We have our 16 finalists in the 2025 Monday Night Merit.
Thank you to all four greens and those who helped run the qualifiers.
Broseley
Former runner up Steve Hendy qualified after beating Bowring team mate Carol Faulkner 10 and Steve Watkins 9. Sue Humphries had to beat her husband Mike Humphries 14 in the qualifier after beating Matt Parton 7. Lee Taylor qualified after defeating Mick Davies 17 and Craig Christie 19, with the other qualifier being Mick Furness, who got past Chris Taylor 19 and Stuart Beddoes 5.
Full results are here.
Shifnal
Trish Bradburn got through after beating Helen Wilkes 5 and Ann Rawlins 14, while John Roberts Snr used his experience to get past Roger Chapman 9 and Alex Hart 10. Mike Briscoe got through by beating Vinny Kirkland 12 and John Langham 19, and Phil Atkins qualified by beating Ian Halford 5 and Bob Kendall 14.
Full results are here.
Stockton
Dagan Jaggs defeated the holder Mick Jones 19 in the qualifier after beating Chris Edwards 17, while County Junior Jamie Pritchard got past Bryn Binsley 13 and Brian Jacques 15. The James family had Stuart and Leila qualify beating Harris Needham 20 and Paul Kalinauckas 18 and John Wright 14 and Sam Simmonds 7 respectively.
Full results are here.
Wrockwardine Wood
Martin Beddow was the only one to have to beat three players to get through after defeating Emma Hayward 4, Dave Dudley 9 and Stefan Whitehouse 15. Des Conneely got through again by beating Lucy Hireson 11 and Stuart Sutherland 20. Matt Gill comfortably qualified after beating Keane Sutherland 7 and Gregg Corbett 10, while Natasha Sutherland beat Cameron Murphy 6 and Colin Petitt 17 to earn her place on finals day.
Full results are here.