Newport are keeping their feet on the ground after an eye-catching weekend that has seen them leap to fifth in the Furrows Shropshire Premier League table.
The Fishes started with an 11-3 victory at home to Bowring on Friday, then followed up by getting seven winners at Sir John Bayley on Sunday evening, in a game put back from the previous week.
They are now on the coat-tails of a group of teams behind leaders Castlefields, though winter signing Mick Jones says they will not be getting too excited.
“We are aware that we have played an extra home game,” said former St Georges skipper Mick Jones.
“We’re not getting carried away but I think we should be able to stay up around the top six – that’s where we should be.”
Bowring were easily dispatched with father and son Roy and Josh Bradburn single figure losers for the visitors against Martyn France and Ian Whittington respectively.
County man Rich Lawson managed 19 against selector Jones.
Sunday afternoon’s heavy rain certainly played into Newport’s hands at the Bayley, and they might even have had more than the seven winners they got.
Alan Davidson was 17-12 up against the in-form Paul Reeves but failed to score again, while Jones lost 21-19 to Norman Harvey.
By Chris Hudson
