Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
2000 Playoffs
Friday 6th October
|
Ifton |
Ford |
||
| Dave Jones |
21 |
13 |
Daryl Edwards |
| Dave “Rocky” Jones |
21 |
9 |
Paul Middleton |
| Dave Bond |
10 |
21 |
Wayne Phillips |
| Brian Hayes |
21 |
15 |
D Hoffman |
| Tony Roberts |
20 |
21 |
Malcolm Roberts |
| Dewi Jones |
21 |
17 |
Mick Rogers |
| Giles Evans |
17 |
21 |
Andy Jones |
| Geoff Samuel |
17 |
21 |
Nigel Bound |
| Barry Davies |
21 |
20 |
Geoff Davies |
| Dave Webster |
20 |
21 |
Andy Gale |
| Robin Hillman |
17 |
21 |
Andy Price |
| Rich Griffiths |
20 |
21 |
Phil Price |
|
Total |
226 |
221 |
|
| Ifton won by 5 |
In an unbelievably tense match tonight, Ifton retained their Premier league status with a narrow 5 chalk win over Shrewsbury League Champions Ford. A crowd, well in excess of 300, saw some
nervous bowling throughout the match and Ifton were given a perfect start when the first two games off the green gave them a 20 chalk lead with Dave Jones recovering from 9-2 down to win 21-13 and Dave “Rocky” Jones beating Fords passionate captain, Paul Middleton 21-9. Wayne Phillips cut the deficit to 9 when he won 21-10, but the lead was increased to 15, when Brian Hayes won 21-15. Ford then responded with three winners in the middle, but only managed to cut the deficit to 10 with the
final 4 games to play. The crowd noise continued to increase throughout the back four and with Ford leading in 3 games, their dream of playing in the Premier League was close to reality, but all the Ifton players clawed their way back into their games and they only dropped 6 chalks to win by 5 overall.
Ford more than proved themselves on the night capable of playing in the Premier League and with seven individual winners on the night will count themselves “unlucky”, but losing captain Paul Middleton said that they will be stronger for the experience and will be back next season.
Winning captain, Terry Williams is looking forward to next season and does not want to go through the “relegation” playoff again next year. He hopes they will be stronger next season and not be involved in the “basement” battle.