My pleasure! When I saw that you made a post, I thought that you hadn't seen my warning and had typed it out.
Qualies draw:
Players are British unless mentioned. Players in bold are seeds and those in italics are wild cards.
Daniel Evans [1122] vs. Bye Joshua Gledden [Unr] vs. Matthew Jackman [Unr] Joseph Wood [Unr] vs. Christopher Harrison [Unr] Sebastian Jackson [Unr] vs. Bye
Clifford Marsland [1330] of Australia vs. Bye Michael Ward [Unr] vs. Christopher Nott [Unr] Jordan Miles [Unr] vs. Phillip Whalley [Unr] Joseph Gill [Unr] vs. Bye
Frederik Sletting-Johnsen [1334] of Norway vs. Bye Martin Parkes [Unr] vs. Josh Girling [Unr] Roger Egerton [Unr] vs. Scott Sears [Unr] Attila Balogh [Unr] of Hungary vs. Bye
Ross Connolly [1348] vs Bye Ryan Horgan [Unr] vs. Raahil Dhruva [Unr] of India Alex Parry [Unr] vs. Robert Lowe [Unr] Christopher Clark [Unr] vs. Bye
Alex Miotto [1440] vs. Bye Lewis Barnes [Unr] vs. Andrew Gillett [Unr] Luke Campbell [Unr] vs. James Thomas [Unr] Ben Pritchard [Unr] vs. Bye
Andrew Fitzpatrick [1440] vs. Bye Dominic Sutton [Unr] vs. Marc Beckles [Unr] Dominic Ross-Hurst [Unr] vs. Daniel Regan [Unr] Stephen Hoh [1611] of Australia vs. Bye
Andrew Gregory [1484] of Australia vs. Bye Matthew Short [Unr] vs. Chris Priddle [Unr] Matthew Leahy [Unr] vs. Colin Fleming [Unr] Timothy Bradshaw [1780] vs. Bye
David Bidmeade [1528] of Australia vs. Bye Eoin Heavey [Unr] of Ireland vs. Dan Cottier [Unr] Oscar Podlewski [Unr] vs. Faris Akhazzan [Unr] Scott Dickson [1528] vs. Bye
This could be a great event for us with 16 confirmed players in the main draw and that could go up to 24.
Freerider, I'm sure Thornley is all right. The entry deadline for this was 15th July and Thornley was playing in Frinton a day or two after that, so we can rule out injury.
He isn't entered for Wrexham either so maybe he'll be playing Challenger qualies in India or Uzbekistan?
would be good to see him do challenger qualies. since i left that post i saw the countycup results and thornley was playig, also encouragingly fleming seemed to have had a very good week!
If Coupland, Corrie, James and Lloyd have the WC's, then it would suggest that Arlidge and Brassington did sneak into the draw, as I'm sure they'd have got a WC if they didn't, or would have at least been in qualies.
That would make 16 Brits in the draw, and I'd fancy Evans, Connolly, Miotto, Fitzy and maybe Fleming to all qualify, with maybe a surprise qualifer as well, making 21/22 Brits in the main draw, which would be great for the chances of getting a winner.
I'd guess Eaton will be preparing for India along with Goodall and Slabba at the moment, while not sure where Bloomers/Skupski are... maybe going to America next week to try and qualify, or joining the trip to India and taking the extra 2 points for qualifying both weeks, as I don't imagine it will be a tough qualifying draw