2022 Prize Presentation

The presentation of prizes for the 2022 season were made at Bylet BC following the Charity Shield and Consolation finals on Wednesday 5th October. Details are here.

League Meetings

The league's 2023 AGM will be held on Thursday 16th February at 1.30pm, at Sinclair.

As agreed at this year's AGM, there will be no pre-AGM meeting in November so it's important that any proposals for league or competition rule changes and nominations for posts on the committee are sent to League Secretary John Ford as soon as possible.

Individual Merit Finals

Congratulations to Ian Evans of Madeley CC on winning the Individual Merit at Trench with a narrow 21-20 victory over Graham Turner of St Georges. Full details here.

Finals Day - Change of Venue

Please note that the league's finals day and presentation of prizes on Wednesday 5th October has been moved from Allscott to Bylet.

The team finals will start at 1.30pm and dress code will apply with no exceptions:

Huntsman of Little Wenlock Charity Shield

Wrockwardine Wood (+12) v Sir John Bayley B (Scr) on the No.1 green.

Charity Shield Consolation

Allscott B (+24) v Newport B (+36) on the No.2 green.

All Trophies (League Winners, Runners-Up, Third place prize money and average winners) will be presented on the same afternoon, hopefully starting at approximately 3.30pm. Representatives from Clubs with Trophies will be expected to attend.

Charity Shield Consolation Semi-Finals

Allscott B and Newport B have progressed to the final of the Charity Shield Consolation. Allscott at the expense of Chelmarsh while Newport defeated Bridgnorth D. Both games were played at Bylet on Thursday 8th September.

Full results can be found here.

The final will be played along with the Charity Shield final at Bylet No.2 on Wednesday 5th October.

Dixon Cup

The annual challenge match against the Shrewsbury Seniors League will be played at Old Shrewsbury Bowling Club on Monday 5th September, 1pm start.

Team selected as follows:

N. Harvey SJB

A. James  Bridgnorth

P. Burd   Horsehay

V. Cruise.  SJB

J. Lister.   White Horse

I. Evans.   Madeley

P. Spragg.   Sinclair

R. Renke.   Bylet

A. Paine.    Highley

S. Parton.   Bowring

K. Carter.    Broseley

G. Kitchen.   Mortimer

Reserves:   

B. Titley.   Newport

J. Lawrence.   Donn. Wood

R. Oliver.    St. George’s

Change of Cup Venue

Please note that the venue for the Charity Shield quarter final between Horsehay A and SJB A has been changed to Maddocks.

Charity Shield Consolation - First Round

First round ties in the Charity Shield Consolation will be played on Thursday July 28th. Details are on the results service.

Full draw:

Newport D (+36) v Allscott A (+12)
Allscott B (+24) v SJB C (+36)
Donnington B (+24) v Newport C (+12)
Chelmarsh (+24) v Shifnal A (+12)
SJB D (+36) v Highley B (+24)
Worfield A (+24) v Bridgnorth D (+36)
Newport B (+36) v Madeley C (+24)
St Georges C (+24) v Highley A (Scr)

Competitions Reminder

A reminder that qualifying for both the Individual Merit and Doubles takes place in the next few weeks...

• Individual Merit: entries by 13th July, qualifying on 21st July at Shifnal, finals on 18th August.

• Doubles: entries by 27th July, qualifying on 4th August, finals on 1st September.

Entries which are free should be sent to Rob Renke, Competitions Secretary. Mobile: 07712645805 or email: compsec@midshropseniorbowls.co.uk

Charity Shield Last 16

Ties in the last 16 of the Charity Shield will be played on Thursday July 7th. The draw is as follows:
Worfield B (+36) v Horsehay A (Scr)
St Georges A (Scr) v SJB A (Scr)  (SJB A +12)
Maddocks A (+12) v Wrock Wood A (+12)  (Wrock Wood +12)
St Georges B (+12) v Bridgnorth C (+36)
SJB B (Scr) v Bylet A (Scr) (Bylet +12)
Charlton (+12) v Bridgnorth A (Scr)
Bridgnorth B (+12) v Madeley A (Scr)
White Horse (Scr) v Much Wenlock (+12)

Reminder About Player Registrations 

Clubs are reminded that as from 8th June any new players must be registered seven days before they are eligible to play in the league.

