Good luck to our Veterans County side today.
The agony of being runners-up three times in the British veterans county championship is the motivating factor for Shropshire’s selectors.
And the trio of Derek Wright, Wayne Rogers and Mark Thomas are positive the county’s over-60 bowlers can put the record straight this year and go one better than in 1996, 2010 and 2022.
The bid to do that starts with the regional qualifying round today, at the Rag BC in Cannock when they must overcome hosts Staffordshire, Warwick & Worcester and North Midlands.
Recent County Veterans Merit winner Ian Foster, Roy Bradburn and Ian Gaut being unavailable is a blow, but Wright said: “We have got as good a squad as we can expect to have.
“And if we can qualify and get through to the British final stages (on August 7) then we will be in with a good chance.”
The squad selected for the eight-a-side event is Wright, Rogers, Thomas, Phil Lyttle, Fred Bailey, Paul Williams, Rich Goddard, Mark Holland, Paul Beer, Dave Redge, Julian Cooke, Martin Williams.
Full results will be here.
