Shropshire Star

Castlefields close in on league title

Champions-elect Castlefields tightened their grip on the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League with a 11-3 home win over Newport. 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. Read the full results in today's Shropshire Star 

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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)