
The first Challenge Tour weekend of the season is here with the draw released for the first event.
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The likes of Scott Waites, Lisa Ashton and John Part are involved; as well as the likes of Cameron Menzies and Cody Harris who just missed out on Tour Cards last season through this route.
Due to the number of players, most players get byes in the first round but among the standout ties include Roxy-James Rodriguez vs Fallon Sherrock and the aforementioned Scott Waites vs George Gardner.
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Mareno Michels BYE
Roxy James Rodriguez v Fallon Sherrock
Barry Lynn BYE
Rachel Brooks BYE
Andy Neocleous BYE
Wesley Plaisier BYE
Grant Whittaker BYE
Colin Osborne BYE
Scott Taylor BYE
Stuart Kellett BYE
Christopher Quantock BYE
Eddie Lovely BYE
Nathan Rafferty BYE
Ben Burton BYE
William Thexton BYE
Mark Frost BYE
Patrick Lynskey BYE
Darren Johnson v Rohit Rabadia
Daniel Day BYE
Jeffrey De Graaf BYE
Stefan Taferner BYE
Lorraine Winstanley BYE
Ricky Harding BYE
Ian Lever BYE
Stephen Gallimore BYE
Jaikob Selby-Rivas BYE
Kelvin Hart BYE
Darren Penhall BYE
Kevin Simm BYE
Tony Cole BYE
Callan Rydz BYE
Richard Baillie BYE
Wes Newton BYE
Cameron Doyle v Jon Jukes
Nico Blum BYE
David Ladley BYE
Ian Withers BYE
Martin Atkins BYE
Nico Schlund BYE
David Patterson BYE
Colin Littlecott BYE
Christian Goedl BYE
Sebastian Pohl BYE
Stu Wilson BYE
Martin Atkins BYE
Peter Jacques BYE
William Borland BYE
Ricky Clarke BYE
Brian Hudson BYE
Aegir Bjornsson v Derek Brand
Patrick van den Boogaard BYE
Jesús Noguera BYE
Jason Askew BYE
Diogo Portela BYE
Craig Quinn BYE
Curtis Hammond BYE
Chris Millward BYE
Shanendo Aué BYE
John Lieber BYE
Jason Marriott BYE
Stephen McNally BYE
Nick Jennings BYE
David Calvert BYE
Mike Whitehead BYE
Chris Pick BYE
Andrew Foster v Adam Gallett
Glenn Gibson BYE
Jamie Barrowman BYE
Ryan Palmer BYE
Scott Towers BYE
Lewis Pride BYE
Ryan Murray BYE
Ian Mcfarlane BYE
Stefaan Deprez BYE
Darren Davies BYE
Simon Preston BYE
Geordie Martis BYE
Shaun Griffiths BYE
David Airey BYE
Chas Barstow BYE
Marc Williams BYE
Kevin Dowling v Dennis Smith
Callum Loose BYE
Martin O'Boyle BYE
Jonathan Hewitt BYE
Dave Askew BYE
Peter Fisher BYE
Daniel Cox BYE
Nick Fullwell BYE
Evander Stevenson BYE
Reece Colley BYE
Mike Norton BYE
Mark Walsh BYE
Erik Hol BYE
Ben Davies BYE
Richie Burnett BYE
Niels Heinsøe BYE
Coni Nagi vJohn Bowles
Chuck Puleo BYE
Zak Cross BYE
Kevin Garcia BYE
Robert Rickwood BYE
Jimmy Hendriks BYE
Michael Feasey BYE
George Fawcett BYE
