CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 26 May 2024

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 26 May 2024

SUMMER LEAGUE

The Summer League competition is underway with the first round of fixtures played last week.  12 teams are entered this year split into two regional divisions from where the two winners will play off for the County Summer League title in August.

Results from the first week are

 

Summer West
Thu 23 May 2024	St Newlyn East	18	-	6	Withiel Elms
Fri 24 May 2024	Luxulyan Cheetahs	11	-	21	Luxulyan Panthers
Sun 26 May 2024	Helston	21	-	4	Lizard Triples
Summer East
Tue 21 May 2024	Blisland	23	-	5	Boscastle
Wed 22 May 2024	Luxulyan Tigers	31	-	5	St Minver
Thu 23 May 2024	Dobwalls	9	-	17	Luxulyan Apes

COUNTY POINTS LIST

The County Points list was published last week with Peter Hore (Holmans) again topping the list with 98 points accrued over the past 3 seasons.

The Top 10 are

1st - Peter Hore (Holmans) 98 points

2nd - Elise Daniell (Holmans) 88 points

3rd - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 80 points

4th - John Worton (St Newlyn East) 76 points

5th - Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 70 points

6th - Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) 66 points

7th - Martin Boraston (Duloe) 63 points

8th - Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) 40 points

9th - Karen Watson (Saltash) 38 points

10th = - Rita Hancock (Blisland) 36 points

10th = - David Studden (Holmans) 36 points

10th = - Percy Tripp (Helston) 36 points

The full list of 107 bowlers who have accrued points over the past three seasons can be viewed on the website at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/PDF/2023-24%20County%20Points%20List.pdf.

2024/25 SEASON

The calendar for County and National events for the 2024/25 season is now available on the website at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=calendar and competition entry forms available through the website at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/zg1g8c6pwu7xhll8zjain/ANPzvP4djPfEn692Uxw-xgE?rlkey=yr3fdox0qwleimkqaq7u309hn&st=ut9tilap&dl=0

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - NEWS RELEASE 8th May 2024

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 8th May 2024

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Three local bowlers recently travelled to Belfast to compete in the season concluding Short Mat Players Tour World Masters event over the weekend of 20th and 21st April.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) enjoyed mixed results in the group stages starting with a 5-9 loss to Rory Gittoes followed by a 14-3 win against Peter Roberts.  A second win on Saturday came against Kerrie Hall 16-5 before finishing the day with a narrow 9-11 loss against Shaun Amerin.  Saturday's results left Nigel needing to win his final group game on Sunday morning to qualify for the opportunity to score big ranking points in the Cup competition.  Nigel won that final group game against Sean Trainor 11-6 to finish second in the group and take a place in the Cup Competition.

Nigel won 14-6 in the last 64 round against Bobby Logan before taking a 10-4 win against Michael Doorey in the last 32 round.  The last 16 saw Nigel lose to Alex Kley 2-10 with Alex going on to take the title.  The weekend's results saw Nigel move up 2 places to 3rd in the World Rankings with 838.25 points and 2 places to 2nd in the season Order of Merit standings with 600 points. Nigel qualifies to represent England in the World Cup event to be played in Chelmsford at the end of August. 

Peter Hore (Holmans) also enjoyed mixed results starting with a 10-6 win against Louis O' Hara followed by losses to Noel Smyth 3-11 and Mark Spalding 9-11.  Peter rounded off Saturday with an 11-6 win against Chris O' Kane.  On Sunday morning a 6-6 draw in his final group game against Tony McHugh left Peter 4th in the group and into the Plate competition.  Peter lost 1-11 to Paul Cairnduff in the last 64 round to finish the season ranked 43rd on the tour rankings with 385.38 points and 34th in the Order of Merit standings with 300.50 points.

Elise Daniell (Holmans) failed to score a point in the group stages with five losses, 6-15 to Ian McElroy, 6-8 to Declan Hegarty, 5-15 to Darren Davies, 7-12 to Lorraine Shorney and 5-12 to Shaun Morley.  A win 9-7 in the last 64 against Jonathan Ritchie in the Shield Competition ensured that Elise came away from the weekend with some ranking points.  Her weekend ended in the last 32 against Stephen O'Neill with a 3-12 loss.  Elise ended the season ranked 33rd on the tour rankings with 439.38 points and 29th in the Order of Merit standings with 335 points.

The Short Mat Players Tour's next ranking event is over the weekend of 24th and 25th August with a number of local bowlers entered into the event in Chelmsford.

SUMMER LEAGUE

Locally a Summer League competition with 12 teams split over East and West divisions will get under way in the week commencing 20th May with fixtures running through to early August.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA.