A number of players from Cornwall have participated in Short Mat Players Tour events in recent years.
Over the weekend of 13th & 14th January 2018 the British Open was played 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.
After the second ranking tournament of the 2018/19 season players from Cornwall are ranked as follows:
Name (Club) |
Tournaments |
World Ranking | Order of Merit | Win % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nigel Nicholls (Newlyn Trinity) | 21 |
2 |
9 |
70.00 |
Full Stats |
Peter Hore (Holmans) | 14 |
28 |
24 |
63.83 |
Full Stats |
Callum Beale (Withiel) | 8 |
69 |
--- |
62.79 |
Full Stats |
Elise Daniell (Holmans) | 14 |
133 |
180 |
34.04 |
Full Stats |
Karen Watson (Saltash) | 1 |
168 |
180 |
53.33 |
Full Stats |
Dennis Shorthouse (Landrake) | 7 |
305 |
--- |
47.06 |
Full Stats |
Luke Jolly (Withiel) | 4 |
319 |
180 |
46.43 |
Full Stats |
David Studden (Holmans) | 1 |
348 |
--- |
71.43 |
Full Stats |
James Smith (Newlyn Trinity) | 9 |
379 |
--- |
67.80 |
Full Stats |
Martin Boraston (Duloe) | 2 |
396 |
180 |
30.77 |
Full Stats |
Glynn Roy (Withiel) | 3 |
432 |
--- |
15.79 |
Full Stats |
Dianne Shorthouse (Landrake) | 3 |
552 |
--- |
15.00 |
Full Stats |
Nicholas Truscott (Holmans) | 2 |
569 |
--- |
42.86 |
Full Stats |
Gill Cawrse (Newlyn Trinity) | 1 |
611 |
--- |
37.50 |
Full Stats |
Tom Westlake (Treviscoe) | 4 |
630 |
--- |
20.83 |
Full Stats |
Bill Crawford (Saltash Kernow) | 1 |
667 |
--- |
16.67 |
Full Stats |
Christopher Selby (Holmans) | 1 |
667 |
--- |
16.67 |
Full Stats |
Des Pengelly (Landrake) | 1 |
667 |
--- |
14.29 |
Full Stats |
Richard Kerr (Landrake) | 4 |
--- |
--- |
59.26 |
Full Stats |
Neil Gribble (Landrake) | 4 |
--- |
--- |
32.00 |
Full 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.
Last updated 19 September 2018 (NJT)