
The Last 512 of the 3rd UK Open Qualifier of the weekend has been completed with some big names exiting out in the preliminary round meaning they will not cash any money in for their Order of Merit. These include Dean Winstanley, Terry Jenkins, Wes Newton and Diogo Portela.
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It didn't help for a lot of them though that they had quite tricky draws. Case in point was Dawson Murschell who hasn't got any money on his Order of Merit and that continues with him losing out to Rowby-John Rodriguez.
Terry Jenkins went out like alluded to and he drew Jermaine Wattimena losing out to the Dutchman. Diogo Portela lost to the inform Martin Schindler as well meaning a tough day draw wise for a lot of players.
Danny Noppert though was one of the players who will edge closer to some important ranking money defeating 'Goldfinger' Andrew Gilding.
Click here for the 2018 UK Open Qualifiers Calendar and how the UK Open Qualifiers exactly work.
Last 512
Vincent van der Voort BYE | -
- | -
Daniel Ayres BYE | -
Robert Rickwood BYE | -
Sven Groen BYE | -
Yordi Meeuwisse BYE | -
Curtis Hammond BYE | -
Davy Van Baelen 6 | 1 Carl Hamilton
Michael van Gerwen BYE | -
- | -
Sean Bell BYE | -
Kevin Edwards BYE | -
Tytus Kanik BYE | -
Ryan Harrington BYE | -
Mike De Decker BYE | -
Richie Howson BYE | -
Steve West BYE | -
- | -
Nathan Treadgold BYE | -
Rene Berndt BYE | -
Michael Power BYE | -
Brian Woods BYE | -
Dennis Nilsson BYE | -
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Terry Jenkins
Daryl Gurney BYE | -
- | -
Jeffrey de Zwaan BYE | -
Kevin Simm BYE | -
Gary Eastwood BYE | -
Ryan De Vreede BYE | -
Andy Jenkins BYE | -
Lee Grimshaw BYE | -
Steve Beaton BYE | -
- | -
Thomas Lovely BYE | -
Tony Cole BYE | -
Rene Eidams BYE | -
Mark Walsh BYE | -
Mark Frost BYE | -
Darren Lynch 6 | 2 Dean Winstanley
Michael Smith BYE | -
- | -
Chris Ware BYE | -
Mark Wilson BYE | -
Eddie Dootson BYE | -
Ryan Joyce BYE | -
Adam Hunt BYE | -
Darren Layden 6 | 5 Scott Taylor
Cristo Reyes BYE | -
- | -
Darren Place BYE | -
Gabriel Clemens BYE | -
Alan Tabern BYE | -
Lee Harris BYE | -
Nathan Aspinall BYE | -
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 6 | 3 Colin Littlecott
Darren Webster BYE | -
- | -
Rees Hall BYE | -
Nico Blum BYE | -
Jay Foreman BYE | -
Dafydd Edwards BYE | -
Scott Dale BYE | -
John Court 6 | 1 Adam Smith-Neale
Mervyn King BYE | -
- | -
Ryan Murray BYE | -
Ryan Palmer BYE | -
Josh Payne BYE | -
Carl Wilkinson BYE | -
Trevor Burkhill BYE | -
Mario Robbe 6 | 5 Richard Baillie
Rob Cross BYE | -
- | -
Ryan Meikle BYE | -
Mark Lawrence BYE | -
Stuart Kellett BYE | -
Antonio Alcinas BYE | -
Ian Jones BYE | -
Nicholas Bell BYE | -
Stephen Bunting BYE | -
- | -
Philip Borthwick BYE | -
James Hajdar BYE | -
Richie Corner BYE | -
Mike Norton BYE | -
Wayne Jones BYE | -
Matt Padgett 6 | 3 Jason Marriott
Joe Cullen BYE | -
- | -
Ross Smith BYE | -
Paul Milford BYE | -
Bernd Roith BYE | -
Tom Gregory BYE | -
Peter Mitchell BYE | -
Kevin Burness 6 | 3 Steven Kirkby
Kyle Anderson BYE | -
- | -
Jeff Smith BYE | -
Andy Boulton BYE | -
Jim Walker BYE | -
Devon Petersen BYE | -
Jon Jukes BYE | -
Christopher Bent 6 | 2 Maik Langendorf
Kim Huybrechts BYE | -
- | -
Adam Huckvale BYE | -
Ted Evetts BYE | -
Prakash Jiwa BYE | -
Luke Humphries BYE | -
Steve Lennon BYE | -
