Category: MSBL News

It’s a massive 3 days for the League this weekend with crunch fixtures tonight (Friday 30th August), the Ashton Cup and Ashton Shield finals tomorrow evening and the Thursday Merit at Donnington Wood on Sunday. Topping the bill tonight is the first division clash between leaders Sinclair A and their main title rivals, visiting Shifnal… Continue reading Big 3 Days!

Read all about it! Newsletter No. 4, covering the August and September 2024 period without League meetings, is now available. For all the news from your officers and dates for the diary please go to Admin on this site and then League minutes and you will find it there available to peruse or download. And… Continue reading Extra, Extra!

Title races and promotion pushes are hotting up in divisions right across the League – but congratulations for being the first confirmed champions go to Wrockwardine Wood. They finished top of the re-launched Saturday Division by winning all their 10 fixtures – but it was Chris Hayward, chairman of Allscott Heath BC, who finished top… Continue reading Well Done!!

Four League clubs are through to the final judging for this year’s Shropshire Best Kept Green accolade. Worfield, Wrockwardine Wood’s No. 1 green, Edgmond and Trench were all successful in the area judging and will hope to take the 2024 crown come September. And if Trench come out on top then it would be two… Continue reading Great Greens

It’s top of the table clash time tonight – Friday 8th August – in the division one championship chase. And Hadley USC will make the short trip up the Waterloo Road to face leaders Sinclair as new holders of the Shropshire Cup. A strong start and a remarkable recovery were the key factors as HUSC… Continue reading Crunch Clash

Former League competition secretary Phil King (pictured) and his Hadley USC team-mates are wished the best of luck as they try to win the Shropshire Cup for the first time tomorrow – Saturday 3rd August. The division one title chasers take on Bridgewater at Bicton (6.30pm) after both stunned semi-final opponents in the KGJ Insurance-backed… Continue reading Up For Cup!

Four bowlers who play in the League are wished the best of luck in the British Senior Merit finals tomorrow – Saturday 27th July – just down the road in Wolverhampton. County Merit winner Josh Bradburn is a regular in St Georges’ Dennis Lewis Thursday Division side, Peter Farmer plays for Allscott Heath B in… Continue reading Do Us Proud!

The current league season is only just past the halfway mark but one Mid Shropshire club is already planning for winter. Allscott Heath aim to make full use of their new home, which includes an all-weather artificial green at the new sports complex, by launching a closed season league for bowlers from the Mid Shropshire… Continue reading Winter plans?

It’s a Friday and the late John Lovett – one of the most popular bowlers to have played the game in Mid Shropshire land – would have been eagerly looking forward to having a game. Tributes poured in as news of his passing earlier this month spread far and wide. The Horsehay man died, aged… Continue reading Tributes Flow

It wasn’t all plain sailing but the League’s young bowlers have kept a firm grip on the Shropshire junior inter-league championship. With Mid Shropshire hosting the under-18 competition at Wrockwardine Wood on Sunday 14th July, it was a case of home, sweet home for them after it had been cancelled last year. Captained by Luke… Continue reading Champs Rule