Esclusham Bowling Club
Player Achievements
Welsh Merit Winners
1939 Harold Francis (Esclusham and Coedpoeth)
1952 Tommy Williams
2000 Dave A Jones
2015 Leighton Roberts
2017 Keiron Roberts
Welsh Ladies Merit Winner
2016 Kelsey Morgan Rowlands
Welsh Veterans Merit Winner
2009 Geraint Evans
2017 Graham James
Welsh Junior Merit Winner
1984 Dave A Jones
2015 Ieuan Pugh
Emlyn Wright Pairs/Singles Winners (Veterans)
2011 Selwyn Davies & Patrick Cronin
2014 Collin Seale
2017 Mike Parry & Graham James
Wrexham Veterans Merit Winner
2011 Alan Hopwood (Division Four Merit and Knockout Winner)
2013 Graham James (Division Two and overall League Merit Winner)
Jubilee Cup Winners
1993 Mike Parry
1996 Dave M Jones
D.L.Jones Cup Winners
1993 Mike Parry
1995 Dave A Jones
1996 Kevin Jones
Burton Cup Winners
1934 Jack Ratcliffe
1986 Gordon Samuel
1988 Tim Halliwell
1990 Bryan Formstone
1993 Mike Parry
2001 Carl Roberts
2003 Les Williams
2004 Mike Parry
2006 Carl Roberts
2009 Ian Dutton
Wrexham & District League Merit Winners
Division 1 Merit Winners:
1991/1992 Dave A Jones
1995 Brian Hayes
1996 Vic Davies
1999 Carl Pemberton
2004 Vic Davies (Division 3)
2006 Vic Davies (Division 2)
2008 Dave A Jones (Premier)
2008 Phil Cooke (Division 3)
2009 Phil Cooke (Division 2)
2011 Carl Roberts (Premier)
2016 Paul Hallett (Premier)
2018 Dave A Jones (Premier)
Flintshire Midweek League Merit Winners
2011/2014/2015 Dave A Jones (Division 1)
2015 Rhys Griffiths (Division 5)
2016 Dave A Jones (Division 1)
2016 Katelyn Morgan Rowlands (Division 4)
2017 Graham James (Division 3)
Welsh Counties League Merit Winners
2002/03 Dave A Jones
2006 Darren Lacey
2007/2010/2012/2013/2017 Dave A Jones
League Pairs Winners
1998 Dave A Jones & Les Williams
1999 Allan Weir & Carl Pemberton
Triple Winner
1993 Mike Parry
Division One/Premier League Knockout Winners:
1997 Nick Hughes
2002 Carl Roberts
2008 Dave A Jones
2010 Darren Lacey
2011/2014/2018 Dave A Jones
Wrexham Veterans Division One Knockout Winners:
2017 Selwyn Davies
Players selected to play for Wales (Summary)
1951 -
W. Williams (1)
1955 -
1961 -
1981 -
1986 -
1990 Dave Rogers
1991 Dave A Jones/Mike Parry
1992 Dave A Jones/Geoff Samuel
1993 Dave A Jones
1994 Dave A Jones/Mike Parry/Geoff Samuel
1995 Dave A Jones/Mike Parry/Brian Hayes/Geoff Samuel
1996 Dave A Jones
1997 Dave A Jones/Brian Hayes/Geoff Samuel/Vic Davies/
Nick Hughes
1998 Dave A Jones/Nick Hughes
1999 Dave A Jones/Brian Hayes
2000 Dave A Jones/Carl Pemberton/Nick Hughes
2001 Dave A Jones
2002 Dave A Jones/Brian Hayes/Carl Roberts/Geoff Samuel
2003 Dave A Jones/Geoff Samuel/Brian Hayes/Carl Pemberton
2004 Dave A Jones/Geoff Samuel/Brian Hayes/Andrew Hughes
2005 Dave A Jones/Carl Roberts
2006 Dave A Jones/Carl Roberts/Geoff Samuel/Brian Hayes
2007 Dave A Jones/Carl Roberts/Darren Lacey
2008 Dave A Jones/Carl Roberts/Geraint Williams/Darren Lacey
2009 Dave A Jones/Carl Roberts/Nick Hughes
2010 Dave A Jones/Carl Roberts
2011 Dave A Jones/Carl Roberts/Darren Lacey/Brian Hayes
2012 D A Jones/Craig Griffiths/Carl Roberts/Paul Hallett
2013 D A Jones/C Griffiths/C Roberts/P Hallett/D Lacey/L Roberts
2014 D A Jones/C Griffiths/C Roberts/D Lacey/L Roberts
2015 D A Jones/C Griffiths/C Roberts/D Lacey/L Roberts/K Roberts/ P Hallett/Kelsey & Katelyn Morgan -
2016 D A Jones/C Griffiths/C Roberts/D Lacey/L Roberts/K Roberts/ P Hallett/Kelsey & Katelyn Morgan -
2017 D A Jones/C Griffiths/I Dutton/D Lacey/L Roberts/K Roberts /Kelsey & Katelyn Morgan -
2018 D A Jones/C Griffiths/I Dutton/D Lacey/L Roberts/K Roberts /Kelsey & Katelyn Morgan -
2019 D A Jones/C Griffiths/I Dutton/A Delooze/L Roberts/ Katelyn Morgan -
Players selected to play for Wales Under 18’s
2010 Kierran Cooper (Stan Higham Trophy Winner)
2011/2012 Kierran Cooper
2013 Kierran Cooper/Will Roberts/Ieuan Pugh
2014 Kelsey & Katelyn Morgan -
2015 Kelsey & Katelyn Morgan -
2016 Kelsey & Katelyn Morgan -
2017 Ieuan Pugh/Joe Langford/Nathan & Jess Lacey
2018 Ieuan Pugh/Jacob Jones/Nathan & Jess Lacey
2019 Jacob Jones/Nathan & Jess Lacey/Kieron Hallett/
Jake Parker -
North Wales Individual Championship /
Welsh Merit Winners
The North Wales Individual Championship was first contested in 1926.
