CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 22nd December 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 22nd December 2023

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday 7th January Cornwall will conclude their group matches in this season's Inter County Championship with fixtures away to Devon at the Manor House Hotel, Okehampton.

The Premier Team trails Devon by 10 points in the table after 5 rounds of matches.  To qualify for the Premier One Knockout Cornwall have to score 26 out of a possible 40 points in the match.  Both counties are missing key players who are away at the SMPT tournament.  Hertfordshire or Oxfordshire are the likely opponents in the knockouts should Cornwall qualify.

The A Team needs 13 points to overhaul Dorset for second place in the group and a place in the knockout competition where Norfolk are the likely opponents in the play off.  A convoluted format in the A Team competition sees the 2nd placed teams from groups 1 & 2 playing off on the first weekend of the knockout matches with the winners going forward to play the 2nd place team from group 3.  The winners of that match will join the three group winners in the Semi Finals.  

Teams have not been confirmed at the time of writing and will be provided in our next update.

The English Short Mat Bowling Association recently published the groupings and fixtures for the 2024/25 season.

Cornwall's Premier Team are in Group One alongside Devon, Somerset and Dorset.  

Cornwall's A Team are in Group Three again alongside Devon, Dorset and joined ny Hampshire to make up a group of four.  With a view to reducing the travel required for both Cornwall and Hampshire officials from both counties had been seeking to arrange a double header fixture at a neutral venue.  A recent communication from the ESMBA has however stated that double header fixtures will not be permitted in future.  The CCSMBA management committee will discuss the situation at its next meeting in early January.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Over the weekend of 6th & 7th January six local bowlers will travel to York for the Short Mat Players Tour British Open.

The full draw and players stats can be viewed on the SMPT website.

Local bowlers entered have have been drawn as follows

Peter Hore (Holmans) is in Group 3 against Jonathan Payne (BEL), Jimmy Broatch (SCO), James Bethune (SCO), Thelma Hacker (ENG) & John Kyle-Price (ENG)

Ian Crossett (Saltash Kernow) is in Group 15 against Sioned Ann Owen-Braniff (WAL), Andrew Bebbington (ENG), Connie Coates (ENG), Chris McWhinnie (WAL) & James Trott (ENG).

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) is in Group 21 against William Lenza (SCO), David Blundell (ENG), Pon Brady (SCO), Steven Roberts (ENG) & Lawrence Moffat (SCO).

Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) is in Group 22 against Debbie Cochrane (SCO), Ian Ding (ENG), Dave Goddard (ENG), Damion Ellis (WAL) & Jayne Smith (IOM).

Martyn Featherstone (Saltash Kernow) is in Group 26 against Roger Green (ENG), Pete Arthur (ENG), Keith Lackford (ENG), Cecil Dillon (IRE) & Stephen Gale (IOM)

Elise Daniell (Holmans) is in Group 28 against Bob Taylor (ENG), Steve Easter (ENG), Bent Neilsen (DEN), James Pickthall (SCO) & Dafydd Howell (WAL).

The event follows the usual SMPT format with group games played on Saturday and Sunday morning followed by Cup, Plate and Shield knockout competitions for the top 2, 3rd and 4th and 5th and 6th in each group respectively. A number of games will be live streamed via the SMPT Social Media sites over the two days.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 17 December 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 17th December 2023

AREA LEAGUE TABLES

West Premier Division

Team Name	P	W	D	L	SF	SA	Pts
Penrose	16	11	0	5	182	138	36
Jowsters	12	10	0	2	165	82	32
Holmans	14	10	0	4	160	131	30
Foundry	14	9	0	5	163	118	28
Dodos	16	7	0	9	156	167	20
Larrigan	14	6	0	8	127	157	16
Pirates	16	5	0	11	143	169	12
St Johns	14	4	0	10	118	156	12
Fisherfolk	12	2	0	10	76	172	6

West Division One

Team Name	P	W	D	L	SF	SA	Pts
St Ives	10	8	0	2	151	85	26
Redruth	12	7	0	5	122	110	20
Choughs	10	7	0	3	106	109	20
An Gof	10	6	0	4	106	105	18
Blackbirds	8	3	0	5	77	87	10
Wendron	12	3	0	9	125	141	10
Grylls	10	2	0	8	89	139	4

