Bowls supremo Coxill sorry for draw blunder
Tuesday 25th May 2010, 6:00PM BST.
Shropshire bowls competitions supremo has issued a public apology after making a blunder in the county’s most prestigious knockout.
John Coxill has held his hands up to the error after just four places in the 32-man final were up for grabs in north Shropshire for Sunday’s Brown’s of Wem County Merit qualifiers.
“I, as competitions secretary, miscalculated when I did the draw,” said Coxill.
“We only had four qualifiers from the north Shropshire venues when we should have had six.
“We had a big entry – it took me six hours to work it all out and I made a mistake. All I can do is apologise.”
The 32-strong field will do battle on Sunday, June 27, with Bicton – which last staged the Merit finals in 2000 – chosen as the venue.
The draw for finals day will be made on Friday – full qualifiers in tomorrow’s Star.
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