Shropshire have one foot in the Semi Finals after beating Staffordshire home and away to win by 70 overall. They flew out the traps at home to lead by 51, Jamie King winning 3, Callum Wraight 7, Scott Harries 9 and Kirk Stevens 15. Away from home they did trail by 26 after four games off, Nick Wyer the only winner 17. The lead in the middle four was extended to 54 with two winners apiece, while away we cut the deficit to 4 chalks, Mike Beer best of three winners 8. The back four at home extended the lead to 62 despite just two winners, while the away side completed the comeback to win by 8 there, Andy Armstrong adding a single figure win 21-9 at number 12 making it 7 winners overall.
The win means Shropshire would have to lose, and the winner of Staffordshire and Lancashire overturn a 74/76 shot aggregate difference, against a North Lancs & Fylde side that can’t qualify, to not make the Semi Finals.
| Stafford Bowling Club, Castle Fields, Newport Road, Stafford., ST16 1BG | Allscott Heath Bc, Artificial Green, Shawbirch Road, Allscott, Telford, Shrosphire, TF6 5EQ | ||||||||||||||
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| W | Staffordshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Shropshire | L | W | Shropshire | Tot | For | Ag | Tot | Staffordshire | L |
| 1 | Aaron Tapper | 21 | 5 | Rich Goddard | Jamie King | 21 | 3 | Paul Evans | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Glynn Storer | 21 | 12 | Ashley Wellings | Sam Millward | 21 | 15 | Kirk Stevens | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Dave Semper | 21 | 16 | Tom Palmer | Scott Harries | 21 | 9 | Scott Simpson | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Joe Green | 17 | 21 | Nick Wyer | Callum Wraight | 21 | 7 | Nathan Dawes | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | Darrell Handley | 8 | 21 | Michael Beer | Josh Cotton | 17 | 21 | Reece Farr | 5 | ||||||
| 6 | Mark Jones | 18 | 21 | Martin Lloyd | Rhys Marshall | 21 | 18 | Glen Herbert | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Nick Newey | 14 | 21 | Adam Jones | Tom Killen | 16 | 21 | Joe Dicken | 7 | ||||||
| 8 | Gordon Hawkins | 21 | 20 | Dan Taylor | Martin Gaut | 21 | 11 | Craig Skidmore | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | Peter Cookson | 21 | 10 | Chris Stretch | Josh Bradburn | 21 | 14 | Kevin Hocknull | 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Spencer Mccarthy | 11 | 21 | Spencer Clarke | Liam Stevens | 20 | 21 | Peter Withey | 10 | ||||||
| 11 | Dave Wright | 20 | 21 | Wayne Rogers | Peter Farmer | 18 | 21 | Craig Cartwright | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | Danny Statham | 9 | 21 | Andrew Armstrong | Joe Killen | 21 | 16 | Owen Evans | 12 | ||||||
| 5 | Aggregate -8 | 202 | 210 | Aggregate +8 | 7 | 8 | Aggregate +62 | 239 | 177 | Aggregate -62 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | Points 0 | 379 | 449 | Points 2 (Agg +70) | 15 | ||||||||||
