CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 10 September 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 10 September 2023

COUNTY TRIALS

On Sunday the County Team trials took place at Carnmoggas.  With a number of players unavailable due to clashes with outdoor bowls finals, Team Manager Luke Jolly used the day to try a number of combinations of players ahead of selecting the teams for Cornwall's first match of the season against Dorset on Sunday 1st October.  The squad will get together on Sunday 24th September at Carnmoggas for a practice day ahead of the first fixture.

OPEN DAY

On Sunday 17th September the CCSMBA are hosting an open practice day at Carnmoggas between 1000 and 1500 with a fee of £4.00 per player.

SUMMER LEAGUE

The Summer League concluded recently with a two legged final between the Western Wanderers and Blisland.  The first leg was played at Redruth on the 20th August with Blisland winning 16-13.  The second leg at Blisland was played on 29th August with Blisland winning 18-8 and 34-21 overall.

1st Leg Western Wanderers (E. Daniell, P. Tripp & P Hore) 13-16 Blisland (M. Burden, R. Hancock & K Matthews) 

2nd Leg Blisland (H. Teague, H Matthews & M Webster) 18-8 Western Wanderers (E. Daniell, P. Tripp & P Hore)

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Three local bowlers travel to Belfast this weekend for the Short Mat Players Tour Irish Open which see's 216 players entered.  Drawn in 36 groups of 6 the event follows the usual SMPT format of Round Robin followed by knockout competitions.

Elise Daniell (Rank 33 - Win rate 42.71% from 199 games) is drawn in Group 10 (group stats) where she will face Jonathan Payne (BEL) (5 - 69.38% from 405), Mark Sproule (IRE) (N/A - 76.92% from 13), Ian Ding (ENG) (680 - 16.67% from 6), Michael Hogg (IRE) (N/A) and Andrew Cockcroft (IRE) (147 - 46.11% from 167).

Peter Hore (56 - 53.61% from 194) is drawn in Group 18 (group stats) where he will face James Shaw (IRE) (300 - 59.26% from 27), Ivan McClintock (IRE) (168 - 54.17% from 24), Richard Glass (IRE) (406 - 42.86% from 7), Ciaran Green (IRE) (222 - 52.43% from 87) and Stephen Mulholland (IRE) (590 - 39.13% from 69).

Nigel Nicholls (10 - 69.02% from 255) is drawn in Group 22 (group stats) where he will face Colin Deering (IRE) (114 - 60.71% from 28), Michael Campbell (IRE) (265 - 53.85% from 13), Aoife Fay (IRE) (680 - 0.00% from 12), Adrian McCaw (IRE) (167 - 38.89% from 90) and Lawrence Moffat (SCO) (12 - 67.05% from 176).

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA