CCSMBA News Release - 21 October 2012

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE – 21 October 2012

 

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Cornwall’s short mat bowls teams travelled to Exeter on Sunday (21 October) to face Devon in the latest round of Inter County Championship fixtures.

 

The Premier Team were always expected to face an uphill task against a Devon team that had scored 70 out of a possible 80 points in their opening two fixtures.  The opening session, the morning Singles and Pairs proved pointless for Cornwall as Devon claimed all four mats.  Cornwall earned a share of the points in the second session with Graham Ford, Brenda Sleep & Brian Wakeley winning 13-8 in the Triples and Elise Daniell, Derek Elliott, Linda Martin and Gerald Fisher taking a 13-4 win in the Fours.  At the half way point in the match Cornwall trailed by 4 points to 12 and 73 shots to 100.

 

The third session, the afternoon Singles and Pairs were again dominated by Devon winning three out of four games, Graham Reeves and Nicholas Truscott earning a hard fought 14-12 win in the Pairs to add two points to Cornwall’s score.  Cornwall claimed a further two points in the final session, the afternoon Triples and Fours, with Gerald Fisher’s Four completing a double on the day with a 9-6 win.  The final match score being Devon 32 points 22 shots 8 points 129 shots.  Dorset’s 32-8 home win over Somerset sees them overtake Cornwall in second place in the table.

 

Premier Team Game Scores

SINGLES: Peter Hore (Holmans) 11-8 & 19-4; Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 15-10 & 16-8

PAIRS: Richard Brown & David Studden (Illogan) 16-7 & 14-7; Graham Reeves (Saltash) & Nicholas Truscott (Luxulyan) 20-9 & 12-14

TRIPLES: Graham Ford (St Newlyn East), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) & Brian Wakeley (Ladock) 8-13 & 22-4, Patsy Wakeley (Ladock), Neil Gribble (Landrake) & Chris Roberts (Ladock) 16-7 & 10-9

FOURS:  Elise Daniell (Holmans), Derek Elliot (Holmans), Linda Martin & Gerald Fisher (Illogan) 4-13 & 6-9; Kath Goodman (Treviscoe), Melba Kitt (Saltash), Gillian Cawrse (Lostwithiel) & Ken Horrell (Withiel) 10-6 & 21-1

 

Table                     P             W            D             L              Pts

Devon                   3              3              0              0              102

Dorset                  4              1              0              3              74

Cornwall              4              2              0              2              67

Somerset            3              1              0              2              37

 

The A Team match started with a shared session with both counties winning a game apiece in the Singles and Pairs.  For Cornwall Luke Jolly won 15-6 in the Singles and Keith Williams and Mike Widger were 11-5 winners in the Pairs.  The second session proved profitable for Cornwall with three wins to move into the lead of the match at the halfway point.  Tony Jago, John Keers & Keith Matthews winning 11-7 and Bill Sharp, Gary Davey & Henry Kendall winning 14-3 in the Triples.  Meg Horrell, Betty Temple-Smith, Dennis Shorthouse and Derek Newton completed the scoring with a 16-7 win in the Fours.  At the halfway point in the game Cornwall led 10 points to 6 and 87 shots to 66.

 

Devon enjoyed a session advantage in the afternoon Singles and Pairs by 5 points to 3.  Luke Jolly, cementing his place at the top of the team averages, with a win in the Singles 14-10 and in the Pairs Keith Williams and Mike Widger drawing 13-13.  Cornwall claimed the Singles bonus points with Devon taking the Pairs.  The final session saw Cornwall take three of the four games together with both the Triples and Fours bonus points.  In the Triples Keith Matthews won 14-9 and Henry Kendall by 17-10.  In the Fours it was the turn of Pam Hamley, Jim Rule, Terry Bray and Peter Hamley to record a win with a score of 9-4.  The final match score being Devon 15 points 155 shots Cornwall 25 points 179 shots.

