Graham Usher führt den ersten Block der PDC UK Open Amateur Qualifier an, wobei The Gambler heute in Milton Keynes im Anschluss an die Challenge Tour einen Glückstreffer landete und ins Halbfinale einzog.
Viele namhafte Spieler, allen voran Fallon Sherrock, entschlossen in Milton Keynes zu bleiben und nach den ersten Challenge Tour-Turnieren der Saison auch die ersten beiden Auflagen der neu geschaffenen UK-Open-Qualifier zu spielen. Die Queen of the Palace schied allerdings bereits in Runde eins aus, während sich Richie Burnett und Mark Dudbridge ebenfalls früh aus dem Turnier verabschiedeten. In der späteren Turnierphase verloren unter anderem Chas Barstow, Danny van Trijp und Adam Gawlas.
Während ein Punktesystem am Ender aller Qualifikations-Turniere festlegt, dass die Top-4-Spieler eine UK Open-Einladung erhalten, sicherte sich neben Usher Shaun Fox mit einem Halbfinal-Einzug die zweite Direkt-Qualifikation.
Der stark eingeschätzte Tom Sykes, der kürzlich eine Tour Card verpasst hatte, erlitt ebenfalls einen Rückschlag auf seinem Weg nach Minehead, als er im Finale gegen Fox verlor. Das zweite Qualifikationsturnier läuft derzeit, so dass am Ende des Tages die ersten vier Qualifikanten feststehen werden.
Halbfinals
Shaun Fox (95.80) 5 | 3 (95.79) Tom Sykes
Graham Usher (84.30) 5 | 4 (82.67) Adam Mould
Viertelfinals
Tom Sykes (93.49) 4 | 2 (85.55) Darren Armstrong
Shaun Fox (91.09) 4 | 2 (90.40) Carl Wilson
Adam Mould (85.19) 4 | 1 (71.83) Jim Moston
Graham Usher (88.50) 4 | 2 (83.94) Chas Barstow
Top-16
Darren Armstrong (93.94) 4 | 0 (76.05) Dean Finn Forde
Tom Sykes (87.13) 4 | 0 (71.14) Danny van Trijp
Carl Wilson (99.27) 4 | 2 (99.24) Tommy Morris
Shaun Fox (85.83) 4 | 1 (80.36) Christopher Wickenden
Adam Mould (85.14) 4 | 2 (86.24) Adam Gawlas
Jim Moston (91.24) 4 | 2 (81.90) Owen Carr
Graham Usher (95.30) 4 | 2 (92.02) Ryan O'Connor
Chas Barstow (79.43) 4 | 3 (77.93) Joe Croft
Top-32
Dean Finn Forde (78.56) 4 | 3 (73.75) Riccardo Castelli
Darren Armstrong (91.77) 4 | 2 (73.48) Matt Golding
Danny van Trijp (95.43) 4 | 0 (79.30) Tom Lonsdale
Tom Sykes (100.20) 4 | 0 (89.53) David Pallett
Tommy Morris (85.49) 4 | 3 (88.62) Graham Hall
Carl Wilson (86.05) 4 | 3 (77.67) Scott Baker
Shaun Fox (92.11) 4 | 1 (71.79) William O'Toole
Christopher Wickenden (89.02) 4 | 3 (91.53) Jamie Kelling
Adam Mould (89.73) 4 | 0 (82.09) Joshua Jones
Adam Gawlas (88.93) 4 | 2 (83.27) John O'Shea
Owen Carr (79.29) 4 | 1 (79.67) Steve West
Jim Moston (88.41) 4 | 0 (85.18) Vitezslav Sedlak
Graham Usher (97.75) 4 | 3 (90.47) Kevin Burness
Ryan O'Connor (87.89) 4 | 3 (88.61) Chris Bird
Chas Barstow (85.89) 4 | 0 (76.39) Will Beaden
Joe Croft (84.91) 4 | 3 (81.83) Charlie Kemp
# Top 64
Dean Finn Forde (83.48) 4 | 1 (74.85) Ryan Walsh
Riccardo Castelli (70.17) 4 | 2 (69.05) Kirk De Ruyter
Darren Armstrong (75.70) 4 | 1 (70.21) David Moule
