Category: MSBL News

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

What would the League do without Wrockwardine Wood this season! The Wrockites, with club secretary Louise Cotton at the helm, hosted two Mid Shropshire competition last weekend – the Junior Doubles and the Monday Merit finals (see full reports from both on posts below). And this coming Sunday – 14th July – Wood’s 2 greens… Continue reading W Wd wow!

Honouring those who have served the League and its clubs with distinction is high on the agenda of the July executive meeting on Tuesday the 2nd at the Bayley Club. Clubs have been asked to nominate people they feel should be awarded life membership of the MSBL at a meeting that will also feature competition… Continue reading Up To Clubs!

Can John Breeze retain the title he won last year in such convincing style at Bylet? Can past winner Paul Beer, a sponsor of the competition, make League history by becoming the first bowler to win both this title and the Over-60 Merit in the same season? Can the three other past champions in the… Continue reading Key Questions

Competition secretary Rob Burroughs won’t know if he’s coming or going this weekend as he copes with a double header of League events. First up is the Mid Shropshire Junior Day on Saturday 22nd June at Albrighton from 10am. Both the Under-18 and Under-15 Merits will be played and the incentive for the League’s young… Continue reading Double Date