Castlefields extend bowls lead with double header success

Castlefields extended their lead at the top of the Shropshire Premier Bowling League after quickfire double success.

Wednesday night saw them triumph 11-1 (250-139 on aggregate) over St Georges with Adrian Rowe and Adam Jones both clinching 21-3 wins over John Cooke and Steve Pessall respectively.

Castlefields followed up on that away win with a return fixture against St Georges on Friday, where they repeated their 11-1 win (247-141 on aggregate).

Jones got the best result once more, beating Pessall 21-5.

Sir John Bayley sit 12 points behind the league leaders, despite also picking up two wins.

They first played out a 6-6 draw at Bylet, but got 10 points for having a superior aggregate score of 209 to 204, with Scott Simpson impressing with a 21-8 win over Martin Beddow.

Sir John Bayley then beat Bylet 11-1 on Friday (246-115 on aggregate), despite the best result of the game coming from Bylet’s Gavin Bridge beating Spencer Clarke 21-15.

Wrockwardine Wood beat Hanwood 9-3 (221-171 on aggregate), although Hanwood’s Dave Payne got the best result with a 21-5 win over Matthew Ealey.

Two days later, Wrockwardine Wood were beaten by Hanwood 8-4 (243-205 on aggregate), with Wood’s Ealey and Joseph Killen both getting 21-18 wins over Mark Shore and Richard Lawson respectively.

Ifton came out 9-3 winners over Hanmer (243-191 on aggregate) on Wednesday before drawing 6-6 with them on Friday, but an aggregate score of 216-195 in their favour meant they picked up 10 points.

Highley finished Wednesday night with an 8-4 victory over Burway (217-193 on aggregate) before going on to lose 7-5 on Friday (213-205 on aggregate).

Burway’s Lee Wilding and Ben Allen both picked up 21-11 wins over Jacob Ash and Sean Lockley respectively, while Highley’s Simon Rhodes beat Jack Lawrence 21-6.

Woore won 8-4 at home to Adderley on Wednesday evening (230-182 on aggregate), with 21-6 wins for both Andrew Moss and Carl Hinton against Connor Whitehall and Austin Wilson respectively.

The reverse fixture saw Adderley get their revenge with an 8-4 win of their own (218-211 on aggregate), as Edward Proudlove impressed with a 21-11 win over Hinton.

Wem USC also won 8-4 over Meole Brace (209-160 on aggregate) with the best result coming from Darren Fitzpatrick’s 21-3 victory over Jamie Brookes.

On Friday, Meole Brace also got revenge with an 8-4 win (228-172 on aggregate) with Craig Wilson and Andrew Whitman both picking up 21-5 wins over Fitzpatrick and Wayd Pawlowski respectively.