Friday 27th September Away to Wem USCLost 6 / 8With all the problems resolved this match finally went ahead to a somewhat cold & quiet night at the USC, the atmosphere went even colder after the first four all won with the fielders going four nil up. One of Shropshires greatest bowlers in Tony Poole led the way with a 21/13 win against J.Fyderwho was never any danger to Tony, next saw Richie Goddard taking Mick Reeves all over the green with Rich stuck on twenty Mick pulled back 8 points before Richie got the final one. Keith Walton played it tight against Derek Wright which at 18 across could of gone either way but Walton kept is head to win 21/19 & at four saw Alan Peach finishing off his season with a good win against J.Fyder at 21/13.
With Alan Peach standing in for the missing Captain Andrew Duckett there was much disappointment in the club house later but we did manage to talk a good game.
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Friday 16th Sept Home to Archibald WorthingtonWon 10 / 4The fielders did not let the local press coverage over the Wem game spoil the last home game of the season, with the temperature now dropping the first four blasted off with a straight four nil win with only Richie Goodard having to play some close bowls after C.Pearce gave a bit of surge at he start taking Richie to 15/7 down but then Richie finding marks in the corners, ran out 21/18.
Into the back four with Captain Andrew Duckett going down 11/21 against P.Latham saw some good bowling from the other three & Kevin Price taking the coppers with a great 21/5 win against M.Jones. With two games left, away to Wem on Wed & Wrockwoodine Wood on Friday the best the Fields can look to is third place
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Friday 23rd August Home to St GeorgesLost 6 / 8 |
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| In this top of the league clash between the second & third placed rivals, Castlefields, were hoping for a repeat on last seasons score of a win of 9/5 which would then put them in a strong position for when they meet table toppers Meole Brace on Wed 28th Aug, but on the night the challenge could not be met & after some excellent bowling from the Dragons coupled with some great support from green-side it took to the last game to decide the winner, which was then taken on the aggregate by St Georges.... | |||
| Glyn Herbert | 13 | 21 | Gary Cooper |
| Keith Walton | 21 | 10 | Chris Ball |
| Richie Goddard | 21 | 19 | Al Jones |
| Andrew Duckett | 13 | 21 | Keith Pessall |
Captain Andrew Duckett banked on a strong first four to try & gain a advantage in the front, in a one saw Glyn Herbert paired up with Gary Cooper, who did win here last season against Walton, at the start he did not look like it would happen again as Herbie ran up a 7/1 lead but then lost the jack which allowed Cooperman to find the weight & then play some excellent bowls on a short mark across the middle of the green scoring with the next 12 ends to take the score to 7/18, after a couple of fires from Herbie & an attempt to cut Cooper out which had no effect, Cooperman won the game 13/21, Keith Walton came on at two against Chris Ball, with the game even for the first ten ends taking the score to 7/6 Walton then surged ahead winning the game 21/10, Richie Goddard found himself up against Al Jones who made him play abit & took 31 ends before Richie got the vital last one after seeing Al slowly clawing back from 18/12 to 20/19 making Richie wait six ends before scoring to win the game 21/19 & at four saw Captain Andrew Duckett up against another of last seasons winners in Keith Pessall, after a good a start Andrew lost the jack at 7 across where Keith then murdered the green reachinf 16/9 & then it was all over for Andrew who could not get back at him losing 13/21, so after the first four the score was two across & the Dragons three up on aggregate... |
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| Mark Rogers | 21 | 16 | Glyn Picknell |
| Graham Rogers | 15 | 21 | Mark Burroughs |
| Alan Peach | 9 | 21 | Tony Rhodes |
| Paul Williams | 21 | 16 | C. Barker |
Into the middle with it all to do saw at five male model Mark Rogers turn on the style against Glyn Picknell, who met at St Georges this season & Mark ran out the winner, well it was the same here after a close game & good bowling from both players Mark again won 21/16, number six saw another of last years winners in Mark Burroughs taking time out from league secretary's duties to take on Graham Rogers who struggled at the start & let the game slip away even though Graham made Mark wait five ends before Mark eventually winning 15, at seven was Alan Peach who wished he stayed at home after the on fire Tony Rhodes pasted the green & Alan, reaching an amazing score of 0/14 before Alan managed to get the jack & changing from the corners which Tony was playing so well gained a couple of points but then Tony went back into the corners & with Alan having nothing left in is decorators bag allowed Tony to win 9, to the delight of the crowd from St Georges who by now could sense that a win could be on the cards, but we still had at eight Paul Williams who came up against C.Barker & with Willy just playing is normal game, Barker managed to fire eight times against Willy who did not let it get to him & ran out winning 21/16, with the games now at four apiece the Dragons managed to pull ahead on the aggregate by eight chalks... |
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| Barry Keep | 21 | 17 | Andy Jones |
| Lee Clarke | 17 | 21 | M.Jones |
| Kevin Price | 21 | 12 | Alan Palin |
| Steve Walker | 12 | 21 | Ian Gaut |
