Mid Shropshire has entered 2 teams in this year’s Shropshire senior inter-league championship – and one of them is through to the quarter-finals already! That’s MSBL B, who will not feature in the eight-a-side knockout (with ties on Saturday nights, 7pm, at neutral venues) until the last 8 do battle on June 25. But MSBL… Continue reading Teams News
Author: Malcolm Fletcher
Doubles Joy
Nick Mullinder & Ash Gregory are the 2022 winners of the Dixon Driscoll Doubles. The Hadley USC-Newport combination landed the trophy with a 21-13 victory over Chris and Abi Grocott (Horesehay) in a final that brought the curtain down on 8 hours of action at Allscott Heath. There were 19 entries who enjoyed playing on… Continue reading Doubles Joy
Party Plans
Progress on plans for the League’s 90th Anniversary Celebration Day – at St Georges on Saturday 4th June – feature on the agenda for the May management meeting on Tuesday the 3rd . Nearly half of the bowlers who will represent member clubs in the MSBL @ 90 Singles on the bottom green starting at… Continue reading Party Plans
DDD Day!
Dixon Driscoll Doubles day is on Saturday 30th April. It will be played at Allscott Heath with a 10am start and dress code rules will apply. Comps secretary Phil King is still working on finding a date for the Under-25 Merit, hopefully to be played at found member club Horsehay this year as part of… Continue reading DDD Day!
Late Blow
The 2022 season is finally fully up and running – but not without an 11th hour hiccup. Wrockwardine Wood were forced to withdraw their B team from division 3 on the morning of the opening fixture, leaving Madeley CC B without a match and just 10 teams competing in the division A WW spokesperson explained:… Continue reading Late Blow
Don’t Delay
There’s no time to waste if you want to enter the League’s top pairs knockout – the Dixon Driscoll Doubles. The one-day comp will be played on Saturday 30th April and, with sufficient numbers, will feature qualifying sessions in the morning and the finals for the last 8 later in the day. And it means… Continue reading Don’t Delay
New Focus
Monday night action in divisions 4-5-6 started with 30 teams involved on opening night, but the 2022 campaign is not in full swing yet. For the Easter weekend brings the Monday fixture schedule to an immediate halt next week, meaning the focus of attention will be on the re-launch of divisions 1-2-3 on Friday 22nd… Continue reading New Focus
Season Is Go!
The return to hopefully normal action in the League has started with six matches in the Dennis Lewis Thursday Division featuring big home wins for Sir John Bayley and reigning champions from 2019 St Georges, plus a fine away result for Madeley CC. The match fees per player for the 2022 season were approved at… Continue reading Season Is Go!
Time To Talk
The League springs back into life this week with the first 2022 fixtures in the Dennis Lewis Thursday Division – but first there’s some talking to do. An executive meeting will be held on Tuesday 5th April at the Sir John Bayley Club with the match fees for the season to be announced along with… Continue reading Time To Talk
Nearly There!
Just one week to wait now until the 2022 MSBL season springs into life with the first fixtures in the Dennis Lewis Thursday Division. But there won’t be the seven fixtures for a full house of 14 teams as planned and hoped for . . . That’s because Bowring have informed the League that they… Continue reading Nearly There!