Competitions

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. …

Jon Palmer is into the final eight of the Autumn Waterloo after he beat James Martin 15. He now faces favourite Simon Coupe in the last 8 tomorrow, as he is now just three games away from winning it. Paul Evans unfortunately lost out to David Higginbottom 16 after being …

Paul Evans and Jon Palmer both won their last 32 ties to move into the last 16. Jon was in awesome form, beating Dan Petcher 6 to get through to a game with James Martin, who beat Graeme Wilson 20 to get through. Paul Evans had another close game but …

Paul Evans and Jon Palmer have made it through to the last 32 of the Autumn Waterloo. Sir John Bayley’s Paul recovered from 15-8 down to beat Chris Watts 18. Jon of Castlefields defeated Willie Owen 14, but his team mate Rich Goddard was edged out by Phil Lee 18. …

The Salop Leisure Shropshire Premier Bowling League have two players in the last 64 of the Autumn Waterloo. Paul Evans of Sir John Bayley and Rich Goddard from Castlefields face Chris Watts and Phil Lee respectively up in Blackpool. There will be live scores here. Later this evening and Castlefields’ …

Greg Smith won a third Midland Masters title after defeating Conor Chamberlain 18 in the final at Stretton BC. It was another imperious day for the Hanwood bowler, beating Paul Lamb 10 in the Semi Finals and David Ord 9 in the Quarter Finals. He had defeated Mark Burdett 9 …

We have 16 qualifiers travelling to Stretton Bowling Club today aiming to win the Midland Masters and the place in the Champion of Champions that go with it. Callum Wraight is looking to reclaim the title he won in 2016, and plays Ben Percival first game. His Castlefields team mate …

Kieran Jones was our only winner in the BCGBA Junior Individual Merit as he won his first game. The Meole Brace bowler beat Matt Packett 13 first round, before losing out to Louie Furniss 13. Sam Williams of Ifton was defeated by Shannon Kernick 12, who went on to be …