IAN Kenwright chalked up scores of 64 and 70 at Mere to post the club’s lowest 36-hole total since records began in 1976.
The Haydock Park ace produced a string of birdies to finish five strokes ahead of Lancashire team-mate Ciaran Doherty.
The Bury man, round in 70 and 69, increased his order of merit lead by 40 points over nearest rival, Formby Hall’s Graeme Booth.
With four events remaining there’s still all to play for.
LEADING SCORES: 134 Ian Kenwright (Haydock Park) 64 70; 139 Ciaran Doherty (Bury) 70 69; 140 Graeme Booth (Formby Hall) 70 70; 143 Max Baxendale (Swinton Park) 73 70, Jack Brooks (Mere) 72 71; 145 Ryan Nevins (Styal) 70 75; 146 Tom Ryder (St Annes Old Links) 74 72, Ryan Grimshaw (Heysham) 71 75; 147 Alex Weare (Mere) 76 71, Nick Patterson (Mere) 75 72, Harry Doyle (Romiley) 74 73; 149 Christopher Chilton (Stockport) 70 79.
ORDER OF MERIT: 665pts Ciaran Doherty (Bury); 625 Graeme Booth (Formby Hall); 580 Calum Metcalfe (Pleasington); 520 Jack Brooks (Mere); 480 Ian Kenwright (Haydock Park); 435 Curtis Clarkin (Nelson); 350 Anthony Harwood (Blackburn); 295 Matt Collinge (Greenmount); 270 Jack Hibbert (Delamere Forest); 250 Thomas Kirton (Prestbury); 230 Oliver Ravenscroft (Hillside), Aiden Hoosen (Manchester).
POINTS AFTER 24 EVENTS
| Ciaran Doherty | Bury | 665 |
| Graeme Booth | Formby Hall | 625 |
| Calum Metcalfe | Pleasington | 580 |
| Jack Brooks | Mere | 520 |
| Ian Kenwright | Haydock Park | 480 |
| Curtis Clarkin | Nelson | 435 |
| Anthony Harwood | Blackburn | 350 |
| Matt Collinge | Greenmount | 295 |
| Jake Hibbert | Delamere Forest | 270 |
| Thomas Kirton | Prestbury | 250 |
| Oliver Ravenscroft | Hillside | 230 |
| Aiden Hoosen | Manchester | 230 |
| Steven Capper | Royal Liverpool | 215 |
| Callum Blinkhorn | Leigh | 210 |
| William Dodds | Styal | 210 |
| Jake Benson | Beeston Fields | 210 |
| Richie Blundell | Hillside | 205 |
| Joseph Williamson | Heswall | 190 |
| Chris Nuttall | Accrington | 175 |
| Benjamin Hallam | Wychwood Park | 170 |
| Michael Bennett | Bury | 165 |
| Jacob Oakley | Styal | 165 |
| John Carroll | Huyton & Prescot | 150 |
| Martin Thomas | Royal Liverpool | 150 |
| Luke Kelly | Ashton-under-Lyne | 150 |
| Jonathan Hurst | Pleasington | 150 |
| Samuel Turner | Royal Lytham | 150 |
| Luke Burrows | Cosby | 150 |
| James Horton | Childwall | 150 |
| Elliott Wakefield | 150 | |
| Matthew Nuttall | Royal Birkdale | 145 |
| Greg Holmes | Royal Birkdale | 145 |
| Richard Wheatley | Bradford | 145 |
| Tom Ryder | St Annes Old Links | 145 |
| Mark Hyde | Southport & Ainsdale | 135 |
| Mark Duncalf | Southport & Ainsdale | 135 |
| Lewis George | Delamere Forest | 135 |
| Tom Winn | Morecambe | 125 |
| Harry Lord | Rossendale | 120 |
| Thomas Heaton | Australian GC | 120 |
| Ryan Nevins | Styal | 120 |
| Roger Smithies | Manchester | 115 |
| Chris Chilton | Stockport | 115 |
| Sean Comiskey | Hesketh | 110 |
| Ben Ewen | Wilpshire | 110 |
| Gregory Osborne | Delamere Forest | 105 |
| Jonathan Little | Heswall | 100 |
| Bryan Hughes | Hesketh | 100 |
| Greg McIlroy | Southport & Ainsdale | 100 |
| Liam Jenkinson | Ashton & Lea | 100 |
| Ben Chamberlain | Padeswood & Buckley | 100 |
| Lewis Pownell | Fairfield | 100 |
| Neil Williams | Leyland | 100 |
| Scott McCrindle | Prenton | 100 |
| Lewis Boyle | Pleasington | 85 |
| Callum Scott | Nairn | 80 |
| Matthew Kay | Manchester | 80 |
| Max Baxendale | Swinton Park | 80 |
| Stephen Hargreaves | Leasowe | 75 |
| Joseph Bannan | Manchester | 75 |
| Graham Strachan | Bury | 75 |
| Robert Cull | Bromborough | 75 |
