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CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 23 June 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 20:08:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 23rd June 2024

SUMMER LEAGUE

The Summer League has reached the halfway point with Blisland Leading the East Area by 2 points from Luxulyan Apes and Helston leading the West Area on Shot Difference from St Newlyn East. As we go into the second half of the season each match carries and additional 2 points for the aggregate score over the home and away matches. So far in the 30 matches played 67 bowlers have played in at least one match in the competition.

East Area	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
Blisland	5	5	0	100	32	10
Luxulyan Apes	5	4	1	73	56	8
Luxulyan Tigers	5	2	3	67	66	4
Dobwalls	5	2	3	64	67	4
Boscastle	5	1	4	56	71	2
St Minver	5	1	4	45	113	2

Recent Results

Mon 17 Jun 2024	Boscastle	19	-	7	St Minver
Tue 18 Jun 2024	Blisland	16	-	8	Luxulyan Apes
Thu 20 Jun 2024	Dobwalls	19	-	7	Luxulyan Tigers

Upcoming Fixtures

Mon 01 Jul 2024	Boscastle	-	Blisland
Tue 02 Jul 2024	St Minver	-	Luxulyan Tigers
Wed 03 Jul 2024	Luxulyan Apes	-	Dobwalls

West Area	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
Helston	5	4	1	76	46	8
St Newlyn East	5	4	1	77	53	8
Lizard Triples	5	3	2	73	60	6
Luxulyan Panthers	5	2	3	62	73	4
Withiel Elms	5	1	4	56	80	2
Luxulyan Cheetahs	5	1	4	51	83	2

Recent Results

Sun 16 Jun 2024	Helston	16	-	10	Luxulyan Panthers
Wed 19 Jun 2024	Lizard Triples	28	-	4	Withiel Elms
Fri 21 Jun 2024	Luxulyan Cheetahs	11	-	18	St Newlyn East

Upcoming Fixtures

Fri 28 Jun 2024	Luxulyan Panthers	-	Withiel Elms
Wed 03 Jul 2024	Lizard Triples	-	Helston
Thu 04 Jul 2024	Withiel Elms	-	St Newlyn East
Fri 05 Jul 2024	Luxulyan Panthers	-	Luxulyan Cheetahs

WINTER LEAGUE

At its recent meeting the CCSMBA Management Committee took a decision to extend the entry date for the four Area Winter Leagues in a bid to boost the number of teams entering. Any club that is considering entering the league but may have any queries can contact the management committee either through the website or various social media channels.

OTHER COMPETITIONS

A new high-level short mat bowling tournament has been announced in the past week under the umbrella of Short Mat Super Rinks.

In a statement posted to social media it was stated that the Bowls Trader Primal Series Draft represents a significant addition to the short mat bowls scene in England. As a new high-level tournament, it is poised to become a highlight for the England Short Mat Team and the broader community. With the introduction of this high-level tournament, the stage is set for an intense and thrilling showcase of skill from the country's top players.

The innovative structure of the competition, with its four teams of four rinks each, introduces a fresh and strategic element to the game. The round robin format, which allows teams to compete twice in the season, ensures a fair and comprehensive contest, giving each team a substantial chance to demonstrate their skills and strategy.

The inclusion of players from outside the England squad alongside the England squad adds an exciting dimension to the team selection process, which will be conducted by the four esteemed captains through a draft system. This tournament not only offers a chance to claim the title of the best in England outside of the International Series but also provides a platform for camaraderie and high-spirited competition.

This tournament is not just about winning; it's about fostering sportsmanship and building relationships within the community. For ESMBA registered members aspiring to participate, engaging with the team captains could be the gateway to joining this prestigious and competitive event. It's an opportunity for players to not only vie for the title but also to be part of a memorable experience that celebrates the spirit of the game.

Further information can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561302716798.

The Short Mat Players Tour has announced a rule change for its tournaments during the 2024/2025 season. The new rule affects the first two bowls delivered in a match and reads, The first bowl delivered by both players in a singles match or by both leads in a team match, which touch the jack must be removed from play, if in the course of their natural delivery path, enter the ditch fully. Should the toucher come to rest on the ditch line and a portion of it is still live, then this bowl will remain in play and can be further moved into the ditch by any subsequent bowl or the jack. Should the jack be moved by the bowl, it will remain in its new position, even if this is in the ditch.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 16th June 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 20:11:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

News Release 16th June 2024

Summer League

The Summer League reaches the halfway point in the coming week. In the East Area, Blisland and Luxulyan Apes are both unbeaten and meet Bisland on Tuesday (18th June) evening. In the West Helston lead the way on shot difference from St Newlyn East with both teams having lost a game so far. The current standings are

East Area

	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
Blisland	4	4	0	84	24	8
Luxulyan Apes	4	4	0	65	40	8
Luxulyan Tigers	4	2	2	60	47	4
Dobwalls	4	1	3	45	60	2
St Minver	4	1	3	38	94	2
Boscastle	4	0	4	37	64	0

Recent Results

Tue 04 Jun 2024	Blisland	17	-	6	Luxulyan Tigers
Tue 04 Jun 2024	St Minver	15	-	14	Dobwalls
Wed 05 Jun 2024	Luxulyan Apes	12	-	10	Boscastle
Tue 11 Jun 2024	St Minver	7	-	26	Blisland
Wed 12 Jun 2024	Luxulyan Tigers	10	-	13	Luxulyan Apes
Thu 13 Jun 2024	Dobwalls	16	-	10	Boscastle

Upcoming Fixtures


Mon 17 Jun 2024	Boscastle	-	St Minver
Tue 18 Jun 2024	Blisland	-	Luxulyan Apes
Thu 20 Jun 2024	Dobwalls	-	Luxulyan Tigers

West Area

	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
Helston	4	3	1	60	36	6
St Newlyn East	4	3	1	59	42	6
Luxulyan Panthers	4	2	2	52	57	4
Lizard Triples	4	2	2	45	56	4
Withiel Elms	4	1	3	52	52	2
Luxulyan Cheetahs	4	1	3	40	65	2

Recent Results

Sun 02 Jun 2024	Helston	9	-	14	St Newlyn East
Thu 06 Jun 2024	Withiel Elms	11	-	14	Luxulyan Cheetahs
Fri 07 Jun 2024	Luxulyan Panthers	14	-	8	Lizard Triples
Thu 13 Jun 2024	Withiel Elms	9	-	13	Helston
Thu 13 Jun 2024	St Newlyn East	12	-	10	Luxulyan Panthers
Fri 14 Jun 2024	Luxulyan Cheetahs	6	-	16	Lizard Triples

Upcoming Fixtures

Sun 16 Jun 2024	Helston	-	Luxulyan Panthers
Wed 19 Jun 2024	Lizard Triples	-	Withiel Elms
Fri 21 Jun 2024	Luxulyan Cheetahs	-	St Newlyn East

Looking Ahead

The County Calendar for the 2024/5 season has been released with the season getting underway on Sunday 22nd September with an Open Morning at Carnmoggas followed by County Team Trials in the afternoon. Saturday 28th September sees a further Open Morning at Carnmoggas followed by a County Team Practice during the afternoon ahead of Dorset visiting on Sunday 29th September for the first Inter County Championship fixture of the season.

In the Inter County Championship, both Cornwall teams revert to having 6 matches planned in the group stages for the coming season. The Premier Team face all South West opposition in Devon, Somerset and Dorset whilst the A Team will face Devon, Dorset and Hampshire.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 2 June 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 21:02:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 2 June 2024

SUMMER LEAGUE

After two weeks of matches Blisland and Helston are emerging as the front runners in the East and West areas respectively. In the East area Luxulyan Tigers and Luxulyan Apes have also both won 2 games out of two. In the West area Helston are the only team with two wins out of two.

Results from Week Two are

Summer West
Wed 29 May 2024	Lizard Triples	17	-	15	St Newlyn East
Thu 30 May 2024	Withiel Elms	26	-	7	Luxulyan Panthers
Fri 31 May 2024	Luxulyan Cheetahs	9	-	17	Helston
Summer East
Tue 28 May 2024	St Minver	11	-	23	Luxulyan Apes
Wed 29 May 2024	Luxulyan Tigers	13	-	12	Boscastle
Thu 30 May 2024	Dobwalls	6	-	18	Blisland

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

A number of local bowlers competed in Pairs competitions run by the Short Mat Players Tour over the weekend at the Falcon Indoor Bowling Club in Chelmsford.

On Saturday, the Trevor Pay Pairs with 64 pairings entered, saw seven local bowlers involved.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) teamed up with East Sussex's Paul Seaman topping Group 2 with three wins to progress to the Cup competition. They then enjoyed a good run in the knockouts winning the 1st round against Sylvia & Emily Poulter 13-4, 2nd round against Anthony & Pauline Friel 10-3 and Quarter Final against Mike Wright & Steve Puttock 11-4. Their run ended in the Semi Finals with a 12-6 loss to Mitchell Young & Craig Burgess.

Elise Daniell (Holmans) teamed up with West Yorkshire's Keith Lackford and topped Group 6 with three wins to progress into the Cup competition. They won 12-1 in the first round of the knockouts against Linda White & Joseph Peters before losing 10-3 to Mike Wright & Steve Puttock in the second round.

Caroline & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) were second in Group 9 with two wins to progress into the Cup competition where they lost in the first round to Jonas Hager & Cecil Dilon 4-11.

Group 15 saw Mark Slack & Chris Page (Duloe) and Peter Hore (Holmans) teamed up with West Yorkshire's Daniel Sands drawn together. The Duloe pairing took top spot with two wins and a draw, Peter and Daniel took second with a win and a draw. Mark & Chris lost 7-10 to Bob & Carol Taylor in the first round of the Cup competition. Peter & Daniel lost a high scoring game against Ed Sawbridge & Lee Watts 16-10 in the first round of the knockouts.

Sunday's Falcon Open Pairs again with 64 pairings entered saw three local bowlers involved.

Nigel Nicholls again teamed up with Paul Seaman in Group 8 from which they qualified for the Cup competition in second place with two wins. Another good run in the knockouts saw them win 13-6 against Finn Aelid Zinder & Aege Strand Aarnes in the 1st round, 11-10 against Jonas Hager & Cecil Dillon in the second round, 11-4 against Stephen & Conan O'Neill in the Quarter Finals, 8-2 against Andrew & Kerry Scott in the Semi Finals. The final was a rematch against the pairing who knocked them out in the Semi Final of Saturday's competition, Mitchell Young & Craig Burgess who were again victorious, winning this time by 8-2.

Elise Daniell & Peter Hore teamed up in Group 11 but didn't pick up any points and went into the Plate competition where they lost in the 1st round to Beverley Stevenson & Alan Hare 7-9.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 26 May 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 26 May 2024 21:17:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 26 May 2024

SUMMER LEAGUE

The Summer League competition is underway with the first round of fixtures played last week. 12 teams are entered this year split into two regional divisions from where the two winners will play off for the County Summer League title in August.

Results from the first week are

Summer West
Thu 23 May 2024	St Newlyn East	18	-	6	Withiel Elms
Fri 24 May 2024	Luxulyan Cheetahs	11	-	21	Luxulyan Panthers
Sun 26 May 2024	Helston	21	-	4	Lizard Triples
Summer East
Tue 21 May 2024	Blisland	23	-	5	Boscastle
Wed 22 May 2024	Luxulyan Tigers	31	-	5	St Minver
Thu 23 May 2024	Dobwalls	9	-	17	Luxulyan Apes

COUNTY POINTS LIST

The County Points list was published last week with Peter Hore (Holmans) again topping the list with 98 points accrued over the past 3 seasons.

The Top 10 are

1st - Peter Hore (Holmans) 98 points

2nd - Elise Daniell (Holmans) 88 points

3rd - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 80 points

4th - John Worton (St Newlyn East) 76 points

5th - Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 70 points

6th - Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) 66 points

7th - Martin Boraston (Duloe) 63 points

8th - Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) 40 points

9th - Karen Watson (Saltash) 38 points

10th = - Rita Hancock (Blisland) 36 points

10th = - David Studden (Holmans) 36 points

10th = - Percy Tripp (Helston) 36 points

The full list of 107 bowlers who have accrued points over the past three seasons can be viewed on the website at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/PDF/2023-24%20County%20Points%20List.pdf.

2024/25 SEASON

The calendar for County and National events for the 2024/25 season is now available on the website at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=calendar and competition entry forms available through the website at https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/zg1g8c6pwu7xhll8zjain/ANPzvP4djPfEn692Uxw-xgE?rlkey=yr3fdox0qwleimkqaq7u309hn&st=ut9tilap&dl=0

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - NEWS RELEASE 8th May 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Wed, 08 May 2024 11:55:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 8th May 2024

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Three local bowlers recently travelled to Belfast to compete in the season concluding Short Mat Players Tour World Masters event over the weekend of 20th and 21st April.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) enjoyed mixed results in the group stages starting with a 5-9 loss to Rory Gittoes followed by a 14-3 win against Peter Roberts. A second win on Saturday came against Kerrie Hall 16-5 before finishing the day with a narrow 9-11 loss against Shaun Amerin. Saturday's results left Nigel needing to win his final group game on Sunday morning to qualify for the opportunity to score big ranking points in the Cup competition. Nigel won that final group game against Sean Trainor 11-6 to finish second in the group and take a place in the Cup Competition.

