Fallon Sherrock, Mark Dudbridge, Richie Burnett out early in opening PDC UK Open Amateur Qualifier
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The UK Open Amateur Qualifiers bookend the weekend of Challenge Tour action in Milton Keynes in the end of a long few weeks for those who attended all tournaments and Q-School. But for Fallon Sherrock, Mark Dudbridge and Richie Burnett, they will turn their attention to the second qualiifer.
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Changing for this year, the qualifier sees Riley's not used anymore and instead two lots of qualifiers with the winners of each one and finalists getting through. Taking place on both January 20 and February 9.
There are 210 players competing in the first one with 256 being the cut off. The final four will be allocated from an Amateur Qualifiers Points Table with also general qualifiers happening at PDC in the Community Venues.
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Some have decided to stick around to play after the Challenge Tour with Sherrock losing in the first round. She was defeated though by Tommy Lishman who is in the top 10 of the Challenge Tour after the opening weekend. Former World finalist Dudbridge also fell in the opener to Kevin Lowe.
While Karl Reynolds took care of Richie Burnett in the Last 128. Currently into the Last 64, the likes of David Pallett, Kevin Burness, Danny van Trijp, John O'Shea and Steve West remain in the reckoning. With these qualifiers being open to all, those who are of pedigree but don't have Tour Card can still enter. Richie Howson initially entered while Matthew Edgar confirmed he will play the second event.
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PDC UK Open Amateur Qualifier Results
Last 128
Ryan Walsh (79.60) 4 | 1 (64.27) Jamie Tyas
Dean Finn Forde (81.90) 4 | 2 (74.66) John Bryan
Kirk De Ruyter (71.80) 4 | 1 (60.76) Jack Stevens
David Moule (61.98) 4 | 0 (63.00) Ben Brandon
Darren Armstrong (73.25) 4 | 3 (69.80) Nick Brandon
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Peter Reynolds (62.63) 4 | 0 (54.59) Joe Fletcher
Matt Golding (75.50) 4 | 3 (74.19) Sam Kilby
James Green (68.15) 4 | 1 (63.66) Jack Ryder
Danny van Trijp (81.24) 4 | 0 (62.57) Ellis Mark
Wayne Chandley (73.19) 4 | 1 (67.29) Luke Brandon
Tom Lonsdale (94.97) 4 | 1 (77.69) Josh Collins
Matt Purser (62.73) 4 | 1 (59.95) Josh Gerrard
Tom Sykes (97.75) 4 | 2 (90.49) David Davies
Wayne Morgan (90.77) 4 | 1 (76.29) Steven Paesschesoone
David Pallett (95.67) 4 | 2 (75.35) Charlie Symons
Karl Reynolds (82.46) 4 | 3 (84.78) Richie Burnett
Graham Hall (98.67) 4 | 3 (78.82) Robert Ellis-Brown
Tommy Morris (84.68) 4 | 0 (56.64) Mitchell Good
Oli Ellis (73.17) 4 | 3 (71.65) Carl Batchelor
Carl Wilson (82.36) 4 | 0 (55.96) Mike Coxhead
Callum Francis (91.09) 4 | 0 (46.95) Benjamin Allen
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Scott Baker (86.97) 4 | 2 (86.94) Charlie Martin
Harry Sykes (58.38) 4 | 2 (58.94) Dan Galloway
William O'Toole (82.08) 4 | 3 (87.68) Shane Turner
Shaun Fox (99.07) 4 | 2 (92.48) Ted Evetts
Kevin McDine (82.62) 4 | 3 (87.69) Arno Merk
Christopher Wickenden (79.54) 4 | 2 (72.97) Zac Prince
Matt Heffer (67.05) 4 | 1 (63.14) Micheal Fearon
Arjan Konterman (83.01) 4 | 1 (65.39) Jamie Hingston
Jamie Kelling (85.92) 4 | 3 (82.34) Mitchell Leeming
John Wightman (66.07) 4 | 0 (62.77) Liam Fowkes
Adam Mould (80.65) 4 | 1 (73.09) Nathan Potter
Conor Heneghan (71.94) 4 | 3 (70.40) Conor Roberts
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Joshua Jones (83.18) 4 | 3 (75.99) Alan Casey
Roger Crook (89.73) 4 | 0 (75.29) Jamie Thompsett
John O'Shea (84.03) 4 | 1 (65.65) Robert Adnams
Harrison Gerrard (49.51) 4 | 2 (48.73) John Pedder
Steve West (69.14) 4 | 1 (61.35) Harvey Atkins
Joe Reid (69.91) 4 | 0 (70.36) Gary Brown
Matthias Dietrich (63.67) 4 | 3 (64.80) Andrew Hoare
