Generous customers attending this year’s successful West Midlands Caravan, Motorhome and Destinations Show in Shrewsbury helped to raise more than £600 for mental health charity Shropshire Mind. Featuring the latest in touring caravans, motorhomes, campervans, holiday homes and lodges, more than 15,000 visitors flocked to Salop Leisure’s headquarters at Emstrey. The largest free caravan showcase […]
A rising cricket star from Shropshire has received the backing of a county apprenticeship company to help him continue to impress. Worcestershire’s towering fast bowler Dillon Pennington will be looking to build on a successful 2018 in which he made the breakthrough to professional cricket. Dillon, from Shrewsbury, hit the headlines after being handed his […]
Two local businesses are to serve up a new locally sourced drinks menu at Shropshire County Cricket Club’s hugely popular hospitality day this summer. The well established annual event, sponsored by Pure Telecom, takes place at Wrekin College on Thursday, July 11. It’s already sold out with nearly 680 guests from the county’s business community […]
His focus remains firmly on his football career – but Dave Edwards is excited that his two Shropshire businesses continue to kick on and flourish. The former Wales international, who was delighted to return home to sign for Shrewsbury Town in January, has also established himself as a businessman since opening Little Rascals, a popular […]
A Shropshire-based caravan, motorhome and campervan dealership has extended its sponsorship of the county’s top bowling league. The Shropshire Premier Bowling League, which features 14 teams from around the county, will be backed by Salop Leisure for a third year. The new season starts this week, with reigning champions Castlefields handed an opening night trip […]
Would-be adventurers can rediscover their wild sides by ditching their phones for the great outdoors at a Shropshire resort. Water sports including kayaking, den building, survival skills and other adventure experiences are available to try at Salop Leisure’s £6.5 million Love2Stay glamping and caravan resort at Emstrey, Shrewsbury. Chris Skitt, who leads the health, wellness […]
Russian ace Vitalia Diatchenko impressively recovered from losing the opening set to win a thrilling final in the Budgen Motors World Tennis Tour W60 Shrewsbury tournament. Diatchenko eventually ran out a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 winner against Belgian star Yanina Wickmayer to be crowned champion of the prestigious $60,000 event in front of a capacity crowd […]
Ten-time Grand Slam champion Jordanne Whiley enjoyed a successful playing return at the Tennis Foundation’s National Wheelchair Tennis Championships at The Shrewsbury Club. Whiley, the 2015 US Open singles champion, was crowned winner of the open women’s singles event as she impressed in her first tournament since giving birth to her first child earlier this […]
World class tennis is to make a swift return to Shropshire early next year thanks to The Shrewsbury Club being chosen to host a high-profile women’s tournament. The Sundorne Road venue has been selected by the Lawn Tennis Association to stage a prestigious $60,000 event in February. It will start just a few days after Great […]
Shropshire’s fixtures for the 2019 season have been released – with venues for the matches in the Unicorns Championship, Trophy and Twenty20 competition currently being finalised. Shropshire, who will play a Twenty20 friendly at home to Staffordshire on Sunday, April 28, are in the same group as last year in the T20 competition. Home matches […]