Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
Castlefields won the Audlem Special Events Team Alan Mayhew Trophy Final for a record 10th time with a comeback victory against Sir John Bayley to win by 10 overall. They were 7 up after four games off with Mike Beer best winner 12, but the Bayley had three winners in the middle to go 14 up, Scott Simpson winning 9 and Stu Rutter 10. However Josh Hale won 8 for the Fields and Adie Rowe, a late reserve for Callum Wraight who was unable to return from winning his competition at Woodplumpton (well done to Callum on his win), won 10 to earn himself the “Mark Burroughs” Player of the Match award and put Castlefields 10 up. Ash Wellings then won 20 in a cracking game with Chris Worthington, meaning Tom Roden had to run out from 10-9 up on Andrew Judson. Tom got to 15-9 up however Andrew got the one he needed and eventually got 20 to give Fields a win by 10.
Thank you to Alan Mayhew for his continued support for this competition, and to Audlem Special Events Team for sponsoring the competition. Thank you to Allscott Heath for hosting and providing an excellent buffet after the game. Pictures and reaction are to follow.
The individual games reports are below (Castlefields names are first):
- Jon Palmer was 12-8 down on Paul Evans but then went 17-12 up and won 15.
- Hayden Lewis was mainly a few ahead of Scott Harries till 15-11 up when Scott ran out.
- Michael Beer was 5-1 down to Aaron Tapper but Michael went 15-7 up. Aaron got back to 16-12 down but Michael ran out.
- Adam Jones went 13-9 down on Ayden Smith and then 17-12 adrift. He got back to 19 across but Ayden got the two he needed.
- Tom Palmer was 8-3 down on Scott Simpson, and Scott extended this lead to win 9.
- Gary Neal was only 7-5 down to Reece Farr, but then trailed 14-7. However he then led 16-14 but Reece got the block back and won 17.
- Glyn Herbert, in for the unavailable Rich Goddard, was only 7-5 down to Stuart Rutter but then went 15-5 down and got 10.
- Wayne Rogers raced 11-2 up on Spencer Clarke but Spencer got back to 15 across. Wayne though then ran out.
- Josh Hale was 5-2 down on Owen Evans but from 7 across only conceded one more.
- Ash Wellings went 8-0 down to Chris Worthington and had to play a great bowl to get in. He got back to 8-7 down but Chris went 14-8 up. He kept nibbling at Chris’ lead and wasn’t ahead till he won 21-20.
- Adie Rowe was 8-1 up on Dan Taylor and then 11-2. He pushed again to go 19-6 up and won 10.
- Andrew Judson was 9-0 down on Tom Roden but got back to be 9-8 down. Tom pushed again to go 18-10 up but Andrew came back to lead 20-18. Tom though then got out in singles.
| No | Castlefields | Score | Score | Sir J Bayley |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Palmer | 21 | 15 | Paul Evans |
| 2 | Hayden Lewis | 15 | 21 | Scott Harries |
| 3 | Michael Beer | 21 | 12 | Aaron Tapper |
| 4 | Adam Jones | 19 | 21 | Ayden Smith |
| 5 | Tom Palmer | 9 | 21 | Scott Simpson |
| 6 | Gary Neal | 17 | 21 | Reece Farr |
| 7 | Glyn Herbert | 10 | 21 | Stuart Rutter |
| 8 | Wayne Rogers | 21 | 15 | Spencer Clarke |
| 9 | Josh Hale | 21 | 8 | Owen Evans |
| 10 | Ashley Wellings | 21 | 20 | Chris Worthington |
| 11 | Adrian Rowe | 21 | 10 | Dan Taylor |
| 12 | Andrew Judson | 20 | 21 | Tom Roden |
| Games | 6 | 6 | Games | |
| Aggregate | 216 | 206 | Aggregate |