Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
Burway edged out Hanwood tonight in a thriller by three chalks. Burway restricted Hanwood to a 7 shot win at home with 3 winners each. Lewis Rogers beat county player Wayne Phillips 12 in a big card for Burway, whilst Russell Davies and Kiah Roberts both won too, the former running out from 19-15 down last one which proved vital in the end. Dave Burton, Phil Talbot and Russell Wellings won at home for Hanwood, Dave being the best 11. At Burway Hanwood did well to restrict them to a 10 shot win but wasn’t enough. Burway had 4 winners, Kevin Dovey was the best winning 9, Jolyon Partridge 14, Ben Allen 18 and Len Lewis 20, despite a fine comeback from opponent Phil Lyttle who was game on at 20 across last on the green. Warwick and Worcester star Greg Smith won 14 and former Meole player Tony Hotchkiss won 15 for Hanwood, but it proved not to be enough.
Chester Road are favourites to face Burway in the semi-finals after a 36 shot home win over the Bayley. Only Paul Reeves won for the Bayley, winning 10, but wins for Mark Burdon 7, Andy Smith 9, Gary Beff 10, Andy Moss 13 and Mark Holland 19 gave Chester Road a big lead to take to the Bayley.