Prakash Jiwa BYE
Kevin Painter BYE
Mike De Decker BYE
Paul Williams BYE
James Barton BYE
Rusty Jake Rodriguez BYE
Cody Harris BYE
Peter Mitchell BYE
Logan Crooks v Christoff Van De Wal
Carl Hamilton BYE
Michael Mccloskey BYE
Nathan Richards BYE
Joe Davis BYE
Rees Hall BYE
Brett Claydon BYE
Dave Prins BYE
Paul Jenkinson BYE
Lukasz Sawicki BYE
Andrew Gilding BYE
Jarred Cole BYE
Cameron Menzies BYE
David Edwards BYE
John Part BYE
Matt Padgett BYE
Paul Phillips v Adam Huckvale
Corrine Hammond BYE
Jack Main BYE
Ricky Williams BYE
Lee Budgen BYE
Chris White BYE
Paul Holloway BYE
Armando Slotboom BYE
Sean Bell BYE
Mark Barilli BYE
Jerry Abbott BYE
Lisa Ashton BYE
Toon Greebe BYE
Wilco Vermeulen BYE
John Davey BYE
Cameron Anderson BYE
Danny Van Klompenburg v Dafydd Edwards
Darren Williams BYE
Barry Gardner BYE
Jerry Hendriks BYE
Jason Wilson BYE
Dean Reynolds BYE
Rhys Griffin BYE
Justin Smith BYE
Billy Gallie BYE
Rene Eidams BYE
Daniel Ayres BYE
Ian Jopling BYE
Thomas Lovely BYE
Darren Herewini BYE
Stuart Stubbs BYE
Tom Baughan BYE
Wessel Nijman v Scott Dale
Andy Hamilton BYE
Niels-Joergen Hansen BYE
Kenny Neyens BYE
Chris Vaughan BYE
James Kempster BYE
Levy Frauenfelder BYE
Berry van Peer BYE
Jimmy McKirdy BYE
Remon Hurrebrink BYE
Geert De Vos BYE
Mick Todd BYE
Brad Ellis BYE
Fabian Freitag BYE
Brad Williams BYE
Anthony Brown BYE
Brian Hallas v Thomas Gregory
Pauli Finnila BYE
Andrew Poynton BYE
James Lawson BYE
Andy Jenkins BYE
Sam Hewson BYE
Matt Gallett BYE
Mark McGrath BYE
Scott Darbyshire BYE
Lee Hayes BYE
Joshua Burksfield BYE
Sean Jowers BYE
Stephen Burton BYE
Darryl Pilgrim BYE
Jens Kniest BYE
Kevin Thomas BYE
Sam Cromwell v David Evans
Dennis Nilsson BYE
Darren Beveridge BYE
Nathan Treadgold BYE
Dan Hand BYE
Christopher Bent BYE
Paul Neate BYE
Richie Edwards BYE
Michael Harrison BYE
Paul Rowley BYE
Joey Palfreyman BYE
Thomas Junghans BYE
David Stokell BYE
Matthew Dennant BYE
John Crossley BYE
Ivan Springborg Poulsen BYE
Aaron Stevens v Boris Koltsov
Dean Owen BYE
Joe Singleton BYE
Gary Blades BYE
Melvin de Fijter BYE
Tom Lonsdale BYE
Sam Hunter BYE
Danny Van Trijp BYE
Mark Baxter BYE
Ritchie Edhouse BYE
Darren Place BYE
Richie Howson BYE
James Woodhouse BYE
Simon Tate BYE
Brian Woods BYE
Jordan Crabtree BYE
George Gardner v Scott Waites
Robert Collins BYE
Ryan De Vreede BYE
Kevin Blomme BYE
Terry Wood BYE
Steve Hine BYE
Radek Szaganski BYE
Dean Norman BYE
Wesley Bour BYE
Arjan Konterman BYE
Mark Lawrence BYE
Roger Scrivens BYE
Vince Tipple BYE
Shaun Carroll BYE
Wesley van Trijp BYE
Lukasz Waclawski BYE
