Competitions

Good luck to four of our players in the BCGBA 18-23 Merit tomorrow at Windle. The St Georges duo of Joe Killen and Cody Everitt take on Aaron Hayhurst and Shannon Kernick respectively, while the Adderley pair Ed Proudlove and Matty Worden play Matthew Brown and Fraser Rigg respectively. Good …

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 be at least a quarter of all entries on the …

Reece Farr reached the final of the All England but losing out to Simon Coupe 11 in the final. The Highley captain had an early 9-5 lead before Simon got in the corners and with a run of 2s won the trophy for the first time. He had started off …

We have more than just the four qualifiers in the All England on Saturday as three other players in our league take part to make it 8 in total. The Shropshire Merit winner Rich Lawson from Hanwood has James Duffin of Cumbria first game, while the player he beat in …

Club: Hanwood Premier League Record: 344 wins out of at least 533 games Rich has played over 500 games in the league, playing in the first 10 seasons with Donnington Wood, then taking a break and helping Bowring into the league for 2009. He won the League Averages there in …

Jamie King Club: Wrockwardine Wood Premier League Record: 158 wins out of 270 games Jamie is a former League Averages winner back in 2021 after making the move to Wrockwardine Wood in 2019, helping them win the League in 2022. He started back in the league with St Georges in …

Harry Church Club: Sinclair Premier League Record: 10 wins out of 21 games Harry had one season in the Premier League at Sir John Bayley in 2019, helping them win the Premier League. He won 10 out of his 21 games, his best win being in his first victory, 21-9. …

On Saturday our four finalists from the Shropshire Senior Merit finals at Newport, with our County President Mick Jones, take part in the All England Championships at Heaton Park. We look at our four qualifiers individually for that day. Ash Wellings Club: Hanwood Premier League Record: 116 wins out of …

Please find pictures below from yesterday’s LPP Open. Organiser and sponsor Steve Reeves presents Ben Allen with his trophy. Ben Allen receives the cheque for £600 for winning the LPP Open from Steve Reeves. The two finalists with Steve Reeves. The four semi finalists; Tom Killen, Ash Wellings, Ben Allen …

Ben Allen won the first LPP Open after beating Clay Flattley 16 in the final. The Burway bowler was impressive all day, and took a 15-8 lead in the final, before Clay got back to 17-16 and lay two on. But Ben rested his counting bowl out and then scored …