| Owen Leigh | Pleasington | 75 |
| Sam Burton | Prestbury | 75 |
| Anthony Stirling | Formby | 65 |
| Jack McPhail | Huyton & Prescot | 65 |
| Oliver Claireaux | Portal | 60 |
| Rhys Nevin-Wharton | Sandiway | 60 |
| Joe Whittaker | Deane | 60 |
| Jordan Kellett | unatt | 60 |
| James Bishop | Little Aston | 60 |
| Thomas Rigby | Dean Wood | 55 |
| David Peel | Stockport | 55 |
| Dave Morris | Tenby | 50 |
| Daniel Creaney | Southport & Ainsdale | 50 |
| Reece Cranfield | Wigan | 50 |
| Simon Pay | Helsby | 50 |
| Andrew Walsh | Ashton & Lea | 50 |
| Chris Lowe | Hindley Hall | 50 |
| Jack Nicholson | Vicars Cross | 50 |
| Ollie Tovee | Macclesfield | 50 |
| Dominic O’Brien | Warrington | 50 |
| Coby Cartwright | Cosby | 50 |
| Stephen Liddle | Houghwood | 50 |
| Lewis Johansen | Caldy | 45 |
| Callum Swift | Kings Hill | 45 |
| Robert Noon | Douglas | 45 |
| Mark Jones | Clitheroe | 45 |
| Mark Kimpton | Vicars Cross | 45 |
| Richard Fitzgerald | Bromborough | 45 |
| George Howard | Gog Magog | 45 |
| Shaun Field | Clitheroe | 45 |
| Harry Doyle | Romiley | 45 |
| Jack Cornes | Lymm | 40 |
| Simon Williams | Chester | 40 |
| Greg Whitby | Chester | 40 |
| James Eastham | Pleasington | 40 |
| Cameron Massie | Northenden | 40 |
| James Holland | Southport & Ainsdale | 40 |
| Tom Hogan | Childwall | 40 |
| Paul Swan | Blackburn | 40 |
| Daniel Lloyd | Wrexham | 40 |
| John Shuttleworth | Penwortham | 30 |
| Greg Smith | Caldy | 30 |
| Simon Jones | Padeswood & Buckley | 30 |
| Thomas Hollingworth | Macclesfield | 30 |
| Gareth Clark | Manchester | 30 |
| Phil Sargent | Haydock Park | 30 |
| George Muscroft | Otley | 30 |
| Jack Suttie | Denton | 30 |
| James Low | Woolton | 30 |
| Liam Turner | Darwen | 30 |
| George Mitchell | Congleton | 30 |
| Ryan Grimshaw | Heysham | 30 |
| Kevin Moore | Douglas | 25 |
| Daryl Callister | Mount Murray | 25 |
| Dominic Barnes | Caldy | 25 |
| Jack Shelley | Formby | 25 |
| Harry Beavan | Crewe | 25 |
| Marvin Clarke | Kirkby Valley | 25 |
| Sham Jagota | Eaton | 25 |
| James Kempster | Bramhall | 25 |
| Zachary Hargreaves | Accrington | 25 |
| Andrew Allen | Manchester | 25 |
| Andreas Klais | Shipley | 25 |
| Matthew Payne | Bramhall | 25 |
| Joe Banks | West Lancs | 25 |
| Henry Young-Alls | Notts | 25 |
| Sean Maloret | Park | 25 |
| Ian Kenwright | Haydock Park | 25 |
| Alex Weare | Mere | 25 |
| Leigh Clayton | Fleetwood | 20 |
| Tom Harris | Castletown | 20 |
| Joshua Dye | Delamere Forest | 20 |
| Jason Thomas | Ashton & Lea | 20 |
| Peter Glover | Douglas | 20 |
| John Balhuta | Clitheroe | 20 |
| Joseph Murray | Huyton & Prescot | 20 |
| Fergus Robinson | Northants | 20 |
| Oliver Duck | Southport & Ainsdale | 20 |
| Joshua Ashton | Southport & Ainsdale | 20 |
| Dale Woods | Houghwood | 20 |
| Nick Patterson | Mere | 20 |
| George Young | Clitheroe | 15 |
| Grady Rogerson | Royal Lytham | 15 |
| Thomas Riley | Clitheroe | 15 |
| Liam Kindon | Delamere Forest | 15 |
| Joe Raeside | Mount Murray | 15 |
| Jay Walkden | Baxenden | 15 |
| Paul Galt | Prenton | 15 |
| Roy Anderton | Chorley | 15 |
| Declan Buksh | Marsden Park | 15 |
| Gary Hindle | Warrington | 15 |
| Gary Blades | Burnley | 10 |
| Alex Webb | Preston | 10 |
| John Reed | Preston | 10 |
| Michael Sumner | Formby | 10 |
| David Higginbotham | Southport & Ainsdale | 10 |
| Greg Peel | Wilpshire | 10 |
| James Ashfield | Eaton | 10 |
| Max Rogers | Astbury | 10 |
| Charles Taylor | Accrington | 10 |
| Aaron Williams | Prestatyn | 10 |
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