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.

• Game 4 vs. Derbyshire

Shropshire Juniors guaranteed their place in the Premier Division next season after beating Derbyshire by 17 overall, with a big Welsh defeat meaning that they will finish at least above Derbyshire or Wales regardless of their result next month. It was the away team who did another excellent result, winning by 43 overall on Littleover with 8 winners, Kelly Price the best of them 11 in the first four. They always led there after three winners in the first four, being ahead by 23. A shared middle four saw them extend their lead by another 5, then three winners at the back saw them add another 15 on. It was tougher at home on difficult conditions at Maddocks, but still had 6 winners there, the best of them being Tom Killen 13 as the only winner at the back, to ensure that we kept the deficit down enough to win overall. So attention turns to next season, where Yorkshire, Warwick and Worcester, Wales or Derbyshire and most likely Staffordshire will be competing in the Premier Division.

Maddocks, Church Stree, Oakengates, Telford, TF2 6BU						Littleover Bowls Club No.1 Green, King George V Playing Fields, Carlisle Avenue, Littleover, DE23 3ES
W	Shropshire	For	Ag	Derbyshire	L	W	Derbyshire	For	Ag	Shropshire	L
1	Harry Church	21	18	Tom Shaw			Aiden Richardson	21	17	Kieran Jones	1
2	Wayd Pawlowski	7	21	Emily Halliwell			George Hines	11	21	Kelly Price	2
3	Susie Lawson	14	21	Daniel Beard			Ryan Worthington	12	21	Rhys Marshall	3
4	Josh Warner	21	19	Ashley Walton			Jack Desmond	13	21	Liam Dovey	4
5	Joe Killen	21	17	Ashley Sheldon			Evie Hines	12	21	Matt Parry	5
6	Edward Proudlove	21	17	Josh Golpin			Louie Furniss	21	18	Harry Parsonage	6
7	Emma Massey-jones	21	11	Callum Slack			Rebecca Sherriff	21	12	Ben Middleton	7
8	James Shepherd	20	21	Eamonn Lear			Declan Smith	13	21	George Cooper	8
9	Byron Fletcher	3	21	Sophie Briddon			Leanne Beckett	13	21	Camilla Parsonage	9
10	Ellie Davies	11	21	Jack Shaw			Owen Sherriff	21	17	Charlie Hotchkiss	10
11	Tom Killen	21	13	Dylan Halliwell			Joshua Furniss	13	21	Emmet Mckinley	11
12	Joe Dorricott	14	21	Gianne Obafial			Harrison Medcalf	18	21	Kian Parsons	12
6	Aggregate --26	195	221	Aggregate +26	6	4	Aggregate --43	189	232	Aggregate +43	8
14	Points 2 (+17)	427	410	Points 0	10

 

• Game 3 vs. Wales

Shropshire Juniors are still searching for that elusive first win as they were defeated by Wales by 30 overall. The away team did an excellent job holding them to 4 at Craig-y-Don, Kelly Price the best of the 5 winners 21-8 in the first four. Three wins in the middle too by Charlie Hotchkiss, George Cooper and Matt Parry meant they led by 12, but just one win in the back by Kian Parsons meant a deficit, despite a fine debut for Byron Fletcher getting 15 at number 12. At home on Bridgewater, we had three winners in the front but was only level. In the middle and despite fine wins for Josh Warner 6 and Ben Hinton 8, we trailed by 6 going into the back four, and only one 20 winner in the back meant that we lost there by 26.We know now that we must beat Derbyshire next game to have a chance of avoiding relegation on the 12th August.

Bridgewater (small Green), Anchor Close, Whitchurch, Shropshire., SY13 1TJ						Craig-y-don Bc, Balfour Road, East Llandudno, LL30 1TT
W	Shropshire	For	Ag	Wales	L	W	Wales	For	Ag	Shropshire	L
1	Harry Church	21	16	Matty Worden			Ryan Rogers	21	9	Harry Parsonage	1
2	Susie Lawson	21	20	Jess Lacey			Daniel Owen	8	21	Kelly Price	2
3	Joe Dorriocott	21	19	Keira Edwards			Ryan P Williams	21	15	Kieran Jones	3
4	Joe Killen	13	21	Josh Venables			Rhys Boulton	21	20	Rhys Marshall	4
5	Josh Warner	21	6	Joe Hayes (v-capt)			Harry Lawton	21	14	Emmet Mckinley	5
6	Ben Hinton	21	8	Jake Barlow			Richard Jones	15	21	Charlie Hotchkiss	6
7	Molly Harris	2	21	James Todd			Zack Hayward	11	21	George Cooper	7
8	Akeel Khan	6	21	Mathew Stevenson (capt)			Sion Bell	12	21	Matt Parry	8
9	Tom Killen	8	21	Ieuan Pugh			Ben Hewitt (capt)	21	15	Camilla Parsonage	9
10	Ellie Davies	16	21	Kieron Hallett			Finlay Prytherch	20	21	Kian Parsons	10
11	Edward Proudlove	21	20	Nathan Lacey			Finley Hormbrey	21	16	Ben Middleton	11
12	Emma Massey-jones	18	21	Sam Williams			Nia Jones (v-capt)	21	15	Byron Fletcher	12
6	Aggregate --26	189	215	Aggregate +26	6	7	Aggregate +4	213	209	Aggregate --4	5
11	Points 0	398	428	Points 2 (+30)	13

 

• 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

• 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:

King George V, Tally Ho Sports & Conference Center Pershore Road Edgbaston Birmingham, B5 7RN						Allscott Heath Sports And Social Club, Old Sugar Factory, Allscott,telford, TF6 5EQ
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