THE draw for the opening night of the Speedy Hire UK Open on Thursday June 2 has been made.
The opening night of 'The FA Cup of Darts' in the Premier Suite at Bolton's Reebok Stadium will see 140 players in action in the Preliminary, First and Second Rounds.
The top 32 professional players from the Speedy Hire UK Open Order of Merit will come in at the Third Round stage on Friday June 3 - with the remaining professionals, 32 Speedy Hire Qualifiers and 32 Rileys Qualifiers having to compete in the early rounds on Thursday.
With play across eight stages simultaneously at the Reebok Stadium, the Sky Sports-televised event will see two former champions - 2008 winner James Wade and 2004 victor Roland Scholten - in action on the opening night.
Wade has drawn Rileys Middlesbrough Qualifier Davey Dodds, a gardener from Stanley in Co Durham, for his First Round game, while Scholten has drawn Essex-based Speedy Hire Qualifier Kevin Edwards.
Colin Lloyd will take on Dutch ace Jelle Klaasen in one high-profile opening clash, while Wayne Mardle faces Speedy Hire Qualifier Darrin Pugh and Peter Manley has drawn Rileys Qualifier John Bowles, a former rugby league player from Widnes who also competed in the 2010 UK Open.
Two former UK Open quarter-finalists from Yorkshire, Chris Thompson and Mark Lawrence, have been drawn in tough Preliminary Round fixtures, facing Nigel Heydon and Dave Ladley respectively.
The Second Round, to be played later on Thursday night, will see Lloyd or Klaasen come up against PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Champion Arron Monk or Steve Hine, a former UK Open quarter-finalist who only qualified for this year's event by reaching the last 32 in the final Qualifier.
South Africa's Devon Petersen or Speedy Hire Qualifier Stuart White would take on Manley or Bowles, while Mardle or Pugh would face 2005 runner-up Barrie Bates or youngster Reece Robinson.
The schedule of play and board allocations for the Main Stage and Board Two are below - Boards 3-8 will be announced on Friday.
All games in the Preliminary, First and Second Rounds are the best of seven legs.
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(SQ) denotes Speedy Qualifier
(RQ) denotes Rileys Qualifier
Preliminary Round
John Donaldson (SQ) v Dave Prins (RQ)
Louis Blundell v Duncan Hastings (SQ)
Peter White (SQ) v Michael Rosenauer
Curtis Hammond (RQ) v Bruce Harrison (SQ)
Mick Todd v Paul Harvey (RQ)
Chris Thompson v Nigel Heydon
Mark Lawrence v Dave Ladley
Phil Daniels (RQ) v Nicky Bache
Nick Fullwell v Tony Broughton (RQ)
Eddie Lovely (RQ) v Michael Barnard
Wayne Atwood v Lee Rose (RQ)
Eddy Martin (SQ) v Andy Pearce
First Round
Alex Roy v John O'Shea
Robbie Green (SQ) v Steve Clews (RQ)
Colin Monk v Ryan Murray (SQ)
Andy Boulton (RQ) v Jimmy Mann
Lee Palfreyman v John Henderson
John Kennedy (SQ) v Steve Werrett (RQ)
Hammond/Harrison v Tony Eccles
Peter Hudson v Steve Evans
Jamie Ellam (RQ) v Ian Moss (RQ)
Darrin Pugh (SQ) v Wayne Mardle
Mick McGowan v Andy Smith
Steve Grubb v Andy Beardmore (SQ)
Matthew Edgar v Thompson/Heydon
Daniels/Bache v Peter Wright
White/Rosenauer v Jon Bott (RQ)
Dennis Smith v Fullwell/Broughton
Mensur Suljovic v Brandon Walsh (SQ)
Brian Woods v Mark Hylton
Ian Covill (SQ) v Stuart Daniels (SQ)
Rocco Maes v Colin Appleton (SQ)
Todd/Harvey v Charlie Burns (SQ)
Steve Maish v Martin Perring (SQ)
Michael Mansell v Gordon Foster (SQ)
John Jackson (SQ) v Mark Jones
Conan Whitehead (SQ) v Charlie Cooper (SQ)
Scott Rand v Steve Beaton
Jon Jukes (SQ) v Donaldson/Prins
Dennis Priestley v Lawrence/Ladley
Jason Crawley v Dan Butler (RQ)
Davey Dodds (RQ) v James Wade
Roland Scholten v Kevin Edwards (SQ)
Craig Mucklow (SQ) v Matt Padgett
Mareno Michels v Antonio Alcinas
Lovely/Barnard v Jamie Robinson (SQ)
Paul Whitworth (RQ) v Richard North (RQ)
Colin Lloyd v Jelle Klaasen
James Richardson v Stuart Monaghan (RQ)
Tony Ayres v Jyhan Artut
Blundell/Hastings v Atwood/Rose
John Keating (SQ) v Steve Douglas (RQ)
Dean Stewart (RQ) v Michael van Gerwen
Reece Robinson v Barrie Bates
Danny Jones (SQ) v Chris Jones (RQ)
John MaGowan v Shaun Griffiths
Joe Murnan (RQ) v Damien Sherwood (SQ)
Justin Pipe v Gary Welding
Martyn Turner v Tommy Little (SQ)
Stephen Hardy v Richie Howson (RQ)
Geoff Whitworth v Kevin Simm (SQ)
Magnus Caris v Kevin McDine
Matt Clark v Jamie Hagen (RQ)
Terry Temple v Co Stompe
Darren Hawken (RQ) v William O'Connor
Brendan Dolan v Andrew Gilding (RQ)
Matthew Jordan (RQ) v Graham Hollis (RQ)
Ian Gleeson (RQ) v Kirk Gordon (SQ)
Sam Hill (RQ) v Aodhagan O'Neill
Martin/Pearce v Matt Jackson
Devon Petersen v Stuart White (SQ)
Steve Hine v Arron Monk
Kirk Shepherd v Paul Cartwright (SQ)
Shane O'Connor v Chris Aubrey
Peter Manley v John Bowles (RQ)
Mark Stephenson v Ben Burton (RQ)
Second Round
Kennedy/Werrett v Rand/Beaton
Hawken/O'Connor v Hill/O'Neill
Green/Clews v Priestley/Lawrence/Ladley
Mucklow/Padgett v McGowan/Smith
Whitworth/Simm v Woods/Hylton
Dolan/Gilding v Clark/Hagen
Dodds/Wade v Jukes/Donaldson/Prins
Gleeson/Gordon v Jackson/Jones
Roy/O'Shea v Pipe/Welding
Robinson/Bates v Pugh/Mardle
Temple/Stompe v Jones/Jones
White/Rosenauer/Bott v Boulton/Mann
Scholten/Edwards v Smith/Fullwell/Broughton
Richardson/Monaghan v Lovely/Barnard/Robinson
Keating/Douglas v Murnan/Sherwood
Palfreyman/Henderson v Covill/Daniels
Whitehead/Cooper v Blundell/Hastings/Atwood/Rose
Martin/Pearce/Jackson v Edgar/Thompson/Heydon
Maes/Appleton v Shepherd/Cartwright
Ayres/Artut v Hardy/Howson
Petersen/White v Manley/Bowles
O'Connor/Aubrey v Stewart/van Gerwen
Hudson/Evans v Caris/McDine
Lloyd/Klaasen v Hine/Monk
Stephenson/Burton v Maish/Perring
Whitworth/North v Crawley/Butler
Grubb/Beardmore v Daniels/Bache/Wright
Suljovic/Walsh v Todd/Harvey/Burns
Jordan/Hollis v Ellam/Moss
MaGowan/Griffiths v Hammond/Harrison/Eccles
Turner/Little v Monk/Murray
Mansell/Foster v Michels/Alcinas
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Schedule of Play - Thursday June 2
Main Stage
First Round
Scott Rand v Steve Beaton
Mark Stephenson v Ben Burton
Darrin Pugh v Wayne Mardle
Steve Hine v Arron Monk
Colin Lloyd v Jelle Klaasen
Peter Manley v John Bowles
Davey Dodds v James Wade
Devon Petersen v Stuart White
Second Round
Palfreyman/Henderson v Covill/Daniels
Mansell/Foster v Michels/Alcinas
S O'Connor/Aubrey v Stewart/van Gerwen
Hudson/Evans v Caris/McDine
Board Two
First Round
Reece Robinson v Barrie Bates
Lee Palfreyman v John Henderson
Mensur Suljovic v Brandon Walsh
John MaGowan v Shaun Griffiths
Justin Pipe v Gary Welding
Kirk Shepherd v Paul Cartwright
Steve Grubb v Andy Beardmore
Roland Scholten v Kevin Edwards
Second Round
Whitworth/Simm v Woods/Hylton
Temple/Stompe v Jones/Jones
Turner/Little v Monk/Murray
Dolan/Gilding v Clark/Hagan
Order of Play for Boards 3-8 to follow in due course
The opening night of 'The FA Cup of Darts' in the Premier Suite at Bolton's Reebok Stadium will see 140 players in action in the Preliminary, First and Second Rounds.
