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Cymdeithas Bowlio Mat Byr Cymru
Welsh Short Mat Bowls Association

The governing body for Sport in Wales

County Secretary

Mrs H Francis
17 Brygwyn Road
Six Bells
Abertillery
Gwent - NP13 2PD

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Gwent SMBA held their Four's and Singles 
GWENT RED CARD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005  
GWENT TEAM IN NATIONAL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS  
The Blaneau Gwent Borough Tournament 

The Blaneau Gwent Borough Tournament 

The Blaneau Gwent Borough Tournament for Short Mat bowlers in the area was held on the w/e of 1^st/2^nd April at the Abertillery Leisure Centre. The event is organized by the Leisure Dept of Blaneau Gwent and the Gwent Short Mat Bowls Association. 32 teams were entered for the Pairs Tournament and 24 teams for the Triples tournament, both events were organized on a Round Robin basis for the first rounds so that every team had at least 2 games. In the Pairs events teams from Llangynidr, Llangattock, Soffryd, Pontnewynyd and Abertillery Bowls Centre were through to the quarter final and the semi-final saw hard fought matches between Llangynidr, Soffryd and Pontnewynyd. The final was a close match between John Dunn and David Morgan and Bill Bacon and Sylvia Haynes all from Llangynidr Short Mat Bowls Club. John Dunn and David Morgan were the winners by 1 shot.

In the Triples event, again excellent bowling was seen in the First Round matches with teams from Roseheyworth, Pontnewynyd, Brynithel, Llangattock , Trevethin, Goytre and Abertillery Bowls Centre getting into the quarter finals. In the semi-finals there were hard fought matches with close results between Dave Gibbons team from Pontnewynyd and Bryan Green’s team from Abertillery Bowls Centre with Dave Gibbons going through to the Final, the other finalists were the three ladies from Llangattock, Gay Best, Carole Lewis and Lil Jones. Dave Gibbons, Chris Martin and Bill Bruton proved to be too strong for the Llangattock team and went out as the overall winners. The trophies were presented to the Winners and Runners up by the Assistant Director of Leisure Mr. D. Watkins. All the Short Mat Bowlers were grateful to the Leisure Dept. especially Simon Williams for putting together and organizing the event. For more information about Short Mat Bowling in Blaneau Gwent contact Mrs. H.Francis 01495 213218 

 GWENT TEAM IN NATIONAL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Gwent County Short Mat Bowls Team played in the National Counties Tournament held at Llandrindod recently, when they played against County Teams from Monmouthshire and Pembrokeshire, the County Team finished second overall behind Pembrokeshire. The Triples team of Nick Paul, Larry Bruton and Diane Gibbons did well to win three of their 4 matches but were unfortunate to meet a very strong Pembrokeshire team which prevented them getting maximum points. Chris Martin playing in the Singles event won 2 games and drew his third game; he came up against the reigning Welsh Singles Champion in his fourth game and was unable to get maximum points. The Fours team of Gay Best, Lyn Vaughan, David Smith, and Diane Smith also obtained 5 points and again were beaten by a superior Pembrokeshire team.

Other members of the County team were Dave Gibbons, Albert Gibbons, G.Jones, M. Thomas, J.Dunn, D.Morgan, H.Williams, M.Bennett, W.Bacon, D.Taylor, V.Taylor, K.Wanklin and M.Annett. Gwent Short Mat Bowlers will be taking part in the Welsh National Championships in March and April and will also be getting ready for the Blaneau Gwent Borough Championships to be held on April 1^st & 2^nd at Abertillery Leisure Centre.

Following our AGM, the Chairman of Gwent is now (the) Bill Bacon.

      GWENT RED CARD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005

The Gwent Short Mat Bowls Association held their Red Card Championships in Llangynidr Village Hall on the 26/27^th November and 3^rd/4^th December. The competition is held to decide which members of the Gwent Association will represent Gwent in the Welsh Short Mat Bowls Championships. The first three teams in each discipline will represent the County.  The competition is for the four disciplines of Singles, Pairs, Triples and Fours. Entries were received from the following clubs: Brynithel, Llangattock, Roseheyworth, Pontnewynyd, Goytre, Llangynidr and Trevethin. There was a high standard of play throughout the competition and all games were played in a very sporting manner. In the Fours competition 9 teams took part with each team having at least 2 games, the eventual winners were Llangynidr’s Bill Bacon, Steve Langley, Gwyneth Poulton and Glenys Bacon, with Langattock’s Gay Best, Dave Smith, Lynne Vaughan and Dianne Smith being second. In the third place were Pontnewynyd’s Dave Gibbons, Larry Bruton, Albert Gibbons and Dianne Gibbons. In the Singles 21 players took part the winner being Chris Martin from Trevethin with Dave Gibbons, Pontnewynyd second, Mary Bennett, Brynithel third and Glyn Jones, Llangynidr fourth. The triples had 12 entries and saw the Llangynidr team of Bill Bacon, Steve Langley and Gwyneth Poulton come out as winners with Nick Paul, Phil Annett and Mark Annett, Roseheyworth in second place. Pontnewynyd’s Dave Gibbons, Larry Bruton and Dianne Gibbons were in third place; Brian Clark, Derek Howells and Graham Stone from Trevethin were fourth. Finally in the Pairs again with 12 entries Steve Langley and Gwyneth Poulton were first with Glyn Jones and Marilyn Thomas second, both teams from Llangynidr. In third place were Dave Gibbons and Albert Gibbons from Pontnewynyd with Don and Val Taylor  from Llangattock in fourth place. The next event for the Gwent Short Mat Bowlers will be the first round of the National County Championships against Monmouthshire and Pembrokeshire which will be held early in the New Year. The team will be selected from the players who took part in the Red card Championships.

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