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10 Hopefully this will be taken not as a complaint but a plea for players to mark correct cards
correctly at any level and think about how difficult it must be for the organisers of the
event you are playing in. The cards on the left show both cards with no opponents scores
but the overall score when the two cards are put together is correct.
However, the object of having two signed cards is to ensure that the scores are agreed by
both sides. The cards on the right actually show that both teams have won 19 - 9. Thus with
both sets of cards and several others, the organisers have to chase around to find out who ac-
tually won and there were several of these.

NEWS FROM CYPRUS

23 short mat bowlers returned from a month's holiday in
Malaysia, where the hospitality, friendship on and off the
outdoor greens was superb. Also, the Bayuemas indoor
stadium has a short mat carpet and a few players play
the game, so it might not be that far away when short mat
clubs develop?
On the domestic scene, all four short mat groups
played their Ladies/Gents singles, mixed pairs, mixed
triples and mixed fours for the honour of being Cyprus
Short Mat Champions 2011. Kama Hotel hosted the fi-
nals and in 2012 it will be the turn of Kiti in Larnaca. This will be followed by Shogun in
Paphos in 2013 and finally Paralimni Famugusta in 2014.
The Ladies singles winner was Anne Males of Paralimni, Famagusta who beat
Maureen Hoye of Kama 21 - 14. The men’s singles was taken by Brian Hill of Kama,
who beat Graham Mattox of Shogun by 21 - 18.
In the Mixed Pairs Paralimni, Famagusta took another title with Anne & Kevan
Males beating Shogun’s Maria Milligan & Derek Lemon 12 - 7. In the Mixed Triples D.
Richards, J. & G. Mattox from Shogun beat Kama’s A. Cross, S. Hill & P. Hoye by the
narrow margin of 12 - 11. In the Mixed Fours A. Males, T. Taylor, P. Webster & K. Males
added another title for Paralimni, Famagusta with a 17 - 11 victory over J. Couch, D.
Couch K. Kennard & B. Couch from Kama.
Looking at the future, the next step to be discussed is for an approach to be made
to the Cyprus Sports council, to form a Short Mat Bowls Cyprus association.
By Jim Allison
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