CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 25th February 2024
The first two National Championship titles of the season were contested over the weekend with the Mixed Fours on Saturday and Over 55's Pairs on Sunday.
Cornwall were represented by two teams in the Mixed Fours.
Elise Daniell (Holmans), Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) & Peter Hore (Holmans) were drawn in Group 1 where they faced Steve Bailey, Tracey Bailey, Sam Jackson & Linda Reilly (West Midlands) losing 7-8, Mark McHugh, Darren Mather, Maria Mather & Sheila Wilson (Greater Manchester) losing 4-9 and Derek Adams, Joanne Clements, Megan Leeder & Michael Rice (Suffolk) winning 8-4. They finished third in the group, missing out on qualification for the knockout stages.
NEWS RELEASE 25th February 2024
The first two National Championship titles of the season were contested over the weekend with the Mixed Fours on Saturday and Over 55's Pairs on Sunday.
Cornwall were represented by two teams in the Mixed Fours.
Elise Daniell (Holmans), Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) & Peter Hore (Holmans) were drawn in Group 1 where they faced Steve Bailey, Tracey Bailey, Sam Jackson & Linda Reilly (West Midlands) losing 7-8, Mark McHugh, Darren Mather, Maria Mather & Sheila Wilson (Greater Manchester) losing 4-9 and Derek Adams, Joanne Clements, Megan Leeder & Michael Rice (Suffolk) winning 8-4. They finished third in the group, missing out on qualification for the knockout stages.
Mark Slack, Karen Burton, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) were drawn in Group 5 where they faced Tracy McLean, Leah Wood, Jason McLean & Ryan Knight (Hampshire) losing 2-11, Viv Morris, Ron Smith, Christine Belcher & Steve Morris (Oxfordshire) winning 12-5 and Anna Wickens, Graham Wickens, Millie Froud & Nigel Froud (East Sussex) 13-3. They finished second in the group to qualify for the knockout stages. In the first round they lost narrowly to Michael Doorey, Robert Doorey, Amanda Doorey & Grace Doorey (Kent) 7-8.
Cornwall were represented by four teams in the Over 55's Pairs.
Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) were drawn in Group 5 where they faced Ian Sanger & Robbie Gale (Dorset) winning 19-3, Jeff Branch & Dennis Mack (Hertfordshire)
winning 9-7 and Karen Kirby & Les Kirby (Wiltshire) losing 6-7. The two wins were enough for top spot in the group and a place in the knockout stages.
Austen Runnals (Luxulyan) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) were drawn in Group 6 where they faced Sue Pledger & John Pledger (Essex) losing 8-9, Joy Townsend & Graham Tweed (Norfolk) losing 4-15 and Jean Bridges & Peter Arthur (North Yorkshire) winning 12-7. They finished fourth in the group, missing out on the knockout stages.
Andy Jiggens & Rob D'Agostino (Kensey Vale) were drawn in Group 9 where they faced Brian Barefield & Rob Edwards (Surrey) losing 7-8, Ron Smith & Chris Beard (Oxfordshire) losing 6-15 and Ian Roe & David Watkins (Herefordshire) losing 1-11. Finishing bottom of the group they missed out on the knockout stages.
Jon Read & Martin Boraston (Duloe) were drawn in Group 16 where they faced Chris Escott & Peter Winter MBE (East Sussex) winning 12-3, Bill Gearing & Toni Gearing (Hertfordshire) losing 7-9 and Chris Davison & Shane Davision (Hampshire) winning 11-6. The two wins saw them finish second in the group and through to the knockout stages.
In the first round of the knockout stages Sandra & Nigel lost 5-11 to Sue Tuttle & Steve Tuttle (Surrey) and Jon & Martin won by one shot against Mike Wright & Steve Puttock (Hampshire) 8-7. The second round saw Jon & Martin win comfortably by 12 shots to 3 against Brian Barefield & Rob Edwards (Surrey) to progress to the Quarter Finals where they lost by a single shot to Sue & Steve Tuttle (Surrey).
COUNTY LEAGUES
The four area league titles were decided last week with all four area league titles being retained by the 2022/3 season winners. Representing each area in the Bebbington Cup will be West - Newlyn Trinity, Central - St Newlyn East Phoenix, East - Duloe and North - Blisland.
UPCOMING EVENTS
There is no local competition action this coming weekend with the dates reserved by the ESMBA for the Inter County Knockout Semi Finals. The following weekend, the 9th and 10th March will see 42 pairs competing for 8 places in the County Finals for the Four Wood Pairs at Carnmoggas. The weekend of 16th and 17th March will see the County Titles decided at Carnmoggas with the Fours and Singles on Saturday 16th and Pairs and Triples on Sunday 17th. Saturday 23rd March sees the County Titles for Two Wood Singles and Four Wood Pairs decided at Carnmoggas whilst for the first time in a number of years Cornwall will be represented in the National Under 18's by Lanteglos's Oskar Bryan.
After Easter Sunday 7th April sees the County League Finals, the Bebbington Cup, County Champion of Champions and County Under 25's singles contested at Carnmoggas. The following week see's one of the largest groups of players in recent years from Cornwall travel to Melton Mowbray to compete in the National Championships starting on Singles, Pairs, Fours and Triples played on each day respectively from Thursday 11th through to Sunday 14th.
The Short Mat Players Tour season concludes the following weekend with the Open Pairs on Friday 19th and World Masters Singles with an entry of over 200 bowlers played on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st.
ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA
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