Author: Malcolm Fletcher

The League is to lose 2 long-serving clubs for the 2026 season. Delegates at the March executive meeting on Tuesday the 3rd will hear that Worfield have pulled out of Friday division 3 while fellow south Shropshire side Highley have quit the Monday divisions, both citing lack of enough players to continue. But the good… Continue reading Key Meeting

There’s just 1 week to go for clubs to apply to field new teams or withdraw them from any of the divisions run by the League. The deadline to let fixture secretary John Palmer know (copying in general secretary Malcolm Fletcher please!) is 48 hours before the March executive meeting – which is on Tuesday… Continue reading D-Day Close

The League’s clubs have been urged not to miss a ‘Big’ chance to help grow the sport this coming summer – by signing up to an expanded Big Bowls promotion.   “The 2026 Commonwealth Games will see bowls take centre stage at one of the biggest sporting events of the summer – giving our sport a real… Continue reading Big Bowls!

GENERAL SECRETARY’S REPORT TO THE 2026 AGM I am not going to pretend that 2025 was the easiest of seasons. It was dogged by several niggling behaviour issues which we are determined to get a grip on this year – starting with a special pre-season meeting to ram home our Code of Conduct and rules… Continue reading Sec’s Report

FIXTURE SECRETARY JOHN PALMER’S REPORT TO THE 2026 AGM As far as I was concerned, 2025 all went pretty well with much better weather than the previous year. Hardly any matches were rained off. Congratulations to all the clubs that did well and commiserations to those not so fortunate (including first time champions Sinclair seen… Continue reading John’s View

Chairman’s opening address to the 2026 AGM: Good evening, Ladies & Gentlemen, Well time flies when you’re having fun and to be honest, even through some of the tough times during my 14 years as chairman, there has not been a time where I felt that we were out of our depth. And this is… Continue reading Sean’s Thanks

There’s a new man at the rudder of the League after Chris Hayward (pictured) was elected chairman at the 2026 AGM. The Allscott Heath BC chairman succeeds Sean Round, the Bowring stalwart bringing the curtain down on his 14-year reign in the post with a poignant speech that ended with a round of applause of… Continue reading AGM News

The 14-year reign of Sean Round as Mid Shropshire chairman will end at the League’s AGM tomorrow – Tuesday 27th January – at the Sir John Bayley Club (7.30m start). The Bowring club stalwart’s last act will be to take delegates of the 28 member clubs through four sets of rule change proposals before vacating… Continue reading End Of Era

Just over a week to go to the League’s 2026 AGM and the 28 member clubs have now received the rule change proposals, the 2025 accounts and the treasurer’s report to explain the figures. An officers meeting last week covered a lot of ground, including consideration of the BCGBA’s draft league constitution for compatibility with… Continue reading Nearly There

Now that the snow is disappearing and greens are clearing, it’s time for the League’s officers to step up preparations for the 2026 season. They will hold a meeting this week to finalise plans for the AGM on Tuesday 27th January at the Bayley Club (7.30pm). The issues they’ll be discussing will include posts that… Continue reading Getting Ready