Team 8: Battlefield

Battlefield were the inaugural winners of the Shropshire Premier League back in 1994 with Terry Gray being the star winning his first 18 matches, his run ended by Roy Bradburn on Donnington Wood. However he failed to win the League Averages, beaten on aggregate by Alan Jones of Hadley USC, and because of this, the Most Consecutive Wins Award was brought in. Colin Beaman won this is 2001 whilst at Battlefield.

They finished runners up in the Alan Mayhew in 1996 and 1998 losing to Wem USC and Castlefields respectively, as well as losing to Craven Arms in the 8 a side 2002 Pool B Final.

Battlefield never lived up to their success of the first year and despite a series of top 5 finishes they finished bottom in 2003 and were comfortably beaten by Mid-Shropshire Champions Newport on British Sugar (now Allscott) by 27.

They now ply their trade in Division One of the Tanners Shropshire Bowling League.

Team History 1994-2003

League Competitions
Year Pos. Points Year Alan Mayhew Pool A/B
1994 1st 186 1994
1995 5th 173 1995
1996 5th 183 1996 R/U
1997 5th 178 1997
1998 6th 169 1998 R/U
1999 5th 196 1999
2000 6th 194 2000
2001 12th 161 2001 B 1st
2002 8th 188 2002 B R/U
2003 14th 126 2003 1st B 1st

 

2003

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Team 9 failed to reach the Pool B final for the first time this year.

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