Mid-Shropshire Senior Citizens

League Treasurer John Satterthwaite recently presented a cheque for £600 to Severn Hospice, being the amount raised by this year's Charity Shield competition.

Many thanks to all teams for their contributions.

21Dec24

Possible Over 60's Winter League at Allscott Heath

In light of the success of their evening winter league played on the all weather green, Allscott Heath are looking to see if there's any interest in forming an over 60's league to be played in the afternoons, starting in the new year.

Anyone interested should contact Chris Yates on 01952 770394 or email: chris@ercallmill.co.uk

6Dec24

League Officers Meeting 16th October

Outcomes from a meeting of the league officers were as follows:
The 2025 AGM will be held on Thursday 13th February at Sinclair (to be confirmed), 1.30pm start.
All current officers have agreed to continue.
Following some difficulties, clubs are reminded that they should ensure that their contact details on their club page on the results service are kept up to date. Details of any changes to club secretaries should be emailed to midshropseniorbowls@gmail.com.
Notice of team withdrawals and any new applications should be lodged with the secretary before the AGM. Please note that the current league format of four divisions each of fourteen teams doesn't allow any expansion. The only way to do so would be to add a fifth division and reduce the divisions to twelve teams. This reorganisation would necessarily mean that normal promotion/relegation would not be possible. Once the number of teams entered is known, the officers will put forward options to the AGM. We have received one application already and one other club was interested in entering another team at the start of this season.
Any propositions for rule changes should be emailed to the league secretary (midshropseniorbowls@gmail.com) as soon as possible and at the latest by 31st December. Propositions from the officers are as follows:
1. As very few teams fill out a result card any longer and there were a couple of disputes this season, amend League Rule 13 which currently reads: The home captain or representative to insert result of the match on the web site within 48 hours of match being played, all results cards must be checked by both captains as an agreed result and signed by both accordingly, any discrepancies arising from this result must be agreed and resolved at the end of the match.
  Change to read:
  (a) Home clubs shall ensure the result is entered on the website within 48 hours of the match being completed. The details should then be checked and any discrepancy notified to the Fixture Secretary by E-mail within 72 hours.
  (b) Clubs shall retain all the individual score cards for a further 5 days after a fixture.
  (c) Clubs must present individual score cards for verification within 5 days of being called for by the league or a league officer.
  (d) Where a dispute arises and individual score cards are not provided for verification, the complainant shall have their complaint upheld, with no right of appeal being given to the other team.
2. Delete rule 18 as we no longer hold a November meeting:
  18. All propositions for the AGM in (January) must be notified to the league secretary 21 days prior to the General Meeting in (November).
3. Competition rule 1 for the Individual Merit currently reads:
  1. All entries must be 60 or over and played in the league during the current season.
  Change to:
  1. All entries must be 60 or over and have played at least four games in the league during the current season.
4. New Competition rule 3 for the Individual Merit to read:
  3. Any player having entered and not turned up to play without notifying the competition secretary will be banned from entering the competition the following year.
5. Competition rule 1 for the Doubles currently reads:
  1.All entries must be 60 or over and played in the league during the current season.
  Change to:
  1.All entries must be 60 or over and have played at least four games in the league during the current season.
6. New Competition rule 3 for the Doubles to read:
  3. Any players having entered and not turned up to play without notifying the competition secretary will be banned from entering the competition the following year.

18Oct24

Charity Shield/Consolation & League Presentation

The finals of both competitions were played at Newport B.C. on Wednesday 2nd October. Many thanks to Newport for making their facilities available.

Wrockwardine Wood A pipped St Georges A by 2 chalks on the No.2 green to win the Charity Shield. Match card is here.

Division 2 champions Bowring A didn't need their +12 handicap in beating Bylet A in the Consolation final on the No.1 green. Match card here.

Team photos courtesy of Louise Cotton here.

Details of the prize presentation are here.

2Oct24

Charity Shield & Consolation Order of Play

Charity Shield Final - Newport No.2

St Georges A v Wrockwardine Wood A

Cliff Johnson v Allan Gaut
Keith Pessall v Alan Jones
Ian Gaut v Steve Faulkner
Steve Dodd v John Clarke
Paul Beer v Tony Garmson
Roy Bradburn v Ian Jones

Consolation Final - Newport No.1

Bylet A v Bowring A (+12)

Tony Steadman v Steve Bishton
Pete Driver v Lorna Williams
Brian Walters v Mark Doodson
Claire Williams v Mick Cornes
John Palmer v Nick Marshall
Tim Ealey v Steve Foster

26Sep24

Finals Day and Presentation of Prizes

The league's Finals Day and presentation of prizes will be on Wednesday 2nd October at Newport.

