{"id":14480,"date":"2024-03-15T19:51:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=14480"},"modified":"2024-03-15T19:51:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:51:48","slug":"coors-meole-open-1st-weekend-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=14480","title":{"rendered":"Coors Meole Open 1st Weekend Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first ticket to the Champion of Champions is back with the Coors Meole Open starting this weekend. A full field of 128 take part looking to book the 16 qualifying spaces on Sunday 7th April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saturday morning sees former winner Matt Gilmore looks to add a second title on the Saturday morning, a session that features last year&#8217;s Hadley Open winner James Davison, former Champion of Champion winners John Bailey and Chris Mordue, Shropshire Merit winner Martin Lloyd and Castle Private champion Lee Johnstone. Ian Booth returns to Shropshire, where he won the Junior Merit, while former runner-up Martin Gaut aims to go one better. Cheryl Caswell and Sarah Skidmore look to be the first women to win a game at this competition and there are three Tom&#8217;s to look out for, Tom Palmer, Tom Roden and Tom Killen, all got the talent to land this title for the first time after an impressive 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The afternoon sees Midland Masters winner Steve Pratt head seven players from the North Midlands including Pete Varney, alongside Autumn Waterloo winner Jon Palmer and Isle of Man winner Leighton Roberts. Josh Mordue travels down from Yorkshire along with Sarah Edmondson, and Chris Stretch will be hoping green knowledge helps along with Wayne Phillips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday morning has Callum Wraight looking to retain the title he won three times on the trot before losing out last year to eventual winner Andy Hughes. Wrockwardine Wood Open winner Elliot McGuinness is part of a quartet from the George, with Midland Masters winner Aaron Tapper and runner up Stuart Rutter featuring. New St Georges signing Keith Wall takes part, and Scott Moseley hopes green knowledge and his form from last weekend will help him qualify. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The afternoon has Merseyside Merit winner Phil Lee play alongside Cheshire Merit winner Tom Vickers, who travels down with Owen Cookson, Danny Nixon, Joe Tomkinson and Simon Cookson. North Midlands Merit winner Darren Plenderleith takes part, with Nordley trio Scott Simpson and Owen and Paul Evans there too. Former winner Paul Williams looks to roll back the years, along with Derek Wright, Chris Ward and Gordon Hawkins in an experienced packed field! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find below the fields for this weekend&#8217;s Meole Open.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scores will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowlsresultstwo.co.uk\/competitions\/results.php?yearid=2024&amp;web=comps&amp;if=0&amp;ret=0&amp;compid=2&amp;qual=1&amp;ord=0\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cold and hot food will be available in both sessions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 10 a.m. (Practice 9.40 a.m.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gwerydd Buckland <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Poole<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gavin Skidmore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Roberts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gareth P Hughes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Beeston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave Turner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Palmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Handley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liam Badwick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gus Needham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave Morgan-Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Booth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greg Fordham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tommy Johnstone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geraint Booth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheryl Caswell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Lloyd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Gaut<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Roden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Marshall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Mordue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Parkes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Gilmore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Bailey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Skidmore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Craig Skidmore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Johnstone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Davison<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Killen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamie Brookes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Bowden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday 2 p.m. (Practice 1.40 p.m.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Pratt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pete Varney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Davies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Armstrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerwyn Davies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John McDonnell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Callum Mitchell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerald Merry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl Wilkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Stretch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Rawlinson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Holden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob Carter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Hocknull<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Hocknull<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Edmondson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Warrington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natty Tonks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leighton Roberts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael McDonnell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl Pemberton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy Hynes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Slater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Penlington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jon Palmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eamonn Doran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karl Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Mordue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Horton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darren Sanford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 10 a.m. (Practice 9.40 a.m.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colin Leishman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Haynes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Craig Dugdale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaron Tapper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Moseley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave Nicholls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Edwards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Callum Wraight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stuart Rutter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ray Broadfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lester Bebbington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Hamman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Hamann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Duncalf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graham Rogers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Skelding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elliot McGuinness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pete Nicholls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Benton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darrell Handley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Formstone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith Wall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connor Whitehall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaron King<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Winstone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paddy McGuinness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Petcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elliot Laboure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Picknell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 2 p.m. (Practice 1.40 p.m.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cliff Massey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Ward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Derek Wright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamie King<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rikki Higgs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant Cooper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayne Berry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Corbett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owen Cookson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Vickers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Gregory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Eaton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Tomkinson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gordon Hawkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Charlton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kierran Cooper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anton Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Kearns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Desmond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean Nicholls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darren Plenderleith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott Simpson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owen Evans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Judson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simon Cookson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danny Nixon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Gill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony Gill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first ticket to the Champion of Champions is back with the Coors Meole Open starting this weekend. 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