Pool A/B

The Pool A/B (or Premiership competition) is an 8 a side event played for the Pool A shield and the Pool B shield, with the top 8 in the Pool A and bottom 6 in the Pool B.

The 2025 Presentation Evening will take place at Sir John Bayley on Friday 9th October.

The Pool A&B Finals will take place at 7 p.m. followed by a buffet and Presentation afterwards.

The other round dates are as follows:

1st round – Wednesday 23rd September

Pool A

1	Bye			Castlefields
2	Wrockwardine Wood	162	116	Woore	At	Newport No.1
3	Bye			Sir J Bayley
4	Highley			Bye

Pool B:

1	Bye			Meole Brace
2	Bylet	155	146	Adderley	At	Newport No.2
3	Burway	143	138	Hanmer	At	Wrockwardine Wood New Green
4	Wem U S C	142	142	St Georges	At	Meole Brace No 1

Semi Finals – Wednesday 30th September

Pool A

1	Sir J Bayley	Wrockwardine Wood	At	Bowring No.1 Hump
2	Castlefields	Highley	At	Wrockwardine Wood Old

Pool B:

1	Meole Brace	Bylet	At	Wrockwardine Wood New Green
2	Burway	Wem U S C	At	Meole Brace No 1

Pool A:

Wrockwardine Wood won comfortably by 46 on Woore despite just 5 of the 8 winners. Aaron King was best winner 7 with Martin Lloyd, Ian Howell and Dan Hazeldine all winning 19 for Woore.

No	Wrockwardine Wood	Score	Score	Woore
1	Aaron King	21	7	Kier Glover
2	Will Childs	21	9	Jenny Rogers
3	Clay Flattley	21	11	Paul Phillips
4	Josh Cotton	21	12	Carl Hinton
5	Rob Roden	21	14	Ben Hinton
6	Chris Grocott	19	21	Martin Lloyd
7	Thomas Killen	19	21	Ian Howell
8	Martin Williams	19	21	Dan Hazeldine
	Games	5	3	Games
	Aggregate	162	116	Aggregate

Pool B:

St Georges and Wem USC drew at Meole Brace but won on second best winner. Both had a best winner of 9, Dan Corbett for St Georges and Sarah Weaver for Wem, but it was Ian Metcalfe’s second best win of 12 that sealed it for Wem.

No	St Georges	Score	Score	Wem U S C
1	Nigel Evans	21	13	Colin Smith
2	Martin Gaut	17	21	Scott Thomas
3	John Cooke	12	21	Ian Metcalfe
4	Daniel Corbett	21	9	Darren Fitzpatrick
5	Matthew Rhodes	9	21	Sarah Weaver
6	Lee Bowden	21	17	Curtis Metcalfe
7	Chris Ward	21	19	Phil Jones
8	Gordon Hawkins	20	21	Tim Jordan
	Games	4	4	Games
	Aggregate	142	142	Aggregate

Bylet ended Adderley’s 3 year winning run to end their unbeaten run in the Pool B. They won by 9 on Newport, Rich Morris best winner 12. Best for the holders was Ed Proudlove 16.

No	Bylet	Score	Score	Adderley
1	Cheryl Caswell	21	14	Jon Lea
2	Chris Hayward	20	21	Garry Owen
3	Rob Renke	21	19	Kevin Rafferty
4	Martin Beddow	16	21	Edward Proudlove
5	John Newey	18	21	Philip Jones
6	Lisa Wilson	21	17	Gary Whitehall
7	Tim Ealey	17	21	Connor Whitehall
8	Richard Morris	21	12	Jake Bailey
	Games	4	4	Games
	Aggregate	155	146	Aggregate

Burway defeated Hanmer by just 5 at Wrockwardine Wood. Ben Allen was their best winner 6, with Ian Formstone best winner 12 for Hanmer.

No	Hanmer	Score	Score	Burway
1	Lee Peate	6	21	Ben Allen
2	Dave Ellison	15	21	Paul Williams
3	Jacob Jones	14	21	Dave Wilding
4	Ian Formstone	21	12	Harry Parsonage
5	Mel Jenkins	21	15	Lee Wilding
6	Mike Gilpin	19	21	Kiah Roberts
7	Anthony Harper	21	18	Richard Lane
8	Chris Probert	21	14	Liam Dovey
	Games	4	4	Games
	Aggregate	138	143	Aggregate

The rules are below.

1. The competition shall be confined to clubs affiliated to the SPBL.
2. The Pool A will be contested by the top 7 teams and the Pool B by the rest of the league. The team finishing 1^st in the league that season will receive the bye in the Pool A. The highest ranked team(s) in the Pool B will receive the bye(s) in that competition.
3. Any team who withdraw from the competition will be fined £50.
4. All games to be 21 up under B.C.G.B.A. rules and standard jacks to be used.
5. The number of players in each team shall be eight, who shall be registered in the league for that club, and the greens, which shall be neutral and preferably at a Premier League club, shall be selected by the Competition Secretary.
6. The final will be played at a Premier League club with two greens as determined by the Presentation Evening rota. The green for each final will be decided by a random draw before the final commences. If a team reaches the final at its own club, that team will play on the green they haven’t played on in that Premier League season. They will owe 2 and start without the jack.
7. Teams for the final shall be submitted at least 24 hours before the final starts to the Competition Secretary. If a team is not sent by the deadline then that club will receive a £25 fine.
8. The aggregate score shall decide the match. In the event of a tie on aggregate, the match shall be decided firstly by the most number of wins per team, secondly by the best winner and thirdly by each team’s best win in descending order.  If the game is still tied after these criteria, each captain will nominate one player to play a one off game, with the first player to 11 determining the overall winner.
9. Any club not sending its full compliment of players shall forfeit 21 points in each case.
10. All clubs on whose green a cup tie is played shall provide not less than four standard jacks and a tape measure (19 metre) as required by the B.C.G.B.A.
11. The result must be entered on the website in accordance with Match Rule 13 by the winning team.
12. Each team shall pay the host club £8 for green fees.
13. Any matters not provided for in the above rules, and not covered in our Match or Management Rules, shall be dealt with by the League Management Committee, whose decision shall be final.