David Adshead v Jim Walker
Steven Ferguson BYE
Martin Lukeman BYE
Lee Evans BYE
Kieran Evans BYE
Michael Rasztovits BYE
Frederic Mozelewski BYE
Craig Anderson BYE
Mindaugas Barauskas BYE
Lukas Wenig BYE
Cor Ernst BYE
Rowdy Schoremans BYE
Andrew Glover BYE
Andy Chalmers BYE
Paul Redfern BYE
Roxy James Rodriguez v Fallon Sherrock
Barry Lynn BYE
Rachel Brooks BYE
Andy Neocleous BYE
Wesley Plaisier BYE
Grant Whittaker BYE
Colin Osborne BYE
Scott Taylor BYE
Stuart Kellett BYE
Christopher Quantock BYE
Eddie Lovely BYE
Nathan Rafferty BYE
Ben Burton BYE
William Thexton BYE
Mark Frost BYE
Patrick Lynskey BYE
Darren Johnson v Rohit Rabadia
Daniel Day BYE
Jeffrey De Graaf BYE
Stefan Taferner BYE
Lorraine Winstanley BYE
Ricky Harding BYE
Ian Lever BYE
Stephen Gallimore BYE
Jaikob Selby-Rivas BYE
Kelvin Hart BYE
Darren Penhall BYE
Kevin Simm BYE
Tony Cole BYE
Callan Rydz BYE
Richard Baillie BYE
Wes Newton BYE
Cameron Doyle v Jon Jukes
Nico Blum BYE
David Ladley BYE
Ian Withers BYE
Martin Atkins BYE
Nico Schlund BYE
David Patterson BYE
Colin Littlecott BYE
Christian Goedl BYE
Sebastian Pohl BYE
Stu Wilson BYE
Martin Atkins BYE
Peter Jacques BYE
William Borland BYE
Ricky Clarke BYE
Brian Hudson BYE
Aegir Bjornsson v Derek Brand
Patrick van den Boogaard BYE
Jesús Noguera BYE
Jason Askew BYE
Diogo Portela BYE
Craig Quinn BYE
Curtis Hammond BYE
Chris Millward BYE
Shanendo Aué BYE
John Lieber BYE
Jason Marriott BYE
Stephen McNally BYE
Nick Jennings BYE
David Calvert BYE
Mike Whitehead BYE
Chris Pick BYE
Andrew Foster v Adam Gallett
Glenn Gibson BYE
Jamie Barrowman BYE
Ryan Palmer BYE
Scott Towers BYE
Lewis Pride BYE
Ryan Murray BYE
Ian Mcfarlane BYE
Stefaan Deprez BYE
Darren Davies BYE
Simon Preston BYE
Geordie Martis BYE
Shaun Griffiths BYE
David Airey BYE
Chas Barstow BYE
Marc Williams BYE
Kevin Dowling v Dennis Smith
Callum Loose BYE
Martin O'Boyle BYE
Jonathan Hewitt BYE
Dave Askew BYE
Peter Fisher BYE
Daniel Cox BYE
Nick Fullwell BYE
Evander Stevenson BYE
Reece Colley BYE
Mike Norton BYE
Mark Walsh BYE
Erik Hol BYE
Ben Davies BYE
Richie Burnett BYE
Niels Heinsøe BYE
Coni Nagi vJohn Bowles
Chuck Puleo BYE
Zak Cross BYE
Kevin Garcia BYE
Robert Rickwood BYE
Jimmy Hendriks BYE
Michael Feasey BYE
George Fawcett BYE
Prakash Jiwa BYE
Kevin Painter BYE
Mike De Decker BYE
Paul Williams BYE
James Barton BYE
Rusty Jake Rodriguez BYE
Cody Harris BYE
Peter Mitchell BYE
Logan Crooks v Christoff Van De Wal
Carl Hamilton BYE
Michael Mccloskey BYE
Nathan Richards BYE
Joe Davis BYE
Rees Hall BYE
Brett Claydon BYE
Dave Prins BYE
Paul Jenkinson BYE
