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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. In 1994, 12 teams played in the first season and in our sixth season teams representing Bylet in the South, Ifton in the North and Childs Ercall in the East have helped make this a true county league.

A new name was to appear on the League Roll of Honour this year and what a season they had.  St Georges proved that they were the team to beat in 1999, with Chris Ball leading them to success in all three team-based competitions.  In the league, they started well and after 7 games were already 13 points clear.  By half way they had increased their advantage to 19 points and eventually were 28 points clear of their nearest rivals and winners for the previous four years, Castlefields. The next two places were filled by North Shropshire sides with Chester Road managing to finish above arch rivals Wem with Battlefield finishing fifth and Wrockwardine Wood next, in the their highest ever position of sixth. Keith Walton won the League Averages with 23 wins, finshing two clear of Alan Jones, who won the Most Consecutive Wins award after having 14 successive victories.

As mentioned above the 1999 season saw Childs Ercall making their first appearance and with an impressive home record, where Meole Brace were the only team to lower their colours, they finished in a very creditable 10^th position.  1999 also saw the introduction of awards for the most improved teams, and Wrockwardine Wood, who amassed an extra 51 points, received the top award with Childs Ercall (using Iftons points from the previous season as their base figure) finishing second and Meole Brace third.

The Alan Mayhew Trophy was went to St Georges, who lifted the trophy for the first time with a 234-210 victory over Castlefields.  Jim Kellett was the second recipient of the “Neville Edward’s” Man of the Match award and was presented with an engraved tankard by Neville after the match.

In 1999, the Premiership Play-offs continued with St Georges & Craven Arms being victorious at Coddon Bowling Club.  St Georges completed a clean sweep of all three trophies with a win over Chester Road in Pool A.  In Pool B, Craven Arms overcame Donnington Wood to record their second consecutive win and provide Tony Cowdale with another opportunity to receive some silverware.

On the individual front, Peter Farmer, who returned to the Premier League as captain of Childs Ercall, lifted the Premier League Trophy for the second time at Greenfields where he beat Martin Lloyd 21-18 in the final.

1999 Hall of Fame

League Winners: St Georges

Alan Mayhew Winners: St Georges

Pool A: St Georges

Pool B: Craven Arms

League Averages: Keith Walton (Castlefields)

League Merit: Peter Farmer (Childs Ercall)

Most Consecutive Wins: Alan Jones (St Georges)

1999 Season Final Table

                                                               Home                                                                      Away                                                                          Total

	        Pld	Pld	W	L	GW	Pld	W	L	GW	GW	MW	Agg	Pts
St Georges	26	13	13	0	134	13	6	7	78	212	19	1136	250
Castlefields	26	13	13	0	123	13	3	10	67	190	16	702	222
Chester Road	26	13	13	0	114	13	3	10	63	177	16	523	209
Wem USC	        26	13	13	0	123	13	1	12	52	175	14	447	203
Battlefield	26	13	12	1	103	13	4	9	61	164	16	229	196
Wrock Wood	26	13	11	2	104	13	3	10	60	164	14	103	192
Craven  Arms	26	13	12	1	105	13	2	11	58	163	14	85	191
Archibald W'ton	26	13	11	2	103	13	0	13	46	149	11	-153	171
Donn Wood	26	13	10	3	97	13	2	11	49	146	12	-299	170
Childs Ercall	26	13	12	1	99	13	1	12	40	139	13	-323	165
Meole Brace	26	13	8	5	91	13	2	11	47	138	10	-493	158
Bylet	        26	13	10	3	94	13	0	13	30	124	10	-564	144
Ifton*	        26	13	9	4	87	13	0	13	37	124	9	-645	138
S J Bayley	26	13	8	5	88	13	0	13	31	119	8	-748	135

