The draw for the Harris Shield is as follows:
Wednesday 31st July – Preliminary Round
Wrockwardine Wood A v Donnington Wood A
Sir John Bayley A v Horsehay A
Wednesday 14th August – Quarter Finals
Wrock Wood A/Donn Wood A v SJB A/Horsehay A
Hadley USC A v Newport A
Charlton A v Shifnal A
Bowring A v Shifnal B
Players must have played at least one league game before the Preliminary round, and at least four league games before the Quarter Finals.
The draw for the Harris Shield will take place tonight.
The dates for the competition are as follows:
Preliminary – Wednesday 31st July
Quarter Finals – Wednesday 14th August
Semi Finals – Wednesday 28th August
Final – Saturday 14th September
The entries for the Harris Shield are as follows:
The 1st round of the Harris Cup has taken place or is taking place over the next week or so. Allscott Heath A have already secured their place in the Quarter Finals after beating Sir John Bayley A by 4 chalks. They won by 29 at home led by Rebecca Wedge’s 11 win, and lost by 27 away, Chris Hayward their only winner there 19. Burway and St Georges have played the leg at Burway last night, St Georges winning there by 26 led by Pete Farmer’s 1 win.
Tonight sees the holders Highley face Taylor Support Shropshire Premier League winners Sir John Bayley. Division One Champions Newport aim to upset Premier League side Adderley, while the lowest ranked team in the competition, Worfield A, play Trench A, leaders of Division Two.
Last year’s runners up Bylet start their campaign against Wrockwardine Wood A in a Preliminary round tie, the winners playing Division One leaders Sinclair next week. That date also sees Hadley USC play Madeley CC in an all Division One clash. Wem USC also play in this competition for the first time in a long time and play Shifnal, impressing in Division One this season.
Wednesday 17th July
| 1 | Sir J Bayley(P)(-28) | Highley(P)(-19) | At | Sir J Bayley(P) | ||||
| 1 | Highley(P)(-19) | Sir J Bayley(P)(-28) | At | Highley(P) | ||||
| 3 | Newport A | Adderley(P)(-16) | At | Newport A | ||||
| 3 | Adderley(P)(-16) | Newport A | At | Adderley(P) | ||||
| 7 | Trench A(+11) | Worfield A(+30) | At | Trench A | ||||
| 7 | Worfield A(+30) | Trench A(+11) | At | Worfield A |
Wednesday 24th July
| 2 | H U S C A(+5) | Madeley C C A(+9) | At | H U S C A | ||||
| 2 | Madeley C C A(+9) | H U S C A(+5) | At | Madeley C C A | ||||
| 4 | Winner of Match No 7 | Sinclair A(+2) | At | |||||
| 4 | Sinclair A(+2) | Winner of Match No 7 | At | Sinclair A | ||||
| 6 | Shifnal A(+3) | Wem U S C(P)(-15) | At | Shifnal A | ||||
| 6 | Wem U S C(P)(-15) | Shifnal A(+3) | At | Wem U S C(P) |
Wednesday 10th July
| 5 | Allscott Heath A(+10) | 103 | 4 | 1 | 74 | SJ Bayley A(+8) | At | Allscott Heath A |
| 5 | SJ Bayley A(+8) | 103 | 4 | 1 | 76 | Allscott Heath A(+10) | At | SJ Bayley A |
| Combined Result with handicap | Allscott Heath A(+10) | 189 | 5 | 5 | 185 | SJ Bayley A(+8) |
| 8 | St Georges(P)(-25) | Burway(P)(-20) | At | St Georges(P) | ||||
| 8 | Burway(P)(-20) | 73 | 3 | 2 | 81 | St Georges(P)(-25) | At | Burway(P) |
There are three ties in the Ashton Shield over the next three Wednesdays. Tonight sees the holders Donnington Wood B take on Division 5 Hadley USC. Next week sees last year’s runner up Much Wenlock B play St Georges D of Division 6, and the following Wednesday has Division 5 side Sir John Bayley D try to upset Division 4 side Trench C.
All players must have played at least one league game.
Wednesday 17th July
| 1 | Donn Wood B(+4) | H U S C C(+18) | At | Donn Wood B | ||||
| 1 | H U S C C(+18) | Donn Wood B(+4) | At | H U S C C |
Wednesday 24th July
| 3 | St. George’s D(+27) | Much Wenlock B(+13) | At | St. George’s D | ||||
| 3 | Much Wenlock B(+13) | St. George’s D(+27) | At | Much Wenlock B |
Wednesday 31st July
| 2 | Trench C(+9) | SJ Bayley D(+19) | At | Trench C | ||||
| 2 | SJ Bayley D(+19) | Trench C(+9) | At | SJ Bayley D |
Thank you to Mike Potter for some of the below pictures of the 2024 Fletcher Junior Doubles.
Please find below the draw for the Ashton Shield Preliminary and 1st Round ties.
Two of the Preliminary ties are on 17th July because of green clashes, with the other tie on the 24th July as scheduled.
All players must have played at least one league game before the round date to be eligible.
1st Round (Wednesday 7th August)
| 1 | Winner of Match No 1 | Winner of Match No 2 | At | |||||
| 1 | Winner of Match No 2 | Winner of Match No 1 | At | |||||
| 2 | Winner of Match No 3 | Bowring C | At | |||||
| 2 | Bowring C | Winner of Match No 3 | At | Bowring C | ||||
| 3 | Highley | Bylet B | At | Highley | ||||
| 3 | Bylet B | Highley | At | Bylet B | ||||
| 4 | Shifnal D | Donn Wood C | At | Shifnal D | ||||
| 4 | Donn Wood C | Shifnal D | At | Donn Wood C |
Preliminary Round (Wednesday 17th July)
| 1 | Donn Wood B | H U S C C | At | Donn Wood B | ||||
| 1 | H U S C C | Donn Wood B | At | H U S C C | ||||
| 2 | Trench C | SJ Bayley D | At | Trench C | ||||
| 2 | SJ Bayley D | Trench C | At | SJ Bayley D |
Preliminary Round (Wednesday 24th July)
| 3 | St. George’s D | Much Wenlock B | At | St. George’s D | ||||
| 3 | Much Wenlock B | St. George’s D | At | Much Wenlock B | ||||
| 4 | Bowring C | Bye | At | Bowring C | ||||
| 5 | Highley | Bye | At | Highley | ||||
| 6 | Bylet B | Bye | At | Bylet B | ||||
| 7 | Shifnal D | Bye | At | Shifnal D | ||||
| 8 | Donn Wood C | Bye | At | Donn Wood C |
Mick Jones added to his trophy collection with the Monday Night Merit after beating Steve Watkins in the final 21-12. He went 11-3 up on a round peg from the clubhouse corner and Steve couldn’t put more than two scoring ends together to get back at him.
In the Semi Finals Mick defeated Michael Furness 15 in a game where from 6-1 to Mick neither player scored in more than two ends together. The other Semi Final was the best game of the night between Steve and Abi Helliwell. Abi took an early 9-4 lead but Steve got back to 12-10 down. He then went 17-12 ahead in the corners and then 19-13. But Abi wasn’t done and got back to 19-18 but Steve got the two he needed.
In the Quarter Finals, Steve raced 14-0 up on Des Conneely before winning 5, while Abi also had a fast start to go 12-1 up and won 5 against Eric Reynolds. Mick had a slow start to be 6-1 down against Stuart James but then went 14-6 up over the middle and won 12. The closest game was between Michael and Stefan Whitehouse. Stefan was 14-9 up before Michael got back to lead 19-14 and won 15.
Thank you to Wrockwardine Wood for hosting tonight, and to those who measured and marked.
Pictures are to follow.
Scores are below.
| 1 | Mick Jones | 21 | 12 | Steve Watkins |
| 1 | Steve Watkins | 21 | 18 | Abi Helliwell |
| 2 | Mick Jones | 21 | 15 | Michael Furness |
| 1 | Steve Watkins | 21 | 5 | Des Conneely |
| 2 | Abi Helliwell | 21 | 8 | Eric Reynolds |
| 3 | Mick Jones | 21 | 12 | Stuart James |
| 4 | Michael Furness | 21 | 15 | Stefan Whitehouse |
Due to England playing on Wednesday at 8 p.m. clubs can move their games on the 10th July to be played earlier that night or anytime before Thursday 25th July in time for the Harris Shield 1st Round on Wednesday 31st July.
Both clubs must agree and the Competition Secretary Rob Burroughs must be informed of the new date.
Ben Cutler & Jarratt Cotterill won the 2024 Fletcher Junior Doubles with a 21-16 win over last year’s winners Dan Corbett & Luke Morris. They were 10-3 and 16-10 down but won the block back and ran out down the clubhouse edge.
In the Semi Finals Ben & Jarratt were 5-0 down to Billy Walmsley & Jack Cooke but then went 10-5 up. They then went 16-8 up before being pulled back to 16-12, but then ran out. Luke & Dan had an early 7-3 deficit against Logan Church & Harvey Rudkin but from 10 across ran out.
Well done to Ben & Jarratt for winning, it being third time lucky for Jarratt this season after losing in the Under 15 & 18 Finals.
Thank you to Wrockwardine Wood for hosting today and to all those who helped measure and mark.
Quarter Finals:
Ben & Jarratt raced 13-0 up against Rowan Fuller & Harry Grimston and won 3.
Logan & Harvey were 5-2 down early on against Isaac Clark & Finley Pessall but then went 12-5 up and won 9.
Luke & Dan raced 8-0 up on Jordan Millman & Wayd Pawlowski and kept this lead before being pegged back to 15 across. Luke & Dan though managed to get out 18.
Billy & Jack went 11-0 up on the very young pair of Rory King and Luca Moseley and won 2.
