Seasons

The year 2004 provided league newcomers, Newport with the first taste of Premier League bowls, a “back to back” Championship success for Chester Road and the first ever “Relegation” play off match. The season started with Chester Road once again strong favorites for major honours as they became BCGBA Team …

The year 2003 provided a new name on the Champions Roll of Honour  and the loss of the inaugural winners of the league when Chester Road became the first Northern based side to win the league championship and Battlefield were beaten by Mid Shropshire based Newport in the relegation playoff …

The year 2002 provided the most even league championship race in history with a number of teams involved throughout the season.  At the halfway stage, Castlefields, who had been bottom earlier in the season led the way by just 4 points from three teams locked together on the same points …

The year started with all officials being re-elected  and the re-launch of the Premier League’s “website” (SPBL.Btinternet.co.uk) together with two new “page” sponsors, Craven Turf Accountants and SafeGas UK.  The number of regular “hits” on the website exceeds a 100 and a few regulars visit two or three times a …

This season we again introduced the start of season team “doubles” competition to mark the new “Millennium”.  The Millennium Doubles were kindly sponsored by SHADES (Alan Peach) and whilst the draw produced the “group of death” (St Georges, Castlefields, Chester Road and S J Bayley), the final of the competition …

The reports now are from then secretary Mark Burroughs which provides an in-depth report of that season. The year started with Childs Ercall being accepted into the league and for the first time, 14 clubs representing all parts of Shropshire had the opportunity to play in the Premier League. A …

In season 5 in 1998 Castlefields won their fourth consecutive title but this time by just 6 points to St Georges. They also completed the first ever treble after new competitions Pool A&B were added as 12 a side events at the end of the season. They beat Wem USC …

The 4th season saw Castlefields continue their dominance but they only won the league by 14 points to St Georges this season. St Georges players dominated the League Averages as Tony Rhodes won them and John Breeze and Glyn Teece both won 12 consecutive games to share that award. Castlefields …

The third season of the league saw Castlefields continue their dominance by winning the league by 17 points to Chester Road. They also dominated the Averages with Rich Goddard winning both that and the Most Consecutive Wins with 20 and 12 wins respectively. The Alan Mayhew Trophy was launched and …

1995 saw Castlefields enter the league and they made an immediate impact by winning the league by 26 points overall to St Georges, the start of a great rivalry in years to come. Chester Road had another top three finish and Wrockwardine Wood improved by a massive 45 points to …