CCSMBA News Release - 24th February 2008

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowls News Release - 24^th February 2008

 

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

The finals of five county championships were contested over the weekend at The Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin.

First up was the County Fours where the Luxulyan four of Chris, Camilla & Gillian Cawrse and Phil Hicks won back the title they won 2 years ago with a closely contested victory over Treviscoe's R & G Ford and G & J Smith. Luxulyan eventually won the game 18-14 having raced ahead in the early stages before being pegged back. Both teams had eased through their semi finals earlier in the day against rinks from Holmans and Liskeard.

Next came the finals of the County Singles Championship where Phil Thomas of Dobwalls won the competition for the second time, beating Malcolm Furneaux of Penlee 16-10 in a closely fought final. Earlier in the day Thomas eased past R Flower (Tintagel) before beating Cornwall Premier Team Singles player Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn) by a single shot on a tense last end.

The County Mixed Fours saw Peter and Pam Hamley (Lostwithiel) join the new County Fours champions Chris and Camilla Cawrse to help the Luxulyan duo claim their second title of the day. As with the County Fours, the Luxulyan and Lostwithiel mixed team won back the title they had won 2 seasons ago, this time beating Roy Christophers (Helston), Anne Warren, Una Prideaux & David Studden (All Troon)13-8 in the final.

On Sunday it was the turn of the County Pairs and Triples finals. Troon's Joe Coups and David Studden took the County Pairs title to add to their County Four Wood Pairs title they had won 2 weeks before. They beat Helston's Roy Christophers and Percy Tripp 17-5 in a one sided final. Earlier Coups & Studden had beaten Betty Temple-Smith & Sheila Hodge 9-4 in the semi final having eased past J & S Ashton in the quarters.

J Coups & D Studden were then joined by Troon club-mate B Williams as another one sided final saw them claim a 21-6 win over B Sharp, J Roper & B Sleep of Dobwalls to claim the County Triples title. Earlier in the competition the Troon trio had beaten P Williams, C Matthews & J Watson (St Newlyn East) by just one shot in the semi final.

 

Local League Tables

 

Central Area - Premier Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/centprem.php

- First Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/cent1st.php

North Area - Premier Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north1st.php

- First Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north2nd.php

 

Regards

 

Peter Hore
CCSMBA Press & Promotions Officer

 

www.ccsmba.co.uk
ccsmbapress@tiscali.co.uk

Unique Achievement

Congratulations to Helston's Roy Christophers, Ken Banfield and Percy Tripp on achieving a fifth consecutive County Team of Three title.

CCSMBA News Release - 18th February 2008

Inter County Championship

Cornwall's Premier Team travelled to Melksham, Wiltshire for the
Quarter Final of the Inter County Championship Consolation
Competition
on Sunday where they faced the team that knocked them out of the
competition last season, Shropshire.

The first session saw just 1 win from the 4 games, coming from the
rink of Margaret Jenkins, Pam Williams, Derek Swaby & Graham Ford.
Shropshire also took a healthy shots advantage, mainly thanks to an
almost faultless display from their World Singles Champion Chris
Grocott winning 29-4.

A sole win for Cornwall in the second session from Holmans duo Nick
Truscott and Peter Hore meant that at the half way stage Shropshire
lead by 12 points to 4. The third session saw Shropshire take all 4
wins to secure their place in the semi finals with a session to
spare.

With the match already lost, Cornwall hit back in the final session
with wins for Penlee's Geoff Lane and Mike Jefferies in the pairs and
Roy Christophers, Brenda Sleep & Carol Ford in the Triples along with
a
draw in the other pairs match.

Final Score - Cornwall 9 points 153 shots - Shropshire 27 points 217
shots

A busy weekend ahead locally see's the finals of the County Singles,
Fours & Mixed Fours on Saturday and County Pairs & Triples on Sunday,
all at the The Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin.

Scores (Cornwall First)

Singles

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 4-29, 11-13
David Studden (Troon) 8-17, 12-18

Fours
Margaret Jenkins (Newlyn Trinity), Pam Williams (St Newlyn East),
Derek Swaby (Wadebridge) & Graham Ford (St Newlyn East) 10-3, 1-20
Pam Hamley (Lostwithiel), Elise Daniell (Holmans), Chris Roberts
(Ladock) & Peter Hamley (Lostwithiel) 10-12, 6-11

Pairs
Geoff Lane (Penlee) & Mike Jefferies (Penlee) 12-19, 11-10
Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) & Peter Hore (Holmans) 21-11, 12-12