Thomas Banks (72.43) 4 | 0 (52.19) Ronnie Rickner
Vitezslav Sedlak (72.43) 4 | 0 (58.07) Craig Main
Anton Ostlund (82.72) 4 | 2 (65.48) Michael Keeley
Jim Moston (86.16) 4 | 3 (83.07) Jamie Durrant
Kevin Burness (85.45) 4 | 3 (82.67) Lewis Pride
Kevin Lowe (91.31) 4 | 1 (76.22) Daniel Humphries
Tom Garfield (76.49) 4 | 3 (82.85) Ryan Branley
Graham Usher (91.09) 4 | 0 (60.57) Joel Pinto
Chris Bird (72.85) 4 | 2 (72.25) Harvey Wilkinson
Paul Lewis (84.68) 4 | 0 (51.48) George Watson
Tommy Lishman (79.73) 4 | 2 (66.96) Davie Duval
Ryan O'Connor (83.90) 4 | 3 (73.28) Brandon Walsh
Sergio Krassen (73.32) 4 | 0 (60.31) Chris Bellard
Chas Barstow (75.58) 4 | 1 (69.73) Connor Brown
Lee Barrow (81.16) 4 | 1 (72.16) Jason Wilson
Will Beaden (75.90) 4 | 3 (74.42) Peter Cousins
Joe Croft (91.81) 4 | 2 (82.78) Terry Goddard
David Saint (77.17) 4 | 2 (72.29) Will Harwood
Richard Wagenaar (75.46) 4 | 1 (71.28) Donny Scheurwater
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Last 256
John Bryan (70.98) 4 | 2 (59.72) Alexander Elia
Dean Finn Forde (93.95) 4 | 3 (99.64) Matt Good
Kirk De Ruyter (67.00) 4 | 1 (69.12) Simon Stothart
Riccardo Castelli (80.48) 4 | 3 (75.71) Kristian Barker
Jay Serpanchy (59.23) 4 | 3 (52.11) Paul McDonald
Darren Armstrong (72.43) 4 | 0 (61.11) Connor Bragger
Nick Brandon (60.36) 4 | 1 (50.98) Ritchie Andrews
Peter Reynolds (71.57) 4 | 0 (49.52) Sam Holden
Matt Golding (82.36) 4 | 0 (65.04) Ben Locke
Sam Kilby (70.61) 4 | 1 (65.86) Joel Salerno
Danny van Trijp (90.06) 4 | 2 (87.38) A.J. Urmston-Toft
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Ellis Mark (49.06) 4 | 2 (42.89) Callum Fish
Wayne Chandley (79.65) 4 | 2 (69.37) George Whyte
Josh Collins (85.35) 4 | 2 (79.74) Jarred Cole
Tom Lonsdale (87.13) 4 | 0 (66.74) Beau Hewlett
David Davies (75.15) 4 | 0 (51.81) Scott Hill
Tom Sykes (75.85) 4 | 1 (64.74) Paul Jones
Wayne Morgan (75.15) 4 | 0 (57.54) Gemma Reynolds
David Pallett (84.68) 4 | 0 (62.25) Rob Reader
Charlie Symons (72.23) 4 | 1 (66.42) James Janney
Graham Hall (98.56) 4 | 0 (64.95) David Coleman
Robert Ellis-Brown (80.16) 4 | 0 (48.21) Callum Ball
Tommy Morris (76.85) 4 | 2 (69.39) Tom Parradine
Jordan Hardy (63.28) 4 | 1 (57.34) Thomas Hurst
Steve Hartley (66.29) 4 | 2 (57.51) Aidan Marples
Mike Coxhead (48.96) 4 | 1 (42.26) Neil Cummins-Smith
Carl Wilson (85.89) 4 | 0 (69.41) Calvin Nicolai
Callum Francis (68.32) 4 | 0 (52.10) James Bradshaw
Scott Baker (76.28) 4 | 3 (70.78) Michael Huntley
Charlie Martin (82.49) 4 | 2 (71.43) Hayden Appleby
Shane Turner (66.35) 4 | 1 (59.95) Christopher Brady-Foster
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William O'Toole (92.49) 4 | 0 (51.00) Luke Smith (Canterbury)
Shaun Fox (75.89) 4 | 1 (66.91) Scott Leader
Kevin McDine (79.03) 4 | 3 (79.78) Jamie McKinnon
Arno Merk (71.70) 4 | 2 (73.36) Ricardo Ham
Zac Prince (72.50) 4 | 1 (57.82) Lewis Smith
Micheal Fearon (60.73) 4 | 0 (51.38) Jordan Lee Ward
Matt Heffer (61.35) 4 | 0 (43.03) Chris Brown
Arjan Konterman (81.52) 4 | 1 (70.23) Danny Moore
Jamie Kelling (62.75) 4 | 1 (52.03) Matthew Kiernan
Mitchell Leeming (77.63) 4 | 3 (75.91) Shane Smith
Nathan Potter (72.43) 4 | 0 (42.89) Jack James
Adam Mould (81.85) 4 | 3 (76.13) Keith Deeley
Conor Roberts (81.08) 4 | 2 (79.47) Adrian Gray
Joshua Jones (73.32) 4 | 0 (39.04) Sonny Berry
Alan Casey (96.12) 4 | 1 (87.20) Matthew Hall
John O'Shea (88.41) 4 | 0 (68.38) Gary Riley
Robert Adnams (65.35) 4 | 0 (61.23) Terence Archer
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John Pedder (53.49) 4 | 3 (53.86) Ronan Houghton
Adam Gawlas (83.50) 4 | 0 (56.54) Darren Good
Jeroen Caron (89.36) 4 | 1 (76.58) Jimmy McKirdy
Joe Reid (65.35) 4 | 0 (50.23) Adam Harding
Gary Brown (83.50) 4 | 0 (65.17) Steve Perkins
Matthias Dietrich (73.32) 4 | 0 (64.19) Roy Lancashire
Owen Carr (77.07) 4 | 2 (71.92) James Flynn
Barry Morgan (52.26) 4 | 3 (52.13) Tom Rosher
