Big money Autumn Double to get under way

Jul 16 2008 by Linzi Nicholson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THE big-money Mirfield Old Bank WMC £7,000 Autumn Double gets under way at the end of the month with the winning pair receiving a first prize of £1,500, and the runners-up picking up £1,100.

There is also a highest break prize of £50.

The semi-finals and final take place on October 6 (practice 6.30, start 7.00).

Monday, July 28: J Dudding & J Whiteley (Wakefield) v C Brown & M Bower (Sheffield), J Clarke & G Ainley (Sheffield) v C Cowsill & L Heaton (Bolton).

Thursday, July 31: A Cairns & S Mort (Rossendale) v P Jacques & N Roper (Pudsey), P Tomlinson & G Haslam (Sheffield) v C Newton & P Bailey (Normanton).

Monday, August 4: S Pinfield & G Higgins (Dewsbury) v D Reeves & R Carroll (Pudsey), D Plenderleith & I Nicholson (Sheffield & Kendal) v P Fielding & R Morgan (Rochdale).

Thursday, August 7: C Wraight & M Beer (Shrewsbury) v A W Riley & S Powell (Brighouse), L Lawton & C Barker (Failsworth) v K Hatzer & P Davenport (Halifax & Birmingham).

(winning pair from each of above nights return on Monday, Sept 22).

Monday, August 11: C Bebbington & J Taylor (Warrington) C Kelly & R Clark (Sheffield) M Kelly-Walley & D Smith (Burton) J Parker & T King (Blackpool).

Thursday, August 14: G I Wilson & R Hitchen (Oldham & Halifax) A Daykin & P Sigsworth (Huddersfield) N White & J Senior (Sheffield) M Wensley & G Dodd (Clitheroe).

Monday, August 18: T Hanson & J Hanson (Pudsey) P Latham & A Moss (Whitchurch) J Sykes & P Kain (Huddersfield) J Webster & N Webster (Normanton).

Thursday, August 21: A Spragg & Partner (Chesterfield) R Nicholson & G Nicholson (Halifax) B Kirk & A Ferris (Stoke) R Crowther & G Dawson (Spen Vic).

(winning pair from each of the above nights return on Thursday, September 25).

Monday, August 25: P Holroyd & G Roberts (Halifax) G Smith & S Copeland (Leeds & Oldham) T Glover & D Carter (Liverpool) I Johnson & S Smith (Chesterfield).

Thursday, August 28: D Scott & Partner (Silsden) A Duckett & C Weaver (Whitchurch) G Ellis & D Thornley (Manchester) K Morris & J Brown (Congleton).

Monday, September 1: M Foster & C Morrison (Manchester) A Turner & M Beever (Sheffield) T Johnstone & A Heeps (Warrington) W Burlinson & K Wainwright (Warrington).

Thursday, September 4: M Ferris & D Ferris (Leek) T Heyes & C Heyes (Hyde) M Fleming & P Wilson (Blackpool) D Griffiths & A Buckley (Oldham).

(winning pair from each of the above nights return on Monday, September 29).

Monday, September 8: I Bottomley & K Rudman (Halifax) M Robinson & D Copeland ( L’sedge & Oldham) I Booth & G Gwilliam (Whitchurch) C Mordue & P Jagger (Brighouse & Spen Vic).

Thursday, September 11: A White & N Burrows (Manchester) B Hill & D Spragg (Chesterfield) C Lane & M Gillies (Oldham) S Goodwin & C Armitage (Warrington).

Monday, September 15: D Walker & D Stevenson (Leeds) G Hickey & L Turner (Halifax & Hyde) M Geraghty & K T Shaw (Manchester) R Crawshaw & G Soller (Wilmslow).

Thursday, September 18: B Richards & P Cousins (Pudsey) J R Bentley & Partner (Cleckheaton) B Booth & A France (Stoke) P Dudley & J Derby (Radcliffe).

(winning pair from each of the above nights return on Thursday, October 2)