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The year 2006 saw the “White Horse” enter and leave the league in the same season. Having beaten Bridgwater in the 2005 playoffs, they took the place of original founder members Craven Arms, who had resigned during the previous season. Interest in joining our league continues to be high with previous members Bylet again applying to take their place in the end of season play-offs.
The season started with Chester Road once again strong favourites for major honours and St Georges hoping to end their three year reign with both Meole Brace and Castlefields aiming to provide strong competition from the middle of the county. Chester Road opened their league campaign with an 10-4 home win over Ford but it was St Georges who led by 14 points at the top of the table after a perfect 10 wins out of ten start. This included a potential title clinching 12-2 home win over Chester Road in early May. St Georges were to suffer their first defeat when they visited eventual county cup winners Sir John Bayley in June, where they lost 9-5. In July Chester Road avenged their defeat at St Georges with a resounding 13-1 home win over St Georges and with Castlefields beating Meole Brace 10-4 on the same night, the title race was “hotting up” with only 4 points separating the top two St Georges and Castlefields. The gap narrowed to three points the week after but then St Georges beat Archibald Worthington 14-0 and followed that with an impressive 10-4 away win at Meole Brace which saw them move 9 points clear. They maintained to the end of the season with Castlefields finishing as runners up. Chester Road finished strongly claiming third place with Meole Brace in fourth. The league’s most improved team in 2006 was Sir John Bayley who finished in fifth position having changed from their “infamous” top green to the bottom green at the start of the season.
The Alan Mayhew Trophy went to Castlefields for the third time with a 218-198 victory over Shrewsbury rivals Meole Brace in the final played at Perkins. The Shropshire Junior County Star Luke Jones, was the recipient of the “Mike Hinton Man of the Match” award following his 21-8 win in the back four. On the individual front, the Mike Hinton Pairs were held for the third year and was won by the by the St Georges pairing of Dave Rhodes and Chris Grocott. 22 pairs from 9 clubs took part, and after nearly 8 hours bowling, they overcame the Chester Road pairing of Charlie Weaver and Andrew Duckett 21-10 in the final at The Bowring. Andrew Moss, who was to become the “Waterloo” champion later in the year, won the John Coxill Trophy for the first time when he beat Dave King, St Georges, 21-18 in the final also held at the Bowring. Peter Farmer won 21 games to lift the Neville Edwards Trophy and Chester Road’s Paul Griffiths and Castlefields’ Clay Flattley both won 14 consecutive wins to share the other individual award. The Premiership Play-Off’s format continued as an 8 a side competition and Chester Road beat Meole Brace in the final of the Pool A shield and Wrockwardine Wood lifted the Pool B shield beating Ford at Burway.