Nigel won 14-6 in the last 64 round against Bobby Logan before taking a 10-4 win against Michael Doorey in the last 32 round. The last 16 saw Nigel lose to Alex Kley 2-10 with Alex going on to take the title. The weekend's results saw Nigel move up 2 places to 3rd in the World Rankings with 838.25 points and 2 places to 2nd in the season Order of Merit standings with 600 points. Nigel qualifies to represent England in the World Cup event to be played in Chelmsford at the end of August.

Peter Hore (Holmans) also enjoyed mixed results starting with a 10-6 win against Louis O' Hara followed by losses to Noel Smyth 3-11 and Mark Spalding 9-11. Peter rounded off Saturday with an 11-6 win against Chris O' Kane. On Sunday morning a 6-6 draw in his final group game against Tony McHugh left Peter 4th in the group and into the Plate competition. Peter lost 1-11 to Paul Cairnduff in the last 64 round to finish the season ranked 43rd on the tour rankings with 385.38 points and 34th in the Order of Merit standings with 300.50 points.

Elise Daniell (Holmans) failed to score a point in the group stages with five losses, 6-15 to Ian McElroy, 6-8 to Declan Hegarty, 5-15 to Darren Davies, 7-12 to Lorraine Shorney and 5-12 to Shaun Morley. A win 9-7 in the last 64 against Jonathan Ritchie in the Shield Competition ensured that Elise came away from the weekend with some ranking points. Her weekend ended in the last 32 against Stephen O'Neill with a 3-12 loss. Elise ended the season ranked 33rd on the tour rankings with 439.38 points and 29th in the Order of Merit standings with 335 points.

The Short Mat Players Tour's next ranking event is over the weekend of 24th and 25th August with a number of local bowlers entered into the event in Chelmsford.

SUMMER LEAGUE

Locally a Summer League competition with 12 teams split over East and West divisions will get under way in the week commencing 20th May with fixtures running through to early August.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA.

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 14 April 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:46:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 14th April 2024

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cornwall were well represented at last weekend's ESMBA National Championships in Melton Mowbray with 12 places out of a maximum possible 16 across the four disciplines.

The championships started on Thursday with the Singles with no local bowlers progressing from the round robin stage. Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) was drawn in Group One where he lost all three group games, 4-19 to Bob Naylor (Wiltshire), 5-13 to Peter Whale (West Sussex) and 5-13 to Billy Chapman (Cambridgeshire). Peter Hore (Holmans) was drawn in Group Seven picking up one point with a 8-8 draw to Steve Steward (Wiltshire) and losses to Edward Law (East Sussex) 1-15 and Jody Frampton (Kent) 6-14.

Mark Williams (Lanteglos) was drawn in Group Nine where he lost all three games, 5-13 to Greg Wade (Essex), 10-12 to Josh Hale (West Midlands) and 6-10 to Mark McHugh (Greater Manchester). Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) was drawn in Group Fourteen where a 14-4 win against Josh Burrow (Humberside), a 9-9 drawn against Steve Adsett (West Sussex) and a narrow 11-12 loss to Dave Andrews (Suffolk) was not enough to take Nigel through to the knockout stages.

Friday saw better fortunes for Cornwall with both Pairs progressing from the group stages only to meet in the first round of the knockout stages. Peter Hore (Holmans) & Karen Watson (Saltash) were drawn in Group Three where they picked up wins against Ian Bratton & Josh Burrow (Humberside) 12-7 and Craig Burgess & Mitchell Young (Essex) 9-8. A 7-8 loss to Brian Baker & Lynn Dean (Dorset) left Peter and Karen top of the group by one shot over the Dorset pairing.

Elise Daniell & Luke Jolly (Holmans) were drawn in Group Fourteen where they picked up wins against Julian Bradbury & Neil Pratley (Oxfordshire) 17-5 and Hazel & Phil Spry (Cambridgeshire) 14-4, a loss to Michael Doorey & Danny Hogben (Hampshire) left them in second place in the group.

In the knockouts the two local pairs were drawn against each other with Peter & Karen prevailing 13-8. In the last 16 round Peter and Karen were defeated 8-5 by Adam & Thomas Perris (Devon).

On Saturday attention turned to the Fours with four teams representing Cornwall. Chris Jennings, Rosie Glover, Eileen Williams & Mark Williams (Lanteglos) were drawn in Group Two where they won 8-3 against Leon Webb, Lee Webb, Kevin Dawson & Jimmy Whitehouse (Shropshire), losses to Robin Armstrong, Paul Butler, Stephen Jeffery & Peter Whale (West Sussex) 3-9 and Christine Bratton, Ian Bratton, Ray Murphy & Josh Burrow (Humberside) 8-9 left them in third place in the group missing out on the knockout stages.

Martin Boraston, Mark Slack, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) were drawn in Group Three where they drew 6-6 with Gary Allard, Chloe White, Darren Allard & Mike Leale (Kent) and lost 5-7 to Bill Gearing, Toni Gearing, Neil Rixon & Julia Bruce (Hertfordshire) and 4-9 to Sue Tuttle, Marek Wazydrag, Steve Tuttle & Mark Jones (Surrey) to finish bottom of the group.

Steve Williamson, Austen Runnals, Christine Worth & John Worth (Luxulyan) were drawn in Group Ten where they won 10-4 against David Watts, Phil Cheese, Howard Southwood & Santo Orlando (Oxfordshire) and lost 7-10 to Angharad Brideaux, Angela Norbury, Paul Norbury & Peter Roberts (Greater Manchester) and 4-5 to Steve Buckett, David White, Alistair McCrea & Ben Pay (Hampshire) to finish third in the group.

Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans) & Karen Watson (Saltash) were drawn in Group Eleven where they put together an unbeaten run to top the group with a +30 shot advantage. Wins came against Les Woodward, Simon Faulkner, Chris Hasker & Gareth Davies (Oxfordshire) 12-4, Ste Tinsley, Dave Blackburn-Woods, Jay Finney & Dan Rigby (Cheshire) 10-7 and Malcolm Warwick, Jeff Branch, Jan Rogers & Jeanette Gaylor (Hertfordshire) 20-1. Into the last 32 round of the Knockouts they won 11-4 against Alex Tymon, Trevor Tymon, Chris Davison & Shane Davison (Hampshire). In the last 16 round they defeated Cheryl Graham, John Sewell, Donna Mills & Michael Rice (Suffolk) 8-2. Their run came to an end in the Quarter Finals with a 6-10 loss to Steve Buckett, David White, Alistair McCrea & Ben Pay (Hampshire).

The championships closed on Sunday with the Triples. Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Luke Jolly & Peter Hore (Holmans) were drawn in Group Three where they lost all three games. 3-16 to Trevor Brown, Debbie Sparham & John Sparham (Norfolk), 5-8 to David Dimmock, Alan Lodge & Chris Weston (Northamptonshire) and 7-8 to Joe Loveys, John MIlls & Becci Cox (Herefordshire).

Sandra Worton, John Worton & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) were drawn in Group Ten where two wins saw them through knockout stages, 7-5 against Penny Lowe, Pauline Lowe & Stuart Lowe (Essex) and 10-3 against Lily Duffin, James Clark & Steve Duffin (North Yorkshire). Their other group game ended in a 2-14 loss to Josh Hale, Peter Dunkley & Scott Follis (West Midlands). In the first round of the knockout stages they won 9-8 against Chris Willies, Neil Davidson & Chris Mann (Norfolk). Their run ended in the last 16 round with a 2-16 defeat to Jack Pye, AJ Brown & Gary Best.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Over the coming weekend three local bowlers travel to Belfast for the conclusion of the Short Mat Players Tour season with the World Masters on Saturday & Sunday. Before the main event the Belfast Open Pairs on Friday afternoon will give 96 pairs drawn into 32 groups a taste of the playing surface ahead of the weekend's Singles.

Elise Daniell teams up with Keith Lackford and they are drawn in Group one where they will face Nigel & Millie Froud and Kate & Arwel Morgan. Peter Hore teams with Paul Seaman and they are drawn in Group nine where they will face Ed Sawbridge & Aaron Claire and James Trott & Mark Sproule. Nigel Nicholls pairs up with Daniel Sands in Group Twenty Seven and will face Gunnar Frantzen & Andrew Cockcroft and Mark Hamilton & Aoife Fay.

The weekend then sees the biggest tournament of the season with 216 bowlers competing for the World Masters title drawn across 36 groups of 6 for the round robin stage of the competition.

Nigel Nicholls who is currently ranked 5th in the SMPT rankings with a win rate of 70.07% from 284 games, 77.14% from 35 games in the current season is drawn in Group Thirty One where he will face Shaun Amrein (IRE - Rank 599 - 45.83% from 24), Rory Gittoes (WAL - 53 - 57.41% from 54), Peter Roberts (ENG - 1 - 75.61% from 287) fresh from winning the English National title last weekend, Adrian McCaw (IRE - 216 - 37.50% from 96) and Sean Trainor (IRE - 109 - 63.64% from 77). Group 31 Stats. Nigel lies fourth in the season's Order of Merit standings with 491 points and currently occupies the final place in the England team for August's World Cup event. Ed Sawbridge is 41 points behind Nigel with James Trott a further 21 behind.

Elise Daniell is currently ranked 32nd in the SMPT rankings with a win rate of 43.56% from 225 games, 51.52% from 33 in the current season, is drawn in Group Thirty where she will face Darren Davies (WAL - 270 - 73.33% from 15), Lorraine Shorney (ENG - 227 - 30.48% from 105), Shaun Morley (ENG - 347 - 47.83% from 23), Declan Hegarty (IRE - 698 - 8.33% from 12) and Ian Mcelroy (IRE - 332 - 46.88% from 32). Group 30 Stats. Elise is currently 22nd in the Order of Merit standings with 329 points.

Peter Hore is currently ranked 39th in the SMPT rankings with a win rate of 54.22% from 225 games, 54.05% from 37 in the current season, is drawn in Group Eighteen where he will face Mark Spalding (ENG - 50 - 41.54% from 65), Tony McHugh (IRE - 429 - 35.71% from 114). Louis O Hara (IRE - 630 - 25.00% from 8), Noel Smyth (IRE - Tour debut) and Chris O' Kane (IRE - 232 - 42.11% from 19). Group 18 Stats. Peter is currently 38th in the Order of Merit standings with 263.5 points.

The full schedule of fixtures, with results added after each session of play can be found at https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=C3BD1F0F-DD5D-4CE2-8C2E-509580600E93.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA.

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 7th April 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 20:06:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 7th April 2024

BEBBINGTON CUP- County League Finals

On Sunday the Bebbington Cup competition to determine the overall County League Champions was played at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.

The four are league winners Newlyn Trinity Jowsters (West), St Newlyn East Phoenix (Central), Duloe Blues (East) and Blisland (North) played in a round robin competition to determine the winners.

The first round of games saw St Newlyn East against Duloe and Blisland against Newlyn Trinity. The points were shared between St Newlyn East and Duloe. Martin Boraston, Mark Slack, Lenny Lee & Chris Page winning 12-2 for Duloe against Carol Dodd, John Dodd, Carolyn Stanley & John Worton for St Newlyn East. St Newlyn East's Ron Cartwright, Jim Stanley, Sandra Worton & Steve Smith survived a late comeback by Duloe's Alan Trubshaw, Caroline Trubshaw, Stephen Wilson & Jon Read to win 8-7.

Newlyn Trinity took two comfortable wins against Blisland. Alan Stephens, Robert James, Morgan Lees & Mike Dyer winning 13-3 against Max Burden, Richard Saulsbury, Rita Hancock & Keith Matthews. Ken Weeks, Ernest Stevens, Simon Lees & Nigel Nicholls winning 14-4 against Rosemary Young, Phillip Rood, Henry Matthews & Mike Webster.

The second session saw St Newlyn East against Blisland and Duloe against Newlyn Trinity. St Newlyn East took maximum points with Carol Dodd, Terry King, Carolyn Stanley & John Worton winning 13-2 against Max Burden, Richard Saulsbury, Rita Hancock & Keith Matthews. Ron Cartwright, Jim Stanley, Sandra Worton & Steve Smith won 18-7 against Rosemary Young, Phillip Rood, Henry Matthews & Mike Webster.

Points were shared between Duloe and Newlyn Trinity. Duloe's Jon Read, Roy Saxby, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw winning 11-5 against Alan Stephens, Robert James, Morgan Lees & Mike Dyer. Newlyn Trinity's Ken Weeks, Ernest Stevens, Simon Lees & Nigel Nicholls took a 4 on the last end to beat Martin Boraston, Mark Slack, Lenny Lee and Chris Page 11-9. With a session to play Newlyn Trinity lead with 6 points and 43 shots just ahead of St Newlyn East on 6 points and 41 shots with Duloe in third on 4 points and 39 shots.

The final session saw St Newlyn East against Newlyn Trinity and Duloe against Blisland. Points were shared between Newlyn Trinity and St Newlyn East leaving both on 8 points with Newlyn Trinity ahead with 61 shots to St Newlyn East's 57 shots. Ron Cartwright, Jim Stanley, Sandra Worton & Steve Smith won 12-7 for St Newlyn East against Ken Weeks, Ernest Stevens, Simon Lees & Nigel Nicholls. Newlyn Trinity's Alan Stephens, Robert James, Morgan Lees & Mike Dyer won 11-4 against Carol Dodd, Terry King, Carolyn Stanley & John Worton.

Duloe ensured a third successive title with two wins against Blisland. Chris Page, Lenny Lee, Mark Slack & Martin Boraston winning 14-5 against Max Burden, Richard Saulsbury, Rita Hancock & Keith Matthews. Jon Read, Roy Saxby, Caroline & Alan Trubshaw were 15-1 up inside 4 ends as they went on to win 25-3 against Rosemary Young, Phillip Rood, Henry Matthews & Mike Webster. With three teams finishing on 8 points, the big win for Duloe over Blisland put them ahead on overall shots scored in the tie break.

The final positions were

	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
Duloe Blues	6	4	2	78	34	8
Newlyn Trinity Jowsters	6	4	2	61	43	8
St Newlyn East Phoenix	6	4	2	57	46	8
Blisland	6	0	6	24	97	0

COUNTY CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

Upon conclusion of the Bebbington Cup the County Champion of Champions was played on Sunday afternoon with 14 bowlers entered from across the county.

In the first round Lenny Lee (Duloe) won 13-5 against Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) scoring 7 shots over the last 4 ends of the game. Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) only conceded two ends in defeating Jonathon Curtis (St Ives) 11-3. Bob Banks (Boscastle) also only dropped two ends in defeating Peter Hore (Holmans) 11-2. Tony Jago (Withiel) was in front throughout against Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls) winning 13-7. Mark Payne (Penzance) won 11-4 against Simon Groves (Mabe). Karen Watson (Saltash) only dropped one to defeat Percy Tripp (Helston) 12-2. Gary Davey (Liskeard) and David Shaw (Wadebridge) had byes through to the Quarter Finals.

In the Quarter Finals Lenny Lee started with scores of 2 and 1 against Steve Smith but Steve went on to win seven of the next eight ends to win 12-4. Tony Jago opened up a 6-0 lead against Bob Banks before Bob responsed to lead by 4 with two ends to play however scores of 2 and 3 on those last two ends saw Tony win 12-11. Karen Watson and Mark Payne were tied at 4-4 after 5 ends before Karen closed out the game with 5 consecutive scoring ends to win 10-4. Gary Davey was ahead from the 3rd end against David Shaw going on to win 13-5.

In the Semi Finals Steve Smith was 8-5 ahead against Tony Jago with three ends to play. Tony picked up a 4 on the 9th end to move in front and followed up with scores of 1 and 2 on the last two ends to win 12-8. Karen Watson was in control throughout against Gary Davey only dropping three ends through the game to win 13-5.

In the Final Karen quickly opened up an 8-1 lead after four ends against Tony Jago. Tony won four of the next 6 ends but couldn't recover the deficit with Karen going on to win 11-5.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
This coming weekend attention turns to the National Championships being held at Melton Mowbray Indoor Bowling Club.

The championships begin on Thursday with the National Singles being decided with Cornwall having four players in the event. Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Steve Williamson (Luxulyan), Mark Williams (Lanteglos) & Peter Hore (Holmans). Day Two on Friday sees two teams from Cornwall in the National Pairs. Peter Hore (Holmans) & Karen Watson (Saltash) and Elise Daniell & Luke Jolly (Holmans).

Day Three, Saturday, will see four teams from Cornwall in the draw for the National Fours. Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans) & Karen Watson (Saltash), Martin Boraston, Mark Slack, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe), Chris Jennings, Rosie Glover, Eileen Williams & Mark Williams (Lanteglos) and Steve Williamson, Austen Runnals, Christine Worth & John Worth (Luxulyan). The National Triples bring the championships to a close on Sunday with two teams from Cornwall. Sandra Worton, John Worton & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) and Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Luke Jolly & Peter Hore (Holmans).

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 1st April 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 11:34:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 1st April 2024

COUNTY LEAGUE FINALS

On Sunday the County League finals, the Bebbington Cup, will be played at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club starting at 0900.

The competition see's 2 rinks representing each of the four areas. West Area will be represented by Newlyn Trinity Jowsters who won the area title with a 23 point advantage over second placed Holmans having won 25 out of a possible 32 games across the season and 30 out of a possible 32 bonus points. Central Area will be represented by St Newlyn East Phoenix who finished the season 2 points ahead of Withiel Elms, despite winning fewer games across the season a superior number of overall match wins gave them the advantage.

East Area representatives will be Duloe Blues who are chasing a third consecutive title and finished 12 points clear of Saltash Blues having won out of a possible 28 games. Blisland will represent the North Area having won 19 out of a possible 24 games and claiming maximum bonus points to finish on 62 points, 13 ahead of Lanteglos Bobcats.

After the conclusion of the Bebbington Cup competition at lunchtime Club Champions from across the county will compete for the County Champion of Champions title.

COUNTY TEAM OF THREE

The Holmans trio of Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott and Peter Hore claimed thier 8th County Team of Three title recently with a 65-28 aggregate win over Blisland's Max Burden, Rosemary Young and Rita Hancock.

The first leg played at Holmans on 14th March saw the home team take a big 1st leg advantage. Peter Hore won the Singles 15 - 3 against Max Burden, Elise Daniell & Nicholas Truscott won the Pairs by the same scoreline against Rosemary Young and Rita Hancock. The home team won the Triples 9-8 to take a 25 shot advantage on the night.

The second leg was played at Blisland on the 26th March. Max Burden won the Singles 11-5 to close the gap to 19 shots overall. In the Pairs Elise Daniell & Nicholas Truscott won 14-5 to extend their lead to 28 shots with 60 still to play for in the Triples. Like in the first leg another close Triples match ended with a 8-7 win for the home team.

The Holmans trio add 2023/4 to the titles won in 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2018/19, 2021/22 & 2022/23 and have now won the competition three years in a row on two separate occasions.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 24 March 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 21:25:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 24th March 2024

COUNTY FINALS

The final of the County Two Wood Singles and Four Wood Pairs were played at Carnmoggas on Saturday.

The Singles were played first with the eight qualifiers playing a straight knockout competition. In the Quarter Finals Martin Boraston scored a maximum 8 shots over the closing 4 ends of his match against Duloe bowler Mark Slack to win 13-9. Karen Watson (Saltash) was always in front against Mark Williams (Lanteglos) winning 13-6 with 3 ends to spare. Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) started with a couple of maximum scores to lead David Studden (Holmans) 4-0 after the opening two ends. David came back eventually drawing level at 9-9 after 12 ends and further scores of 2 and 1 to win 12-9 with an end to spare. Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) was always in front against Mark Payne (Penzance) winning 14-7.

In the Semi Finals Martin and Karen were 6 all after 8 ends before Martin took scores of 1 on 5 of the next six ends to win 11-7 with an end to spare. David opened up a 6-2 lead against Nigel after 6 ends before 5 consecutive scores of 1 took Nigel into the lead 7-6 after 11 ends. A score of 2 to David on the 12th end put him back in front before consecutive scores of 2 for Nigel gave him an unassailable 11-8 lead with an end to play.

The final saw Nigel open up a 7-0 lead after 5 ends. Martin scored a two on the 6th end with Nigel responding with the same score on the 7th end to lead 9-2. Martin came back with 5 consecutive scores of one to trail 7-9 with three ends to play. Scores of 2, 1 and 2 for Martin over the closing ends saw him win 12-9 and take his second Singles title having won the County Singles in 2011/12.

Saturday afternoon saw the Four Wood Pairs title decided. In the Quarter Finals Jon Read & Martin Boraston (Duloe) started with two scores of 5 against John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Joyce Harding (Luxulyan) going on to win 14-5 with an end to spare. In an all Newlyn Trinity match up Ray Jeffery & Nigel Nicholls conceded just one end in defeating Simon & Morgan Lees 15-1. Tony Jago (Withiel) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) looked to be in control against Austen Runnals & Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) leading 7-1 with two ends to play. Runnals & Williamson scored a 6 on the penultimate end to draw level and take the match to a last end decider which Jago & Smith claimed the winning shot. Keith Matthews & Max Burden (Blisland) were 11-2 up after 5 ends against Rob D'Agostino & Andy Jiggens (Kensey Vale) but failed to score again as the Kensey Vale pairing tool scores of 2, 7, 1 and 3 over the closing ends of the match to win 15-11.

In the semi finals 14 shots were on the board inside 4 ends of the match between Read & Boraston and Jeffery & Nicholls with Jeffery & Nicholls opening with a 6 on the first end countered by a 5 for Read and Boraston on the second end. Jeffery & Nicholls scored 1 on the third end with Read & Boraston levelling the score at 7-7 after four ends with a score of two. It was Jeffery & Nicholls who went on to win 13-10. Jago & Smith with 8-1 up after 4 ends against D'Agostino & Jiggens going on to win 11-5. The final was low scoring over the opening ends with Jago and Smith 3-1 up after 4 ends. Two scores of 3 and one of 2 for Jeffery and Nicholls over the next three ends changed the course of the match at the title as they went on to win 11-3 with Nicholls taking his 9th and Jeffery his 2nd County Pairs title

NATIONAL UNDER 18'S SINGLES

For the first time in several years Cornwall was represented in the National Under 18's Championship played in Melton Mowbray on Saturday. Oskar Bryan from Lanteglos made the trip for his first Short Mat competition at national level. 24 bowlers were entered, many of whom have been part of the England Academy squad throughout the season. Oskar enjoyed an unbeaten run in the group stages winning 13-4 and 12-9 against opposition from Somerset and North Yorkshire respectively and drawing 8-8 against a player from Oxfordshire. These results left Oskar top of his group and with 12 players through to the knockout stages and a bye into the quarter finals where he lost 5-12 to a bowler from Norfolk.

The season is drawing to a close with the County League Finals and County Champion of Champions to be played at Carnmoggas on the 7th April. From the 11th to 14th April all eyes will be on the National Championships in Melton Mowbray where Cornwall has one of its largest contingents of players ever. The following weekend, the 19th to 21st April sees the Short Players Tour Season conclude with the Belfast Open Pairs on the 19th and World Masters Singles on the 20th and 21st.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 17 March 2023

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 22:20:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

News Release - 17th March 2023

COUNTY FINALS

Last weekend saw the finals of the Short Mat Bowls County Finals at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.

The first title to be decided on Saturday morning was the County Fours. In the Quarter Finals a tight match between the Duloe team of Martin Boraston, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw overcome playing one short to defeat Landrake's Heidi Kerr, Dianne Shorthouse, Dennis Shorthouse & Richard Kerr 10-8. A score of 5 of the fifth end for St Newlyn East's Sandra Worton, Carol Dodd, John Worton & Steve Smith was the key moment in their match against Landrake's Christopher Mortimore, Phil Searle, Graham Reeves & Neil Gribble as they went on to win 10-5. Holman's Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott, Luke Jolly & Peter Hore were in front throughout against defending champions, Newlyn Trinity's Simon Lees, Ray Jeffery, Morgan Lees & Nigel Nicholls winning 12-8. Duloe's Bryan Lewis, Stephen Wilson, Leonard Lee & Mark Slack were ahead throughout against Dobwalls' Graham Sleep, Eileen Taylor, Graham Bickle & Brendra Sleep winning 9-8.

In the Semi Finals the St Newlyn East Four won 6 out of the 9 ends against the depleted Duloe team skipped by Alan Trubshaw winning 12-4. The other semi final between the Fours from Holmans and Duloe saw a couple of large scoring ends early on with Duloe taking a 4 on the 3rd end and Holmans a 7 on the next end to establish a lead they would not relinquish going on to win 15-7. The final between St Newlyn East and Holmans saw Holmans open up a 5-1 lead in the opening four ends. A score of 4 on the fourth end for St Newlyn East leveled up the score at 5-5 after five ends. Scores of 1 and 3 on the next two ends moved St Newlyn East into the lead by 4 with two ends to play. Holmans took scores of 1 and 2 on the last two ends to leave last year's runners up St Newlyn East as the winners with a 9-8 score line.

Saturday afternoon saw attention shift to Individual honours in the County Singles. The Quarter Finals saw Karen Watson (Saltash) take a comfortable 13-5 win against Neil Gribble (Landrake). Martin Boraston (Duloe) eased past Gary Davey (Liskeard) 18-6. Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) came from behind against Paddy Spear (Saltash Kernow) to win 10-8. Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) won 9 out of 11 ends to defeat Nigel Taylor (Penzance) 16-2.

The semi finals saw a tight match between Karen Watson and Martin Boraston with no more than 1 shot scored on each of the 11 ends with Karen having the adavanage winning 7-4. In the all Newlyn Trinity match between Simon Lees and Nigel Nicholls, after leading by 1 shot after 5 ends Nigel moved ahead going on to win 15-5. The final between Karen and Nigel saw the lead change hands several times. Karen picked up scores of 1 on each of the first two ends. Nigel took the next three ends with scores of 1, 1 and 2 to take the lead 4-2 after 5 ends. Karen took back the lead with a score of 3 on the 6th end, Nigel scored 2 on the 7th end taking the lead once more. Karen replied with a maximum 4 on the 8th end to retake the lead 9-6 with three ends to play. Nigel won each of those last three ends with scores of 1, 2 and 1 to win the final 10-9.

Sunday morning saw County Pairs decided. With one team having withdrawn Chris Jennings & Mark Williams (Lanteglos) received a bye to the Semi Finals. Sandra & John Worton (St Newlyn East) won 7 of 11 ends against Ray Jeffery & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) to win 9-5. Caroline & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) had three ends to spare in defeating Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East) & Eileen Williams (Lanteglos) 18-1. David Cole & Karen Watson (Saltash) opened up a 7-0 lead against Steve Williamson & Austen Runnals (Luxulyan) before going on to win 9-6.

In the Semi Finals a score of 5 on the 9th end for Sandra & John Worton proved decisive as they defeated Chris Jennings & Mark Williams 10-8 despite winning fewer ends overall. David Cole & Karen Watson needed just 8 of the allocated 11 ends to defeat Caroline & Alan Trubshaw 15-0. In the final David Cole and Karen Watson opened up a 9-2 lead after 6 ends however they did not score again over the closing 5 ends of the game with Sandra & John Worton scoring 10 shots over the closing ends to take the title, and their second of the weekend, by a score of 12-9.

The final title to be decided on Sunday afternoon was the County Triples. The Quarter finals saw Duloe's Mark Slack, John Read and Leonard Lee defeat Luxulyan's Diane Crocker, Joyce Harding and Shane Aldridge 12-3. Kensey Vale's Andy Jiggens, Nick Trewin & Rob D'Agostino were 14-3 winners against John Moger (Boscastle), Bob Banks & Mark Williams (Lanteglos). Holmans' Elise Daniell, Luke Jolly & Peter Hore were never headed but needed a score of 2 on the last end to defeat Duloe's Martin Boraston, Caroline & Alan Trubshaw 13-11. Landrake's Dianne & Dennis Shorthouse & Richard Kerr were never headed in defeating Withiel's Graham Luke, Tony Jago & Ken Horrell 9-5.

The Semi finals Mark Slack's Duloe Team took a crucial score of 3 on the penultimate end against Kensey Vale to win 8-6. Holmans were ahead throughout against Landrake winning 12-5 with an end to spare. The final saw Holmans pickup 4 on the first end to establish a lead they would nor surrender. Consecutive scores on the 5th to 8th ends effectively sealed victory at 12-3 win for Holmans with an end to spare.

The Finals continue this coming Saturday with the County 2 Wood Singles and 4 Wood Pairs at Carnmoggas. The Singles get under way at 0900 with the Pairs following at around 1100.

The qualifiers for the finals are:

0County 2 Wood Singles
Saturday 23rd March 2024	Sign in by 09:00
Mark Payne	Penzance
Mark Williams	Lanteglos
David Studden	Holmans
Karen Watson	Saltash
Mark Slack	Duloe
Steve Smith	St Newlyn East
Martin Boraston	Duloe
Nigel Nicholls	Newlyn Trinity
County 4 Wood Pairs
Saturday 23rd March 2024	Sign in by 11:00
Tony Jago & Steve Smith	Withiel & St Newlyn East
Keith Matthews & Max Burden	Blisland
Nigel Nicholls & Ray Jeffery	Newlyn Trinity
Martin Boraston & Jon Read	Duloe
Austen Runnals & Steve Williamson	Luxulyan
Rob D'Agostino & Andy Jiggens	Kensey Vale
Morgan & Simon Lees	Newlyn Trinity
John Worton & Joyce Harding	St Newlyn East & Luxulyan

The first leg of the Team of Three final was played at Holmans on the 14th March with the home team of Nicholas Truscott, Elise Daniell & Peter Hore taking a 25 shot advantage over opponents Blisland's Rosemary Young, Rita Hancock & Max Burden. The individual scores Singles Peter Hore 15-3 Max Burden; Pairs Elise Daniell & Nicholas Truscott 15-3 Rosemary Young & Rita Hancock; Triples Elise Daniell, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore 9-8 Rosemary Young, Max Burden & Rita Hancock.

Also on Saturday Lanteglos' Oskar Bryan will be the first bowler for many years to represent Cornwall in the ESMBA Under 18's Championship.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 10 March 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:54:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 10 March 2024

FOUR WOOD PAIRS

Over the past weekend 35 teams took part in the County Four Wood Pairs at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club.

On Saturday 18 teams were drawn in 4 groups, 1 of six and 3 of four, with the four group winners qualifying for the finals later this month on Saturday 23rd March at Carnmoggas.

Group One winners were Tony Jago (Withiel) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) with 6 points +12 shots ahead of David Topliffe & Bob Banks (Boscastle) on 4 +12. Group Two winners were Keith Matthews & Max Burden (Blisland) with 6 +29 finishing ahead of Gary & Lynne Davey (Liskeard) on 2 +24. Group Three winners were Nigel Nicholls & Ray Jeffery (Nigel Nicholls) with 5 +27 finishing ahead of Martin & Diane Williams (Penlee) on 5 +10. Group Four winners were Martin Boraston & Jon Read (Duloe) with 5 +10 who finished ahead of Mark Slack & Leonard Lee (Duloe) on 4 +11.

On Sunday 17 teams were drawn in 4 groups, 1 of five and 3 of four, with the four group winners qualifying for the finals.

Group One winners were Austen Runnalls & Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) with 6 +29 ahead of Alan & Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe) on 4 +11. Group Two winners were Rob D'Agostino & Andy Jiggens (Kensey Vale) with 6 +24 finishing ahead of Peter Hore & Elise Daniell (Holmans) on 4 +11. Group Three winners were Morgan & Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) with 6 +7 finishing ahead of Percy Tripp (Helston) & Meg Horrell (Withiel). Group Four winners were John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Joyce Harding (Luxulyan) with 6 +17 who finished ahead of Treeve Pollards (Holmans) & Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity) on 4 +9.

COUNTY FINALS

This coming weekend attention turns to the finals of the County Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours at Carnmoggas. The Fours will be the first title decided on Saturday morning with the Singles following in the afternoon. On Sunday the Pairs will be decided in the morning and Triples in the afternoon. Each competition is played on a straight knockout basis with an open draw taking place at the start of each competition.

The qualifiers for each final are

County Fours
Saturday 16th March 2024	Sign in by 09:00
Leonard Lee, Mark Slack, Stephen Wilson & Chris Hall	Duloe
Neil Gribble, Graham Reeves, Phil Searle & Christopher Mortimore	Landrake
Steve Smith, John Worton, Sandra Worton & Carol Dodd	St Newlyn East
Alan Trubshaw, Caroline Trubshaw, Martin Boraston & John Read	Duloe
Nigel Nicholls, Morgan Lees, Ray Jeffery & Simon Lees	Newlyn Trinity
Peter Hore, Luke Jolly, Elise Daniell & Nicholas Truscott	Holmans
Brenda Sleep, Graham Bickle, Eileen Taylor & Graham Sleep	Dobwalls
Richard Kerr, Dianne Shorthouse, Dennis Shorthouse & Richard Kerr	Landrake
County 4 Wood Singles
Saturday 16th March 2024	Sign in by 13:00
Martin Boraston	Duloe
Paddy Spear	Saltash Kernow
Nigel Taylor	Penzance
Gary Davey	Liskeard
Neil Gribble	Landrake
Nigel Nicholls	Newlyn Trinity
Simon Lees	Newlyn Trinity
Karen Watson	Saltash
County 2 Wood Pairs
Sunday 17th March 2024	Sign in by 09:00
Sandra & John Worton	St Newlyn East
David Cole & Karen Watson	Saltash
Carol & John Dodd	St Newlyn East
Chris Jennings & Mark Williams	Lanteglos
Ray Jeffery & Nigel Nicholls	Newlyn Trinity
Caroline & Alan Trubshaw	Duloe
Max Burden & Keith Matthews	Blisland
Steve Williamson & Austen Runnalls	Luxulyan
County Triples
Sunday 17th March 2023	Sign in by 12:00
Dennis Shorthouse, Richard Kerr & Neil Gribble	Landrake
Elise Daniell, Luke Jolly & Peter Hore	Holmans
Bob Banks, John Moger & Mark Williams	Lanteglos & Boscastle
Diane Crocker, Joyce Harding & Shane Aldridge	Luxulyan
John Read, Chris Hall & Leonard Lee	Duloe
Andy Jiggins, Nick Trwin & Rob D'Agostino	Kensey Vale
Martin Boraston, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw	Duloe
Graham Luke, Tony Jago & Ken Horrell	Withiel

HOME AND AWAY COMPETITIONS

The Home & Away competitions have seen two titles decided in the past week.

The Mixed Pairs was won by Sandra & John Worton (St Newlyn East) who defeated Rita Hancock & Keith Matthews (Blisland) 25-22 over the matches.

The Rea Francis Team Competition was won by Duloe. The first leg played at Duloe on 28th February saw Penlee take a 3 shot advantage, winning 38-35. In the return leg at Penlee on 7th March Duloe won by 38 shots to 27 to win 73 - 65 overall.

The Team of Three final will be between Nicholas Truscott, Elise Daniell & Peter Hore (Holmans) and Max Burden, Rita Hancock & Keith Matthews (Blisland).

ENDS

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Can you please provide updated contact details for sport writers/editors at your organisation.

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 3rd March 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 21:15:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 3rd March 2024

COUNTY FOUR WOOD PAIRS

This coming weekend 42 pairs, 21 on each day, are entered in the Four Wood Pairs at Carnmoggas with 4 teams from each day to qualify for the finals on 23rd March. Play starts at 0900 on both days.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

The popularity of the Short Mat Players Tour was again underlined on Friday evening when the 192 places in August's UK Open competition sold out in 12 minutes with a number of local bowlers entering the event.

UPCOMING EVENTS

The weekend of 16th and 17th March will see the County Titles decided at Carnmoggas with the Fours and Singles on Saturday 16th and Pairs and Triples on Sunday 17th. Full preview and list of finalists will be provided next week.

Saturday 23rd March sees the County Titles for Two Wood Singles and Four Wood Pairs decided at Carnmoggas whilst for the first time in a number of years Cornwall will be represented in the National Under 18's by Lanteglos' Oskar Bryan.

After Easter Sunday 7th April sees the County League Finals, the Bebbington Cup, County Champion of Champions and County Under 25's singles contested at Carnmoggas. The following week see's one of the largest groups of players in recent years from Cornwall travel to Melton Mowbray to compete in the National Championships starting on Singles, Pairs, Fours and Triples played on each day respectively from Thursday 11th through to Sunday 14th.

The Short Mat Players Tour season concludes the following weekend with the Open Pairs on Friday 19th and World Masters Singles with an entry of over 200 bowlers played on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st. Local tour regulars Nigel Nicholls, Peter Hore, Elise Daniell and Steve Smith are due to make the trip to Belfast.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 25 February 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:48:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 25th February 2024

The first two National Championship titles of the season were contested over the weekend with the Mixed Fours on Saturday and Over 55's Pairs on Sunday.

Cornwall were represented by two teams in the Mixed Fours.

Elise Daniell (Holmans), Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) & Peter Hore (Holmans) were drawn in Group 1 where they faced Steve Bailey, Tracey Bailey, Sam Jackson & Linda Reilly (West Midlands) losing 7-8, Mark McHugh, Darren Mather, Maria Mather & Sheila Wilson (Greater Manchester) losing 4-9 and Derek Adams, Joanne Clements, Megan Leeder & Michael Rice (Suffolk) winning 8-4. They finished third in the group, missing out on qualification for the knockout stages.

