CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 29 October 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 29 October 2023

COUNTY FOURS

On Sunday 22 teams took part in the County Fours at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.  Drawn into 1 group of 6 and 4 groups of 4 each team played 3 games with the group winners and three best runners up qualifying for the finals later in the season.

Group One winners were Leonard Lee, Mark Slack, Stephen Wilson & Chris Hall (Duloe) with 6 points +24 shots.  Second placed Neil Gribble, Graham Reeves, Phil Searle and Christopher Mortimore (Landrake) claimed one of the runners up spots with 4 +11.

Group Two winners were Steve Smith, John Worton, Sandra Worton & Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East) with 4 +11.  Second placed Alan Trubshaw, Caroline Trubshaw, Martin Borsaston & John Read also qualified with 4 +10.

Group Three winners were Nigel Nicholls, Morgan Lees, Ray Jeffery & Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) with 6 +20.  Second placed Mark Williams (Lanteglos), John Moger (Boscastle), Chris Jennings & Elieen Williams (Lanteglos) missed out on a runners up spot with 3 -5.

Group Four winners were Peter Hore, Luke Jolly, Elise Daniell & Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) with 4 +20.  Second placed Robert D'Agostino, Nick Trewin, Keith Nicholls & Andy Jiggins (Kensey Vale) were the other team to miss out on a runners up spot with 4 +9.

Group Five winners were Brenda Sleep, Graham Bickle, Eileen Taylor & Graham Sleep (Dobwalls) with 6 +8.  Second placed Richard Kerr, Dennis Shorthouse, Dianne Shorthouse & Heidi Kerr (Landrake) also qualified with 4 +11.

The eight teams who have qualified for the finals will return to Carnmoggas on Saturday 16th March for the finals.

ESMBA OPEN FOURS

On Saturday 4 teams from Cornwall took part in the ESMBA Open Fours at the Manor House Hotel, Okehampton.  None of the local teams reached the later stages of the knockouts.  Unfortunately no more details are known at the time of writing the report.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The first of two days of National Championship Qualifiers takes place at Carnmoggas on Saturday with qualifiers for the Fours, Mixed Fours and Singles to be determined.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall Premier & A Teams play their first home matches of the Inter County Championship season with Dorset the visitors to Carnmoggas.

The selected teams for the match are

The full Teams are

Premier - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Luke Jolly (Holmans), David Studden (Holmans), Elise Daniell (Holmans), Martin Boraston (Duloe), Jon Reed (Duloe), Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Mark Slack (Duloe), Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity), Steve Smith (St Newlyn East), Mark Payne (Penzance), Austen Runnalls (Luxulyan), Neil Gribble (Landrake), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity), Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East)

A - Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake), Mark Williams (Lanteglos), Rita Hancock (Blisland), Graham Reeves (Landrake), John Dodd (St Newlyn East), Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East), Ken Horrell (Withiel), Eileen Williams (Lanteglos), Meg Horrell (Withiel), Alan Trubshaw (Duloe), Graham Luke (Withiel), Phil Searle (Landrake), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls), Tony Jago (Withiel), Steve Williamson (Luxulyan), Heidi Kerr (Landrake), David Topliffe (Boscastle), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Mark Albon (Luxulyan) & Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake)

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA