O'Shea, Dennant and Hogarth among outright Final Stage qualifiers on Day Two at PDC UK Q-School
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The latest Final Stage qualifiers have been confirmed on Day Two of PDC UK Q-School with John O'Shea, Matthew Dennant and Ryan Hogarth among the leading names to secure a spot in Wednesday's line-up.
O'Shea, the former World Master, averaged 89 as he edged past Chris Quantock 5-4. While Dennant eased past Simon Stevenson 5-1.
Shaun Griffiths pounced on missed match darts to see off Leonard Gates. Ryan Hogarth claimed a 5-3 win over Scott Campbell for his spot.
While Joshua Burksfield, Greg Ritchie, Kevin Garcia and Shaun Wilkinson also found their way into the next phase.
There will be one more day of outright qualification with the rest of the spots confirmed through the Order of Merit.
Last 32
Ryan Hogarth 5-2 Lee Cocks
Scott Campbell 5-3 Justin Smith
Mike Gillet 5-4 Nathan Treadgold
Shaun Wilkinson 5-0 Paul Nesbitt
Kevin Garcia 5-3 Chas Barstow
Christopher Gilliland 5-4 Leighton Bennett
John O'Shea 5-2 Daniel Day
Chris Quantock 5-3 Jason Hogg
Ben Hazel 5-4 Lee Budgen
Greg Ritchie 5-4 Richard North
Shaun Griffiths 5-4 Mark Layton
Leonard Gates 5-3 Jamie Clark
Matthew Dennant 5-3 Robert Nelson
Simon Stevenson 5-4 Matt Clark
Joshua Burksfield 5-1 Luke Getty
George Killington 5-2 Stu Wilson
Last 16 (winners through to Final Stage)
Ryan Hogarth (73.44) 5-3 (74.44) Scott Campbell
Mike Gillet (79.66) 2-5 (87.05) Shaun Wilkinson
Kevin Garcia (86.24) 5-4 (85.53) Chris Gilliland
John O'Shea (89.73) 5-4 (81.35) Chris Quantock
Ben Hazel (70.17) 2-5 (80.06) Greg Ritchie
Shaun Griffiths (78.59) 5-4 (85.51) Leonard Gates
Matthew Dennant (96.32) 5-1 (74.35) Simon Stevenson
Joshua Burksfield (89.03) 5-2 (87.65) George Killington
It comes down to pure logistics. It's easier and and cheaper for people to travel to somewhere closer than it is for them to travel somewhere far away. It's easier to have events happening simultaneously than one massive event. Can you imagine trying to persuade 650 players to travel somewhere more central for everyone (Paris for example)? How many days would they have to play for? How much time would people have to take off work? How much would it cost to travel from Newcastle or Dusseldorf?
Well mainland Europe contains players all over Europe, so this once again apparently only applies for the mainland Europe players? Aussie and USA players also have a difficult task. I can understand size wise this will be a difficult task and for now darts might be to small world wide and to big in the UK for some even spread.
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