CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - NEWS RELEASE 3 SEPTEMBER 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 3 September 2023

The new Short Mat Bowls season in Cornwall gets under way on Sunday with the County Team Trials at Carnmoggas starting at 0900.

New Team manager Luke Jolly, a National Championship winner in 2015 and former member of the England Squad, will be looking for a return to the form shown by Cornwall in the few years before the enforced gap in competition in recent years.

From Sunday's Team Trials the formation of the Premier and A Teams will be considered and players invited back to a County Squad Practice Day at Carnmoggas on Sunday 24th September.  

Both the Premier and A team travel to Bere Regis on Sunday 1st October to take on Dorset, who are the reigning England Inter County Champions.  

Cornwall's other fixtures in the group stages this season are

Sunday 15th October Somerset Away (Premier Team only)
Sunday 5th November Dorset Home 

Sunday 3rd December Somerset Home (Premier Team only)
Sunday 10th December Devon Home
Sunday 7th January 2024 Devon Away

In between the Trails and Practice days a small group of bowlers will be making the trip to Belfast for the Short Mat Players Tour Irish Open over the weekend of 16th and 17th September.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA