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BOXING

St Columb Amateur Boxing Club

ARCHIE Scott was first up on the annual St Ives ABC show, boxing Brayan Nadolski of Spartan Team Taunton, writes head coach Paul Doust.

The bout was a bit scrappy at times, but once Archie returned to the corner where his father Charlie Scott asked him to stick to his boxing, it made a difference as he started landing the more telling shots.

Going into the last round with young Archie ahead on the judges’ cards, it was Archie that went on to push the hardest for the win, this unanimous win ensured the St Columb boxer is two from two.

Next up was Riley Murphy boxing Curtis Hall from St Pirans, Redruth.

With his father Alan in the corner they had a good first round with Riley having success with a fast start.

But the second stanza saw Curtis came out faster with a better work-rate than the previous round. Going to the third and last with the bout still to win, the St Pirans boxer landed the more telling blows to take the win.

Both Archie and Riley will be back out in the near future to gain more experience.

GOLF

Porthpean Golf Club

THE Sunday Strokeplay on Sunday, October 19 was won by Nathan Fitzpatrick with a nett 66, three strokes clear of Division One winner and second place Michael Rooney and Tony Kellow on countback. Karl Rance and James Vague were a stroke back in third and fourth with Vague carding the lowest gross score of 74.

Division Two winner Stuart Elliott scored a nett 71, a stroke ahead of Robin Charnock in second place. A further two strokes back on 74, Brett Wilson and Peter Brown were tied on countback in third and fourth. Four twos were recorded.

The seniors were back in action on Tuesday, October 21 with the playing of the Alan Mills Cup.

Octogenarian John Telling defied all the odds with a 40-point haul to win by a point from Division One winner John Sweet.

Three points back in second place saw Steve Sloggett was a point clear of Paul Farquhar in third. Division Two was won by Dave Sweet with 38 points, two points ahead of Aaron Wellington in second place. Ian Smith and Len Broad were a further two points back in third and fourth on countback. Six twos were recorded.

The ladies played one of their fun games on Wednesday, October 23, this time it was ‘Joker, Wish, Gift’, a Stableford where a hole is nominated on the tee for double points as the joker, a wish is to take another player's drive and a gift to yourself of a putt. Captain Bev Sullivan scored 39 points to win by three from Jackie Oliver in second place.

The same day saw the culmination of the season with the final round of the Summer League.

Peter Fox went into this last round with an almost unassailable lead, so he didn't take any chances of being overhauled by winning with 34 points.

A point behind, Derek Williams was two clear of Tony Kellow and Peter Setchell in third and fourth on countback.

Gary Sullivan and Dave Parsall completed the league points allocation with 30 and 29 points respectively with Sullivan recording the only two of the day.

Sunday, October 26 saw the first round of the Wills County Knockout competition with Porthpean pitted against Newquay-based Treloy at the neutral venue of Lanhydrock. The result was an emphatic 4-1 victory for Porthpean.

Battle will be rejoined on November 10 when both teams will play each other at Perranporth in the Cornish Bowl competition.

St Austell Golf Club

Lady Vets Reverse Waltz (three scores, two scores and one score repeated) – Monday, October 21

Results: 1 Rosemary Mitchell, Julie Green and Josie Mather – 79pts; 2 Caroline Cudmore, Jenny Ralph and Caryl Gould – 68pts.

Seniors Individual Stableford with secret partners – Tuesday, October 22

THERE were three pairs – Richard Rowe and Glyn Petrucci, Nigel Tate and Bill Truscott and Martin Roseby and Jeff Barry – all with the same score of 72 points, so the prize was shared equally.

Final Summer Midweek Stableford – Wednesday, October 23

Results: 1 Paul Bourton – 37pts; 2 Graham Kingdon – 35pts; 3 Mark Rawle – 34pts (c/b).

THURSDAY, October 24 was a busy day for the club with the seniors making the long trip down to Mullion where they lost 5.5 to 1.5, while the ladies held an individual Stableford.

Cathy Mills’ 35 points was enough to take victory on countback from Jackie Nile, while Sandra Phillips took third, a point adrift, but did so by countback.

Men’s Whitbread Tankards - Pairs Better Ball Stableford – Saturday, October 26

Results: 1 Stuart Lobb and Simon Bertho – 45pts; 2 Peter Smith and Jeff Oliver – 44pts (c/b); 3 Andy Rogers and Adrian Armstrong – 44pts (c/b).

Mixed Foursomes Stableford – Sunday, October 27

Results: 1 Duncan Connabeer and Linda Clark – 40pts; 2 Ed and Suzanne Kiddy – 38pts; 3 Chris and Alison Granger – 36pts (c/b).

