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The year 2003 provided a new name on the Champions Roll of Honour  and the loss of the inaugural winners of the league. 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 play-off.

The season started with many pundits tipping Chester Road for major honours as they boasted an impressive list of new recruits including Andrew Moss, Paul Smith and last season’s Castlefields captain Andrew Duckett. They lost their opening game away at Craven Arms and then won their next four to be third in the table behind Castlefields and St Georges. At the halfway stage Castlefields led the way by 5 points, but a 14-0 whitewash in the next game for Chester Road and an 11-3 defeat for Castlefields saw Chester Road top of the table for the first time.  However Castlefields continued the fight and after 18 games led by 10 points, but then came the crunch match when Castlefields visited Chester Road.  The “Roaders” put them to the sword with a mighty 13-1 win, were never headed, and eventually finished 15 points clear of second placed Castlefields, with the 2002 winners St Georges a further point away in third. The league’s most improved team in 2003 was also Chester Road who amassed an extra 35 points than in 2002.  Donnington Wood who eventually finished seventh, improved by 30 points on their 2002 season total. Derek Wright (Wem USC) claimed the League Averages for the first time on aggregate with his 22 wins, with Spencer Clarke (Sir John Bayley) winning the Most Consecutive Wins award with 13 straight wins.

The Alan Mayhew Trophy went to Donnington Wood for the second time with a 242-209 victory over local Telford rivals Wrockwardine Wood.  Andy Stevens was the recipient of the “Mike Hinton” Man of the Match award and was presented with an engraved tankard after the match by the League President. The Premiership Play-Off’s format remained as an 8 a side competition and after some close qualifying matches, Chester Road continued their impressive form when they beat Ford in the final of the Pool A shield.  Ifton collected their first ever Premier League Trophy when they lifted the Pool B shield after defeating Donnington Wood in the final at Newport. On the individual front, Dale Downes lifted the Premier League Merit for the first time, (sponsored for the second time by “PRC Recruitment”) beating Paul Williams 21-19 in the final to take the trophy and £200 first prize at Hadley USC Bowling Club.

Lastly, but not least, the season finished with a series of play-off matches.  The interest in joining the Premier League  extended to the Oswestry League, when for the first time, Rhos, the Oswestry League winners, applied to enter the play-off matches.  Newport applied as league winners of the Mid Shropshire League and they played Rhos for the right to play Battlefield, who were the first  League Champions in 1994 but, following on outflow of players at the start of the season, finished bottom. The pre-qualifying match was held at Meole Brace and in a very close encounter where the match was dead level after 10 blocks, Newport had the last two winners and eventually won by 16 shots.  The play-off decider was to take place at British Sugar (now Allscott), in front of more than 350 spectators. Newport overcame their Premier League opponents when they defeated Battlefield by 27 chalks, with former county star Alan Davidson’s win of 21-4 at number 9 being the key card.

2002 Hall of Fame

League Winners: St Georges

Alan Mayhew Winners: Sir John Bayley

Pool A: St Georges

Pool B: Cravern Arms

League Averages: Martin Williams (Wrockwardine Wood)

Most Consecutive Wins: Peter Farmer (Childs Ercall)

League Merit: Peter Farmer (Childs Ercall)

Report of 2002 Season

2002 Season Final Table

			Home				Away				Total			
		Pld	Pld	W	L	GW	Pld	W	L	GW	GW	MW	Agg	Pts
St Georges	26	13	12	1	110	13	5	8	72	182	17	583	216
Meole Brace	26	13	12	1	114	13	4	9	67	181	16	383	213
Chester Road	26	13	11	2	108	13	1	12	67	175	12	250	199
Castlefields	26	13	11	2	107	13	2	11	66	173	13	376	199
Archibald W'ton	26	13	12	1	106	13	1	12	62	168	13	137	194
S J Bayley	26	13	13	0	121	13	0	13	45	166	13	208	192
Ford		26	13	13	0	108	13	0	13	56	164	13	2	190
Battlefield	26	13	13	0	107	13	1	12	53	160	14	39	188
Wrock Wood	26	13	12	1	109	13	2	11	49	158	14	242	186
Wem USC		26	13	13	0	99	13	1	12	44	143	14	-325	171
Donn Wood	26	13	12	1	92	13	0	13	43	135	12	-310	159
Craven Arms	26	13	10	3	90	13	1	12	41	131	11	-405	153
Ifton		26	13	10	3	83	13	1	12	43	126	11	-514	148
Childs Ercall	26	13	9	4	89	13	0	13	33	122	9	-666	140

