McGeeney, Menzies, Harris and Shepherd all through as first round concludes at UK Open

McGeeney looked solid against David Pallett in his first game on the big stage as a full Tour Card holder. He hit a 98 average with a high checkout of 132.
Menzies also looked good despite a torrid start to the year in edging out Wes Newton. He hit six 180's on the way as he saw off the former finalist.
There was also wins for the likes of Cody Harris and Kirk Shepherd; as well as Joe Murnan and Diogo Portela with no real shocks as of yet.
Barring that of Rob Collins seeing off Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-1 where 'Little John' despite coming into it in good form only averaged 77 and there was needle between the pair.
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Mark McGeeney 6-3 David Pallett – First Round
Wes Newton 4-6 Cameron Menzies – First Round
Dawson Murschell v Ross Smith – Second Round
Glen Durrant v Maik Kuivenhoven – Second Round
Diogo Portela v Jamie Hughes – Second Round
Scott Taylor v Kevin Burness – Second Round
Luke Humphries v Vincent van der Voort – Third Round
Toni Alcinas v Nathan Aspinall – Third Round
Ricky Evans v Justicia/Dennant -Third Round
Dimitri Van den Bergh v Shepherd/Brooks – Third Round
Stage Two
Barry Lynn (75.5) 4-6 (80.7) Michael Rasztovits – First round
Jamie Hughes (97.9) 6-3 (90.9) Callan Rydz – First round
Dennis Nilsson 2-6 Madars Razma – First Round
Mike van Duivenbode 2-6 Ted Evetts – First Round
Scott Taylor 6-4 Darius Labanauskas – First Round
Wayne Jones v Vincent Kamphuis – Second Round
Cody Harris v Adam Hunt – Second Round
Simon Preston v Arron Monk – Second Round
Kirk Shepherd v Bradley Brooks – Second Round
Mickey Mansell v Danny Noppert – Third Round
James Richardson v Steve Lennon – Third Round
Baker/Harrington v Krzysztof Ratajski – Third Round
Devon Petersen v Portela/Hughes – Third Round
Stage Three
Conan Whitehead (95.4) 6-3 (88.4) Michael Burgoine – First round
Shaun Fox (74.5) 1-6 (92.9) Andy Jenkins – First round
Joe Murnan (85.2) 6-3 Mark Frost (79.0) – First Round
Diogo Portela (87.7) 6-4 (83.4) Barrie Bates – First Round
Mark Wilson v Mark Dudbridge – Second Round
Madars Razma v Mark McGeeney – Second Round
Ted Evetts v George Killington – Second Round
Rob Collins v Andy Boulton – Second Round
Gabriel Clemens v Zoran Lerchbacher – Third Round
Beveridge/Woodhouse v Chris Dobey – Third Round
Stevenson/Gray v Mark Webster – Third Round
Carlin/Michael v Durrant/Kuivenhoven – Third Round
Stage Four
Adam Huckvale (88.9) 6-3 (85.4) Mark Barilli – First round
Geert Nentjes (90.3) 6-5 (88.9) David Evans – First round
Cody Harris (92.7) 6-5 (84.7) John Davey – First Round
Kirk Shepherd (89.0) 6-2 (86.1) Jonathan Worsley – First Round
Matthew Edgar v Gary Eastwood – Second Round
Harry Ward v Lloyd Browning – Second Round
Cameron Menzies v Jamie Bain – Second Round
Nathan Derry v Vincent van der Meer – Second Round
Richard North v Ronny Huybrechts – Third Round
Ryan Joyce v Owen/Kantele/Lacey – Third Round
Newton/Menzies/Atkins/Bain v Josh Payne – Third Round
Robinson/De Sousa v Van Duijvenbode/Clark – Third Round
Stage Five
Jose de Sousa (84.6) 6-4 (84.4) Brian Raman – First round
Nathan Derry (93.0) 6-4 (86.6) Lee Budgen – First round
Vincent van der Meer (87.4) 6-1 (76.7) Eddie Dootson – First Round
Matt Clark (90.1) 6-3 (83.7) Niels Zonneveld – First Round
Robert Marijanovic v Davy van Baelen – Second Round
Andy Jenkins v Mario Robbe – Second Round
Simon Stevenson v Adrian Gray – Second Round
Gavin Carlin v John Michael – Second Round
Wilson/Dudbridge v William O’Connor – Third Round
Jenkins/Robbe v Jeffrey de Zwaan – Third Round
Collins/Boulton v Christian Kist – Third Round
Jones/Kamphuis v Taylor/Burness – Third Round
Stage Six
Jarred Cole (82.6) 6-4 (75.9) Michael Barnard – First round
Jason Cullen (84.7) 3-6 (88.3) Reece Robinson – First round
Christian Bunse (83.2) 4-6 (90.8) John Michael – First Round
Martin Atkins (82.7) 3-6 (89.0) Jamie Bain – First Round
Scott Baker v Ryan Harrington – Second Round
Tony Newell v Adam Huckvale – Second Round
Tytus Kanik v Yordi Meeuwisse – Second Round
Michael Rasztovits v Conan Whitehead – Second Round
Edgar/Eastwood v Ryan Searle – Third Round
Ward/Browning v Jan Dekker – Third Round
Preston/Monk v Robert Thornton – Third Round
Evetts/Killington v Razma/McGeeney – Third Round
Stage Seven
Marko Kantele (93.5) 6-2 (81.0) Chris Lacey – First round
Lloyd Browning (76.1) 6-4 (78.8) Lee Harris – First round
Kevin Thoburn (83.3) 6-5 (85.9) Matthew Dennant – First Round
Adrian Gray (81.1) 6-1 (76.4) Ian McFarlane – First Round
Peter Hudson v John Goldie – Second Round
Geert Nentjes v Jarred Cole – Second Round
Robert Owen v Marko Kantele – Second Round
Joe Murnan v Ryan Meikle – Second Round
Marijanovic/Van Baelen v Martin Schindler – Third Round
Newell/Huckvale v Brendan Dolan – Third Round
Derry/Van der Meer v Keegan Brown – Third Round
Kanik/Meeuwisse v Murschell/R Smith – Third Round
Stage Eight
Daniel Day (81.5) 1-6 (94.2) Maik Kuivenhoven – First round
Carl Wilkinson (85.3) 4-6 (83.6) Yordi Meeuwisse – First round
Terry Temple (78.3) 5-6 (78.8) Simon Preston – First Round
Robbie Collins (83.8) 6-1 (77.0) Rowby-John Rodriguez – First Round
Darren Beveridge v Luke Woodhouse – Second Round
Reece Robinson v Jose de Sousa – Second Round
Jose Justicia v Kevin Thoburn – Second Round
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Matt Clark – Second Round
Ron Meulenkamp v C Harris/Hunt – Third Round
Nentjes/Cole v Justin Pipe – Third Round
Murnan/Meikle v Alan Tabern – Third Round
Rasztovits/Whitehead v Hudson/Goldie – Third Round