Karl Krikken has stood down from his role as Shropshire’s director of cricket to take up a full time coaching position at Lancashire County Cricket Club. Krikken, who replaced Kevin Sharp as Shropshire coach in 2014, has been appointed lead coach in Lancashire’s Indoor Cricket Centre at Emirates Old Trafford. He has also been named […]
Anna-Lena Friedsam, the German comeback star, admitted winning her first title since recovering from injury was an emotional moment after being crowned Aegon GB Pro-Series champion at The Shrewsbury Club. Friedsam turned on the style to beat top seed Lesley Kerkhove 6-4, 6-2 in just over an hour in front of a full house at […]
Former finalist Freya Christie is one of four British players to be given wild cards to the main draw of the Aegon GB Pro-Series tournament, which gets under way at The Shrewsbury Club this weekend. Christie, 19, from Nottinghamshire, will have fond memories of The Shrewsbury Club having enjoyed an excellent run to the 2015 […]
Steve Leach will skipper Shropshire again next season while Will Parton, the Shrewsbury batsman, has been appointed vice-captain and will also lead the county in a newly-launched Twenty20 competition. Leach, the Shifnal opener who topped Shropshire’s Championship batting averages in the 2017 season, has been elected Shropshire captain for a third successive year. He will […]
Professional tennis returns to Shropshire this weekend with The Shrewsbury Club hosting the $25,000 Aegon GB Pro-Series women’s tournament. The International Tennis Federation event, held in association with local company Morris & Co Homes, has been upgraded from a $10,000 tournament last year and features a host of rising stars from across Europe, including a player […]
It will be another landmark weekend for Haughmond, the ambitious Shrewsbury-based football club, as they continue to move firmly in the right direction. Fresh from the notable achievement of winning in the FA Cup for the first time last Saturday, they are now looking forward to kicking off the club’s historic first season in the […]
Captain Steve Leach wants the county’s cricketers to end their Unicorns Championship campaign on a positive note by beating Wiltshire at Bridgnorth. Shropshire are unbeaten in five Championship matches this term but have won only once, against Oxfordshire at Shifnal, and currently sit sixth in the western division table. Leach now wants his team to […]
Adam Wharf, the director of performance tennis at The Shrewsbury Club, insists it was a huge honour to be one of ten coaches selected by the Lawn Tennis Association to study the best young players in the world at the French Open. Adam, pictured, and his fellow UK coaches were chosen to watch the top […]
Shropshire cricket fans were treated to a feast of fine cricket as Birmingham Bears proved popular visitors to Bridgnorth for two Twenty20 friendlies against the county Captained by experienced England star Ian Bell, the Bears won the day’s opening match by 13 runs before also claiming victory in game two in front of a good-sized crowd, […]
Aston Villa football legend Brian Little was special guest as the Crossbar Foundation, a Shropshire charity, held a ball to mark its successful first year. The former Villa player and manager, pictured, attended the fund-raising evening at the Wroxeter Hotel, near Shrewsbury, and spoke about his career when interviewed by comedian Bill Woolland, the compere. […]