CCSMBA News

Over the weekend 48 bowlers from an original entry of 62 competed at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin for the eight places available in the County Finals to be played in January.

On Saturday 23 bowlers competed in 5 groups to find 8 bowlers to compete in a single round of knockout games.

Gerald Fisher (Illogan) claimed Group One with an unbeaten 6 points +17 shots including a 12-7 win over defending champion Tony Baldwin (Liskeard). David Studden (Illogan) was also unbeaten in claiming Group Two with 6 +21. Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) was a 11-6 winner against Graham Reeves (Saltash) in the deciding game of Group Three to finish on 6 +14. John Keers (St Agnes) recorded a 19-4 win over Michael Webster (Blisland) in Group Four to finish on 6 +20. Bob Williams (Illogan) claimed Group Five with 6 +10 after defeating Jim Ashton (Saltash) 11-4 in the groups final game. Jim Ashton qualified as highest runner up with 4 +17. John Sloane (Liskeard) took the second spot with 4 +12 in Group One and the final spot went to Graham Reeves with 4 -2 from Group Three.

The play-off round to determine the four qualifiers for Saturday saw Jim Ashton defeat John Sloane 11-9. Brenda Sleep claimed a 9-8 victory over Gerald Fisher. David Studden claimed the all Illogan match defeating club mate Bob Williams 12-3 and John Keers claimed the final spot with a 10-6 win over Graham Reeves.

Sunday saw 25 bowlers competed in 6 groups again to find 8 bowlers to compete in a single round of knockout games.

Peter Hore (Holmans) took Group One honours defeating previously unbeaten Martin Boraston (Liskeard) 10-6 in the final game of the group to finish on 6 +29, the highest score of the weekend. Keith Matthews (Blisland) recorded three wins in Group Two to finish on 6 +11. Three bowlers finished on 4 points in Group Three with Bill Sharp (Dobwalls) taking the group win with +14 shots. Carol Ford (St Newlyn East) finished with +8 and Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) with +4. Peter Skinner (Saltash) won the final game of Group Four against Chris Roberts 8-6 to finish with 6 +11. Peter Spargo (Liskeard) claimed Group Five with a 20 shot win over previously unbeaten Karen Watson (Holmans) in the final game to finish on 6 +26. Group Six went the way to Len Coxall (Newlyn Trinity) with a unbeaten 6 +23. Ken Horrell (Withiel) claimed the first of the runners up spots with 4 +20 in Group Two with the second spot going to Martin Boraston with 4 +18 in Group One.

The play-off round saw Peter Hore defeat Len Coxall 13-7 in a close game through the first two thirds. Keith Matthews edged out Peter Skinner 9-7. Ken Horrell claimed a close game against Bill Sharp 12-10. The final game saw Peter Spargo claim the all Liskeard match against Martin Boraston 12-3. The finals will be played back at the Dragon Centre on Saturday 22 January 2010.

Inter County Championship

Devon travelled to Somerset on Sunday and recorded wins in both the Premier (27-13) and A (26-14) Team matches. Cornwall are now within touching distance of third place in the Premier Team competition and hold onto top spot in the A Team competition with Somerset the nearest challengers 11 points behind. Cornwall face Somerset at home on Sunday 9^th January, Dorset will host Devon on the same day.

Table – Premier

P W D L Pts

Devon 5 5 0 0 139

Dorset 5 3 0 2 98

Somerset 5 1 0 4 86

Cornwall 5 1 0 4 77

Table – A Team

P W D L Pts

Cornwall 5 3 1 1 114

Somerset 5 3 0 2 103

Devon 5 2 1 2 100

Dorset 5 0 2 3 83

County Leagues

League tables can be found on the following links, the * mark shown in the tables does not need to reproduced.

West Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26225

West Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26226

West Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26227

Central Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26222

Central Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26223

North Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26219

North Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26220

East Area will be sent separately.

