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Sunday 1st June 2025
Short Mat Players Tours European Open Pairs
Over the past weekend four local bowlers travelled to Herentals in Belgium to take part in the Short Mat Players Tour European Open 3 Bowl and 2 Bowl Pairs Competitions.
Holman’s player Peter Hore enjoyed a successful weekend playing with Alex Kley from Dorset winning the 3 Bowl Pairs on Saturday and the 2 Bowl Pairs Plate competition on Sunday.
Saturday’s 3 Bowl Pairs started with a 4-10 defeat to Darren Brown & Emily Poulter, Peter and Alex then won their other group games 10-4 against Antonio Rinaldi & Erwin Vanlangenakker and 17-2 against Michael Perret & Dave Ottenhof to top Group 8 and safely qualify for the knockout stages.
Their run in knockout stages saw wins against Stephen De Bie & Staf Paepen 10-3, Pauline & Joe Beattie 8-3, Robin & Vanessa Armstrong 12-5, Arleen Vermeersch & Ghilain De Clercq 9-7 to reach the final where they defeated Thomas Coles & John Pye 12-4.
Sunday’s 2 Bowl Pairs started with a defeat to Martyn Dubb & Mark Hollis 2-9. A 7-7 draw followed against Shaun & Beverley Morley and the group stage was completed with a 13-1 win against Erik Boelens & Fea Boelens to finish third in group 4 and into the Plate competition.
Their run in the knockout stages brought wins against John Lax & Karl Hudson 9-4, Roby Vannoppen & Robby Loyens 8-2, Luc Schorpion & Ludo Schrijvers 8-4 to reach the final against the pairing who denied them a 100% record on Saturday, Darren Brown & Emily Poulter. Peter & Alex took the win this time 9-5 to win the Plate competition.
Holman’s Elise Daniell teamed up with West Yorkshire’s Keith Lackford for both days competitions. On Saturday they started with an 8-8 draw against Andrew & Lorraine Shorney before defeats to Karl Hudson & John Lax 14-3 and Roby Vannoppen & Herman Verhelst 3-10 to finish the group stages with 1 point and into the Plate Competition.
In the knockouts the put together a run to the Quarter Finals with wins against Shaun & Beverley Morley 13-2 and Erik Reweghs & Jaak Jehaes 18-5 before single shot defeat to Luc Schorpion & Ludo Schrijvers 6-7.
On Sunday defeats in their opening two games to Finn Arild Zinder Aarnes & Hege Strand Aarnes 5-12 and Nigel Froud & Elly Newman 6-8 were followed up by a 13-6 win against Suzanne Steele & Stijn Michiels to finish third in Group 8 and into the Plate Competition where they came up against the Schorpion & Schrijvers pairing who ended their day on Saturday, this time losing 1-13.
Saltash Kernow’s Ian & Fay Crossett lost all three group games on Saturday, 7-9 to Johan Daemen & Rik Maussen, the same score to Nico Segers & Michael Derwael and 6-14 to Dennis Hinks & Liam Smith. Their day ended in the first round of the Plate Competition with a 8-9 defeat to Dick Van De Burgt & Erik Kamphuis.
On Sunday they started with a 10-5 win against Stephen De Bie & Staf Paepen which was followed by losses to Jonathan & Dimitri Payne 7-11 and Johan Daemen & Rik Maussen 1-13. Their day ended in the first round of the Plate with a 2-9 defeat to Jan Reinders & Saskia Schaft.
The Short Mat Players Tour takes a break now until the end of August when the World Cup and UK Open will be played in Chelmsford.
Summer League
Locally the Summer League is underway at the early results are
Nomads 15 - 7 Helston
Lizard Triples 18 - 9 St Newlyn East Phoenix
Three Blind Mice 13 - 10 St Newlyn East Firebirds
Blisland 18 - 9 Dobwalls Robins
Nomads 23 - 12 St Newlyn East Firebirds
St Newlyn East Phoenix 15 - 8 Three Blind Mice
Boscastle 13 - 7 Blisland
Dobwalls Robins 13 - 16 Luxulyan
Helston 14 - 12 Lizard Triples
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1 June 2025