Qualifying rounds for this season’s Coors Pudsey Classic start a week on Saturday in the quest to find 16 players to compete in the finals on Saturday, October 2.

Two entrants from each of eight qualifiers will go through, with the overall winner earning £1,100 from a total prize fund of £4,710.

The competitors in the first two qualifiers, which start at 6pm with practice from 5.30pm, are as follows (local players in bold): Saturday, July 24: Andy Whitaker (Meersbrook), Paul Leah (Ashton-under-Lyne), Richard Goddard (Castlefields), Robert Hitchen (Lower Hopton), Danny Metcalfe (Shipley Club), Danny Sillitoe (Dearne Sports), Darren Smith (Stretton Anglesey), Harry Seehra (Spen Victoria), Mike Flitcroft (Ashton-under-Lyne), David Scott (Lower Hopton), Chris Hill (Meersbrook), Andy Milsom (Stretton Anglesey), Clay Flattley (Castlefields), Darren Hennessy (Elland C&BC), Nigel Cranston (Crossgates), Paul Heap (Saddleworth).

Saturday, July 31: Rob O’Shea (Chester), Danny Beeby (Longwood), Scott Fisher (Morton House), Chris Kelly (Thongsbridge), Mally Fowler (Littlemoor), John Hambleton (Stockport), Chris Ward (Staffordshire), Dave McGourty (Whitkirk), Ryan Clark (Thongsbridge), Craig Gant (Meltham BC), John Bennett (Stockport), Richard Lawrence (Rawdon), Dave Fisher (Morton House), Gary Ellis (Whitefield), Brian Richards (Littlemoor), Mel Hobson (Sheffield).