Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
The 1st weekend of qualifying at the NJ Installations Hadley Open has arrived and a variety of star names take part from Shropshire and afar. In the first session on the Saturday afternoon there is former Autumn Waterloo Champion Jon Palmer, who will be playing regularly for Castlefields this season. Jason Groom is another that maybe will be playing more for the Bylet and takes part, while Clay Flattley also features, recently moving back to St Georges. Highley trio Stu Gittings, Danny Statham and Phil Chester are also playing. In the evening and there is a young line up taking part. Former Isle of Man winner Leighton Roberts from Ifton is there, along with new Bayley bowler Ayden Smith along with new team mates Dave Lloyd, Stuart Rutter and Chris Worthington. Yorkshire pair James Davison and Andrew Davison also take part.
The Sunday afternoon session is the best quality session of the whole competition, befitting of a final line up. Top players and major competition winners Greg Smith, Gareth Herbert, Simon Coupe, Owen Jackson, James Wilcox, Steve Pratt and Peter Varney are there, along with the Bayley pairing of Chris Ward and Gordon Hawkins and brothers Pete and James Grimston. The evening features former Champion of Champion winners Callum Wraight and Mike Beer, along with Castlefields team mates Keith Wall, Mark Taylor and Russell Pugh. Dan Petcher of Derbyshire along with Cumbria’s Dan Edmonds and four other Potteries players make it a line up from multiple counties.
There are still 1 space in the Saturday 2.30 p.m. session and 1 in the 6.30 p.m. session. Please contact Rob Burroughs on 07901 229623 if you would like this space.
The line-ups for each session are below.
Saturday 18th 2.30 p.m.
Mark Richardson
Richard Lonnia
Jon Palmer
Chris Gill
Tony Gill
Clay Flattley
Jason Groom
Pete Griffiths
Kevin Handley
Dean Scarth
Phil Chester
Stu Gittings
Danny Statham
Jamie Brookes
Michael Cooper
Saturday 18th 6.30 p.m.
Aaron King
Dave Lloyd
Chris Worthington
James Davison
Andrew Davison
Stuart Rutter
Grant Cooper
Jamie Wyatt
Dan Davies
Ayden Smith
Leighton Roberts
Pete Millington
Gary Whitehall
Phil Jones
Josh Cotton
Sunday 19th 2.30 p.m.
Gareth Herbert
Greg Smith
Simon Coupe
Sam Patterson
David Worthington
Owen Jackson
Chris Ward
Gordon Hawkins
James Wilcox
Steve Pratt
Pete Varney
Pete Grimston
James Grimston
Nathan Lacey
Tom Killen
Akeel Duncan
Sunday 19th 6.30 p.m.
Dan Petcher
Nick Wyer
Mark Taylor
Keith Wall
Callum Mitchell
John Gatley
Tony Gatley
Mike Beer
Russell Pugh
Gerald Merry
Matt Hill
Craig Podmore
Nick Tideswell
Chris Cooper
Dan Edmonds
Callum Wraight