Category: MSBL News

This is one of the hardest posts I have ever had to write but, now the family have made it public, I feel it is my duty to relay the sad news of the passing of League legend Jeff Hutchinson in the early hours of this morning at the Royal Stoke Hospital, aged 91. Tributes… Continue reading RIP Jeff

Not long to wait now . . . it’s only just over a week until the League’s 2023 season springs back into life with the first fixtures in the Monday divisions. And one person who can’t wait is the League’s nomination to serve as this year’s County Deputy President, Brenda Slingo (PICTURED), who hopes to… Continue reading Can’t Wait!

The new campaign to get more people of all ages playing bowls – ‘Roll up Shropshire’ – is gathering pace. Just a week after launching the initiative, County Development Officer Pauline Wilson is pleased by the interest from Shropshire affiliated clubs. “There’s been a strong start for ‘Roll Up Shropshire’ since the launch and we have… Continue reading Roll Up!

The fixtures for the 2023 season are now LIVE on this website – see Tables/Results And the great news is that the League is starting to grow again after the pandemic with a super 6 new teams accepted to compete this year – plus a brand new division – with just 2 sides withdrawing. Newport,… Continue reading Fixture Time!

Tuesday’s vital March executive meeting is the deadline for a number of League issues – see the full agenda below. MOST important of them is that it is the cut-off point for applications from new teams – and fixture secretary John Palmer is getting a lot of interest . . . BUT 1 more team… Continue reading Deadline Time

A super 7 clubs have applied to enter teams in the League’s proposed new Afternoon Division. So just 1 more is needed to give the division lift-off in 2023 – the clubs to express an official interest to date being: Highley, Donnington Wood, Edgmond, Albrighton, Madeley CC, Chelmarsh and Bowring. It seems vice-chairman’s Steve Wall’s… Continue reading Lift-off Looms

We are so proud that this person agreed to be the nomination of the League to serve as County Deputy President for 2023. So here are the speeches made by chairman Sean Round and then Pauline Wilson at the official ceremony at the end of the SCGBA AGM at Sinclair: “Mr President, ladies and gentlemen,… Continue reading Our Pride

History was made at the February meeting when President Mike Potter became the first to nominate the charity that the League will raise money for this year. Mike, who is PICTURED receiving a thank you gift of a special MSBL coat supplied by sponsors Local Print Pros from secretary Malcolm Fletcher at the annual presentation… Continue reading In Summary!

As discussed at the end of the recent AGM, there will be a February management meeting of the League on Wednesday 15th February at BOWRING BC, starting at 7.30pm “There is so much going on right now, meaning a packed agenda, that we hope member clubs will do their very best to be represented,” said general… Continue reading Time To Talk

A healthy profit, a successfully re-launched presentation dinner and new teams in the pipeline resulted in a quickfire AGM of the League. The 58 minute annual meeting also saw the launch of a new competition for bowlers in the lower divisions as all of the rule change proposals were approved unanimously. Called the Monday Merit,… Continue reading The Summary