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

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Sunday, 5 December 2010

CCSMBA News Release - 5 December 2010

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 5 December 2010

ESMBA Inter County Championship

Cornwall hosted Dorset at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin on Sunday in the latest round of ESMBA Inter County Championship matches. Cornwall’s Premier Team went into the game firmly stuck to the bottom of the South West area table having not won an match so far this season whilst the A Team looked to consolidate their position at the top of the table after Somerset’s 26-14 loss away to Devon on Saturday.

Cornwall took a 5-3 advantage in the first session of the Premier Team match with a wins for Nigel Nicholls in the Singles 14-13 and Karen Watson & David Studden 11-10 in the Pairs. Gillian Cawrse & Percy Tripp earned an 11-11 draw in the second pairs game. Dorset struck back in the second session taking three wins out of four to lead at the half way point. Cornwall’s only points of the session recorded by Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Kevin Williams who fought back from a 1-6 deficit to win 11-9 in the Triples.

Cornwall re-took the lead in the third session thanks to wins for Nigel Nicholls 17-9 in the Singles, Gillian Cawrse & Percy Tripp 16-15 and Karen Watson & David Studden 14-6 in the Pairs. Cornwall also claimed the bonus points in both disciplines to lead 17-11 going into the final session. Cornwall took maximum points from the final session. In the Triples of Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Kevin Williams won 11-9 and Henry Kendall, Ken Horrell & Brian Wakeley claimed victory 16-7. In the Fours Carolyn Stanley, Carol Ford, Pam Williams & Graham Ford were 12-3 winners whilst Roy Christophers, Graham Luke, Ronald Thomas & Chris Roberts took an last end decider to win 7-6. Cornwall also secured the bonus points in both disciplines to finish with a score of Cornwall 29 points 182 shots Dorset 11 points 163 shots.

Table – Premier

P W D L Pts

Devon 4 4 0 0 112

Dorset 5 3 0 2 98

Cornwall 5 1 0 4 77

Somerset 4 1 0 3 73

SCORES - Singles

N Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 14-13 & 19-9; P Hore (Holmans) 12-13 & 9-16

Pairs

G Cawrse (Lostwithiel) & P Tripp (Helston) 11-11 & 16-15; K Watson (Holmans) & D Studden (Illogan) 11-10 & 14-6

Triples

E Daniell (Holmans), N Truscott (Holmans) & K Williams (Porthleven) 11-9 & 11-9; H Kendall (Withiel), K Horrell (Withiel) & B Wakeley (Ladock) 5-17 & 16-7

Fours

Carolyn Stanley (St Newlyn East), Carol Ford (St Newlyn East), Pam Williams (St Newlyn East) & Graham Ford (St Newlyn East) 7-9 & 12-3; R Christophers (Helston), G Luke (Ladock), R Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) & C Roberts (Ladock) 9-10 & 7-6

The A Team started with a shared first session thanks to a 25-4 for Peter Spargo in the Singles and an 18-9 advantage for Miriam Barbery & Brenda Sleep in the Pairs. Cornwall took a lead in the match with three wins in the second session, the most impressive coming from the Four of Kath Goodman, Jim Rule, Derek Swaby and David Griffin who led their opponents 17-0 after five ends and going onto win 21-5. Tony Jago, Linda Martin & Gerald Fisher were 11-3 winners in the Triples and Meg Horrell, Margaret Goodwin, Graham Reeves & Derek Newton 8-4 winners in the Fours. At the halfway point the score read Cornwall 10 Dorset 6.

The third session was again shared with Tony Baldwin winning 21-5 in the Singles and draws for Peter Spargo in the second Singles 12-12 and Miriam Barbery & Brenda Sleep 12-12 in the Pairs. Dorset were not yet done though and claimed three win in the final session, Cornwall points coming from Kath Goodman, Jim Rule, Derek Swaby and David Griffin winning 8-5. Cornwall claimed the bonus points from Singles and Fours with Dorset taking the Pairs and Triples to leave the final score at Cornwall 20 points 192 shots Dorset 20 points 156 shots.

