Beer toasting his county debut
Three debutants - including young Michael Beer - and the return of 2004 County Merit winner Alan Davidson is the headline-grabbing reaction of Shropshire's bowls selectors to the disappointing defeat against Yorkshire. Three debutants - including young Michael Beer - and the return of 2004 County Merit winner Alan Davidson is the headline-grabbing reaction of Shropshire's bowls selectors to the disappointing defeat against Yorkshire. Beer, of Castlefields - player of the season last year - will join Paul Griffiths (Chester Road) and Peter Grimston (SJ Bayley) in making his debut in the Endsleigh County Championship match with Cumbria on Sunday, June 2. And there are returns to county duty for Newport's Davidson, Ian Gaut (St Georges) and this year's double title winner Ian Booth (Chester Road) as the selectors make six changes to the line-up that lost home and away by 39 chalks in the group one opener. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
And there are returns to county duty for Newport's Davidson, Ian Gaut (St Georges) and this year's double title winner Ian Booth (Chester Road) as the selectors make six changes to the line-up that lost home and away by 39 chalks in the group one opener.
Out go Barry Keep (Castlefields), Spencer Clarke (SJ Bayley) and Martin Lloyd (Chester Road) after just one game back, while Keep's struggling clubmate Paul Williams has asked to be left out.
Also missing are Rich Morris (Wrockwardine Wood) and Keith Wall (Greenfields) who are both unavailable.
Beer - Shropshire junior Merit winner, senior runner-up and British Junior Merit runner-up in 2006 - will play at No 7 in the home leg at Wem USC.
