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