Central Premier Division

Team Name	P	W	D	L	SF	SA	Pts
Withiel Oaks	14	10	0	4	172	113	30
Luxulyan Maroons	14	9	0	5	163	126	28
St Newlyn East Phoenix	14	8	1	5	170	112	27
Luxulyan Golds	14	8	0	6	158	138	24
St Agnes Choughs	14	6	0	8	147	142	20
Lostwithiel	14	5	1	8	115	159	17
Ladock Apaches	14	6	0	8	116	139	14
Goonbarrow	14	2	2	10	88	200	8

East Premier Division

Team Name	P	W	D	L	SF	SA	Pts
Duloe Blues	14	12	0	2	139	98	34
Saltash Blues	14	9	2	3	162	98	31
Landrake	14	8	3	3	156	111	30
Callington Eagles	14	9	0	5	135	111	28
Saltash Kernow	14	5	1	8	108	142	17
Calstock	14	5	0	9	137	152	14
Dobwalls Blues	14	3	0	11	108	171	10
Callington Falcons	14	1	2	11	75	137	0

East Division One

Team Name	P	W	D	L	SF	SA	Pts
Dobwalls	12	10	1	1	163	73	33
Saltash Whites	12	7	1	4	136	89	22
Liskeard	12	6	0	6	113	96	20
Torpoint	12	6	0	6	93	115	15
Callington Kestrels	12	4	1	7	99	127	13
Callington Hawks	12	3	1	8	99	118	13
Saltash Kernow 2	12	4	0	8	70	155	10

North Division One

Team Name	P	W	D	L	NR	SF	SA	BP	Pts
Blisland	12	11	0	1	0	205	98	12	34
Boscastle	12	8	0	4	0	194	120	10	26
Bobcats	12	7	0	5	0	187	121	8	22
Wadebridge A	12	7	0	5	0	147	146	6	20
Tintagel	11	5	0	6	0	132	161	2	12
Beavers	11	3	0	8	0	94	193	2	8
Bears	12	0	0	12	0	98	218	0	0

CENTRAL AREA KNOCKOUT CUP

The clubs competing in the Central Area League are also competing in a knockout competition with the first round played recently with Withiel, Ladock, St Newlyn East and St Agnes progressing to the semi finals.

First round

Withiel 20 - 12 Luxulyan Golds

Ladock 20 -  16 Goonbarrow

Luxulyan Maroons 14 - 29 St Newlyn East

St Agnes w/o - Lostwithiel

Semi Final draw

Withiel v Ladock

St Newlyn East v St Agnes.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

Note to editors, please confirm your deadlines over the next two weeks.  Our current plans are to take a break with no release on 24th December followed by a preview of the final Inter County Match and Players Tour events in early January on 31st December.

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 10th December 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 10th December 2023

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall hosted Devon at Carnmoggas in the ESMBA Inter County Championship.

The Premier Team produced a stunning comeback across the two afternoon sessions to overturn a 4-12 deficit at the lunch break to win 24-16 and keep alive hopes of qualifying for the Premier One Knockout Competition at the end of the season.

In the first session, sole points scorer for Cornwall was Luke Jolly with a 12-10 win in the Singles.  The second session saw Jon Read, Mark Slack & Mike Dyer take Cornwall's only points with a 19-8 win in the Triples.  Halfway through the match Cornwall trailed 4 points to 12 and 86 shots to 98.

The third session saw Cornwall take 8 of the 12 points on offer.  In the Singles Nigel Nicholls & Luke Jolly won 23-11 and 13-9 respectively ensuring Cornwall also claimed the Singles bonus points.  In the Pairs Elise Daniell & Kevin Williams won 16-14.  Cornwall still trailed 12-16 in the match overall with a session to play.

The final session was all Cornwall, in the Triples Read, Slack & Dyer won 13-7 and Austen Runnals, Ray Jeffery & Martin Boraston won 16-7 ensuring the Triples bonus points by a margin of 23.  In the Fours Morgan Lees, Mark Payne, Richard Kerr & Neil Gribble won 12-6 and Sandra Worton, John Worton, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore won 14-8 to overturn the 9 shot deficit from the morning session and claim the Fours bonus points.

