The Salop Leisure Shropshire Premier Bowling League had seven qualifiers from this weekend’s Coors Meole Brace Open qualifying, including our chairman and secretary! Chairman Mark Shore of Hanwood beat\u00a0Tony Stevens 6, Ifton’s Kevin Nicholas 11 and Bob Hickman 19, while secretary\u00a0Martin Gaut got through after beating Castlefields’ Tony Wall, Ivan Smout 15 and Mark Winnington 12. Clay Flattley of St Georges was the last qualifier of the competition as he beat Joe Tomkinson 8, Ian Smith 6 and Adam Walker 13. Dave Rhodes of Newport got through after defeating Steve Ellis 12 and Hanwood duo Ash Wellings 18 and Craig Wilson 17. Steve Bodley from Wrockwardine Wood was our other Sunday qualifier with some fine wins over Paul Fellows 13, Hanmer’s Graham Bennett 19 and Tommy Johnstone 17. On Saturday and former homester Colin Beaman of Hanwood got through, getting past Nigel Ferrington 8, Steve Shaw 10 and Scott Harries of the Bylet 19. Sir John Bayley’s Paul Evans qualified after beating Ed Wallis 6, Mike Leach 14 and Paul Leah 16.<\/p>\n
Other qualifiers include Gareth Coates who beat Paul Stretton 8, Kevan Shaw who defeated Darren Plenderleith 15, and Nathan Dawes who got past Greg Smith 13. Other Saturday qualifiers include Keith Williamson who beat Brian Smith 16 and Lewis Belcher who defeated Steve Pratt 16. Onto Sunday and Lee Woodfield beat Steve Downs 14 in the qualifier, Geraint Booth defeated Ian Formstone 8, Wayne Usher beat Wrockwardine Wood’s Dan Taylor 9.<\/p>\n