Nigel Booth Fixture Secretary

Charity Shield Preliminary Round Draw

The draw has been made for the preliminary round of the Charity Shield and entered onto the Results Service. Ties will be played on Thursday 12th May, 1.30pm start. Teams who lose their first match either in the Preliminary or First Rounds will be entered into the Consolation. Please note that should any team withdraw without playing a match, they will not be entered.

The other 20 teams that have entered have a bye to round one which will be played on Thursday 9th June. 

Matches will be played on the greens of the first team drawn. Handicaps will apply: Division 1 Scratch, Division 2 +12, Division 3 +24 & Division 4 +36. Any teams drawn together from the same division, the away team will be +12.

1. Bylet C (+36) v Madeley C (+24)

2. Worfield B (+36) v Allscott B (+24)

3. Horsehay A (Scr) v Chelmarsh (+24)

4. Bye v Shifnal B (+24)

5. Newport B (+36) v Donnington Wood A (+24)

6. St Georges A (Scr) v Highley B (+24)

7. Albrighton A (+12) v Worfield A (+24)

8. Madeley B (+24) v SJB A (Scr)

9. Maddocks (+12) v Mortimer (Scr)

10. Sinclair (Scr) v St Georges C (+24)

11. Edgmond (+24) v Newport C (+12)

12. Wrockwardine Wood A (+12) v Highley A (Scr)

Charity Shield/Consolation - Final Reminder

Competition Secretary Rob Renke wishes to remind clubs that all teams will be automatically entered into the Charity Shield Competition unless he hears otherwise by Thursday 28th April.

Ken Pritchard and Malcolm Bolas

League officers are saddened to hear of the death of two Sinclair bowlers, Ken Pritchard and Malcolm Bolas and wish to send condolences to their families and Sinclair club.

Outcome from the AGM

• Both propositions for rule changes were agreed: reduction in qualifying age from 65 to 60 and an increase to £10 for each team's entry to the Charity Shield. The League and Competition Rules pages on this site have been updated accordingly.

• League officers were reelected en bloc with the exception of Tony Roche accepting the post of County Representative replacing Ron Adams who had stood down due to ill health.

• Clubs were reminded that the cutoff date for entering teams in the league for the 2022 season will be Tuesday 8th March. A committee meeting will be held on 9th March to determine the league structure.

• League Chairman Brian Williams announced his intention to stand down at the 2023 AGM and appealed for younger members to come forward to take on key roles.

• League Competition dates have been decided, details are on the Competitions Calendar page.

Richard Chesters

Richard passed away peacefully on Tuesday 15th February. He was a stalwart of Edgmond Bowling Club and will be greatly missed. 

League officers send their condolences to Richard's family and Edgmond club.

League AGM - Update

At a committee meeting today, it was decided to bring the time of the AGM forward from 1.30pm to 12.00pm due to Ron Wilde's funeral being held later in the afternoon.

The committee would also appreciate the return of the following trophies at the AGM:

• Division 2 Winners - Bylet B

• Division 2 Runners up - Horsehay A

• Division 3 Runners up - Bowring B

• Division 4 Winners - St Georges C

• Division 4 Runners up - Broseley B

• Division 2 Cup Winners - Bylet B

• Division 2 Cup Runners up - Madeley A

• Division 3 Averages - John Harris Bowring B

• Division 4 Averages - Tony Gough Broseley B

It was also decided that the cutoff date for clubs to finalise the number of teams they would be entering in the league this season will be Tuesday 8th March. 

Sad News

League officers and committee are saddened to hear of the deaths of Brian Neville (Wrockwardine Wood) and Ron Wilde (Madeley Cricket Club) and wish to send their condolences.