However, the ladies ‘B’ game didn’t have the best of starts as Pembrokeshire’s Mellisa Bird beat Lauren Kempson 3-2 and doubling the away team’s lead was Ffion Davies with her 3-1 success over Sara Jones. A 3-0 win from Dianne Newton over Siobhan Jones-Blake halved the arrears for Shropshire and with a 3-2 win and 16.39 average for award winner Gemma Smith against Liz Williams, the score was level at 2-2.

The away side went ahead again in the penultimate encounter, Nevita McConalogue beating Tanya Dolman 3-2 but Kirsty Millington salvaged a share of the spoils when she won the final game against Kayleigh Jones 3-2.

WOW!! What can you say about Shropshire’s men’s ‘B’ side apart from saying they were in superb form and outstanding as they handed out a massive 12-0 whitewash to their opponents. In the first half games there were wins for Josh Pickett, Brian Dolman, Eddie Austin, Simon Pritchard, Reece Cook-Lucas and Brian Hickman who in turn accounted for Jake Hughes (4-2), John Lewis (4-1), Mino Williams (4-0), Joseph Lewis (4-1), Luke Leonard (4-2) and Paul Babb (4-1).

The second half was basically a repeat of the first as Shane Passey, Steve Lynch, Mark Jones, Jon Blakemore. Mitch Pickett and Chris Hill added their wins over respective opponents Gordon Summers (4-1), Gareth Earls (4-1), Sam Done (4-0), Taz Halliday (4-0), Julian Gape (4-0) and Rob Howells (4-0). The man of the match award went to Jon Blakemore who in his win over Taz Halliday chalked up a 27.83 average.     

The opening four games of the ladies ‘A’ match all went with the first throw advantage with Angharad Bessant and Rhian Evans twice giving Pembrokeshire the lead when they in turn won 3-1 and 3-2 against Deana Sheldon and Marie Riggs. Cancelling out the away team’s leads were Nicola Ball and Michele Pritchard, Nicola winning 3-2 against Sophie Earls and Michele having a straight 3-0 success against Tracy Hopton.

Breaking the sequence was Shropshire’s lady of the match Jenna-Louise ball who beat Natalie Alker 3-0 and averaged 20.59. With a final 3-1 win for Sarah Williams over Jess Rees, the final score was 4-2 to Shropshire taking their overall advantage to a winning 19-5.

The men’s ‘A’ game began with Richard Parker (Shropshire) kicking off with a match award winning performance as he accounted for Declan Coles with a 4-3 result and 26.16 average. Eirwyn Evans cancelled out Parker’s win when he beat Kye Simmonds 4-1 but the remainder of the half was Shropshire’s as Sam Aitkens won 4-2 against Mikey Rees, Mark Zambra beat Stephen Castle 4-0, Adam Thackray won 4-1 against Anthony Lewis and with a 4-2 result for Andy Vellender against Gareth Earls the hosts were 5-1 up. 

Pembrokeshire began the second session much stronger as Steve Smith won 4-1 against Kevin Harris, Kelvin O’Keefe beat Brett Cooper 4-3 and with a 4-0 win for Llew Bevan the visitors were back in the game, having reducing the arrears to 5-4. That however was the end of the fight back for the away team as Andrew Jervis and Ben Johnson in turn won 4-1 against Andy Alker and Steve Young and with anchor-man Andre Knox beating Luke Leonard 4-2 the result was an 8-4 win for Shropshire.   

The big 24-12 overall victory for Shropshire saw them hold on to second place still behind Norfolk but having slightly reduced the deficit by one point to twenty-two. 

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They could not have wished for a better start as the ladies ‘B’ gave them a 5-1 win and that was after going 1-0 down when Caroline Wilcox gave the visitors the early lead. From one down Michele Pritchard restored parity with her 3-0 win over Jacqui Phoenix, her 16.34 average earning her the team’s match award. Adding to Michele’s win were Jayne Downey, Deana Sheldon, Joanne Meachin and Sara Jones. 

The men’s ‘B’ after trailing 4-2 at the halfway point went on to earn a 6-6 draw, there were first half wins for Luke Wildman and Shane Passey with Chris Hill, Paul Harrison, Rushpal Bhogal and man of the match Martin Price adding their wins in the second half. Price won the penultimate game against Ben Mathias 3-0 with a 26.37 average.   

The ladies ‘A’ could not emulate their ‘B’ team’s 5-1 win but nevertheless, they did win 4-2 thanks to Kelly Haverson, Marie Riggs, Jenna-Louise Ball and Sophie Ward. The match award went to Jenna-Louise Ball who won 3-0 against Tracey Hawkins-Greene and averaged 18.33. 