The top 32 professional players from the Speedy Hire UK Open Order of Merit will come in at the Third Round stage on Friday June 3 - with the remaining professionals, 32 Speedy Hire Qualifiers and 32 Rileys Qualifiers having to compete in the early rounds on Thursday.
With play across eight stages simultaneously at the Reebok Stadium, the Sky Sports-televised event will see two former champions - 2008 winner James Wade and 2004 victor Roland Scholten - in action on the opening night.
Wade has drawn Rileys Middlesbrough Qualifier Davey Dodds, a gardener from Stanley in Co Durham, for his First Round game, while Scholten has drawn Essex-based Speedy Hire Qualifier Kevin Edwards.
Colin Lloyd will take on Dutch ace Jelle Klaasen in one high-profile opening clash, while Wayne Mardle faces Speedy Hire Qualifier Darrin Pugh and Peter Manley has drawn Rileys Qualifier John Bowles, a former rugby league player from Widnes who also competed in the 2010 UK Open.
Two former UK Open quarter-finalists from Yorkshire, Chris Thompson and Mark Lawrence, have been drawn in tough Preliminary Round fixtures, facing Nigel Heydon and Dave Ladley respectively.
The Second Round, to be played later on Thursday night, will see Lloyd or Klaasen come up against PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Champion Arron Monk or Steve Hine, a former UK Open quarter-finalist who only qualified for this year's event by reaching the last 32 in the final Qualifier.
South Africa's Devon Petersen or Speedy Hire Qualifier Stuart White would take on Manley or Bowles, while Mardle or Pugh would face 2005 runner-up Barrie Bates or youngster Reece Robinson.
The schedule of play and board allocations for the Main Stage and Board Two are below - Boards 3-8 will be announced on Friday.
All games in the Preliminary, First and Second Rounds are the best of seven legs.
Speedy Hire UK Open
(SQ) denotes Speedy Qualifier
(RQ) denotes Rileys Qualifier
Preliminary Round
John Donaldson (SQ) v Dave Prins (RQ)
Louis Blundell v Duncan Hastings (SQ)
Peter White (SQ) v Michael Rosenauer
Curtis Hammond (RQ) v Bruce Harrison (SQ)
Mick Todd v Paul Harvey (RQ)
Chris Thompson v Nigel Heydon
Mark Lawrence v Dave Ladley
Phil Daniels (RQ) v Nicky Bache
Nick Fullwell v Tony Broughton (RQ)
Eddie Lovely (RQ) v Michael Barnard
Wayne Atwood v Lee Rose (RQ)
Eddy Martin (SQ) v Andy Pearce
First Round
Alex Roy v John O'Shea
Robbie Green (SQ) v Steve Clews (RQ)
Colin Monk v Ryan Murray (SQ)
Andy Boulton (RQ) v Jimmy Mann
Lee Palfreyman v John Henderson
John Kennedy (SQ) v Steve Werrett (RQ)
Hammond/Harrison v Tony Eccles
Peter Hudson v Steve Evans
Jamie Ellam (RQ) v Ian Moss (RQ)
Darrin Pugh (SQ) v Wayne Mardle
Mick McGowan v Andy Smith
Steve Grubb v Andy Beardmore (SQ)
Matthew Edgar v Thompson/Heydon
Daniels/Bache v Peter Wright
White/Rosenauer v Jon Bott (RQ)
Dennis Smith v Fullwell/Broughton
Mensur Suljovic v Brandon Walsh (SQ)
Brian Woods v Mark Hylton
Ian Covill (SQ) v Stuart Daniels (SQ)
Rocco Maes v Colin Appleton (SQ)
Todd/Harvey v Charlie Burns (SQ)
Steve Maish v Martin Perring (SQ)
Michael Mansell v Gordon Foster (SQ)
John Jackson (SQ) v Mark Jones
Conan Whitehead (SQ) v Charlie Cooper (SQ)
Scott Rand v Steve Beaton
Jon Jukes (SQ) v Donaldson/Prins