Michael Barnard 6 | 3 Wes Newton
Jamie Lewis BYE | -
- | -
Geert Nentjes BYE | -
Scott Rollings BYE | -
Lewis Pride BYE | -
Lee Bryant BYE | -
Lee Palfreyman BYE | -
Rhys Griffin 6 | 1 Brian Raman
Ian White BYE | -
- | -
Peter Hudson BYE | -
Madars Razma BYE | -
Ross Twell BYE | -
Bradley Brooks BYE | -
David Pallett BYE | -
Martin Schindler 6 | 4 Diogo Portela
Dimitri Van den Bergh BYE | -
- | -
Ron Meulenkamp BYE | -
Josh McCarthy BYE | -
Charlie Jackson BYE | -
Darren Johnson BYE | -
Kevin Painter BYE | -
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 5 Dawson Murschell
Brendan Dolan BYE | -
- | -
Michael Plooy BYE | -
Jason Cullen BYE | -
Jason Lowe BYE | -
Jack Main BYE | -
Jamie Hughes BYE | -
Ricky Evans 6 | 0 John Crossley
Peter Wright BYE | -
- | -
Cody Harris BYE | -
Jose Antonio Justicia Perales BYE | -
Steven Marfleet BYE | -
Kelvin Self BYE | -
Terry Roach BYE | -
Michael Rasztovits BYE | -
Justin Pipe BYE | -
- | -
Jason Wilson BYE | -
Krzysztof Ratajski BYE | -
Brett Claydon BYE | -
Jerry Hendriks BYE | -
Richie Burnett BYE | -
Simon Preston 6 | 1 Stefan Nilles
Jonny Clayton BYE | -
- | -
Dave Prins BYE | -
Kevin Garcia BYE | -
Sam Guest BYE | -
Robert Owen BYE | -
Jarred Cole BYE | -
Jim Brown 6 | 4 Simon Stevenson
Mark Webster BYE | -
- | -
George Killington BYE | -
John Norman Jnr BYE | -
Mats Gies BYE | -
Luke Woodhouse BYE | -
Ronny Huybrechts BYE | -
Richard North 6 | 4 Nathan Rafferty
John Henderson BYE | -
- | -
David Evans BYE | -
Martyn Turner BYE | -
Paul Rowley BYE | -
Jesus Noguera Perea BYE | -
Ian Moss BYE | -
John Michael 6 | 1 Ben Ward
James Wade BYE | -
- | -
Mick McGowan BYE | -
Melvin de Fijter BYE | -
Terry Temple BYE | -
Dirk van Duijvenbode BYE | -
Boris Koltsov BYE | -
Steve Hine 6 | 2 George Gardner
Robert Thornton BYE | -
- | -
Corey Cadby BYE | -
Ian Lever BYE | -
Joe Murnan BYE | -
Mickey Mansell BYE | -
James Richardson BYE | -
Aden Kirk 6 | 5 Tony Martin
James Wilson BYE | -
- | -
Ryan Searle BYE | -
Fabian Herz BYE | -
Vincent Kamphuis BYE | -
Barrie Bates BYE | -
Martin Lukeman BYE | -
Keith Geraghty 6 | 2 Jamie Bain
Benito van de Pas BYE | -
- | -
Kirk Shepherd BYE | -
Marko Kantele BYE | -
Peter Jacques BYE | -
Dave Ladley BYE | -
Keegan Brown BYE | -
Barry Lynn 6 | 2 Keith O'Neill
Jelle Klaasen BYE | -
- | -
Kevin Munch BYE | -
Jamie Caven BYE | -
Ronnie Baxter BYE | -
Roxy-James Rodriguez BYE | -
William O'Connor BYE | -
Danny Noppert 6 | 5 Andrew Gilding
Chris Dobey BYE | -
- | -
Matthew Edgar BYE | -
Lee Evans BYE | -
John Goldie BYE | -
Robbie Green BYE | -
Dennis Smith BYE | -
Zoran Lerchbacher 6 | 5 Tony Newell
Alan Norris BYE | -
- | -
Callan Rydz BYE | -
Max Hopp BYE | -
John Part BYE | -
Jimmy Hendriks BYE | -
Lee Turle BYE | -
Paul Nicholson 6 | 2 Chris Quantock
Dave Chisnall BYE | -
- | -
Mark Dudbridge BYE | -
Jeffrey de Graaf BYE | -
Paul Phillips BYE | -
Shayne Burgess BYE | -
Darren Beveridge BYE | -
Christian Bunse 6 | 3 Michael Dawson
Simon Whitlock BYE | -
- | -
Ricky Williams BYE | -
Robert Marijanovic BYE | -
Arron Monk BYE | -
Ritchie Edhouse BYE | -
Craig Quinn BYE | -
Jan Dekker 6 | 0 Bradley Williams
Terry Jenkins went out like alluded to and he drew Jermaine Wattimena losing out to the Dutchman. Diogo Portela lost to the inform Martin Schindler as well meaning a tough day draw wise for a lot of players.