 

A Team Game Scores

SINGLES: Luke Jolly (Treviscoe) 6-15 & 10-14; Martin Boraston (Dobwalls) 13-7 & 16-15

PAIRS: Keith Williams (Penlee) & Mike Widger (Porthleven) 5-11 & 13-13; Sheila Flower (Tintagel) & Robert Flower (Tintagel) 15-10 & 17-4

TRIPLES: Tony Jago (Treviscoe), John Keers (St Newlyn East) & Keith Matthews (Blisland) 7-11 & 9-14; Bill Sharp (Dobwalls), Gary Davey (Liskeard) & Henry Kendall (Withiel) 3-14 & 10-17

FOURS: Pam Hamley (Lostwithiel), Jim Rule (Lostwithiel), Terry Bray (Lostwithiel) & Peter Hamley (Lostwithiel) 10-3 & 4-9; Meg Horrell (Withiel), Betty Temple Smith (Luxulyan), Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) & Derek Newton (Dobwalls) 7-16 & 10-6

 

Table                     P             W            D             L              Pts

Cornwall              4              2              0              2              90

Dorset                  4              2              0              2              76

Somerset            3              2              1              0              65

Devon                   3              0              1              2              49

 

Cornwall are next in action at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club on Sunday 11 November when they will face Devon in the return fixture.

 

COUNTY FOURS

 

On Saturday (20 October) the qualification competition for the County Fours was played at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.  28 teams competed, split into 7 groups played for the 8 places on offer at the county finals at the end of the season.

 

Group One saw Edward Wakeley, Sandra Worton, John Worton & Arthur Tubb (Ladock) defeat Pam Hamley, Gillian Cawrse, Terry Bray and Peter Hamley (Lostwithiel) in the deciding game to win the group with 6 points +19 shots.  Group Two winners were Eric Boddy, Joan Boddy, Meg Horrell and Ken Horrell with 6 +17.  Elise Daniell, Derek Elliot, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore (Holmans) came through a tough opening game in Group Three to finish with 6 +21.   Group Four saw Graham Luke, Patsy Wakeley, Brian Wakeley & Chris Roberts (Ladock) top the table with 6 +30.  Margaret Jenkin, Raymond Jeffery, Percy Tripp & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) recovered from defeat in their first game to take Group Five with 4 +20.  Group Six saw the highest qualifying score of the day with Lynne Davey, Sheila Hodge, Martin Boraston & Gary Davey (Liskeard) scoring 6 +37.  The final group saw Mike Richards, Tom Lapworth, Martin Williams and Keith Williams (Penlee) through with 6 +6 and also provided the eighth qualifiers Melba Kitt, Margaret Goodwin, Graham Reeves and Darren Woolner (Saltash) taking the one place for runners up with 4 +15.

 

On Sunday (28 October), 46 bowlers split into two sessions of play will compete for eight places in the County Finals.  Play at Carnmoggas will get under way at 0900.

 

ENDS

 

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association

Tel:    07800 916059
E-mail: cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Web: www.ccsmba.co.uk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/ccsmba

 

 

Teams to play Devon on Sunday 21 October

Premier Team

Peter Hore, Nigel Nicholls, Richard Brown, David Studden, Graham Reeves, Nicholas Truscott, Graham Ford, Brenda Sleep, Brian Wakeley, Patsy Wakeley, Neil Gribble, Chris Roberts, Elise Daniell, Derek Elliott, Linda Martin, Gerald Fisher, Kath Goodman, Melba Kitt, Gillian Cawrse, Ken Horrell.

A Team

Luke Jolly, Martin Boraston, Keith Williams, Mike Widger, Sheila Flower, Bob Flower, Tony Jago, John Keers, Keith Matthews, Bill Sharp, Gary Davey, Henry Kendall, Pam Hamley, Jim Rule, Terry Bray, Peter Hamley, Meg Horrell, Betty Temple-Smith, Dennis Shorthouse, Derek Newton.

St Minver Charity Competition

On Sunday 5^th August a charity Short Mat Bowls Competition was held at St. Minver SMBC in memory of Tony Watson who passed away in August 2010.  The event was held to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support who helped Tony through the last few months of his life.

There was a great turn out of teams, some travelling from as far as Sidbury in Devon to play.  Throughout the day £680.00 was raised for the charity.

The group stages saw only one team winning all their games and sailing through to the final with 6 points plus 8 shots which was Blisland.   They were up against the team from Sidbury who had 5 points plus 4 shots.   

The final was a great game with the score being 7-7 with two ends to play.  Sidbury dropped a count of 4 on the penultimate end which left them a lot of work to do.  Sidbuy decided to play an attacking strategy whereas Blisland could afford to play a sensible game and continued to add bowls to the head.  Sidbury picked up 2 on the last end which left the score 9-11 to Blisland.

