GREG Smith (Warwick & Worcester) and Dave Cooper (Netherton Con) were the latest qualifiers in the 2017 Pudsey Classic.

The 2013 All England champion qualified by beating Bradley Massey (Dearne Sports) 21-12 in the final qualifying game, while Cooper defeated Ross Meese (Dearne Sports) 21-12 to make it through to finals night.

Qualifying continues tomorrow [Friday] and Saturday evening.

Week five qualifying scores – First round: Simon Brown (Barrow) 5 Greg Smith (Warwick & Worcester) 21, Warren Wilson (Whitkirk) 21 Grant Herrington (Stockport) 14, Craig Rumney (Woodlands) w.o. Dan Jones (North Wales) scratched, Bradley Massey (Dearne Sports) 21 Neil Simpson (Ladyhill) 6, Baz Connolly (Woodlands) 17 Dan Bowater (Warwick & Worcester) 21, Paul Bailey (Sheffield) 7 Dave Cooper (Netherton Con) 21, Gareth Herbert (Warwick & Worcester) 21 Paul Burke (Leeds) 9, Mark Johnson (Barrow) 14 Ross Meese (Dearne Sports) 21. Second round: Smith 21 Wilson 4, Rumney 16 Massey 21, Bowater 9 Cooper 21, Herbert 14 Meese 21. Third round: Smith 21 Massey 12 (draws No 8), Cooper 21 Meese 12 (draws No 16).

Graeme Wilson (Audenshaw) and Wayne Ditchfield (Eccleston) were week one qualifiers, while Adam Douglas (Huddersfield) and Andy Webb (Ossett Flying Horse) were week two qualifiers in the £5,300 Brighouse Classic, sponsored by Damart.

Week one qualifying scores – First round: Andy Thornton (Barrow) 21 Paul Burke (Leeds) 18, Jack Hargreaves (Hyde) 12 Mick Wood (Crossgates) 9, Richard Jackson (Sheffield) 21 Adam Ward (Spen Victoria) 18, Chloe Hirst (Hove Edge) 16 Graeme Wilson (Audenshaw) 21, Kieran O’Prey (Huddersfield) 21 Roy Sutton (Huddersfield) 15, Chris Mordue (Pudsey) 18 Simon Brown (Barrow) 21, Jon Wood (Crossgates) 21 Mark Johnson (Barrow) 17, Wayne Ditchfield (Eccleston) 21 Kevin Burns (Ossett Flying Horse) 18. Second round: Thornton 13 Hargreaves 21, Jackson 11 Wilson 21, O’Prey 18 Brown 21, Wood 16 Ditchfield 21. Third round: Hargreaves 18 Wilson 21 (draws No 16), Brown 8 Ditchfield 21 (draws No 12).

Week two qualifying scores – First round: Craig Gant (Huddersfield) 15 Matthew Whitaker (Sheffield) 21, Duncan Reeves (Netherton Con) 16 Bob Whyatt (Macclesfield) 21, Adam Douglas (Huddersfield) w/o Chris Firth (Crossgates), Andy Mitchell (Dewsbury) 18 Dean Scarth (Pudsey) 21, Andy Webb (Castleford) 21 Chris Talbot (Macclesfield) 11, Tony Southern (Peel Park) 13 Danny Teale (Ossett Flying Horse) 21, Lee Schofield (Barnsley) 13 Michael Martin (Mirfield Old Bank) 21, James Thomas (Sheffield) 21 Rob O’Shea (Chadderton) 16. Second round: Whitaker 21 Whyatt 9, Douglas 21 Scarth 14, Webb 21 Teale 13, Martin 16 Thomas 21. Third round: Whitaker 8 Douglas 21 (draws No 10), Webb 21 Thomas 8 (draws No 9).

* Horton B have withdrawn from Division Four of the Bradford Half-Holiday League.