At the end of play on Wednesday in the East Coast Triples at Potters Resort David Brown, Keith Hughes & David Hunton have established themselves as favourites to qualify from the Purple Group with fifteen points already collected. This puts them four points clear of second placed Chris Kerslake, David Kerslake & Andy George with two triples chasing them on eight points. An extremely tight Black Group has three triples all on eleven points. Jean Retchless, Arthur Jackson & George Hume lead with a +15 shot difference, Chris Bailey, Elaine Aberdeen & Clive Offer are second with +9 shots and third are Barry Chapman’s triple on +5. Blue Group is headed by Alison Eastgate, Brian Eastgate & Joe Peters on fourteen points with Jill Davidson, Trish Taylor & Russell Davidson second on twelve points. Suffolk’s Andy Noble, Donna Mills & Michael Rice top the Red Group on twelve points. Second are Richard Kitchenor, Maria Kitchenor & Ivan Lunn with ten points and +20 shots followed by Steve Easter, Val Easter & Chris Prendagast on ten points with +11 shots. Clear at the top of Green Group are Hazel Spry, Phil Spry & Colin Sharpe on fourteen points with Jayne McNish, Joy Townsend & John Jeffrey second on ten points. The five group winners, with the three best runners-up, will qualify for the quarter-finals on Thursday afternoon.