Table – A Team

P W D L Pts

Cornwall 5 3 1 1 114

Somerset 4 3 0 1 89

Dorset 5 0 2 3 83

Devon 4 1 1 2 74

SCORES - Singles

P Spargo (Liskeard) 25-4 & 12-12; T Baldwin (Liskeard) 11-14 & 21-5

Pairs

S Hodge (Liskeard) & T Bray (Lostwithiel) 11-22 & 9-18; M Barbery (Dobwalls) & B Sleep (Dobwalls) 18-9 & 12-12

Triples

J Ward (Withiel), L Jolly (Treviscoe) & M Burden (Dobwalls) 7-8 & 10-11; T Jago (Treviscoe), L Martin (Illogan) & G Fisher (Illogan) 11-3 & 5-13

Fours

K Goodman (Treviscoe), J Rule (Lostwithiel), D Swaby (Wadebridge) & D Griffin (Lostwithiel) 21-5 & 8-5; M Horrell (Withiel), M Goodwin (Saltash), G Reeves (Saltash) & D Newton (Liskeard) 8-4 & 3-11

Cornwall face the last match of the South West group stages on Sunday 9^th January when Somerset will visit the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin.

County Two Wood Singles

On Saturday 35 bowlers contested the County Two Wood Singles qualification competition at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin with play split into two sessions.

17 bowlers contested the morning session over four groups with the winners progressing to Finals Day. Mark Albon (Luxulyan) finished with 4 points +7 shots to claim Group One edging out John Keers (St Agnes) by a single shot. Graham Reeves claimed Group Two with an unbeaten 6 +21. Karen Watson (Holmans) recorded the day’s best score of 6 +37 to claim Group Three. Rounding off the qualifiers from the morning was Martin Boraston (Liskeard) with 6 +24 from Group Four.

18 bowlers contested the afternoon session again over four groups. Peter Hore (Holmans) claimed Group One with 6 +21. Tony Baldwin (Liskeard) defeated Graham Ford 12-7 in the final game of Group Two to finish on 5 +9. Norman Ward needed a 12-9 win over Brenda Sleep in the final game of Group Three to confirm qualification with 5 +5. Carol Ford and Nigel Nicholls played out a 9-9 draw in the final game of Group Four to leave Carol on 5 +19 edging out Nigel by one shot.

County Leagues

Only a handful of games were played last week due to the wintery weather conditions.

League tables can be found on the following links, the * mark shown in the tables does not need to reproduced.

West Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26225

West Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26226

West Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26227

Central Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26222

Central Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26223

North Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26219

North Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26220

East Area will be sent separately.

The final competition before the Christmas break will be played at the Dragon Centre over the forthcoming weekend when Individual Honours take centre stage with the qualification competition for the County Singles.

Sunday, 28 November 2010

CCSMAB NEWS RELEASE - 28 November 2010

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 28 November 2010

COUNTY TRIPLES

The County Triples qualification competition fell victim to the wintery conditions over the weekend with play only possible on Sunday after overnight snowfall prevented travel on Saturday Morning for many players and officials.

Sunday’s play featured 16 teams who braved the cold conditions at the Dragon Leisure Centre to compete for four of the eight places available at the County Finals to be played in January.

Margaret Jenkin (Newlyn Trinity), John Thomas (Penzance) and Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) claimed Group One after defeating the Liskeard team of Lynne Davey, Martin Boraston and Gary Davey 9-7 in the final game in the group to finish unbeaten with 6 points +21 shots. Kath Goodman (Treviscoe) combined with St Newlyn East’s Carol & Graham Ford to claim Group Two unbeaten with 6 +22. Group Three went down to a final game decider with Illogan’s Bob Williams, Joe Coups & David Studden defeating Holman’s Nicholas Truscott, Karen Watson & Peter Hore 12-5 to finish on 6 +23. The final game of Group Four went the way of Luxulyan’s David Giles, Betty Temple-Smith & Phil Hicks who defeated nearest challengers St Newlyn East’s Sheila Collins, Margaret Walke & Pam Williams 11-9 to finish on 6 +15.

A restaging date for Saturday’s cancelled competition has yet to be confirmed at the time of writing.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

On Saturday the County Two Wood Singles qualification competition will be contested at the Dragon Centre with two sessions of play spanning morning and afternoon with 44 bowlers entered.

