CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 14th August 2022
SUMMER LEAGUE
NEWS RELEASE 14th August 2022
SUMMER LEAGUE
West Area winners Nomads will face Dobwalls Blues in the final of the 2022 Summer League competition following the conclusion of fixtures in the East Area last week.
The East Area table with one result outstanding is
| Team Name | P | W | D | L | NR | SF | SA | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobwalls Blues | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 127 | 10 | 28 |
| Blisland Greens | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 184 | 135 | 10 | 24 |
| Boscastle | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 187 | 153 | 8 | 23 |
| Landrake | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 176 | 143 | 6 | 19 |
| Dobwalls Reds | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 136 | 175 | 4 | 16 |
| Dobwalls Greens | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 114 | 180 | 2 | 8 |
| St Minver Sports | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 106 | 185 | 0 | 4 |
COUNTY TEAM
The CCSMBA Management Committee met on Wednesday 17th August to discuss how to take forward arrangements for the forthcoming season following the County Team manager recently tendering his resignation.
It was agreed to press ahead with plans for the Premier and A Team to compete in this years ESMBA Inter County Championship with the work required to ensure the teams participation split between committee members. This will ensure that the County is not left in a position of being penalised for withdrawing from the competition and automatically relegated out of the Top 8 counties in future years.
The County Trials are now confirmed as taking place at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club on Sunday 11th September. Invites to the trials will be issued shortly by email wherever possible. If you are a Cornwall registered bowler with County Points and wish to be considered for an invitation to the trials day please send an email with your contact details to countyteam@ccsmba.co.uk.
SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR
The Short Mat Players Tour holds its first Singles competition since February 2020 this weekend with the UK Open at Falcon Indoor Bowling Club, Chelmsford. A full entry of 192 bowlers will be competing on Saturday and Sunday.
Local bowlers Nigel Nicholls, Peter Hore and Elise Daniell will be taking part in the competition.
Nigel is currently 12th in the SMPT World Rankings and will be the top ranked bowler in Group 30 where he will face Laurence Moffat (SCO - 24), Jonas Hager (SWE - 29), Daniel Sands (ENG - 36), Ben Pay (ENG - 126) and Gareth Davies (ENG - N/A).
Peter is ranked 35th and drawn in Group 1 where he will face Alex Kley (ENG - 14), Lee Toleman (ENG - 40), Martin Watts (ENG - 267), Robert Doorey (ENG - 704) and John James Conwell (IRE - 722).
Elise is ranked 42nd and drawn in Group 32 where she will face Mitchell Young (ENG - 25), Don McNamara (IRE - 33), Steve Buckett (ENG - 205), John Jeffery (ENG - 326) and Mark Spalding (IRE - N/A)
The competition will be played to the usual SMPT Singles format with a Round Robin competition through Saturday and Sunday morning with the top two from each group going forward to the Cup knockout to determine the UK Open Champion. 3rd and 4th place players will compete in the Plate knockout and the 5th and 6th placed players in the Shield knockout.
COUNTY OPEN DAY
Following the success last season, the CCSMBA will be again be holding an Open Day to launch the 2022/23 season on Sunday 4th September 2022 at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowls Club between 10am to 3.00pm
ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press and Promotions Officer
CCSMBA
