Advent

Number 5 Newport won the league for a record 5 consecutive seasons from 2011-2015. They dominated the league in this time, with only Meole Brace having chances to break their monopoly on the league. In this time they didn’t lose a game at home, with the run ending at about …

Number 4 Pete Farmer and Andy Moss are the record holders of the League Averages winning it 4 times each. Pete won it 2000 and 2006 as well as the last two seasons in 2017 and 2018. Andy first won it in 2004, then twice in a row in 2010 …

Number 3 Since the Pool A competition was introduced in 1998, Castlefields have won that, the league and Alan Mayhew Trophy on four occasions, in 1998, 2000, 2008 and 2018. St Georges also won the three trophies in 2007. In 1998 Castlefields also had the League Averages winner in Keith …

Number 2 Peter Farmer has become the first player to win both the League Averages and Most Consecutive Wins in two successive seasons in 2017 and 2018. In that time he won 30 consecutive games, which is another record.

For Advent this year I am doing a fact (or facts depending if there is more than one) for each number from 1-25 to celebrate the 25 seasons of the Shropshire Premier Bowling League. Number 1 Only two teams have won the league just once, Battlefield in 1994 and Sir …

2016 saw an extremely tight league at the top and title was won by the SIR JOHN BAYLEY CLUB, who won the league for the first time. They finished just 5 points ahead of runners up Castlefields. The top four had a gap of only 9 points which really emphasizes how …

The below reports are now written by League Secretary Martin Gaut. The 2015 season was a highlight with champions, NEWPORT, setting a new record of 5 Consecutive Championships. This shows their well-deserved dominance of the last few years by finishing 18 points above Meole Brace and Ifton in second and third …

Newport were to prove the team to beat again in 2014 and won the league for the fourth consecutive season. Meole Brace overcome a tardy start where they lost their first three matches to finish runners up some 33 points behind. In third place were Sir John Bayley, narrowly ahead of …

Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank our League sponsors, FURROWS LIMITED. In 2012, FURROWS celebrated their “10 year” sponsorship of the League by generously adding extra prizes to our Individual Merit and to a new award, the “Most Valuable Player (MVP)”. These prizes demonstrated …

In 2011, Newport, who survived the 2007 relegation playoff against Pontesbury, were worthy champions with a record points haul of 254. They started the season with an away draw at Meole Brace and, after beating St Georges 12-2 in their next match were soon league leaders and were never headed …