Mark Slack, Karen Burton, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) were drawn in Group 5 where they faced Tracy McLean, Leah Wood, Jason McLean & Ryan Knight (Hampshire) losing 2-11, Viv Morris, Ron Smith, Christine Belcher & Steve Morris (Oxfordshire) winning 12-5 and Anna Wickens, Graham Wickens, Millie Froud & Nigel Froud (East Sussex) 13-3. They finished second in the group to qualify for the knockout stages. In the first round they lost narrowly to Michael Doorey, Robert Doorey, Amanda Doorey & Grace Doorey (Kent) 7-8.

Cornwall were represented by four teams in the Over 55's Pairs.

Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) were drawn in Group 5 where they faced Ian Sanger & Robbie Gale (Dorset) winning 19-3, Jeff Branch & Dennis Mack (Hertfordshire)

winning 9-7 and Karen Kirby & Les Kirby (Wiltshire) losing 6-7. The two wins were enough for top spot in the group and a place in the knockout stages.

Austen Runnals (Luxulyan) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) were drawn in Group 6 where they faced Sue Pledger & John Pledger (Essex) losing 8-9, Joy Townsend & Graham Tweed (Norfolk) losing 4-15 and Jean Bridges & Peter Arthur (North Yorkshire) winning 12-7. They finished fourth in the group, missing out on the knockout stages.

Andy Jiggens & Rob D'Agostino (Kensey Vale) were drawn in Group 9 where they faced Brian Barefield & Rob Edwards (Surrey) losing 7-8, Ron Smith & Chris Beard (Oxfordshire) losing 6-15 and Ian Roe & David Watkins (Herefordshire) losing 1-11. Finishing bottom of the group they missed out on the knockout stages.

Jon Read & Martin Boraston (Duloe) were drawn in Group 16 where they faced Chris Escott & Peter Winter MBE (East Sussex) winning 12-3, Bill Gearing & Toni Gearing (Hertfordshire) losing 7-9 and Chris Davison & Shane Davision (Hampshire) winning 11-6. The two wins saw them finish second in the group and through to the knockout stages.

In the first round of the knockout stages Sandra & Nigel lost 5-11 to Sue Tuttle & Steve Tuttle (Surrey) and Jon & Martin won by one shot against Mike Wright & Steve Puttock (Hampshire) 8-7. The second round saw Jon & Martin win comfortably by 12 shots to 3 against Brian Barefield & Rob Edwards (Surrey) to progress to the Quarter Finals where they lost by a single shot to Sue & Steve Tuttle (Surrey).

COUNTY LEAGUES

The four area league titles were decided last week with all four area league titles being retained by the 2022/3 season winners. Representing each area in the Bebbington Cup will be West - Newlyn Trinity, Central - St Newlyn East Phoenix, East - Duloe and North - Blisland.

UPCOMING EVENTS

There is no local competition action this coming weekend with the dates reserved by the ESMBA for the Inter County Knockout Semi Finals. The following weekend, the 9th and 10th March will see 42 pairs competing for 8 places in the County Finals for the Four Wood Pairs at Carnmoggas. The weekend of 16th and 17th March will see the County Titles decided at Carnmoggas with the Fours and Singles on Saturday 16th and Pairs and Triples on Sunday 17th. Saturday 23rd March sees the County Titles for Two Wood Singles and Four Wood Pairs decided at Carnmoggas whilst for the first time in a number of years Cornwall will be represented in the National Under 18's by Lanteglos's Oskar Bryan.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 18 February 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:30:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION -

NEWS RELEASE - 18 February 2024

INTER AREA LEAGUE

On Saturday the Inter Area League concluded with the third of three match days played at Carnmoggas Indoor Bowling Club. The format sees teams with a minimum of 10 players from each area play across the four disciplines of Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours with each area playing each other on each of the match days.

West started the day ahead on 31 points with Central second on 28, East third on 23 and North on 14.

Session One saw Central take the overall lead with three wins and a draw against North to move onto 35 points. West lost the session to East by a scoreline of 3-5 to leave West on 34 and East on 28.

Session Two saw West retake the lead overall with a clean sweep of four wins against North to move onto 42 points. Central took three wins against East to leave Central a point off the lead on 41 and East on 30.

Session Three saw the two title contenders head to head. Central won the Singles by a single shot, the Pairs by 5 shots, the Fours by 5 shots and the Triples drew. This gave Central 7 points from the session to finish on 48 points +61 shots over the three rounds. West finished second on 43 points +66 shots. In the session's other match up East took a clean sweep against North to finish on 38 points +74 shots with North finishing on 15 points -201 shots.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The first National Championship titles of the season will be decided this coming weekend with the National Mixed Fours and Over 55's Pairs at Solihull Indoor Bowling Club.

On Saturday the Mixed Fours sees two teams from Cornwall, Elise Daniell (Holmans), Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) & Peter Hore (Holmans) and Mark Slack, Karen Burton, Caroline Trubshaw and Alan Trubshaw (Duloe). On Sunday the Over 55's Pairs sees four teams from Cornwall, Austen Runnals (Luxulyan) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East), Andy Jiggens & Rob D'Agostino (Kensey Vale), Jon Read & Martin Boraston (Duloe) and Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity). Play starts at 0900 on both days with a round robin competition followed by a knockout.

LOCAL LEAGUES

The local evening leagues are drawing to a conclusion across the county.

In the Western Area Newlyn Trinity need just 1 point from a possible 18 from their last three matches to secure the Western Area title. Their final matches are on the 20th away to Penlee Pirates, 27th Home of Porthleven Fisherfolk and 4th March away to Penzance Dodos. Second place is currently held by Helston Penrose on 51 points with Holmans third on 50 points, both teams have two matches remaining. Penrose face Penlee Larrigan at home on 27th Feb and travel to Penlee Pirates on 5th March. Holmans complete their fixtures away to Penzance Dodos on 19th Feb and at home to Helston St Johns on 7th March. In Division One St Ives lead by 8 points with 45 points with two matches to play the first away to Helston Grylls on 22nd Feb before completing their fixtures at home to second placed St Keverne An Gof on 28th Feb. An Gof have three games to play, the first of which is on the 23rd Feb at home to Helston Wendron. They then play away to St Ives on the 28th Feb before completing their fixtures at home to Marazion Choughs on 8th March. Marazion Blackbirds are a point further behind in third place. The result of their match against Marazion Choughs on 15th Feb is not known at the time of writing, their remaining fixtures are against Redruth at home on 29th Feb and away to Helston Grylls on 7th March.

The Central area concluded this week with two points separating the top two, St Newlyn East Phoenix who conclude their fixtures away to Ladock on 20th February and Withiel Oaks who finish at home to St Agnes Choughs on 22nd February.

In the East area Duloe are 13 points ahead of Saltash Blues with Callington Eagles a further 3 points behind. Duloe's remaining fixtures are at home to Calstock on 21st Feb and away to Landrake on 26th Feb. Saltash Blues have an outstanding fixture at home to Landrake and away matches against Callington Eagles on 19th Feb and Calstock on 26th Feb. Callington Eagles other remaining fixture is away to Dobwalls Blues on 29th Feb. In Division One Dobwalls Reds lead Saltash Whites by 9 points. Dobwalls Reds have three matches remaining, an outstanding fixture away to Torpoint , away to Saltash Kernow 2 on 20th Feb and home to Callington Kestrels on 26th Feb. Saltash Whites remaining fixtures are at home to Torpoint on 21st Feb and away to Saltask Kernow 2 on 25th Feb.

In the North Area, which is played to a different scoring system Blisland lead the way and need 3 points from a possible 12 from there last four games, away to Lanteglos Beavers on 20th Feb, home to Lanteglos Bobcats on 20th Feb, Home to Lanteglos Beavers on 27th Feb and away to Lanteglos Bobcats on 28th Feb. The matches on 20th Feb count for 2 points each and those on 27th and 28th each count for 4 points with aggregate bonus points up for grabs. Boscastle are second 9 points adrift and have three matches remaining, each counting for a possible four points. On 19th Feb they face Wadebridge at home with a 7 shot deficit to overhaul for the aggregate score. On the 21st Feb a visit to Lanteglos to face the Bobcats with the 29 shot deficit from the home match. Boscastle's final match is away to Lanteglos Beavers on 5th March with a 21 shot advantage to defend.

A full list of all remaining fixtures can be accessed at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=fixturesfetch&StartDate=2024-02-19&EndDate=2024-03-31

Results for matched played in February can be accessed at https://www.ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=resultsfetch&StartDate=2024-02-01&EndDate=2024-03-31

League Tables can be accessed at https://ccsmba.co.uk/content.php?pg=tabledisplay

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 11th February 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 22:21:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 11th February 2024

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR ENGLISH MASTERS

Over the weekend five local bowlers travelled to Chelmsford to compete in the Short Mat Players Tour English Masters.

David Studden (Holmans) was unbeaten in the group stages with wins against Aaron Clare (ENG) 12-9, Sarah Sarling (ENG) 13-6, Lynn Orlando (ENG) 10-5, Paula Scales (ENG) 12-9 and

Sioned Ann Owen-Braniff (WAL) 17-8 to top Group One and qualify for the Cup competition. In the first round of the Cup David defeated Thomas Coles (ENG) 11-8, David's tournament ended in the second round with a narrow defeat to Martin Simcock (ENG) 7-8. David jumps 110 places in the World Rankings to 93rd place on 222 points and 43 places in the Order of Merit standings to 52nd place on 200 points.

Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) was also unbeaten in the group stages to top Group Fifteen with wins against Alun Thomas (WAL) 19-4, David Hacker (ENG) 10-3, Andrew Cockcroft (IRE) 10-7, Barry Bates (ENG) 14-7 and a draw against Tony Wall (ENG) 10-10. Steve lost to Chris Mann (ENG) 2-18 in the first round of the Cup knockout. Steve climbs 71 places in the World Rankings to 86th place on 238 points and 17 places to 43rd in the Order of Merit standings on 238 points.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) topped Group Three on shot difference after 3 bowlers tied on 12 points each taking four wins out of five. Nigel's wins came against Paul Hutson (ENG) 23-3, Rory Gittoes (WAL) 18-4, Muhammad Zubair (UAE) 35-2, Steve Collins (ENG) 19-5 and a loss against Eroll Morina (SWE) 8-12. Nigel lost to Martin Simcock (ENG) 4-13 in the first round of the Cup knockout. Nigel drops a place to fifth in the World Rankings with 791.25 points and maintains fourth in the Order of Merit standings on 491 points.

Elise Daniell (Holmans) finished second in Group Twenty on shot difference after three bowlers tied on 9 points taking three wins out of five. Elise's wins came against Gunn Ellen Bekkevold (NOR) 13-8, Bjarne Andersson (SWE) 13-6 and Sam Moore (IRE) and a couple of losses against Billy Chapman (IRE) 11-14 and Paul Seaman (ENG) 9-10. Elise lost to Number One ranked Peter Roberts (ENG) 0-17 in the first round of the Cup knockout. Elise climbs one place to 32nd in the World Rankings with 457.38 points and maintains 22nd place in the Order of Merit standings on 329 points.

Peter Hore (Holmans) finished fourth in tough Group 8 with two wins out of five. Peter's wins came against Tony McHugh (IRE) 15-10 and John Manley (ENG) 15-5 and losses against Mark Spalding (ENG) 5-17, Alex Kley (ENG) 5-15 and Gary McNabb (IRE) 9-15. In the first round of the Plate competition Peter won 11-10 against Dave Goddard (ENG) before losing in the second round to Nigel Froud (ENG) 25-0. Peter maintains 39th place in the World Rankings with 396.38 points but drops 9 places in the Order of Merit to 38th to 263.50 points.

The final tournament of the season, the World Masters, takes place over the weekend of 20th and 21st April in Belfast with Nigel, Peter, Elise and Steve currently entered.

INTER AREA LEAGUE

On Saturday the final round of Inter Area League matches will be played at Carnmoggas.

West lead with 31 points +54 shots, Central are second with 28 points +28 shots, East are third with 23 points +48 shots and North are fourth with 14 points -130 shots.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The following weekend the first National Championship titles of the season will be decided with the National Mixed Fours and Over 55's Pairs.

On Saturday 24th February Elise Daniell, Sandra Worton, Nigel Nicholls & Peter Hore and Mark Slack, Karen Burton, Caroline Trubshaw and Alan Trubshaw will be in the Fours. On Sunday 25th February Austen Runnals & Steve Smith, Andy Jiggens & Rob D'Agostino, Jon Read & Martin Boraston and Sandra Worton & Nigel Nicholls will be in the Pairs.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 4th February 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 22:10:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

News Release 4th February 2024

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday 4th February Cornwall's A Team travelled to Solihull to face Norfolk in the first preliminary round of the Inter County Championship knockout competition with a team including a number of changes for that which came through the group stages.

The first session saw both counties win a game apiece in the Singles and Pairs. The second session again saw points shared in Triples and Fours. The match was tied at 8 points each at the lunch break.