Results

Archibold Worthington

Battlefield

Bylet

Castlefields

Chester Road

Childs Ercall

Craven Arms

Donnington Wood

Ifton

Meole Brace

S J Bayley

St Georges

Wem USC

Wrockwardine Wood

Archibold Worthington

10/4

13/1

9/5

8/6

11/3

10/4

12/2

10/4

10/4

13/1

3/11

6/8

10/4

Battlefield

12/2

13/1

10/4

8/6

10/4

8/6

13/1

13/1

10/4

9/5

9/5

9/5

3/11

Bylet

11/3

4/10

10/4

10/4

6/8

4/10

10/4

13/1

9/5

10/4

8/6

10/4

9/5

Castlefields

12/2

12/2

14/0

8/6

13/1

10/4

13/1

12/2

11/3

14/0

10/4

8/6

12/2

Chester Road

13/1

12/2

11/3

9/5

10/4

11/3

10/4

12/2

12/2

11/3

8/6

11/3

10/4

Childs Ercall

9/5

8/6

13/1

10/4

9/5

12/2

9/5

13/1

5/9

10/4

8/6

9/5

8/6

Craven Arms

9/5

12/2

11/3

10/4

9/5

10/4

10/4

10/4

10/4

13/1

7/7

9/5

9/5

Donnington Wood

10/4

5/9

11/3

9/5

11/3

10/4

11/3

9/5

11/3

11/3

4/10

9/5

6/8

Ifton

11/3

3/11

11/3

4/10

5/9

12/2

9/5

8/6

5/9

10/4

8/6

10/4

9/5

Meole Brace

9/5

4/10

10/4

6/8

6/8

9/5

5/9

12/2

9/5

13/1

4/10

10/4

10/4

S J Bayley

9/5

10/4

10/4

4/10

6/8

12/2

9/5

4/10

10/4

10/4

4/10

12/2

4/10

St Georges

10/4

12/2

13/1

12/2

12/2

13/1

13/1

11/3

13/1

12/2

14/0

13/1

12/2

Wem USC

12/2

11/3

12/2

8/6

11/3

13/1

9/5

11/3

11/3

12/2

12/2

13/1

14/0

Wrockwardine Wood

9/5

10/4

10/4

8/6

10/4

11/3

9/5

6/8

10/4

14/0

11/3

6/8

12/2

League Averages:

