Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association - News Release 9 December 2018

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 9 DECEMBER 2018

INTER COUNTY RINKS

On Sunday Cornwall were represented in the qualification heats for the ESMBA Inter County Premier Rinks at Tamworth.

Cornwall faced Devon and Northamptonshire comfortably winning both, 59-22 against Devon and 50-36 against Northamptonshire winning 7 rinks and drawing 1 through the day.  Cornwall go through to the finals on Sunday 27th January 2019.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Cornwall are still awaiting confirmation of arrangements for the knockout stages of the Inter County Championships and who the opponents will be for both the Premier and A Teams.

COUNTY FOURS

On Saturday 21 teams took part in the qualification competition for the County Fours at Carnmoggas.  8 Teams progress through to March's County Finals.  Group Winners were Gill Cawrse (Newlyn Trinity), Lyn Davey (Landrake), Martin Boraston (Duloe) & Gary Davey (Landrake) who topped Group One with 6 points +12 shots.  Group Two was topped by Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), Callum Beale (Withiel) & Peter Hore (Holmans) with the days best score of 6 +34.  

Cynthia Storer, Graham Luke, Tony Jago & Chris Roberts (Ladock) topped Group Three with 5 +24.  Bobby Doe, Treeve Pollard, Chris Selby & David Studden (Holmans) won Group Four with 6 +16.  Diane Shorthouse, Heidi Ker, Richard Kerr & Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) topped Group 5 with 4 +12.  The best runners up qualifying were from Group Three Betty Temple-Smith, Mike Webster, Max Burden & Keith Matthews (Blisland) with 5 +15.  Ronnie Thomas, Rose Dyer, John Thomas & Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity) took the second spot with 4 +15 in Group Four.  Carol & John Dodd and Sandra & John Worton (St Newlyn East) took the final spot with 4 +4 in Group One.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

On Saturday 1st December a small number of local bowlers competed in the Short Mat Players Tour World Fours Masters in Chelmsford.  Elise Daniell (Holmans), Luke Jolly, Callum Beale (Withiel) & Peter Hore (Holmans) topped Group 9 with scores of 21-2, 6-6 and 12-5 before going out in the Last 16 round 2-13.  Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) joined with three players from Sweden to top Group 1 with results of 9-4, 10-7 and 8-4 before also losing in the Last 16 round 3-7.  James Smith (Newlyn Trinity) joined with fellow South West based bowlers Paul Pomeroy, George Main and Elliot James coming second in Group 4 with results of 14-8, 7-8 and 13-6.  In the knockouts the four progressed to the Quarter Finals with a 14-8 win before narrowly losing 7-8 in the quarter finals.

On Sunday 2nd the Short Mat Players Tour World Pairs Masters were played in Chelmsford.  Beale & Hore topped Group 4 with results of 11-10, 14-7 & 7-12 before losing 6-11 in the Last 32 round of the knockouts.  Nicholls paired with Paul Seaman (East Sussex) to top Group 12 with results of 9-5, 11-4 & 13-4.  In the Last 32 round of the knockouts a 18-6 win progressed the pair to the Last 16 where they lost 6-8.  Daniell & Jolly topped Group 17 with results of 12-5, 17-3 & 11-9 but lost 5-10 in the Last 32 round of the knockouts.  Smith paired with Pomeroy finishing second in Group 11 with results of 8-7, 7-9 & 26-3.  In the knockouts wins of 12-3, 14-3 and 8-3 saw them through to the semi finals where they lost 5-11.

COUNTY SINGLES

This weekend around 60 bowlers will compete for the 8 places in the County Finals with the entry split over two days at Carnmoggas.

COUNTY LEAGUES

The County Evening League program is underway and continually updated league tables for each division can be accessed from the following links.

