Junior Merit on Saturday!
Date: Saturday 1st July 2023 Time: 10:00 Venue: Bowring, TF1 2BN Entry Fee: £3 Entries accepted on the day, but can be sent to Mike Potter on potter.mike21@outlook.com BCGBA dress code applies. This is a qualifying competition for the BCGBA Junior Individual Merit on Saturday 19th August at Essington, Staffordshire. The number of qualifiers depends on how many entries we […]
Shropshire Senior Merit 2023 Review
It was third time lucky for Rich Lawson as he won the Charles Beddard Trophy for the first time in his third final. After reaching the final in 1985 and 2001, a record long gap between finals for the same person, 38 years, he finally won after beating Jamie King 13 in the final, becoming […]
Shropshire Senior Merit Reports
1st Round: Spencer Clarke raced 9-2 up but then went 11-9 and 13-10 down against Kiah Roberts. Spencer then hit back to lead 18-15 and 20-16 and won 18. Mark Shore was 8-3 down versus Josh Bradburn but then went 13-8 up. Josh couldn’t get back at him as he maintained his lead to win […]
Senior Merit – 1 Day to Go – Preview
The day is almost here as 32 hopefuls look to land the Charles Beddard Trophy. There are 5 former winners in the competition looking to get their hands on it again. Pete Farmer has won it four times out of the 10 finals he’s reached, and will be looking to win it for a 5th […]
Senior Merit – 2 Days to Go – Player Profiles 25-32
25. Paul Williams Club: Castlefields Qualification: Andy Duckett 20 & Pete Nicholls 8 at Telepost Paul has been a semi-finalist in this competition several times. He has won the Meole Open as well as two successive County Handicap titles, and the Premier League Merit. 26. Callum Wraight Club: Castlefields Qualification: Anthony Gray 17 & Doug […]
Senior Merit – 3 Days to Go – Player Profiles 17-24
17. Ian MacDonald Club: Chester Road Qualification: Jamie Brookes 10 at Bridgewater No.2 Ian has been a regular performer in the Premier League for Wem USC, Archibald Worthington and now Chester Road, having his best season in 2019 when winning 15 games. 18. Scott Moseley Club: Wrockwardine Wood Qualification: Mel Jenkins 10 at Bridgewater No.1 […]
Senior Merit – 4 Days to Go – Player Profiles 9-16
9. Phil King Club: Hadley USC Qualification: Ayden Smith 19 at Trench Phil is a current Senior County selector but is still playing at a high level with Hadley USC in the Mid Shropshire League. He has won the League Averages in Division One as well as the Dixon and Driscoll Doubles. 10. Ben Hinton […]
Senior Merit – 5 Days to Go – Player Profiles 1-8
Below are the Player Profiles for numbers 1-8 in the draw. 1. Kiah Roberts Club: Burway Qualification: Mark Thomas 13, Dave Redge 5 at Monkmoor Kiah is a former champion in 2013 and has been in great form in Burway’s Premier League team so far. He has also won the Bayley Open, and been in […]
Senior Merit – 6 Days to Go
With just 6 days to go to the Merit, we look at what happened at last years! Dave Lloyd enjoyed the biggest day of his bowling career so far as he landed the 2022 Barlows Fire & Security Senior Merit. He got better as the day went on, beating Anthony Gray first game 18 in […]
Senior Merit – 7 Days to Go
There are 7 days to go until the 2023 Shropshire Senior Merit. This is the 107th running of this competition, with the record winner being the great late Dick Meyrick, winning it 11 times, also losing in another 3 finals! Pete Farmer has come closest being in 10 finals, winning 4 of them. Old Shrewsbury […]