On Sunday the County Teams are in action with Dorset the visitors to the Dragon Leisure Centre. In a bid to earn a first win of the season for the Premier Team, Team Manager Chris Cawrse has shuffled the team with many bowlers featuring in different disciples than they have been used to so far this season. The A Team will be looking for a strong result in their bid to finish top of the South West Area of the A Team Competition.

Premier Team: Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans), Gillian Cawrse (Lostwithiel), Percy Tripp (Helston), Karen Watson (Holmans), David Studden (Illogan), Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), Kevin Williams (Porthleven), Joe Coups (Illogan), Ken Horrell (Withiel), Brian Wakeley (Ladock), Carolyn Matthews (ST Newlyn East), Carol Ford (St Newlyn East), Pam Williams (St Newlyn East), Graham Ford (St Newlyn East), Roy Christophers (Helston), Graham Luke (Ladock), Ronald Thomas (Newlyn Trinity) & Chris Roberts (Ladock).

A Team: Peter Spargo (Liskeard), Tony Baldwin (Liskeard), Sheila Hodge (Liskeard), Terry Bray (Lostwithiel), Miriam Barbery (Dobwalls), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls), Joyce Ward (Withiel), Luke Jolly (Treviscoe), Max Burden (Dobwalls), Bob Williams (Illogan), Linda Martin (Illogan), Gerald Fisher (Illogan), Kath Goodman (Treviscoe), Peter Sully (Perranporth), Derek Swaby (Wadebridge), David Griffin (Lostwithiel), Meg Horrell (Withiel), Margaret Goodwin (Saltash), Graham Reeves (Saltash) & Derek Newton (Liskeard)

AREA LEAGUES

League tables can be found on the following links, the * mark shown in the tables does not need to reproduced.

West Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26225

West Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26226

West Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26227

Central Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26222

Central Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26223

North Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26219

North Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26220

East Area will be sent separately.

Sunday, 21 November 2010

CCSMBA News Release - 21 November 2010

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLS ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE – 21^st November 2010

BRITISH ISLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Whilst local bowlers took a break from competitive action over the weekend, Holmans club member Karen Watson travelled to the Isle of Man to take her place in the England team at the British Isles Championship. The format involved teams from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Isle of Man, playing in both Individual Championships for Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours and a Team Championship involving 16 players per team playing in 4 rinks, the cumulative scores from each match determining the final result.

Playing in the team competition Karen was teamed with Stephen Burrows (Cheshire), Jason McLean (Hampshire) and Craig Burgess (Essex). Their first game saw Scotland claim an 8-7 win but England won 53-27 overall. Next up were the Isle of Man with England claiming a comfortable 73-14 margin with Karen’s team winning 14-2. Wales were the opponents in the third round of games with England again coming out on top 35-27 although Karen’s team lost 9-7.

England went into the final session against Ireland knowing the an overall win would secure the championship. In a close session Ireland lead by three shots with an end to play and extended the lead to five to claim the win 36-31 and the Team Championship, Karen’s team losing 9-5. England finished in 2^nd overall.

England claimed to titles in the Individual championships. Devon’s Lee Toleman & Michael Ivings taking the Pairs and Shropshire’s Warwick France, Allan Williams, Chris Shakeshaft & Chris Williams claimed the Fours. Ireland claimed the Singles, England’s Trevor Brown (Oxfordshire) finishing third and the Triples with England’s Dave Hayward (Warwickshire), Martin Walker (Cheshire), John Pitcher (Warwickshire) in second place.

Full results can be found at http://esmba.co.uk/bi_2010_results_144.html

Next weekend attention returns to local matters with the County Triples at the Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin with 39 teams split over the two days competing for one of the eight places available in the county finals in January.

AREA LEAGUES

League tables can be found on the following links, the * mark shown in the tables does not need to reproduced.

West Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26225

West Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26226

West Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26227

Central Premier Division http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26222

Central Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26223

North Division One http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26219

North Division Two http://www.nicholastruscott.co.uk/2008site/index.php?pg=leaguetable&tableid=26220

East Area will be sent separately.