In 1927 a cup valued at 50 guineas was presented to the North Wales Counties Association by Messrs Ind Coope Ltd. Nowadays players from all over North Wales still compete against each other to become the Welsh Champion and then go on to represent Wales in the “Champion of Champions” event at the Waterloo Bowling Club in Blackpool. Esclusham Bowling Club have had five Welsh Champions.
Harold Francis 1939
The North Wales Individual Championship Cup states that in 1939 Harold Francis (Coedpoeth) won the competition. However, an Esclusham Club photograph dating from 1939 clearly depicts Harold Francis holding the North Wales Individual Championship Cup as part of an Esclusham team that won the East Denbighshire League in 1939. Also a specific article relating to the competition featured in the Wrexham Leader, August 25th 1939 states that Harold Francis (Coedpoeth, Wrexham) a playing member of the Esclusham team won the North Wales Individual Championship at Deganwy on Saturday August 19th 1939. He beat Joseph Jones 21 -
Tommy Williams 1952
Tommy Williams won the North Wales Individual Championship Cup at the Conservative Club Green, Flint in August 1952 beating S.Rogers 21 -
David A Jones 2000
Dave A Jones won the North Wales Individual Championship Cup at Sychdyn Bowling Club near Mold in July 2000 beating John Langford 21 -
Burton Cup
The Cup was first presented in 1930 and was originally know as the Montague Burton Hospital Cup. In the early days of its existence all the proceeds from this competition were devoted to the Wrexham War Memorial Hospital.
An Esclusham bowler has won this competition on ten occasions.The most recent winner was Ian Dutton in 2009 However, the Club’s first winner was Jack Ratcliffe way back in early September 1934.
The newspaper extract below tells the story.
Players selected to play for Wales in the Crossfield Cup
Leighton Roberts 2015
Leighton Roberts won the Gwyn Morris Senior Welsh Merit on Sunday 28th June at Benllech Bowling Club in Anglesey. He overcame team mate Paul Hallett 21 – 16 in the semi final before beating Chris Slater of Rhos Park 21 – 15 in the final.
He then went on to represent Wales at the 100th BCGBA Senior Merit at the Florence Club Stoke on Trent, the Champion of Champions at the Waterloo Blackpool and the WCGBA Champion of Champions at Rhos Park.
The press clippings and photographs below are a summary of three Esclusham Welsh Merit winners from 1939, 1952 and 2000. The Club has also had three runners up: T.Williams (1943) J.P.Evans (1938) and C.Roberts (2014).
