Junior County

• For history of the Junior County Side please look here.
• For a full list of the Junior County fixtures click here.

The Junior County Championship has changed format this season with three divisions formed in ranking order. Shropshire are in the Premier Division and face the top ranked teams Yorkshire, Warwick & Worcester, Wales and Derbyshire. We face Warwick and Worcester first, then Yorkshire, Wales and Derbyshire before a bye in the last game in September. Fixtures are below:

• Sunday 13th May Yorkshire v Derbyshire Warwick and Worcester v Shropshire Wales no game
• Sunday 10th June Shropshire v Yorkshire Wales v Warwick and Worcester Derbyshire no game
• Sunday 8th July Shropshire v Wales Derbyshire v Warwick and Worcester Yorkshire no game
• Sunday 12th August Yorkshire v Wales Shropshire v Derbyshire Warwick and Worcester no game
• Sunday 9th September Derbyshire v Wales Yorkshire v Warwick and Worcester Shropshire no game

• Game 1 vs. Warwick & Worcester

Shropshire Juniors put up a brave fight against Warwick and Worcester but just lost out by 24 points. They had a good start with Liam Dovey winning away 8 to help set up a 1 chalk lead, while three winners at home meant an 8 shot lead there too. We still led by 4 after eight blocks at home, with Tom Killen winning 8, which turned out to be the best winner of the day for us at home, but only a 20 winner away caused us to be 24 down there. Three winners in the back four at home, with Emma Massey-Jones getting a fine win over last year's Junior Individual Merit winner Lucas Hall 21-13 at number 12, helped us to a 14 shot win there. But despite Charlie Hotchkiss winning 8 over at King George V, we still ended up losing by 38 there, and 24 overall. But this is the closest we have got to Warwick & Worcester in a long time, and this will help us gain confidence ahead of facing the Champions Yorkshire next season, who beat Derbyshire by 76 today in the other game. Full results are below:

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W	Warwick & Worcester	For	Ag	Shropshire	L	W	Shropshire	For	Ag	Warwick & Worcester	L
1	Shannon Kernick	21	13	Matt Parry			Harry Church	15	21	Nathan Caines	1
2	Megan Earlis	21	12	Harry Parsonage			Joe Killen	21	19	Tommy Mcdonald	2
3	Callum James	18	21	Kieran Jones			Susie Lawson	21	12	Matthew Grundy	3
4	Harry Fall	8	21	Liam Dovey			Joe Dorriocott	21	18	Ryan Hocknull	4
5	Liam Lowery	21	7	Kian Parsons			Molly Harris	4	21	Mathew Parkes	5
6	Lewis Mooney	21	17	Ben Middleton			Akeel Khan	20	21	Ciaran Andrews	6
7	Louis Jones	21	13	Matt Beck			Ellie Davies	21	20	Taylor Miller	7
8	Nathan Crocombe	20	21	George Cooper			Tom Killen	21	8	Josh Weaver	8
9	Jack Newsome	21	7	Camilla Parsonage			Ben Hinton	15	21	Matthew Caines	9
10	Reece Maskell	21	18	Emmet Mckinley			Josh Warner	21	16	Andy Ford	10
11	Cameron Cutler	8	21	Charlie Hotchkiss			Edward Proudlove	21	18	William Clarke	11
12	Callum Mitchell	21	13	Toby Foxall			Emma Massey-jones	21	13	Lucas Hall	12
8	Aggregate +38	222	184	Aggregate	4	8	Aggregate +14	222	208	Aggregate	4
12	Points 2 (+24)	430	406	Points 0	12

• Game 2 vs. Yorkshire

Yorkshire were far too good for our Juniors today as they defeated us by 90 overall. The reigning champions turned on the style at Donnington Wood, winning all 8 games after the first four, where we had three winners, Harry Church the best 14 with Susie Lawson winning our Player of the Match award with her 17 win, but lost by 57 overall. The away side did an excellent job away at Kirkheaton Cons as they lost by just 33 with 4 winners, the returning Kelly Price was best of those 4 winning 14. Attention now turns to their final two group games against Wales and Derbyshire, with two wins needed to guarantee them playing Premier Division bowls next season.

Pos	Yorkshire	For	Ag	Shropshire	Shropshire	For	Ag	Yorkshire	Pos
1	Cameron Ghaffar	21	18	Harry Parsonage	Harry Church	21	14	Lewis Cooper (v/c)	1
2	Sophie Mccaffrey	18	21	Liam Dovey	Joe Killen	9	21	Emma Tobin	2
3	Harrison Messenger	21	13	Matt Parry	Susie Lawson	21	17	Amy Tobin	3
4	Ben Falkingham	15	21	Joe Dorriocott	Kieran Jones	21	18	Josh Thomas	4
5	Jack Waddington	14	21	Kelly Price	Ben Hinton	18	21	Owen Laurie	5
6	Ben Beaumont	21	8	George Cooper	Molly Harris	10	21	Alex Edmondson	6
7	Sophie Brown (c)	16	21	Matt Beck	Akeel Khan	13	21	Sophie Worrall	7
8	Scott Shaw	21	7	Ben Middleton	Ellie Davies	10	21	Jordan Wike	8
9	Leah Keyworth	21	19	Charlie Hotchkiss	Tom Killen	10	21	Matthew Bell	9
10	Ethan Wareing	21	17	Camilla Parsonage	Josh Warner	17	21	Georgia Jewitt	10
11	Elliot Heap (v/c)	21	17	Emmet Mckinley	Edward Proudlove	12	21	Aaron Brine	11
12	Jack Bowes	21	15	Toby Foxall	Emma Massey-Jones	19	21	Nathan Dobson (c)	12
	Won 8 (+33)	231	198	Won 4	Won 3	181	238	Won 9 (+57)
	Points 2 (+90)	469	379	Points