The 104th BCGBA Senior Merit returns to one of its favourite venues next weekend.
The Rolls Royce Club in Derby is known as being one of the best venues for crown green bowls in the country.
This event was won so skilfully last year by Yorkshire’s Chris Mordue at the Grange Club in Lancashire.
This year’s BCGBA President, Derbyshire’s Graham Jackson, will be welcoming some of the best players in the game with Callum Wraight, the 2009 Champion, starting as favourite at 7/2. The six time Yorkshire merit champion and twice winner Graeme Wilson is second favourite at 8/1.
The players have qualified through their own county merits and they are (with odds) :
1 |
Stuart Marshall |
North Lancs & Fylde |
100 |
2 |
Jordan Cain |
Isle of Man |
66 |
3 |
Matt Kelly-Walley |
Derbyshire |
33 |
4 |
Matt Allen |
North Midlands |
50 |
5 |
Geraint Booth |
Wales |
25 |
6 |
Nathan Dobson |
Yorkshire |
100 |
7 |
Roy Moxham |
Cumbria |
100 |
8 |
Callum Wraight |
Shropshire |
7/2 |
9 |
Gareth Gwilliam |
Gtr Manchester |
20 |
10 |
Richard Bale |
Staffordshire |
50 |
11 |
Karl Shanks |
North Midlands |
66 |
12 |
Damian Morrison |
Lancashire |
33 |
13 |
Tom Hanson |
Yorkshire |
20 |
14 |
Noel Burrows |
Cheshire |
50 |
15 |
Adam Weaver |
Warwick & Worcs |
66 |
16 |
Gary Owen |
Potteries |
20 |
17 |
Graeme Wilson |
Yorkshire |
8 |
18 |
Shane Day |
North Midlands |
40 |
19 |
Stuart Rutter |
Shropshire |
50 |
20 |
Steve Parkin |
Potteries |
66 |
21 |
Jack Hargreaves |
Gtr Manchester |
25 |
22 |
Matt Milsom |
Derbyshire |
66 |
23 |
Ross Dunkley |
Warwick & Worcs |
20 |
24 |
Daniel Jones |
Wales |
50 |
25 |
Dave Bennett |
Lancashire |
100 |
26 |
Steve Morrey |
Cheshire |
20 |
27 |
James Hanson |
Yorkshire |
20 |
28 |
Kevin Kearns |
Merseyside |
33 |
29 |
Gary Roberts |
Wales |
66 |
30 |
Colin Leishman |
Gtr Manchester |
66 |
31 |
Andrew Sorsby |
South Yorkshire |
40 |
32 |
Liam Lowery |
Warwick & Worcs |
50 |
33 |
Owen Jackson |
North Lancs & Fylde |
20 |
34 |
Ed Furniss |
Derbyshire |
20 |
35 |
Colin Kelly |
Isle of Man |
40 |
36 |
Kevin Newberry |
Gtr Manchester |
100 |
37 |
Ian Wassell |
Potteries |
66 |
38 |
Wayne Moseley |
Yorkshire |
25 |
39 |
Paul Hallett |
Wales |
50 |
40 |
Lee Johnstone |
Cheshire |
50 |
41 |
Liam Griffin |
Yorkshire |
25 |
42 |
Danny Roberts |
Lancashire |
66 |
43 |
David May |
Derbyshire |
10 |
44 |
Aaron Williams |
South Yorkshire |
100 |
45 |
Michael Lynch |
North Midlands |
66 |
46 |
Josh Hale |
Warwick & Worcs |
28 |
47 |
Paul Williams |
Shropshire |
50 |
48 |
Steve Freer |
Staffordshire |
33 |
49 |
Lewis Scott |
Wales |
16 |
50 |
Joe Brown |
Warwick & Worcs |
100 |
51 |
James Wilcox |
Yorkshire |
25 |
52 |
Nigel Greenhalgh |
Gtr Manchester |
66 |
53 |
Paul Wilson |
North Lancs & Fylde |
40 |
54 |
Paul Clark |
Cumbria |
50 |
55 |
Dave McDermott |
Merseyside |
33 |
56 |
Spencer Clarke |
Shropshire |
20 |
57 |
Mitchell Toth |
Gtr Manchester |
100 |
58 |
Alex Wolfenden |
Yorkshire |
50 |
59 |
Noel Bates |
North Midlands |
100 |
60 |
Paul Clegg |
Lancashire |
66 |
61 |
James Higgins |
South Yorkshire |
40 |
62 |
Gordon Hawkins |
Staffordshire |
40 |
63 |
Ryan Prosser |
Warwick & Worcs |
10 |
64 |
Dan Petcher |
Derbyshire |
14 |