Last, but not least, the season finished with a play-off match. League newcomers White Horse never had the pace in their home green they really liked and ended the season with only 3 wins. The play-off match with Mid Shropshire League winners and former members Bylet was to take place at Sir John Bayley as both teams had played the green earlier in the year. In front of another large crowd, both teams had six winners but with Scott Harries and Kevin Brazier both winning 21-4 for the Bridgnorth based side, they defeated the White Horse by the close margin of 9 chalks.
2006 Hall of Fame
League Winners: St Georges
Alan Mayhew Winners: Castlefields
Pool A: Chester Road
Pool B: Wrockwardine Wood
League Averages: Peter Farmer (St Georges)
Most Consecutive Wins: Clay Flattley (Castlefields) & Paul Griffiths (Chester Road)
League Merit: Andrew Moss (Chester Road)
Mike Hinton Pairs: Dave Rhodes & Chris Grocott (St Georges)
2006 Season Final Table
Home Away Total Pld Pld W L D GW Pld W L D GW GW MW Agg Pts St Georges 26 13 13 0 0 130 13 7 6 0 74 204 20 1058 244 Castlefields 26 13 13 0 0 112 13 7 6 0 83 195 20 769 235 Chester Road 26 13 12 1 0 112 13 5 8 0 82 194 17 731 228 Meole Brace 26 13 12 1 0 102 13 6 7 0 74 176 18 483 212 Sir J Bayley 26 13 12 1 0 111 13 3 10 0 66 177 15 300 207 Ifton 26 13 11 2 0 102 13 4 9 0 67 169 15 223 199 Wrock Wood 26 13 10 3 0 106 13 2 10 1 57 163 12 325 188 Ford 26 13 10 3 0 95 13 5 8 0 62 157 15 8 187 Wem USC 26 13 9 4 0 94 13 3 10 0 60 154 12 -33 178 Archibald Worthington 26 13 9 4 0 93 13 1 12 0 45 138 10 -341 158 Newport 26 13 8 5 0 86 13 1 12 0 38 124 9 -635 142 Donnington Wood 26 13 6 7 0 82 13 1 12 0 41 123 7 -803 137 Childs Ercall 26 13 7 5 1 79 13 1 12 0 37 116 8 -792 133 White Horse 26 13 3 10 0 70 13 0 13 0 24 94 3 -1293 100
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League Averages:
| Pos. | Team | Player | Pl | W | Aggr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | St Georges | Peter Farmer | 26 | 21 | +171 |
| 02. | Sir J Bayley | Spencer Clarke | 24 | 21 | +149 |
| 03. | Chester Road | Paul Griffiths | 23 | 21 | +136 |
| 04. | Castlefields | Clay Flattley | 26 | 20 | +165 |
| 05. | Chester Road | Andrew Moss | 26 | 20 | +136 |
| 06. | Castlefields | Callum Wraight | 25 | 19 | +129 |
| 07. | Meole Brace | Colin Beaman | 25 | 19 | +126 |
| 08. | Castlefields | Paul Williams | 25 | 19 | +115 |
| 09. | Childs Ercall | Brian Shore | 25 | 19 | +107 |
| 10. | Sir J Bayley | Peter Grimston | 26 | 19 | +88 |
| 11. | Wrock Wood | Richard Morris | 24 | 18 | +144 |
| 12. | St Georges | Ian Gaut | 26 | 18 | +133 |
| 13. | Wem USC | Derek Wright | 26 | 18 | +124 |
| 14. | Chester Road | John Breeze | 24 | 18 | +98 |
| 15. | Ford | Nigel Bound | 25 | 18 | +80 |
| 16. | Sir J Bayley | Roger Teague | 26 | 18 | +71 |
| 17. | Wrock Wood | Martin Williams | 26 | 17 | +119 |
| 18. | Castlefields | Simon Parsonage | 25 | 17 | +118 |
| 19. | St Georges | Tony Rhodes | 24 | 17 | +105 |
| 20. | Chester Road | Andrew Duckett | 26 | 17 | +102 |
| 21. | Chester Road | Mark Holland | 25 | 17 | +83 |
| 22. | Newport | Martyn France | 25 | 17 | +66 |
| 23. | Chester Road | Charlie Weaver | 26 | 17 | +64 |
| 24. | Castlefields | Kevin Walker | 22 | 17 | +62 |
| 25. | Castlefields | Rich Goddard | 25 | 17 | +58 |
| 26. | Meole Brace | Wayne Phillips | 22 | 16 | +104 |
| 27= | Chester Road | Paul Latham | 26 | 16 | +103 |
| 27= | Meole Brace | Ian Riddell | 21 | 16 | +103 |
| 29. | St Georges | Dave King | 26 | 16 | +96 |
| 30. | St Georges | Keith Pessall | 25 | 16 | +70 |
| 31. | Castlefields | Barry Keep | 25 | 16 | +46 |
| 32. | Ifton | Andrew Hughes | 18 | 15 | +115 |
| 33. | Chester Road | Ian Booth | 24 | 15 | +114 |