We have added new functionality to the website to enable media organisations to download league match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline.  This can be found at http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/ccsmba/media/results.php

West Premier - https://bit.ly/2NcOIFf

West Division One - https://bit.ly/2OXTqbx

Central Premier - https://bit.ly/2Omr3H2

Central Division One - https://bit.ly/2Rd0G4Y

East Premier - https://bit.ly/2OmrMbe

East Division One - https://bit.ly/2zGwUPm

North - https://bit.ly/2Nrb1qZ

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Sat 15 December - County Singles @ Carnmoggas

Sun 16 December - County Singles @ Carnmoggas

Sat 5 January - County Four Wood Pairs @ Carnmoggas

Sat 6 January - County Four Wood Pairs @ Carnmoggas

Sat 12 January - Short Mat Players Tour British Open @ York IBC

Sun 13 January - Short Mat Players Tour British Open @ York IBC

CCSMBA MAILING LIST

A new mailing list has been established for distributing news from the Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association.  Please subscribe by following this link http://eepurl.com/dw3JH1 to keep up to date with the latest news from the CCSMBA. 

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/ccsmba

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association - News Release 25 November 2018

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 25 NOVEMBER 2018

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday the final round of group games in the English Short Mat Bowling Association (ESMBA) Inter County Championship were played with Cornwall travelling to ISCA Indoor Bowling Club in Exeter to face Devon and Dorset hosting Somerset at the Dorset Bowls Resort near Bere Regis.

Cornwall's Premier Team started in the best possible way taking all eight points from the first session.  In the Singles Nigel Nicholls won 17-9 and James Smith 17-12.  In the Pairs Elise Daniell & David Studden won 13-9 and John Worton & Peter Hore 12-10.  Cornwall took a further 5 points from the second session.  In the Triples Graham Reeves, Mike Dyer & Percy Tripp won 13-12 and Betty Temple Smith, Max Burden & Keith Matthews drew 15-15.  In the Fours Nathan Waters, Nicholas Truscott, Martin Boraston & Luke Jolly won 20-5.  At the halfway point in the match Cornwall led by 13 points to 3 and 113 shots to 90.

With 19 points being the target for Cornwall to guarantee qualification for the knockout stages of the Championships Cornwall surpassed the target with a session to spare taking 10 out of 12 points in the third session.  In the Pairs Daniell & Studden won 23-0 and in the Singles Nicholls won 19-8 & Smith 14-13.  Cornwall took the bonus points in in both the Singles and Pairs to lead 23 points to 5.  In the final session Cornwall won two games, Matthews' Triple 10-8 and Jolly's Four 11-7.  Cornwall took the Triples bonus points but missed out on the Fours by 1.  The final score Cornwall 29 points 211 shots Devon 11 points 163 shots.

In the day's other match in Cornwall's group Dorset won 26-14 against Somerset.  In the final standings Dorset top the table with 152 points, Cornwall second on 125, Devon third on 104 and Somerset fourth on 99.  Dorset and Cornwall go forward to the main knockout competition later in the season.  The Preliminary Round is scheduled for the weekend of 9/10th February which clashes with the Short Mat Players Tour English Masters.  The Quarter Finals follow a fortnight later over the weekend of 23rd and 24th February, Semi Finals on the following weekend 2nd and 3rd March and Finals on 17th March.

Scores 

Singles: Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 17-9 & 19-8; James Smith (Newlyn Trinity) 17-12 & 14-13

Pairs: Elise Daniell & David Studden (Holmans) 13-9 & 23-0; John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Peter Hore (Holmans) 12-10 & 8-15

Triples: Graham Reeves (Saltash), Mike Dyer & Percy Tripp (Newlyn Trinity) 12-11 & 8-9; Betty Temple-Smith, Max Burden & Keith Matthews (Blisland) 15-15 & 10-8

Fours: Nathan Waters (Withiel), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), Martin Boraston (Duloe) & Luke Jolly (Withiel) 20-5 & 11-7; Richard Kerr (Landrake), Chris Roberts (Ladock), Neil Gribble (Landrake) & Callum Beale (Withiel) 7-18 & 5-13

The A Team shared the first session winning both Singles, Mark Payne 18-13 and Ronnie Thomas 14-10.  Three wins in the second session moved Cornwall into the lead.  In the Triples Lyn Smith, Mike Webster & Keith Williams won 12-10 and Dennis Shorthouse, Bob Smith & Brenda Smith 16-6.  In the Fours Rose Dyer, Beryl Langsworthy, Lynne Davey & Gary Davey won 14-4.  At the halfway point Cornwall led 10 points to 6.

In the third session Cornwall again won both Singles, Payne 15-11 and Thomas 22-3 taking the bonus points but losses in both Pairs saw Cornwall take 6 of the twelve points on offer from the session.  The final session saw just a solitary win for Cornwall with Sleep's Triple winning 17-13 with no bonus points scored by Cornwall it was Devon who took the match victory by 22 points to 18 and 191 shots to 193.  

The days other match saw Somerset confirm top spot with a 21-19 win over Dorset to finish with a total of 134 points.  Cornwall take second with 127, Dorset third on 125 and Devon fourth on 94.  The A Team knockout dates are the same as for the Premier Team except that the Quarter Finals are one week earlier on the 16th & 17th February. 

Scores

Singles: Mark Payne (Penlee) 18-13 & 15-11; Ronnie Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) 10-10 & 22-3

Pairs: Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) & David Topliffe (Boscastle) 12-14 & 12-15; Alan Holden & Des Pengelly (Landrake) 5-16 & 10-11

Triples: Lynn Smith (Praa Sands), Mike Webster (Blisland) & Keith Williams (Penlee) 12-10 & 4-27; Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake), Robert Smith (Praa Sands) & Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) 16-6 & 17-13

Fours: Meg Horrell (Withiel), Heidi Kerr (Landrake), Tony Jago (Ladock) & Ken Horrell (Withiel) 9-12 & 7-16; Rose Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Beryl Langsworthy (Penlee), Lynn Davey & Gary Davey (Landrake) 14-4 & 6-10

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

On Saturday the National Pairs and Triples qualifiers were played at at Carnmoggas.

The result of the Pairs was 1st Nigel Nicholls & James Smith, 2nd Luke Jolly & Elise Daniell, 3rd Mark Payne & Howard McCormack, 4th Callum Beale & Peter Hore.

The result of the Triples was 1st James Smith, Nigel Nicholls & David Studden, 2nd Peter Hore, Mike Dyer & John Thomas, 3rd Lynne Davey, Martin Boraston & Gary Davey, 4th Callum Beale, Luke Jolly & Elise Daniell

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

This weekend a small group of local bowlers travel to Chelmsford to compete in the Short Mat Players Tour World Fours and Pairs Masters competitions.

COUNTY LEAGUES

The County Evening League program is underway and continually updated league tables for each division can be accessed from the following links.

We have added new functionality to the website to enable media organisations to download league match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline.  This can be found at http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/ccsmba/media/results.php

West Premier - https://bit.ly/2NcOIFf

West Division One - https://bit.ly/2OXTqbx

Central Premier - https://bit.ly/2Omr3H2

Central Division One - https://bit.ly/2Rd0G4Y

East Premier - https://bit.ly/2OmrMbe

East Division One - https://bit.ly/2zGwUPm

North - https://bit.ly/2Nrb1qZ

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Sat 1 December - Short Mat Players Tour World Fours Masters @ Chelmsford IBC

Sun 2 December - Short Mat Players Tour Would Pairs Masters @ Chelmsford IBC

Sat 8 December - County Fours @ Carnmoggas

Sun 9 December - Inter County Rinks @ Tamworth IBC

Sat 15 December - County Singles @ Carnmoggas

Sun 16 December - County Singles @ Carnmoggas

CCSMBA MAILING LIST

A new mailing list has been established for distributing news from the Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association.  Please subscribe by following this link http://eepurl.com/dw3JH1 to keep up to date with the latest news from the CCSMBA. 

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/ccsmba

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Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association - News Release 18 November 2018

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 18 NOVEMBER 2018

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday the final round of South West group games in the English Short Mat Bowling Association (ESMBA) Inter County Championship will be played.  Cornwall travel to ISCA Indoor Bowling Club in Exeter to face Devon and Dorset host Somerset at the Dorset Bowls Resort near Bere Regis.

In the Premier Team competition Dorset are the clear leaders with 126 points and a +216 shot difference.  Cornwall are second on 96 and +1, Devon third with 93 and -92 and Somerset fourth on 85 and -125.  With Dorset needing just 10 points to mathematically guarantee top spot there are several permutations for the second qualification spot for the Knockout competition.  Cornwall need a minimum of 19 points to ensure they finish ahead of Devon, anything less will see Devon overtake Cornwall.  If Cornwall reach 19 points Somerset would then need at least 31 points if they are qualify.

The A Team competition can see anyone of three counties take the top spot.  Somerset lead with 113 and +34, Cornwall second with 109 and +103, Dorset third with 106 and +53 and Devon fourth with 72 and -190.  A win for Cornwall will guarantee progression to the knockouts the result between Dorset and Somerset determining who will take the second place.  Somerset need 17 points from the match and Dorset 24.  It looks likely that the top three could be split by a very small margin.

It is hoped to bring regular updates from the Devon v Cornwall matches via Facebook & Twitter throughout the day on Sunday.

INTER AREA LEAGUE

On Sunday the second round of Inter Area Matches were played at Carnmoggas.  Central dominated against East winning 34 points to 6 and 208 shots to 128.  West won 21 points to 19 and 185-178 shots against North.  Central are in control after two games with 64 points, West are second with 36, East third with 31 and North fourth with 29.

The final round of fixtures are due to be played on February 3rd at Carnmoggas when Central play West and East play North.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

On Saturday the National Pairs and Triples qualifiers will be played at at Carnmoggas.

COUNTY LEAGUES

The County Evening League program is underway and continually updated league tables for each division can be accessed from the following links.

We have added new functionality to the website to enable media organisations to download league match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline.  This can be found at http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/ccsmba/media/results.php

West Premier - https://bit.ly/2NcOIFf

West Division One - https://bit.ly/2OXTqbx

Central Premier - https://bit.ly/2Omr3H2

Central Division One - https://bit.ly/2Rd0G4Y

East Premier - https://bit.ly/2OmrMbe

East Division One - https://bit.ly/2zGwUPm

North - https://bit.ly/2Nrb1qZ

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Sat 24 November - National Pairs & Triples Qualifiers @ Carnmoggas

Sun 25 November - Inter County Devon v Cornwall @ ISCA IBC and Dorset v Somerset @ Dorset Bowls Resort

Sat 1 December - Short Mat Players Tour World Fours Masters @ Chelmsford IBC

Sun 2 December - Short Mat Players Tour Would Pairs Masters @ Chelmsford IBC

Sat 8 December - County Fours @ Carnmoggas

Sun 9 December - Inter County Rinks @ Tamworth IBC

Sat 15 December - County Singles @ Carnmoggas

Sun 16 December - County Singles @ Carnmoggas

CCSMBA MAILING LIST

A new mailing list has been established for distributing news from the Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association.  Please subscribe by following this link http://eepurl.com/dw3JH1 to keep up to date with the latest news from the CCSMBA. 

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Facebook www.facebook.com/ccsmba

Twitter www.twitter.com/ccsmba

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association - News Release 11 November 2018

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 11 NOVEMBER 2018

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall met Dorset at Carnmoggas for the fifth Inter County match for the group stages of this years competition. 

The Premier Team took an advantage in the first session winning three games, in the Singles Nigel Nicholls won 17-5 and James Smith won 22-7.  In the Pairs John Worton & Peter Hore won 15-6.  Dorset narrowed the gap in the second session with Cornwall taking three points from the Fours.  Nathan Waters, Nicholas Truscott, Martin Boraston & Luke Jolly won 9-8 and Richard Kerr, Chris Roberts, Neil Gribble & Callum Beale came back to draw 11-11.  At the halfway point in the match the Cornwall led 9-7.

The third session saw a Nicholls & Smith complete a clean sweep in the Singles with 17-11 and 19-11 wins respectively ensuring the bonus points.  The match score moving on to Cornwall 15 Dorset 13.  The final session saw Cornwall wrap up victory with wins in the Triples for Graham Reeves, Mike Dyer & Kevin Williams 10-9 and in the Fours Jolly 18-11 and Beale 27-5.  Cornwall took the Fours bonus points to take 8 from the session and the match win by 23 points to 17 and 211 shots to 184.

In the days other South West Group match Devon hosted leaders Somerset taking a 30 points to 10 win.  The latest points totals are Dorset 126, Cornwall 96, Devon 93 & Somerset 85.  The group stages conclude on Sunday 25th when Cornwall travel to the resurgent Devon and Somerset travel to Dorset.

Scores 

Singles: Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 17-8 & 17-11; James Smith (Newlyn Trinity) 22-7 & 19-11

Pairs: Elise Daniell & Percy Tripp (Newlyn Trinity) 7-16 & 4-15; John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Peter Hore (Holmans) 15-6 & 8-17

Triples: Graham Reeves (Saltash), Mike Dyer & Kevin Williams (Newlyn Trinity) 10-20 & 10-9; Betty Temple-Smith, Max Burden & Keith Matthews (Blisland) 9-11 & 8-18

Fours: Nathan Waters (Withiel), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), Martin Boraston (Duloe) & Luke Jolly (Withiel) 9-8 & 11-11; Richard Kerr (Landrake), Chris Roberts (Ladock), Neil Gribble (Landrake) & Callum Beale (Withiel) 18-11 & 27-5

In the A Team fixture Cornwall fell behind in the first session with only a single win in the Pairs for for David Topliffe & Sandra Worton 22-11.  Both Singles Ronnie Thomas and Mark Payne lost by a single shot each.  The second session saw points shared with Dorset taking both Triples and Cornwall both Fours, Meg Horrell, Heidi Kerr, Tony Jago & Ken Horrell winning 12-8 and Rose Dyer, Beryl Langsworthy, Lynne Davey & Gary Davey winning 10-6.  Cornwall trailed 6-10 at the halfway point in the match.

The third session saw Cornwall take two wins.  In the Singles won Thomas 14-8 and Pairs Des Pengelly & Alan Holden won 14-10.  The Singles bonus points were shared and Cornwall claimed the Pairs by a single shot.  The match score moving on to Cornwall 13 Somerset 15.  The final session saw the game points shared with Cornwall taking a win in both the Triples and Fours.  Lynn Smith, Mike Webster & Keith Williams winning 10-7 in the Triples and Davey's Four winning 21-6.  Cornwall took the Fours bonus points and Dorset the Triples.  The final match score a narrow defeat for Cornwall 19 points to 21 and 198 shots to 194.  With Somerset defeating Devon by 28 points to 12 in the days other match, Cornwall slip back to second in the South West Group.  The standing are now Somerset 113, Cornwall 109 points, Dorset 106, Devon 72.

Scores

Singles: Mark Payne (Penlee) 15-16 & 10-14; Ronnie Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) 13-14 & 14-8

Pairs: Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) & David Topliffe (Boscastle) 22-11 & 11-15; Alan Holden & Des Pengelly (Landrake) 8-18 & 14-10

Triples: Lynn Smith (Praa Sands), Mike Webster (Blisland) & Keith Williams (Penlee) 8-14 & 10-7; Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake), Robert Smith (Praa Sands) & Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) 8-14 & 9-18

Fours: Meg Horrell (Withiel), Heidi Kerr (Landrake), Tony Jago (Ladock) & Ken Horrell (Withiel) 12-8 & 13-15; Rose Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Beryl Langsworthy (Penlee), Lynn Davey & Gary Davey (Landrake) 10-6 & 21-6

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

On Saturday the National Fours and Singles qualifiers were played at Carnmoggas.

In the Fours Newlyn Trinity's John Thomas, Mike Dyer, Kevin Williams & Nigel Nicholls claimed first place.  Second were Elise Daniell (Holmans), Luke Jolly (Withiel), Peter Hore (Holmans) & Callum Beale (Withiel).  Third going to Howard McCormack (Penlee), Alan Parker (Penlee), Malcolm Daniels (Hayle) & Mark Payne (Penlee).

The Singles had sufficient entries for a group stage followed by a knockout competition.  In the Quarter Finals James Smith (Newlyn Trinity) won 13-11 against Callum Beale (Withiel), Peter Hore (Holmans) won 13-8 against Elise Daniell (Holmans), Luke Jolly (Withiel) won 13-5 against Nathan Waters (Withiel) and Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) won 9-7 against Ronnie Thomas (Newlyn Trinity).  The Semi Finals saw Hore defeat Smith 11-2 and Nicholls defeat Jolly 11-9.  Hore won the Final 12-4 against Nicholls and Smith won the third place play off against Jolly.

BRITISH ISLE CHAMPIONSHIPS

This weekend James Smith lines up for England at the British Isles Championships in Carmarthen.

INTER AREA LEAGUE

On Sunday locally the second round of Inter Area League matches will take place at Carnmoggas with teams of 20 representing each area.  North meet West and East meet Central.

INTER COUNTY RINKS

Cornwall have been drawn into the Tamworth qualification round for the Inter County Rinks on Sunday 9th December where opponents will include Kent, Northamptonshire, Devon, Cheshire & Hertfordshire.

COUNTY LEAGUES

The County Evening League program is underway and continually updated league tables for each division can be accessed from the following links.

We have added new functionality to the website to enable media organisations to download league match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline.  This can be found at http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/ccsmba/media/results.php

West Premier - https://bit.ly/2NcOIFf

West Division One - https://bit.ly/2OXTqbx

Central Premier - https://bit.ly/2Omr3H2

Central Division One - https://bit.ly/2Rd0G4Y

East Premier - https://bit.ly/2OmrMbe

East Division One - https://bit.ly/2zGwUPm

North - https://bit.ly/2Nrb1qZ

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Sat 17 November - British Isles Championship @ Carmarthen

Sun 18 November - British Isles Championship @ Carmarthen

Sun 18 November - Inter Area League (N v W & C v E) @ Carnmoggas

Sat 24 November - National Pairs & Triples Qualifiers @ Carnmoggas

Sun 25 November - Inter County Devon v Cornwall @ ISCA IBC and Dorset v Somerset @ Dorset Bowls Resort

CCSMBA MAILING LIST

A new mailing list has been established for distributing news from the Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association.  Please subscribe by following this link http://eepurl.com/dw3JH1 to keep up to date with the latest news from the CCSMBA. 

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association - News Release 4 November 2018

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 4 NOVEMBER 2018

COUNTY TRIPLES

On Saturday 30 teams took part in the County Triples qualification competition at Carnmoggas chasing the 8 places in the County Finals.  Teams were split into seven groups with the group winners and best runner up qualifying for finals day.

Group One winners were the Landrake trio of Dennis Shorthouse, Richard Kerr & Neil Gribble with a score of 6 points +18 shots.  Praa Sands' Lyn & Robert Smith teamed up with St Ives' Frank Plummer to top Group Two with 5 +23 after drawing the final group game against St Newlyn East's Steve Smith, Sandra & John Worton who finished with 5 +18 to take the best runners up spot.  Newlyn Trinity's John Thomas, Mike Dyer & Kevin Williams took the days best score with 6 +34 in Group Three.

Hayle's Malcolm Daniels teams with Penlee's Howard McCormack & Mark Payne to top Group Four with 5 +8.  Duloe's Martin Boraston, Caroline & Alan Trubshaw topped Group Five with 6 +32.  Blisland's Betty Temple-Smith, Max Burden & Keith Matthews took Group Six with 6 +20.  Group Seven finished with Holman's Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore defeating last years winners Marazion's David Balow & Newlyn Trinity's Ray Jeffery & Nigel Nicholls 20-6 to finish with 6 +28.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall met Somerset at Carnmoggas for the fourth Inter County match for the group stages.

The Premier Team shared the first session with 2 wins apiece with wins in the Singles for Nigel Nicholls 15-11 and James Smith 18-5.  The second session was also shared with Cornwall winning both Fours.  Nathan Waters, Nicholas Truscott, Martin Boraston & Luke Jolly 9-7 and Richard Kerr, Chris Roberts, Neil Gribble & Callum Beale 14-9.  At the halfway point in the match the points were shared 8-8.

The third session saw a solitary game point for Cornwall with a draw in the Pairs for John Worton & Peter Hore 12-12.  Cornwall held onto to the bonus points in the Singles to see the match score move onto Cornwall 11 Somerset 17.  Cornwall's Triples and Fours responded to the match situation in the final session winning all four games.  In the Triples Graham Reeves, Percy Tripp & Kevin Williams took five on the last end to win 15-13 and Betty Temple-Smith, Max Burden & Keith Matthews won 14-5.  In the Fours Jolly won 15-7 and Beale won 12-4.  Cornwall took the Fours bonus points to take 10 from the session and the match win by 21 points to 19 and 192 shots to 181.

In the days other South West Group match Devon hosted leaders Dorset with the visitors winning 22 points to 18.  The latest points totals are Dorset 109, Somerset 75, Cornwall 73 and Devon 63.  This coming Sunday Cornwall host Dorset at Carnmoggas whilst Devon host Somerset.  The final group fixtures are played on November 25th when Cornwall travel to Devon and Dorset host Somerset.

Scores 

Singles: Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 15-11 & 8-20; James Smith (Newlyn Trinity) 18-5 & 13-15

Pairs: Elise Daniell & David Studden (Holmans) 11-16 & 13-14; John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Peter Hore (Holmans) 7-13 & 12-12

Triples: Graham Reeves (Saltash), Percy Tripp & Kevin Williams (Newlyn Trinity) 8-14 & 15-13; Betty Temple-Smith, Max Burden & Keith Matthews (Blisland) 8-16 & 14-5

Fours: Nathan Waters (Withiel), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), Martin Boraston (Duloe) & Luke Jolly (Withiel) 9-7 & 15-7; Richard Kerr (Landrake), Chris Roberts (Ladock), Neil Gribble (Landrake) & Callum Beale (Withiel) 14-9 & 2-4

In the A Team fixture Cornwall took a 5-3 advantage in the first session.  In the Singles Ronnie Thomas won 18-8 & Mark Payne drew 12-12.  In the Pairs David Topliffe & Sandra Worton won 14-10.  Cornwall took all 8 points from the second session.  In the Triples Lyn Smith, Mike Webster & Keith Williams won 20-11 and Dianne Shorthouse, Bob Smith & Brenda Sleep won 15-8.  In the Fours Meg Horrell, Dennis Shorthouse, Tony Jago & Ken Horrell won 14-7 and Heidi Kerr, Beryl Langsworthy, Lynne Davey & Gary Davey won 18-3.  Cornwall led 13-3 at the halfway point in the match.

The third session saw Cornwall take three of the four games and both the Singles and Pairs bonus points.  In the Singles Payne won 17-8 and Thomas won 11-10.  In the Pairs Des Pengelly & Alan Holden won 16-9 to move the match score onto Cornwall 23 Somerset 5.  The final session saw the game points shared with Cornwall taking both the Triples and Fours bonus points.  Sleep's Triples won 15-7 and Horrell's Four won 17-3.  The final match score a win for Cornwall 31 points to 9 and 228 shots to 156.  The result moves Cornwall to the top of the South West Group after Devon won 22-18 at home to Dorset in the days other match.  The standing are now Cornwall 90 points, Somerset 85, Dorset 85, Devon 60.

Scores

Singles: Mark Payne (Penlee) 12-12 & 17-8; Ronnie Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) 18-8 & 11-10

Pairs: Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) & David Topliffe (Boscastle) 14-10 & 16-18; Alan Holden & Des Pengelly (Landrake) 11-18 & 16-9 

Triples: Lynn Smith (Praa Sands), Mike Webster (Blisland) & Keith Williams (Penlee) 20-11 & 8-13; Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake), Robert Smith (Praa Sands) & Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) 15-8 & 15-7

Fours: Meg Horrell (Withiel), Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake), Tony Jago (Ladock) & Ken Horrell (Withiel) 14-7 & 17-3; Heidi Kerr (Landrake),Beryl Langsworthy (Penlee), Lynn Davey & Gary Davey (Landrake) 18-3 & 6-11

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

On Saturday the National Fours and Singles qualifiers will be played at Carnmoggas.

COUNTY LEAGUES

The County Evening League program is underway and continually updated league tables for each division can be accessed from the following links.

We have added new functionality to the website to enable media organisations to download league match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline.  This can be found at http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/ccsmba/media/results.php

West Premier - https://bit.ly/2NcOIFf

West Division One - https://bit.ly/2OXTqbx

Central Premier - https://bit.ly/2Omr3H2

Central Division One - https://bit.ly/2Rd0G4Y

East Premier - https://bit.ly/2OmrMbe

East Division One - https://bit.ly/2zGwUPm

North - https://bit.ly/2Nrb1qZ

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Sat 10 November - National Fours & Singles Qualifier @ Carnmoggas

Sun 11 November - Inter County Championship v Dorset @ Carnmoggas

Sat 17 November - British Isles Championship @ Carmarthen

Sun 18 November - British Isles Championship @ Carmarthen

Sun 18 November - Inter Area League (N v W & C v E) @ Carnmoggas

CCSMBA MAILING LIST

A new mailing list has been established for distributing news from the Cornwall County Short Mat Bowling Association.  Please subscribe by following this link http://eepurl.com/dw3JH1 to keep up to date with the latest news from the CCSMBA. 

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com