Please find some of the Individual Competition dates for the 2026 season, with most of these now confirmed. The Thursday Night Merit could move if there are less than 12 or more than 14 teams in the league as the league would have spare Thursdays to use for the Merit. If there are 13 or… Continue reading Mid Shropshire Individual Competition Dates
Category: MSBL News
General news items only
Big Bowls!
The League’s clubs have been urged not to miss a ‘Big’ chance to help grow the sport this coming summer – by signing up to an expanded Big Bowls promotion. “The 2026 Commonwealth Games will see bowls take centre stage at one of the biggest sporting events of the summer – giving our sport a real… Continue reading Big Bowls!
Sec’s Report
GENERAL SECRETARY’S REPORT TO THE 2026 AGM I am not going to pretend that 2025 was the easiest of seasons. It was dogged by several niggling behaviour issues which we are determined to get a grip on this year – starting with a special pre-season meeting to ram home our Code of Conduct and rules… Continue reading Sec’s Report
John’s View
FIXTURE SECRETARY JOHN PALMER’S REPORT TO THE 2026 AGM As far as I was concerned, 2025 all went pretty well with much better weather than the previous year. Hardly any matches were rained off. Congratulations to all the clubs that did well and commiserations to those not so fortunate (including first time champions Sinclair seen… Continue reading John’s View
Competition Secretary’s 2026 AGM Report
It’s been another successful season of competitions for the league, with four new competitions being all successful and hopefully these can be built on for this coming season. The Under 25 Merit proved to be another difficult year, with the competition having to be moved back a week due to lack of entries. It took… Continue reading Competition Secretary’s 2026 AGM Report
Sean’s Thanks
Chairman’s opening address to the 2026 AGM: Good evening, Ladies & Gentlemen, Well time flies when you’re having fun and to be honest, even through some of the tough times during my 14 years as chairman, there has not been a time where I felt that we were out of our depth. And this is… Continue reading Sean’s Thanks
AGM News
There’s a new man at the rudder of the League after Chris Hayward (pictured) was elected chairman at the 2026 AGM. The Allscott Heath BC chairman succeeds Sean Round, the Bowring stalwart bringing the curtain down on his 14-year reign in the post with a poignant speech that ended with a round of applause of… Continue reading AGM News
End Of Era
The 14-year reign of Sean Round as Mid Shropshire chairman will end at the League’s AGM tomorrow – Tuesday 27th January – at the Sir John Bayley Club (7.30m start). The Bowring club stalwart’s last act will be to take delegates of the 28 member clubs through four sets of rule change proposals before vacating… Continue reading End Of Era
Nearly There
Just over a week to go to the League’s 2026 AGM and the 28 member clubs have now received the rule change proposals, the 2025 accounts and the treasurer’s report to explain the figures. An officers meeting last week covered a lot of ground, including consideration of the BCGBA’s draft league constitution for compatibility with… Continue reading Nearly There
Getting Ready
Now that the snow is disappearing and greens are clearing, it’s time for the League’s officers to step up preparations for the 2026 season. They will hold a meeting this week to finalise plans for the AGM on Tuesday 27th January at the Bayley Club (7.30pm). The issues they’ll be discussing will include posts that… Continue reading Getting Ready