The final match score Cornwall 24 points 202 shots Devon 16 points 188 shots.  In the other South West group match played on Sunday Dorset were big winners away to Somerset by 34 points to 6.

Premier Team Scores

Singles - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 13-16 & 23-11, Luke Jolly (Holmans) 12-10 & 13-9

Pairs - Kevin Williams (Porthleven) & Elise Daniell (Holmans) 7-15 & 16-14, Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) & Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 11-13 & 9-28

Triples - Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Mark Slack (Duloe) & Jon Read (Duloe) 19-8 & 13-7, Martin Boraston (Duloe), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity) & Austen Runnals (Luxulyan) 10-13 & 16-7 

Fours - Neil Gribble (Landrake), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Mark Payne (Penzance) & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 8-11 & 16-6, Peter Hore (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 6-12 & 14-8

With all counties having now played 5 games Dorset lead with 125 points, Devon are second with 119 with Cornwall third on 109 and Somerset trailing with 47.  The final fixtures take place on Sunday 7th January with Devon hosting Cornwall at the Manor House Hotel, Okehampton and Dorset hosting Somerset at the Dorset Bowls Resort, Bere Regis.  These fixtures fall on the same weekend as the Short Mat Players Tour British Open in York with a number of Cornwall and Devon currently entered in that tournament.  For Cornwall to qualify for the Premier One Knockout competition 26 out of a possible 40 points will be needed from the final fixture.   

The A Team went down to a heavy defeat after trailing by just 2 points at the lunch break.  The first session one win for Cornwall scored by David Cole & Rita Hancock in the Pairs with a 14-11 win.  The second session saw an advantage for Cornwall with wins for Graham Luke, Graham Reeves & Alan Trubshaw in Triples 20-14 and Heidi Kerr, Steve Williamson, Tony Jago & Brenda Sleep in the Fours 9-7.  Dianne Shorthouse, Paddy Spear, Caroline Trubshaw & David Topliff drew 8-8.  Cornwall trailed 7-9 at the lunch break.

The afternoon session saw Cornwall score only 4 out of a possible 24 points.  Mark Williams won 17-10 in the Singles and the Cole & Hancock pairing completed a double with a 16-11 win.  Cornwall failed to pick up any of the bonus points, going down to a 11 points to 29 and 154 to 238 shots defeat.

The result leaves Devon at the top of the group with 86 points, Dorset second with 63 and Cornwall with 51.  Cornwall need 13 points from the last match away to Devon to secure second place and qualify for the knockout stages.

A Team Scores

Singles - Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) 8=20 & 6-20, Mark Williams (Lanteglos) 9-19 & 17-10

Pairs - Rita Hancock (Blisland) & David Cole (Saltash) 14-11 & 16-11, John Dodd (St Newlyn East) & Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East) 9-18 & 6-18

Triples - Ken Horrell (Withiel), Eileen Williams (Lanteglos) & Meg Horrell (Withiel) 8-21 & 5-18, Alan Trubshaw (Duloe), Graham Reeves (Landrake) & Graham Luke (Withiel) 20-14 & 7-18

Fours - Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls), Tony Jago (Withiel), Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) & Heidi Kerr (Landrake) 9-7 & 10-13, David Topliffe (Boscastle), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Paddy Spear (Saltash Kernow) & Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake) 8-8 & 2-12

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 3rd December 2023

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 3rd December 2023

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS & OVER 55 PAIRS

On Saturday qualification competitions for the National Pairs and Over 55 Pairs were played at Carnmoggas.

In the Pairs the qualifiers from the group stages were Karen Watson (Saltash) & Peter Hore (Holmans) with 10 points +25 shots, Luke Jolly & Elise Daniell (Holmans) 6 +30, Mark Slack & Leonard Lee (Duloe) 6 +18 and Martin Boraston & Jon Read (Duloe) 6 +5.