With the darkness approaching & the Fielders with it all to do, Barry Keep got off to a bad start going 2/12 down against Andy Jones but then sending the jack out on long marks got back into the game & from reaching 13/14 surged ahead to win 21/17, Lee Clarke found himself against the Dragons captain in Mick Jones who had been behind the team all through the game even managing to get Alan Palin off his phone to lend his support, with Lee going to 8/1 up things then went wrong with Mick having a bit of luck & a few rubs going is way he managed to run out winning 21/17 against Lee, at eleven we saw our own new boy Kevin Price coming up against the well known Alan Palin, but Kevin was still bubbling from last Saturdays win in the County cup over Dave `Rocky` Jones, & played another stormer with seven twos in his score, even after Alan changed the mark to play in front of the Dragons supporters but Kevin just played a tight game taking no notice of the crowd to win with a great 21/12, at this stage it was still not a clear cut on who would win & with the fielders sending in another season new boy in Steve Walker it still could be won but he was up against the experienced Ian Gaut who showed his class & skill with getting to 6/16 when Hookie had a bit of luck & managed to come back at Ian but it was not Hookie night losing out 12/21, so with the games at six across it all depended on the aggregate & the Dragons took the extra two points with an aggregate of eleven. Captain Andew Duckett & the rest of the team were disappointed in now being beaten for the second time, at home, in the same season & all agreed that you cannot expect to win the League losing two games at home. But bowls is a funny game & with Meole Brace on Wednesday TIME WILL TELL...... |
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Friday 25th July Home to Chester RoadWon 8 / 6In this second home game in two weeks the fielders were hoping to take the opportunity to go top of the League & get some extra points to start gaining a lead into the run down to the end of the season, having romped home last season with a 12/2 score line Captain Andrew Duckett not only changed the start position but also moved the playing order. At number one saw a unfamiliar Lee Clarke drawn against the well known Charlie Weaver, who then gave Lee a lesson on how to bowl a green which has no run, winning 21/10 against Lee, Richie Goddard came on at number two & wondering what all the fuss is about & just played bowls to suit the green, which worked, as he ran out winning 21/10 against Alan Purcell, Glyn Herbert while struggled on the green managed to use his green knowledge to win 21/13 against Paul/Dave Williams, at four saw Captain Andrew Duckett have an easy game against Rod Manley winning 21/9 in only 19 ends, so three one up after four...
So only some great bowls played by Kevin Price & Steve Walker managed to win this game on the aggregate & save the fielders from yet another home defeat, Captain Andrew Duckett had better work out what's going wrong or the title challenge will be down the pan. With next weeks away game at Childs Ercall & a fast green, we shall see if our green is to blame or the bowlers because luckily, tonight's other teams have had bad results & have allowed Castlefields to stay within the top three but gaining only 12 points from a possible 28 in the last two home games may well prove to be not good enough.....
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Friday 12th July Home to BattlefieldLost 4 / 10Well someone had to do it, Castlefields have not lost at home since about 78/79 to Meole Brace & it was Battlefield who had the pleasure tonight, it was down to some good bowling by Battlefield & a over confident fields side who played badly as a Team. Yes, we can blame the green, it would win a prize for the best looking green at the moment but with all the water the new sprinkler has been putting on, it as taken away the home advantage from the fielders, when you have away players drawing the ends to within a foot & licking the bowl something's wrong, yes some of Battlefield players do know our green well from having having been past players but with no run in it & being extra heavy with water, these top bowlers cannot use the extra bit of touch, you know that, little bit more, that bit of skill that sets them out as being better than Mr Average but no excuses for the team effort they played like s**t.
As what's been always said "you are only as good as your last game & past results mean nothing in this game", they have not given up the hunt yet, some people might think that Meole Brace have now won the League but remember the comeback last season which saw the fields get back to within six points, time will tell.... The message is to the Club President is: `NO MORE WATER`
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Friday 12th July Away to Donnington WoodLost 6 / 8Captain Andy Duckett was disappointed with this result feeling that, with three players who were not available he called in the reserves from the Tanners league & while they played well on this large difficult green one or two regulars were off touch with the land & weight, with Paul Williams still trying to shake off Wednesdays defeat when tonight suffered a 21/1 dubbing & is still having one of those bad nights .
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Wednesday 10th July Home to Sir John BayleyWon 11 - 3Another great win for the fielders
Paul Williams collects the most wins Trophy from last years Shropshire Premier League President - Neville Edwards
Another good win for the fielders who have been looking forward to this return game after SJB gave them a whitewash at the start of the season, SJB will say they could have had a couple of more points with two games that could of gone either way bit the fielders held on. the only disappointment was that Paul Williams, after collecting the most wins trophy from last years President Neville Edwards he then went & lost his game to the unknown Peter Sherry, this was the first time in three years that Paul had lost on is own green so Peter has took a good scalp.
Click the halfway results to see the match reports & pictures from the games played in the first half of the season..
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