Category: MSBL News

History-making Shifnal and Newport will have the most to celebrate tomorrow – Saturday 25th January –  at the League’s presentation dinner. Bowlers, family and friends from both clubs will be out in force among the 140 booked to be at the West Stand @ TUFC in Wellington from 5.30pm. Many will be from Shifnal, who… Continue reading Nearly There!

More than 140 people are attending the League’s presentation dinner on Saturday at the West Stand @ TUFC and there is one vital thing for them to remember – if they are driving to it – to ensure they have a good night … It is to Park Proper at the Wellington venue! ENTRY to… Continue reading Park Proper

Let’s play the numbers game . . . with 3 days to go to the League’s annual presentation dinner at the West Stand @ TUFC. It will be the 10th successive celebration night at the Wellington venue, a run that started in 2013 and includes a 1 year gap due to Covid. More than 140… Continue reading Counting . . .

Reminders about two vital issues ahead of the 2025 season have been issued to member clubs by county bowls officials. The Safeguarding Officers of all clubs affiliated to the Shropshire association need to have a valid DBS Certificate relating to that post. And a county spokesperson stressed: “All DBS certificates due to expire (after 3… Continue reading Time To Act

Member clubs are reminded that the League’s 2025 AGM – on Tuesday 28th January at SJBC – will start at the new later time of 7.30pm after the rule change approved last year. And it’s Mid Shropshire clubs that have been quickest off the mark in arranging their annual meetings in the countdown to the… Continue reading Early Notice

Here’s to 2025 – and another good year for the League, its bowlers, their families and friends. There’s lots to look forward to, starting in January with the annual presentation dinner on the 25th – with our County President Brenda Slingo in attendance – which is followed by the AGM on Janaury 28th. The annual… Continue reading Roll in 2025!

It’s that time of year again! So the League’s officers would like to wish all its bowlers, families and friends the happiest and healthiest of Christmas’s – and indeed those best wishes are for New Year’s Eve and 2025 too. Win or lose, let’s hope that more and more people of all ages enjoy our… Continue reading Best Wishes

The League’s bowlers – and everyone in crown green land – face paying a new annual fee to help the sport’s governing body try to halt the decline and then grow the game. A proposal to introduce an ‘Annual Development Player Fee’ of £1 per bowler per club will be introduced next year if approved… Continue reading New Fee?

Mid Shropshire greenkeepers were to the fore as the people who look after the best greens in Shropshire were rewarded for their efforts. Dennis UK-SISIS, sponsors of the Shropshire Best Kept Green competition, invited all the greenkeepers of clubs who entered the 2024 judging to go on a special day out. And a party of… Continue reading Tour Treat