Lukasz Sawicki BYE
Andrew Gilding BYE
Jarred Cole BYE
Cameron Menzies BYE
David Edwards BYE
John Part BYE
Matt Padgett BYE
Paul Phillips v Adam Huckvale
Corrine Hammond BYE
Jack Main BYE
Ricky Williams BYE
Lee Budgen BYE
Chris White BYE
Paul Holloway BYE
Armando Slotboom BYE
Sean Bell BYE
Mark Barilli BYE
Jerry Abbott BYE
Lisa Ashton BYE
Toon Greebe BYE
Wilco Vermeulen BYE
John Davey BYE
Cameron Anderson BYE
Danny Van Klompenburg v Dafydd Edwards
Darren Williams BYE
Barry Gardner BYE
Jerry Hendriks BYE
Jason Wilson BYE
Dean Reynolds BYE
Rhys Griffin BYE
Justin Smith BYE
Billy Gallie BYE
Rene Eidams BYE
Daniel Ayres BYE
Ian Jopling BYE
Thomas Lovely BYE
Darren Herewini BYE
Stuart Stubbs BYE
Tom Baughan BYE
Wessel Nijman v Scott Dale
Andy Hamilton BYE
Niels-Joergen Hansen BYE
Kenny Neyens BYE
Chris Vaughan BYE
James Kempster BYE
Levy Frauenfelder BYE
Berry van Peer BYE
Jimmy McKirdy BYE
Remon Hurrebrink BYE
Geert De Vos BYE
Mick Todd BYE
Brad Ellis BYE
Fabian Freitag BYE
Brad Williams BYE
Anthony Brown BYE
Brian Hallas v Thomas Gregory
Pauli Finnila BYE
Andrew Poynton BYE
James Lawson BYE
Andy Jenkins BYE
Sam Hewson BYE
Matt Gallett BYE
Mark McGrath BYE
Scott Darbyshire BYE
Lee Hayes BYE
Joshua Burksfield BYE
Sean Jowers BYE
Stephen Burton BYE
Darryl Pilgrim BYE
Jens Kniest BYE
Kevin Thomas BYE
Sam Cromwell v David Evans
Dennis Nilsson BYE
Darren Beveridge BYE
Nathan Treadgold BYE
Dan Hand BYE
Christopher Bent BYE
Paul Neate BYE
Richie Edwards BYE
Michael Harrison BYE
Paul Rowley BYE
Joey Palfreyman BYE
Thomas Junghans BYE
David Stokell BYE
Matthew Dennant BYE
John Crossley BYE
Ivan Springborg Poulsen BYE
Aaron Stevens v Boris Koltsov
Dean Owen BYE
Joe Singleton BYE
Gary Blades BYE
Melvin de Fijter BYE
Tom Lonsdale BYE
Sam Hunter BYE
Danny Van Trijp BYE
Mark Baxter BYE
Ritchie Edhouse BYE
Darren Place BYE
Richie Howson BYE
James Woodhouse BYE
Simon Tate BYE
Brian Woods BYE
Jordan Crabtree BYE
George Gardner v Scott Waites
Robert Collins BYE
Ryan De Vreede BYE
Kevin Blomme BYE
Terry Wood BYE
Steve Hine BYE
Radek Szaganski BYE
Dean Norman BYE
Wesley Bour BYE
Arjan Konterman BYE
Mark Lawrence BYE
Roger Scrivens BYE
Vince Tipple BYE
Shaun Carroll BYE
Wesley van Trijp BYE
Lukasz Waclawski BYE
David Adshead v Jim Walker
Steven Ferguson BYE
Martin Lukeman BYE
Lee Evans BYE
Kieran Evans BYE
Michael Rasztovits BYE
Frederic Mozelewski BYE
Craig Anderson BYE
Mindaugas Barauskas BYE
Lukas Wenig BYE
Cor Ernst BYE
Rowdy Schoremans BYE
Andrew Glover BYE
Andy Chalmers BYE
Paul Redfern BYE

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