The finals of the Charity Shield & Consolation will start at 1.30pm and dress code will apply with no exceptions. Congratulations to the four finalists: Wrockwardine Wood A v St Georges A in the Charity Shield to be played on the No.2 (far) green and Bylet A v Bowring A in the Consolation to be played on the No.1.

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.

16Sep24

Doubles Finals

The doubles competition was completed at Sinclair on Thursday 29th August. Congratulations to the winners, Cliff Johnson & Steve Davis who beat St Georges teammates Paul Beer & Keith Pessall in the final.

Details here.

31Aug24

Charity Shield & Consolation Semi-finals

The draws have been made for the semi-finals of the Charity Shield & Consolation. Ties will be played on Thursday 12th September. Venues now confirmed.

Charity Shield

Wrockwardine Wood A (Scr) v Mortimer (+12) at Bylet No.1
St Georges A (Scr) v Highley A (Scr) at Bylet No.2

Consolation

Bylet A (Scr) v Broseley A (Scr) at Highley
SJB C (+36) v Bowring A (+12) at Worfield

21Aug24

Dixon Trophy - Shrewsbury v Mid-Shropshire

The following players have been selected to represent the league in the annual Dixon Trophy match versus Shrewsbury Senior Citizens on Monday 2nd September, 1pm start. This year, the match will be played at Old Shrewsbury B.C.

Dave Price White Horse HUSC
Steve Faulkner Wrockwardine Wood
Dave Scriven Highley
Les Mumford Madeley
Alan Smith Newport
Ian Evans Madeley
Andy James Bridgnorth
Phil Harris Horsehay
Tim Ealey Bylet
Dave Brown Newport
Roy Bradburn St Georges
Kev Carter Broseley

18Aug24

Individual Merit Final Results

Congratulations to Dave Price (White Horse HUSC) on winning the Individual Merit at Bridgnorth, beating Keith Pessall (St Georges) 21-19 in the final. Losing semi-finalists were Keith's team mate Cliff Johnson and Allan Gaut (Wrockwardine Wood). Full scores are here and more details here.

18Aug24

Charity Shield & Consolation - Quarter Finals

The quarter finals of both competitions will be played on Thursday 8th August at neutral venues, 1.30pm start. Details are on the Results Service here and here and copied below. Please note that the handicaps displayed on the results service may not be correct.

All teams should pay £12 to the host club to cover greenkeeper fees. Host clubs please ensure that the greens are cut on the day.

29Jul24

Individual Merit Finals

The finals of the Individual Merit will be played at Bridgnorth on Thursday 15th August, 1pm scratch. Please note that there will be no entry to the club before 12.30pm. Dress code applies.

Good luck to all the eight qualifiers:

John Clarke Wrockwardine Wood
Dave Price White Horse HUSC
Peter Spragg Sinclair
Graham Turner St Georges
Allan Gaut Wrockwardine Wood
Alan Hayes Sir John Bayley
Cliff Johnson St Georges
Keith Pessall St Georges

29Jul24

Doubles Qualifying

Qualifying in the league doubles took place on Thursday 1st August. Four pairs qualified (highlighted) from each venue for the finals on 29th August which will be played at Sinclair, 12.45pm scratch.

At Wrockwardine Wood

Martin Beddow/Roger Jones-Highley

Paul Beer/Keith Pessall-St Georges B.C.

Les Davies/Trevor Murphy-Worfield

Mick Fudge/William Grainger-Donn Wood

Norma Hood/Jeanette Kinsey-Sinclair

Ray Hyde/John Mcgill-Trench

John Lawrence/Barry Jones-Donn Wood

Jim Lister/Peter Jones-W Horse Husc

Sue Mumford/Graham Bleakley-Madeley C C

Robert Renke/Brian Walters-Bylet I/C

Alan Smith/Dave Brown-Newport

Peter Spragg/Mike Kinsey-Sinclair

Phil Wain/Peter Burd-Horsehay

28Jul24

At Bylet

Phil Atkins/Steve Corbett-Donn Wood

John Clarke/Tony Garmson -Wroc Wood

Vince Cruise/David Maiden-S J Bayley

Alan Hayes/Malcolm Tibbett-S J Bayley

Steve Holmes/Paul Powell-W Horse Husc

Cliff Johnson./Steve Davis-St Georges B.C.