Norfolk moved up a gear in the afternoon session restricting Cornwall to just 3 further points, a win in the Singles and a draw in the Triples, to win the match 29 points to 11 and 230 shots to 158.

The players representing Cornwall in the match were Steve Williamson (Luxulyan), Mark Williams (Lanteglos), Rita Hancock (Blisland), Leonard Lee (Duloe), John Dodd (St Newlyn East), Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East), Ken Horrell (Withiel), Joyce Harding (Luxulyan), Meg Horrell (Withiel), Alan Trubshaw (Duloe), John Worth (Luxulyan), Graham Luke (Withiel), Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls), Tony Jago (Withiel), Eileen Williams (Lanteglos), Heidi Kerr (Landrake), David Topliffe (Boscastle), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Chris Jennings (Lanteglos) & Gill Jennings (Lanteglos).

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR - ENGLISH MASTERS

This coming weekend five local bowlers will be travelling to Chelmsford for the Short Mat Players Tour English Masters competition featuring 192 bowlers from 12 countries.

Current World Number 4 Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) (70.14% wins from 278 games) is drawn in Group 3 where he will face Steve Collins (ENG - Rank 302 - 50% from 6), Eroll Morina (SWE - 67 - 60% from 35), Rory Gittoes (WAL - 52 - 58.70% from 46), Paul Hutson (ENG - 705 - 16.67% from 6) and Muhammad Kamran Rasheed (UAE - Tour debut). Nigel's match against Eroll Morina is scheduled on the Show Mat at 16.30 on Saturday.

Elise Daniell (Holmans) (43.38% from 219) is currently 33rd in the rankings and is drawn in Group 20 where she will face Billy Chapman (IRE - 101 - 44.26% from 61), Paul Seaman (ENG - 37 - 58.95% from 229), Sam Moore (IRE - 32 - 52.88% from 312), Bjarne Andersson (SWE - 64 - 45.10% from 153 and Gunn Ellen Bekkevold (NOR - 655 - 16.67% from 6). Elise's match against Sam Moore is scheduled on the Show Mat at 17.20 on Saturday.

Peter Hore (Holmans) (54.59% from 218) is currently 39th in the rankings and is drawn in Group 8 where he faces a tough draw which includes current world number 2 Gary McNabb (IRE - 81.78% from 247), current English, British Isles and World Singles Champion Alex Kley (ENG - 10 - 71.35% from 185), Mark Spalding (ENG - 65 - 39.66% from 58), Tony McHugh (IRE - 501 - 33.33% from 6) and John Manley (ENG - Tour debut).

Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) (57.89% from 19) is currently 157th in the rankings and is drawn in Group 15 where he face Alan Thomas (WAL - 214 - 16.54% from 133), Barry Bates (ENG - 392 - 41.18% from 51), Tony Wall (ENG - 136 - 65.63% from 32), David Hacker (ENG - 326 - 34.69% from 49) and Andrew Cockcroft (IRE - 105 - 47.28% from 105).

David Studden (Holmans) (72.41% from 29) is currently 203rd in the rankings and is drawn in Group 1 where he will face Aaron Clare (ENG - 90 - 51.85% from 108), Sioned Ann Owen-Braniff (WAL - 349 - 36.67% from 30), Paula Scales (ENG - 522 - 23.08% from 26), Sarah Sarling (ENG - 329 - 31.58% from 19) and Lynn Orlando (ENG - 314 - 35% from 20).

The competition follows the usual players tour format with four rounds of group games played on Saturday and the final round played on Sunday morning. The knockout stages follow through Sunday afternoon into the evening. Updates will be available throughout the two days on the Short Mat Players Tour website.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

On 17th February the final round of Inter Area League matches will be played at Carnmoggas. The following weekend sees the first National Titles of the season decided with the National Mixed Fours on Saturday 24th February and National Over 55's Pairs on Sunday 25th February.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 28th January 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 21:16:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

News Release 28th January 2024

COUNTY TWO WOOD SINGLES

On Sunday 28th January the County Two Wood Singles was contested at Carnmoggas with the original entry of 40 bowlers reduced to just 26 due to a high number of withdrawals. 14 bowlers took part in the morning session and 12 in the afternoon.

The qualifiers from the morning session were Mark Payne (Penzance) 4 points +10 shots, Mark Williams (Lanteglos) 6 points +19 shots, David Studden (Holmans) 4 points +16 shots and Karen Watson (Saltash) 3 points + 13 shots. The afternoon session qualifiers were Mark Slack (Duloe) 2 points +2 shots, Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) 4 points +19 shots, Martin Boraston (Duloe) 2 points +8 shots and Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 4 shots +17 shots.

The eight qualifiers return to Carnmoggas on Saturday 23rd March for the finals.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday 4th February the A Team are due to meet Norfolk in the first preliminary round of the Inter County Championship at Solihull Indoor Bowling Club. At the time of writing the team for the match was not confirmed with Team Manager Luke Jolly awaiting confirmation of availability of a number of players.

CCSMBA OPEN DAY

On Saturday 3rd February the CCSMBA are hosting an Open Day at Carnmoggas between 1000 and 1500. A fee of £4.00 per player to cover venue hire costs is payable.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Over the weekend of 10th and 11th February a number of local players will take part in the Short Mat Players Tour English Masters at the Falcon Indoor Bowling Club, Chelmsford. The draw was made on Sunday 28th January with local bowlers drawn as follows

Group 01 Stats

		W %
203	DAVID STUDDEN	72.41% (29)
90	AARON CLARE	51.85% (108)
349	SIONED ANN OWEN-BRANIFF	36.67% (30)
522	PAULA SCALES	23.08% (26)
329	SARAH SARLING	31.58% (19)
314	LYNN ORLANDO	35.00% (20)

Group 03 Stats

		W %
302	STEVE COLLINS	50.00% (6)
67	EROLL MORINA	60.00% (35)
52	RORY GITTOES	58.70% (46)
705	PAUL HUTSON	16.67% (6)
N/A	MUHAMMAD KAMRAN RASHEED	0.00% (0)
4	NIGEL NICHOLLS	70.14% (278)

Group 08 Stats

		W %
65	MARK SPALDING	39.66% (58)
501	TONY MCHUGH	33.33% (6)
N/A	JOHN MANLEY	0.00% (0)
10	ALEX KLEY	71.35% (185)
2	GARY MCNABB	81.78% (247)
39	PETER HORE	54.59% (218)

Group 15 Stats

		W %
214	ALUN THOMAS	16.54% (133)
392	BARRY BATES	41.18% (51)
136	TONY WALL	65.63% (32)
326	DAVID HACKER	34.69% (49)
157	STEVE SMITH	57.89% (19)
105	ANDREW COCKCROFT	47.28% (184)

Group 20 Stats

		W %
101	BILLY CHAPMAN	44.26% (61)
144	JEREMY LEACH	41.18% (34)
37	PAUL SEAMAN	58.95% (229)
32	SAM MOORE	52.88% (312)
33	ELISE DANIELL	43.38% (219)
64	BJARNE ANDERSSON	45.10% (153)

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 21st January 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 21:03:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 21st January 2024

COUNTY 2 WOOD SINGLES

On Sunday 40 bowlers are entered in the County Two Wood Singles at Carnmoggas with the entry split between a morning session starting at 0900 and afternoon session starting at 1230.

With only two bowls per end, Two Wood Singles can be a punishing format which calls for bowlers to find a consistency early in a game else they can soon find the score running away from them.

COUNTY OPEN DAY

On Saturday 3rd February an Open Day will be held at Carnmoggas.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday 4th February the County A Team travel to Solihull to face Norfolk in the first preliminary round of the knockout stages of the A Team Competition. Full preview next week.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Over the weekend of 10th and 11th March the English Masters, the 5th of 6th ranking tournaments this season, will take place at the Falcon Indoor Bowling Club, Chelmsford. Five bowlers from Cornwall are entered in the event Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans), Elise Daniell (Holmans), David Studden (Holmans) and Steve Smith (St Newlyn East). A full preview will be sent out on Sunday 4th February.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:20:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION
NEWS RELEASE 14 January 2024

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The English Short Mat Bowling Association have confirmed allocations for the 2024 National Championships with Cornwall awarded 18 places across the seven disciplines.

The first discipline to be decided will be the National Mixed Fours on Saturday 23rd February with two teams representing Cornwall. Elise Daniell (Holmans), Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East, Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) & Peter Hore (Holmans) and Mark Slack, Karen Burton, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe). The next day, Sunday 25th February, the Over 55's Pairs will be played with four Pairs representing Cornwall. Austen Runnals (Luxulyan) & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East), Andy Jiggens & Rob D'Agostino (Kensey Vale), Jon Read & Martin Boraston (Duloe) and Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity). On Saturday 23rd March Cornwall will be represented in the National Under 18's for the first time in a number of years by Oskar Bryan (Lanteglos).

The main championships begin on Thursday 11th April with the National Singles being decided with Cornwall having three players in the event. Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) and Mark Williams (Lanteglos). Day Two on Friday 12th April sees the National Pairs played with two pairings from Cornwall. Peter Hore (Holmans) & Karen Watson (Saltash) and Elise Daniell & Luke Jolly (Holmans).

Day Three, Saturday 13th April, will see four teams from Cornwall in the draw for the National Fours. Elise Daniell (Holmans), Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans) & Karen Watson (Saltash), Martin Boraston, Mark Slack, Caroline Trubshaw & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe), Chris Jennings, Rosie Glover, Eileen Williams & Mark Williams (Lanteglos) and Steve Williamson, Austen Runnals, Christine Worth & John Worth (Luxulyan). The National Triples bring the championships to a close on Sunday 14th April with two teams from Cornwall. Sandra Worton, John Worton & Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) and Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Luke Jolly & Peter Hore (Holmans).

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR
The Short Mat Players Tour have announced their program for the 2024/25 season with the season opening Bowls Trader SMPT World Cup event on Friday 23rd August at the Falcon Indoor Bowling Club, Chelmsford followed by the UK Open over the bank holiday weekend.

The full calendar is

Bowls Trader SMPT World Cup – 23rd August 2024, Falcon IBC – Chelmsford England
UK Open – 24th & 25th August 2024, Falcon IBC – Chelmsford, England
Irish Open – 14th & 15th September 2024, Belfast IBC – Belfast, N. Ireland
Norwegian Open – 19th & 20th October 2024, Fritidspark – Skien, Norway
World Fours Masters – 30th November 2024, Falcon IBC – Chelmsford, England
World Pairs Masters – 1st December 2024, Falcon IBC – Chelmsford, England
British Open – 4th & 5th January 2025, York IBC – York, England
English Masters – 8th & 9th February 2025, Falcon IBC – Chelmsford, England
Belfast Open Pairs – 25th April 2025, Belfast IBC – Belfast, N. Ireland
World Masters – 26th & 27th April 2025, Belfast IBC – Belfast, N. Ireland

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 7th January 2024

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 23:03:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 7th January 2024

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall played Devon in the final round of Inter County Championship group fixtures for the 2023/4 season.

Player availability proved to be an issue for Team Manager Luke Jolly with teams confirmed on Saturday evening. The Premier Team was the worst affected with a number of key players missing. In the first session Devon won all four games but margins were tight with three of the games decided by 2 or 3 shots. The second session saw Cornwall win one game in the Triples with Paddy Spear, Austen Runnals and Mark Payne winning 18-8. Devon led 14 points to 2 and 107 shots to 86 at the lunch break.

Cornwall enjoyed their best session in the third session with wins in the Singles for David Studden and Luke Jolly, 23-5 and 13-9 respectively to also ensure the bonus points. Jon Reed and Mark Slack won a tight Pairs game 11-10 to give Cornwall 8 points from the session. With a session to play Devon led 18 points to 10 and 148 shots to 143 with a session to play.

The final session saw just one point coming in the direction of Cornwall scored by the Four of Rob Price-Brind, Sandra Worton, Nicholas Truscott & Mike Dyer with a 7-7 draw. The final match score Devon 29 points 207 shots Cornwall 11 points 166 shots. The result leaves Cornwall in third place in the South West group with 130 points and missing out on qualification for the knockout stages. Dorset, the defending English County Champions topped the group with 157 points with Devon second with 148 points. Somerset trailed in fourth place with 55 points.

Premier Team Scores

Singles - David Studden (Holmans) 13-11 & 5-23, Luke Jolly (Holmans) 14-11 & 9-13

Pairs - Keith Matthews (Blisland) & Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 12-9 & 17-10, Mark Slack (Duloe) & Jon Reed (Duloe) 16-7 & 10-11

Triples - Martin Boraston (Duloe), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Karen Burton (Duloe) 18-10 & 13-9, Mark Payne (Penzance), Austen Runnals (Luxulyan) & Paddy Spear (Saltash Kernow) 8-18 & 19-4

Fours - Neil Gribble (Landrake), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Christine Spear (Saltash Kernow) & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 15-12 & 20-3, Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) & Rob Price-Brind (Luxulyan) 11-8 & 7-7.

