Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League
Below is a Summary of the League, Team and Individual Competitions ran over the course of the Shropshire Premier Bowling League. Please click the headers for each one to see more history about them.
League
The League was created in 1994 with 12 teams that were invited in by the league officials. All but Castlefields accepted their invitation, with Archibald Worthington taking their place. Battlefield won the inaugural league by 8 points to Chester Road. Castlefields entered the league the year after bringing the number up to 13, and then won the league four times in a row until St Georges ended that sequence in 1999 and then won the league a further two years after Castlefields won a league treble in 2000, adding the Pool A and Alan Mayhew Trophy to the league title. A new name in Chester Road then came in and won the league three years on the trot, before St Georges returned in 2006 and 2007 to win the league again, the latter as part of the league treble. Castlefields returned to form to win the league another 3 times before a new force in Newport came to the fore and dominated the league, winning the league 5 times. Sir John Bayley recorded their first triumph in 2016. Since then they have won it thrice more, as well as Castlefields winning it twice. Wrockwardine Wood shocked the league in 2022 by winning the league with numerous records.
Andy Moss has won the League Averages the most, doing it four times, in 2004, consecutively in 2010 and 2011, and in 2016 when he won a record 19 games in a single season. Peter Farmer has won the Most Consecutive Wins award a record four times in 2002, 2008, 2012 and 2013.
Team Competitions
There are two team competitions ran in the league, the 6 home and 6 away Alan Mayhew Trophy, and the 8 a side end of season Pool A and B, the former for the top 6 and the latter the bottom 8. The record winners of the Alan Mayhew are Castlefields winning it 9 times, with St Georges in second on 6 wins. Other teams to have won it include Donnington Wood Newport and Sir John Bayley twice, Chester Road, Hanwood, Ifton and inaugural winners Wem USC also having their name on the trophy. The Pool A and B was 12 a side for three years, then 4 a side for a year and now it is 8 a side. Castlefields have won the Pool A on 6 occasions, while in Pool B, Ifton have won it 5 times and Burway 4 years.
Individual Competitions
There is an Individual Merit ran since 1994, donated by former President John Coxill, and a Pairs competition, donated by another former President Mike Hinton, from 2004. Peter Farmer has won the Merit on 6 occasions, with Stuart Rutter & Dan Taylor winning the Pairs twice in a row.