This home fixture against Gloucestershire was the fist leg of the competition for 2026 Two Shires Trophy.
The match was closely contested with Worcestershire winning eight of the sixteen individual triples matches played with the points score level on 16-16. The shot difference was also very close with Worcestershire scoring 154 shots to Gloucestershire’s 159. The second leg will be played at Kingsway, Gloucester on Saturday 28th March.
A summary of the days play is shown below :
This away fixture ended with Worcestershire losing by 6 points to 34. Worcestershire scored 139 shots with Gloucestershire scoring 276. There was one highlight for the county during the day with Tyler Shuck scoring 4 of Worcestershire’s 6 points. In the first game of the day Tyler led throughout the game to ensure a comfortable 14-7 win. In the afternoon game, Tyler was behind his opponent after the third end until drawing level 13-13 during the 14th end. Tyler finished the final end superbly by winning three shots to achieve an overall win 16-13. Tyler at the age of 14 has really made his mark for the county. The other success was a win for Jenny Gibbs and Jim Tingle in their afternoon Pairs game. This was a close contest with Jenny and Jim drawing level 14-14 going into the final end which they won convincingly by 3 shots to win overall 17-14.
A summary of the day’s play is shown below:
The county lost their away fixture against Herefordshire scoring only 4 Points compared with 36 points by Herefordshire.
Tyler Schuck / June Green won their morning Pairs game by 13 shots to 9 against, and Jenny Gibbs / Jim tingle also won their morning Pairs game, this time by 14 shots to 10 against. Unfortunately there were no further wins for the county.
A summary of the day’s play is shown below :
This home fixture saw the county losing to West Midlands – 8 points for Worcestershire and 32 points for West Midlands. The county scored 141 shots with the West Midlands scoring 244.
Of the 16 individual games played the county had two wins in the singles and two wins in the Triples.
Morning Session
Jim Tingle, in his Singles game, had a very close contest with his opponent. Scores were level going into the 15th end at 11-11, the end which was won by Jim’s opponent by 1 shot. Phil Arthurs-Thompson, in his Singles game, led from the 3rd end and went on to have a convincing win 19-12. Both Pairs teams lost but in the Triples, June Green’s team won 10-9 in what was another very close contest. Terry Clifford’s team fought very hard in their Triples game and went into the final 13th end level at 10-10. Unfortunately their opponents took this end by 2 shots to win the game . Both Fours teams lost their games.
Afternoon Session.
In the Singles and in another closely contested game Phil achieved his second win of the day 12-10. Both Pairs teams lost their games . In the Triples, in what was another closely fought contest, Terry’s team went into the final end (end 13 ) of their game 1 shot down at 8-9, but with a strong team effort achieved a 5 shot win in that end to win their game 13-9. Both Fours teams lost their games.
A summary of the day’s play is set out below :
The County Squad for the home fixture at Bromsgrove Indoor Bowling Centre on the 23rd November is set out below :