Results

Archibald Worthington

Battlefield

Castlefields

Chester Road

Childs Ercall

Craven Arms

Donnington Wood

Ford

Ifton

Meole Brace

S J Bayley

St Georges

Wem USC

Wrockwardine Wood

Archibald Worthington

10/4

5/9

8/6

11/3

12/2

11/3

10/4

11/3

9/5

10/4

10/4

11/3

12/2

Battlefield

10/4

9/5

11/3

11/3

11/3

11/3

9/5

10/4

9/5

11/3

9/5

12/2

10/4

Castlefields

10/4

4/10

8/6

13/1

12/2

11/3

12/2

12/2

8/6

11/3

6/8

12/2

10/4

Chester Road

9/5

10/4

8/6

12/2

12/2

10/4

10/4

6/8

9/5

13/1

8/6

12/2

11/3

Childs Ercall

11/3

10/4

10/4

4/10

9/5

9/5

9/5

11/3

10/4

11/3

2/12

5/9

6/8

Craven Arms

7/7

9/5

5/9

8/6

13/1

10/4

10/4

10/4

6/8

10/4

3/11

9/5

10/4

Donnington Wood

10/4

10/4

8/6

9/5

10/4

10/4

10/4

9/5

9/5

9/5

3/11

8/6

11/3

Ford

7/7

11/3

8/6

13/1

12/2

11/3

10/4

9/5

10/4

10/4

10/4

11/3

12/2

Ifton

8/6

8/6

7/7

9/5

8/6

5/9

10/4

8/6

6/8

9/5

11/3

10/4

4/10

Meole Brace

6/8

12/2

11/3

9/5

12/2

9/5

12/2

10/4

13/1

9/5

10/4

13/1

10/4

S J Bayley

10/4

10/4

14/0

9/5

10/4

13/1

13/1

9/5

12/2

11/3

10/4

13/1

13/1

St Georges

11/3

11/3

10/4

10/4

12/2

11/3

11/3

8/6

12/2

4/10

11/3

11/3

12/2

Wem USC

8/6

11/3

8/6

7/7

12/2

12/2

10/4

9/5

11/3

11/3

11/3

7/7

8/6

Wrockwardine Wood

11/3

11/3

9/5

8/6

13/1

12/2

11/3

10/4

11/3

5/9

12/2

11/3

9/5

League Averages:

