SHROPSHIRE PREMIER BOWLING LEAGUE

League Championship Newport were crowned League Champions for the third time and finished 14 points clear of runners up, Meole Brace with Sir John Bayley in third, a further 15 points behind.

Player Averages Congratulations to Wayne Rogers from Burway who has won the Neville Edwards Trophy (League averages) for the first time with 22 wins in a season and an overall aggregate of +233. In second place also with 22 wins is Colin Beaman from Meole Brace (+172) with last year’s winner, Alex Jones (Sir John Bayley), third also with 22 wins (+168).

Most Consecutive Wins Peter Farmer (Newport), Dale Rudrum (Newport) & Colin Beaman (Meole Brace) all won 15 consecutive games to share this year’s award.

Most Valuable Player Wayne Rogers (Burway) achieved this year’s award with eight selections.

2013 Playoffs Archibald Worthington beat Hanwood by 3 in the play off final held at Hadley USC on Friday 4^th October.

Premiership Team Knockout The Finalists of the 8 a side for both Pool A & Pool B are as follows:-

Pool A
Newport	v	Castlefields
Pool B
Burway	v	Ifton

It was agreed that the winners should receive £150 and losing finalists £75.

Most Improved Team As agreed earlier this year, one prize of £50 will be awarded to the team who improves the most, in terms of points total for 2013 (26 matches) compared to the 2012 season (24 matches). Both Burway and Hadley USC who joined the league this season were given the points total of Wem USC for 2012, adjusted for a 26 match season. Bylet, take the prize this season, with an improvement of 52 points.

		2012	2013	Diff
1	Bylet	105	157	52
2	Burway	133	177	44
3	Meole Brace	204	234	30
4	Newport	220	248	28
5	Wem USC	123	151	28
6	S J Bayley	195	219	24
7	Wrock Wood	148	168	20
8	Hadley USC	133	148	15
9	Chester Road	204	217	13
10	St Georges	191	199	8
11	Bowring	172	177	5
12	Arch W'ton	130	135	5
13	Ifton	148	139	-9
14	Castlefields	199	179	-20