Look at how our 8 qualifiers got through to Friday’s finals.
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.
1
Michael Beer
21
11
Dave Bamford
1
Michael Beer
21
11
Dan Williams
2
Dave Bamford
21
13
Simon Lane
1
Dan Williams
21
13
Craig Jones
2
Michael Beer
21
0
BYE
3
Simon Lane
21
20
Dave Turner
4
Dave Bamford
21
13
Gary Neal
Chester Road
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.
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