Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
The East area won the first ever Inter-Area Competition at the Bowring after defeating the South area by 43 chalks with all 8 winners.
The final started on the old green and Clay Flattley was impressive on a round peg to win 8 against Matt Ealey. Martin Gaut was 19-10 up on Nick Wyer before Nick got back to 15. South captain Cheryl Caswell was 13-10 and 16-14 ahead of Steve Broome before Steve ran out, and Pete Farmer from 14-12 down on Adam Dovey won 16 on the longer marks. So after 4 blocks off, the East led by 29.
On the new green, and the East never looked in any danger of losing that lead. Alex Jones was awesome on a round peg against Kiah Roberts after trailing 8-2 and 13-11, allowing Kiah to score one more in the best game of the night. Ayden Smith had an early 9-4 lead against Reece Farr up to the crown and back, before Reece led 14-12. It was nip and tuck then until Ayden won 19. Tom Roden was 12-6 up on Ben Allen before Ben got back to 12 across. It was then close until Tom won 20. Jamie King was 11-6 down on Dave East, before Jamie got in and played a 3/4 mark to level at 12 across. Dave then went 15-12 up before Jamie only conceded two more. Overall the East team won by 43.
| No | East | Score | Score | South |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Gaut | 21 | 15 | Nick Wyer |
| 2 | Clay Flattley | 21 | 8 | Matthew Ealey |
| 3 | Steve Broome | 21 | 16 | Cheryl Caswell |
| 4 | Peter Farmer | 21 | 16 | Adam Dovey |
| 5 | Alex Jones | 21 | 14 | Kiah Roberts |
| 6 | Ayden Smith | 21 | 19 | Reece Farr |
| 7 | Tom Roden | 21 | 20 | Ben Allen |
| 8 | Jamie King | 21 | 17 | David East |
| Games | 8 | 0 | Games | |
| Aggregate | 168 | 125 | Aggregate |
In the Semi Final on the new green, the South edged out the West by 6 chalks despite just 3 winners. Reece Farr raced 14-3 up on Jon Palmer before a comeback from Jon got him to back to 17-12 down, however Reece then ran out. Rich Lawson took an early 8-5 lead but found himself 16-12 down against Nick Wyer, howeer only then conceded two more. Chris Jones went 12-7 up on Matt Ealey, before Matt himself went 18-14 ahead. It then went to 20 across and Chris got the one he needed. Colin Smith and Kiah Roberts had an excellent game, with no more than 4 separating them through the game. It was Colin who got the win, running from 17-16 down. After four games, the South led by one.
Ben Allen was always ahead of Ian Metcalfe, going 13-6 up and despite Ian getting back to trail 16-14 down, Ben ran out. Dave East had an early deficit of 10-6, but then went 14-10 up on Wayne Rogers. Wayne couldn’t quite get back at him as Dave won 15. Simon Lane was 13-6 and then 18-12 up on Cheryl Caswell, before Cheryl got back to lead 20-18 in 2s, however Simon then got the 3 he needed. Doug Edwards from 12-8 down on Adam Dovey only conceded 2 more, but the South had done enough, winning by 6 overall.
| No | South | Score | Score | West |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Wyer | 18 | 21 | Richard Lawson |
| 2 | Reece Farr | 21 | 12 | Jon Palmer |
| 3 | Matthew Ealey | 20 | 21 | Chris Jones |
| 4 | Kiah Roberts | 17 | 21 | Colin Smith |
| 5 | Ben Allen | 21 | 14 | Ian Metcalfe |
| 6 | David East | 21 | 15 | Wayne Rogers |
| 7 | Cheryl Caswell | 20 | 21 | Simon Lane |
| 8 | Adam Dovey | 14 | 21 | Doug Edwards |
| Games | 3 | 5 | Games | |
| Aggregate | 152 | 146 | Aggregate |
In the other Semi Final on the old green, it was the East who came out by 16 shots despite the winners being shared. Jamie King came off winning 5 against Aileen Coleman, and Pete Farmer edged out Ian Howell 17 in a very good contest after Ian had led 11-5. But the North kept in it with Robin Bennett winning 13 against Alex Jones, virtually running out from 12-11 down, and Carl Hinton winning 16 versus Ayden Smith, running out from 17-16 up. This meant a 7 shot lead for the East side.
Martin Lloyd then reduced this to 3 chalks with a 17 win over Martin Gaut in a good game with no more than 4 points separating the two players. But Steve Broome came off winning 10 against Ian Jones, having a good run from 9-8 up. The win was sealed after Clay Flattley won 17 after being 16-8 up on Gary Whitehall. Dave Ellison beat Tom Roden 19 after coming back from 17-13 down.
| No | North | Score | Score | East |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Howell | 17 | 21 | Peter Farmer |
| 2 | Robin Bennett | 21 | 13 | Alex Jones |
| 3 | Carl Hinton | 21 | 16 | Ayden Smith |
| 4 | Aileen Coleman | 5 | 21 | Jamie King |
| 5 | Martin Lloyd | 21 | 17 | Martin Gaut |
| 6 | Gary Whitehall | 17 | 21 | Clay Flattley |
| 7 | Ian Jones | 10 | 21 | Steve Broome |
| 8 | Dave Ellison | 21 | 19 | Tom Roden |
| Games | 4 | 4 | Games | |
| Aggregate | 133 | 149 | Aggregate |