Mark Read of Stenalees has been selected for the Mens Senior International Trial at Norgren on Sunday 26th May.

Michelle Moore of St. Austell has been selected for the  Women’s Junior Trial at Norgren on Saturday 18th May  and Bethany Watkins of Mylor Bridge has been selected as a Non Travelling Reserve.

Bowls Cornwall congratulates them on their selection and wishes them well at the Trials in May.

Set out below are the dates and times when individual Clubs will be open for anyone to come along and have a go at bowls.

If you need advice on your nearest outdoor or indoor Club then please click on the link to the “Give bowls a go leaflet” for details of how to find out more information about your nearest Club.

Open days/ Taster Sessions

Club	Date	Time
Chacewater	Saturday 20th April 2013	10 a.m. - 12 noon and 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
	Sunday 21st April 2013	10 a.m. - 12 noon and 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Falmouth	Sunday 21st April 2013	10 a.m. - 12 noon.
Goonbarrow	Saturday 20th April 2013	10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Helston	Sunday 28th April 2013	From 2 pm
	Saturday 4th May 2013	From 2 pm
Holmans	Saturday 20th April 2013 - Skills Day	1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Kensey Vale	Saturday 27th April 2013	All Day
	Sunday 28th April 2013	All Day
Looe	Sunday 7th April 2013	10.30 am - 3.30 pm
	Sunday 13th April 2013	10.30 am - 3.30 pm
Lostwithiel	Saturday 20th April 2013	12 noon - 6 p.m.
	Sunday 21st April 2013	2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Mylor Bridge	Sunday 14th April 2013	10 am - 12 noon
	Sunday 21st April 2013	10 am - 12 noon
	Sunday 28th April 2013	10 am - 12 noon
Newquay Trenance	Friday 26th April 2013	6 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
	Saturday 27th April 2013	2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Newquay West End	Saturday 18th May 2013	2 p.m. onwards
	Saturday 20th July 2013	2 p.m. onwards
Porthleven	Saturday 20th April 2013	From 11.30 am
	Sunday 19th May 2013	From 11.30 am
	Saturday 25th May 2013	From 11.30 am
St. Austell	Saturday 20th April 2013	10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
	Sunday 21st April 2013	10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
St. Ives	Saturday 20th April 2013	From 2.00 pm
	Sunday 21st April 2013	From 2.00 pm
St. Stephen in Brannel	Sunday 21st April 2013	2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
	Friday 17th May 2013	6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Stenalees	Saturday 20th April 2013	1.30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
	Sunday 21st April 2013	1.30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Truro	Sunday 14th April 2013	10.00 a.m. - 3 p.m.

If you require any further information regarding the Skills Day at Holmans please contact the County Coach, Mike Emptage on 01209 716967.

Chairmans Day Poster

Steve is hoping to beat the world’s best bowlers at the Blind Bowls World Championship in Worthing, West Sussex and has been given a cash boost in his campaign to become world champion. 

Nigel Rowe of the Plymouth Sports Forum presented a cheque for £200 to Mr. Cook at the Plymouth Life Centre.  The cash is from The Herald’s Making a Sporting Difference fund, with cash raised through the raffle at the annual Sports Personality of the Year Awards.

Mr. Rowe said “Steve has done remarkably well to reach the world championships and has inspired a lot of people.

All information relating to these Competitions (Team Selection, Results etc.) will be found on these pages.

The names of players invited to the Middleton Cup Trial and the Under 25 Trial for 2013 can now be found on their respective pages.

The Johns Trophy trialists will be added once the selection has been made.

I felt greatly honoured to be nominated as Junior-Vice President in 2010 and have really enjoyed the last two years meeting so many of you and I would like to take this opportunity to thank my club, Liskeard, and all the County Officers for their support and cheerful guidance on my journey.

As President of Bowls Cornwall for the season of 2013 I shall do my best to be a good ambassador for our County and for the sport of Bowls. I would like to welcome Shirley Coad as Junior-Vice President onto our Presidential team and along with Mike McPherson as Senior-Vice President and of course Roger Priestley as Immediate Past President I am sure we will work well together.

Our sport must continue to evolve in order to progress which I feel it must do to encourage new players into the game and therefore ensure the continuing success of bowls for the future.

In conclusion I wish you all a happy , successful and hopefully drier season and look forward to visiting as many clubs as possible

Yours sincerely

Fran Turner.

The BWDA competition was played as a round robin consisting of a two sets format until the semi final stages and then becomes a straight knock-out.

Heavy thundery downpours delayed the start of the final which was one of the closest finals seen for quite some time with Mike Diston and Richard Brown winning the match and the title.

Bowls Cornwall congratulates Mike Diston on his success together with this partner Richard Brown.

He played six games, winning them all, at Worthing.

He also gained two medals in the pairs competition for visually impaired bowlers.

Stephen, who has been blind since the age of five, has only been playing bowls for five years and for the past year in Saltash.   

Stephen has been selected to play in the World Bowls Visually Impaired Championships in Worthing in July 2013.

Bowls Cornwall congratulates Stephen on his success and wishes him good luck for next year’s World Bowls Visually Impaired Championships.

The Stenalees Bowling Club member represented his country, alongside Robert Newman of Berkshire, competing against the world’s best.

After coming through their group in second place Read and Newman were edged out in the semi-final by Ireland as they returned home with bronze medals.

 Mark said “We had a fantastic time and were just edged out by Ireland in the semi finals.”

Bowls Cornwall are proud of Mark’s success and send their congratulations to Mark on his success in attaining a bronze medal.