Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
Team: Newport
2018 Captain: Sam Millward
2018 Aim: Regain our home form and improve on our points tally from last year
2018 Position: 2nd
2018 Points: 230
2o17 Position: 3rd
2017 Points: 207
2018 Home Wins: 13
2018 Away Wins: 4
Best Result: 13-3 (+32) vs. Bowring (A)
Worst Result: 3-11 (-46) vs. Burway
Alan Mayhew Trophy: Quarter Finals (lost to Sir John Bayley by 1)
Pool A: 1st round (lost to Wrockwardine Wood by 45)
Leading Player: Pete Farmer 23 wins (+187)
Comments:
It was a tale of two halves for Newport, who had a great 1st half, only losing 4 times, before struggling in the second half as they lost their lead at the top of the table, but managed to finish 23 points better off and a place higher in 2nd. They had a slow start before winning 12-4 at Chester Road and then got 7 winners at rivals Sir John Bayley. Two big home wins followed, along with another 12-4 away win this time at Hanmer, before beating Castlefields 10-4 and getting a great 6 at Wrockwardine Wood. Another away win followed at Wem USC 11-5, but the next game stopped their momentum and turned their season around, 3 winners at Burway on a Wednesday night, with some key players missing from the side. They only beat them 9-5 too in the return fixture, before struggling away from home as they lost their lead at the top of the table. Despite getting a good 5 at Castlefields, they were still too far behind, and despite their best result of the season at Bowring, where they won 13-3, it was only good enough to hold on for second place.
2018 Stats:
Results:
| Date | H/A | Opponent | For | Against | Won | Lost | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 6th Apr | A | Meole Brace | 201 | 214 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Fri 13th Apr | H | St Georges | 223 | 202 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Fri 20th Apr | A | Chester Road | 208 | 190 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Fri 27th Apr | H | Bylet | 240 | 149 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Fri 4th May | A | Sir J Bayley | 206 | 212 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Fri 11th May | H | Hanwood | 239 | 174 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Fri 18th May | H | Ifton | 237 | 175 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Fri 25th May | A | Hanmer | 226 | 187 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Fri 1st Jun | H | Castlefields | 236 | 207 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Fri 8th Jun | A | Wrockwardine Wood | 196 | 225 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Fri 15th Jun | H | Bowring | 239 | 170 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Fri 22nd Jun | A | Wem U S C | 218 | 201 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Wed 27th Jun | A | Burway | 185 | 231 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Fri 29th Jun | H | Burway | 229 | 209 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Fri 6th Jul | H | Meole Brace | 247 | 166 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Fri 13th Jul | A | St Georges | 190 | 219 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Fri 20th Jul | H | Chester Road | 212 | 165 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Fri 27th Jul | A | Bylet | 191 | 221 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Fri 3rd Aug | H | Sir J Bayley | 213 | 206 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Fri 10th Aug | A | Hanwood | 186 | 231 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Fri 17th Aug | A | Ifton | 214 | 223 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Fri 24th Aug | H | Hanmer | 232 | 170 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Fri 31st Aug | A | Castlefields | 190 | 205 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Fri 7th Sep | H | Wrockwardine Wood | 216 | 184 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Fri 14th Sep | A | Bowring | 237 | 205 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| Fri 21st Sep | H | Wem U S C | 245 | 174 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Played 26 | 5656 | 5115 | 188 | 124 | 230 |
Team Averages:
| Position | Team Player |
Games | Aggregate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Division | Play | Won | Lost | % Won | For | Against | Agg | Cons Wins |
|
| 1 | 1 | Peter Farmer | 26 | 23 | 3 | 88 | 529 | 342 | +187 | 17 |
| 2 | 4 | Russell Pegram | 26 | 22 | 4 | 85 | 528 | 379 | +149 | 12 |
| 3 | 12 | Sam Millward | 25 | 18 | 7 | 72 | 491 | 366 | +125 | 3 |
| 4 | 38 | Philip Emery | 23 | 15 | 8 | 65 | 424 | 342 | +82 | 8 |
| 5 | 39 | Peter Cookson | 21 | 15 | 6 | 71 | 401 | 321 | +80 | 7 |
| 6 | 47 | Dave Rhodes | 24 | 15 | 9 | 63 | 433 | 396 | +37 | 3 |
| 7 | 56 | Paul Reeves | 25 | 14 | 11 | 56 | 447 | 427 | +20 | 5 |
| 8 | 62 | Dale Rudrum | 22 | 13 | 9 | 59 | 391 | 357 | +34 | 4 |
| 9 | 87 | Kevin Keary | 18 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 330 | 320 | +10 | 6 |
| 10 | 88 | Tom Langford | 23 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 396 | 388 | +8 | 3 |
| 11 | 136 | Mark Selley | 21 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 336 | 393 | -57 | 2 |
| 12 | 149 | Mick Jones | 20 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 321 | 383 | -62 | 3 |
| 13 | 178 | Matt Fellows | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 104 | 76 | +28 | 1 |
| 14 | 193 | John Roberts jnr | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 141 | 148 | -7 | 1 |
| 15 | 196 | Ian Whittington | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 102 | 134 | -32 | 1 |
| 16 | 202 | Phil Clinton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 1 |
| 17 | 210 | Alan Davidson | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 131 | 155 | -24 | 1 |
| 18 | 218 | Stephen Handley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 1 |
| 19 | 229 | Simon Trotman | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 59 | 81 | -22 | 1 |
| 20 | 264 | Colin Stanley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 0 |
| 21 | 275 | Russell Millward | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 42 | -21 | 0 |