POS	PLAYER	TEAM	PLAYED	WINS	AGGREGATE
1	MARTIN	WILLIAMS	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	26	20	178
2	CHARLIE	WEAVER	CHESTER ROAD	26	20	128
3	KEVIN	PERKS	BATTLEFIELD	26	20	120
4	NIGEL	BOUND	FORD	25	20	116
5	ANDREW	MOSS	ARCHIBALD W’TON	25	20	112
6	PAUL	LATHAM	ARCHIBALD W’TON	26	20	93
7	DAVE	HOFFMAN	FORD	25	20	92
8	DAVID	JONES	IFTON	24	19	127
9	ANDREW	WIGGINTON	MEOLE BRACE	25	19	107
10	WAYNE	ROGERS	CRAVEN ARMS	26	19	97
11	PAUL	WILLIAMS	CASTLEFIELDS	26	19	90
12	ROD	MANLEY	CHESTER ROAD	26	19	58
13	SPENCER	CLARKE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	24	18	116
14	CLAY	FLATTLEY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	26	18	105
15	WAYNE	PHILLIPS	FORD	26	18	97
16	MARK	THOMAS	MEOLE BRACE	26	18	91
17	ADRIAN	ROWE	MEOLE BRACE	26	18	65
18	KEVIN	PRICE	CASTLEFIELDS	25	18	63
19	GLYN	HERBERT	CASTLEFIELDS	23	17	102
20	JOHN	BREEZE	DONNINGTON WOOD	26	17	98
21	SHAUN	NAGLE	WEM USC	26	17	85
22	MARTIN	LLOYD	CHESTER ROAD	26	17	80
23	PAUL	SMITH	ARCHIBALD W’TON	25	17	77
24	PETER	FARMER	CHILDS ERCALL	26	17	75
25	RICH	GODDARD	CASTLEFIELDS	24	17	55
26	PAUL	GRIFFITHS	CHESTER ROAD	25	17	50
27	FRED	BAILEY	WEM USC	25	17	47
28	COLIN	BEAMAN	BATTLEFIELD	24	17	44
29	RICHARD	GRIFFITHS	IFTON	24	17	43
30	KEVIN	JONES	FORD	26	16	95
31	GEORGE	ROBERTS	ARCHIBALD W’TON	24	16	89
32	RICHARD	LAWSON	DONNINGTON WOOD	26	16	86
33	MARK	BURROUGHS	ST. GEORGES	24	16	83
34	PETER	BOUND	BATTLEFIELD	26	16	81
35	TONY	RHODES	ST. GEORGES	24	16	73
36	ALAN	PALIN	ST. GEORGES	25	16	65
37	MICK	JONES	ST. GEORGES	26	16	61
38	ALAN	PURCELL	CHESTER ROAD	26	16	52
39	GLYN	PICKNELL	ST. GEORGES	24	16	50
40	IAN	BOOTH	ARCHIBALD W’TON	25	16	45
41	IAN	DOWLEY	MEOLE BRACE	26	16	26
42	NICKY	BEARD	CRAVEN ARMS	25	16	4
43	PHIL	PRICE	FORD	26	16	-24
44	DAVE	ROGERS	CHESTER ROAD	25	15	83
45	MARTIN	BLIZARD	MEOLE BRACE	25	15	82
46	ANDREW	JONES	ST. GEORGES	23	15	76
47	DEREK	WRIGHT	WEM USC	25	15	59
48	ROGER	TEAGUE	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	26	15	57
49	DAVE	KING	DONNINGTON WOOD	26	15	48
50	GARY	COOPER	ST. GEORGES	23	15	47
51	NORMAN	HARVEY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	26	15	16
52	KEITH	WALTON	CASTLEFIELDS	24	14	78
53	CRAIG	BARKER	ST. GEORGES	23	14	69
54	STEVE	ALLMARK	WEM USC	22	14	52
55	JONATHAN	MARTIN	CHILDS ERCALL	26	14	32
56	PETER	RODEN	DONNINGTON WOOD	24	14	27
57	ALLAN	GAUT	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	25	14	18
58	ALAN	BALL	ARCHIBALD W’TON	23	14	12
59	MARK	WORTHINGTON	DONNINGTON WOOD	25	14	11
60	MICHAEL	JONES	MEOLE BRACE	25	14	2
61	DARREN	WATKINS	FORD	25	14	-2
62	PETER	GRIMSTON	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	25	14	-6
63	IAN	CHRISTMAS	BATTLEFIELD	25	14	-11
