Our Senior County team opened with a win today over South Yorkshire by 13 chalks but it was an extremely close contest. A slow start at home saw us lead by 8 chalks with two winners, whilst away we trailed by 17 despite reserve Gary Neal winning 15 and Mike Beer getting 17 from 9-1 down. But the tide turned in the middle as a single figure winner at each venue meant we led overall. Overall Endsleigh and Shropshire man of the match Ash Wellings produced a fine 8 win away in Barnsley, while ex Newport player Sam Millward used green knowledge to his advantage to win 5. This coupled with with two more wins at home, Stuart Rutter winning 18 after being 10-4 down, and Callum Wraight winning 20 away, meant we led by 12 overall. However it then went level after another game off away, and it was all to play for. It was down to the last three away only dropping 8 more shots, and then Dave Lloyd and Pete Farmer both using their green knowledge to win 12 and 11 to earn a 48 shot win at home and 13 overall.
Well done to the players and officials today, and they now turn their attention to Merseyside on 5th June who defeated Cumbria by 13 as well today, with the winner of this clash being favourites to progress.
| Newport No 2, Granville Avenue, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7DX | Barnsley Bc No1 Green, Rugby Club Shaw Lane Barnsley S70 6hz, S70 6HZ | ||||||||||||||
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| W | Shropshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | South Yorkshire | L | W | South Yorkshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Shropshire | L |
| 1 | Spencer Clarke | 20 | 21 | Richard Atkin | Chris Kelly | 21 | 13 | Paul Evans | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Jamie King | 18 | 21 | Dean Missere | Andy Jones | 21 | 10 | Darren Wellings | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Richard Lawson | 21 | 11 | Andrew Turner | Ross Meese | 21 | 17 | Michael Beer | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Alex Jones | 21 | 19 | Paul Wildgoose | Adam Jones | 15 | 21 | Gary Neal | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Scott Harries | 21 | 17 | Paul Bailey | Danny Sillitoe | 8 | 21 | Ashley Wellings | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Stuart Rutter | 21 | 18 | Nick White | Jack Hill | 20 | 21 | Callum Wraight | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Liam Stevens | 17 | 21 | Robert Thompson Junior | Sam Day | 21 | 16 | Chris Worthington | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Sam Millward | 21 | 5 | James Higgins | Jack Clarke | 21 | 14 | Keith Wall | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | Peter Grimston | 20 | 21 | Andrew Whitaker | Ryan Clark | 21 | 9 | Andrew Judson | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Jack Hewitt | 21 | 18 | Peter Worfolk | Gary Hanson | 21 | 17 | Martin Lloyd | 10 | ||||||
| 11 | David Lloyd | 21 | 12 | James Thomas | Mark Booth | 21 | 18 | Rich Goddard | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | Peter Farmer | 21 | 11 | Matt Whittaker | Matthew Whitaker | 21 | 20 | Wayne Rogers | 12 | ||||||
| 8 | Aggregate +48 | 243 | 195 | Aggregate -48 | 4 | 9 | Aggregate +35 | 232 | 197 | Aggregate -35 | 3 | ||||
| 11 | Points 2 (Agg +13) | 440 | 427 | Points 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
