A difference in victory

There was contrasting results last night in the Flowfit Shropshire Premier League and Alan Mayhew 1st round. Newport whitewashed Bylet 14-0 with Alan Davidson and Pete Grimston winning to 8,Alan the MVP, with further single figure victories to Kevin Keary, Dave Rhodes and Pete Farmer. John Coxill earned the MVP award for Bylet for getting 16, with captain Mick Harries also getting 16.

In the Mayhew it went down to the wire as St Georges squeaked past Hadley USC by just 2 shots. After the first three it looked like a St Georges win after they lead by 20 at home with Nige Evans winning 7 and Glyn Picknell 14, whilst Andy James only lost 20 to Jamie Wyer. Jim Kellett also won 12 away to virtually cancel out Nick Mullinder’s 21-10 win on a quick green. Ade Smith won 18 to mean Hadley lead by 5 but trail by 15 overall. But Hadley roared back with Nick Wyer winning 12 away and John Price 15, from 16-6 up against Keith Anderson, and John Newey 17, from 20-12 up against Tony Rhodes, at home to lead by 4, but those chalks from the St Georges players were proved to be vital. But Alan Palin won 17 for St Georges to make it all level and then virtually at the same time Phil King came off winning 20 for Hadley at home to lead by one but then Ian Gaut’s 18 victory earned St Georges the win by 2 shots. They will face current holders Newport in the next round.

One game remains in the Alan Mayhew 1st round, Castlefields vs. Hanmer with a date hopefully sorted this weekend.

Also, the Bowring v Hadley USC game originally scheduled for Friday 26th June, has been moved to Wednesday 15th July because Bowring have used their concession.