Look at how our 8 qualifiers got through to Friday’s finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bylet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wem USC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chester Road<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meole Brace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sir John Bayley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The two Josh\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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 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Mark Thomas<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Jamie King<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Mark Thomas<\/td> 21<\/td> 17<\/td> Tony Rhodes<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Jamie King<\/td> 21<\/td> 9<\/td> Will Childs<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Mark Thomas<\/td> 21<\/td> 16<\/td> Josh Hale<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Tony Rhodes<\/td> 21<\/td> 19<\/td> Joseph Killen<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Will Childs<\/td> 21<\/td> 13<\/td> Phil Jones<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Jamie King<\/td> 21<\/td> 20<\/td> Dave Redge<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Mark Thomas<\/td> 21<\/td> 20<\/td> Peter Grimston<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Josh Hale<\/td> 21<\/td> 13<\/td> Hayden Lewis<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Joseph Killen<\/td> 21<\/td> 9<\/td> Tom Roden<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Tony Rhodes<\/td> 21<\/td> 16<\/td> Chris Worthington<\/td><\/tr> 5<\/td> Will Childs<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr> 6<\/td> Phil Jones<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr> 7<\/td> Jamie King<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr> 8<\/td> Dave Redge<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Michael Beer<\/td> 21<\/td> 11<\/td> Dave Bamford<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Michael Beer<\/td> 21<\/td> 11<\/td> Dan Williams<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Dave Bamford<\/td> 21<\/td> 13<\/td> Simon Lane<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Dan Williams<\/td> 21<\/td> 13<\/td> Craig Jones<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Michael Beer<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Simon Lane<\/td> 21<\/td> 20<\/td> Dave Turner<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Dave Bamford<\/td> 21<\/td> 13<\/td> Gary Neal<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Nicky Jones<\/td> 21<\/td> 7<\/td> Ian Howell<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Nicky Jones<\/td> 21<\/td> 13<\/td> Gary Whitehall<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Ian Howell<\/td> 21<\/td> 9<\/td> Dave Ellison<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Nicky Jones<\/td> 21<\/td> 18<\/td> Jamie Brookes<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Gary Whitehall<\/td> 21<\/td> 7<\/td> Edward Proudlove<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Dave Ellison<\/td> 21<\/td> 12<\/td> Connor Whitehall<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Ian Howell<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Martin Lloyd<\/td> 21<\/td> 17<\/td> Michael Cooper<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Richard Lawson<\/td> 21<\/td> 11<\/td> Gary Beff<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Martin Lloyd<\/td> 21<\/td> 9<\/td> Spencer Clarke<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Michael Cooper<\/td> 21<\/td> 15<\/td> Stuart Rutter<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Gary Beff<\/td> 21<\/td> 17<\/td> Jon Palmer<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Richard Lawson<\/td> 21<\/td> 5<\/td> Ben Hinton<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Martin Lloyd<\/td> 21<\/td> 16<\/td> Alex Jones<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Spencer Clarke<\/td> 21<\/td> 5<\/td> Phil Lyttle<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Michael Cooper<\/td> 21<\/td> 10<\/td> Steve Heighway<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Stuart Rutter<\/td> 21<\/td> 19<\/td> Ashley Wellings<\/td><\/tr> 5<\/td> Jon Palmer<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr> 6<\/td> Gary Beff<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr> 7<\/td> Richard Lawson<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr> 8<\/td> Ben Hinton<\/td> 21<\/td> 0<\/td> BYE<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Josh Cotton<\/td> 21<\/td> 17<\/td> Sarah Weaver<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Josh Bradburn<\/td> 21<\/td> 18<\/td> Liam Stevens<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Josh Cotton<\/td> 21<\/td> 20<\/td> Jacob Ash<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Sarah Weaver<\/td> 21<\/td> 17<\/td> Peter Farmer<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Liam Stevens<\/td> 21<\/td> 20<\/td> Aaron King<\/td><\/tr> 4<\/td> Josh Bradburn<\/td> 21<\/td> 17<\/td> Ben Parkes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n 1<\/td> Jacob Ash<\/td> 21<\/td> 13<\/td> Martin Gaut<\/td><\/tr> 2<\/td> Josh Cotton<\/td> 21<\/td> 20<\/td> Clay Flattley<\/td><\/tr> 3<\/td> Peter Farmer<\/td> 21<\/td> 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