General Notices, Merit

Senior Merit – 7 Days to Go

June 18, 2023

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 and Severnside have hosted the competition the most, 17 times each!

Year	Winner	Club	Runner-up	Club	Venue
2025	C. Stretch	Adderley	C. Wraight	Castlefields	Tilstock
2024	J. Bradburn	St Georges	S. Millward	Wrockwardine Wood	Bowring No.2
2023	R. Lawson	Hanwood	J. King	Wrockwardine Wood	Newport No.1
2022	D. Lloyd	Sir John Bayley	P. Farmer	St Georges	Sinclair
2021	J. Hewitt	Malpas Sport	W. Tarrell	Meole Brace	Nantwich Park Road
2020	NOT HELD
2019	S. Clarke	Sir John Bayley	C. Wraight	Castlefields	Tilstock
2018	S. Clarke	Sir John Bayley	C. Wraight	Castlefields	Greenfields
2017	C. Wraight	Castlefields	P. Bound	Meole Brace	Pontesbury Nags Head Green
2016	W. Rogers	Burway	P. Farmer	Childs Ercall	Wem B.C. No.1
2015	R. Roden	Bowring	P. Farmer	Newport	Allscott B.C.
2014	R. Goddard	Castlefields	S. Clarke	Sir John Bayley	Craven Arms B.C.
2013	K. Roberts	Burway	J. Partridge	Burway	Old Shrewsbury B.C. No.1
2012	C. Wraight	Castlefields	A. Moss	Chester Road	Bicton B.C.
2011	C. Wraight	Castlefields	G. Neal	Prince Hotel	Wem B.C. No.2
2010	M. Lloyd	Chester Road	P. Farmer	St Georges	Bicton B.C.
2009	A. Davidson	Newport	P. Latham	Chester Road	Adderley
2008	A. Moss	Chester Road	S. Clarke	Sir John Bayley	Reman
2007	P. Farmer	St Georges	A. Moss	Chester Road	Severnside B.C. No.2
2006	P. Farmer	St Georges	M. Beer	Battlefield	Prees No.2
2005	P. Farmer	Childs Ercall	A. Davidson	Newport	Hadley USC
2004	A. Davidson	Newport	P. Farmer	Childs Ercall	Abbey B.C.
2003	R. Goddard	Castlefields	D. Wright	Wem U.S.C.	Norton-in-Hales B.C.
2002	M. Jones	Meole Brace	P. Farmer	Childs Ercall	Whittington B.C.
2001	C. Weaver	District	R. Lawson	Donnington Wood	Craven Arms B.C.
2000	J. Breeze	Donnington Wood	J. Grimston	Donnington Wood	Bicton B.C.
1999	A. Moss	Woore	M. Jones	St Georges	Whixall B.C.
1998	K. Pessall	St Georges	K. Wall	Castlefields	Edgmond B.C.
1997	S. Parsonage	Craven Arms	K. Pessall	St Georges	Bridgnorth B.C.
1996	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	W. Tarrell	Hanwood	Severnside B.C. No.2
1995	C. Beaman	Battlefield	A. Jones	Hadley U.S.C.	Bylet B.C.
1994	D. Wright	Wem U.S.C.	K. Jones	Ford	Glynwed B.C.
1993	P. Farmer	Four Crosses	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	Severnside B.C. No.2
1992	R. Teague	Sir John Bayley	I. Lealand	St Georges	John Maddocks B.C.
1991	A. Jones	Hadley U.S.C.	S. Faulkner	Donnington Wood	Severnside B.C.
1990	S. Allmark	Wem B.C.	G. Herbert	Castlefields	Bylet B.C.
1989	I. Lealand	Sir John Bayley	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	Severnside B.C.
1988	K. Walton	Meole Brace	B. Shore	G.K.N. Sankey	Prees B.C.
1987	B. Shore	G.K.N. Sankey	A. Dodd	Oxon	Perkins B.C.
1986	D. Jones	George Hotel	A.C. Dowley	Wem U.S.C.	Tilstock B.C.
1985	A. Dodd	Oxon	R. Lawson	Donnington Wood	British Sugar B.C.
1984	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	E. Cadwallader	Burway	Ludlow Castle B.C.
1983	A. Mayhew	Castlefields	K. Wall	Castlefields	Fox Lane, West Felton
1982	G. Clarke	Dun Cow	Mick Oliver	The Nabb	Prees B.C.
1981	A.C. Dowley	Wem U.S.C.	J. Addison	Telepost	Rolls Royce B.C.
1980	K. Pessall	Hadley U.S.C.	B. Griffiths	St Georges	Charlton B.C.
1979	D. Wright	Wem U.S.C.	A. Jones	Meole Brace	Tilstock B.C.
1978	B. Shore	Sankey	Mick Oliver	The Nabb	British Rail B.C.
1977	D.I. Lawrence	Pontesbury	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	Crescent B.C.
1976	S. Williams	Pontesbury	E. Jones	Pontesbury	Hadley U.S.C.
1975	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	C. Rushton	Battlefield	Prees B.C.
1974	M. Rogers	Battlefield	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	Rolls Royce B.C.
1973	C. Rushton	Battlefield	M. Hinton	Sir John Bayley	G.K.N. Sankeys
1972	A. Gibbons	Castlefields	C. Rushton	Battlefield	Harlescott Inn
1971	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	M. Biddulph	The Nabb	Glynwed B.C.
1970	M. Hinton	Sir John Bayley	R. Dulson	Wem B.L.	Rolls Royce B.C.
1969	R.J. Ellison	Tilstock	J. Williams	Allied Ironfounders	G.K.N. Sankeys
1968	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	Chester Road B.C.
1967	C. Clift	Castlefields	W.S. Gennoe	Postal	Meole Brace B.C.
1966	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	A.E. Jones	St Julians	Sankeys B.C.
