Steve Killington, Peter Fautley & Matt Sifford (Essex) ended hopes of progression to the knockout stages finishing with 2 points -10 shots and third in the group.

St Newlyn East's Sandra & John Worton and Steve Smith were joined by Withiel's Tony Jago and were drawn in Group eight.  An 11-3 win in their opening game against Dave Ekins, Andrew Smith, Alan Lodge & Chris Weston (Northamptonshire) was followed up by a 15-4 win against Dave Jelley, Hayley Bucknall, Mark Berry & Tony Wall (Hampshire) to ensure qualification with a game to spare.  They lost 8-10 in the final group game to Simon Faulkner, Lynn Orlando, AJ Brown & Gareth Davies (Oxfordshire) to finish the group stages with 4 points +17 shots and second in the group.

Both Cornwall teams then faced opposition from Dorset in the first round of the knockout stages.  The St Newlyn East/Withiel team faced Paul Pomeroy, Thomas Perris, Alex Kley and Sam Harvey losing 6-8 and the Duloe team faced James Scoins, Steve Stanton, Tommy Wilken & Richard Nicoll losing 5-8.  The title was won by West Midlands John Pitcher, Craig Strong, Ross Dunkley & Adam Easthope,

On Sunday, the final day of the championships, Peter Hore, Nigel Nicholls and Karen Watson represented Cornwall in the Triples and were drawn in Group 14 where they became the only Cornwall team over the weekend to win 3 out of 3 in the group stages.  The first game against Craig Burgess, Mark Chittock & Greg Wade (Essex) was won 12-8.  A 9-0 win against Steve Grey, Dianne Marshall & Howard Southwood (Oxfordshire) followed and the trio of wins was completed with a 13-6 win against Georgina Weston-Sharp, Helen Sharp & Bob Cousins (Suffolk), finishing the group with 6 points +20 shots in first place.

In the knockout stages they lost 5-10 to Gloucestershire's Ryan Knight, Saul & Jo Featherstone in the first round  The title was won by North Yorkshire's Laurence Moffatt, Lee & Bronagh Toleman.

Cornwall v Friends of Essex

Over the weekend of 6th & 7th May the Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association will be hosting the Friends of Essex Touring Team at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club in a fixture that was originally planned to be held in 2020 to mark the 30th anniversary of the formation of the County Association. 

The CCSMBA will be putting together a team of 36 bowlers to play on each day and the committee are seeking nominations from clubs for players to join the team.

Short Mat Players Tour

The Short Mat Players Tour season concludes over the weekend of 21st - 23rd April in Belfast.  The Belfast Open Pairs will be played on the Friday and the World Masters Singles on the Saturday and Sunday.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA