CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 08 September 2019

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 08 September 2019

COUNTY TEAM

The local Short Mat Bowls season gets underway on Sunday with the County Team Trials for invited bowlers at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club starting at 0930.  A further squad practice will take place on Saturday 21st September again at Carnmoggas.  On Sunday 22nd September Cornwall Squad members will play at Penlee as part of the clubs 100 year anniversary.  

Cornwall will field Premier and A teams in the ESMBA Inter County Championship with the first match away to Somerset on Sunday 6th October at Huish Episcopi Academy, Langport.  Cornwall's other group games are scheduled for

Sunday 13th October Home against Devon at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club

Sunday 20th October Home against Somerset at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club

Sunday 3rd November Home against Dorset at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club

Sunday 24th November Away against Dorset at Dorset Bowls Resort, Bere Regis

Sunday 12th January Away against Devon at ISCA Bowls Club, Exeter.

The knockout stages will run between February and April.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR - IRISH OPEN

Peter Hore and Elise Daniell travel to Belfast over the weekend to compete in the Short Mat Players Tour Irish Open which has attracted an entry of 234 bowlers.  Elise is drawn in Group 10 where she will face an all Irish line up of John Mccallion, Jamie West, Noel Hall, Alan Paul and Timothy Franklin.  Peter is drawn in Group 33 where he will face John Jillings (WAL), Trevor Stubbs (IRE), Ann Dunlop (IRE), Con Mulholland (IRE) and Martin Harries (WAL).

Full results service is available throughout the two days of competition and links will be made available via the CCSMBA Social Media Channels.

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
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CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 25 August 2019

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 25 August 2019

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Over the Bank Holiday weekend three local bowlers competed in the Short Mat Players Tour season UK Open in Chelmsford.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) came through Group 15 unbeaten and enjoyed a good run to the Semi Finals in the Cup knockout.  In the first round Nigel defeated Cennydd Howell (WAL)12-6.  Round Two saw a closer result defeating Ben Pay (ENG) 11-10 and Round Three saw a 11-6 win against PJ Gallagher (IRE).  In the Quarter Finals Nigel defeated James Trott (ENG) 13-11.  The Semi Final against Jonas Hager (SWE) ended in defeat 10-12.

Elise Daniell (Holmans) also qualified for the Cup knockout finishing second in Group 23 with three wins, a draw and a loss.  In the first round of the knockout she lost 2-11 to Robin Armstrong (ENG).  Peter Hore (Holmans)  finished fourth in a tough Group 22 with two wins, a draw and two losses.  In the first round of the Plate Knockout e lost 4-15 to Mark Chittock.

The next Short Mat Players Tour event is over the weekend of 14th and 15th September with the Irish Open at Belfast Indoor Bowling Club. 

ESMBA OPEN PAIRS

This Saturday see's the ESMBA Open Pairs taking place at Solihull Indoor Bowling Club with some players from Cornwall expected to take part.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
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CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 18 August 2019

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 18 August 2019

SUMMER LEAGUE

The CCSMBA Summer League is well into the second half of the season and the divisional leaders are Nomads who have secured top spot in the West and Blisland Blues in the East.

The competition provides opportunity for bowlers to play through the Summer with nearly 140 bowlers having already played one or more matches in the competition.

Fixtures continue until the first week of September after which the two divisional leaders will play off for the title.

League tables for both divisions can be accessed from the links below.

West - http://bit.ly/2WmRCMg

East - http://bit.ly/2KDxof6

Access to League match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline can be found at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/media/results.php

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

This coming weekend see's the start of the Short Mat Players Tour season with the UK Open in Chelmsford on Saturday and Sunday.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) is drawn in Group 15 of the Round Robin stages where he will face Gary Stewart (SCO), Phil Lodwick (CYP), Christine Holland (IOM), Gunnar Frantzen (NOR) and Ali Akbar (UAE).  Peter Hore (Holmans) is drawn in Group 22 where he will face Peter Clarke (ENG), Thore Amundsen (NOR), Peter Roberts (ENG), Joseph Beattie (IRE) & Lee Toleman (ENG).  Elise Daniell (Holmans) is drawn in Group 23 where she will face Stephen Jack (NOR), Brenda Crowe (ENG), Stephen Wilson (ENG), Barbara Johns (ENG) & Andrew Shorney (ENG).

The Short Mat Players Tour organiser offer a full results service throughout the two days of competition and links will be made available via the CCSMBA Social Media Channels.

ESMBA OPEN PAIRS

The following Saturday see's the ESMBA Open Pairs taking place at Solihull Indoor Bowling Club with some players from Cornwall expected to take part.

2019/20 SEASON

The winter season gets underway locally on Sunday 15th September with the County Team Trials at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.  Players selected for the squad will return to Carnmoggas on Saturday 21st for a practice day ahead of the first Inter County Match against Somerset at their new venue in Huish Episcopi on Sunday 6th October.

The CCSMBA welcomes any representative of the media to any of its events through the season, a full list can be found at https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=calendar.

ENDSNicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

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CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 28 July 2019

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 28 July 2019

SUMMER LEAGUE

The CCSMBA Summer League is into the second half of the season and the divisional leaders are Nomads in the West and Blisland Blues in the East.

The competition provides opportunity for bowlers to play through the Summer with over 100 bowlers having already played one or more matches in the competition.

Fixtures continue until the first week of September after which the two divisional leaders will play off for the title.

League tables for both divisions can be accessed from the links below.

West - http://bit.ly/2WmRCMg

East - http://bit.ly/2KDxof6

Access to League match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline can be found at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/media/results.php

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

August see's the start of the Short Mat Players Tour season with the UK Open in Chelmsford over the Bank Holiday weekend.  

At the end of the last season Nigel Nicholls remained the top ranked of 14 Cornish bowlers on the SMPT Rankings List in fourth place and 826.63 points.  The remaining bowlers have the following point totals.

Peter Hore 416.75

Elise Daniell 353.63

Callum Beale 122

David Studden 102

Karen Watson 86

Martin Boraston 71.50

Luke Jolly 55.50

Dennis Shorthouse 43

Glynn Roy 17

Chris Selby 9

Dianne Shorthouse 6

Bill Crawford 1.5

Des Pengelly 1.5

 

ESMBA OPEN COMPETITIONS

On Saturday 31st August the ESMBA Open Pairs will take place at Solihull Indoor Bowling Club with up to 64 teams playing.

2019/20 SEASON

The forthcoming 2019/20 season will be the 29th year that the CCSMBA has fostered the development of the game in Cornwall.  The CCSMBA welcomes any representative of the media to any of its events through the season, a full list can be found at https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=calendar.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

Tel 07800 916059
E-mail cornwallshortmatbowls@gmail.com

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CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 9 June 2019

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 9 June 2019

SUMMER LEAGUE

The CCSMBA continues to provide competitive opportunities for its members through the summer with a summer league competition.

League tables for both the West and East divisions can be accessed from the links below.

West - http://bit.ly/2WmRCMg

East - http://bit.ly/2KDxof6

Access to League match results within a defined date range to suit production deadline can be found at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/media/results.php

2019/20 SEASON

The forthcoming 2019/20 season will be the 29th year that the CCSMBA has fostered the development of the game in Cornwall.  The CCSMBA welcomes any representative of the media to any of its events through the season, a full list can be found at https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=calendar.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA

COUNTY LEAGUES

League tables for each division can be accessed from the links below.

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

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