Gwyn Jones/Warren Barber-Donn Wood

Alan Ludlow-Rhodes/Mick Rhodes-Broseley

Les Mumford/Ian Evans-Madeley C C I/C

Dave Price/Brian Williams-W Horse Husc

Christopher Pritchard /John Satterthwaite-Sinclair

John Rawlins/Ade Moore-Bowring

Tony Roche/Pat Minton-S J Bayley

Graham Turner./Bob Barber-St Georges B.C.

Individual Merit Qualifying

Qualifying in the Individual Merit takes place on Thursday 18th July at Newport & Broseley, 12.15pm scratch. Four to qualify for the finals on Thursday 15th August from each venue. Details below, qualifiers highlighted.

11Jul24

Newport

Anthony Aldridge Maddocks

Phil Atkins Donn Wood

Graham Bleakley Madeley C C

Roy Bradburn St Georges B.C.

Mike Briscoe S J Bayley

John Clarke Wroc Wood

Ian Evans Madeley C C I/C

Mick Fudge Donn Wood

Ian Halford S J Bayley

Barry Jones Donn Wood

Peter Jones W Horse Husc

William Meredith Bridgnorth

Les Mumford Madeley C C

Paul Powell W Horse Husc

Dave Price W Horse Husc

Tony Roche S J Bayley

Peter Spragg Sinclair

Graham Turner St Georges B.C.

Claire Williams Bylet

Broseley

Steve Corbett Donn Wood

Tim Ealey Bylet

Steve Faulkner Wroc Wood

Phil Furness Wroc Wood

Allan Gaut Wroc Wood

William Grainger Donn Wood

Alan Hayes S J Bayley

Don Hood Sinclair

Cliff Johnson St Georges B.C.

John Lawrence Donn Wood

Jim Lister W Horse Husc

Pat Minton S J Bayley

Keith Pessall St Georges B.C.

John Pritchard Bridgnorth

Robert Renke Bylet I/C

John Satterthwaite Sinclair

Malcolm Tibbett S J Bayley

Brian Williams W Horse Husc

Charity Shield Consolation Last 16 Draw

The draw for the last 16 of the Consolation is now on the Results Service and copied below. Ties take place on Thursday 25th July, 1.30pm start.

5Jul24

John Lovett

League officers are deeply saddened to learn of the death of John Lovett. John had overcome a disability caused by a childhood bout of polio to become a top bowler in both the Telford and Wolverhampton areas.

For many years, he played for the Dun Cow Dawley and Chubbs in Wolverhampton and later for the White Horse, Bowring and Horsehay.

His enthusiasm for the game of crown green bowls will be missed by his many friends and teammates. RIP John.

John's funeral will be at 3.30pm on Friday 26th July at Telford Crematorium.

5Jul24

Charity Shield & Consolation Draws

The draws for the last 16 of the Charity Shield and the preliminary round of the Consolation have been made and are available on the results service and copied below.

Ties take place on Thursday 4th July. Start time 1.30pm apart from at Squirrel & Albrighton which have two matches and should start at 1pm.

8June24

Over 75's Played on Thursday 27th June at Sinclair

Tony Roche of Sir John Bayley added to his impressive list of veteran's titles with a 21-9 final win over Newport's Mick Jones. All scores are here.

There were twelve entries. Many thanks to the Sinclair club for making their facilities available. Full details are here.

29Jun24

Sid Poole

Sid passed away on 22nd May at the age of 93. He had played for Bowring for over 60 years, last playing in 2019.

Sid's funeral is on Tuesday 11 June at 10.30 am at Telford Crematorium and afterwards at Hadley Park Hotel. RIP Sid.

3Jun24

Charity Shield Round 1

The draw for round 1 of the Charity Shield is now available on the results service here and copied below.

Ties take place on Thursday 6th June and matches start at 1.30pm but note that two home matches have been drawn at Bridgnorth, Allscott 1 & St Georges No.1 so they should all start at 1pm.

