The qualifying for the Shropshire Verti-Drain Mid Shropshire Senior Merit is tonight with around 80 players looking to book the 16 places on finals day on Saturday 31st May at 2 p.m.
Pete Farmer is a former winner of this and will start as favourite given his competition prowess, but plays at an unfamiliar green at Albrighton. Also there is former finalists Kate Wainwright and Phil Craggs as well as Over 60s Merit winner Pete Spragg and the three Needhams. At Donnington Wood is former winner Roy Bradburn, former Under 18 Merit winner Nick Mullinder and former runner-up Paul Bradburn, as well as the experienced John Potter, Rob Steventon and Dale Rudrum. Over in St Georges is Under 18 Merit winner Harry Church along with his dad Stuart and Sinclair team mate Dan Williams, as well as former finalist Paul Reeves and Monday Night Merit finalist Steve Hendy. And at Wrockwardine Wood is Division One Averages winner Nick Wyer, last year’s finalist Paul Beer and semi finalist Simon Madeley and Under 25 Merit winner Jordan Millman with his brother Jamie.
Scratch time is 6.30 p.m.
There is no dress code for the qualifiers.
Albrighton (Greg Needham I/C)
| Player | Club |
|---|---|
| Kane Beaman * | Donnington Wood BC |
| Stuart Beddoes | Donnington Wood BC |
| John Clarke | Wrockwardine Wood |
| Philip Craggs * | Trench |
| Peter Farmer * | Sinclair |
| David Hall | Shifnal |
| Dave Kilford | St Georges B.C. |
| John Lea | Sinclair |
| Angus Needham * | SJ Bayley |
| Greg Needham * | SJ Bayley |
| Yvonne Needham * | SJ Bayley |
| Simon Oldcorn * | Newport |
| Paul Powell | Horsehay |
| Peter Spragg ** | Sinclair |
| Kate Wainwright * | Bowring |
| Joshua Wall ** | Trench |
| Pauline Wilson * | Bowring |
Donnington Wood (Helen Clee I/C)
| Player | Club |
|---|---|
| James Blair ** | SJ Bayley |
| Roy Bradburn * | St Georges B.C. |
| Paul Bradburne * | Hadley USC |
| Helen Clee | Wrockwardine Wood |
| Jonathan Davies ** | Shifnal |
| Dave Evans | Edgmond |
| Darren Fielding ** | Sinclair |
| Phil Furness | Shifnal |
| Tony Garmson ** | Wrockwardine Wood |
| Simon Hall | Sinclair |
| Nick Mullinder * | Hadley USC |
| Shavorne Osbourne | Trench |
| Paul Osbourne * | Trench |
| Lee Parton * | Bowring |
| John Potter * | Sinclair |
| Dale Rudrum ** | Newport |
| Robert Steventon * | Shifnal |
| Alex Turnbull * | Bowring |
| David Wall *** | Newport |
| Lisa Wilson | SJ Bayley |
| Daniel Wilson ** | Shifnal |
| Steve Worthington * | SJ Bayley |
St Georges Bottom (Louise Cotton I/C)
| Player | Club |
|---|---|
| Mike Briscoe | SJ Bayley |
| Dave Brown * | Horsehay |
| Harry Church * | Sinclair |
| Stuart Church ** | Sinclair |
| Louise Cotton ** | Wrockwardine Wood |
| Alan Hayes | SJ Bayley |
| Steve Hendy *** | Bowring |
| Ray Hyde | Trench |
| Phil Jones * | Wrockwardine Wood |
| Darren Jones **** | Newport |
| Kevin Lavelle * | Madeley CC |
| Chris Lodge * | Madeley CC |
| Nick Marshall ** | Bowring |
| Andy Morgan * | Shifnal |
| Christopher Newbrook | Shifnal |
| Paul Reeves * | Shifnal |
| Neil Smallman **** | Newport |
| Malcolm Tibbett | SJ Bayley |
| Phil Venables | Donnington Wood BC |
| Ollie Wall | Donnington Wood BC |
| Dan Williams * | Sinclair |
Wrockwardine Wood New Green (Michael Cooper I/C)
| Player | Club |
|---|---|
| Paul Beer * | Shifnal |
| Graham Bleakley | Horsehay |
| Tim Childs **** | SJ Bayley |
| Michael Cooper ** | SJ Bayley |
| Alison Cotton * | Shifnal |
| Mark Doodson ** | Bowring |
| Carleen Doody – Millington * | Trench |
| Chris Gill **** | Newport |
| Dean Heighway *** | Bowring |
| Sonya Lucas * | Shifnal |
| Simon Madeley * | Sinclair |
| Peter Millington * | Trench |
| Jamie Millman ** | Sinclair |
| Jordan Millman ** | Sinclair |
| Adrian Owens ** | Albrighton |
| Matthew Pritchard * | Broseley |
| Tony Roche ** | SJ Bayley |
| Kevin Simmons | Donnington Wood BC |
| Graham Turner | St Georges B.C. |
| Chelsea Walne | Donnington Wood BC |
| Nick Wyer * | Donnington Wood BC |