In the semi finals Watson & Hore defeated Boraston & Read 12-3 and Jolly & Daniell won 11-6 against Slack & Lee.  Watson & Hore won the final 11-1 against Jolly & Daniell.  Slack & Lee took third place with a 11-5 win over Boraston & Read.

In the Over 55's Pairs the qualifiers from the group stages were Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) & Austin Runnalls (Luxulyan) with 4 points +5 shots, Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 4+11, Rob D'Agostino & Andy Jiggens (Kensey Vale) 2 +3 and Martin Boraston & Jon Read (Duloe) 2 +3.

In the semi finals Smith & Runnalls defeated Nicholls & Worton 9-6 and D'Agostino & Jiggens won 9-5 against Boraston & Lee.  Smith & Runnalls won the final 6-5 against D'Agostino & Jiggens.  Boraston & Lee took third place with a 12-3 win against Nicholls & Worton.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLES

The qualifying competition for the Triples had to be carried over to Sunday and played after the conclusion of the Inter County match against Somerset.  The final result was 1st Steve Smith, John Worton & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) with 8 points +28 shots, 2nd Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore & Luke Jolly (Holmans) 6 +19, 3rd Mark Slack, Roy Saxby & Leonard Lee (Duloe), 4th Alan Trubshaw, Caroline Trubshaw & Martin Boraston 2 -9.  

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall hosted Somerset in the Premier section of the ESMBA Inter County Championship needing a big win to keep hopes alive of making the end of season knockout competition.  Cornwall dominated the match winning 13 of the 16 games and taking all eight bonus points to record a comprehensive 34 points to 6 and 214 shots to 130 win.

In the first session Cornwall took three wins with Nigel Nicholls and Luke Jolly winning 21-4 and 17-8 respectively in the Singles and new pairing Simon Lees & Steve Smith winning 14-11 in the Pairs.  Cornwall took a clean sweep in the second session, the morning Triples and Fours taking a 14-2 lead at the halfway point in the match.  Jon Read, Mark Slack & Mike Dyer winning 13-9 and Austen Runnalls, Ray Jeffery & Martin Boraston winning 15-5 in the Triples.  In the Fours Morgan Lees, Richard Kerr, Mark Payne & Kevin Williams won 12-8 and Sandra Worton, John Worton, Mark Williams & Peter Hore won 10-5.

The third session, the afternoon Singles and Pairs saw a second clean sweep with Cornwall taking all the points on offer.  Nicholls & Jolly won 14-6 & 15-10 respectively in the Singles.  David Studden & Elise Daniell won 20-4 and Lees & Smith won 11-9 in the Pairs.  In the final session Somerset found some consolation restricting Cornwall to two wins, Dyer's Triple winning 15-13 and Hore's Four winning 14-6.  

With all counties having now played 4 games Devon lead the group with 103 points, Dorset 91, Cornwall 85 and Somerset 41.  

Scores

Singles - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 21-4 & 14-6, Luke Jolly (Holmans) 17-8 & 15-10

Pairs - David Studden (Holmans) & Elise Daniell (Holmans) 8-11 & 20-4, Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) & Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 14-11 & 11-9

Triples - Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Mark Slack (Duloe) & Jon Read (Duloe) 12-9 & 15-13, Martin Boraston (Duloe), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity) & Austen Runnalls (Luxulyan) 15-5 & 8-13 

Fours - Kevin Williams (Porthleven), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Mark Payne (Penzance) & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 12-8 & 7-8, Peter Hore (Holmans), Mark Williams (Lanteglos), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 10-5 & 14-6

The remaining matches in the South West group see's Cornwall face Devon Home and Away in both the Premier & A Team competitions whilst Dorset face Somerset Home and Away in the Premier Competition.  In the Premier Competition Cornwall need 50 out of a possible 80 points over the two games to qualify for the knockout competition.  

In the A Team competition Dorset have completed their fixtures with 63 points, Devon have 57 points from two matches and Cornwall have 40.  Cornwall need 49 out of a possible 80 points over the two games to qualify for the knockout stages.

Both Cornwall teams are back in action this coming Sunday with Devon the visitors to Carnmoggas in what are must win fixtures for both teams to keep their chances of making the knockout competitions alive.  

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA