His first scoring shot was a six over extra cover off Tom Smith, and further maximums followed off Pedro Collins, Owais Shah and Smith for a second time.

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But Barham was denied a place at The Open by his playing partner Romero, with the little-known South American out-scoring him by a shot.

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Silva missed the target with two further efforts before the Portuguese was closer to scoring with a goalbound shot that was headed clear by the alert Steven Saunders.

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