Matt Golding (79.26) 4 | 2 (80.65) Peter Reynolds
Danny van Trijp (88.41) 4 | 0 (82.36) James Green
Tom Lonsdale (79.11) 4 | 0 (67.25) Wayne Chandley
Tom Sykes (67.55) 4 | 0 (55.24) Matt Purser
David Pallett (84.84) 4 | 2 (78.74) Wayne Morgan
Graham Hall (85.89) 4 | 0 (79.05) Karl Reynolds
Tommy Morris (84.10) 4 | 1 (66.84) Jordan Hardy
Carl Wilson (91.09) 4 | 0 (66.62) Oli Ellis
Scott Baker (87.57) 4 | 3 (89.92) Callum Francis
William O'Toole (83.50) 4 | 0 (61.70) Harry Sykes
Shaun Fox (94.79) 4 | 1 (84.72) Kevin McDine
Christopher Wickenden (81.24) 4 | 0 (60.50) Matt Heffer
Jamie Kelling (87.71) 4 | 1 (84.49) Arjan Konterman
Adam Mould (89.14) 4 | 2 (82.70) John Wightman
Joshua Jones (68.16) 4 | 3 (70.36) Conor Heneghan
John O'Shea (85.67) 4 | 3 (84.81) Roger Crook
Adam Gawlas (69.91) 4 | 0 (54.25) Harrison Gerrard
Steve West (83.50) 4 | 0 (69.08) Joe Reid
Owen Carr (79.48) 4 | 1 (72.79) Matthias Dietrich
Vitezslav Sedlak (80.48) 4 | 3 (78.40) Thomas Banks
Jim Moston (82.85) 4 | 1 (78.61) Anton Ostlund
Kevin Burness (85.89) 4 | 0 (75.09) Kevin Lowe
Graham Usher (79.86) 4 | 3 (81.66) Tom Garfield
Chris Bird (80.01) 4 | 3 (80.53) Paul Lewis
Ryan O'Connor (81.62) 4 | 3 (85.37) Tommy Lishman
Chas Barstow (84.68) 4 | 0 (71.43) Sergio Krassen
Will Beaden (70.21) 4 | 2 (72.25) Lee Barrow
Joe Croft (78.47) 4 | 3 (77.69) David Saint
Charlie Kemp (74.62) 4 | 1 (75.51) Richard Wagenaar
# Top 128
Ryan Walsh (79.60) 4 | 1 (64.27) Jamie Tyas
Dean Finn Forde (81.90) 4 | 2 (74.66) John Bryan
Kirk De Ruyter (71.80) 4 | 1 (60.76) Jack Stevens
Riccardo Castelli (78.47) 4 | 1 (61.34) Jay Serpanchy
David Moule (61.98) 4 | 0 (63.00) Ben Brandon
Darren Armstrong (73.25) 4 | 3 (69.80) Nick Brandon
Peter Reynolds (62.63) 4 | 0 (54.59) Joe Fletcher
Matt Golding (75.50) 4 | 3 (74.19) Sam Kilby
James Green (68.15) 4 | 1 (63.66) Jack Ryder
Danny van Trijp (81.24) 4 | 0 (62.57) Ellis Mark
Wayne Chandley (73.19) 4 | 1 (67.29) Luke Brandon
Tom Lonsdale (94.97) 4 | 1 (77.69) Josh Collins
Matt Purser (62.73) 4 | 1 (59.95) Josh Gerrard
Tom Sykes (97.75) 4 | 2 (90.49) David Davies
Wayne Morgan (90.77) 4 | 1 (76.29) Steven Paesschesoone
David Pallett (95.67) 4 | 2 (75.35) Charlie Symons
Karl Reynolds (82.46) 4 | 3 (84.78) Richie Burnett
Graham Hall (98.67) 4 | 3 (78.82) Robert Ellis-Brown
Tommy Morris (84.68) 4 | 0 (56.64) Mitchell Good
Jordan Hardy (76.10) 4 | 0 (67.40) Steve Hartley
Oli Ellis (73.17) 4 | 3 (71.65) Carl Batchelor
Carl Wilson (82.36) 4 | 0 (55.96) Mike Coxhead
Callum Francis (91.09) 4 | 0 (46.95) Benjamin Allen
Scott Baker (86.97) 4 | 2 (86.94) Charlie Martin
Harry Sykes (58.38) 4 | 2 (58.94) Dan Galloway
William O'Toole (82.08) 4 | 3 (87.68) Shane Turner
Shaun Fox (99.07) 4 | 2 (92.48) Ted Evetts
Kevin McDine (82.62) 4 | 3 (87.69) Arno Merk
Christopher Wickenden (79.54) 4 | 2 (72.97) Zac Prince
Matt Heffer (67.05) 4 | 1 (63.14) Micheal Fearon
Arjan Konterman (83.01) 4 | 1 (65.39) Jamie Hingston
Jamie Kelling (85.92) 4 | 3 (82.34) Mitchell Leeming
John Wightman (66.07) 4 | 0 (62.77) Liam Fowkes
Adam Mould (80.65) 4 | 1 (73.09) Nathan Potter
Conor Heneghan (71.94) 4 | 3 (70.40) Conor Roberts
Joshua Jones (83.18) 4 | 3 (75.99) Alan Casey
Roger Crook (89.73) 4 | 0 (75.29) Jamie Thompsett
John O'Shea (84.03) 4 | 1 (65.65) Robert Adnams
Harrison Gerrard (49.51) 4 | 2 (48.73) John Pedder
Adam Gawlas (85.13) 4 | 1 (80.39) Jeroen Caron
Steve West (69.14) 4 | 1 (61.35) Harvey Atkins
Joe Reid (69.91) 4 | 0 (70.36) Gary Brown
Matthias Dietrich (63.67) 4 | 3 (64.80) Andrew Hoare
Owen Carr (69.10) 4 | 0 (59.41) Barry Morgan
Thomas Banks (72.43) 4 | 0 (52.19) Ronnie Rickner
Vitezslav Sedlak (72.43) 4 | 0 (58.07) Craig Main
Anton Ostlund (82.72) 4 | 2 (65.48) Michael Keeley
Jim Moston (86.16) 4 | 3 (83.07) Jamie Durrant
Kevin Burness (85.45) 4 | 3 (82.67) Lewis Pride
Kevin Lowe (91.31) 4 | 1 (76.22) Daniel Humphries
Tom Garfield (76.49) 4 | 3 (82.85) Ryan Branley
Graham Usher (91.09) 4 | 0 (60.57) Joel Pinto
Chris Bird (72.85) 4 | 2 (72.25) Harvey Wilkinson
Paul Lewis (84.68) 4 | 0 (51.48) George Watson
Tommy Lishman (79.73) 4 | 2 (66.96) Davie Duval
Ryan O'Connor (83.90) 4 | 3 (73.28) Brandon Walsh
Sergio Krassen (73.32) 4 | 0 (60.31) Chris Bellard
Chas Barstow (75.58) 4 | 1 (69.73) Connor Brown
Lee Barrow (81.16) 4 | 1 (72.16) Jason Wilson
Will Beaden (75.90) 4 | 3 (74.42) Peter Cousins
Joe Croft (91.81) 4 | 2 (82.78) Terry Goddard
David Saint (77.17) 4 | 2 (72.29) Will Harwood
Richard Wagenaar (75.46) 4 | 1 (71.28) Donny Scheurwater
Charlie Kemp (69.57) 4 | 1 (66.06) Connor Reynolds
# Top 256
John Bryan (70.98) 4 | 2 (59.72) Alexander Elia
Dean Finn Forde (93.95) 4 | 3 (99.64) Matt Good
Kirk De Ruyter (67.00) 4 | 1 (69.12) Simon Stothart
Riccardo Castelli (80.48) 4 | 3 (75.71) Kristian Barker
Jay Serpanchy (59.23) 4 | 3 (52.11) Paul McDonald
Darren Armstrong (72.43) 4 | 0 (61.11) Connor Bragger
Nick Brandon (60.36) 4 | 1 (50.98) Ritchie Andrews
Peter Reynolds (71.57) 4 | 0 (49.52) Sam Holden
Matt Golding (82.36) 4 | 0 (65.04) Ben Locke
Sam Kilby (70.61) 4 | 1 (65.86) Joel Salerno
Danny van Trijp (90.06) 4 | 2 (87.38) A.J. Urmston-Toft
Ellis Mark (49.06) 4 | 2 (42.89) Callum Fish
Wayne Chandley (79.65) 4 | 2 (69.37) George Whyte
Josh Collins (85.35) 4 | 2 (79.74) Jarred Cole
Tom Lonsdale (87.13) 4 | 0 (66.74) Beau Hewlett
David Davies (75.15) 4 | 0 (51.81) Scott Hill
Tom Sykes (75.85) 4 | 1 (64.74) Paul Jones
Wayne Morgan (75.15) 4 | 0 (57.54) Gemma Reynolds
David Pallett (84.68) 4 | 0 (62.25) Rob Reader
Charlie Symons (72.23) 4 | 1 (66.42) James Janney
Graham Hall (98.56) 4 | 0 (64.95) David Coleman
Robert Ellis-Brown (80.16) 4 | 0 (48.21) Callum Ball
Tommy Morris (76.85) 4 | 2 (69.39) Tom Parradine
Jordan Hardy (63.28) 4 | 1 (57.34) Thomas Hurst
