CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 3rd March 2024

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 3rd March 2024

COUNTY FOUR WOOD PAIRS

This coming weekend 42 pairs, 21 on each day, are entered in the Four Wood Pairs at Carnmoggas with 4 teams from each day to qualify for the finals on 23rd March.  Play starts at 0900 on both days.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

The popularity of the Short Mat Players Tour was again underlined on Friday evening when the 192 places in August's UK Open competition sold out in 12 minutes with a number of local bowlers entering the event.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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.  Full preview and list of finalists will be provided next week.

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' 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.  Local tour regulars Nigel Nicholls, Peter Hore, Elise Daniell and Steve Smith are due to make the trip to Belfast.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA