Author: Malcolm Fletcher

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

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!

The Competition Dates for 2022 so far finalised by organiser Phil King can now be seen on the Competition News section of this website To mark its 90th anniversary, the League aims to use the greens of founder members clubs like Trench, Horsehay and St Georges Saturday 30th July is the big day on the calendar… Continue reading Have A Look!

The 2022 fixtures are now live on this site – and they show that two years hit by the pandemic has not done the League any favours. New fixture secretary John Palmer reports: “We’ve lost five teams from Friday nights, two from Mondays and two from Thursdays, which is somewhat offset by two new teams… Continue reading Fixture Time!

The pdf within this post contains the MSBL’s divisional structure for the 2022 season produced by new fixture secretary John Palmer, which has already been sent direct to all clubs. It also details the start and finish dates for all the divisions, plus the plan for dealing with the numerous (and extra) Bank Holidays this… Continue reading 2022 Divisions

The League’s 2022 AGM marked the official agreement of a new two-year sponsorship deal with Local Print Pros. The Hadley-based company are specialists in top quality printed clothing, including printed t-shirts and printed hoodies. They also print banners – one of which has already been presented to the League – business cards, decals and much,… Continue reading Local Heroes

The clock is ticking and midnight tonight – Saturday 12th March – is the deadline for all member clubs to let League offiicials know how many teams they will be entering and in what divisions this year. John Palmer is the person to contact as the League’s new fixture secretary (email [email protected]) and as of… Continue reading Clock Ticking

There was a kind of poetic symmetry to the fact that, on the cusp of the League’s 90th anniversary season, the 2022 AGM was one of the most important in its history. That’s why all 25 current member clubs were represented in a full house at Wellington’s Sir John Bayley Club on Tuesday 8th March… Continue reading AGM Facts

League President Mike Potter can expect a warm reception at the 2022 Mid Shropshire AGM tonight (TUES) – just 24 hours after stepping back into the county spotlight. He was made County President for the second time in front of a packed house at Wem USC for the SCGBA AGM, and here’s the speech that… Continue reading Potter Power