2025 Review: County Doubles
20 pairs gathered to contest the County Doubles at Bowring BC where the entrants and spectators alike were treated to very warm, sunny conditions throughout the day that saw the oldest pairing of the day, Alan Gaut & Steve Faulkner become the latest duo to earn the rite for their names to etched on the […]
2025 Review: 18-25 Merit
Following the BCGBA’s decision to alter their 18-23 Merit to now be their 18-25 Merit, it was decided we would fall in line and change our intermediate Merit to be the 18-25 Merit also. For the 2025 running of the competition, the same number as last year saw 8 players make their way to Bayston […]
2025 Review: Junior Merit
Thank you to Competitions Secretary Mike Potter for the below report. Shropshire Junior Merit 2025 – Sunday 20th July 2025 – Bicton BC An increased entry number from last year’s 15 saw 21 of our county’s young bowlers and their families gather around Shropshire’s deputy president, Andy Jones’s chosen venue of his home club Bicton […]
2025 Review: Senior Merit
Chris Stretch won his first ever Merit after beating three time Champion Callum Wraight 21-14 in the final, virtually running out from 13 across. He beat Emmet McKinley 17 in his Semi Finalist, while Callum defeated Gary Beff 15, meaning Emmet joins Chris and Callum in qualifying for the Senior Individual Merit Finals on Saturday […]
2025 Review: Veterans Merit
Thank you to Competitions Secretary Mike Potter for his below report and pictures. After “Covid” and the resumption of staging the event that attracted 16 players, this competition has enjoyed successive increases so much so that in 2025 we had doubled the number of entries of 2022. For the third year in a row this […]
2025 Review: Father & Son
Thank you to Competitions Secretary Mike Potter for the below report. With potential storms forecast on a cool cloudy early June day competitions Secretary, Mike Potter welcome players to Prees Sports & Bowling Club. With the poor weather forecast, an anticipated drop in entries from last year’s 34 was realised as the enthusiastic field of […]
2025 Review: County Handicap
Thank you to Competitions Secretary Mike Potter for the below report. With cloudy grey skies above and the prospect of showers forecast, we arrived at Old Shrewsbury BC an hour before the 10am start and were greeted by the sound of a lawn mower as head groundsman, Rich Jones and his team were completing the […]
2025 Review: Dave Card Rose Bowl Memorial
Full results are here. The players of the entered 19 pairs gathered around the good condition, well prepared greens at Greenfields BC on a damp early Spring morning to contest the 2025 Dave Card Memorial Mixed Pairs Competition where after a sharp, very heavy shower greeted the pairs in their opening games, everyone were then treated […]
2025 Review: Junior Trials
This year’s County Junior trials has been hailed as a big hit after more than two dozen under-18 bowlers took to the greens at Old Shrewsbury. Watched by Shropshire’s junior selectors – and with qualified coaches on hand to offer advice – the youngsters took part in two singles competitions. The main event for the […]
Midland Masters Report
Conor Chamberlain, who qualified through Shropshire, won the 2025 Midland Masters after beating our own Joe Killen 12 in the final. He had defeated another two of our players in the previous two rounds, Callum Wraight and Ash Wellings, 10 in the Semi and Quarter Finals respectively. He had got past Tom Hayward 14, Joe […]
