Castlefields close in on league title
Saturday 2nd August 2008, 11:49AM BST.
Champions-elect Castlefields tightened their grip on the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League with a 11-3 home win over Newport.
Fields are now 12 points clear at the top with a huge aggregate advantage of 152.
It was a bad night for defending champions St Georges, who lost 8-6 at Meole Brace and drop down a place to third.
Wem move into second spot, above the Dragons, after their 13-1 thrashing of Childs Ercall.
Chester Road stay in fourth following a comfortable win at home over Bylet
RESULTS
SJ Bayley 10 (+53, M Hinton 21-5) Archibald Worthington 4 (A Smout 21-9).
Ford 10 (+20, N Davies 21-9) Ifton 4 (M Gilpin 21-8)
Meole Brace 8 (+45, T Hotchkiss 21-5) St Georges 6 (D King 21-15)
Castlefields 11 (+63, S Parsonage 21-4) Newport 3 (A Davidson 21-16)
Chester Road 11 (+59, M Holland 21-6) Bylet 3 (G Morris 21-12)
Wem USC 13 (+109, S Nagle, I Dowley 21-3) Childs Ercall 1 (B Shore 21-17)
Wrockwardine Wood 10 (+55, A Jones 21-4) Donnington Wood 4 (A Newman 21-9)
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