Sunday 5 November 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - 5th November 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE - 5th November 2023

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS
On Saturday three National Championship Qualifiers were played at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club during a 14 hour day of bowling.

First up was the National Fours.  Qualifying from the stages were Martin Boraston, Mark Slack, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) with 6 points +23 shots, Chris Jennings, Rosie Glover, Eileen Williams & Mark Williams (Lanteglos) with 4 +9, Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans) & Karen Watson (Saltash) with 5 +23 and Steve Williamson, Austen Runnalls, Christine Worth & John Worth (Luxulyan) with 3 +6.

In the Semi Finals Trubshaw won 10-3 against Worth and Watson won 5-4 against Williams.  Watson won the final against Trubshaw 8-5 with Williams winning the 3rd place match 6-3 against Worth.

Next to be played was the Mixed Fours where each of the three teams won one game each.  Coming out on top were Elise Daniell, Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East), Peter Hore & Nigel Nicholls with 2 points +3, 2nd were Mark Slack, Karen Burton, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw with 2 +2.  3rd were Dianne Shorthouse, Heidi Kerr, Richard Kerr & Dennis Shorthouse  (Landrake) with 2 -5.

The long day of bowling was completed late in the evening with the Singles.  The Quarter Finals saw Peter Hore win 10-2 against Caroline Trubshaw.  Nigel Nicholls won 9-3 against Elise Daniell.  Steve Williamson won 10-5 against Luke Jolly and Mark Williams won 12-4 against Mark Slack.  In the semi finals Nicholls won 9-4 against Hore and Williamson defeated Williams 9-8.  Nicholls won the Final 8-5 against Williamson.  Williams took third place after defeating Hore 8-7 after an entra end.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
On Sunday Cornwall hosted Dorset at Carnmoggas in the ESMBA Inter County Championship.

The Premier Team match started with Cornwall taking one win from the four games in the first session, Elise Daniell & David Studden 10-7 in the Pairs.  The second session saw a 13-4 win in the Fours scored by John Worton, Sandra Worton, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore and a 11-11 draw in the Triples for Austen Runnalls, Mark Payne & Steve Smith.  At the halfway stage in the match Cornwall trailed Dorset by 5 points to 11.

The afternoon Singles and Pairs saw Cornwall take three wins, Nigel Nicholls 12-11 and Luke Jolly 17-13 in the Singles and Daniell & Studden completing a double in the Pairs with a 16-9 win.  Dorset claimed both disciplines bonus points to maintain a 17-11 lead in the match.  The final session of Triples and Fours saw two wins apiece.  For Cornwall, Simon Lees, Mark Slack & Mike Dyer won 16-9 in the Triples and Worton, Worton, Truscott & Hore completed a double in the Fours with a 10-9 win.  Dorset claimed the Triples bonus points with the Fours shared.  The final match score Cornwall 16 points 175 shots Dorset 24 points 194 shots.

Premier Team Scores
Singles - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 16-17 & 12-11, Luke Jolly (Holmans) 13-18 & 17-13
Pairs - David Studden (Holmans) & Elise Daniell (Holmans) 10-7 & 16-9, Martin Boraston (Duloe) & Jon Reed (Duloe) 9-16 & 6-19
Triples - Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Mark Slack (Duloe) & Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 6-14 & 17-7, Steve Smith (St Newlyn East), Mark Payne (Penzance) & Austen Runnalls (Luxulyan) 11-11 & 6-16
Fours - Neil Gribble (Landrake), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity) & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 7-9 & 6-14, Peter Hore (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 13-4 & 10-9

In the day's other South West group match Devon won 34-6 against Somerset. Half way through the group stages Devon lead the group with 82 points, Dorset 2nd with 72 points, Cornwall 3rd with 51 points and Somerset 4th with 35 points.  

The Premier Team are next in action on Sunday 3rd December when Somerset visit Carnmoggas.

The A Team match started with a shared first session, Cornwall winning both Singles, Dennis Shorthouse 15-9 and Mark Williams 26-6.  Dorset came back in the second session restricting Cornwall to one win scored by Dianne Shorthouse, Mark Albon, Caroline Trubshaw & David Topliffe 11-7 in the Fours.  Dorset led 10-6 at the halfway point in the match.

A strong third session for Cornwall in the afternoon Singles and Pairs saw three wins, Mark Williams 18-6 in the Singles, Graham Reeves & Rita Hancock 22-6 and Carol & John Dodd 17-11 in the Pairs, Cornwall secured the bonus points in both disciplines to take a 16-12 lead in the match.  Dorset however took the upperhand in the Triples and Fours again restricting Cornwall to one win scored by Heidi Kerr, Steve Williamson, Tony Jago & Brenda Sleep 10-8.  The final match score Cornwall 18 points 200 shots Dorset 220 points 184 shots.

A Team Scores
Singles - Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) 15-9 & 13-16, Mark Williams (Lanteglos) 26-6 & 18-6
Pairs - Rita Hancock (Blisland) & Graham Reeves (Saltash) 11-14 & 22-6, John Dodd (St Newlyn East) & Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East) 8-16 & 17-11
Triples - Ken Horrell (Withiel), Eileen Williams (Lanteglos) & Meg Horrell (Withiel) 10-11 & 7-12, Alan Trubshaw (Duloe), Graham Luke (Withiel) & Phil Searle (Landrake) 11-14 & 10-17
Fours - Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls), Tony Jago (Withiel), Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) & Heidi Kerr (Landrake) 8-15 & 10-8, David Topliffe (Boscastle), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Mark Albon (Luxulyan) & Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake) 11-7 & 3-16

The standings in the South West group are Dorset 3 games 55 points, Cornwall 2 games 40 points, Devon 1 game 25 points.

The A Team are next in action on Sunday 10th December when Devon visit Carnmoggas.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
This coming weekend the Four Wood Singles will be played at Carnmoggas with 23 players drawn to play on each day.  On Sunday 19th November the second round of Inter Area League matches will be played at Carnmoggas.  The weekend of the 25th & 26th November 34 pairs, 17 on each day play in the County Two Wood Pairs.  Saturday 2nd December see's the remaining National Qualifiers for Pairs, Triples and Over 55's Pairs played at Carnmoggas.

AREA LEAGUES
The area league program is well underway and league tables can be accessed here https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

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