Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
The SPBL presentation evening was held at Wem Sports Bowling Club last Friday (14th October) following the conclusion of the finals of Pool A & B Premiership Trophy.
The League Chairman, John Nash, welcomed players and supporters to Wem Sports Bowling Club, and thanked the club for the use of their greens and facilities. Mike Hinton concluded the evening by thanking Furrows Limited for their generous sponsorship and confirming that they had recently agreed to extend their current sponsorship deal.
The first players award to be presented was the Mike Hinton “Pairs” winners. In May, Rob Jones and Dale Downes (Wrockwardine Wood) beat Daniel Hand and Chris Grocott (Newport) in the final at Meole Brace. Mike Hinton presented them with engraved tankards and The Mike Hinton Trophy. (Pictured below)
The first individual players award to be presented was the Premier League Merit winner. In August Alan Davidson (Newport) beat Tony Rhodes (St Georges) in the final at Sir John Bayley. The donor himself presented him with an engraved tankard.
The next individual award was Charlie Weaver (Chester Road), who won 14 consecutive games in the season.
The first team award to be decided this season was the Alan Mayhew trophy and Mick Jones, the St Georges Captain, stepped forward to receive the trophy from the donor himself Alan Mayhew (Pictured below)
The awards were made to tonight’s Pool A & B winners with Paul Williams (pictured below left) representing Castlefields and Terry Williams (pictured below right) from Ifton collecting the respective shields from Premier League president Mike Hinton.
The next presentations involved the representatives of the member clubs collecting their prize money for the season presented by Joy Hinton, wife of League President Mike Hinton.
Castlefields, who finished third, with Paul Williams collecting the cheque for £500. (Pictured Below)
Next up was Mick Jones representing St Georges, who finished runners up and received a cheque for £600.
And finally, Dave Rogers representing Champions elect Chester Road, received the League Trophy from Joy.
