St Georges close gap at top of Furrows league

St Georges have closed the gap at the top of the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League with a 9-5 home win over leaders Newport.

On a depleted night of fixtures, Rob Burroughs and Alan Palin were the big winners for the Dragons in the agg+36 win, with Newport's Ian Whittington the visitors' star performer with a fine 21-3 victory.

Second-placed Castlefields were narrowly beaten on their travels – 8-6 at Bowring – for whom Rich Lawson and Roy Bradburn both recorded 21-6 wins.

Meole Brace produced a 14-0 whitewash over Archibald Worthington. Results:

Bowring 8 agg+18 (Rich Lawson, Roy Bradburn 21-6) v Castlefields 6 (Dave Hoffman 21-4);

Bylet 5 v Childs Ercall 9 agg+10;

St Georges 9 agg +36 (Robert Burroughs, Alan Palin 21-8) Newport 5 (Ian Whitttington 21-3);

Meole Brace 14 agg+118 (Craig Wilson 21-8)Archibald Worthington 0 (Gregg Fordham 15-21).