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	PLAYED	WINS	AGGREGATE
1	KEITH	WALTON	CASTLEFIELDS	26	23	218
2	ALAN	JONES	ST. GEORGES	25	21	180
3	COLIN	BEAMAN	BATTLEFIELD	26	21	156
4	RICH	GODDARD	CASTLEFIELDS	26	20	140
5	JOHN	BREEZE	ST. GEORGES	26	19	133
6	ANDREW	WIGGINTON	MEOLE BRACE	25	19	116
7	STEVE	ALLMARK	WEM USC	25	19	113
8	ANDREW	MOSS	ARCHIBALD W’TON	24	18	141
9	GLYN	PICKNELL	ST. GEORGES	25	18	111
10	GEORGE	ROBERTS	WEM USC	24	18	105
11	RAY	JONES	MEOLE BRACE	26	18	80
12	CONRAD	CLAPHAM	MEOLE BRACE	25	18	47
13	JOHN	CLARKE	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	25	18	46
14	SIMON	PARSONAGE	CRAVEN ARMS	23	17	150
15	TONY	RHODES	ST. GEORGES	22	17	130
16	DALE	DOWNES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	23	17	122
17	ANDREW	JONES	ST. GEORGES	25	17	107
18	PETER	FARMER	CHILDS ERCALL	26	17	105
19	MARTIN	WILLIAMS	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	26	17	101
20	ALAN	PURCELL	CHESTER ROAD	26	17	97
21	IAN	RODGER	CHESTER ROAD	24	17	91
22	RICHARD	GRIFFITHS	IFTON	25	17	76
23	ALAN	DAVIES	CASTLEFIELDS	25	17	66
24	MARK	BURROUGHS	ST. GEORGES	26	17	60
25	KEITH	PESSALL	ST. GEORGES	26	17	43
26	JIM	KELLETT	ST. GEORGES	24	16	107
27	PAUL	HUMPHREYS	BATTLEFIELD	25	16	99
28	CHRIS	GREENWAY	BATTLEFIELD	26	16	74
29	MARTIN	LLOYD	CHESTER ROAD	23	16	71
30	ALLAN	GAUT	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	25	16	65
31	FRED	BAILEY	WEM USC	24	16	62
32	CRAIG	RICHARDSON	CRAVEN ARMS	24	16	56
33	CLAY	FLATTLEY	WEM USC	26	16	54
34	GEORGE	WAINWRIGHT	CASTLEFIELDS	26	16	25
35	KEVIN	BLOUNT	ST. GEORGES	20	15	109
36	CHRIS	BALL	ST. GEORGES	25	15	81
37	MARK	HOLLAND	CHESTER ROAD	26	15	74
38	ROD	MANLEY	CHESTER ROAD	24	15	63
39	MICK	JONES	ST. GEORGES	25	15	60
40	ROY	BRADBURN	DONNINGTON WOOD	25	15	36
41	GRAHAM	ROGERS	CASTLEFIELDS	26	15	27
42	NORMAN	HARVEY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	26	15	19
43	MICK	OLIVER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	26	15	19
44	MIKE	HINTON	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	25	15	12
45	SHAUN	NAGLE	WEM USC	25	14	41
46	RICHARD	LAWSON	DONNINGTON WOOD	24	14	38
47	ANDREW	DUCKETT	CASTLEFIELDS	22	14	37
48	MALCOLM	PARRY	BATTLEFIELD	25	14	33
49	TONY	COWDALE	CRAVEN ARMS	26	14	33
50	DAVE	HOPE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	26	14	28
51	LES	MARKHAM	CHESTER ROAD	26	14	21
52	ROB	JONES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	26	14	20
53	DAVE	HARDMAN	ST. GEORGES	22	14	17
54	IAN	CHRISTMAS	BATTLEFIELD	26	14	3
55	PHIL	OWEN	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	26	14	2
56	PETER	RODEN	DONNINGTON WOOD	25	14	0
57	GRAHAM	FARMER	CHILDS ERCALL	26	14	-10
58	CHRIS	PEARCE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	24	13	56
59	DAVE	RIDGWAY	CHESTER ROAD	23	13	55
60	ANDY	STEVENS	DONNINGTON WOOD	23	13	54