Danny Noppert though was one of the players who will edge closer to some important ranking money defeating 'Goldfinger' Andrew Gilding.
Click here for the 2018 UK Open Qualifiers Calendar and how the UK Open Qualifiers exactly work.
Last 512
Vincent van der Voort BYE | -
- | -
Daniel Ayres BYE | -
Robert Rickwood BYE | -
Sven Groen BYE | -
Yordi Meeuwisse BYE | -
Curtis Hammond BYE | -
Davy Van Baelen 6 | 1 Carl Hamilton
Michael van Gerwen BYE | -
- | -
Sean Bell BYE | -
Kevin Edwards BYE | -
Tytus Kanik BYE | -
Ryan Harrington BYE | -
Mike De Decker BYE | -
Richie Howson BYE | -
Steve West BYE | -
- | -
Nathan Treadgold BYE | -
Rene Berndt BYE | -
Michael Power BYE | -
Brian Woods BYE | -
Dennis Nilsson BYE | -
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Terry Jenkins
Daryl Gurney BYE | -
- | -
Jeffrey de Zwaan BYE | -
Kevin Simm BYE | -
Gary Eastwood BYE | -
Ryan De Vreede BYE | -
Andy Jenkins BYE | -
Lee Grimshaw BYE | -
Steve Beaton BYE | -
- | -
Thomas Lovely BYE | -
Tony Cole BYE | -
Rene Eidams BYE | -
Mark Walsh BYE | -
Mark Frost BYE | -
Darren Lynch 6 | 2 Dean Winstanley
Michael Smith BYE | -
- | -
Chris Ware BYE | -
Mark Wilson BYE | -
Eddie Dootson BYE | -
Ryan Joyce BYE | -
Adam Hunt BYE | -
Darren Layden 6 | 5 Scott Taylor
Cristo Reyes BYE | -
- | -
Darren Place BYE | -
Gabriel Clemens BYE | -
Alan Tabern BYE | -
Lee Harris BYE | -
Nathan Aspinall BYE | -
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 6 | 3 Colin Littlecott
Darren Webster BYE | -
- | -
Rees Hall BYE | -
Nico Blum BYE | -
Jay Foreman BYE | -
Dafydd Edwards BYE | -
Scott Dale BYE | -
John Court 6 | 1 Adam Smith-Neale
Mervyn King BYE | -
- | -
Ryan Murray BYE | -
Ryan Palmer BYE | -
Josh Payne BYE | -
Carl Wilkinson BYE | -
Trevor Burkhill BYE | -
Mario Robbe 6 | 5 Richard Baillie
Rob Cross BYE | -
- | -
Ryan Meikle BYE | -
Mark Lawrence BYE | -
Stuart Kellett BYE | -
Antonio Alcinas BYE | -
Ian Jones BYE | -
Nicholas Bell BYE | -
Stephen Bunting BYE | -
- | -
Philip Borthwick BYE | -
James Hajdar BYE | -
Richie Corner BYE | -
Mike Norton BYE | -
Wayne Jones BYE | -
Matt Padgett 6 | 3 Jason Marriott
Joe Cullen BYE | -
- | -
Ross Smith BYE | -
Paul Milford BYE | -
Bernd Roith BYE | -
Tom Gregory BYE | -
Peter Mitchell BYE | -
Kevin Burness 6 | 3 Steven Kirkby
Kyle Anderson BYE | -
- | -
Jeff Smith BYE | -
Andy Boulton BYE | -
Jim Walker BYE | -
Devon Petersen BYE | -
Jon Jukes BYE | -
Christopher Bent 6 | 2 Maik Langendorf
Kim Huybrechts BYE | -
- | -
Adam Huckvale BYE | -
Ted Evetts BYE | -
Prakash Jiwa BYE | -
Luke Humphries BYE | -
Steve Lennon BYE | -
Michael Barnard 6 | 3 Wes Newton
Jamie Lewis BYE | -
- | -
Geert Nentjes BYE | -
Scott Rollings BYE | -
Lewis Pride BYE | -
Lee Bryant BYE | -
Lee Palfreyman BYE | -
Rhys Griffin 6 | 1 Brian Raman
Ian White BYE | -
- | -
Peter Hudson BYE | -
Madars Razma BYE | -
Ross Twell BYE | -
Bradley Brooks BYE | -