Winning Blisland Team accompanied by Karen Watson (Far Left) and Richard Watson (Far Right)

 

The day was a great success, everyone had a good time and ultimately raised lots of money for Macmillan Cancer Support.  The Watson family would like to thank everyone for their participation and making the day enjoyable for all involved.  Also thanks to Nathan Outlaw, Sharps Brewery, Julian Foye, Eden Project, Crealy, Sainsburys and Tesco for their kind donations.

CCSMBA News Release - 14 October 2012

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 14 October 2012

 

ENGLAND CALL UP FOR PETER HORE

 

Peter Hore, from the Holmans club, has been selected for the England team to compete in the British Isles Championships at the Potters Resort in Norfolk on 17^th and 18^th November.  Having played in the 2009 and 2011 A Team International events this selection makes Peter only the third Cornish bowler to play for England in the championships, the previous representatives being Brian George (Morwenstow) in 1992 and Karen Watson (Holmans, now Treviscoe) in 2010.

 

After a gaining a number of opportunities to play at recent England weekends Elise Daniell, also of the Holmans club, has been added to the England squad for the remainder of the season.

 

COUNTY FOURS

 

On Saturday 112 bowlers in 28 teams are entered into the qualification competition for the County Fours championship to be played at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club with play under way at 0900.  8 teams will go forward from the day to the County Finals later in the season.

 

INTER COUNTY

 

On Sunday Cornwall travel to Exeter to take on Devon at the ISCA Bowls Centre in the latest round of Inter County Championship fixtures.  In the Premier Competition, Devon lead the way in the local group having dropped just 10 out of a possible 80 points in their opening two games.  For Cornwall every point will be crucial against a strong Devon team as they look to maintain second place and extend their advantage over Somerset and Dorset.

 

Cornwall’s A team go into the match with a number of players returning to the availability list with some likely to return as Cornwall look to extend their lead at the top of the table against a Devon team currently sitting bottom of the table.

 

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association

Tel:    07800 916059
E-mail: cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Web: www.ccsmba.co.uk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/ccsmba

 

 

CCSMBA News Release - 8 October 2012

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 8 October 2012

 

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Cornwall reached the half way point of the group stages of ESMBA Inter County Championship with a fixture away to Dorset played at the Dorset Bowls Resort near Bere Regis in Sunday (7^th October).

 

The Premier Team, needing to bounce back from a disappointing performance away to Somerset started well taking a 5-3 session advantage in the morning Singles and Pairs.  Nigel Nicholls winning 21-7 in the Singles, Graham Reeves & Nicholas Truscott were 14-6 winners in the Pairs and Richard Brown & David Studden carded a 14-14 draw with the last wood of the game.  The second session saw Cornwall win both Fours but narrowly defeated in the Triples.  Elise Daniell, Dennis Shorthouse, Linda Martin & Gerald Fisher recording a 13-7 score line and Kath Goodman, Melba Kitt, Gillian Cawrse & Percy Tripp winning 10-4.  At the halfway point Cornwall led by 9 points to 7 and 96 shots to 74.

 

The afternoon Singles and Pairs saw the points shared 4 apiece with Nigel Nicholls winning 15-14 in the Singles and Richard Brown & David Studden recording a score of 15-6.  With Cornwall collecting both the Singles and Pairs bonus points Cornwall went into the final session leading 17 points to 11 and 152 shots to 126.  The final session was to prove a little disappointing for Cornwall winning just one game, Bill Sharp, Neil Gribble & Chris Roberts in the Triples with a score of 14-2, the margin ensuring Cornwall claimed the bonus points.  The other Triple of Graham Ford, Ken Horrell & Brian Wakeley missed out by a single shot on the last end of their games going down 10-11.  Both Fours looked in control of their games right up until the final few ends.  Gerald Fisher’s rink dropped four on the last end to go down to a 7-9 score line whilst a five to Dorset on the penultimate end against Percy Tripp saw them take an 8-7 win.  Cornwall’s solid scoring in the morning however guaranteed the bonus points to leave the final match score at Dorset 17 points 156 shots Cornwall 23 points 190 shots.  On the day Dorset won more game points but solid Cornwall scoring combined with a determination to keep any lost games tight ensured Cornwall took full advantage of the bonus pints offered for each discipline.