61	GLYN	HERBERT	CASTLEFIELDS	22	13	53
62	KEITH	WALL	CASTLEFIELDS	24	13	53
63	DAVE	BROOKFIELD	ARCHIBALD W’TON	22	13	52
64	IAN	BROUGH	ARCHIBALD W’TON	23	13	35
65	ALAN	PEACH	CASTLEFIELDS	23	13	30
66	KEVIN	PERKS	BATTLEFIELD	24	13	21
67	PHIL	CLEE	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	25	13	21
68	KEVIN	JONES	BATTLEFIELD	26	13	17
69	PETER	GRIFFITHS	CRAVEN ARMS	23	13	14
70	IAN	GAUT	DONNINGTON WOOD	25	13	4
71	JOHN	COXILL	CRAVEN ARMS	25	13	-26
72	ROGER	TEAGUE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	24	12	81
73	BARRY	KEEP	CASTLEFIELDS	22	12	36
74	PETER	BOUND	BATTLEFIELD	22	12	30
75	WAYNE	ROGERS	CRAVEN ARMS	24	12	29
76	PAUL	GRIFFITHS	CHESTER ROAD	20	12	13
77	STEVE	GARBETT	BYLET	20	12	9
78	IAN	DOWLEY	WEM USC	20	12	6
79	CHRIS	BALL	ARCHIBALD W’TON	22	12	4
80	NIGEL	POOLER	CRAVEN ARMS	22	12	3
81	STEVEN	FARMER	CHILDS ERCALL	26	12	1
82	DAVE	JONES	IFTON	25	12	-3
83	STEVE	MATTHEWS	CHILDS ERCALL	26	12	-5
84	STEPHEN	BROOME	DONNINGTON WOOD	25	12	-13
85	ADRIAN	ROWE	MEOLE BRACE	24	12	-16
86	MARTIN	BLIZARD	MEOLE BRACE	25	12	-17
87	STEVE	BURROUGHS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	26	12	-18
88	JIMMY	FLETCHER	DONNINGTON WOOD	26	12	-23
89	BRIAN	HAYES	IFTON	20	12	-23
90	PAUL	SMITH	ARCHIBALD W’TON	25	12	-26
91	KEVIN P	JONES	CHESTER ROAD	23	11	50
92	TERRY	LUCAS	CRAVEN ARMS	19	11	30
93	MARK	COOPER	ARCHIBALD W’TON	20	11	25
94	MEL	JENKINS	WEM USC	20	11	19
95	ANDY	SMITH	CHILDS ERCALL	19	11	18
96	DAVID	JONES	IFTON	20	11	15
97	BRIAN	LINK	BYLET	24	11	-4
98	LEE	CLARKE	CASTLEFIELDS	22	11	-6
99	RICHARD	HARRINGTON	CRAVEN ARMS	24	11	-8
100	PAUL	FOWLES	CHESTER ROAD	26	11	-13
101	ROY	CROWTHER	CRAVEN ARMS	22	11	-20
102	COLIN	PRICE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	21	11	-22
103	JAMES	GRIMSTON	DONNINGTON WOOD	25	11	-24
104	ALAN	TAYLOR	CHESTER ROAD	22	11	-29
105	MARK	SHORE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	25	11	-29
106	TERRY	SHORE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	23	11	-30
107	ALBERT	JONES	MEOLE BRACE	24	11	-32
108	PAUL	JONES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	26	11	-51
109	DEREK	WRIGHT	WEM USC	15	10	59
110	IAN	PRICE	WEM USC	20	10	36
111	MARK	OLIVER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	20	10	33
112	TIM	EALEY	BYLET	20	10	28
113	SEAN	PICKERING	BATTLEFIELD	16	10	14
114	MICHAEL	REEVES	WEM USC	25	10	10
115	TONY	POOLE	CASTLEFIELDS	23	10	-5
116	JOHN	WILKES	WEM USC	17	10	-10
117	BARRY	DAVIES	IFTON	22	10	-29
118	NICKY	BEARD	CRAVEN ARMS	22	10	-33
119	PHIL	PACK	BYLET	25	10	-35
120	PETER	JONES	ARCHIBALD W’TON	23	10	-39
121	BARRY	CLARK	CHILDS ERCALL	25	10	-46
122	MARK	ROGERS	CRAVEN ARMS	25	10	-61
123	GRAHAM A	GAUT	DONNINGTON WOOD	21	10	-64
124	DAVE	ELLIOTT	BYLET	26	10	-72
125	ANTHONY	ROWE	MEOLE BRACE	26	10	-96
126	PAUL	WILLIAMS	CASTLEFIELDS	14	9	39
