{"id":4634,"date":"2015-09-19T23:14:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T23:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=4634"},"modified":"2016-10-04T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T01:00:50","slug":"playoff-review-pictures-and-next-fixture-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=4634","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Review, Pictures and Next Fixture Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hanwood edge home<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hanwood beat Hanmer in the first pre-playoff game last night on St Georges bottom green to take the first step towards a place in the Flowfit Shropshire Premier League next season. It was a close game throughout and I am grateful that winning joint captain Mark Shore has given me a report of the games last night.<\/p>\n

“Hanmer’s Graham Bennett bowled superbly against recent Waterloo Champion Greg Smith with lead bowls that were very close most ends and won 12, but Wayne Phillips bowled excellently for us against Joey Williams to banish the ghosts of last years playoffs winning 12. Mark Parsons produced the game of his season with some intense bowling against Hanmer’s Mike Gilpin winning 13. Also Tony Hotchkiss proved his class against a very good Lee Peate, winning 12 from about 10 across to give Hanwood a lead of 17.<\/p>\n

In the middle four and the atmosphere was electric! Hanwood’s Phil Lyttle went out of the blocks like a Whippet producing some great bowls and led game at 20-10 where he\u00a0put second bowl on top of jack, but his opponent Gaz Jones dispatched that and then ground out 6 more chalks.\u00a0Dave Burton went from 3-0 down to lead 10-4 and also led 20-10 before some tidy bowling from Hanmer’s Marcus Hughes got him back to 17.\u00a0Russ Wellings had a cracking game against Jack Butler that was nip and tuck all the way through with\u00a0Russ producing some great bowls for Hanwood and got out 20.\u00a0Carl Bowers played with his old wooden bowls for the first time in years and it nearly paid of for him but a battling performance got him to 18 against Hanmer’s Robin Bennett.<\/p>\n

Into the back and with Hanwood 23 up Hanmer made a spirited and noisy last ditch attempt at salvaging the game. Young Andy Armstrong against my fellow joint captain Ash Wellings played very well and stood out for Hanmer in the back winning 11. Dave Ellison bowled tight to lead me 20-10 being last game on the green. I played up and caught the jack for one and scrambled to 15. Although the game had been won at this point the aggregate was in our mind for the round robin.\u00a0Danny Wornell played superb and brought the win home for Hanwood winning 11 against Martin Jones.\u00a0Phil Price bravely battled but his opponent, Dan Hughes, also bowled very well to win 11.<\/p>\n

The game was played in a high spirited and good natured atmosphere with much mutual respect from both teams after the game.\u00a0Thanks to John Coxill and Mike Potter for officiating.”<\/p>\n

The next game in the playoffs will now be Hanwood v Donnington Wood on Wednesday 30th September at Archibald Worthington Premier Green. This of course depends on if Donnington can get the 7 points needed at home to Bridgnorth, which given their home form they should do comfortably.<\/p>\n

If Hanwood win they will face Archibald Worthington at a Telford venue on Friday 2nd October. If Donnington Wood win then they will play Hanmer on Thursday 1st October at a Shrewsbury venue, which if they win they will then face Archie at a Shrewsbury venue on Friday 2nd October. If Hanmer won and topped the group on aggregate by beating Donnington by enough they would then face Archibald Worthington on Friday 2nd October in North Shropshire.<\/p>\n

Full scores:<\/p>\n

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Hanmer Team:<\/p>\n

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Back from left: Jack Butler, , , Dan Hughes, , Mike Gilpin, & .<\/p>\n

Front from left: Dave Ellison, , Lee Peate, , , , .<\/p>\n

Hanwood Team:<\/p>\n

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Back from left: Dave Payne, Mark Shore (joint captain), Tony Hotchkiss, Dave Burton, Danny Wornell, Mark Parsons (joint captain), Wayne Phillips, Phil Talbot & Phil Price.<\/p>\n

Front from left: Rhys Marshall, Kian Parsons, Greg Smith, Ash Wellings (joint captain), Russ Wellings, Phil Lyttle & Carl Bowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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