Draw released for Players Championship 29: Van Gerwen, Suljovic and Anderson among late withdrawals in Barnsley
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The draw has been released for the penultimate Players Championship event of the season at the Barnsley Metrodome.
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Big news already is that there have been a slew of big names withdrawing from proceedings. Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Nathan Aspinall and Mensur Suljovic are the players in question. Rob Cross and James Wade are also missing Players Championship 29, but both had not entered this event.
This means that Ian White will once again be number one seed and he starts proceedings against Andrew Gilding. Gerwyn Price and Krzysztof Ratajski will be the second and third seed as a result with the likes of Michael Smith and Daryl Gurney also among the big names involved.
With it being a depleted field, will we once again see a new winner or will the likes of Ratajski, Price and De Sousa continue their dominance?
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Draw Players Championship 29
Last 128
Ian White - | - Andrew Gilding
Jonathan Worsley - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
Ross Smith - | - Ryan Searle
Peter Hudson - | - Nathan Derry
Ricky Evans - | - Ritchie Edhouse
Stephen Burton - | - Steve West
Jose De Sousa - | - Martin Schindler
Kim Huybrechts - | - Jose Justicia
Joe Cullen - | - Vincent Van der Meer
Kevin Garcia - | - Simon Stevenson
Simon Whitlock - | - Ryan Harrington
Steve Lennon - | - Scott Taylor
Adrian Lewis - | - David Evans
Mark McGeeney - | - Wayne Jones
Danny Noppert - | - Geert Nentjes
Joe Murnan - | - Adrian Gray
Daryl Gurney - | - Matthew Dennant
Yordi Meeuwisse - | - Dave Prins
Justin Pipe - | - Robert Owen
Josh Payne - | - Tytus Kanik
Jamie Hughes - | - Ron Meulenkamp
Davy Van Baelen - | - George Killington
Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Tony Newell
Arron Monk - | - Darren Webster
Dave Chisnall - | - Mario Robbe
Alan Norris - | - Robert Thornton
William O'Connor - | - Luke Humphries
Cristo Reyes - | - Richard North
Jeffrey De Zwaan - | - Benito van de Pas
Alan Tabern - | - Darius Labanauskas
Stephen Bunting - | - Luke Woodhouse
Mike van Duivenbode - | - Reece Robinson
Gerwyn Price - | - Matthew Edgar
Conan Whitehead - | - Marko Kantele
Kyle Anderson - | - Gavin Carlin
Michael Barnard - | - Matt Clark
Chris Dobey - | - John Michael
Devon Petersen - | - Barrie Bates
Steve Beaton - | - Dirk van Duijvenbode
Adam Huckvale - | - Diogo Portela
Glen Durrant - | - Andy Boulton
Ryan Meikle - | - Cody Harris
Gabriel Clemens - | - Jelle Klaasen
Jamie Lewis - | - Callan Rydz
Jermaine Wattimena - | - Mark Webster
David Pallett - | - Brendan Dolan
John Henderson - | - Harry Ward
Adam Hunt - | - Ryan Joyce
Peter Wright - | - Wessel Nijman
Mickey Mansell - | - Madars Razma
Mervyn King - | - Kevin Burness
Niels Zonneveld - | - Andy Jenkins
Jonny Clayton - | - Ted Evetts
Eddie Dootson - | - Bradley Brooks
Vincent van der Voort - | - Ronny Huybrechts
Zoran Lerchbacher - | - Darren Johnson
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Carl Wilkinson
Mark Dudbridge - | - Dawson Murschell
Max Hopp - | - Jan Dekker
Maik Kuivenhoven - | - Mark Wilson
Michael Smith - | - Terry Temple
Berry van Peer - | - James Richardson
Keegan Brown - | - Mark Barilli
Scott Baker - | - Christian Kist
Jonathan Worsley - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
Ross Smith - | - Ryan Searle
Peter Hudson - | - Nathan Derry
Ricky Evans - | - Ritchie Edhouse
Stephen Burton - | - Steve West
Jose De Sousa - | - Martin Schindler
Kim Huybrechts - | - Jose Justicia
Joe Cullen - | - Vincent Van der Meer
Kevin Garcia - | - Simon Stevenson
Simon Whitlock - | - Ryan Harrington
Steve Lennon - | - Scott Taylor
Adrian Lewis - | - David Evans
Mark McGeeney - | - Wayne Jones
Danny Noppert - | - Geert Nentjes
Joe Murnan - | - Adrian Gray
Daryl Gurney - | - Matthew Dennant
Yordi Meeuwisse - | - Dave Prins
Justin Pipe - | - Robert Owen
Josh Payne - | - Tytus Kanik
Jamie Hughes - | - Ron Meulenkamp
Davy Van Baelen - | - George Killington
Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Tony Newell
Arron Monk - | - Darren Webster
Dave Chisnall - | - Mario Robbe
Alan Norris - | - Robert Thornton
William O'Connor - | - Luke Humphries
Cristo Reyes - | - Richard North
Jeffrey De Zwaan - | - Benito van de Pas
Alan Tabern - | - Darius Labanauskas
Stephen Bunting - | - Luke Woodhouse
Mike van Duivenbode - | - Reece Robinson
Gerwyn Price - | - Matthew Edgar
Conan Whitehead - | - Marko Kantele
Kyle Anderson - | - Gavin Carlin
Michael Barnard - | - Matt Clark
Chris Dobey - | - John Michael
Devon Petersen - | - Barrie Bates
Steve Beaton - | - Dirk van Duijvenbode
Adam Huckvale - | - Diogo Portela
Glen Durrant - | - Andy Boulton
Ryan Meikle - | - Cody Harris
Gabriel Clemens - | - Jelle Klaasen
Jamie Lewis - | - Callan Rydz
Jermaine Wattimena - | - Mark Webster
David Pallett - | - Brendan Dolan
John Henderson - | - Harry Ward
Adam Hunt - | - Ryan Joyce
Peter Wright - | - Wessel Nijman
Mickey Mansell - | - Madars Razma
Mervyn King - | - Kevin Burness
Niels Zonneveld - | - Andy Jenkins
Jonny Clayton - | - Ted Evetts
Eddie Dootson - | - Bradley Brooks
Vincent van der Voort - | - Ronny Huybrechts
Zoran Lerchbacher - | - Darren Johnson
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Carl Wilkinson
Mark Dudbridge - | - Dawson Murschell
Max Hopp - | - Jan Dekker
Maik Kuivenhoven - | - Mark Wilson
Michael Smith - | - Terry Temple
Berry van Peer - | - James Richardson
Keegan Brown - | - Mark Barilli
Scott Baker - | - Christian Kist
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