{"id":13835,"date":"2023-09-15T00:26:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T23:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=13835"},"modified":"2023-09-15T00:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T23:27:08","slug":"spbl-merit-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=13835","title":{"rendered":"SPBL Merit Qualifiers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The qualifiers start tonight for the 2023 SPBL Merit for the John Coxill Trophy, with 5 to come from the 35 players taking part. At Chester Road, Nicky Jones and Ian Howell will look to qualify for the first time, while Gary Whitehall did get through last year. There are three other Adderley bowlers there along with Dave Ellison who has had a good season this year at Hanmer. At Sir John Bayley, record winner Pete Farmer starts his quest to win his sixth title, while Josh Bradburn and Liam Stevens are also former winners. Reece Farr and Josh Cotton have had excellent seasons, while Clay Flattley has recently hit form and Sarah Weaver is the only female taking part in the competition. Last year&#8217;s winner, Scott Simpson, plays at Meole Brace, along with this year&#8217;s Averages winner Alex Jones, and previous Merit winners Stuart Rutter, Darren Wellings and Martin Lloyd. Previous Shropshire Merit winners Spencer Clarke and Rich Lawson will look to make it a double, while Jon Palmer enters this for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All qualifiers start at 6.30 p.m. There is no dress code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chester Road Premier Green &#8211; 1 Qualifier from 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Player<\/th><th>Club<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Jamie Brookes<\/td><td>Adderley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dave Ellison I\/C<\/td><td>Hanmer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ian Howell<\/td><td>Adderley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nicky Jones<\/td><td>Ifton<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Edward Proudlove<\/td><td>Adderley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Connor Whitehall<\/td><td>Adderley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gary Whitehall<\/td><td>Adderley<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sir John Bayley Premier Green &#8211; 2 Qualifiers from 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Player<\/th><th>Club<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Jacob Ash<\/td><td>Highley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Josh Bradburn<\/td><td>St Georges BC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Josh Cotton<\/td><td>Wrockwardine Wood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Peter Farmer<\/td><td>St Georges BC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reece Farr<\/td><td>Highley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clay Flattley<\/td><td>St Georges BC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Martin Gaut I\/C<\/td><td>St Georges BC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bruno Heath<\/td><td>Highley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aaron King<\/td><td>Wrockwardine Wood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Andy Marshall<\/td><td>Wem USC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scott Moseley<\/td><td>Wrockwardine Wood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ben Parkes<\/td><td>Wem U S C<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Liam Stevens<\/td><td>Wrockwardine Wood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sarah Weaver<\/td><td>Wem U S C<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meole Brace Premier Green &#8211; 2 Qualifiers from 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Player<\/th><th>Club<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Gary Beff<\/td><td>Chester Road<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spencer Clarke<\/td><td>Sir John Bayley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Michael Cooper I\/C<\/td><td>Sir John Bayley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Steve Heighway<\/td><td>Hanwood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ben Hinton<\/td><td>Chester Road<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alex Jones<\/td><td>Sir John Bayley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Richard Lawson<\/td><td>Hanwood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Martin Lloyd<\/td><td>Chester Road<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phil Lyttle<\/td><td>Hanwood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jon Palmer<\/td><td>Castlefields<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stuart Rutter<\/td><td>Sir John Bayley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scott Simpson<\/td><td>Sir John Bayley<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ashley Wellings<\/td><td>Hanwood<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Darren Wellings<\/td><td>Hanwood<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The qualifiers start tonight for the 2023 SPBL Merit for the John Coxill Trophy, with 5 to come from the 35 players taking part. At Chester Road, Nicky Jones and Ian Howell will look to qualify for the first time, while Gary Whitehall did get through last year. 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