Wrockites stun leaders

The best Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League title race in years has been blown wide open again.

Champions St Georges were stunned 11-3 at Wrockwardine Wood last night, two of their winners coming in the back four, while Castlefields were scoring a sensational 10-4 derby win at Meole Brace after leading 4-0 and 7-1.

But it's Wem USC who replace the Dragons at the top after they scored another big home win, this time 12-2 against Newport.

The Services Boys' trip to face St Georges next Friday already looks a potentially decisive one.

Castlefields weren't the only away winners either, Ifton storming to an 11-3 success at under-pressure Childs Ercall.

That pressure mounted as bottom club Donnington Wood beat Archibald Worthington 8-6 for only their second win of the season to be just a solitary point behind.

Ford closed the gap on fourth-placed Chester Road by beating them 11-3 while Sir John Bayley saw off Bylet 10-4.

Full details:

Wrockwardine Wood 11 (+47, M Williams 21-8), St Georges 3 (I Gaut 21-12); Meole Brace 4 (C Beaman 21-16), Castlefields 10 (+45, J James 21-7); Wem USC 12 (+69, I Dowley 21-4), Newport 2 (A Davidson 21-16); Ford 11 (+50, W Tarrel 21-6), Chester Road 3 (A Duckett 21-4).

Childs Ercall 3 (J Martin 21-12), Ifton 11 (+50, T Halliwell 21-8); Donnington Wood 8 (+21, N Simpson 21-6), Archibald Worthington Club 6 (P Smith 21-11); SJ Bayley 10 (+39, S Clarke 21-3), Bylet 4 (P Lill 21-14).