Day One of action at PDC UK
Q-School is complete and eight players have found their way into the Final Stage.
Haupai Puha was on the verge of winning but couldn't cross the line. 'Hopes' though claimed it in a decider to deny Kevin McDine who like most players in the latter stages have banked a good points tally to go towards the Order of Merit.
Nick Fullwell is also through after seeing off Robert Owen 5-3. While Danny Lauby failed to get through after a supreme performance from Michael Flynn averaging 97.63 in a 5-2 win.
Other victors were
Graham Usher, Conor Heneghan,
Michael Barnard, Josh Rock who was one of the top performers all day and Robert Rickwood.
They join Mario Vandenbogaerde, Stefan Bellmont, Andreas Harrysson and Damian Mol who qualified from European Q-School. Stage 1B is currently ongoing there in Niedernhausen.
Last 32
Kevin McDine 5 | 1 Thomas Lovely
Haupai Puha 5 | 4 Robert Collins
Nick Fullwell 5 | 4 Scott Taylor
Robert Owen 5 | 4 Ross Montgomery
Michael Flynn 5 | 2 Niall Culleton
Danny Lauby 5 | 0 Ben West
Graham Usher 5 | 3 Kevin Burness
Matthew Dennant 5 | 2 Nathan Girvan
Andrew Hyland 5 | 2 Jason Hogg
Conor Heneghan 5 | 3 Owen Emmett-Bowden
Michael Barnard 5 | 1 Stu Wilson
Stephen Burton 5 | 3 Josh McCarthy
Dan Read 5 | 4 Tony Newell
Josh Rock 5 | 2 Shaun Wilkinson
Darren Johnson 5 | 3 Jamie Lewis
Robert Rickwood 5 | 1 Michael Burgoine
Last 16 (winners through to Final Stage)
Kevin McDine (78.73) 4 | 5 (81.90) Haupai Puha
Nick Fullwell (78.63) 5 | 3 (86.58) Robert Owen
Michael Flynn (97.63) 5 | 2 (94.97) Danny Lauby
Graham Usher (87.94) 5 | 4 (94.53) Matthew Dennant
Andrew Hyland (82.06) 1 | 5 (90.81) Conor Heneghan
Michael Barnard (91.45) 5 | 1 (91.50) Stephen Burton
Dan Read (91.81) 2 | 5 (94.47) Josh Rock
Darren Johnson (86.45) 2 | 5 (91.04) Robert Rickwood