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.
A summary of the day’s play is set out below :
The squad for the fixture against Gloucestershire at Bromsgrove on the 8th November is shown below :
County squad shown below :
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 :
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.
