The Annual Meeting of the Tanners Wines Shropshire Bowling League was held at the Old Shrewsbury Bowling Club on Thursday 25th January 2024.
Four new teams were voted in with Telepost returning to the Shropshire League and Greenfields adding a new B team. In the Shrewsbury League there are also two new teams with Baschurch and Meole Village being accepted.
A League Executive Meeting on 7th March 2024 will determine the composition of the respective divisions with 29 teams currently listed for the Shropshire League and 46 in the Shrewsbury League.
A number of rule changes were proposed and it was agreed that the Tanner Cup would be open to 1st Division teams and the Champagne Cup solely for 2nd Division, with the competition returning to the previous format of 6 home and 6 away (5 in the Champagne Cup) up to the semi-finals.
There are also changes to the Fullwood and Scadding Cups with teams drawn first out of the hat being given a home tie up to the semi-finals. Matches will also be decided on aggregate rather than games won.
In the leagues the rule barring teams more than 10 miles from Shrewsbury from entering the Tuesday League has been removed.
Also a Tanners Shropshire Bowling League player may play for a different club in the Shropshire Premier League provided that club is not also a member of the Tanners Shropshire Bowling League.
