CAM Mills pair Dave Smith and Russ Mellerup plus Dursley’s Keith Hinder and Brian Burleigh will be play for Gloucestershire this weekend when they take on Oxfordshire in a Middleton Cup trial at Oxford City and County Bowls Club .

The match takes place on Saturday at 2pm and new manager Robert Griffiths is keen to put past behind the side as they look towards a new era and the hopes of topping a group that includes twice previous winners Devon and Cornwall along with Herefordshire.

The team will be under the microscope right from the beginning with observers looking at the players and assessing them on a scoring document similar to the one Bowls England use for Internationals trials.

Trial Team:

Rink One:   Brian Burleigh (Dursley), Dave Smith (Cam Mills), Russ Mellerup (Cam Mills), Keith Hinder (Dursley).

Rink Two:   Shaun Morris (Gloucester City), Aaron Lloyd (Barnwood), James Speller (Cheltenham), Steve Knight (Cheltenham).

Rink Three:   Lee Elliott (Frampton), Tom Griffiths (Frampton), Nick Holliday (Cheltenham), Colin Dixon (Kingswood & Hanham).

Rink Four:   Joe Hibbard (Page Park), Grant Baldwin (Coleford), Chris Roach (Cheltenham), Chris Davies (Coleford).

Rink Five:   Ben Williams (Tetbury), Rich Browett (Barnwood), Pete Stinchcombe (Tetbury), Matt Cuthbert (Cheltenham).

Rink Six:   John Smallwood (Olveston), Andy Locke (Olveston), Nigel Cansdale (Cirencester), Paul Bryant (Olveston).