GRAEME Wilson (Lower Hopton) has won the Yorkshire Crown Green Merit for the fifth time.

He triumphed at Spen Victoria on Monday after defeating Scott Fisher (Denby Grange) 21-11 in the final.

Wilson started with a tough opening game against former champion James Davison (Thongsbridge), eventually winning 21-16.

But he was hardly troubled in any of his following games, beating Mark Hughes (Crossgates) 21-13, Andy Cairns (Thongsbridge) 21-5 and Nathan Webster (Smirthwaite) 21-12 before his victory over Fisher.

Of the four Bradford qualifiers, Stuart King progressed furthest, making it to the semi-finals, where he lost to Fisher 21-17.

Liam Griffin went down 21-19 to Nathan Webster (Smirthwaite) in the quarter-finals, having beaten Chris Mordue 21-18 in the last 16, while Steve Wilkinson (Clayton) and Adam Marsden (Eccleshill) suffered first-round defeats to Fisher and Ashley Tattersley (Lower Hopton) respectively.

Scores – Quarter-finals: Stuart King (Asa Briggs) 21, Craig Newton (Lower Hopton) 11; Ashley Tattersley (Lower Hopton) 16, Scott Fisher (Denby Grange) 21; Liam Griffin (Pudsey) 19, Nathan Webster (Smirthwaite) 21; Andy Cairns (Thongsbridge) 5, Graeme Wilson (Lower Hopton) 21. Semi-finals: King 17, Fisher 21; Webster 12, Wilson 21. Final: Fisher 11, Wilson 21.

James Wilcox (Crossgates) and Chris Brown (Lower Hopton) were week two qualifiers in the 2015 Shipley Classic.

Both qualified with ease, with Brown only conceding 26 chalks in his three qualifying games, while Wilcox only conceded 29.

Wilcox, in his first visit to the Shipley Classic, defeated Andy Walker (Harold Park) 21-9, Mark Regan (Brighouse Sports) 21-7 and Graeme Wilson (Lower Hopton) 21-13 as he progressed to finals night.

Brown was just as impressive, beating Wally Whytell (Harold Club) 21-7, Nigel Roper (Littlemoor S&SC) 21-10 and Kieren Smith (Crossgates) 21-9.

Qualifying continues tomorrow evening, with recently-crowned Spring Waterloo champion Chris Mordue (Pudsey) in action.

Scores from week two qualifying – First round: Mark Regan (Brighouse Sports) 21, Connor Davis (Crosland Moor) 6; James Wilcox (Crossgates) 21, Andy Walker (Harold Park) 9; Liam Griffin (Pudsey) 14, Graeme Wilson (Lower Hopton) 21; John Armitage (Littlemoor S&SC) 21, Josh Brown (Spen Victoria) 11; Kieren Smith (Crossgates 21, Roger Crowther (Longwood) 7; Keith Hall (Eccleshill) 5, Paul Smyth (Brighouse Sports) 21; Nigel Roper (Littlemoor S&SC) 21, Scott Tattersley (Spen Victoria) 19; Chris Brown (Lower Hopton) 21, Wally Whytell (Harold Club) 7. Second round: Regan 7, Wilcox 21; Wilson 21, Armitage 18; Smith 21, Smyth 18; Roper 10, Brown 21. Third round: Wilcox 21, Wilson 13 (Wilcox draws No 1); Smith 9, Brown 21 (Brown draws No 6).

Week three qualifying draw (practice 6pm for 6.30pm start): Josh Mordue (Pudsey) v Ian Bernard (Silsden), Jon Wood (Crossgates) v Jack Dyson (Netherton Cons), Ian Shuttleworth (Sandal) v Tony Riley (Brighouse Sports), Paul Hillam (Eccleshill) v James Hanson (Pudsey), Chris Mordue (Pudsey) v Kris Shuttleworth (Sandal), Mick Wood (Crossgates) v Danny Sillitoe (Dearne Sports), Steven Gilroy (Crossgates) v Frank Cullen (Netherton Cons); Tom Hanson (Pudsey) v Callum Wraight (Shropshire).