Craig Main (48.45) 4 | 1 (39.41) Paul Gillard
Vitezslav Sedlak (72.43) 4 | 0 (58.19) Richard Moody
Anton Ostlund (79.69) 4 | 3 (79.62) Joseph Brady
Jim Moston (78.08) 4 | 0 (39.52) Benjamin Anstess
Jamie Durrant (78.67) 4 | 2 (82.36) Lloyd Walker
Kevin Lowe (83.34) 4 | 2 (80.79) Mark Dudbridge
Daniel Humphries (79.11) 4 | 0 (41.92) Jason Fathers
Ryan Branley (75.00) 4 | 1 (47.43) Ryan Burford
Joel Pinto (77.36) 4 | 2 (65.52) Thomas Wild
Graham Usher (91.44) 4 | 1 (70.59) Archie Sheppard
George Watson (50.46) 4 | 1 (50.56) Chris Lewis
Paul Lewis (76.10) 4 | 0 (67.36) Chris Dawkins
Tommy Lishman (86.06) 4 | 1 (81.98) Fallon Sherrock
Ryan O'Connor (69.10) 4 | 0 (60.75) Gareth Morgan
Brandon Walsh (71.57) 4 | 0 (48.74) Ryan Lucas-Hunt
Connor Brown (62.78) 4 | 3 (66.70) Joe Higgins
Chas Barstow (85.29) 4 | 2 (82.47) James Bailey
Lee Barrow (66.49) 4 | 1 (64.77) Mark Boardman
Will Beaden (82.69) 4 | 1 (53.10) Cameron Byrne
Peter Cousins (75.15) 4 | 0 (56.88) Jake John Willam Green
Terry Goddard (63.28) 4 | 0 (56.97) Travis Cullen
David Saint (73.07) 4 | 2 (74.56) Kieran Hoare
Will Harwood (84.68) 4 | 0 (59.91) Sean Gardiner
Donny Scheurwater (77.97) 4 | 1 (71.57) David Carr
Charlie Kemp (65.69) 4 | 3 (68.68) Phil Coward
Connor Reynolds (51.52) 4 | 3 (48.73) Jack Daniels
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- And why should he listen to you?Deduce635807-11-2026
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- Probably i will receive a lot of backlash and hate for this reaction, but well, so be it. I am more than sick and tired of those lies of you Barry Hearn. How dare you defend yourself over the back of Fallon’s son! He has a disability and not an illness, so let me correct that for you! I know because I have the exact same disability. I have tried to reach out to Fallon in the past, and offered her to help her and her son, because I was struggling with the same problems, and I understood the boy. I wanted him to have finally someone who understood him. However she told me that she did not want my help, and I have respected Fallon’s choice. I have never asked Fallon for money. They don’t need money in that case. I only ever wanted the best for Fallon and Rory, but I have to be honest about the situation. Fallon should tell the true story and not be forced to tell lies. I don’t hate Fallon, and I don’t begrudge or envy a single penny that she gets, but this situation/case is just not fair. I hate the lies and the dishonesty and injustice. I don’t want Fallon to be hated because there is an unfair disadvantage created. Don’t proclaim your false lies over the back of Rory! I only stand for integrity and justice. I am precisely the one who always sticks up for Fallon. And you don't, you don't give a damn about them. You were never there for them, and now you only want to save your own position! You are just trying to talk your way out of your own bad behavior at the expense of someone with a disability. And to Fallon, I don’t know if this may ever reach you, and you read it, but I want you to know I love you and I love your son Rory very much, I am sorry how things developed and went. I hope you and Harriet are still friends. I am sorry if I were too persistent to you, or you experienced it that way, but it was never my intention. Please understand I have autism as well. As Barry Hearn would say, I am only just a human being too, and I also make mistakes and misjudge things sometimes. I promise you I did everything out of the deepest love and care for you and Rory. If I were you, I should just keep all the money, only please never be dishonest or tell lies anymore for Barry Hearn, or anyone else. I hope you have the best life, and I wish nothing more than the best for you. I have always loved the two of you. Farewell.Hiddo05-11-2026
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