MALVERN Hills Indoor Bowls Club’s Joe Peplow retained his Disability Bowls England (DBE) B6 singles title.

Peplow played in a series of round-robin matches at Nottingham in the competition and finished on the same points as Mark Cooper.

But on the shots countback the Malvern man had a superior total of 48 shots so took the title once again.

Peplow continues to train with the DBE elite squad on a regular basis and is being supported by Tromans Opticians, Malvern Link, and Freedom Leisure Malvern Splash.