| 34. | St Georges | Chris Ball | 24 | 15 | +92 |
| 35. | Castlefields | Glyn Herbert | 25 | 15 | +90 |
| 36. | Wrock Wood | Simon Rhodes | 26 | 15 | +87 |
| 37. | Meole Brace | Tony Dodd | 23 | 15 | +73 |
| 38. | St Georges | Alan Palin | 26 | 15 | +71 |
| 39. | Ford | Bill Tarrell | 26 | 15 | +56 |
| 40. | Castlefields | Keith Walton | 26 | 15 | +55 |
| 41. | Ford | Peter Bound | 25 | 15 | +54 |
| 42. | Wem USC | Stuart Bailey | 23 | 15 | +46 |
| 43= | Sir J Bayley | Chris Worthington | 25 | 15 | +44 |
| 43= | St Georges | Dave Rhodes | 26 | 15 | +44 |
| 45. | Chester Road | Paul Smith | 25 | 15 | +43 |
| 46. | Meole Brace | Graham Dulson | 25 | 15 | +40 |
| 47. | Sir J Bayley | Gavin Taylor | 26 | 15 | +28 |
| 48. | Ifton | David (Rocky) Jones | 19 | 14 | +86 |
| 49. | Ford | Pete Griffiths | 25 | 14 | +68 |
| 50. | Newport | Philip Emery | 24 | 14 | +49 |
| 51. | St Georges | Mick Jones | 20 | 14 | +45 |
| 52. | Ford | Phil Price | 26 | 14 | +40 |
| 53. | Wrock Wood | Rob Jones | 26 | 14 | +34 |
| 54. | Sir J Bayley | David Stamp | 24 | 14 | +33 |
| 55= | Childs Ercall | Steve Shakespeare | 25 | 14 | +31 |
| 55= | Wem USC | Fred Bailey | 24 | 14 | +31 |
| 57= | Ford | David Hoffman | 26 | 14 | +28 |
| 57= | St Georges | Paul Reeves | 21 | 14 | +28 |
| 59. | Castlefields | Luke Jones | 26 | 14 | +25 |
| 60. | Castlefields | Jesse James | 26 | 14 | +24 |
| 61. | Archibald W’ton | Les Markham | 24 | 14 | +22 |
| 62. | Meole Brace | Tony Hotchkiss | 26 | 14 | +17 |
| 63. | Ford | Nick Davies | 24 | 14 | +14 |
| 64. | Archibald W’ton | Richard Willdigg | 25 | 14 | -7 |
| 65. | Meole Brace | Adrian Rowe | 17 | 13 | +80 |
| 66. | Newport | Alan Davidson | 20 | 13 | +64 |
| 67. | Wem USC | Melvyn Jenkins | 24 | 13 | +51 |
| 68. | Sir J Bayley | Steve Burroughs | 25 | 13 | +43 |
| 69. | Wrock Wood | Phil Clee | 26 | 13 | +20 |
| 70. | Wem USC | Chris Brettell | 24 | 13 | +5 |
| 71. | Wem USC | Colin Smith | 24 | 13 | +4 |
| 72. | Donnington Wood | Brian Jarvis | 24 | 13 | +3 |
| 73. | Donnington Wood | Mark Worthington | 24 | 13 | -3 |
| 74. | Meole Brace | Mark Thomas | 26 | 13 | -13 |
| 75. | Ifton | Carl Roberts | 20 | 12 | +64 |
| 76. | St Georges | Kevin Keary | 19 | 12 | +58 |
| 77. | St Georges | Andrew Jones | 18 | 12 | +51 |
| 78. | St Georges | Chris Grocott | 23 | 12 | +44 |
| 79. | Ifton | Chris Pearce | 25 | 12 | +17 |
| 80. | Wem USC | Mal Evans | 21 | 12 | +9 |
| 81. | Donnington Wood | Alan Meredith | 23 | 12 | +1 |
| 82. | Wrock Wood | Dale Downes | 24 | 12 | -4 |
| 83. | Wrock Wood | Stuart Rutter | 22 | 12 | -5 |
| 84. | Sir J Bayley | Mark Shore | 25 | 12 | -17 |
| 85. | Donnington Wood | Dave Bicker | 24 | 12 | -20 |
| 86. | Meole Brace | Ian Dowley | 23 | 12 | -27 |
| 87. | Archibald W’ton | Alan Ball | 16 | 11 | +60 |
| 88. | Meole Brace | Conrad Clapham | 22 | 11 | +51 |
| 89. | Ifton | Brian Hayes | 19 | 11 | +30 |
| 90. | Donnington Wood | David Birch | 21 | 11 | +18 |
| 91. | Ifton | Geoff Samuel | 18 | 11 | +5 |
| 92= | Ifton | Gerwyn Davies | 20 | 11 | +2 |
| 92= | Newport | Dale Rudrum | 25 | 11 | +2 |
| 94. | Ifton | Geraint Williams | 23 | 11 | -13 |
| 95. | White Horse | Paul Powell | 22 | 11 | -17 |
| 96. | Sir J Bayley | Mike Hinton | 25 | 11 | -27 |
| 97. | White Horse | Darren Bailey | 26 | 11 | -32 |
| 98. | Donnington Wood | Mark Selly | 26 | 11 | -47 |
| 99. | Archibald W’ton | Andrew Foster | 25 | 11 | -50 |
