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Short Mat Players Tour

Short Mat Players Tour

A number of players from Cornwall have participated in Short Mat Players Tour events.

After the 2023 UK Open played on 26th and 27th August local bowlers are ranked as follows:

Name (Club)
Events
World Ranking
Order of Merit
Win %
 
Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity)
36
2
2
2
10
42
69.02
Stats
Elise Daniell (Holmans)
30
33
28
42.71
Stats
Peter Hore (Holmans)
30
56
107
53.61
Stats
Luke Jolly (Holmans)
5
250
23
51.43
Stats
Martyn Featherstone (Saltash Kernow)
4
298
107
25.00
Stats
David Studden (Holmans)
3
392
--
68.18
Stats
Steve Smith (St Newlyn East)
1
436
80
57.14
Stats
Martin Boraston (Duloe)
4
567
--
33.33
Stats
Mark Williams (Lanteglos)
1
612
139
42.86
Stats
Ian Crossett (Saltash Kernow)
1
680
160
16.67
Stats
Richard Kerr (Landrake)
4
--
--
59.26
Stats
Karen Watson (Saltash)
2
--
--
53.33
Stats
Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake)
7
--
--
47.06
Stats
Luke Jolly (Holmans)
4
--
--
46.43
Stats
Nicholas Truscott (Holmans)
2
--
--
42.86
Stats
Neil Gribble (Landrake)
4
--
--
32.00
Stats
Christopher Selby (Holmans)
2
--
--
30.77
Stats
Bill Crawford (Saltash Kernow)
1
--
--
16.67
Stats
Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake)
3
--
--
15.00
Stats
Des Pengelly (Saltash Kernow)
1
--
--
14.29
Stats

More information about how the World Rankings and Order of Merit are calculated can be accessed here. The World Rankings are based on a rolling twelve event period whilst the Order of Merit is calculated over the six ranking singles tournaments in any one season and used to determine qualification for the World Cup.

The highlight for Cornwall to date on the Short Mat Players Tour came over the weekend of 13th & 14th January 2018 at the British Open in York with Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) winning the tournament defeating Essex's Dominic Reed in the final.

Watch the final here

Nigel followed up this result with third place in February's English Masters played in Chelmsford going on to finish the season in top spot in the Order of Merit rankings for the 2017-8 season and captained the England team at the 2018 World Cup.