Looking forward to the UK Open which gets underway tomorrow. Preliminary, first and second rounds take place tomorrow before a random draw will be made, for Friday, with the 32 winners from Thursday's matches and the top 32 in the UK Open Order of Merit from the qualifiers which are:
1 van Barneveld, Raymond £14,000
2 Newton, Wesley £13,800
3 Taylor, Phil £12,000
4 Jenkins, Terry £8,400
5 Smith, Andy £8,200
6 van Gerwen, Michael £7,400
7 Dolan, Brendan £6,600
8 Pipe, Justin £6,200
9 Whitlock, Simon £6,200
10 Hamilton, Andy £5,200
11 Huybrechts, Kim £5,200
12 Chisnall, Dave £5,000
13 Winstanley, Dean £4,600
14 Lloyd, Colin £4,200
15 van der Voort, Vincent £4,200
16 Thornton, Robert £4,000
17 White, Ian £3,800
18 Smith, Michael £3,800
19 Smith, Dennis £3,800
20 Painter, Kevin £3,600
21 Caven, Jamie £3,600
22 Cullen, Joe £3,400
23 Jones, Mark £3,400
24 Priestley, Dennis £3,200
25 Lewis, Adrian £3,000
26 Hubbard, James £3,000
27 Burnett, Richie £2,800
28 Webster, Darren £2,800
29 Howson, Richie £2,600
30 Anderson, Gary £2,400
31 Part, John £2,400
32 Dowling, Kevin £2,400
As always there will be loads of boards in action with plently of big names such as Nicholson, Wade, Webster and of course Ted Hankey! Always an interesting event with the open draw and it's a great opportunity for the lesser known players to have a run in a TV event.
Sky will be foccusing on the main stage and the line up is:
Board One (Main Stage)
Preliminary Round
Tony West v Michael Burgoine
Steve Beaton v Jon Jukes
Arron Monk v Paul Boulton
Steve Brown v Michael Barnard
Gino Vos v Paul Harvey
Ted Hankey v Danny Dutson
First Round
Wilson/Roith v Wayne Jones
S Farmer/J Lewis v Mark Stephenson
Paul Nicholson v Miles/Melling
Maish/Solly v Adam Hunt
Second Round
Mark Hylton v Antonio Alcinas
Mark Webster v Johnny Haines
James Wade v Lawrence/Robinson/Durrant/Bunting
James Richardson v Jim Walker
Best of seven legs is going to have the big names worried. My tips to go well are Dave Chisnall and Kim Huybrechts.
