Each player plays once a day against these players until Wednesday and the winner of this group involving the aforementioned players will move through to the final group on Saturday.
The numbers two and three in James Richardson and Arron Monk will play a new group with three new players on Thursday and Friday evening. While the fourth, five and sixth ranked players in Kevin Burness, Richie Burnett and Robert Thornton will return with new players on Thursday and Friday afternoon.
From these, the two best players in each group move through as per the previous format. The top three from the first four Saturday nights make up the 12 for this Champions Week.
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