Competitions

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 …

Castlefields’ Steve Freer reached the final of the Houldsworth WMC Good Friday Invitation but lost out to Simon Coupe 19. He had a great run in a quality field beating Paul Bailey 11, Graeme Wilson 17, Chris Kelly 9 and Rob Hitchen to get to the final. He then raced …

The Salop Leisure Shropshire Premier Bowling League had two semi finalists in the 2017 CCF Open, both from Ifton, but it was Ben Percival of North Midlands who won the competition, beating Jason McLoughlin 14 in the final. Andy Hughes lost to Ben 7 and Leighton Roberts to Jason 17 …

Ryan Prosser of Warwick and Worcester won the 2017 Meole Brace Open after beating Kevin Boon of the Potteries in the final 21-8. Ryan, who has moved to the George this season from King George V, ended young gun Josh Mordue’s fine run in the Semi Finals 20, with Kevin …

Scott Simpson from Sir John Bayley today won the ECC Open after beating John Dewey of Derbyshire 9 in the final. He had a closer call in the Semi Finals beating Hanwood’s Greg Smith 16 while John had beaten Graeme Wilson in the other Semi 19. We had three losing …

Bowring take part in their first ever World Club Championships as they look to make their mark on the big stage. They won the KGJ Insurance County Cup last season after a shock triumph over Castlefields and despite losing three members of that team over the Winter to Wrockwardine Wood they …