Dennis Priestley v Lawrence/Ladley
Jason Crawley v Dan Butler (RQ)
Davey Dodds (RQ) v James Wade
Roland Scholten v Kevin Edwards (SQ)
Craig Mucklow (SQ) v Matt Padgett
Mareno Michels v Antonio Alcinas
Lovely/Barnard v Jamie Robinson (SQ)
Paul Whitworth (RQ) v Richard North (RQ)
Colin Lloyd v Jelle Klaasen
James Richardson v Stuart Monaghan (RQ)
Tony Ayres v Jyhan Artut
Blundell/Hastings v Atwood/Rose
John Keating (SQ) v Steve Douglas (RQ)
Dean Stewart (RQ) v Michael van Gerwen
Reece Robinson v Barrie Bates
Danny Jones (SQ) v Chris Jones (RQ)
John MaGowan v Shaun Griffiths
Joe Murnan (RQ) v Damien Sherwood (SQ)
Justin Pipe v Gary Welding
Martyn Turner v Tommy Little (SQ)
Stephen Hardy v Richie Howson (RQ)
Geoff Whitworth v Kevin Simm (SQ)
Magnus Caris v Kevin McDine
Matt Clark v Jamie Hagen (RQ)
Terry Temple v Co Stompe
Darren Hawken (RQ) v William O'Connor
Brendan Dolan v Andrew Gilding (RQ)
Matthew Jordan (RQ) v Graham Hollis (RQ)
Ian Gleeson (RQ) v Kirk Gordon (SQ)
Sam Hill (RQ) v Aodhagan O'Neill
Martin/Pearce v Matt Jackson
Devon Petersen v Stuart White (SQ)
Steve Hine v Arron Monk
Kirk Shepherd v Paul Cartwright (SQ)
Shane O'Connor v Chris Aubrey
Peter Manley v John Bowles (RQ)
Mark Stephenson v Ben Burton (RQ)
Second Round
Kennedy/Werrett v Rand/Beaton
Hawken/O'Connor v Hill/O'Neill
Green/Clews v Priestley/Lawrence/Ladley
Mucklow/Padgett v McGowan/Smith
Whitworth/Simm v Woods/Hylton
Dolan/Gilding v Clark/Hagen
Dodds/Wade v Jukes/Donaldson/Prins
Gleeson/Gordon v Jackson/Jones
Roy/O'Shea v Pipe/Welding
Robinson/Bates v Pugh/Mardle
Temple/Stompe v Jones/Jones
White/Rosenauer/Bott v Boulton/Mann
Scholten/Edwards v Smith/Fullwell/Broughton
Richardson/Monaghan v Lovely/Barnard/Robinson
Keating/Douglas v Murnan/Sherwood
Palfreyman/Henderson v Covill/Daniels
Whitehead/Cooper v Blundell/Hastings/Atwood/Rose
Martin/Pearce/Jackson v Edgar/Thompson/Heydon
Maes/Appleton v Shepherd/Cartwright
Ayres/Artut v Hardy/Howson
Petersen/White v Manley/Bowles
O'Connor/Aubrey v Stewart/van Gerwen
Hudson/Evans v Caris/McDine
Lloyd/Klaasen v Hine/Monk
Stephenson/Burton v Maish/Perring
Whitworth/North v Crawley/Butler
Grubb/Beardmore v Daniels/Bache/Wright
Suljovic/Walsh v Todd/Harvey/Burns
Jordan/Hollis v Ellam/Moss
MaGowan/Griffiths v Hammond/Harrison/Eccles
Turner/Little v Monk/Murray
Mansell/Foster v Michels/Alcinas
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Schedule of Play - Thursday June 2
Main Stage
First Round
Scott Rand v Steve Beaton
Mark Stephenson v Ben Burton
Darrin Pugh v Wayne Mardle
Steve Hine v Arron Monk
Colin Lloyd v Jelle Klaasen
Peter Manley v John Bowles
Davey Dodds v James Wade
Devon Petersen v Stuart White
Second Round
Palfreyman/Henderson v Covill/Daniels
Mansell/Foster v Michels/Alcinas
S O'Connor/Aubrey v Stewart/van Gerwen
Hudson/Evans v Caris/McDine
Board Two
First Round
Reece Robinson v Barrie Bates
Lee Palfreyman v John Henderson
Mensur Suljovic v Brandon Walsh
John MaGowan v Shaun Griffiths
Justin Pipe v Gary Welding
Kirk Shepherd v Paul Cartwright
Steve Grubb v Andy Beardmore
Roland Scholten v Kevin Edwards
Second Round
Whitworth/Simm v Woods/Hylton
Temple/Stompe v Jones/Jones
Turner/Little v Monk/Murray
Dolan/Gilding v Clark/Hagan
Order of Play for Boards 3-8 to follow in due course