64	MARK	ROGERS	CASTLEFIELDS	23	13	78
65	BARRY	KEEP	CASTLEFIELDS	24	13	60
66	KEITH	WALL	BATTLEFIELD	21	13	51
67	STEVE	BROOME	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	25	13	43
68	IAN	RIDDELL	MEOLE BRACE	19	13	40
69	IAN	PRICE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	23	13	30
70	GRAHAM	DULSON	MEOLE BRACE	26	13	30
71	MALCOLM	PARRY	BATTLEFIELD	26	13	23
72	MICK	OLIVER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	25	13	17
73	GAVIN	TAYLOR	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	26	13	14
74	BRIAN	HAYES	IFTON	25	13	11
75	BILL	TARRELL	FORD	25	13	10
76	JAMES	GRIMSTON	BATTLEFIELD	24	13	8
77	SCOTT	THOMAS	WEM USC	25	13	6
78	IAN	GAUT	ST. GEORGES	26	13	2
79	TONY	DODD	MEOLE BRACE	25	13	0
80	PAUL	WILLIAMS	CHESTER ROAD	24	13	-1
81	CONRAD	CLAPHAM	MEOLE BRACE	24	13	-4
82	PETER	THOMAS	BATTLEFIELD	24	13	-14
83	PAUL	JONES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	21	12	54
84	BRIAN	SHORE	CHILDS ERCALL	24	12	34
85	DAVE	RIDGWAY	CHESTER ROAD	23	12	29
86	SIMON	RHODES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	24	12	22
87	MIKE	HINTON	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	24	12	21
88	STEVE	NICHOLLS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	26	12	9
89	GEOFF	SAMUELS	IFTON	22	12	1
90	MARK	SELLEY	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	24	12	1
91	DALE	DOWNES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	24	12	-1
92	ROY	BRADBURN	DONNINGTON WOOD	25	12	-2
93	LES	MARKHAM	CHESTER ROAD	25	12	-3
94	MICHAEL	REEVES	WEM USC	26	12	-10
95	STEVE	BURROUGHS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	24	12	-13
96	CHRIS	PEARCE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	24	12	-17
97	DALE	BOOTH	CHILDS ERCALL	25	12	-17
98	DAVE	ELLIS	CRAVEN ARMS	25	12	-28
99	GRAHAM	ROGERS	CASTLEFIELDS	24	12	-30
100	MARK	OLIVER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	26	12	-38
101	ALAN	JONES	ST. GEORGES	20	11	64
102	SIMON	PARSONAGE	CRAVEN ARMS	26	11	16
103	ROB	JONES	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	25	11	11
104	CARL	ROBERTS	IFTON	24	11	8
105	ANDREW	DUCKETT	CASTLEFIELDS	25	11	7
106	GARY	WALL	BATTLEFIELD	23	11	-16
107	MAL	EVANS	WEM USC	25	11	-16
108	PAUL	FOWLES	CHESTER ROAD	25	11	-21
109	ANDY	JONES	FORD	21	11	-36
110	MELVYN	JENKINS	CHESTER ROAD	25	11	-71
111	KEITH	PESSALL	ST. GEORGES	21	10	37
112	JOHN	CLARKE	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	15	10	34
113	STEVE	DUCKETT	CASTLEFIELDS	19	10	26
114	RAY	JONES	MEOLE BRACE	22	10	12
115	TERRY	DEAKIN	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	20	10	11
116	ROY	CROWTHER	CRAVEN ARMS	26	10	-8
117	DAVE	WEBSTER	IFTON	24	10	-19
