Senior County 2024

Our fixtures for our Senior side for next season is as follows:

Sunday 5th May vs. Wales (won by 26)

Sunday 2nd June vs. Warwick & Worcester (lost by 32)

Sunday 7th July vs. Potteries & District (won by 32)

Sunday 4th August Semi Final or Supplementary

Sunday 1st September Final

Game 3 vs. Potteries & District (won by 32)

The Senior County side beat Potteries & District by 32 to end their campaign with two wins, unfortunately not enough to progress to the Semi Final stage. A good start home and away meant we led by 16 at home, despite Callum Wraight’s first loss in 26 county games, as Scott Harries won 11. We led by 7 away with 3 winners led by Paul Evans winning 15. We extended our lead to 45 at home with man of the match Mike Beer winning 7, and also led by 24 away with Liam Stevens the best of another three winners. With Wales leading by 5 over Warwick and Worcester after 8 at both legs it meant Shropshire were with in with a chance of qualifying. However Warwick and Worcester managed to come back and win by just 3 chalks, which ended our chances. The back four at home were all winners led by Pete Farmer’s 12 win to mean a 64 shot win, an impressive victory on a new green. We didn’t have a winner in the back four away at Biddulph which meant they lost by 32 there, but a 32 shot win overall.

We move onto the Supplementary on Sunday 4th August at a venue to be decided.

Well done to the team on their win.

Section 2

Biddulph Bowling & Recreation Club, Congleton Road, Biddulph, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7RG								Wrockwardine Wood Bc No2 New Green, 15 Church Road Telford, TF2 7AQ
W	Potteries & District	Tot	For	Ag	Tot	Shropshire	L	W	Shropshire	Tot	For	Ag	Tot	Potteries & District	L
1	Josh Towey	18	18	21	21	Martin Lloyd			Callum Wraight	14	14	21	21	Martin Hallam	1
2	Joe Melvin	39	21	14	35	Kiah Roberts			Dan Taylor	35	21	16	37	Gareth Stanway	2
3	Alex Hassell	54	15	21	56	Paul Evans			Alex Jones	56	21	13	50	Barry Booth	3
4	Kerry Morris	70	16	21	77	Jamie King			Scott Harries	77	21	11	61	Richard Bridgwood	4
5	Gary Owen	88	18	21	98	Sam Millward			Rich Lawson	94	17	21	82	Joe Williamson	5
6	Adam Coxon	109	21	20	118	Colin Smith			Spencer Clarke	115	21	13	95	Andrew Grocock	6
7	Paul Charlesworth	124	15	21	139	Chris Grocott			Michael Beer	136	21	7	102	Mark Lunn	7
8	Darren Beardmore	136	12	21	160	Liam Stevens			Rich Goddard	157	21	10	112	Jason Harvey	8
9	Aaron Jones	157	21	2	162	Scott Moseley			Wayne Rogers	178	21	16	128	Anthony Lloyd	9
10	Nick Tideswell	178	21	6	168	Mike Gilpin			Tom Roden	199	21	17	145	Craig Podmore	10
11	Matthew Hill	199	21	13	181	Jack Hewitt			Ashley Wellings	220	21	20	165	Martin Simcock	11
12	Lee Brown	220	21	7	188	Martin Gaut			Peter Farmer	241	21	12	177	Chris Kearns	12
6	Aggregate +32		220	188	Aggregate -32		6	10	Aggregate +64		241	177	Aggregate -64		2
8	Points 0		397	429	Points 2 (Agg +32)		16

Game 2 vs. Warwick & Worcester (lost by 32)

Our Senior team lost out to Warwick & Worcester by 32 today after a poor start in both fours at each venue. At Newport, despite a fine win by Scott Harries 21-8, we trailed by 7 chalks, while away we were 33 down after the front four. The middle four at home managed to turn the deficit there into a 14 shot lead with Callum Wraight winning 9, but we now trailed by 51 away at Moor Lane. Three winners at Newport meant we won by 25 there, but despite two wins away, by Wayne Rogers and Jack Hewitt, 13 and 20 respectively, did limit the damage there to 57.

The result means that we require Wales to beat Warwick and Worcester by 6 and then beat Potteries & District by 78, winning by more if Wales win by more.