The A Team lost all four games in the first session although none by more than three shots. In the second session the Triple of Graham Luke, Graham Reeves and Alan Trubshaw's 14-9 win earned Cornwall's first points of the match. Devon led 14 points to 2 and 107 shots to 88 at the lunch break.

The A Team mirrored the fortunes of the Premier Team in the third session with wins in the Singles for Steve Williamson and Mark Williams 13-12 and 19-5 respectively also earning Cornwall the bonus points. In the Pairs David Cole & Rita Hancock won 16-13. With a session to play Devon led by 18 points to 10 and 154 shots to 144 leaving Cornwall still requiring three points to overhaul Dorset for 2nd place in the group.

Cornwall scored the required three points in the final session with Alan Trubshaw's Triple drawing 12-12 and the Four of Heidi Kerr, Phil Searle, Tony Jago & John Worth winning 12-5. The final match score Devon 27 points 196 shots Cornwall 13 points 185 shots.

A Team Scores

Singles - Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) 14-11 & 12-13, Mark Williams (Lanteglos) 13-11 & 5-19

Pairs - Rita Hancock (Blisland) & David Cole (Saltash) 15-11 & 13-16, John Dodd (St Newlyn East) & Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East) 12-11 & 17-8

Triples - Ken Horrell (Withiel), Eileen Williams (Lanteglos) & Meg Horrell (Withiel) 14-10 & 13-10, Alan Trubshaw (Duloe), Graham Reeves (Landrake) & Graham Luke (Withiel) 9-14 & 12-12

Fours - John Worth (Luxulyan), Tony Jago (Withiel), Phil Searle (Landrake) & Heidi Kerr (Landrake) 15-11 & 5-12, David Topliffe (Boscastle), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Rosemary Young (Blisland) & Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake) 15-9 & 12-7

The A Team will go forward to the knockout competition for which confirmation of opponents and arrangements is expected during this week.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR BRITISH OPEN

Over the weekend 6 local bowlers made the trip to York to compete in the Short Mat Players Tour British Open event at the York and District Indoor Bowling Club.

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) enjoyed the best run of the six reaching the Semi Finals of the Cup Competition losing to the eventual winner Matty Worden. Nigel was unbeaten in Group 21 defeating William Lenza 17-10, Lawrence Moffat 10-8, Pon Brady 31-4, David Blundell 15-6 and Steven Roberts 10-5. In the Last 64 of the knockouts Dave Goddard was defeated 23-2. In the Last 32 a win against Cennydd Howell 12-9 set up a Last 16 match against Mike Wright which was won 10-4. In the Quarter Finals Nigel defeated Cecil Dillon 11-9 before defeat in the Semi Finals to Matty Worden 6-12. Nigel moves up to fourth in both the World Rankings and this season's Order of Merit standings.

Two of Nigel's matches were live streamed over the course of the competition

v Lawrence Moffat https://fb.watch/pqVN7P1L2I/

v Cecil Dillon https://fb.watch/pqVJd5NFrH/

Elise Daniell (Holmans) was the other bowler to reach the Cup Competition. Wins against Bent Neilsen 12-9, Bob Taylor 14-8 and Jamie Pickthall 12-7 and losses to Steve Easter and Dafydd Howell both by 10-11 score lines left Elise second in Group 28. In the Last 64 of the knockouts Elise defeated Gunnar Frantzen 13-8 before losing in the Last 32 to Cecil Dillon 6-16. Elise moves up to 33rd in the World Rankings and 22 in the Order of Merit standings.

Peter Hore (Holmans) qualified for the Plate Competition off the back of three wins in Group 3 against James Bethune 22-2, Thelma Hacker 17-6 and John Kyle-Price 18-10 and losses to Jonathan Payne 8-17 and Jimmy Broatch 7-15. In the Last 64 Peter defeated Richard Williams 13-8. In the Last 32 a win against Archie Palmer by the same scoreline saw Peter through to the Last 16 and a 10-9 win against Kerrie Hall. Peter's run ended in the Quarter Finals with a 1-12 defeat to Steve Proctor. Peter drops down to 39th in the World Rankings and 29th in the Order of Merit.

Martyn Featherstone (Saltash Kernow) qualified for the Plate after finishing 4th in Group 26 with two wins, 13-6 against Roger Green and Peter Arthur 12-8 and losses to Cecil Dillon 4-18, Keith Lackford 9-13 and Stephen Gale 5-13. In the Last 64 Martyn defeated Peter Collins 12-6. In the Last 32 a win against Craig Allen 9-8 saw Martyn through to the Last 16 and a 12-7 win against Norman Masson. Martyn's run ended in the Quarter Finals with a 7-18 defeat to Steven Roberts. Martyn moves up to 231st in the World Rankings and 189th in the Order of Merit.

Ian Crossett (Saltash Kernow) qualified for the Plate after finishing 3rd in Group 15 with three wins against Betty Ding 8-4, Connie Coates 10-9 and Andrew Bebbington 21-3 and losses to James Trott 7-20 and Chris Mcwhinnie 8-19. Ian lost in the Last 64 to Luc Schorpion 9-15. Ian moves up to 463rd in the World Rankings and 278th in the Order of Merit.

Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) qualified for the Plate after finishing 4th in Group 22 with three wins against Debbie Cochrane 11-5, Ian Ding 20-3 and Jayne Smith 16-5 and losses to Damion Collins 8-12 and Dave Goddard 6-13. Steve lost in the Last 64 to Steven Roberts 5-13. Steve moves up to 157th in the World Rankings and drops to 60th in the Order of Merit.

The next event is the English Masters over the weekend of 10th & 11th February at the Falcon Bowling & Social Club in Chelmsford.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 22nd December 2023

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:30:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 22nd December 2023

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday 7th January Cornwall will conclude their group matches in this season's Inter County Championship with fixtures away to Devon at the Manor House Hotel, Okehampton.

The Premier Team trails Devon by 10 points in the table after 5 rounds of matches. To qualify for the Premier One Knockout Cornwall have to score 26 out of a possible 40 points in the match. Both counties are missing key players who are away at the SMPT tournament. Hertfordshire or Oxfordshire are the likely opponents in the knockouts should Cornwall qualify.

The A Team needs 13 points to overhaul Dorset for second place in the group and a place in the knockout competition where Norfolk are the likely opponents in the play off. A convoluted format in the A Team competition sees the 2nd placed teams from groups 1 & 2 playing off on the first weekend of the knockout matches with the winners going forward to play the 2nd place team from group 3. The winners of that match will join the three group winners in the Semi Finals.

Teams have not been confirmed at the time of writing and will be provided in our next update.

The English Short Mat Bowling Association recently published the groupings and fixtures for the 2024/25 season.

Cornwall's Premier Team are in Group One alongside Devon, Somerset and Dorset.

Cornwall's A Team are in Group Three again alongside Devon, Dorset and joined ny Hampshire to make up a group of four. With a view to reducing the travel required for both Cornwall and Hampshire officials from both counties had been seeking to arrange a double header fixture at a neutral venue. A recent communication from the ESMBA has however stated that double header fixtures will not be permitted in future. The CCSMBA management committee will discuss the situation at its next meeting in early January.

SHORT MAT PLAYERS TOUR

Over the weekend of 6th & 7th January six local bowlers will travel to York for the Short Mat Players Tour British Open.

The full draw and players stats can be viewed on the SMPT website.

Local bowlers entered have have been drawn as follows

Peter Hore (Holmans) is in Group 3 against Jonathan Payne (BEL), Jimmy Broatch (SCO), James Bethune (SCO), Thelma Hacker (ENG) & John Kyle-Price (ENG)

Ian Crossett (Saltash Kernow) is in Group 15 against Sioned Ann Owen-Braniff (WAL), Andrew Bebbington (ENG), Connie Coates (ENG), Chris McWhinnie (WAL) & James Trott (ENG).

Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) is in Group 21 against William Lenza (SCO), David Blundell (ENG), Pon Brady (SCO), Steven Roberts (ENG) & Lawrence Moffat (SCO).

Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) is in Group 22 against Debbie Cochrane (SCO), Ian Ding (ENG), Dave Goddard (ENG), Damion Ellis (WAL) & Jayne Smith (IOM).

Martyn Featherstone (Saltash Kernow) is in Group 26 against Roger Green (ENG), Pete Arthur (ENG), Keith Lackford (ENG), Cecil Dillon (IRE) & Stephen Gale (IOM)

Elise Daniell (Holmans) is in Group 28 against Bob Taylor (ENG), Steve Easter (ENG), Bent Neilsen (DEN), James Pickthall (SCO) & Dafydd Howell (WAL).

The event follows the usual SMPT format with group games played on Saturday and Sunday morning followed by Cup, Plate and Shield knockout competitions for the top 2, 3rd and 4th and 5th and 6th in each group respectively. A number of games will be live streamed via the SMPT Social Media sites over the two days.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 17 December 2023

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 21:41:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 17th December 2023

AREA LEAGUE TABLES

West Premier Division

Team Name	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
Penrose	16	11	5	182	138	36
Jowsters	12	10	2	165	82	32
Holmans	14	10	4	160	131	30
Foundry	14	9	5	163	118	28
Dodos	16	7	9	156	167	20
Larrigan	14	6	8	127	157	16
Pirates	16	5	11	143	169	12
St Johns	14	4	10	118	156	12
Fisherfolk	12	2	10	76	172	6

West Division One

Team Name	P	W	L	SF	SA	Pts
St Ives	10	8	2	151	85	26
Redruth	12	7	5	122	110	20
Choughs	10	7	3	106	109	20
An Gof	10	6	4	106	105	18
Blackbirds	8	3	5	77	87	10
Wendron	12	3	9	125	141	10
Grylls	10	2	8	89	139	4

Central Premier Division

Team Name	P	W	D	L	SF	SA	Pts
Withiel Oaks	14	10	0	4	172	113	30
Luxulyan Maroons	14	9	0	5	163	126	28
St Newlyn East Phoenix	14	8	1	5	170	112	27
Luxulyan Golds	14	8	0	6	158	138	24
St Agnes Choughs	14	6	0	8	147	142	20
Lostwithiel	14	5	1	8	115	159	17
Ladock Apaches	14	6	0	8	116	139	14
Goonbarrow	14	2	2	10	88	200	8

East Premier Division

Team Name	P	W	D	L	SF	SA	Pts
Duloe Blues	14	12	0	2	139	98	34
Saltash Blues	14	9	2	3	162	98	31
Landrake	14	8	3	3	156	111	30
Callington Eagles	14	9	0	5	135	111	28
Saltash Kernow	14	5	1	8	108	142	17
Calstock	14	5	0	9	137	152	14
Dobwalls Blues	14	3	0	11	108	171	10
Callington Falcons	14	1	2	11	75	137	0

East Division One

Team Name	P	W	D	L	SF	SA	Pts
Dobwalls	12	10	1	1	163	73	33
Saltash Whites	12	7	1	4	136	89	22
Liskeard	12	6	0	6	113	96	20
Torpoint	12	6	0	6	93	115	15
Callington Kestrels	12	4	1	7	99	127	13
Callington Hawks	12	3	1	8	99	118	13
Saltash Kernow 2	12	4	0	8	70	155	10

North Division One

Team Name	P	W	L	SF	SA	BP	Pts
Blisland	12	11	1	205	98	12	34
Boscastle	12	8	4	194	120	10	26
Bobcats	12	7	5	187	121	8	22
Wadebridge A	12	7	5	147	146	6	20
Tintagel	11	5	6	132	161	2	12
Beavers	11	3	8	94	193	2	8
Bears	12	0	12	98	218	0	0

CENTRAL AREA KNOCKOUT CUP

The clubs competing in the Central Area League are also competing in a knockout competition with the first round played recently with Withiel, Ladock, St Newlyn East and St Agnes progressing to the semi finals.

First round

Withiel 20 - 12 Luxulyan Golds

Ladock 20 - 16 Goonbarrow

Luxulyan Maroons 14 - 29 St Newlyn East

St Agnes w/o - Lostwithiel

Semi Final draw

Withiel v Ladock

St Newlyn East v St Agnes.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

Note to editors, please confirm your deadlines over the next two weeks. Our current plans are to take a break with no release on 24th December followed by a preview of the final Inter County Match and Players Tour events in early January on 31st December.

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 10th December 2023

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 22:31:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 10th December 2023

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall hosted Devon at Carnmoggas in the ESMBA Inter County Championship.

The Premier Team produced a stunning comeback across the two afternoon sessions to overturn a 4-12 deficit at the lunch break to win 24-16 and keep alive hopes of qualifying for the Premier One Knockout Competition at the end of the season.

In the first session, sole points scorer for Cornwall was Luke Jolly with a 12-10 win in the Singles. The second session saw Jon Read, Mark Slack & Mike Dyer take Cornwall's only points with a 19-8 win in the Triples. Halfway through the match Cornwall trailed 4 points to 12 and 86 shots to 98.

