More big finals in the Tanners League
The finals keep coming thick and fast in the Tanners Shropshire Bowling League with tonight seeing another one.
After Prince of Wales Hotel and Unison won the Tanner and Champagne Cups respectively on Saturday, this evening sees the climax of the main Team Doubles knockout.
Abbey and Crescent do battle for that title at the Prince Hotel (7pm) while the consolation final is on Thursday, October 13, at Old Shrewsbury when Greenfields & Albert Road will take on Battlefield.
A close Tanner Cup final at Old Shrewsbury saw the Prince Hotel overcome Crescent by 17 chalks after trailing early on.
Mark Rogers was on top form winning 21-9 for Crescent in a shared first four, Ian Smith replying with a 21-10 card, and the middle four was shared too – but Nicki Hotchkiss’s 21-9 win put the Prince one chalk up.
That’s when Simon Lewis put in a player of the match-winning performance 21-6, leaving Ian Marshall on the green to score the winning wood for the Hoteliers.
Unison beat Meole Brace by 27 chalks on the other green at Old Shrewsbury to land the Champagne Cup with captain Matt Parry recording a key 21-11 win to take the match award. Two big cards in the middle of 21-7 from Matthew O’Brien and 21-8 from Cameron Griffin put them well in truly in command and it took Adrian Adams’ 21-10 best for Meole to make the scoreline closer.
