With Steve Beaton's final year starting, it will be a lot of last tournaments and it is a final UK Open for a player who has been an ever present for so long in Minehead after being defeated by Josh Payne.
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In the final leg, Payne dispatched of Beaton who was making his 22nd appearance in the tournament in a 6-5 win hitting a 180 and 80 checkout for the win. But while Beaton has been 'beaten', Cameron Menzies has not. The majestic Scot averaged 103 hitting 50% on the doubles and a high checkout of 136 in a 6-3 success over Thibault Tricole.
To conclude the Main Stage action was a player very adept to the big stage in Leonard Gates. He thrashed Jim Williams 6-2 taking advantage of 2/6 on the outer ring from the Welshman.
Elsewhere, Scott Mitchell thumped in a 156 checkout to defeat Matthew Dennant in a decider 6-5. Other wins came from the superb Patrick Geeraets who thrashed Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-1 with a 101 average.
Graham Usher returned to defeat Ronny Huybrechts 6-3, while there was also wins for Florian Hempel, Daniel Klose, Tim Wolters and Ricardo Pietreczko out of the German contingent. Adam Gawlas who reached the semi-final last year won 6-0, while Danny Lauby continued his run with a 6-2 win over Jacques Labre.
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