118	JOHN	NASH	MEOLE BRACE	21	10	-21
119	MAL	JONES	ARCHIBALD W’TON	22	10	-30
120	CHRIS	BALL	ARCHIBALD W’TON	20	10	-36
121	J	DAVIES	FORD	26	10	-59
122	IAN	BAILEY	WEM USC	23	10	-63
123	D	BISHOP	CRAVEN ARMS	26	10	-71
124	ALAN BARRIE	THOMAS	WEM USC	26	10	-84
125	ADRIAN	SMOUT	CHILDS ERCALL	26	10	-94
126	CHRIS	BALL	ST. GEORGES	19	9	12
127	DAVE	HOPE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	22	9	7
128	MARK	EVANS	IFTON	17	9	6
129	DAVE	BIRCH	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	18	9	4
130	DEWI	JONES	IFTON	18	9	1
131	CEDRIC	BANCROFT	CHESTER ROAD	20	9	-9
132	LEE	CLARKE	CASTLEFIELDS	22	9	-27
133	ANDY	STEVENS	DONNINGTON WOOD	25	9	-37
134	STEVE	WALKER	CASTLEFIELDS	23	9	-44
135	NICK	DAVIES	FORD	24	9	-46
136	COLIN	BLENT	CRAVEN ARMS	25	9	-50
137	CHRIS	WORTHINGTON	DONNINGTON WOOD	23	9	-52
138	SIMON	GERRARD	DONNINGTON WOOD	23	9	-60
139	ROBERT	MASSEY	CHILDS ERCALL	14	8	1
140	PETE	SHERRY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	18	8	-12
141	PETER	GRIFFITHS	CRAVEN ARMS	22	8	-13
142	JIM	KELLETT	ST. GEORGES	19	8	-15
143	MARK	HINKS	MEOLE BRACE	19	8	-22
144	PHIL	CLEE	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	24	8	-37
145	TONY	COWDALE	CRAVEN ARMS	24	8	-38
146	PAUL	MIDDLETON	FORD	20	8	-38
147	MARK	SHORE	BATTLEFIELD	22	8	-40
148	GRAHAM	WOOD	CHILDS ERCALL	26	8	-65
149	IAN	HARVEY	CHILDS ERCALL	24	8	-104
150	JOHN	COXILL	CRAVEN ARMS	24	8	-133
151	TIM	HALLIWELL	IFTON	16	7	-25
152	GRAHAM	FARMER	CHILDS ERCALL	22	7	-68
153	BARRY	CLARK	CHILDS ERCALL	24	7	-88
154	TERRY	LUCAS	CRAVEN ARMS	10	6	23
155	ANDREW	HUGHES	IFTON	10	6	17
156	STEVE	FAULKNER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	18	6	5
157	RICHARD	HARRINGTON	CRAVEN ARMS	15	6	-16
158	IAIN	MACDONALD	WEM USC	19	6	-41
159	ALAN	PEACH	CASTLEFIELDS	20	6	-62
160	STEVE	MATTHEWS	CHILDS ERCALL	22	6	-75
161	JONATHAN	RYDER	WEM USC	19	6	-104
162	WILLIAM	TUNKS	CHILDS ERCALL	23	6	-121
163	HAROLD	BANKS	BATTLEFIELD	16	5	-34
164	CHRIS	GREENWAY	BATTLEFIELD	9	4	10
165	GINO	FARRUGIO	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	11	4	-38
166	STEVE	HEATH	ARCHIBALD W’TON	19	4	-66
167	TERRY	GRAY	BATTLEFIELD	19	4	-95
168	STEVE	EDWARDS	CHILDS ERCALL	20	4	-116
169	DAVE	JONES	IFTON	23	4	-127
170	KEVIN	BLOUNT	ST. GEORGES	4	3	10
171	CLIVE	BEAMAN	BATTLEFIELD	6	3	4
172	ALAN	DAVIES	FORD	7	3	-6
173	JOHN	WILKES	WEM USC	8	3	-8
174	BARRY	NORFIELD	DONNINGTON WOOD	10	3	-19
175	DAVE	WILDING	CRAVEN ARMS	9	3	-21
176	CARL	TEECE	ST. GEORGES	6	3	-26
177	JIMMY	FLETCHER	DONNINGTON WOOD	9	3	-31
178	ALAN	MEREDITH	DONNINGTON WOOD	11	3	-35
179	MARTIN	BOYD	DONNINGTON WOOD	9	3	-44
180	SIMON	BAILEY	WEM USC	9	3	-47
181	PHIL	EVANS	ARCHIBALD W’TON	9	3	-55
182	MALCOLM	BARTLEY	WEM USC	11	3	-55
