Shifnal won their first Harris silverware as they won the first Harris Shield competition by 56 against Newport. But Newport had started well with Phil Emery leading Paul Reeves 14-2 and Steve Handley 9-4 ahead of John Davies. But Paul and John turned their games around, Paul winning 18 and John 15. Greg Carr added a 21-19 win, after being 19-13 up, and Alison Cotton was the best winner of the four 21-11, going 14-4 up from 4-3 down. So this meant that Shifnal led by 24 after four games off.
Shifnal didn’t let up in the middle as Darrell Handley came and won 5 in no time at all to pretty much take the match away from Newport. Newport had had good starts in the other three games but Shifnal’s Dave James recovered from 10-3 down to win 20, Dan Wilson from 10-7 down to win 15 and Tim Benton from 8-5 down to win 19. This meant Shifnal had an unassailable lead of 49.
Rob Steventon won 13 from 7-4 down to further Shifnal’s lead, but Ian Whittington got some cheer for Newport, winning 20 from 10-0 down.
Well done to Shifnal on their success.
| Newport A | Score | Score | Shifnal A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Emery * | 18 | 21 | Paul Reeves * |
| Stephen Handley * | 15 | 21 | Jonathan Davies ** |
| Alan Davidson * | 19 | 21 | Greg Carr ** |
| Russell Millward ** | 11 | 21 | Alison Cotton * |
| Martyn France * | 15 | 21 | Daniel Wilson |
| Mark Selley ** | 20 | 21 | David James ** |
| Simon Oldcorn * | 19 | 21 | Tim Benton * |
| Alan Smith * | 5 | 21 | Darrell Handley * |
| Ian Whittington ** | 21 | 20 | Paul Beer * |
| Dale Rudrum ** | 13 | 21 | Robert Steventon ** |
| Games | 0 | 8 | |
| Aggregate | 156 | 209 | |
| Handicap | 0 | 3 | |
| Aggregate | 156 | 212 |