SHORT MAT BOWLS

Callington Bowling Club Short Mat Tournament

CALLINGTON Bowling Club held a short mat bowls tournament earlier this month, held over six days, writes Roger Ellard.

The tournament attracted a total of 25 teams of four players from Cornwall and Devon, all playing to qualify as being one of the five teams to play in the finals day scheduled for Saturday, October 19.

The competition got under way on Monday, October 14 when a high bar was set for the standard of bowls necessary to compete and qualify to play in the final sessions.

This tournament never disappoints to feature some thrilling encounters throughout the six days, and each session produces a winning team who qualify for the five-team final.

Blisland Short Mat Bowls Club managed to conjure up what is known in the game as a ‘Hot-Shot’ end; this is where a team scores the maximum number of eight shots possible on one end played.

This was achieved at the expense of the Liskeard SMBC who to their credit tried hard to reduce the deficit that was then created. However, the pressure was maintained and gave Blisland the opportunity to qualify and play again on the Saturday.

The other teams rising to the challenge of qualifying were Dartmoor Drifters, Saltash BC, Winkleigh and Kensey Lions. The achievement earlier in the week was maintained by the competition winners Blisland – made up of Max Burden, Rosemary Young, Rita Hancock and Keith Matthews.

Worthy runners-up were the Dartmoor Drifters team of Maria Golden, Rosemary Perryman, Peter Golden and Peter Ross.

Both teams were presented with individual engraved glasses for their achievements by Callington Bowls Club short mat bowling secretary, Mick Gorman, who along with his wife Ann and other members of the host club, were responsible again for organising a superb event.

SNOOKER

St Blazey and District League

LEAGUE leaders Bugle A suffered a 3-2 home defeat against Bethel D in the Victory League, writes Geoff Hawken.

The visitors went 3-0 up through Geoff Hawken, Paul Baron who made a 25 clearance to defeat Andrew Best, and Steve Benallack, before Gary Spencer and Josh Bristow pulled back the final two frames.

Bethel A beat St Blazey A, taking allfiveframes which was hard to take for the Blazey boys with two black ball frames going the way of the defending champions.

St Neot won by the odd frame at Tregonissey A with Darren Lock needing all of his 44 break to defeat Ryan Bilson. There were also victories for Ant Maddams and Steve Courts, the latter’s coming on the black. Harrison Burdon and Jason Cocks secured the home points.

Mevagissey B’s great season continues as they took four frames at home to Tregonissey B with Chris Stephenson beating Nathan Shaw for the away team.

Mevagissey A moved joint top of the Rees League after beating St Blazey B 4-1 to join their opponents at the summit.

Rich Lakeman, Ben Prynn and Darren Powell with two victories got their points with Kyle Masters replying.

Mevagissey C are third after beating Lerryn by the odd frame. Benjamin Baker and Richard Tamblin put them 2-0 up but Les Shakespeare and James Stephens levelled up. However, Adrian Evans took out Terry Middleton in the finale.

Dan Pascoe and Warren Ball got Gorran Haven two points at home to Bugle B who replied through Keith Moore and Colin and Dave Rundle.

Roger Smithson and Leigh Rosevear’s very low scoring win over Darren Elliott put Bethel C in front at home to Tregonissey C, but Dave Tregale and Jowan Truman squared things up. However, Howard Brett's win over Tregale, who was playing his second game, got the win.

VICTORY LEAGUE TABLE (AFTER OCTOBER 29 RESULTS): Bugle A (PLAYED 5, WON 4, POINTS 17); Mevagissey (P5, W3, PTS 14); Bethel D (P5, W3, PTS 13); Bethel A (P4, W2, PTS 12); Pelynt (P4, W2, PTS 11); St Neot (P4, W2, PTS 10); Tregonissey A (P5, W1, PTS 10); St Blazey A (P4, W2, PTS 7); Tregonissey B (P4, W1, PTS 6).

REES LEAGUE TABLE (AFTER OCTOBER 29 RESULTS): Mevagissey A (PLAYED 4, WON 4, PTS 16); St Blazey B (P5, W4, PTS 16); Mevagissey C (P5, W4, PTS 14); Bethel C (P5, W3, PTS 12); Bugle B (P4, W3, PTS 12), Gorran Haven (P4, W2, PTS 12); Tregonissey C (P4, W0, PTS 7); Bethel B (P4, W0, PTS 6); Lerryn (P5, W0, PTS 5).