183	ALAN	TAYLOR	CHESTER ROAD	12	3	-78
184	IAN	BISHOP	CRAVEN ARMS	15	3	-80
185	MAL	ROBERTS	FORD	16	3	-88
186	ANDY	GALE	FORD	19	3	-97
187	DAVE	HUGHES	IFTON	21	3	-141
188	MICHAEL	THOMAS	CASTLEFIELDS	3	2	6
189	RICHARD	BOND	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	4	2	-3
190	MARK	COOPER	ARCHIBALD W’TON	3	2	-5
191	DENNIS	LEWIS	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	3	2	-5
192	ALLAN	HARTSHORN	BATTLEFIELD	6	2	-23
193	SHAUN	FEENEY	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	6	2	-24
194	PHIL	OWEN	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	7	2	-28
195	ALEX	LOCKETT	CHILDS ERCALL	6	2	-41
196	MARK	WILLIAMS	DONNINGTON WOOD	10	2	-44
197	DAVE	BICKER	DONNINGTON WOOD	9	2	-53
198	TOM	COOPER	WEM USC	10	2	-59
199	FRED	WATKINS	DONNINGTON WOOD	11	2	-72
200	PHIL	LAKER	IFTON	16	2	-80
201	TONY	POOLE	CASTLEFIELDS	1	1	8
202	PAUL	HUMPHREYS	BATTLEFIELD	2	1	6
203	JOE	HANKIN	BATTLEFIELD	1	1	5
204	NEIL	CRUMP	CRAVEN ARMS	3	1	2
205	PHILIP	TYLER	MEOLE BRACE	1	1	2
206	CALLUM	WRAIGHT	CASTLEFIELDS	1	1	1
207	KEVIN	NICHOLAS	IFTON	1	1	1
208	DAVID	BOND	IFTON	3	1	-3
209	STEVE	FLETCHER	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	2	1	-4
210	DAVE	BEER	BATTLEFIELD	4	1	-13
211	DAVE	WYCHERLEY	CASTLEFIELDS	3	1	-13
212	RYAN	STEVENS	DONNINGTON WOOD	2	1	-13
213	JESSIE	JAMES	CRAVEN ARMS	2	1	-14
214	PAUL	BAILEY	ST. GEORGES	4	1	-15
215	DAVID	BROWN	CHILDS ERCALL	4	1	-19
216	TERRY	OREILLY	WEM USC	6	1	-29
217	COLIN	PRICE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	5	1	-31
218	PETER	JONES	ARCHIBALD W’TON	10	1	-40
219	GRAHAM A	GAUT	DONNINGTON WOOD	7	1	-42
220	JOHN	TANNER	BATTLEFIELD	5	1	-58
221	TERRY	WILLIAMS	IFTON	11	1	-66
222	GILES	EVANS	IFTON	14	1	-109
223	COLIN	EVANS	IFTON	1	0	-2
224	ANDREW	PEARCE	ARCHIBALD W’TON	1	0	-3
225	HARRY	THOMAS	WEM USC	1	0	-4
226	ERSEN	WENGER	BATTLEFIELD	1	0	-5
227	ERIC	NEVILLE	WEM USC	1	0	-6
228	ROBIN	HILLMAN	IFTON	3	0	-10
229	MARK	CLAYTON	ST. GEORGES	1	0	-10
230	ROYDON	JAMES	CRAVEN ARMS	1	0	-12
231	JIM	GRIMSTON	DONNINGTON WOOD	2	0	-12
232	CHRIS	KELLY	FORD	1	0	-13
233	MIKE	PARRY	IFTON	1	0	-13
234	NEIL	CLARK	BATTLEFIELD	2	0	-14
235	G	BENNETT	CHESTER ROAD	2	0	-17
236	PETER	JENKINS	WEM USC	2	0	-17
237	SCOTT	BEDDOWES	CHESTER ROAD	2	0	-18
238	DAVE	BROWN	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	1	0	-18
239	RICK	DAVIES	SIR JOHN BAYLEY	2	0	-19
240	TONY	PARRY	CASTLEFIELDS	2	0	-22
241	IAN	BEAMAN	MEOLE BRACE	2	0	-24
242	JOHN	COOPER	WEM USC	3	0	-31
243	ROB	TAYLOR	WROCKWARDINE WOOD	3	0	-40
244	NICKY	HUGHES	IFTON	4	0	-44
245	DAVID	GOURLAY	ARCHIBALD W’TON	6	0	-45
246	BERT	MORRIS	CRAVEN ARMS	8	0	-63
247	ALAN	BOYCOTT	DONNINGTON WOOD	9	0	-78
248	BARRY	DAVIES	IFTON	10	0	-80