| 100. | Ford | Paul Middleton | 24 | 11 | -55 |
Most Consecutive Wins:
Clay Flattley:
| Date | H/A | Opponents | Player | For | Opp | Aggr |
| Fri 7th Apr | A | St Georges | Alan Palin | 18 | 21 | -3 |
| Fri 14th Apr | A | Donnington Wood | Mark Selly | 19 | 21 | -5 |
| Fri 21st Apr | H | Chester Road | Mark Holland | 20 | 21 | -6 |
| Fri 28th Apr | H | Archibald W’ton | Dale Booth | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| Fri 5th May | A | Meole Brace | Derrick Parry | 21 | 15 | 8 |
| Fri 12th May | H | Wem USC | Melvyn Jenkins | 21 | 11 | 18 |
| Fri 19th May | A | Newport | Jeff Smith | 21 | 10 | 29 |
| Wed 24th May | H | Sir J Bayley | Mark Shore | 18 | 21 | 26 |
| Fri 26th May | A | Wrock Wood | Dave Taylor | 21 | 8 | 39 |
| Fri 2nd Jun | H | Ifton | Gerwyn Davies | 21 | 15 | 45 |
| Fri 9th Jun | A | Childs Ercall | Graham Wood | 21 | 7 | 59 |
| Fri 16th Jun | H | Ford | Nigel Bound | 21 | 8 | 72 |
| Wed 21st Jun | A | White Horse | Paul Powell | 21 | 9 | 84 |
| Fri 23rd Jun | H | Donnington Wood | Simon Gerrard | 21 | 18 | 87 |
| Fri 30th Jun | A | Chester Road | Charlie Weaver | 21 | 11 | 97 |
| Fri 7th Jul | H | St Georges | Tony Rhodes | 21 | 15 | 103 |
| Fri 14th Jul | A | Archibald W’ton | Andrew Foster | 21 | 10 | 114 |
| Fri 21st Jul | H | Meole Brace | Mark Thomas | 21 | 8 | 127 |
| Fri 28th Jul | A | Wem USC | Michael Dulson | 21 | 20 | 128 |
| Fri 4th Aug | H | Newport | Neil Hallett | 21 | 2 | 147 |
| Fri 11th Aug | A | Sir J Bayley | Roger Teague | 21 | 14 | 154 |
| Fri 18th Aug | H | Wrock Wood | Liam Stevens | 21 | 19 | 156 |
| Fri 25th Aug | A | Ifton | David (Rocky) Jones | 15 | 21 | 150 |
| Fri 1st Sep | H | Childs Ercall | Graham Farmer | 19 | 21 | 148 |
| Fri 8th Sep | A | Ford | Bill Tarrell | 21 | 19 | 150 |
| Fri 15th Sep | H | White Horse | Mick Rickus | 21 | 6 | 165 |
Paul Griffiths:
| Date | H/A | Opponents | Player | For | Opp | Aggr |
| Fri 7th Apr | H | Donnington Wood | Fred Watkins | 21 | 11 | 10 |
| Fri 21st Apr | A | Castlefields | Callum Wraight | 21 | 19 | 12 |
| Fri 28th Apr | H | White Horse | Graham Hollis | 21 | 11 | 22 |
| Fri 5th May | A | St Georges | Paul Reeves | 15 | 21 | 16 |
| Fri 12th May | H | Archibald W’ton | John Tew | 21 | 17 | 20 |
| Fri 19th May | A | Meole Brace | Richard Harrington | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| Wed 24th May | H | Wem USC | Derek Wright | 21 | 20 | 32 |
| Fri 26th May | A | Newport | Paul Rudrum | 21 | 12 | 41 |
| Fri 2nd Jun | H | Sir J Bayley | Mark Shore | 18 | 21 | 38 |
| Fri 9th Jun | A | Wrock Wood | Rob Jones | 21 | 18 | 41 |
| Fri 16th Jun | H | Ifton | Chris Pearce | 21 | 20 | 42 |
| Wed 21st Jun | A | Childs Ercall | Ian Harvey | 21 | 13 | 50 |
| Fri 23rd Jun | A | Ford | Tony Gray | 21 | 16 | 55 |
| Fri 30th Jun | H | Castlefields | Rich Goddard | 21 | 19 | 57 |
| Fri 7th Jul | A | Donnington Wood | Jimmy Fletcher | 21 | 7 | 71 |
| Fri 14th Jul | A | White Horse | Graham Hollis | 21 | 14 | 78 |
| Fri 21st Jul | H | St Georges | Chris Ball | 21 | 17 | 82 |
| Fri 11th Aug | A | Wem USC | Colin Smith | 21 | 19 | 84 |
| Fri 18th Aug | H | Newport | Dale Rudrum | 21 | 9 | 96 |
| Fri 25th Aug | A | Sir J Bayley | Chris Worthington | 21 | 5 | 112 |
| Fri 1st Sep | H | Wrock Wood | Dale Downes | 21 | 20 | 113 |
| Fri 8th Sep | A | Ifton | Gerwyn Davies | 21 | 11 | 123 |
| Fri 15th Sep | H | Childs Ercall | Ian Harvey | 21 | 8 | 136 |