David Pallett BYE | -
Martin Schindler 6 | 4 Diogo Portela
Dimitri Van den Bergh BYE | -
- | -
Ron Meulenkamp BYE | -
Josh McCarthy BYE | -
Charlie Jackson BYE | -
Darren Johnson BYE | -
Kevin Painter BYE | -
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 5 Dawson Murschell
Brendan Dolan BYE | -
- | -
Michael Plooy BYE | -
Jason Cullen BYE | -
Jason Lowe BYE | -
Jack Main BYE | -
Jamie Hughes BYE | -
Ricky Evans 6 | 0 John Crossley
Peter Wright BYE | -
- | -
Cody Harris BYE | -
Jose Antonio Justicia Perales BYE | -
Steven Marfleet BYE | -
Kelvin Self BYE | -
Terry Roach BYE | -
Michael Rasztovits BYE | -
Justin Pipe BYE | -
- | -
Jason Wilson BYE | -
Krzysztof Ratajski BYE | -
Brett Claydon BYE | -
Jerry Hendriks BYE | -
Richie Burnett BYE | -
Simon Preston 6 | 1 Stefan Nilles
Jonny Clayton BYE | -
- | -
Dave Prins BYE | -
Kevin Garcia BYE | -
Sam Guest BYE | -
Robert Owen BYE | -
Jarred Cole BYE | -
Jim Brown 6 | 4 Simon Stevenson
Mark Webster BYE | -
- | -
George Killington BYE | -
John Norman Jnr BYE | -
Mats Gies BYE | -
Luke Woodhouse BYE | -
Ronny Huybrechts BYE | -
Richard North 6 | 4 Nathan Rafferty
John Henderson BYE | -
- | -
David Evans BYE | -
Martyn Turner BYE | -
Paul Rowley BYE | -
Jesus Noguera Perea BYE | -
Ian Moss BYE | -
John Michael 6 | 1 Ben Ward
James Wade BYE | -
- | -
Mick McGowan BYE | -
Melvin de Fijter BYE | -
Terry Temple BYE | -
Dirk van Duijvenbode BYE | -
Boris Koltsov BYE | -
Steve Hine 6 | 2 George Gardner
Robert Thornton BYE | -
- | -
Corey Cadby BYE | -
Ian Lever BYE | -
Joe Murnan BYE | -
Mickey Mansell BYE | -
James Richardson BYE | -
Aden Kirk 6 | 5 Tony Martin
James Wilson BYE | -
- | -
Ryan Searle BYE | -
Fabian Herz BYE | -
Vincent Kamphuis BYE | -
Barrie Bates BYE | -
Martin Lukeman BYE | -
Keith Geraghty 6 | 2 Jamie Bain
Benito van de Pas BYE | -
- | -
Kirk Shepherd BYE | -
Marko Kantele BYE | -
Peter Jacques BYE | -
Dave Ladley BYE | -
Keegan Brown BYE | -
Barry Lynn 6 | 2 Keith O'Neill
Jelle Klaasen BYE | -
- | -
Kevin Munch BYE | -
Jamie Caven BYE | -
Ronnie Baxter BYE | -
Roxy-James Rodriguez BYE | -
William O'Connor BYE | -
Danny Noppert 6 | 5 Andrew Gilding
Chris Dobey BYE | -
- | -
Matthew Edgar BYE | -
Lee Evans BYE | -
John Goldie BYE | -
Robbie Green BYE | -
Dennis Smith BYE | -
Zoran Lerchbacher 6 | 5 Tony Newell
Alan Norris BYE | -
- | -
Callan Rydz BYE | -
Max Hopp BYE | -
John Part BYE | -
Jimmy Hendriks BYE | -
Lee Turle BYE | -
Paul Nicholson 6 | 2 Chris Quantock
Dave Chisnall BYE | -
- | -
Mark Dudbridge BYE | -
Jeffrey de Graaf BYE | -
Paul Phillips BYE | -
Shayne Burgess BYE | -
Darren Beveridge BYE | -
Christian Bunse 6 | 3 Michael Dawson
Simon Whitlock BYE | -
- | -
Ricky Williams BYE | -
Robert Marijanovic BYE | -
Arron Monk BYE | -
Ritchie Edhouse BYE | -
Craig Quinn BYE | -
Jan Dekker 6 | 0 Bradley Williams

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