Competitions

The 2025 SPBL Merit comes to a conclusion tonight at Sinclair with 8 players all under 40 looking to win the John Coxil Trophy. The reigning and defending Champion Callum Wraight starts as favourite looking to be the first since Pete Farmer in 2009 to retain this trophy. He opens …

Pool A Sir John Bayley defeated Ifton by 30 at Castlefields. Dan Taylor was their best winner 2, with Nicky Jones best for Ifton 12. Hanwood got past Highley by 40 at Wrockwardine Wood. Dave Tuner was best winner 8 and Frank Leek best for Highley 12. NoSir J BayleyScoreScoreIfton1Spencer …

The prize money for the 2025 SPBL Merit is the same as last year. Winner – £300 Runner-up – £150 Semi Finalists – £80 Quarter Finalists – £40 All money will be paid out in cash.

Please find the odds below for the SPBL Merit on Friday at Sinclair. Please message Dave Ellison on 07966 731441 if you want to place a bet beforehand. The outright odds are by the players name, with the match odds in the centre. 1Reece Farr 7/1 4/6Evs Nicky Jones 8/12Andrew Armstrong 7/1 11/10 4/7Jamie …

Please find the draws below for the Pool A&B 8 a side competitions. These ties will take place on Wednesday 24th September at 7 p.m. Dress code applies. All teams must pay £1 per player to the host club. Players must be registered to take part in the competition. Pool …

The 2025 SPBL Merit will take place at Sinclair Bowling Club on Friday 26th September at 6.30 p.m. Dress code applies. Entry is free and there will be a programme. Dave Ellison will be the bookmaker and odds will be released on here in a few days. The winner of …

We now have our complete line up for the 2025 SPBL Merit Finals, and it features players all under 40! The full draw, venue and details will be released later today. Thank you to Jackie & Stuart Rutter, Steve Reeves & Nathan Lacey and Martin Gaut & Jamie King for …

Three qualifying spaces are left in the SPBL Merit, with 22 players looking to claim them, 6 of those former winners! Defending champion Callum Wraight is one of those, he is at Sir John Bayley along with 1995 winner Rich Goddard and 2003 champion Dale Downes. 2014 winner Mike Beer …

We have our first five qualifiers for the 2025 SPBL Merit. Well done to all 5. Thank you to Nick Davies, Gary & Connor Whitehall, John Newey, Cheryl Caswell and Michael Cooper for running the qualifiers. Thank you to the 4 clubs we used. Hanwood 2023 winner Nicky Jones qualified …

Please find below the fields for Wednesday’s qualifiers for the SPBL Merit. There is one qualifier from each venue. No dress code. Scratch time is 6.30 p.m. SJB Bottom Green Callum Wraight Rich Goddard Wayne Phillips Steve Reeves Dale Downes Will Childs Nathan Lacey Hanwood Mike Beer Gary Neal Camilla …