The Flowfit Shropshire Premier Bowling League today made history by winning the Shropshire Inter League for the first time. We breezed through the group with 3 wins out of 3 but then had to come through a thriller against the Market Drayton League by just 5 chalks in the Semi Finals before beating the Ludlow League in the final by 36.<\/p>\n
Game 1 vs. Shropshire Ladies (won by 34)<\/p>\n
We played the Shropshire Ladies team first today and had 7 winners to win by 34 overall. Darren Wellings led us off well winning 13 from 11-7 down and then Sam Millward 13. Wayne Phillips recovered from 15-10 down to win 19 and Stuart Rutter winning 14 from 13 across sealed the win. Dave Lloyd ran out from 19-14 down and Tom Roden won 13 last on to seal a comfortable win.<\/p>\n
Scores:<\/p>\n
Darren Wellings 21-13 Sally Clee
\nColin Beaman 21-17 Clair Barker
\nSam Millward 21-13 Louise Cotton
\nWayne Phillips 21-19 Jodie Rutter
\nStuart Rutter 21-14 Karen Bennett
\nGeorge Williams 16-21 Cheryl Caswell
\nDave Lloyd 21-19 Ange Gaut
\nTom Roden 21-13 Holly Bishton
\nPremier League 163-129 Shropshire Ladies<\/p>\n
Game 2 vs. Mid Shropshire 2 (won by 13)<\/p>\n
We played the Mid-Shropshire team next consisting mostly of Premier League Players and beat them by 13. Darren Wellings gave us a great start winning 7 and Colin Beaman won 12 from 9-4 down to give us a lead of 23. But Jamie King was superb in beating Wayne Phillips 8 to put them back in the game but Dave Lloyd ran out from 16-15 down. Stuart Rutter then won 18 to extend the lead to 18 and after Sam Millward won 13 it was all over despite the two last losers.<\/p>\n
Scores:
\nColin Beaman 21-12 Matt Rhodes
\nDarren Wellings 21-7 Dave Brown
\nDave Lloyd 21-16 Chris Worthington
\nWayne Phillips 8-21 Jamie King
\nStuart Rutter 21-18 Ian Gaut
\nSam Millward 21-13 Martin Williams
\nRob Roden 11-21 Martin Gaut
\nTom Roden 18-21 Jamie Fletcher
\nPremier League 142-129 Mid-Shropshire 2<\/p>\n
Game 3 vs. Whitchurch League (won by 36)<\/p>\n
We played a winner takes all game with the Whitchurch League, who had also won 2 out of 2, but knew a narrow loss might also put us through as best runner up. But we went for the win and Darren Wellings gave us a great start winning 12 but we were only 1 up after 3 before George Williams won 12, Sam Millward 14 and Rob Roden 11 to win us the game before Tom Roden’s 8 win gave us a big aggregate victory, which ultimately meant the Whitchurch League didn’t go through as best runners up, which was a massive boost to us because they would have been dangerous on the Wem USC green. <\/p>\n
Scores:
\nDarren Wellings 21-12 Clay Flattley
\nColin Beaman 19-21 Neil Boxall
\nStuart Rutter 15-21 Martin Lloyd
\nGeorge Williams 21-12 Colin Smith
\nSam Millward 21-14 Carl Hinton
\nRob Roden 21-11 Ian McDonald
\nTom Roden 21-8 Derek Wright
\nDave Lloyd 17-21 Adrian Smout
\nPremier League 156-120 Whitchurch <\/p>\n
Semi Final vs. Market Drayton (won by 5)<\/p>\n
We were drawn against the Market Drayton League in the Semi Finals and knew they would be strong given they had beaten the holders the Wem League in the groups. We struggled to adapt to a heavy Wem USC green with Darren Wellings and Dave Lloyd both 15-9 down. But both battled back well with Darren winning 19 and Dave getting 17 and with Colin Beaman winning 12 we had a 7 shot lead. Sam Millward also struggled with the pace but battled back to 17 but Stuart Rutter won 16 to put us 8 up. With the last three on it didn’t look to good, with Tom Roden 15-7 down and Rob Roden 12-8 down with George Williams only 11 across. But Rob raised his game to eventually win 20, and with Tom and George both having a good run, Tom back to 18-14 down and George 17-13 up it meant we needed just 2 to win the game. But Tom didn’t score again so it was left to George, and when his opponent got back to lead 18-17 it didn’t look to promising. But George beat a 2 foot lead down the edge and then put one on the block next end second bowl to get to 20 and win us the game before getting out 18 next game to win us the game by 5.<\/p>\n
Scores:
\nDarren Wellings 21-19 Chris Stretch
\nColin Beaman 21-12 Jamie Brookes
\nDave Lloyd 17-21 Connor Whitehall
\nSam Millward 17-21 Cedric Bancroft
\nStuart Rutter 21-16 Matt Beeston
\nRob Roden 21-20 Gary Whitehall
\nGeorge Williams 21-18 Matt Blackhurst
\nTom Roden 14-21 Ian Atherton
\nPremier League 153-148 Market Drayton<\/p>\n
Final vs. Ludlow League (won by 35)<\/p>\n
Into the final and we played the Ludlow League who were made up of all but one of Burway’s Premier League side. Wayne Rogers beat Stuart Rutter 14 at number 1 but it was one way traffic for the rest of the first four as Colin Beaman won 13, Dave Lloyd 15 and Darren Wellings 18 to give us a 10 shot lead. Into the back four and Sam Millward played two marks exceptionally well to win 8 and the man of the match award and with George Williams winning 12 on his mark we had won the trophy! Tom Roden won 15 and Rob Roden got 18 to seal a 35 shot win overall and allow non-playing captain Rob Burroughs to receive the trophy from Mike Caddick for the first time ever!<\/p>\n
Scores:
\nStuart Rutter 14-21 Wayne Rogers
\nDarren Wellings 21-18 Adam Dovey
\nColin Beaman 21-13 Nick Lewis
\nDave Lloyd 21-15 Len Lewis
\nGeorge Williams 21-12 Steve Burmingham
\nSam Millward 21-8 Chris Dovey
\nRob Roden 18-21 Kev Dovey
\nTom Roden 21-15 Jolyon Partridge
\nPremier League 158-123 Ludlow League <\/p>\n
On behalf of the Flowfit Shropshire Premier Bowling League I would like to thank non-playing captain Rob Burroughs and the players for bringing the trophy home for the first time and proving we are the best league in the county, as well as those supporters who came to watch. Would also like to thank the Wem League and especially Liz Taylor for running the competition so well and efficiently, as well as Deputy President Mike Caddick and referee Mike Potter and to Wem Sports and Wem USC for hosting us so well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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