Alastair Gray won an all-British singles final against Harry Wendelken to be crowned champion of the Budgen Motors ITF World Tennis Tour M25 tournament at The Shrewsbury Club. Gray, 23, from Surbiton, currently ranked 495 in the world, completed a 7-5, 6-1 victory to secure the third M25 title of his career. Wendelken, 20, from […]
The World Tennis Tour returns to Shropshire next month as The Shrewsbury Club looks forward to hosting an ITF M25 event sponsored by local company Budgen Motors. The prestigious men’s tournament will feature rising British and overseas professional players, with tennis fans able to enjoy the action from court-side stands. It will be the first […]
Tickets are now on sale for a top tennis tournament for British stars at The Shrewsbury Club next month. The UK Pro League Finals Week, which will be broadcast on BT Sport, takes place between November 8-14. Rising British stars along with more established players have been competing at events around the country throughout the […]
A Shropshire entrepreneur is serving up a mouth-watering new business venture – a unique ‘chippy’ on wheels. Ryan King has just launched Fish Heads, a mobile fish and chip takeaway, which is set to take its ‘plaice’ at special events across the county – including weddings, parties and festivals. Traditional favourites – including beer-battered fish […]
Eve Jones, the Shropshire-born professional cricketer who continues to live in the county, is excited about the launch of The Hundred as she looks forward to helping Birmingham Phoenix push for success. Top order batter Eve, who recently accepted an invitation to join the Shropshire County Cricket Club committee, linked up with the Phoenix squad […]
After the excitement of playing in Wimbledon’s Junior Championships, Roan Jones has much to look forward to – including representing Shropshire in the LTA’s Summer County Cup next week. Roan, 17, is set to be part of the Shropshire men’s team competing at Havant between July 19 and 23. He wants to help the county […]
The success of Shropshire tennis has been impressively recognised with a hat-trick of regional winners in this year’s Lawn Tennis Association Awards It is the second successive year the county has provided three regional winners for the Midlands. Launched in 2015, the prestigious LTA Awards recognise individuals involved in tennis at grassroots, county and regional […]
Director of Cricket John Abrahams was pleased with Shropshire’s efforts as the county enjoyed a winning start to their National Counties Cricket Association Trophy campaign. New captain Graham Wagg led from the front as Shropshire beat Northumberland by three wickets in an exciting opening group match in the 50-over One Day Trophy at Oswestry. After […]
Shrewsbury’s annual 10K run, expanded to a weekend running festival for 2021 and rescheduled for August, has attracted new sponsors. Local Jaguar Land Rover retailer Hatfields has thrown its support behind the event – a firm favourite in the Shropshire running calendar – by becoming the new headline sponsor. Organised by Ultimate Fitness Events, the […]
Sam Whitney and new signing Graham Wagg will share captaincy duties for Shropshire County Cricket Club this season. Whitney, the Bridgnorth skipper, has been appointed captain of Shropshire’s Championship side in the National Counties Cricket Association, with Wagg to be the county’s vice-captain in three-day cricket. The roles will be reversed in the one-day format, […]