Nicky Jones qualified at Chester Road after defeating Ian Howell 7 in the qualifier. He had beaten Gary Whitehall 13 and Jamie Brookes 18 to get that final, while Ian defeated Dave Ellison 9, who had beaten Connor Whitehall first game 12. Gary Whitehall defeated Ed Proudlove 7 in his first game.
1
Nicky Jones
21
7
Ian Howell
1
Nicky Jones
21
13
Gary Whitehall
2
Ian Howell
21
9
Dave Ellison
1
Nicky Jones
21
18
Jamie Brookes
2
Gary Whitehall
21
7
Edward Proudlove
3
Dave Ellison
21
12
Connor Whitehall
4
Ian Howell
21
0
BYE
Meole Brace
Former winner Martin Lloyd qualified at Meole Brace, along with Shropshire Merit winner Rich Lawson. Martin beat Michael Cooper 17 in the qualifier, resisting a fightback after Michael got back to 17 across from 17-11 down. after getting past Spencer Clarke 9 and Alex Jones 16. Rich Lawson defeated Gary Beff 11, going 17-8 up from 8-7 down. He had beaten Ben Hinton in his first game 17, while Gary got past Jon Palmer 17. Michael had beaten Stu Rutter 15 and Steve Heighway 10 in his two games before.
1
Martin Lloyd
21
17
Michael Cooper
2
Richard Lawson
21
11
Gary Beff
1
Martin Lloyd
21
9
Spencer Clarke
2
Michael Cooper
21
15
Stuart Rutter
3
Gary Beff
21
17
Jon Palmer
4
Richard Lawson
21
5
Ben Hinton
1
Martin Lloyd
21
16
Alex Jones
2
Spencer Clarke
21
5
Phil Lyttle
3
Michael Cooper
21
10
Steve Heighway
4
Stuart Rutter
21
19
Ashley Wellings
5
Jon Palmer
21
0
BYE
6
Gary Beff
21
0
BYE
7
Richard Lawson
21
0
BYE
8
Ben Hinton
21
0
BYE
Sir John Bayley
The two Josh’s qualified at Sir John Bayley as Cotton and former winner Bradburn got through. Cotton beat Clay Flattley and Jacob Ash 20, before getting past Sarah Weaver 17. Bradburn defeated Ben Parkes 17 and another former winner Liam Stevens 18, Liam having beaten Reece Farr 19 and Aaron King 20. Sarah had got past Pete Farmer 17 and Bruno Heath 11, while Jacob beat Martin Gaut 13 first game, and Pete defeated Scott Moseley 13.
1
Josh Cotton
21
17
Sarah Weaver
2
Josh Bradburn
21
18
Liam Stevens
1
Josh Cotton
21
20
Jacob Ash
2
Sarah Weaver
21
17
Peter Farmer
3
Liam Stevens
21
20
Aaron King
4
Josh Bradburn
21
17
Ben Parkes
1
Jacob Ash
21
13
Martin Gaut
2
Josh Cotton
21
20
Clay Flattley
3
Peter Farmer
21
13
Scott Moseley
4
Sarah Weaver
21
11
Bruno Heath
5
Liam Stevens
21
19
Reece Farr
6
Aaron King
21
0
BYE
7
Ben Parkes
21
0
BYE
8
Josh Bradburn
21
0
BYE
Thank you to Dave, Martin and Michael for running the qualifiers last night.
The final 3 qualifiers will be determined on Wednesday at Bylet and Wem USC.
Taylor Support Shropshire Premier Bowls League