Competitions

The first ever Mel Evans MBE Trophy takes place tomorrow at Owley Wood Bowling Club with a who’s who of bowls taking part. Both sides have quality and it will be difficult to call the first ever winner of the event. It starts with the men’s doubles, followed by the …

A quality field of 16 came through qualifying at the weekend at the Wrockwardine Wood Open, with 6 of our players getting through. Previous winners Pete Farmer of Newport and Scott Simpson from Sir John Bayley qualified in their quest to reclaim their title. Pete beat Darrell Matkin 6, Sir …

There are many big names that have entered the Wrockwardine Wood Open to get their hands on the chance to make next year’s Champion of Champions if it gets in on reserve. The first morning sees Castlefields’ Callum Wraight try and end the season the way he started it after …

Hanwood reached the final of the Arthur Land Super Cup before just losing out to Warwick and Worcester side the George by 19, who contained some of our plaeyrs. They had done so well to fight from 29 down off 4, with Wayne Phillips scoring the highest with 29 against …

The league and Salop Leisure would like to wish our bowlers the best of luck in competitions this weekend. Up in Blackpool we have Scott Harries of the Bylet teaming up with Cheryl Caswell to take part in the Mel Evans MBE Centenary Mixed Pairs, playing Cameron Ghaffer and Leah …

Second round was as good as it got for our bowlers at the BCGBA Champion of Champions. Hanwood’s Greg Smith won his first game 10 before losing out to Darren Plenderleith 17, while Jon Palmer of Castlefields defeated Craig Podmore 5 but then lost 19 to Dean Ferris. St Georges’ …

The Salop Leisure Shropshire Premier Bowling League have a fab five heading north to Blackpool to take part in the Champion of Champions. Castlefields’ Callum Wraight aims to go one better than last season and the Meole Open winner plays Martin Gilpin first on. His team mate Jon Palmer hopes …

Sam Millward of Newport reached the Quarter Finals of the Talbot Trophy today before losing out to Jack Dyson 17. He had fine wins over the experienced pair of Mike Geraghty 13 and Tommy King 14 beforehand. Tom Palmer from Castlefields won his first game 14 against Sir John Bayley’s …

We have four players travelling to play in the Talbot Trophy and win a place at Saturday’s Champion of Champions. Two of them are from Sir John Bayley, with last year’s runner up Scott Simpson playing Jim Seeley and Kevin Hocknull taking on Tom Palmer, who has played for Castlefields …

Jon Palmer of Castlefields has won the 2018 Autumn Waterloo with an accomplished display of bowls throughout finals day. He beat Phil Lee in the final 14, having played well long at the end of the game to go 20-11 up and then hold his nerve to finish it off. …