Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
Team: Meole Brace
2016 Captain: Mark Thomas
2016 Aim: Improve on last season
2015 Position: 2nd
2015 Points: 206
2o16 Position: 6th
2016 Points: 195
2016 Home Wins: 12
2016 Away Wins: 3
Best Result: 13-1 (+94) vs. Hadley USC (H)
Worse Result: 1-13 (-80) vs. Castlefields (A)
Black Tech Ltd Alan Mayhew Trophy: Winners (beat Castlefields by 18)
BowlsTrader Pool B: Runners-up (Chester Road won by 4)
Leading Player: Colin Beaman 20 +157
Most MVPs: Colin Beaman & Darren Wellings 4
Comments:
Meole Brace slipped down to 6th after finishing runners-up the last four seasons but managed to win their first trophy in the Flowfit Shropshire Premier Bowling League by winning the Black Tech Ltd Alan Mayhew Trophy by beating rivals Castlefields by 18 in the final. They beat holders Newport first round home and away, then Burway and Chester Road to reach the final. After a close first eight it was Meole who pulled away thanks to Andy Wigginton’s big win and Mark Thomas fighting back from well down. They nearly made it a double in the final of the BowlsTrader Pool A, but they lost by 4 to Chester Road. They had beaten Hanwood and St Georges in the two rounds previous.
In the league and they never really got going, although their change of home green did bring some big home wins, 13-1 over Hadley USC and a couple of 12-2s. Despite winning 3 away from home, the only team to win at Hanwood and Burway, a couple of bad results, 1 at Castlefields and 2 at St Georges, meant they couldn’t improve on last season. A shock 9-5 home loss to Burway last game of the season caused them to drop below arch rivals Hanwood in the league and their lowest position since 2008.
2016 Stats:
Team Averages:
| Position | Team Player |
Games | Aggregate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Division | Play | Won | Lost | % Won | For | Against | Agg | Cons Wins |
|
| 1 | 4 | Colin Beaman | 24 | 20 | 4 | 83 | 476 | 319 | +157 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 | Darren Wellings | 25 | 18 | 7 | 72 | 475 | 394 | +81 | 5 |
| 3 | 24 | Adrian Rowe | 23 | 16 | 7 | 70 | 436 | 340 | +96 | 11 |
| 4 | 36 | Will Tarrell | 26 | 15 | 11 | 58 | 498 | 401 | +97 | 7 |
| 5 | 57 | Peter Bound | 24 | 14 | 10 | 58 | 438 | 407 | +31 | 3 |
| 6 | 64 | Andy Wigginton | 26 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 471 | 457 | +14 | 6 |
| 7 | 68 | Nigel Bound | 23 | 13 | 10 | 57 | 443 | 393 | +50 | 4 |
| 8 | 79 | Doug Edwards | 26 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 405 | 453 | -48 | 5 |
| 9 | 83 | Craig Wilson | 23 | 12 | 11 | 52 | 405 | 398 | +7 | 5 |
| 10 | 90 | Julian Cooke | 23 | 12 | 11 | 52 | 382 | 400 | -18 | 2 |
| 11 | 157 | Dave Redge | 23 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 331 | 428 | -97 | 2 |
| 12 | 175 | Mark Thomas | 21 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 330 | 409 | -79 | 1 |
| 13 | 198 | John Nash | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 93 | 120 | -27 | 2 |
| 14 | 199 | Scott Moseley | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 145 | 181 | -36 | 2 |
| 15 | 222 | Martin Middleton | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 103 | 135 | -32 | 1 |
| 16 | 258 | Bill Tarrell | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35.0 | 63.0 | -28 | 0 |
| Date | H/A | Opponent | For | Against | Won | Lost | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 8th Apr | H | Sir J Bayley | 214 | 187 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Fri 15th Apr | A | Hadley U S C | 208 | 200 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Thu 21st Apr | H | Ifton | 219 | 199 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Wed 27th Apr | A | Newport | 191 | 214 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Fri 29th Apr | H | Bylet | 237 | 186 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Fri 6th May | A | St Georges | 159 | 232 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Fri 13th May | H | Wrockwardine Wood | 239 | 177 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Fri 20th May | A | Hanwood | 222 | 218 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Fri 3rd Jun | A | Chester Road | 182 | 225 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Wed 8th Jun | H | Wem U S C | 210 | 195 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Fri 10th Jun | H | Castlefields | 216 | 185 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Fri 17th Jun | A | Burway | 219 | 208 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Fri 24th Jun | H | Bowring | 223 | 194 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Wed 29th Jun | A | Bowring | 216 | 216 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Fri 1st Jul | H | Newport | 232 | 177 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Fri 8th Jul | A | Sir J Bayley | 169 | 221 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Fri 15th Jul | H | Hadley U S C | 245 | 151 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| Fri 22nd Jul | A | Ifton | 195 | 233 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Fri 29th Jul | A | Bylet | 202 | 221 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Fri 5th Aug | H | St Georges | 232 | 172 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Fri 12th Aug | A | Wrockwardine Wood | 212 | 219 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Fri 19th Aug | H | Hanwood | 233 | 183 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Fri 26th Aug | A | Wem U S C | 189 | 239 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Fri 2nd Sep | H | Chester Road | 235 | 177 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Fri 9th Sep | A | Castlefields | 169 | 249 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Fri 16th Sep | H | Burway | 198 | 220 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Played 26 | 5466 | 5298 | 164 | 148 | 195 |