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This home fixture against Gloucestershire saw the county delivering a much improved performance compared with the two previous inter county matches. The final result was Worcestershire 12 points compared with 28 points for Gloucestershire. The county won 5 of the 16 individual games played and achieved 2 bonus points for a positive shot difference in the Fours. Overall Worcestershire scored 165 shots compared with 200 shots by Gloucestershire.

The morning session saw Jim Tingle win 11-9 having been ahead throughout his Singles game. In the Pairs Tyler Shuck and Ricard Rose were in the lead for 12  of their 15 end game. Gloucestershire, however, fought back strongly in the final three ends to win 15-11. There was another close Pairs game with Belinda Gibbs and Leah Bisseker leading 8-7 after the 13th end, only to lose 8-11 in the 15th .  John Alder’s Fours team won their game 10-7 having led throughout the game. Wayne Berry’s Fours team also won. The team were behind for the first half of the game, level 7-7 after the 8th end, and then going on to win the final 3 ends to run out winning 11 shots to 7.

During the afternoon session Phil Arthurs-Thompson  took the lead in the 8th end, maintained that lead for the remainder of the game, winning by 18 shots to 11. In the Pairs, Tyler Shuck and Richard Rose were heading for victory, leading 10-9 going into the final end. A strong response from Gloucestershire saw them snatch victory away from Tyler and Richard, with Gloucestershire  winning by 2 shots. In the Fours, Wayne Berry’s team were exceptional. They won 10 of the 11 ends played, accumulating a massive total of 28 shots compared with Gloucestershire’s 3.

A summary of the day’s play is set out below :

The away fixture at Solihull saw the county suffer a heavy defeat scoring only 2 points compared with 38 for West Midlands. The county won one of the 16 individual games played with Steve Perry’s Fours team winning their morning game 11-9. Overall the county scored 117 shots with West Midlands scoring 295.

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This first county contest of the 2025/2026 ESMBA  inter county competition took place at Bromsgrove on Sunday 5th October 2025. Unfortunately Worcestershire suffered a heavy defeat scoring only two points compared with 38 for Herefordshire. The county scored 125 shots with Herefordshire scoring 241.

The only win for the county from the 16 individual games played came from Tyler Shuck and Richard Rose in their afternoon pairs game. In this 15 end game they were leading 8-0 after 6 ends, and leading 8-6 after 9 ends. The Herefordshire team then fought back strongly, taking the lead and leading 12-9 at the commencement of the final end. Tyler and Richard  played this final end superbly, winning all the four shots possible,  finally winning the game 13-12.

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The County were at home for this second leg fixture for the Two Shires Trophy, played at the Stourport civic Hall. The format for the day’s play was triples teams playing with 3 bowls over 10 ends. Following on from the success the County had at Gloucester in February, winning by 21 points to 19, the County started the day in fine form. The two morning sessions saw the County win 6 of the 8 individual games, giving the County 12 points plus 4 bonus points for a positive shot difference. In the afternoon sessions the County was not as successful but with wins by teams 1 and 2 in the first afternoon session the County gained another 4 points plus 2 bonus points for shot difference. This fixture ended with the County scoring 22 points, with Gloucestershire scoring 18. Putting the two legs of the competition together, Worcestershire scored 43 Points compared with 37 for Gloucestershire .  The Trophy returns to Worcestershire.

Summary of the day’s play is shown below.

This match against Gloucestershire, played at Kingsway Gloucester, was the first leg of the 2025 Two Shires Trophy competition. Worcestershire have tended to struggle when playing Gloucestershire but this year saw the county winning this leg by 21 points to 19. Worcestershire won 8 individual games played from the total of 16, drawing 1, and sharing the bonus points available, namely 4. The county scored 147 shots compared with 167 for their opponents. There were a number of successes for the county, particularly for teams 2 and 6, who won both of their two games played.

A summary of the day’s play is shown below :