127	RICHARD	MORRIS	BYLET	16	9	21
128	IAN	RIDDELL	MEOLE BRACE	22	9	8
129	DAVID	BROWN	CHILDS ERCALL	21	9	-11
130	PETER	THOMAS	BATTLEFIELD	22	9	-21
131	GEORGE	EDDOWES	BYLET	22	9	-60
132	RICHARD	BOND	DONNINGTON WOOD	24	9	-62
133	WILLIAM	TUNKS	CHILDS ERCALL	23	9	-66
134	PHIL	LAKER	IFTON	25	9	-67
135	MALCOLM	COWLEY	MEOLE BRACE	25	9	-103
136	DAVE	ROGERS	CHESTER ROAD	14	8	40
137	CARL	HINTON	CHESTER ROAD	10	8	37
138	MAL	EVANS	WEM USC	16	8	16
139	GRAHAM	DULSON	WEM USC	14	8	13
140	PETER	DARBY	BYLET	19	8	-12
141	JOHN	ADDISON	BATTLEFIELD	20	8	-20
142	GRAHAM	ADAMS	BYLET	23	8	-27
143	ROB	MANSFIELD	ARCHIBALD W’TON	17	8	-29
144	DALE	BOOTH	CHILDS ERCALL	24	8	-31
145	CLIVE	HARRINGTON	CRAVEN ARMS	23	8	-53
146	IAN	BOOTH	CHILDS ERCALL	20	8	-55
147	NEIL	CLARK	BATTLEFIELD	20	8	-58
148	NICK	POWNER	BYLET	26	8	-63
149	STEVE	SHAKESPEARE	CHILDS ERCALL	20	8	-67
150	CHRIS	WORTHINGTON	DONNINGTON WOOD	24	8	-73
151	STEVE	FAULKNER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	22	8	-77
152	STEVE	NICHOLLS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	23	8	-89
153	ROY	CROFTS	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	26	8	-90
154	GINO	FARRUGIO	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	22	8	-106
155	ROBERT	MASSEY	CHILDS ERCALL	14	7	-23
156	MARK	WILLIAMS	DONNINGTON WOOD	13	7	-25
157	RICHARD	STOKER	BYLET	16	7	-28
158	GEOFF	BALSHAW	MEOLE BRACE	21	7	-38
159	GRAHAM	WOOD	CHILDS ERCALL	20	7	-55
160	WILLIAM	CHETWOOD	CHILDS ERCALL	21	7	-77
161	DERRICK	PARRY	MEOLE BRACE	25	7	-102
162	GRAHAM	MORRIS	BYLET	23	7	-109
163	GLYN	TEECE	ST. GEORGES	10	6	8
164	PETER	LACEY	IFTON	14	6	4
165	RUSSELL	MORRIS	BYLET	14	6	-12
166	DAVID	BOND	IFTON	18	6	-43
167	ROBIN	HILLMAN	IFTON	24	6	-71
168	COLIN	TURTON	BYLET	19	6	-79
169	ROBIN	CLARKE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	19	6	-85
170	MARK	EVANS	IFTON	20	6	-87
171	DAVE	HUGHES	IFTON	24	6	-95
172	GEOFF	SAMUELS	IFTON	10	5	16
173	CLIVE	BEAMAN	BATTLEFIELD	11	5	-10
174	CEDRIC	BANCROFT	CHESTER ROAD	12	5	-18
175	DEL	MCKENZIE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	16	5	-59
176	RAY	PURCELL	ARCHIBALD W’TON	15	5	-61
177	ALAN	MEREDITH	DONNINGTON WOOD	18	5	-90
178	PHIL	EVANS	WEM USC	8	4	11
179	LAURIE	JONES	CRAVEN ARMS	6	4	6
180	ANDREW	PEARCE	IFTON	7	4	-1
181	CARL	ROBERTS	IFTON	10	4	-7
182	GILES	EVANS	IFTON	11	4	-31
183	ALGE	DAVIES	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	11	4	-35
184	TERRY	GRAY	BATTLEFIELD	18	4	-73
185	MAL	JONES	ARCHIBALD W’TON	19	4	-100
186	BERNIE	GARBETT	MEOLE BRACE	21	4	-141
187	RICH	LEWIS	CHESTER ROAD	5	3	13
188	MIKE	HOLLIDAY	WEM USC	6	3	-11
189	SIMON	BAILEY	WEM USC	12	3	-11
190	CARL	TEECE	ST. GEORGES	8	3	-18
191	RAY	WILLETTS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	14	3	-48
192	TERRY	WILLIAMS	IFTON	14	3	-90
193	ANDREW	HUMPHRIES	DONNINGTON WOOD	4	2	6
