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.
| Sinclair Bowling Club, Sinclair Sports & Social Club, Ketley Dingle, Telford , TF1 5AD | Llay Welfare Bowling Club , The Ring Llay New Road Llay Wrexham , LL120TH | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||