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MERIT
COMPETITIONS
The
Merit competitions began in 1986/1987 season, In the early years it was
the player with the highest percentage of wins that took the title,
provided that they had played in at least 60% of their teams matches. In
the 1995/1996 season it was changed and the top eight players in the
Merit table took part in a play off.
The competition has changed again, slightly, now the two finalists from
the fourth division Merit play-off final, take part in the third
division play-offs and so on. Because of the introduction of a Premier
division this season, the first division finalists will be able to take
part in the Premier division play-offs.
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PREMIER
DIVISION
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Year
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Winner
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Runner Up
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2003 |
Keith Jackson |
Andrea Harrison |
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2004 |
David Newton |
Colin Parkinson |
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2005 |
Keith Jackson |
Daniel Richardson |
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DIVISION 1
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DIVISION 2
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|
Year
|
Winner
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Runner Up
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Year
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Winner
|
Runner Up
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1987
|
Chris
Coar |
Roger
Sharpe |
1987
|
David
Heys |
Kevin
Hill |
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1988
|
Phil
Blake |
M
Bleasedale |
1988
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Eric
Brotherton |
Mick
Short |
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1989
|
Phil
Blake |
Fred
Kershaw |
1989
|
Les Moss
|
David
Heys |
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1990
|
Phil
Blake |
Keith
Ward |
1990
|
Noel
Duffy |
Steve
Nightingale |
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1991
|
Phil
Blake |
Keith
Ward |
1991
|
Lloyd
Lewis |
Joe
Higgins |
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1992
|
Graham
Clarke |
Keith
Ward |
1992
|
Chris
Bryne |
Chris
Birch |
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1993
|
Micky
Malcolm |
Keith
Jackson |
1993
|
Frank
Shanley |
Derek
Pilling |
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1994
|
Tony
Corless |
Keith
Jackson |
1994
|
Derek
Pilling |
Roy
Dearden |
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1995
|
Keith
Jackson |
Keith
Ward |
1995
|
Terry
Hamer |
Paul
Braithwaite |
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1996
|
Howard
Whewell |
Keith
Ward |
1996
|
Derek
Pilling |
Richard
Burrows |
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1997
|
Keith
Ward |
Roger
Whewell |
1997
|
Richard
Simmons |
Jim
Fielding |
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1998
|
Keith
Ward |
Chris
Bryne |
1998
|
Jim
Fielding |
Andy
Rothery |
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1999
|
Keith
Ward |
Keith
Jackson |
1999
|
Jim
Fielding |
Duncan
Wareing |
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2000
|
Keith
Ward |
Colin
Parkinson |
2000
|
Stuart
Thompson |
Jim
Fielding |
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2001
|
Keith
Jackson |
Barry
Hall |
2001
|
Trevor
Frankland |
Paul
Neaves |
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2002
|
Derek
Buckley |
Colin
Parkinson |
2002
|
Mark
Hanson |
Geoff
Ireland |
|
2003
|
Phil
Holmes |
Frank
Rowland |
2003
|
Fred Wade
|
Duncan
Wareing |
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2004 |
Mark
Hanson |
Robert
Birch |
2004 |
Alan
Prudden |
Vic Young |
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2005
|
Derek
Buckley |
Kevin
Davies |
2005
|
Alan
Seddon |
David Heys |
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DIVISION 3
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DIVISION 4
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Year
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Winner
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Runner Up
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Year
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Winner
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Runner Up
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1991
|
Andrew Wilson |
Alan Ormerod |
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1992
|
Geoff Hilton |
Chris Wilcock |
-
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1993
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Kevin Gray |
Andy Gray |
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1994
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David Heys |
Alan White |
1994
|
Gavin Holgate |
Peter Booth |
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1995
|
Nick Young |
Yunis Mulla |
1995
|
Neil Barnes |
Iqbal Hussain |
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1996
|
David Heys |
Peter Grihault |
1996
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Garth Winder |
Barry Redding |
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1997
|
Jim Fielding |
Andy Rothery |
1997
|
Alex Cairns |
Rachel McHugh |
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1998
|
Alex Cairns |
Alan Ormerod |
1998
|
Steve Riddiough |
Matt Hamer |
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1999
|
Trevor Elkington |
Peter Grihault |
1999
|
Derek Parkinson |
Simon Walsh |
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2000
|
Saqib Mehrban |
Chris Booth |
2000
|
Steven Holt |
Des Logan |
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2001
|
Janet Rybicki |
Geoff English |
2001
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Matt Ward |
Peter Marsland |
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2002
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Fred Wade
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Louise Proctor
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2002
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Nick Hallsworth
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Adrian Argile
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2003
|
Matt Ward |
Peter Marsland |
2003
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Chris Hibbert
|
Judith Glover
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2004 |
Nick Hallsworth
|
David Cochrane |
2004
|
Phil
Mileham |
Anne
Smith |
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2005
|
Aaron Heaton |
Richard Reading |
2005 |
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