Author: Malcolm Fletcher

One of the titles the League is so proud to win is now safely back in Mid Shropshire hands. The League’s over-60 bowlers regained the Shropshire veterans inter-league championship with a sparkling, unbeaten display at Old Shrewsbury. Captained for the first time by Ian Evans, they landed the Derek Wright Shield for the first time… Continue reading Ours Again!

It’s all systems go for the League tomorrow – Saturday 10th June – on two fronts. First, a team led by new captain Ian Evans will head for Old Shrewsbury and the 2023 Shropshire veterans inter-league championship, starting at 10am. Then at 6pm, at Sir John Bayley, the League’s Under-25 Merit will be staged on… Continue reading At The Double

Member club Trench are planning to mark their centenary in style this year. A special day to celebrate the 100th birthday will be held on the Sunday of the August Bank Holiday weekend, with long-serving secretary and groundsman David Evans having solved the club’s long-standing problem with parking by organising two available sites nearby. Trench… Continue reading Ton Up Time!

Competitions continue to come thick and fast for Mid Shropshire bowlers to consider entering – and it’s not just events promoted by the League either. New comps sec Rob Burroughs will re-launch the Mid Shropshire Mixed Doubles on Saturday 3rd June at Edgmond with a 10am start. Entries will be taken on the day before… Continue reading Mixed Magic

Record numbers – for this century! – are entering League competitions this season as it enjoys a welcome post pandemic bounce. Interest in the Harris and Ashton Cups is up and there were 20 entries in the Over-60 Merit at Donnington Wood on Saturday 20th May – the highest number since the comp was launched… Continue reading Great Gaut!

Can Sinclair bowler Dave Brown be a hat-trick hero in a League Merit as Trench celebrate the easing of their parking problems? That’s the question for tomorrow – Saturday 20th May – as the Over-60s crown goes up for grabs at Donnington Wood from 2pm (entries taken on the day). Dave won the inaugural competition… Continue reading Title – Parking

Extra, extra . . . read all about it! The first MSBL Newsletter has now been emailed direct to all club secretaries. The Newsletter – designed and compiled by fixture secretary John Palmer – has been produced in place of the monthly League meetings that were consigned to history this year. Its production honours the… Continue reading Extra, Extra!

Her opponents hit a brick wall was the tribute paid to Ellie Wall as she made League history. It came from Mid Shropshire President Mike Potter as he saluted the Wrockwardine Wood bowler as the first winner of the Monday Divisions Merit, the new competition launched for players bowling primarily in teams in divisions four,… Continue reading Merit Magic

More League history will be made tomorrow – Monday 8th May – when the first finals of the new Monday Divisions Merit are played. Wellington’s Sir John Bayley Club from 6pm is the place to be as 8 bowlers who play primarily in divisions four, five and six on Monday evenings will battle it out… Continue reading Historic Night

It’s going to be a sad day . . . the funeral of former League secretary, president and life member Jeff Hutchinson finally takes place tomorrow – Friday 5th May – at 3.30pm at All Saints Parish Church in Wellington. It will be followed by cremation at Telford Crematorium at 4.30pm and then a wake… Continue reading Final Tribute