Tom Killen storms to Molson Coors Mid Shropshire League’s Under-25 Merit title
Not even a thunderstorm with heavy rain could stop Tom Killen from winning the Molson Coors Mid Shropshire League’s Under-25 Merit.
The Shifnal bowler, enjoying a fine first year out of the junior ranks, beat Lucy Hireson of Bowring 21-9 with a break of 14 to claim the title
“Tom came out on top of four entries on a very wet Sir John Bayley No.1 green,” said organiser Rob Burroughs. “After a 20-minute delay, caused by a thunderstorm hitting the green just before the 6pm start on Saturday, the four entrants braved the rain.”
In the semi-finals Killen beat Bowring’s Georgia Rawlins 21-13 while Hireson got the better of Sinclair youngster Logan Church by the same score.
n There’s a distinct Mid Shropshire-Shrewsbury feel to tonight’s quarter-finals of the Shropshire Cup.
Holders Castlefields and Battlefield fly the flag for Shrewsbury bowls while five of the other clubs chasing glory in the 10-a-side knockout sponsored by KGJ Insurance are from Mid Shropshire land.
Bridgnorth-based Bylet have the task of taking on Castlefields on the old green at Bowring while Bridgewater plough a lone furrow for Whitchurch as they meet Sir John Bayley on Greenfields No.2.
Battlefield take on St Georges at Adderley while Wrockwardine Wood and Bowring meet in an all-Telford affair at the Bayley (No.1 green).
