On this Day

The 2019 Presentation Evening took place at Newport on Friday 11th October. Pictures from the night are below. The collection of trophies and awards given out at the Presentation Evening.  Keith Walton receives his Hall of Fame certificate from League President Mick Jones.  League President Mick Jones presents Life Membership …

The SPBL presentation evening was held at Newport Bowling Club last Friday (10th October) following the conclusion of the finals of Pool A & B Premiership Trophy. The Chairman, John Nash, welcomed current County President Bob Moss and former County Presidents Dave Card, Neville Edwards and Mike Hinton, and players …

Tonight would have been the 2020 Presentation Evening. So we look back at the other Presentation Evenings over the years, starting with our last one on this date in 2015.   See the pictures below from the 2015 Presentation Evening last night held at the Sir John Bayley Club. The …

Chester Road retained their Premier League status after being giving a scare by Adderley on a very wet Prees new green. They only won by 9 in the end, and trailed after the first four before their experience got them through the game. In the first four and Adderley had …

With the Play off having been this Friday, we look back at four of the best Play off finals that we have seen in the league on the first Friday of October. We will then have a vote to decide which was the best ever. The first Play off final …

On this day last year Castlefields won an 8th Barlows Fire & Security Alan Mayhew Trophy after beating St Georges by 58 on Chester Road. It wasn’t as comfortable as the scoreline suggests, as they only led by 7 after a shared first four. It could have been much less if …

On this day last season Sir John Bayley sealed a second league title after gaining the 3 winners they needed at Hanwood. It wasn’t enough for Hanwood to move up from 5th place, as Newport pipped St Georges on Games Won after getting 4 at the Bylet while St Georges …

On this day 11 years ago Castlefields retained the league title with 7 winners at the Bylet, with nearest rivals Chester Road getting 5 winners at Sir John Bayley. St Georges just missed out on 2nd despite a 10-4 win at Meole Brace. Bylet’s 7-7 result meant they finished one …

On this day 16 years ago Chester Road retained the Premier League title after matching St Georges’ 11-3 win over Ifton with their victory over Wem USC. There was more drama at the bottom as Archibald Worthington got 4 winners at Sir John Bayley, meaning they finished level on points …

On this day 4 years ago Sir John Bayley won their first ever League title after gaining 4 winners at Ifton. Castlefields edged into 2nd place after a one chalk win at Bylet by 9-5, last man on Craig Elson running out from 20-16 down to win the game. St …