Triples
Roy Christophers (Helston), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) & Carol Ford (St
Newlyn East) 8-13, 7-6
Gillian Cawrse (Luxulyan), Phil Hicks (Luxulyan) & Percy Tripp
(Helston) 8-10, 12-13

League Tables (please follow links below)

Central Area - Premier Division - http://www.ccsmba.co/.
uk/league/centprem.php

- First Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/cent1st.php

North Area - Premier Division - http://www.ccsmba.co/.
uk/league/north1st.php

- First Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north2nd.php

Regards

Peter Hore
CCSMBA Press & Promotions Officer

http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/
ccsmbapress@tiscali.co.uk

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Inter County - Premier v Shropshire Premier Consolation Quarter Finals

Cornwall 9 points 153 shots Shropshire 23 points 217 shots

Singles

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 4-29, 11-13
David Studden (Troon) 8-17, 12-18

Fours
Margaret Jenkins (Newlyn Trinity), Pam Williams (St Newlyn East), Derek Swaby (Wadebridge) & Graham Ford (St Newlyn East) 10-3, 1-20
Pam Hamley (Lostwithiel), Elise Daniell (Holmans), Chris Roberts (Ladock) & Peter Hamley (Lostwithiel) 10-12, 6-11

Pairs
Geoff Lane (Penlee) & Mike Jefferies (Penlee) 12-19, 11-10
Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) & Peter Hore 21-11, 12-12

Triples
Roy Christophers (Helston), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) & Carol Ford (St Newlyn East) 8-13, 7-6
Gillian Cawrse (Luxulyan), Phil Hicks (Luxulyan) & Percy Tripp (Helston) 8-10, 12-13

CCSMBA News Release - 10th February 2008

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 10th FEBRUARY 2008

INTER AREA LEAGUE

On Saturday the East area claimed the Inter Area League title for the first time at Bodmin’s Dragon Leisure Centre, denying the West area a third consecutive win. The East defeated North by 25 points to 11. In the other match West defeated Central by 21 points to 15 despite having been behind on the points and shots count going into the last session.

The final table reads
P W D L Pts
East 3 3 0 0 69
West 3 2 0 1 63
Central 3 1 0 2 61
North 3 0 0 3 23

FOUR WOOD PAIRS FINALS

On Sunday morning the first of the County competition finals, the Four Wood Pairs, were held at the Dragon Leisure Centre.

In the quarter finals Joe Coups & David Studden (Troon) defeated Geoff Lane & Mike Jefferies 17-6, Tony Baldwin & Peter Spargo (Liskeard) defeated Jean Roper & Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) 14-3. Elise Daniell & Peter Hore (Holmans) needed an extra end to defeat Sheila & Robert Flower (Tintagel) 12-11. The semi finals saw Joe Coups & David Studden need an extra end in defeating Tony Baldwin and Peter Spargo 8-7. Elise Daniell and Peter Hore defeated Valerie & Geoff Risdon 10-5.

The final, played over 15 ends was closely fought with neither pair gaining a clear advantage in the game it was almost inevitable that the game would go to an extra 16th end after the score read 14-14 after the scheduled 15 ends. In the deciding end the Troon pairing had the edge claiming 2 shots for a 16-14 win.


2 WOOD SINGLES FINALS

On Sunday afternoon attention turned to the Two Wood Singles finals at the same venue.

In the quarter finals David Griffin (Lostwithiel) claimed a 20-7 win over Kath Goodman (Treviscoe), Jim Ashton (Saltash) had an end to spare in defeating Peter Spargo 11-8. Tony Baldwin had two ends to spare in his 10-5 win over David Studden whilst Gerald Fisher (Troon) needed an extra end to defeat Carol Ford (St Newlyn East) 11-9.

In the semi-finals David Griffin defeated Jim Ashton 13-1 to set up a final against Tony Baldwin who defeated Gerald Fisher 10-7. Tony Baldwin claimed the final 13-6 with 2 ends to spare.


INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday (17th February) Cornwall’s Premier Team travel to Melksham, Wiltshire to face Shropshire in the Quarter Finals of the ESMBA Inter County Championship Consolation competition.

AREA LEAGUES

League Tables (please follow links below)
Central Area - Premier Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/centprem.php
- First Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/cent1st.php
North Area - Premier Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north1st.php
- First Division - http://www.ccsmba.co.uk/league/north2nd.php

ENDS

Photos of the competition winners are available from Nicholas Truscott mailto:njtruscott@btinternet.com

Peter Hore
Press Officer
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowls Association.