We now have our 8 finalists for the 2024 Monday Night Merit on Saturday 6th July.
At the Bowring it was Division 4 Averages Winner Mick Jones who got through by beating Chris Pritchard 18 and Chris Taylor 15. Two Sir John Bayley players got through. Steve Watkins beat Tim Childs 6 and Jamie Pritchard 5, while Eric Reynolds defeated Laura White 17 and Ann Grocott 11. The other qualifier was Des Connelly who got past Gregg Corbett 13 and Lee Taylor 9.
Over at Maddocks it was three Bowring players who qualified. Abi Helliwell beat got past Kevin Edwards 3 and then came through a great game with Emma Chetwood 20, holding off a fightback from Emma from 15-9 down. Stefan Whitehouse defeated Yvonne Kendall 6 and Chelsea Mills 5, while Stuart James beat Brian Jacques 10 and Roger Jones 19, from 17-8 down. The other qualifier was Michael Furness who overcame last year’s runner-up Steve Hendy 9 and Robert Carter 8.
The details for the finals will be released later this week.
Scores from Bowring are here.
Scores from Maddocks are here.