CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 27 December 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

News Release 27th December 2020

Cornwall's 21 Short Mat Bowls clubs who have met the English Short Mat Bowls Association's (ESMBA) 'Safe Club' status must now work to more stringent limitations on player numbers following Cornwall being moved into Tier 2 restrictions from Boxing Day.

Approved clubs can now offer the following

Singles matches between two affiliated members from different households and support bubbles may play on each rink mat, or

Affiliated members from family and support bubbles can play in an approved pairs format on each rink mat.

Supervised bowling for affiliated members under 18 and/or Disability specific short mat bowls is allowed to continue to operate.

ESMBA Insurance Scheme

Shortly before Christmas a letter jointly signed the ESMBA's Insurance partner and the ESMBA Chairman was published on the National Governing Bodies website outlining changes to the club insurance scheme from next years policy renewal.  

The fundamental change seemingly being that there will be an expectation that all members of an individual club register with the ESMBA regardless of whether they compete in organised competition or not.  This is a clear change from the current policy terms which state that Club Socal Members are covered to the same extent as a playing member.

With 100's of local bowlers not having registered for the current season this change will go some way to helping the ESMBA recover some of the lost revenues from diminished player registrations.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATON - News Release 13 December 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

News Release 13th December 2020

The 21 Short Mat Clubs in Cornwall with the English Short Mat Bowls Association's (ESMBA) 'Safe Club' status are again able to offer practice sessions for members with Cornwall under Tier One restrictions.

Some clubs are still unable to operate with their venues remaining closed into the new year at the earliest.

With much of the country still under stricter restrictions the ESMBA have yet to publish its plan for a return to competitive play which looks some way off at this time.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA 

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 1st November 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

News Release 1st November 2020

Short Mat Bowls clubs across the county will head back into hibernation from Thursday when the latest lockdown restrictions come into force.

These new restrictions will place doubt upon the timeline set by the English Short Mat Bowling Association for the return of competitive bowls which had originally planned for Inter Club activities during November and Open Competitions in December.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - NEWS RELEASE 25 October 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 25 October 2020

The number of Short Mat Bowls clubs in the county achieving the English Short Mat Bowling Association 'Safe Bowls' status allowing them to re open and offer Covid Safe bowls now stands as 21 with Goonbarrow, St Newlyn East, Withiel, Duloe and Saltash added to the list over the past week.

The full list of clubs by area is now

West - Hayle, Helston, Holmans, Marazion, Penlee, Penzance, Porthleven, St Ives, St Keverne

Central -  Goonbarrow, Luxulyan, St Newlyn East, Withiel 

North - Blisland, Lanteglos, Tintagel 

East - Callington, Dobwalls, Duloe, Saltash, Saltash Kernow

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - NEWS RELEASE 18 October 2020

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION 

NEWS RELEASE 18 October 2020

Around a third of Cornwall's affiliated Short Mat Bowls clubs are now able to open their doors to allow members to participate in non competitive bowling after achieving the English Short Mat Bowling Association's 'Safe Bowls' accreditation.

The clubs are

West - Hayle, Helston, Holmans, Marazion, Penlee, Penzance, Porthleven, St Ives, St Keverne

Central - Luxulyan 

North - Blisland, Lanteglos, Tintagel 

East - Callington, Dobwalls, Saltash Kernow

Currently, where space for distancing permits, clubs are able to operate sessions with up to 6 bowlers per mat although these groups are not permitted to mix in compliance with the 'Rule of Six'.

The ESMBA had, when publishing its plans for the restart of Short Mat Bowls, set out a possible return of Inter Club activity in November.  With the national Covid situation ever changing clubs are awaiting confirmation that this will happen and the guidance that will support such activity.

To support local bowlers the County Association has extended the club memberships paid for the 2019-20 season through to the end of the 2020-21 season and introduced a reduced Affiliation Fee for individual bowlers registering for the 2020-21 season.

Some clubs however are not able to open for the foreseeable future with venues remaining unavailable to them.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association