Sharon Gadd (Shipley Club) and Stuart King (Asa Briggs) are celebrating after winning the Bradford Mixed Pairs Merit.

They beat Paul Hillam (Eccleshill) and Angela Carter (Pudsey Littlemoor) in the final of a competition that saw a disappointing number of entries take part in miserable conditions at Lister Park.

Gadd and King had edged out defending champions Mally Fowler (Ladyhill) and Debbie Davis (Pudsey) in their opening game, before also seeing off Lisa Rice (Drighlington) and Andy Hodgson (Pudsey).

* Rob Lloyd (Alverthorpe) won the Yorkshire Crown Green Merit after beating Simon Walder (Spen Victoria) 21-14 in Monday’s final at Almondbury Libs.

Phil Dowgill of Clayton made it to the semi-finals after superb wins over Graeme Wilson, Robert Hitchen (Lower Hopton) and Jon Webster (Alverthorpe) before losing to Lloyd.

* Mark Regan (Brighouse Sports) and Steven Gilroy (Crossgates) were the latest qualifiers in the Shipley Classic, sponsored by HH Birch & Son Ltd and Yorkshire Building Society.

Regan, the only previous winner left in the competition, won through with wins over Barry Tinker (Longwood) 21-11, Craig Newton (Lower Hopton) 21-20 and Jack Summers (Asa Briggs) 21-13.

Gilroy advanced to finals night with victories against John Spinks (Pudsey) 21-12 and Joe Cranston (Crossgates) 21-16 after a first-round walkover.

Week two scores – First round: Paul Hillam (Eccleshill) 13, Joe Cranston (Crossgates) 21; Phil Vayro (Whitkirk) 21, Andy Southwell (Asa Briggs) 17; Scott Fisher (Alverthorpe) 20, John Spinks (Pudsey) 21; Richard Hobson bt Steven Gilroy (Crossgates) w/o; Thomas Hanson (Pudsey) 21, Nigel Cranston (Crossgates) 18; Nicky Bastow (Eccleshill) 10, Jack Summers (Asa Briggs) 21; Andy Walker (Harold Park) 15, Craig Newton (Lower Hopton) 21; Mark Regan (Brighouse Sports) 21, Barry Tinker (Longwood) 11. Second round: Cranston 21, Vayro 15; Spinks 12, Gilroy 21; Hanson 16, Summers 21; Newton 20, Regan 21. Third round: Cranston 16, Gilroy 21 (draws number four), Summers 13, Regan 21 (draws number five).

Week three qualifying draw: Danny Sillitoe (Dearne Sports) v Mark McCann (Hollies S&SC), Richard Stockdale (Eccleshill) v Adam Morgan (Woodlands), Lisa Rice (Drighlington) v Mark Barker (Myrtle Park), Wayne Jevons (North Wales) v Kez Smith (Crossgates), Alex Wolfenden (Thornhill) v Callum Wraight (Shropshire), Peter Hepworth (Myrtle Park) v Harry Seehra (Spen Victoria), Mally Fowler (Ladyhill) v Joe Stockdale (Guiseley), Mark Hughes (Crossgates) v Ben Wood (Brighouse Sports).

* Carl Armitage and David Jackson emerged successful from the latest John Smith’s Classic qualifying round at Cleckheaton Sports Club.

Warrington player Armitage drew number seven for the finals on Saturday, July 6, while Jackson (Preston) will be at number 15.

First round: Robert O’Shea (Chester) 21, David Gwilliam (Glossop) 19; Carl Armitage (Warrington) 21, Andy Wood (Brighouse) 17; Matt Gilmore (Wallasey) 21, John Metters (Preston) 16; Ashley Daykin (Netherton) 21, Gary Smith (Leeds) 16; Jack Dyson (Huddersfield) 21, Gareth Gwilliam (Glossop) 18; Ashley Tattersley (Huddersfield) 21, Colin Lane (Chadderton) 11; Wayne Jevons (Hoole Alex) 20, David Jackson (Preston) 21; Alec Heaps (Warrington) 13, Anthony Thompson (Wallasey) 21. Second round: O’Shea 19, Armitage 21; Gilmore 21, Daykin 18; Dyson 20, Tattersley 21; Jackson 21, Thompson 18. Qualifying round: Armitage 21, Gilmore 20; Tattersley 13, Jackson 21.

Draw for Saturday, June 1 qualifier: Danny Radcliffe (Huddersfield) v Craig Podmore (Stoke), Steven Baskerville (Sale) v Keith Hatzer (Siddall), Craig Gant (Netherton) v Dominic Okonski (Stoke), Darren Atkinson (Alverthorpe) v Darren Griffiths (Chadderton), Tony Throup (Cleckheaton) v Roger Crowther (Longwood), Roger Morgan (Sale) v Alec Byrnes (West End), Lee Brown (Stoke) v Andrew Buckley (Chadderton), Andrew Morgan (Woodlands Park) v Paul Bailey (Birmingham).

