Meole Brace bowlers beat Newport

Meole Brace continued their recent run of good form with a 12-2 victory over Newport in the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League.

It saw them close the gap on leaders Castlefields to seven points, although Fields have a game in hand.

The defending champions will also be happy with their six point return from their trip to Bowring which saw them claim the aggregate.

SCORES: Sir J Bayley 11 (+63 Spencer Clarke 21-6) Bylet 3 (Geoff Carnell 21-17), Meole Brace 12 (+69 Mark Thomas, Colin Beaman 21-7) Newport 2 (Mark Selley 21-16), Ford 11 (+33 Julian Cooke 21-11) Wem USC 3 (Derek Wright 21-12), Ifton 9 (+29 Darren Lacey 21-6) St Georges 5 (Chris Ball 21-7), Bowring 8 (Richard Lawson 21-7) Castlefields 6 (+14 Paul Williams 21-6), Wrock Wood 11 (+77 Simon Rhodes 21-5) Arch W'ton 3 (Les Markham 21-7).