Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
The final pre-playoff takes place tonight with a winner takes all situation between Bridgewater and Hadley USC at Battlefield. Both teams have beaten Ludlow Castle with differing stories, Hadley were well up before scrambling over the line while Bridgewater came from behind to blow Ludlow’s middle four away and hold on at the back. Bridgewater have gone for the same exact order whilst Hadley have changed it up a bit. They have also brought in Staffordshire county player Simon Homer, who was unavailable on Monday, and he leads from the off at number 1. They also have moved fellow county player Jamie Wyer to the first four and put Nick Wyer and Phil King into the middle. The two back fours though are exactly the same order as the last two playoff games.
It promises to be plenty of tension tonight as both teams give it their all to be able to play Wem USC tomorrow night at either Meole Brace or Hanmer. The game starts at 7 and entry with a programme is £1.
The draw is below:
| Bridgewater (Blue) | Hadley USC (Red) | |
| 1 | Stuart Bailey | Simon Homer |
| 2 | Dave Gourlay | Dave Price |
| 3 | Greg Fordham | Jamie Wyer |
| 4 | Tim Stokes | John Newey |
| 5 | Matt Blackhurst | Nick Wyer |
| 6 | Stuart Hodges | Phil King |
| 7 | Tommy Cooper | Ash Gregory |
| 8 | Julian Willis | Jim Fletcher |
| 9 | Chris Pearce | Ray Gregory |
| 10 | Steve Plant | Steve Homer |
| 11 | Phil Elson | Nick Mullinder |
| 12 | Adrian Smout | John Potter |
| Reserves: | Total | |
| Ian Price, Andrew Pearce | Adrian Smith |