Steve Hartley (66.29) 4 | 2 (57.51) Aidan Marples
Mike Coxhead (48.96) 4 | 1 (42.26) Neil Cummins-Smith
Carl Wilson (85.89) 4 | 0 (69.41) Calvin Nicolai
Callum Francis (68.32) 4 | 0 (52.10) James Bradshaw
Scott Baker (76.28) 4 | 3 (70.78) Michael Huntley
Charlie Martin (82.49) 4 | 2 (71.43) Hayden Appleby
Shane Turner (66.35) 4 | 1 (59.95) Christopher Brady-Foster
William O'Toole (92.49) 4 | 0 (51.00) Luke Smith (Canterbury)
Shaun Fox (75.89) 4 | 1 (66.91) Scott Leader
Kevin McDine (79.03) 4 | 3 (79.78) Jamie McKinnon
Arno Merk (71.70) 4 | 2 (73.36) Ricardo Ham
Zac Prince (72.50) 4 | 1 (57.82) Lewis Smith
Micheal Fearon (60.73) 4 | 0 (51.38) Jordan Lee Ward
Matt Heffer (61.35) 4 | 0 (43.03) Chris Brown
Arjan Konterman (81.52) 4 | 1 (70.23) Danny Moore
Jamie Kelling (62.75) 4 | 1 (52.03) Matthew Kiernan
Mitchell Leeming (77.63) 4 | 3 (75.91) Shane Smith
Nathan Potter (72.43) 4 | 0 (42.89) Jack James
Adam Mould (81.85) 4 | 3 (76.13) Keith Deeley
Conor Roberts (81.08) 4 | 2 (79.47) Adrian Gray
Joshua Jones (73.32) 4 | 0 (39.04) Sonny Berry
Alan Casey (96.12) 4 | 1 (87.20) Matthew Hall
John O'Shea (88.41) 4 | 0 (68.38) Gary Riley
Robert Adnams (65.35) 4 | 0 (61.23) Terence Archer
John Pedder (53.49) 4 | 3 (53.86) Ronan Houghton
Adam Gawlas (83.50) 4 | 0 (56.54) Darren Good
Jeroen Caron (89.36) 4 | 1 (76.58) Jimmy McKirdy
Joe Reid (65.35) 4 | 0 (50.23) Adam Harding
Gary Brown (83.50) 4 | 0 (65.17) Steve Perkins
Matthias Dietrich (73.32) 4 | 0 (64.19) Roy Lancashire
Owen Carr (77.07) 4 | 2 (71.92) James Flynn
Barry Morgan (52.26) 4 | 3 (52.13) Tom Rosher
Craig Main (48.45) 4 | 1 (39.41) Paul Gillard
Vitezslav Sedlak (72.43) 4 | 0 (58.19) Richard Moody
Anton Ostlund (79.69) 4 | 3 (79.62) Joseph Brady
Jim Moston (78.08) 4 | 0 (39.52) Benjamin Anstess
Jamie Durrant (78.67) 4 | 2 (82.36) Lloyd Walker
Kevin Lowe (83.34) 4 | 2 (80.79) Mark Dudbridge
Daniel Humphries (79.11) 4 | 0 (41.92) Jason Fathers
Ryan Branley (75.00) 4 | 1 (47.43) Ryan Burford
Joel Pinto (77.36) 4 | 2 (65.52) Thomas Wild
Graham Usher (91.44) 4 | 1 (70.59) Archie Sheppard
George Watson (50.46) 4 | 1 (50.56) Chris Lewis
Paul Lewis (76.10) 4 | 0 (67.36) Chris Dawkins
Tommy Lishman (86.06) 4 | 1 (81.98) Fallon Sherrock
Ryan O'Connor (69.10) 4 | 0 (60.75) Gareth Morgan
Brandon Walsh (71.57) 4 | 0 (48.74) Ryan Lucas-Hunt
Connor Brown (62.78) 4 | 3 (66.70) Joe Higgins
Chas Barstow (85.29) 4 | 2 (82.47) James Bailey
Lee Barrow (66.49) 4 | 1 (64.77) Mark Boardman
Will Beaden (82.69) 4 | 1 (53.10) Cameron Byrne
Peter Cousins (75.15) 4 | 0 (56.88) Jake John Willam Green
Terry Goddard (63.28) 4 | 0 (56.97) Travis Cullen
David Saint (73.07) 4 | 2 (74.56) Kieran Hoare
Will Harwood (84.68) 4 | 0 (59.91) Sean Gardiner
Donny Scheurwater (77.97) 4 | 1 (71.57) David Carr
Charlie Kemp (65.69) 4 | 3 (68.68) Phil Coward
Connor Reynolds (51.52) 4 | 3 (48.73) Jack Daniels