The third session saw Cornwall take 8 of the 12 points on offer. In the Singles Nigel Nicholls & Luke Jolly won 23-11 and 13-9 respectively ensuring Cornwall also claimed the Singles bonus points. In the Pairs Elise Daniell & Kevin Williams won 16-14. Cornwall still trailed 12-16 in the match overall with a session to play.

The final session was all Cornwall, in the Triples Read, Slack & Dyer won 13-7 and Austen Runnals, Ray Jeffery & Martin Boraston won 16-7 ensuring the Triples bonus points by a margin of 23. In the Fours Morgan Lees, Mark Payne, Richard Kerr & Neil Gribble won 12-6 and Sandra Worton, John Worton, Nicholas Truscott & Peter Hore won 14-8 to overturn the 9 shot deficit from the morning session and claim the Fours bonus points.

The final match score Cornwall 24 points 202 shots Devon 16 points 188 shots. In the other South West group match played on Sunday Dorset were big winners away to Somerset by 34 points to 6.

Premier Team Scores

Singles - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 13-16 & 23-11, Luke Jolly (Holmans) 12-10 & 13-9

Pairs - Kevin Williams (Porthleven) & Elise Daniell (Holmans) 7-15 & 16-14, Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) & Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 11-13 & 9-28

Triples - Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Mark Slack (Duloe) & Jon Read (Duloe) 19-8 & 13-7, Martin Boraston (Duloe), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity) & Austen Runnals (Luxulyan) 10-13 & 16-7

Fours - Neil Gribble (Landrake), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Mark Payne (Penzance) & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 8-11 & 16-6, Peter Hore (Holmans), Nicholas Truscott (Holmans), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 6-12 & 14-8

With all counties having now played 5 games Dorset lead with 125 points, Devon are second with 119 with Cornwall third on 109 and Somerset trailing with 47. The final fixtures take place on Sunday 7th January with Devon hosting Cornwall at the Manor House Hotel, Okehampton and Dorset hosting Somerset at the Dorset Bowls Resort, Bere Regis. These fixtures fall on the same weekend as the Short Mat Players Tour British Open in York with a number of Cornwall and Devon currently entered in that tournament. For Cornwall to qualify for the Premier One Knockout competition 26 out of a possible 40 points will be needed from the final fixture.

The A Team went down to a heavy defeat after trailing by just 2 points at the lunch break. The first session one win for Cornwall scored by David Cole & Rita Hancock in the Pairs with a 14-11 win. The second session saw an advantage for Cornwall with wins for Graham Luke, Graham Reeves & Alan Trubshaw in Triples 20-14 and Heidi Kerr, Steve Williamson, Tony Jago & Brenda Sleep in the Fours 9-7. Dianne Shorthouse, Paddy Spear, Caroline Trubshaw & David Topliff drew 8-8. Cornwall trailed 7-9 at the lunch break.

The afternoon session saw Cornwall score only 4 out of a possible 24 points. Mark Williams won 17-10 in the Singles and the Cole & Hancock pairing completed a double with a 16-11 win. Cornwall failed to pick up any of the bonus points, going down to a 11 points to 29 and 154 to 238 shots defeat.

The result leaves Devon at the top of the group with 86 points, Dorset second with 63 and Cornwall with 51. Cornwall need 13 points from the last match away to Devon to secure second place and qualify for the knockout stages.

A Team Scores

Singles - Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) 8=20 & 6-20, Mark Williams (Lanteglos) 9-19 & 17-10

Pairs - Rita Hancock (Blisland) & David Cole (Saltash) 14-11 & 16-11, John Dodd (St Newlyn East) & Carol Dodd (St Newlyn East) 9-18 & 6-18

Triples - Ken Horrell (Withiel), Eileen Williams (Lanteglos) & Meg Horrell (Withiel) 8-21 & 5-18, Alan Trubshaw (Duloe), Graham Reeves (Landrake) & Graham Luke (Withiel) 20-14 & 7-18

Fours - Brenda Sleep (Dobwalls), Tony Jago (Withiel), Steve Williamson (Luxulyan) & Heidi Kerr (Landrake) 9-7 & 10-13, David Topliffe (Boscastle), Caroline Trubshaw (Duloe), Paddy Spear (Saltash Kernow) & Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake) 8-8 & 2-12

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 3rd December 2023

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 21:36:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE - 3rd December 2023

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS & OVER 55 PAIRS

On Saturday qualification competitions for the National Pairs and Over 55 Pairs were played at Carnmoggas.

In the Pairs the qualifiers from the group stages were Karen Watson (Saltash) & Peter Hore (Holmans) with 10 points +25 shots, Luke Jolly & Elise Daniell (Holmans) 6 +30, Mark Slack & Leonard Lee (Duloe) 6 +18 and Martin Boraston & Jon Read (Duloe) 6 +5.

In the semi finals Watson & Hore defeated Boraston & Read 12-3 and Jolly & Daniell won 11-6 against Slack & Lee. Watson & Hore won the final 11-1 against Jolly & Daniell. Slack & Lee took third place with a 11-5 win over Boraston & Read.

In the Over 55's Pairs the qualifiers from the group stages were Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) & Austin Runnalls (Luxulyan) with 4 points +5 shots, Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 4+11, Rob D'Agostino & Andy Jiggens (Kensey Vale) 2 +3 and Martin Boraston & Jon Read (Duloe) 2 +3.

In the semi finals Smith & Runnalls defeated Nicholls & Worton 9-6 and D'Agostino & Jiggens won 9-5 against Boraston & Lee. Smith & Runnalls won the final 6-5 against D'Agostino & Jiggens. Boraston & Lee took third place with a 12-3 win against Nicholls & Worton.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLES

The qualifying competition for the Triples had to be carried over to Sunday and played after the conclusion of the Inter County match against Somerset. The final result was 1st Steve Smith, John Worton & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) with 8 points +28 shots, 2nd Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore & Luke Jolly (Holmans) 6 +19, 3rd Mark Slack, Roy Saxby & Leonard Lee (Duloe), 4th Alan Trubshaw, Caroline Trubshaw & Martin Boraston 2 -9.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall hosted Somerset in the Premier section of the ESMBA Inter County Championship needing a big win to keep hopes alive of making the end of season knockout competition. Cornwall dominated the match winning 13 of the 16 games and taking all eight bonus points to record a comprehensive 34 points to 6 and 214 shots to 130 win.

In the first session Cornwall took three wins with Nigel Nicholls and Luke Jolly winning 21-4 and 17-8 respectively in the Singles and new pairing Simon Lees & Steve Smith winning 14-11 in the Pairs. Cornwall took a clean sweep in the second session, the morning Triples and Fours taking a 14-2 lead at the halfway point in the match. Jon Read, Mark Slack & Mike Dyer winning 13-9 and Austen Runnalls, Ray Jeffery & Martin Boraston winning 15-5 in the Triples. In the Fours Morgan Lees, Richard Kerr, Mark Payne & Kevin Williams won 12-8 and Sandra Worton, John Worton, Mark Williams & Peter Hore won 10-5.

The third session, the afternoon Singles and Pairs saw a second clean sweep with Cornwall taking all the points on offer. Nicholls & Jolly won 14-6 & 15-10 respectively in the Singles. David Studden & Elise Daniell won 20-4 and Lees & Smith won 11-9 in the Pairs. In the final session Somerset found some consolation restricting Cornwall to two wins, Dyer's Triple winning 15-13 and Hore's Four winning 14-6.

With all counties having now played 4 games Devon lead the group with 103 points, Dorset 91, Cornwall 85 and Somerset 41.

Scores

Singles - Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) 21-4 & 14-6, Luke Jolly (Holmans) 17-8 & 15-10

Pairs - David Studden (Holmans) & Elise Daniell (Holmans) 8-11 & 20-4, Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) & Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 14-11 & 11-9

Triples - Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Mark Slack (Duloe) & Jon Read (Duloe) 12-9 & 15-13, Martin Boraston (Duloe), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity) & Austen Runnalls (Luxulyan) 15-5 & 8-13

Fours - Kevin Williams (Porthleven), Richard Kerr (Landrake), Mark Payne (Penzance) & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) 12-8 & 7-8, Peter Hore (Holmans), Mark Williams (Lanteglos), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East) 10-5 & 14-6

The remaining matches in the South West group see's Cornwall face Devon Home and Away in both the Premier & A Team competitions whilst Dorset face Somerset Home and Away in the Premier Competition. In the Premier Competition Cornwall need 50 out of a possible 80 points over the two games to qualify for the knockout competition.

In the A Team competition Dorset have completed their fixtures with 63 points, Devon have 57 points from two matches and Cornwall have 40. Cornwall need 49 out of a possible 80 points over the two games to qualify for the knockout stages.

Both Cornwall teams are back in action this coming Sunday with Devon the visitors to Carnmoggas in what are must win fixtures for both teams to keep their chances of making the knockout competitions alive.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION - News Release 26th November 2023

noreply@blogger.com (CCSMBA News) — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:49:00 +0000

CORNWALL COUNTY SHORT MAT BOWLING ASSOCIATION

NEWS RELEASE 26th November 2023

COUNTY TWO WOOD PAIRS

Over the weekend 30 Pairs competed at Carnmoggas for the 8 places in the County Finals towards the end of the season.

On Saturday 16 pairs were split into 4 groups of 4 with the four group winners qualifying for the finals. Group One was topped by Sandra & John Worton (St Newlyn East) with 6 Points +17 shots ahead of Graham Reeves & Neil Gribble (Landrake) who finished with 2 +4. Group Two winners were David Cole & Karen Watson (Saltash) with 4 +29 after defeating Peter Moyle & John Worth (Luxulyan) who finished on 4 +6, 14-6 in the final group game. Group Three winners were Carol & John Dodd (St Newlyn East) with 6 +26 after defeating Chris Hall & Mark Slack who finished on 4 +10, 10-8 in the final group game. Group Four winners were Chris Jennings & Mark Williams (Lanteglos) with 6 +28 ahead of Simon & Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity) who finished on 4 +18.

On Sunday 14 pairs were split into 2 groups of 4 and 2 groups of 3 with the four group winners again qualifying for the finals. Group One was topped by Ray Jeffery & Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) with 6 +30 after defeating Steve Smith (St Newlyn East) & Tony Jago (Withiel) who finished on 4 +11, 14-4 in the final group game. Group Two winners were Caroline & Alan Trubshaw (Duloe) with 6 +34 after defeating club mates Stephen Wilson & Leonard Lee who finished on 4 +9, 14-8 in the final group game. Group Three winners were Max Burden & Keith Matthews (Blisland) with 4 +19 ahead of club mates Mike Webster & Rita Hancock on 2 -2. Group Four winners were Steve Williamson & Austen Runnalls (Luxulyan) with 4 +6 after a 2 shot win against Elise Daniell & Peter Hore (Holmans) who finished on 2 +11.

The eight group winners will return to Carnmoggas on Sunday 17th March for the finals.

NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

On Saturday the second day of National Championship qualifiers with entries from 10 clubs will be played at Carnmoggas with Cornwall representatives in the Pairs, Triples and Over 55's Pairs to be determined.

INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

On Sunday Cornwall's Premier Team face Somerset at Carnmoggas. With a number of this season's regular players unavailable, Team Manager Luke Jolly has taken the opportunity to try some different formations in the team. Simon Lees and Steve Smith move to the Pairs. Revised Triples line up sees John Read, Mark Slack and Mike Dyer in Triple 1 and Austen Runnalls, Ray Jeffery & Martin Boraston in Triple 2. Mark Payne and Kevin Williams, making his first appearance of the year, join Morgan Lees and Richard Kerr in Four 1. Mark Williams steps up from the A Team for this match in Four 2.

Cornwall are currently 52 points behind Devon in the standings with this game in hand. A big win for Cornwall against Somerset will narrow that gap ahead of matches home and away against

Devon.

The full team is Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity), Luke Jolly (Holmans), David Studden (Holmans), Elise Daniell (Holmans), Steve Smith (St Newlyn East), Simon Lees (Newlyn Trinity), Mike Dyer (Newlyn Trinity), Mark Slack (Duloe), John Reed (Duloe), Martin Boraston (Duloe), Ray Jeffery (Newlyn Trinity), Austen Runnalls (Luxulyan), Kevin Williams (Porthleven), Richard Kerr (Landrake),

Mark Payne (Penzance), Morgan Lees (Newlyn Trinity), Peter Hore (Holmans), Mark Williams (Lanteglos), John Worton (St Newlyn East) & Sandra Worton (St Newlyn East).

Cornwall face Devon at home on Sunday 10th December with the return fixture at the Manor Hotel, Okehampton on Sunday 7th January.

ENDS

Nicholas Truscott

Press and Promotions Officer

CCSMBA