Competitions

We have 17 players in tomorrow’s Midland Masters at Ye Olde Knowle, starting at 10 a.m. Four of them meet in the first round, with Castlefields’ Paul Williams playing Highley captain Reece Farr, and Sir John Bayley’s Paul Evans taking on Mike Beer from Castlefields. Greg Smith of Wrockwardine Wood …

Meet our North team below: 1. Gary Whitehall (Adderley) – Captain Gary led Adderley into the Premier League after years of trying, and is leading by example in their League Averages this season. He has played for Archibald Worthington and Hanmer before that in our league. 2. Ian Howell (Adderley) …

Meet the West team below: 1. Rich Lawson (Hanwood) – Captain Rich is the current Shropshire Merit winner after having a great season in our league, a former League Averages and Mike Hinton Pairs winner. He is captaining Hanwood this season, after captaining Bowring for so many, meaning his leadership …

Below are the South team: Cheryl Caswell (Bylet) – Captain Cheryl has improved year on year since starting to play in the Premier League in 2021. She won the Ladies Merit last year and features at number 12 in the Ladies County Final on the 17th September. Nick Wyer (Bylet) …

The Inter-Area competition on Saturday at the Bowring will start at 6 p.m. The draw is below. North v East on Bowring old small green South v West on Bowring new big green The Captains are: North – Gary Whitehall East – Martin Gaut South – Cheryl Caswell West – …

The draw for the Inter-Area Competition on Saturday 9th September at the Bowring has been completed and as follows: North v East on Bowring old small green South v West on Bowring new big green The start time will be confirmed later this week but will be 5.30 or 6. …

The deadline for the SPBL Merit is end of Friday. The 2023 Shropshire Premier Bowling League Merit for the John Coxill Trophy will be played as qualifiers once again this season. The qualifiers will be held on Friday 15th September and Wednesday 20th September at 6.30 p.m. There needs to …

Owen Evans had a great run to reach the final of the BCGBA Junior Individual Merit but lost out to Louie Furniss of Derbyshire in the final 21-14. He had beaten Grace Gawn 6, Sam Davies 7, Harley Tattersley 19 and Ethan Lowden 18 to get to the final. Harry …

Two of our players take part in the BCGBA Junior Individual Merit tomorrow at Essington. Harry Wilson of Adderley and Owen Evans from Sir John Bayley will meet second game if they overcome Sam Davies and Grace Gawn respectively. The full draw is here. Good luck to both players.

Joe Killen and Matty Worden reached the Quarter Finals of the BCGBA 18-23 Merit. Joe got beat by Josh Thomas 17 after beating Aaron Hayhurst 14 and Josh Broom 3, while Matty was defeated by Louis Jones 12 after defeating Fraser Rigg 12 and Matthew Brown 6. Cody Everitt lost …