The men’s ‘A’ like their ‘B’ side finished all square at 6-6 but unlike their ‘B’ team they were level at the midway point with wins from Chris Williams, Simon Pritchard and  Phil Clarke. The second half produced wins for Richard Parker, Reece Cook Lucas and Sam Aitkens who won not only the final game of the weekend but also the man of the match award for his 4-3 win over Christian Woodford and 27.08 average.

Despite the overall 21-15 win, Shropshire dropped one place to third in the table as Northumberland stormed to the top with a massive 19-7 home win over Isle of Wight giving them a total of 115 points with Middlesex second, remaining on 114 points following their bye and Shropshire with 111 points just four short of the leaders.

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Before the fixture gets underway Shropshire are in a lofty second place in the promotion table with a total of 87 points while their opponents are next to bottom of the table with 49 points although they do have a game in hand.

Selected to play for Shropshire are:

Men’s ‘A’: Sam Aitkens, Phil Clarke, Reece Cook-Lucas, Dan Downey, Chris Fox, Kevin Harris, Richard Parker, Simon Pritchard, Will Roberts, John Simms, Jamie Webb, Chris Williams,

Men’s ‘B’:– Rushpal Bhogal, Jon Blakemore, Chris Evans, Paul Harrison, Chris Hill, Stuart Kendrick, Steve Lynch, Shane Passey, Josh Pickett, Rob Pierce, Martin Price, Luke Wildman,

Reserves:– Dave Bayton, Paul Bromley, John Green, Brian Hickman, Phil Mayo, Simon Mountford, Andy Vellender,

Women’s ‘A’:– Jenna Ball, Kelly Haverson, Dianne Newton, Marie Riggs, Sophie Ward, Annmarie Williams,

Women’s ‘B’:– Nicola Ball, Jayne Downey, Sara Jones, Michele Pritchard, Joanne Meachin, Deana Sheldon, Reserves:- Sandra Beardsmore, Nicola Blackburn, Ann Cooper, Becky Harris, Kirsty Jenks, Sophie Powers.

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Northumberland 22 Pembrokeshire 14

Northumberland MA 8-4 Pembrokeshire MA:

Men’s ‘A’:- Micky Ord 4 Ryan Jones 1, Gary Broadhead 4 Chris Webber 3, Chris Harvey 2 Nathan Burdett 4, Andy Parks 0 Steve Alker 4, Daniel Stephenson 4 Kian Davies 2, Nick Stephenson 4 Jason Davies 2, Mark Stephenson 4 Karie Powell 3, Steve Wanless 2 Steve Smith 4, Lee Harrison 4 Andrew Smith 1, Paul Bell 0 Kieran Harris 4, Scott Brown 4 Gareth John 3, Jamie Martin 4 Jay Picton 3,

Northumberland MB 8-4 Pembrokeshire MB: Men’s ‘B’:- Dean Stackhouse 0 Karie Powell 3, Phil Rickerby 3 Joe Lewis 0, Paul Sinclair 2 Craig Oag 3, Kev McGarry 3 Luke Leonard 2, Ian Burt 3 Gethin Williams 2, Paul Keogh 3 Mino Williams 0, Richard Gerry 2 Paul Babb 3, Tony Taylor 3 Martin Jones 2, Dan Hallowell 3 Ben Mathais 1, Danny Oman 3 John Phillips 2, Alan Wilson 0 Jay Picton 3, Paul Richardson 3 Lee Wiltshire 0,

Northumberland WA 2-4 Pembrokeshire WA:

Women’s ‘A’:- Casey Stephenson 3 Sophie Davies 1, Phonsawan Whillis 3 Rhian Evans 0, Ang Turnbull 2 Natalie Alker 3, Sarah Higgins 0 Tina Phillips 3, Dawn Longstaff 0 Angharad Bessant 3, Mary Pattison 1 Tracey Hawkins-Greene 3,

Northumberland WB 4-2 Pembrokeshire WB:

Women’s ‘B’:- Gemma Slipper 0 Tracy Hopton 3, Sara Gowens 2 Eirwan Lewis 3, Debbie Waugh 3 Avril Evans 2, Linda Smith 3 Stacey Davies 2, Iyla Leightley 3 Ffion Davies 0, Angela Best 3 Elaine Babb 2.

(*UKDA National League Rearranged Fixtures played 16th/17th April 2022)

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