Harry Church followed in his dad’s footsteps and won the 2025 Shropshire Verti-Drain & Turf Services Mid Shropshire Merit. He beat Kate Wainwright 8 in the final after going 13-3 up.
In the Semi Finals, Kate raced 12-1 up on Paul Beer, and never let Paul back in to win 13. Harry had a good 8-3 lead over Jordan Millman but Jordan came back to lead 10-8. Harry from 11 across went 15-11 up and won 16.
Well done to Harry for winning today.
Thank you to our sponsors Shropshire Verti-Drain & Turf Services and to Edgmond for an excellent job on and off the green.
Thank you to everyone who has entered to make it the biggest entry for a long time.
Quarter Finals:
Kate Wainwright went 7-3 up on Pete Farmer and from 12-11 up extended his lead to win 15.
Paul Beer was 9-2 down to Pete Spragg but closed the gap to lead 17-16. He went 19-17 down but ran out with two 2s.
Harry Church was 11-7 down to Sonya Lucas but then went 14-11 up. It was 18 across but Harry ran out.
Jordan Millman was 11-7 down to James Blair and then 17-13 and 20-16 behind. However he ran out.
1st Round:
Pete Farmer was always ahead of Lee Parton but Lee did get it back to 14 across before Pete ran out.
Kate Wainwright from 4-0 down went 13-4 ahead of John Potter and despite John getting back to 19-14 down she won 14.
Paul Beer went 14-7 up on Paul Reeves and despite Paul closing the gap at 14-11 but Beer went on to win 13.
Pete Spragg got a walkover as Dan Williams was playing in another competition.
Harry Church raced 18-0 up on Darren Jones and won 5.
Sonya Lucas went 13-0 up on Yvonne Needham and won 6.
James Blair was 10-1 up on Nick Mullinder but Nick led him 15-13. James went 18-16 up but Nick went 19-18 up. However James ran out.
Jordan Millman went 14-3 up on Adrian Owens but Adrian did get back to 19-15 down but Jordan got the two he needed.