Section 2

Moor Lane Bowling Club, Moor Lane S & S Center, , B6 7AA								Newport No 2, Granville Avenue, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7DX
W	Warwick & Worcester	Tot	For	Ag	Tot	Shropshire	L	W	Shropshire	Tot	For	Ag	Tot	Warwick & Worcester	L
1	Gareth Herbert	21	21	19	19	Rich Goddard			Scott Harries	21	21	8	8	Carl Fielding	1
2	Adam Patrick	42	21	8	27	Spencer Clarke			Alex Jones	39	18	21	29	Tom Palmer	2
3	Greg Smith	63	21	7	34	Kiah Roberts			Michael Beer	56	17	21	50	Anthony Bracken	3
4	Ben Harris	84	21	17	51	Paul Evans			Jamie King	64	8	21	71	James Seville	4
5	Jon Palmer	105	21	17	68	Ashley Wellings			Sam Millward	85	21	16	87	Jason Galvin	5
6	Peter Davenport	126	21	16	84	Mike Gilpin			Callum Wraight	106	21	9	96	Ross Dunkley	6
7	Rob Carter	147	21	13	97	Gary Neal			Liam Stevens	125	19	21	117	Callum Mitchell	7
8	Phil Clinton	168	21	20	117	Andy Moss			Dan Taylor	146	21	15	132	Glen Herbert	8
9	Neil Harrell	189	21	17	134	Martin Lloyd			Scott Moseley	167	21	18	150	Jack Whitehead	9
10	Russell Prosser	209	20	21	155	Jack Hewitt			Stuart Rutter	180	13	21	171	Ashley Bracken	10
11	Ryan Prosser	230	21	10	165	Tom Roden			Martin Gaut	201	21	13	184	Josh Hale	11
12	Marc Wilson	243	13	21	186	Wayne Rogers			Peter Farmer	222	21	13	197	Scott Follis	12
10	Aggregate +57		243	186	Aggregate -57		2	7	Aggregate +25		222	197	Aggregate -25		5
15	Points 2 (Agg +32)		440	408	Points 0		9

Section 3

Game 1 vs. Wales (won by 26)

The Senior County team edged home against Wales by 26 chalks, winning by 14 at home and 12 away. It wasn’t plain sailing though, trailing by 5 after four games off at each venue and then only 7 up after eight games off.

The first four at home was shared but we trailed by 5 chalks, whilst the first four away were also shared with Paul Evans best winner of the away leg 21-10 meaning we were level there. Three winners in the middle four, led by Jamie King’s best win 21-4, allowed us to go into the lead at 18 up. Only one winner in the middle four at Llay, Kiah Roberts 21-13, caused us to fall behind by 11 chalks there, but we led by 7 overall. Into the back four and we had just the two winners at home which meant we only won by 14 there. However the last four away all won, so we won by 12 there and 26 overall.

Well done to the team, and focus turns to Warwick & Worcester on Sunday 2nd June. They beat Potteries & District by 44 today, so whoever wins will be in pole position to qualify from the group.

Section 2

Sinclair Bowling Club, Sinclair Sports & Social Club, Ketley Dingle, Telford , TF1 5AD								Llay Welfare Bowling Club , The Ring Llay New Road Llay Wrexham , LL120TH
W	Shropshire	Tot	For	Ag	Tot	Wales	L	W	Wales	Tot	For	Ag	Tot	Shropshire	L
1	Callum Wraight	21	21	16	16	Matthew Worden			Geraint Williams	19	19	21	21	Rich Goddard	1
2	Scott Harries	42	21	15	31	Leighton Roberts			Simon Tyler	29	10	21	42	Paul Evans	2
3	Alex Jones	52	10	21	52	Nick Hughes			Richard Zolman	50	21	16	58	Gary Neal	3
4	Rich Lawson	68	16	21	73	Owen Jackson			Robin Bennett	71	21	13	71	Michael Beer	4
5	Jamie King	89	21	4	77	Adam Penlington			Andrew Armstrong	92	21	20	91	Mike Gilpin	5
6	Dan Taylor	107	18	21	98	Jason Jones			Arwel Davies	105	13	21	112	Kiah Roberts	6
7	Stuart Rutter	128	21	15	113	Pritchard Joseph			Mike Riley	126	21	10	122	Martin Gaut	7
8	Spencer Clarke	149	21	18	131	Geraint Booth			Andrew Hughes	147	21	14	136	Scott Moseley	8
9	Chris Worthington	169	20	21	152	Daniel Jones			Mark Ball	166	19	21	157	Jack Hewitt	9
10	David Lloyd	176	7	21	173	John Short			Joey Williams	179	13	21	178	Tom Roden	10
11	Ashley Wellings	197	21	13	186	Michael Pritchard			Craig Griffiths	190	11	21	199	Wayne Rogers	11
12	Peter Farmer	218	21	18	204	Chris Charlton			Jay Salisbury	208	18	21	220	Martin Lloyd	12
7	Aggregate +14		218	204	Aggregate -14		5	5	Aggregate-12		208	220	Aggregate +12		7
14	Points 2 (Agg +26)		438	412	Points 0		10

Please find below pictures from Sinclair, the home leg of the Senior County game versus Wales.