The waiting is nearly over with Shropshire skipper James Ralph looking forward to being reunited with several familiar faces when the county host Worcestershire Rapids in an attractive Twenty20 challenge match tomorrow night (Wednesday). Five Shropshire old boys are now part of the Worcestershire squad in the first division of the County Championship and four of […]
An all-star cast of former Shrewsbury Town players attracted a bumper crowd to the Shrewsbury Sports Village for a special fundraising match in aid of The Harry Johnson Trust. A crowd of more than 1,500 flocked to the Sundorne venue to watch some of the club’s finest players of recent times pull on blue and […]
Where do you start? Well, I guess the beginning is as good a place as any. I first met Colin Bloomfield in the old Press Box at the back of the Centre Stand at the Gay Meadow. His dad, Lawrie, the man at the helm when BBC Radio Shropshire was launched 30 years ago, had […]
Shrewsbury Town’s promotion-hungry footballers savoured a tasty treat after training earlier this week – thanks to the son of a club legend. Ryan King, whose father is former Town defender and manager Jake King, keeps close tabs on Shrewsbury’s fortunes and runs Shropshire’s first American Smokehouse – Smoke Stop. The road to BBQ – at Ford, […]
There’s still time for a Shrewsbury Town supporter to have the unique chance of playing alongside some of the club’s star names from the past in a special fundraising match next month. A Town Legends squad will play a friendly in aid of The Harry Johnson Trust on the main pitch at the Shrewsbury Sports Village […]
A talented county golfer who is part of the England under-16 regional squad is the latest addition to a select group of rising young county stars being given a helping hand in their careers by a Shrewsbury-based sports coaching company. Crossbar Coaching Education in Sport, who deliver sport across the curriculum to a host of […]
Shropshire County Cricket Club are excited about staging a reunion with several of their former players when they host Worcestershire Rapids in a special Twenty20 challenge match next month The game, to be played at Bridgnorth Cricket Club on Wednesday, May 20 (5.30pm), will allow Shropshire to pit their wits against the New Road stars […]
British No 7 Dan Cox will face French teenager Quentin Halys in the men’s singles final of the $15,000 Aegon GB Pro-Series tournament at The Shrewsbury Club tomorrow. Cox, from Lincoln, insists he’s taken steps to ensure he does not put too much pressure on himself this year – and now he’s reaping the rewards. […]
There was a shock in the first round of the Aegon GB Pro-Series men’s tennis tournament at The Shrewsbury Club as top seed Jan Mertl suffered an early exit. The experienced Czech, ranked just outside the top 200, was beaten in straight sets by Austrian Maximilian Neuchrist 6-3, 6-4. A good-sized crowd watched the drama unfold […]
Former British No 2 Dan Evans, a past winner of the Aegon GB Pro-Series tournament, is among the the star names heading to The Shrewsbury Club for this year’s event which starts this weekend. Evans will be hoping to reproduce the form which saw him claim the prestigious title at The Shrewsbury Club in 2013. His […]