CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE - 17 September 2023
SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR
Over the weekend three local bowlers travelled to Belfast for the Short Mat Players Tour Irish Open competition.
Nigel Nicholls came away from the weekend with the best results of the three claiming 102 ranking points by reaching the Last 32 of the Cup competition. Nigel started Saturday with a 9-5 win against Michael Campbell followed by defeat to Colin Deering 5-12. Saturday afternoon brought a brace of wins against Lawrence Moffat 9-6 and Adrian McCaw 17-2. On Sunday morning Nigel rounded off his group games with a dominant 18-3 win against Aofie Fay which took Nigel to the top of Group 22 with 12 points and +30 shots.
In the Cup competition Nigel met Dafydd Howell in the Last 64 round winning 13-5 before losing in the Last 32 round to Andrew Shorney 9-10. Nigel climbs 2 places to 8th in the World Rankings and 32 places to 10th in the Order of Merit standings.
Peter Hore started Saturday well with wins in his opening games against Ivan McClintock 10-8 and James Shaw 10-7. In a group of 5 players Peter lost his last game on Saturday against Ciaran Green 3-14, A further defeat on Sunday morning to eventual runner up Declan McCann 7-12 left Peter second in the Group 18 with 6 points with a place in the Cup competition.
In the Cup competition Peter met Christopher Wylie in the Last 64 round losing 5-14, to finish the event with 86 points and a 19 place jump to 37th in the World Rankings and moving up 66 places to 41st in the Order of Merit.
Elise Daniell started Saturday with a defeat to Mark Sproule 5-15 before following up with a win against Michael Hogg 10-2. Saturday afternoon saw defeat to Jonathan Payne 3-18 and a win against Andrew Cockcroft 10-8. A big win against Ian Ding, 14-1, on Sunday morning left Elise as one of three bowlers on 9 points in the group, with the worst short difference of the three placed fourth in Group 10.
In the Plate competition Elise met Edward Law in the Last 128 round winning 8-7. In the Last 64 round Elise lost 3-12 to Daniel Sands to finish the weekend with 39 points, dropping one place in the World Ranking standings to 34th and four places in the Order of Merit to 32nd.
The results of the three finals were
Shield - Sam Rodgers 10-1 Sam Moore
Plate - Joseph Beattie 12-6 Rachel McDonnell
Cup - Gary McNabb 7-6 Declan McCann
The next SMPT event is in a month's time with the Norwegian Open which includes a number of local bowlers in the entry.
COUNTY OPEN DAY
Around 24 bowlers made the trip to Carnmoggas for the County Open day on Sunday.
COUNTY SQUAD PRACTICE DAY
On Sunday the County Squad will gather at Carnmoggas for the final practice before the first match of the season on Sunday 1st October away to Dorset.
ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA
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