* Bradford narrowly missed out on winning the Yorkshire Parks Inter-City competition after being pipped by Sheffield in the final.

* The Yorkshire Cup, Henry Taylor Cup, Eric Hutchinson Memorial Trophy and Derrick Radley Trophy continue on Saturday with second-round matches. The full draws are as follows:

Yorkshire Cup: Clayton Victoria v Ladyhill Park, at Lindley BC; Cononley v Spen Victoria A, at The Hollies; Longwood BC v Mirfield Old Bank A, at Sandal BC; Crossgates A v Wyke BC, at Bradley & Colne; Lower Hopton A v Horbury WMC, at Scholes; Pudsey Littlemoor v Cowcliffe Lib, at Kingston; Alverthorpe WMC v Thongsbridge BC A, at Pudsey BC; Pudsey BC A v Kirkheaton Con, at Halifax BC; Canalside BC A v Kingston, at Asa Briggs; Cross Roads v Slaithwaite, at Guiseley; Lowerhouses v Brighouse Sports A, at Slazengers; Guiseley v Crosland Moor A, at Cleckheaton Sports (back green); Thongsbridge BC B v Netherton Con B, at Slaithwaite; Lockwood Con A v The Hollies, at Alverthorpe WMC; Wibsey Park v Sandal BC, at Marsh Utd; Springwood v Canalside SC B, at Newsome WMC.

Henry Taylor Cup: Lockwood Con C v Newsome WMC, at Milnsbridge BC; Spen Victoria B v Brackholes BC, at Wakefield Thornes; Cleckheaton Sports B v Milnsbridge Lib B, at Almondbury BC; Crossgates Rec v Milnsbridge Lib A, at Horbury WMC; Swillington MW v Hemplow B, at Overthorpe Sports; Kirkheaton C&BC v Clayton West, at Springwood; Heptonstall v Marsh Utd, at Crowghyll Park; Rothwell BC v Almondbury Lib A, at Hove Edge WMC; Crosland Moor B v Wakefield Thornes, at Crossgates BC; Almondbury Lib B v Elland CA&BC, at Huddersfield RUFC; Almondbury BC v Lockwood Con B, at Netherton Con; Outlane BC v Borough, at Boston Spa; Sowerby Bridge Hillcrest v Netherton Con C, at Lower Hopton WMC; Lindley BC v Linthwaite Hall, at Broad Oak BC; Golcar Lib v Hemsworth Con, at Thornhill C&BC; Lindley Lib v Linthwaite C&BC, at Thongsbridge C&BC.

Eric Hutchinson Memorial Trophy: Asa Briggs v Hightown Lib, at Meanwood Park; Drighlington Park v Cleckheaton Sports, at Lowerhouses; Whitkirk v Horbury WMC, at Drighlington Park; Heckmondwike BC v Cranmore, at Wakefield BC; Eccleshill v Wakefield BC, at Heckmondwike BC; Cowcliffe Lib B v Thornhill C&BC, at Wibsey Park; Garforth Rec A v Bridlington Dukes Park, at Spen Victoria; Harold Park v Ossett Flying Horse, at Kirkheaton C&BC; Northowram v Greengates, at Outlane BC; Spen Victoria v Milnsbridge BC, at Allan Park; Shipley BC v Pudsey BC, at Linthwaite Hall; Meanwood Park v Horsforth Woodside, at Glasshoughton Welfare; Cowcliffe Lib A v Almondbury Lib B, at Milsnbridge Lib; Holbeck Ltd v Scholes, at Morton House; Allerton Bywater v Glasshoughton Welfare, at South Kirkby MW; Rufford Park A v Golcar Lib, at Holbeck Ltd.

Derrick Radley Trophy: Thorner v Clayton Victoria, at Brockholes BC; Morton House v Rufford Park B, at Elland CA&BC (No 1); Overthorpe Sports v Sherburn BC, at Brighouse Sports; Wayside v Garforth Rec B, at Hightown Lib; Bridlington Bay v Almondbury BC A, at Thorner; Allan Park v Brockholes BC B, at Mirfield Old Bank; Boston Spa v Aberford, at Magnet Sports; Almondbury BC B v Millbridge Park, at Horton Park; Hunmanby v Slazengers, at Aberford; Oxenhope v Linthwaite C&BC, at Ossett Flying Horse; Magnet Sports v Linthwaite Hall, at Pontefract BC; Pontefract BC v Colton BC, at Ossett C∾ Dalton BC v Horton Park, at Garforth Rec; South Kirkby MW v Newsome WMC, at Ladyhill Park; Crowghyll Park v Huddersfield RUFC, at Ripponden Park; Guiseley v Brockholes BC A, at Heptonstall.

* The Howarth Cup has been delayed due to a lack of entries. Further information will be submitted to clubs as soon as possible.

* Entries are still being taken for the Bradford Junior Handicap, which takes place at Queensbury on Sunday, June 2, and the Bradford Merit, which is at Spen Victoria on Sunday, June 9. Anyone interested should contact Norman Lickley on 01943-884323.