May 4, 2021 Hours of tireless work has been put in to ensure an historic Shropshire bowls club keeps on rolling post pandemic. Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up Prospective member Pete Rigby with club president Don Davies and secretary Mervyn Jarman Despite a year's absence, Much Wenlock Bowling Club was able to reopen at the beginning of April, with ground staff having kept the green and surrounding areas in top condition for the eagerly-awaited season. The small club, nestled among a circle of trees and hedges in the Gaskell Recreation Ground, formed in 1860, and having survived two World Wars, reformed in 1978, now using the town's old railway ticket station and waiting room as its pavilion.