Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
For the last 6 days of 2015 I will be looking back at the year of 2015 in the Flowfit Shropshire Premier Bowling League. The Year started with a major change in the officers of the league. Out went the long-serving Mark Burroughs, John Nash and Mike Hinton and in came young guns Rob Burroughs, Tom Roden and Martin Gaut along with the experienced Mick Jones, who along with the still standing John Coxill, formed a new look 2015 Officials list.
At the start of the season and with current Champions Newport, looking for a record breaking 5 titles in a row, having the week off the focus was on those who attempted to challenge them. Castlefields had an eye catching 9-5 win at Chester Road by 5 chalks, St Georges won by the same score at Hadley USC and Sir John Bayley gained an excellent 6 at Wrockwardine Wood, only dipping out by a few shots, to give them all a good start to their seasons. Bowring gained an excellent 5 at Meole Brace and followed this up with an eye catching 10-4 win at home to Newport, whilst Meole bounced back from their disappointing start winning 12-2 at Bylet. Hadley USC nearly pulled off a remarkable win at Castlefields when they lost 9-5 and by a single chalk, but they pulled off their best result of the season the week after beating Archibald Worthington 13-1. St Georges good away form continued with an excellent 6 at Sir John Bayley, whilst Newport got their season started with a 11-3 home win over Burway then followed it up with a 14-0 win against Bylet in their rearranged game. But their poor away form continued with 4 at Castlefields, while the Bayley continued to struggle getting hammered 12-2 at Burway. Archibald Worthington pulled off one of the shock results of the season beating in-form Meole Brace 10-4 at home, and Bylet earned their first win of the season winning 7-7 against Wem USC.
At the end of the month Meole Brace led by 2 points from St Georges with Castlefields and Newport a further point behind. At the bottom Bylet were 5 adrift of Archibald Worthington.
In the Alan Mayhew Trophy this month all the first round matches were completed. Two walkovers were given to Castlefields and Sir John Bayley while the closest game was St Georges edging out Hadley USC by just 2 chalks. Full results are below:
- Meole Brace beat Bowring by 27 overall. Winning by 24 at home and 3 away.
- Hanmer withdrew giving Castlefields a walkover.
- St Georges beat Hadley USC by 2 overall Winning by 18 at home but losing by 16 away.
- Newport beat Bylet by 65 overall. Winning by 56 at home and 9 away.
- Chester Road beat Wem USC by 34 overall. Winning by 36 at home and losing by 2 away.
- Ifton withdrew giving SJB a walkover.
- Hanwood beat Archibald Worthington by 46 overall. Winning by 25 at home and 21 away.
- Burway beat Wrockwardine Wood by 14 overall. Winning by 31 at home but losing by 17 away.
The first individual competition was played at Allscott and Stuart Rutter came out on top of 28 entries, beating Tony Rhodes 21-5 in the final to win the trophy for the first time. Full scores below:
| Won | Agg | Pts | Home Team | Premier | Away Team | Pts | Agg | Won | H | A | CH | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 236 | 9 | Wrockwardine Wood | V | Hadley U S C | 5 | 197 | 5 | ✓ | |||
| 5 | 225 | 7 | Bylet | V | Wem U S C | 7 | 217 | 7 | ✓ | |||
| 6 | 208 | 8 | Bowring | V | Ifton | 6 | 198 | 6 | ✓ | |||
| 10 | 248 | 12 | Burway | V | Sir J Bayley | 2 | 181 | 2 | ✓ | |||
| 8 | 228 | 10 | Castlefields | V | Newport | 4 | 181 | 4 | ✓ | |||
| 8 | 225 | 10 | Archibald Worthington | V | Meole Brace | 4 | 200 | 4 | ✓ | |||
| 8 | 241 | 10 | St George’s | V | Chester Road | 4 | 171 | 4 | ✓ |
| Won | Agg | Pts | Home Team | Premier | Away Team | Pts | Agg | Won | H | A | CH | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 252 | 14 | Newport | V | Bylet | 0 | 136 | 0 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Won | Agg | Pts | Home Team | Premier | Away Team | Pts | Agg | Won | H | A | CH | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 246 | 13 | Hadley U S C | V | Archibald Worthington | 1 | 151 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 9 | 236 | 11 | Newport | V | Burway | 3 | 173 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 6 | 231 | 8 | Sir J Bayley | V | St George’s | 6 | 207 | 6 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 7 | 212 | 9 | Wem U S C | V | Castlefields | 5 | 204 | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 8 | 234 | 10 | Chester Road | V | Bowring | 4 | 168 | 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 9 | 226 | 11 | Meole Brace | V | Wrockwardine Wood | 3 | 189 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 7 | 232 | 9 | Ifton | V | Bylet | 5 | 199 | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Won | Agg | Pts | Home Team | Premier | Away Team | Pts | Agg | Won | H | A | CH | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 234 | 10 | Bowring | V | Newport | 4 | 206 | 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 7 | 218 | 9 | St George’s | V | Ifton | 5 | 188 | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 2 | 164 | 2 | Bylet | V | Meole Brace | 12 | 233 | 10 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 8 | 231 | 10 | Sir J Bayley | V | Chester Road | 4 | 199 | 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 8 | 228 | 10 | Burway | V | Wem U S C | 4 | 177 | 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 5 | 198 | 7 | Archibald Worthington | V | Wrockwardine Wood | 7 | 196 | 7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 7 | 205 | 9 | Castlefields | V | Hadley U S C | 5 | 204 | 5 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Won | Agg | Pts | Home Team | Premier | Away Team | Pts | Agg | Won | H | A | CH | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 213 | 5 | Chester Road | V | Castlefields | 9 | 218 | 7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 7 | 227 | 9 | Ifton | V | Burway | 5 | 210 | 5 | ✓ | |||
| 9 | 247 | 11 | Wem U S C | V | Archibald Worthington | 3 | 191 | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 6 | 229 | 8 | Wrockwardine Wood | V | Sir J Bayley | 6 | 223 | 6 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 5 | 202 | 5 | Hadley U S C | V | St George’s | 9 | 227 | 7 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 7 | 227 | 9 | Meole Brace | V | Bowring | 5 | 186 | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |