Our Men’s A team are today celebrating a well deserved and massively important victory over Wolves CC last night (Monday 1st March), which takes them to the top of the West Midlands Premier League Table.
The Wolves are one of Coach Mark Harrison’s team’s closest rivals for this season’s West Midlands Premier Division Championship. They have been a perennial force in the Premier League for many years and are the only team to have beaten us this season.
Our guys went into last night’s game at Bilston College knowing that if they were to maintain their challenge for the title they would have to finally put an end to the long stretch of defeats they have had at the hands of their hosts in recent seasons.

They guys responded to that challenge in fine style, frustrating the Wolves offence with some tight man to man defence, scoring both on the break and with slick inside play, and crucially converting 27 of the 34 shots they had from the line during the course of the game.
Our key scorers on the night were guards Ash Cookson (24, including 15 of 18 from the line), and Josh Crutchley (20), and big men Mark West (20) and Simon Hoar (19).
Our home grown youngsters Ash, Josh and Simon all had great games. However, I am sure they would all agree that our joint MVPs on the night were Mark and the team’s often un-sung hero Brian Walker.
The contribution Mark and Brian have made to our season since their moves from the former Chase Panthers team in the Summer of 2009 has been enormous. Their vast experience has had a massive influence over our young players throughout the season and their cool heads were vital in this crucial game.
Mark’s contribution can statistically be seen in his 20 points. Brian’s three points (all free throws) show nothing. Like Mark he was terrific on defence all night and, again like Mark, his cool head was vital to our offensive success. Our Club appreciates how lucky we have been to have Brian and Mark with us this season.
Despite the understandable euphoria created by tonight’s crucial win there is still much work to be done to give us a first Premier Division Title. We still have four difficult games to play, and we know that we will need to win them all to guarantee that title. The first of these games is on Sunday when we travel to Birmingham to take on third placed Smithswood Sabres, who themselves beat Wolves last week.
WEST MIDLANDS PREMIER DIVISION TABLE
| Premier |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
P.F. |
P.A. |
P.D'duct. |
POINTS |
| Shropshire Warriors 'A' |
14 |
13 |
1 |
1230 |
925 |
0 |
40 |
| Wolverhampton CC |
15 |
12 |
3 |
1142 |
1066 |
0 |
39 |
| Smiths Wood Sabres |
14 |
9 |
5 |
1175 |
1137 |
0 |
32 |
| Lasers |
12 |
9 |
3 |
931 |
773 |
0 |
30 |
| Aston Uni Eagles |
13 |
8 |
5 |
951 |
868 |
0 |
29 |
| Redditch Regents |
14 |
5 |
9 |
1228 |
1290 |
0 |
24 |
| Churchbridge 'A' |
13 |
4 |
9 |
828 |
929 |
0 |
21 |
| Stoke |
13 |
5 |
8 |
755 |
882 |
2 |
21 |
| Black Country Bears 'A' |
16 |
3 |
13 |
1238 |
1351 |
1 |
21 |
| West Midlands Police |
15 |
2 |
13 |
954 |
1211 |
1 |
18 |
Match Report To Follow!!! |