Clubs are reminded that rule 11 applies: Any two teams from the same division drawn against each other, the team drawn away to receive a +12 point handicap. This means that these teams will receive +12: Mortimer and Donnington Wood A.

11May24

Ron Adams

League officers are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Ron Adams and wish to send their condolences to Ron's family and Madeley Cricket Club.

Ron has been a great servant to the sport of crown green bowls for many years and will be greatly missed.

RIP Ron.

Ron's funeral will be at 1.30pm on Tuesday 28th May at Telford crematorium followed by refreshments at Madeley Cricket Club.

1May24

Charity Shield Preliminary Round

The draw has been made for the preliminary round of the Charity Shield and is available on the results service here with a copy below. Ties take place on Thursday 9th May and matches start at 1.30pm but note that two home matches have been drawn at Bridgnorth, Edgmond, Maddocks & St Georges No.1 so they should all start at 1pm.

Clubs are reminded that rule 11 applies: Any two teams from the same division drawn against each other, the team drawn away to receive a +12 point handicap. This means that the following teams drawn away will receive +12:
Sinclair A, Newport A, Charlton, Highley B, Madeley CC A, Bylet B, Bridgnorth D, Madeley CC C & Much Wenlock.

27Apr 24

Player Registration Reminder

Clubs are reminded that the deadline for registering players is next week when the season starts. Subsequently, any new registrations will have to be done by contacting the fixture secretaries.

28Mar24

Severn Hospice Donation

We have received a letter of thanks from the Severn Hospice for the league's donation of £590 being the amount made from last year's Charity Shield competition.

Pictured above are League chairman Ian Evans and treasurer John Satterthwaite at the presentation.

26Feb24

2024 Fixtures Now Live

Fixtures for the 2024 season are now live on the Results Service.

Clubs with teams in divisions 1, 3 & 4 are reminded that all matches at Bridgnorth and some at Madeley Cricket Club share the green and start at 1pm rather then 1.30pm.

4Mar24

AGM Update

Proposals for Rule Changes

Proposed by the League Officers

Rule 15(b), the fine for not turning up for a league or cup fixture be increased from £10 to £20. Carried.
The League Chairman should receive an honorarium to the same value as the Treasurer. Carried.
New competition rule for the Charity Shield to read: 20: To be eligible to play in the competition after the first round, players must have played at least three league games in the current season. Carried.

Proposed by Newport BC, new league rules:

9(d): No player may practice on an opponents green on the day of a match. Carried.
9(e): Any player breaching rule 9(d) will lose their match 21-0. Carried.

Reason: At present, there is no rule to stop a player practising on an opponent's green before the match starts. Nor is there any penalty for doing so. The no practice rule is common in other leagues.

Charity Shield new rules:

4(b): No practice will be permitted on the match green by either team on the day of the match. Defeated.
4(c): Any player breaching rule 4(b) will see 5 chalks added to their opponents score. Defeated.

Reason: If the teams are handicapped, why is one team allowed to practice and not the other? Surely this defeats the point of a handicap.

Proposed by Bridgnorth BC

Change the Charity Shield and Consolation Competitions such that all rounds are played on neutral greens. This requires rewording of Charity Shield rule 6 and deletion of rule 9. Defeated.
If this change is not approved, add a the following new Charity Shield rule:
9(a): Away team players will be allowed 10 minutes practice before the start of the match. Defeated.

Proposed by Bylet BC

Remove the word male from league rule 9(a). New rule to read: Teams shall consist of six bowlers who have reached the age of 60, are registered with the BCGBA and registered with the Fixture Secretary 48 hours prior to their first game. Carried 27-26.

Election of Officers

The following League Officers were duly elected:

President John Ford
Chairman Ian Evans
Vice Chairman Chris Yates
Secretary John Palmer
Treasurer John Satterthwaite
Competition Secretary Rob Renke
Fixture Secretaries Nigel & Stephen Booth
Safeguarding Officer Graham Davies
SCGBA Representative Tony Roche

15Feb24

Results Service Now Open for Player Registration

The league's Results Page has been updated for the 2024 season and is now open for clubs to amend their player lists and contact details. Fixtures will be added at a later date.

12Feb24

League Competitions

Provisional dates or this year's competitions are now available, see the Competitions Calendar.

14Jan24

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