The final three qualifiers were determined last night for the SPBL Merit.
Bylet
Jamie King and Mark Thomas qualified at the Bylet. Jamie defeated Meole pair Dave Redge 20 and Will Childs 9, after Will beat Phil Jones 13. Mark took three good wins to get through, Pete Grimston 20, Josh Hale 16 and Tony Rhodes 17 after Tony had beat team mate Joe Killen 19 and Chris Worthington 16. Joe had earlier got past Tom Roden 9, and Josh Hale beat Hayden Lewis 13.
1
Mark Thomas
Jamie King
1
Mark Thomas
21
17
Tony Rhodes
2
Jamie King
21
9
Will Childs
1
Mark Thomas
21
16
Josh Hale
2
Tony Rhodes
21
19
Joseph Killen
3
Will Childs
21
13
Phil Jones
4
Jamie King
21
20
Dave Redge
1
Mark Thomas
21
20
Peter Grimston
2
Josh Hale
21
13
Hayden Lewis
3
Joseph Killen
21
9
Tom Roden
4
Tony Rhodes
21
16
Chris Worthington
5
Will Childs
21
0
BYE
6
Phil Jones
21
0
BYE
7
Jamie King
21
0
BYE
8
Dave Redge
21
0
BYE
Wem USC
Mike Beer qualified after defeating Dave Bamford in a high quality qualifier 11 after racing 11-4 up and holding off a comeback when Dave got back to just 13-9 behind. Mike had beaten Dan Williams 11 after going 11-5 up and running out from 14-11 ahead. Dave defeated Simon Lane 13 after virtually running out from 13-11 up. In the first round of games, Dan Williams got past Craig Jones 14, a 13 break from 7-4 down being the difference. Simon fought back from 11-6 and 16-10 down to run out from 20-16 behind against team mate Dave Turner, while Dave Bamford was 8-4 down on Gary Neal, but helped by a mark down the edge, won 13.
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