1965	A.C. Dowley	Meole Brace	D.M. Beer	Battlefield	Rolls Royce B.C.
1964	J. Bradick	Castlefields	J. Candlin	Allied Ironfounders	Allied Ironfounders B.C.
1963	A.C. Dowley	Meole Brace	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	Meole Brace B.C.
1962	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	A.R. Jones	Wrockwardine Wood	Wem B.C.
1961	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	A.F. Poole	Castlefields	Sankeys B.C.
1960	A. Thomas	Castlefields	A.C. Dowley	Castlefields	Sentinel B.C.
1959	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	A.C. Dowley	Castlefields	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1958	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	A. Thomas	Castlefields	Monkmoor Hotel B.C.
1957	W.M. Howells	Crescent	W.S. Gennoe	Postal	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1956	R.G. Meyrick	Crescent	W.J. Morris	Pontesbury	Severnside B.C.
1955	R.J. Davies	Meole Brace	A. Matthews	Wrockwardine Wood	Sentinel Works
1954	J.H. Breeze	Sentinel	R.S. Thomas	Castlefields	Meole Brace B.C.
1953	A.H. Walker	Sir John Bayley	R.S. Thomas	Castlefields	Wrockwardine Wood
1952	W.M. Howells	N.A.L.G.O.	R.W. Owen	Castlefields	Severnside B.C.
1951	A.R. Jones	Wrockwardine Wood	R.G. Meyrick	N.A.L.G.O.	Meole Brace B.C.
1950	J. Bebbington	Ye Olde Crofte	E.F. Roberts	Old Shrewsbury	Cae Glas, Oswestry
1949	R.G. Meyrick	N.A.L.G.O.	B. Pickering	Postal	Severnside B.C.
1948	R.G. Meyrick	N.A.L.G.O.	W.M. Howells	N.A.L.G.O.	Severnside B.C.
1947	J. Massey	Old Shrewsbury	L.A. Page	Meole Brace	Severnside B.C.
1946	A. Thomas	Castlefields	J.D. Clifford	Old Shrewsbury	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1945	R.G. Meyrick	N.A.L.G.O.	S. Picken	Cock Hotel	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1944	R.G. Meyrick	N.A.L.G.O.	W.J. Gennoe	Postal	Severnside B.C.
1943	W.T. Boughey	Severnside	E.W. Moorfield	Old Shrewsbury	Greenfields B.C.
1942	No Competition
1941	No Competition
1940	No Competition
1939	H. Thomas	Monkmoor	W.J. Gennoe	Postal	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1938	J. Westbrook	Horsehay	C.S. Hawskford	N.A.L.G.O.	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1937	C. Morris	St Julians	R. Wildblood	Battlefield	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1936	W.E. Evans	Battlefield	S.C. Galley	All Saints	Greenfields B.C.
1935	D.B. McQuistin	Oxon	W.J. Gennoe	Postal	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1934	W.M. Howells	Postal	W.M. Green	Battlefield	Battlefield B.C.
1933	W.J. Gennoe	All Saints	Chas. Crane	Old Shrewsbury	Greenfields B.C.
1932	J.H. Pye	Old Shrewsbury	W.J. Gennoe	All Saints	Severnside B.C.
1931	J.W. Rose	All Saints	W.M. Howells	All Saints	Monkmoor Hotel B.C.
1930	C. Morris	Sentinel	A. Rowlinson	Chatwood	Greenfields B.C.
1929	C. Robinson	Frankwell	J.H. Pye	Shrewsbury	Severnside B.C.
1928	A.S. James	Uffington	W.M. Green	Old Shrewsbury	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1927	T.R. Richards	Severnside	C. Crane	Old Shrewsbury	Severnside B.C.
1926	A. Riley	Cock Hotel	J.W. Pickering	Dawley	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1925	A.S. James	Hadley U.S.C.	A.T. Moore	Greenfields	Severnside B.C.
1924	C. Magness	Cock Hotel	J.C.H. Bowdler	Severnside	Severnside B.C.
1923	D.B. McQuistin	Old Shrewsbury	G. Davies	St Georges	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1922	J.H. Pye	Old Shrewsbury	W.J. Browning	Shrewsbury	Ludlow Castle B.C.
1921	E.T. Jones	Old Shrewsbury	W.A. Hewitt	Severnside	Severnside B.C.
1920	J.H. Pye	Old Shrewsbury	W.P. Price	Severnside	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1919	W.A. Hewitt	Severnside	W.G. Brazier	Severnside	Severnside B.C.
1918	A.C. Smith	Severnside	F.G. Rowland	Severnside	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1917	G. Rowson	Old Shrewsbury	T. Canterbury	Old Shrewsbury	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1916	J. Jones	Severnside	A. Baxter	Severnside	Shrewsbury B.C.
1915	T.H. Cureton	Shrewsbury	J. Jones	Severnside	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1914	G. Corbett	Craven Arms	C.C. Hide	Craven Arms	Old Shrewsbury B.C.
1913	W.A. Hewitt	Old Shrewsbury	F. Richards	Oxon	Old Shrewsbury B.C.

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