LIONEL SAMS, Aaron Holdstock, Carl Gren and Ian Jones are the first four Rileys Amateur Qualifiers for the Coral UK Open.
March's Coral UK Open Televised Finals at the Butlins Minehead Resort will see 32 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers win through from knockout events being held in Rileys Sports Bars around the country this month, as they earn a place alongside top professional in the £250,000 tournament.
The opening four Rileys Amateur Qualifiers were held last weekend, with former PDC professional Lionel Sams set to make his return to the big stage in Minehead.
Sams won through to compete in seven UK Opens during his time as a professional, reaching the last 16 in 2005, and is also a four-time World Championship qualifier, but last played professionally on the PDC circuit in 2010.
However, he won through the Rileys Oxford knockout to qualify for the Coral UK Open televised finals, while Ian Jones was the winner of the first of two knockouts to be held at the Rileys Wolverhampton club.
Carl Green defeated his son Dan Green in the final of the Rileys Coventry qualifier, while Aaron Holdstock qualified from Rileys Sheffield.
The Rileys Amateur Qualifiers are being held throughout February - and entries are still available for the forthcoming events.
Entry Information
Entry costs £3 if made online through the Rileys website, or £5 if made in person at any of the participating Rileys Sports Bars.
Entry also includes a free drink (or £3 cashback voucher in Scotland) and half-price entry into the Rileys Masters Series III.
To enter the Rileys Amateur Qualifiers and for full rules, terms & conditions and venue addresses, visit the Rileys Sports Bars website.
The closing date for the receipt of entries is 48 hours prior to each specific event through the Rileys Online Entry System, or 24 hours before each specific event if entering in person at the venue.
NOTE: PDC Tour Card Holders and PDPA Associate Members (who competed at the 2014 PDC Qualifying School) can NOT enter these events and would enter the six UK Open Qualfiiers to be held in Wigan during February.
2014 Coral UK Open - Rileys Amateur Qualifiers Results
Saturday February 1
Rileys Sheffield
Quarter-Finals
Aaron Holdstock 4-2 Curtis Turner
Tom Sykes 4-0 Stuart Bruce
Eddie Lovely 4-2 Carl Wilkinson
Craig Fisher 4-3 Darren Twist
Semi-Finals
Aaron Holdstock 4-2 Tom Sykes
Craig Fisher 4-1 Eddie Lovely
Final
Aaron Holdstock 4-3 Craig Fisher
Sunday February 2
Rileys Coventry
Quarter-Finals
Dan Green 4-2 Sean Dowling
Jimmy Hill 4-2 Noel Grant
Damien Ratcliffe 4-2 Ted Evetts
Carl Green 4-1 Johnny Brian
Semi-Finals
Dan Green 4-2 Jimmy Hill
Carl Green 4-1 Damien Ratcliff
Final
Carl Green 4-1 Dan Green
Rileys Oxford
Winner - Lionel Sams
Rileys Wolverhampton
Winner - Ian Jones
Rileys Amateur Qualifiers Dates & Venues
All venues below 12pm start unless stated
February 1
Sheffield - Aaron Holdstock
February 2
Coventry - Carl Green
Oxford - Lionel Sams
Wolverhampton (Q1) - Ian Jones
February 7
London Victoria (Qualifier 1, to be held in evening, 7pm deadline for registration, 7.30pm start)
February 8
Burton-upon-Trent
Gillingham
Scunthorpe
Stirling
February 9
Derby (Qualifier 1)
Greenock
Solihull
February 15
Hull
February 16
Chorlton
Erdington
Peterborough Q Club
London Victoria (Qualifier 2)
February 22
Aberdeen
Brighton
Cardiff (**please note new date, was originally Feb 23**)
Coatbridge
Nottingham
Plymouth
Reading
Southampton
Wolverhampton (Qualifier 2)
Worcester
February 23
Bristol
Derby (Qualifier 2)
Norwich
South Benfleet
Wigan