Competitions

We have several players involved in three Merits tomorrow. We have a look at who is in what. Shropshire Merit The 105th Shropshire Merit takes place tomorrow at Pontesbury with 32 hopefuls wanting to win the Charles Beddard Trophy. 5 of them have already landed the trophy, with two of …

It was a successful bank holiday for our bowlers as four of them won competitions. Firstly Craig Griffiths and Keiron Roberts from Ifton won the Waterloo Men Pairs in Blackpool. They beat Michael Coupe and Peter Hawkes 16 in the final, with team mates Nick Hughes and Leighton Roberts, and Graham …

Callum Wraight reached the Semi Finals of the Rudheath Open and Jamie King and Rob Burroughs made the Quarter Finals of the Spring Waterloo over the weekend. Callum beat Larry Wells 10, former All England Winner Tom Vickers 17 but then dipped out against Tommy Johnstone 17 in the Semi …

Several Salop Shropshire Premier League Bowlers are looking for success this weekend in Blackpool when the finals of the Spring Waterloo take place. There are seven bowlers from our league taking part, headed by last year’s champion Greg Smith. He takes on Dean Butler, who beat two of our bowlers …

Please see below a report from Malcolm Fletcher in the Shropshire Star about two of our bowlers from last weekend. The league and Salop Leisure would like to congratulate both players. Gary and Connor Whitehall turned on the Premier power to win the Fox Lane Open Pairs at Llanymynech. The …

Greg Smith made it a triple success at Chadsmoor in the Les Evans Memorial Classic last Easter Monday after beating Darren Plenderleith 17 in the final. The Hanwood bowler was in imperious form all day, defeating three Salop Leisure Shropshire Premier Bowling League players on his way. He beat Sir …

Clay Flattley of St Georges beat his former Castlefields team mate Callum Wraight 21-20 in the final of the 2017 Woodley Classic. It was a nip and tuck game throughout with Clay just ahead and making his advantage count at the end. Clay had beaten Graeme Wilson in the Semi …

Phil Clinton, who played for Castlefields last season and previously for Hadley USC and St Georges, was part of the King George V side who won the BCGBA World Team Championships this season. They beat Thongsbridge by 30 in the final, Phil winning 11 at number 8 to seal victory, …

The Salop Leisure Shropshire Premier Bowling League have many players in the Les Evans Memorial Classic which promises to be an emotional day. The winner for the last two years, Hanwood’s Greg Smith will start as one of the favourites again but has a tough tie against ECC Open Winner …

Some Salop Leisure Shropshire Premier Bowling League players take part in the World Club Championships tomorrow. Ant Bracken of Sir John Bayley takes his place in the Greville Arms team as they take on holders Parkfield Labour which will be a real tough clash for them. King George V features …