 

Premier Team Game Scores

SINGLES: Peter Hore (Holmans) 18-9 & 14-13; Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 7-21 & 14-15

PAIRS: Richard Brown & David Studden (Illogan) 14-14 & 6-15; Graham Reeves (Saltash) & Nicholas Truscott (Luxulyan) 6-14 & 18-13

TRIPLES: Graham Ford (St Newlyn East), Ken Horrell (Withiel) & Brian Wakeley (Ladock) 9-8 & 11-10, Bill Sharp (Dobwalls), Neil Gribble (Landrake) & Chris Roberts (Ladock) 9-7 & 2-14

FOURS:  Elise Daniell (Holmans) Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake), Linda Martin & Gerald Fisher (Illogan) 7-13 & 9-7; Kath Goodman (Treviscoe), Melba Kitt (Saltash), Gillian Cawrse (Lostwithiel) & Percy Tripp (Helston) 4-10 & 8-7

 

Table                     P             W            D             L              Pts

Devon                   2              2              0              0              70

Cornwall              3              2              0              1              59

Dorset                  3              0              0              3              42

Somerset            2              1              0              1              29

 

The A Team went into the match as group leaders and were looking for a strong performance to consolidate that position.  The first session of Singles and Pairs saw the points shared with both counties taking a win apiece in each discipline.  Luke Jolly continued his unbeaten run in the singles with a solid 16-7 win and Sheila & Bob Flower were 15-12 winners in the Pairs.  The morning Triples and Fours saw a solitary win for Cornwall recorded by Sheila Hodge, Joe Dixon, Jim Rule and Terry Bray who survived a late rally from their opponents to win 7-6.  At the halfway stage Dorset led 10 points to 6 and 92 shots to 79.

 

The afternoon Singles and Pairs proved profitable for Cornwall recording three wins and both sets of bonus points.  In the Singles Martin Boraston recorded a 25-4 win whilst in the Pairs Keith Williams & Betty Temple Smith won 19-11 and Sheila & Bob Flower won 16-10.  This moved Cornwall into a 16 pints to 12 lead going into a last session that would prove to be one that Dorset would dominate comfortably wining both Triples and one of the Fours games and in the process taking both sets of bonus points.  For Cornwall the solitary points scorers were the Four of Meg Horrell, Barbara James, Brenda Sleep and Derek Newton winning 11-3.  The final match score read Dorset 22 points 174 shots Cornwall 18 points 172 shots.  This was probably a match that Cornwall should have won.  The team management will have some head scratching to do ahead of the next match with a number of players returning to the squad after being unavailable for this match.

 

A Team Game Scores

SINGLES: Luke Jolly (Treviscoe) 7-16 & 16-8; Martin Boraston (Dobwalls) 16-11 & 4-25

PAIRS: Keith Williams (Penlee) & Betty Temple Smith (Luxulyan) 19-12 & 11-19; Sheila Flower (Tintagel) & Robert Flower (Tintagel) 12-15 & 10-16

TRIPLES: Marion Keers (St Newlyn East), Tony Jago (Treviscoe) & John Keers (St Newlyn East) 10-8 & 13-4; Lynn Davey (Liskeard), Mark Albon (Luxulyan) & Gary Davey (Liskeard) 13-7 & 15-4

FOURS: Sheila Hodge (Liskeard), Joe Dixon (Withiel), Jim Rule (Lostwithiel) & Terry Bray (Lostwithiel) 6-7 & 10-6; Meg Horrell (Withiel), Barbara James (Dobwalls), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) & Derek Newton (Dobwalls) 9-3 & 3-11

 

Table                     P             W            D             L              Pts

Cornwall              3              1              0              2              65

Dorset                  3              1              0              2              59

Somerset            2              1              1              0              42

Devon                   2              0              1              1              34

 

Cornwall’s next fixture is against Devon on Sunday 21 October at the ISCA Bowls Centre in Exeter.  The Premier Team will face a tough match against a team with a number of players with international experience and has already recorded convincing wins against Somerset at home 38-2 and Dorset 32-8 away.  Devon’s A Team have shown the same form as there senior counterparts and Cornwall can look to consolidate their bid for top spot in the group with a solid result.

 

INTER AREA LEAGUE

 

This Sunday (14^th October) sees the first of three match days for the Inter Area League which see’s teams of 20 representing each of the league areas in the county compete for the Newton Shield.  North will be up against Central and West take on the East at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club.

 

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association

Tel:    07800 916059
E-mail: cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Web: www.ccsmba.co.uk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/ccsmba