County & Shropshire Cup Dates
The dates for the County & Shropshire Cups are below. County Cup Prelim Wednesday 6th May Last 16 Wednesday 10th June Last 8 Wednesday 1st July Last 4 Saturday 11th July Final Saturday 8th August Shropshire Cup Prelim Wednesday 20th May Last 16 Wednesday 3rd June Last 8 Wednesday 24th June Last 4 Wednesday 8th […]
2025 Review: Wrekin Cup
Thank you to Mike Potter for the below report. Shropshire Crown Green Bowling Association – Veterans “Wrekin Cup” Championship Semi-finals & Finals Day – Monday 22nd September, 2025 at Bowring BC On a bright, mild early Autumn day, the 6 a-side teams, met at Bowring BC to firstly contest the Semi-finals with Woore taking on […]
2025 Review: Peter Morris Cars Consolation Shield
Thank you to Mike Potter for the below report. Shropshire Crown Green Bowling Association – Veterans “Consolation Shield” Championship Semi-finals & Finals Day – Monday 15th September, 2025 at Prees BC With the news that Sir John Bayley had conceded their place against Pontesbury in the Semi-final, the remaining teams gathered at the North Shropshire […]
2025 Review: KGJ Insurance County Cup
Final: Sir John Bayley won their third straight KGJ Insurance County Cup as they overcame a resilient Highley side by 16. They trailed by one after four games off, Danny Statham the best winner for Highley 21-7 at number one, but fought back to lead by 6 after a shared middle four, Joe Dicken earning […]
2025 Review: Beginners Merit
Shropshire has run its inaugural Beginners Merit competition in response to the BCGBA launching a new Beginners Merit that attracted an entry of 13 of the county’s newest players to meet in Shrewsbury at Old Shrewsbury BC. So that players would be given the chance to avoid being knocked out in their first games, I […]
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 […]
