On Sunday morning the White Rose U25 team played a tough Gloucestershire outfit at Royal Wootton Bassett in the preliminary round of the Under 25 Double Rink competition.

Adam Tanner, Team Manager, is delighted to announce that Wiltshire beat Gloucestershire by 21 shots – the most convincing win that the team has had in Adam’s seven years as manager.

Mike Titcombe made his debut at skip and was drawn to skip against Nathan Kitchen, an England U25 skip. However, this did not phase Mike or his fellow players and the Wiltshire rink won by 11 shots, scoring a 6 and two 5s in the process. Craig Morphet skipped the other rink containing two young debutants to a 10 shot win. Each rink only dropped more than 1 shot 3 times, which showed real maturity and discipline. Adam is very proud of them all.

The below players have been selected to represent Wiltshire in the U25 White Rose Trophy first round vs Gloucestershire.

The game will be held at Royal Wootton Bassett BC on Sunday 14 May. Dress code will be whites and county shirts and can all players arrive by 10am for a 10.30am start.

This is a big match for us and so any support will be greatly appreciated!

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Match report from U25 Team Manager, Adam Tanner

On Saturday we travelled to South Oxford bowls club to play Oxfordshire County U25 in a warm-up game for our White Rose fixture and county games this year. It was a tough fixture against an Oxfordshire side which last season reached the national final of the White Rose Trophy. This represented an ideal test for us.

The rink of Jamie Shadwell, George Twine, David Murray and Ben Choules won a low scoring game 17-11. Kyle Anderson also had a strong win, and Michael Titcombe lost narrowly. Although a rink skipped by Ashley Peach was more heavily beaten, this was a very inexperienced rink, and I was very pleased with their performances and conduct. Although we lost the match 80-70, it’s worth mentioning that we had the better of the Oxfordshire rinks which contained their White Rose Trophy players.

A team for next weekend’s White Rose Trophy fixture versus Gloucestershire is being finalised, and will shortly be published.

Rink Scores:

Jamie Shadwell/George Twine/David Murray/Ben Choules won 17-11

Jordan Moody/Chris Poole/Craig Morphet/Mike Titcombe lost 18 – 21

James Richman/Adam Bolwell/Craig Hatherall/Kyle Anderson won 23-15

John Hermon/Jack Wilkins/Bradley Frankham/Ashley Peach lost 12-33

Match report from U25 Team Manager, Adam Tanner

Bank Holiday Monday saw the Wiltshire U25 team head to Cheltenham for the annual Four Counties Tournament involving Wiltshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. It was a very positive and useful afternoon for both myself and the players.

Despite winning two rinks (one again against Worcestershire and one against Somerset) and only narrowly losing by 1 shot against Gloucestershire, it wasn’t enough to beat Somerset, whose slightly better shot difference saw them lift the trophy, with Wiltshire in a good second.

Rink Scores:

Jordan Moody/Jamie Shadwell/Gary Jackson/Mike Titcombe lost 20 – 21 vs Gloucestershire

Tom Newman/Chris Poole/Craig Hatherall/Kyle Anderson won 21 – 16 vs Worcestershire

James Richman/Ben Choules/Adam Bolwell/Craig Morphet won 17-15 vs Somerset

The following players (in alphabetical order) have been selected to play in a four rink match against Oxfordshire Under 25s at South Oxfordshire BC on Saturday 6 May. Please arrive by 10.00am for a 10.30am start. Dress code: Whites & County Shirts

The playing order will be announced following the 4 Counties Tournament on Monday 1 May.

Bowls Wiltshire Under 25 Manager Adam Tanner today announced the team to represent the county at the Four Counties Tournament being held at Cheltenham BC on Monday 1st May at 2.00pm.

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Please use the following link to access this season’s Under 25 Fixtures

U25 Fixtures