Three MSBL bowlers struck gold in the competitions run as part of the 2022 Wenlock Olympian Games. Husband and wife, Chris and Ann Grocott, won the doubles knockout at Broseley, while Sinclair stalwart and League veterans team captain Peter Sprsagg won the singles at Much Wenlock. The Grocotts – PICTURED – were runners-up in this season’s… Continue reading Golden stars
Author: Malcolm Fletcher
Green glory?
Saturday 16th July is going to be a big day for four Mid Shropshire clubs who are in the running for a new countywide award. Three representatives, led by League chairman Sean Round, will judge the 5 Telford area greens entered in the first Shropshire Best Kept Green competition that morning. Their schedule will start… Continue reading Green glory?
Merit Double
Maddocks will have the honour of hosting the League’s Senior Merit finals on Saturday 30th July, starting at 11am. Despite the prize fund being boosted by £125 thanks to sponsorship from Shropshire Vertidrain & Turf Services Ltd, there were not enough entries to justify qualifying sessions so this competition is being played in a one-day… Continue reading Merit Double
Pace Hots Up
In the blink of an eye – or so it seems – we are at the halfway point of the 2022 season and the pace is really starting to hot up. The venues for the Senior Merit on Saturday 30th July and the Under-25 Merit on Saturday 20th August have now been finalised by organiser… Continue reading Pace Hots Up
Clubs Urged
Fixture Secretary John Palmer’s Report to the League’s July Executive Meeting: We’re almost halfway through the season now and I’d like all clubs to review their player ‘starrings’. It’s always a bit of a punt to do this before the season starts and I know that circumstances change. Thanks to those that have already done… Continue reading Clubs Urged
Now & 2023
Tuesday’s July Executive meeting is vital for this current season – and the 2023 campaign The gathering at SJBC on Tuesday the 5th is the cut-off date for the straightforward registering of new players – and fixture secretary John Palmer has informed all clubs that management league rule 5 states: “No further registration of players… Continue reading Now & 2023
Up For Cup
Plotting a route to the semi-finals – that’s the League’s 2 teams who will go into battle in the Shropshire senior inter-league championship on Saturday 25th June. MSBL B will play their quarter-final in the 8-a-side knockout in Telford when they take on the Premier League’s Blue side on Donnington Wood No.2. It’s a 6.30pm… Continue reading Up For Cup
Olympics call
Two chances to win Olympic medals in the space of seven days come the way of Mid Shropshire bowlers next month. The singles knockout that is part of the 2022 Wenlock Olympian Games is at Much Wenlock on Sunday, July 3, and the doubles KO a week later at Broseley, when the start time depends… Continue reading Olympics call
So Close
Mid Shropshire’s over-60s team is still coming to terms with missing out on a record-extending Shropshire veterans inter-league championship success in agonising circumstances. Captain Peter Spragg’s team went into the last of their four round robin games knowing that victory over Whitchurch on Wrockwardine Wood No.1 would clinch a sixth triumph in the 8-a-side one-day… Continue reading So Close
Vets Time!
The League will host the Shropshire veterans inter-league championship tomorrow – Saturday 11th June – at Wrockwardine Wood from 10am. Five teams will contest the Derek Wright Shield, using both greens, with the Mid Shropshire squad captained by Peter Spragg. The format will be one round robin group with each team playing four games (two… Continue reading Vets Time!