Club Competition Winners
F W Morris Cup
1939 George Thomas
1940 Harding Hewitt
1943 Thomas William Jones
1951 Harry Williams
1971 H.Price
1972 Thomas William Jones
1973 R.D.Jones
1974 G.Roberts
1975 G.Jones
1976 G.Jones
1977 G.Evans
1978 R.D.Jones
1979 T.V.Jones
1980 R.D.Jones
1982 G.Jones
1983 D.Jones
1984 G.Samuel
1995 S.Roberts
1996 D.A.Jones
2010 Craig Jones
2011 Dave A Jones
2012 Ian Dutton
2013 Darren Lacey
2014 Dave A Jones
2015 Geoff Pugh
2016 Leighton Roberts
2017 Dave A Jones
2018 Darren Lacey
2019 Dave A Jones
2020 Darren Lacey
Massee Bowl
2010 Carl Roberts
2011 Dave A Jones
2012 Carl Roberts
2013 Graham James
2014 Dave A Jones
2015 Paul Hallett
2016 Carl Roberts
2017 Dave A Jones
2018 Kierran Cooper
2019 Darren Lacey
2020 Ian Dutton
Jacqueline Williams Trophy
1992 Kevin Jones
1994 Chris Jones
1995 G.Jones
1996 Carl Pemberton
1999 C.Roberts & N.Hughes
2005 W.K.Nicholas & A.Hughes
2008 M.Parry & Rees Thomas
2010 D A Jones
2011 Ian Dutton
2012 Leighton Roberts
2013 D A Jones
2014 Carl Roberts
2015 Ieuan Pugh
2016 Darren Lacey
2017 Carl Roberts
2018 Carl Roberts
2019 Leighton Roberts
2020 Darren Lacey
Allan Weir Memorial Pairs
2009 Darren Lacey & Colin Seale
2010 Carl Pemberton & Alan Hopwood
2011 Eric Weir & D.M.Jones
2012 Will Roberts & Keiron Roberts
2013 D A Jones & Katelyn Rowlands
2014 Ieuan Pugh & Rhys Griffiths
2015 Kelsey Morgan -
2016 Paul Hallett & Alan Hopwood
2017 Ken Walley & Keiron Roberts
2018 Daniel Roberts & Dave A Jones
2019 Cody Edwards & Carl Roberts
2020 Jacob Jones & Dave Jones
Alan Luckock Memorial Shield
2011 Carl Roberts
2012 Leighton Roberts
2013 Graham James
2014 Ian Dutton
2015 Carl Roberts
2016 Dave A Jones
2017 Jake Parker -
2018 Kian Thomas & Carl Roberts
2019 Ken Walley & Craig Thomas
2020 Mark Evans & Mike Parry
Esclusham Open Pairs
2011 P.Illadge & K.Duncalf
2012 M.Riley & F.Pennlington
2013 D A Jones & Nick Hughes
2014 Leighton Roberts & Graham Rogers
2015 John Bailey & Darren Williams
Alan Luckock Under 18’s Competition
2011 Kierran Cooper
2012 Will Roberts
2013 Kierran Cooper
2014 Ieuan Pugh
2015 Ieuan Pugh
2016 Ieuan Pugh
2017 Ieuan Pugh
2018 Ieuan Pugh
2019 Nathan Lacey
2020 Cody Edwards
The Langley Open Under 18’s Trophy
2012/13 Kierran Cooper
2014 Jordan Riley
2015 Sam Williams
2016 Nathan Lacey
2017 Ieuan Pugh
2018 Ieuan Pugh
2019 Cody Edwards
Wrexham County Borough Council Open Pairs
2011 Carl Pemberton & Paul Hallett
2012 Dave A Jones & Nick Hughes
Takman Shield
2013 Kelsey Rowlands
2014 Gary Rowlands
2015 Kevin Thomas
2016 Ken Walley
2017 Jake Parker -
2018 Marie Thomas
2019 Daniel Roberts
Cooper Cup
2019 Mike Parry
2020 Ken Walley
Les Williams Pairs
2019 Cody Edwards & Adrian Stretch
2020 Sam Roberts & Carl Roberts
Ladies Competition
2020 Kelsey Morgan Rowlands
Jack Matthews Memorial Shield
2017 Darren Lacey
2018 Darren Lacey
2015 Ieuan Pugh Junior Welsh Merit Winner
2016 Kelsey Morgan Rowlands Ladies Welsh Merit Winner
F.W.Morris Cup
The F.W.Morris Cup was given to Esclusham Below Bowling Club in 1933 by Mrs Morris.
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Morris was the widow of Frederick William Morris. Mr F.W.Morris was a nephew of William and John Jones who were connected with the Island Green brewery, Wrexham and were philanthropists.
Mrs Morris's obituary states that she gave for many years her generous support to many charitable causes both in the borough and elsewhere. She was particularly interested in Wrexham War Memorial Hospital and a ward was named after her husband there and the name has been retained for one of the wards in the Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
Massee Bowl
Mrs Massee was a Club Vice President and a local councillor who donated this bowl in 1974. She and her husband kept a grocers shop on Vicarage Hill (opposite Chapel Street). It is not known why she donated the bowl. It is believed that her husband kept a pub in Lancashire which had a bowling green?
Club Competitions
Jacqueline Williams
Massee Bowl
Reginald Langley
F W Morris
Kerion Roberts 2017
2017 Graham James Veterans Welsh Merit Winner
Kerion Roberts won the Gwyn Morris Senior Welsh Merit on Sunday 25th June at Trefnant Bowling Club. He beat Jason Jones 21 – 19 in the final.
He then went on to represent Wales at the 102nd BCGBA Senior Merit at the Griff and Coton Sports Club, Nuneaton, the Champion of Champions at the Waterloo Blackpool and the WCGBA Champion of Champions at Criccieth.
Graham James won the Veterans Welsh Merit on the 07/06/17 at Argoed Bowling Club beating Trevor Bate 21 -