194	MARK	THOMAS	CASTLEFIELDS	7	2	-4
195	STEVE	WALKER	CASTLEFIELDS	4	2	-6
196	PETE	SHERRY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	5	2	-13
197	ALAN BARRIE	THOMAS	WEM USC	9	2	-18
198	GIRO	FARRUGIO	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	6	2	-28
199	TOM	MCGILL	BYLET	8	2	-33
200	JEFF	HUTCHINSON	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	11	2	-74
201	CALLUM	BEDDOWS	ARCHIBALD W’TON	10	2	-76
202	STEVEN	PESSALL	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	12	2	-84
203	RICK	DAVIES	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	15	2	-113
204	JIM	GAUT	ST. GEORGES	1	1	10
205	ALAN	BALL	WEM USC	2	1	9
206	BERNIE	SOUTHERN	MEOLE BRACE	1	1	4
207	DEWI	JONES	IFTON	1	1	2
208	SIMON	RHODES	ST. GEORGES	2	1	-2
209	JOHN	SMALLMAN	CRAVEN ARMS	2	1	-3
210	LEO	JOHNSON	ARCHIBALD W’TON	2	1	-7
211	SCOTT	THOMAS	WEM USC	3	1	-8
212	DAVE	YOUNG	ARCHIBALD W’TON	4	1	-16
213	DAVE	BEER	BATTLEFIELD	4	1	-18
214	WAYNE	PRICE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	5	1	-22
215	SIMON	GERRARD	DONNINGTON WOOD	5	1	-24
216	STEPHEN	ROWLEY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	6	1	-31
217	GERRY	HARRIS	BYLET	6	1	-33
218	COLIN	EVANS	IFTON	5	1	-40
219	TOM	PRICE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	6	1	-47
220	ALAN	WEIR	IFTON	10	1	-71
221	PHILIP	TYLER	MEOLE BRACE	11	1	-89
222	HERBERT	FARMER	CHILDS ERCALL	1	0	-1
223	STEVE	DAVIES	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	1	0	-3
224	PETER	PRICE	MEOLE BRACE	1	0	-4
225	BRIAN	SLINGO	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	1	0	-4
226	STEVE	FLETCHER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	1	0	-5
227	BRIAN	WILLIAMS	IFTON	1	0	-8
228	MARK	ASHLEY	CHESTER ROAD	1	0	-9
229	LES	HARRISON	BYLET	1	0	-10
230	MARK	HINKS	MEOLE BRACE	1	0	-10
231	ROBERT	CLARKE	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	2	0	-10
232	CHRIS	LLOYD	CHESTER ROAD	2	0	-11
233	MARK	JONES	IFTON	1	0	-12
234	IAN	BAIRD	IFTON	1	0	-13
235	DAVE	BROWN (JNR)	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	1	0	-14
236	ROYDON	JAMES	CRAVEN ARMS	1	0	-15
237	RAY	HOLLICK	CRAVEN ARMS	1	0	-17
238	RAY	BOURNE	BATTLEFIELD	1	0	-18
239	JOHN	PALMER	BYLET	1	0	-18
240	DENNIS	LEWIS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	2	0	-18
241	HARRY	THOMAS	WEM USC	1	0	-18
242	MARK	DAVIES	MEOLE BRACE	1	0	-19
243	JOHN	BROOKFIELD	ARCHIBALD W’TON	2	0	-20
246	TONY	DOWLEY	WEM USC	2	0	-23
247	ANDREW	PEARCE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	3	0	-25
248	P	BAIRD	IFTON	2	0	-25
249	P	TIDMARSH	MEOLE BRACE	2	0	-25
250	ALAN	MOLYNEUX	ARCHIBALD W’TON	4	0	-27
251	TERRY	PHELPS	BYLET	3	0	-27
252	PAUL	WELBURN	CHESTER ROAD	3	0	-31
253	FRED	WATKINS	DONNINGTON WOOD	5	0	-39
254	GORDON	COOKE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	6	0	-49
255	COLIN	HUGHES	MEOLE BRACE	6	0	-56