WOLVERHAMPTON'S Wayne Jones, Mervyn King, Steve Beaton, Mark Webster, Steve West, Jonny Clayton, Andy Boulton and Robbie Green won places in next month's SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts at Friday's PDC Qualifier in Coventry.
Home favourite Jones will make a return to the Wolves Civic stage for the nine-day, Sky Sports-televised tournament, after coming through from over 160 players to claim on of eight spots in the PDC Qualifier.
The 2010 Grand Slam semi-finalist defeated Kevin Painter, Andrew Gilding, James Wilson and Devon Petersen as he sealed his place in the tournament for the first time since 2012.
The run was a welcome return to form for Jones, who last competed in a major event at the UK Open in March but is a former European Championship finalist.
Steve Beaton had joined Jones in reaching the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts semi-finals, and he also won through Friday's PDC Qualifier by defeating Tony Randell, Paul Milford, Prakash Jiwa and Matt Clark - his last two victories being 5-0 whitewashes.
Welsh star Mark Webster, who won through to the World Grand Prix semi-finals earlier in October, continued his renaissance by overcoming Jyhan Artut, Steve Douglas, Cristo Reyes and James Richardson.
World number 14 King, a two-time Wolverhampton semi-finalist, was the highest-ranked player to win through on Friday, defeating Colin Osborne, Ben Ward, Benito van de Pas and in-form Austrian Mensur Suljovic.
Robbie Green will compete in Wolverhampton for a second successive year, having reached the last 16 at the 2014 tournament.
The Wallasey ace defeated Japan's Haruki Muramatsu, former World Championship finalists Mark Dudbridge and Andy Hamilton, former World Youth Champion James Hubbard and world number 16 Vincent van der Voort in a tough route through the qualifier.
Wales' emerging Jonny Clayton, who won his PDC Tour Card in January, will make his first Grand Slam appearance after defeating Paul Amos, Justin Pipe, Darren Johnson and Jelle Klaasen.
Andy Boulton, a six-time UK Open qualifier, will also play in Wolverhampton for the first time following his wins over Chris Aubrey, Connie Finnan, Jamie Caven and Stephen Bunting.
Essex's Steve West was the eighth qualifier, overcoming Dean Winstanley, Wes Newton, Robert Owen and Eddie Dootson as he earned a debut in the Grand Slam of Darts.
The eight players who lost in the day's final round of games also played off for reserve places, if needed, for the tournament, with South African ace Devon Petersen the first reserve, Jelle Klaasen second reserve and Vincent van der Voort third reserve.
The final two automatic places in the SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts will be awarded to the finalists of the Unibet European Championship, with at least one further qualifier to come from the Players Championship winners based on the final ProTour Order of Merit standings, which would currently be Ian White.
The draw for the SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts is likely to be made in the evening of Monday November 2.
The SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts will take place from November 7-15 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. For tickets, call 0870 320 7000 or visit www.wolvescivic.co.uk .
SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts
PDC Qualifier
Friday October 23, Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Preliminary Round
James Richardson 5-1 Coni Singh Nagi
Jamie Landon 5-4 Jermaine Wattimena
Alan Tabern 5-2 Mike De Decker
Alan Norris 5-4 Lee Evans
David Pallett 5-4 Brian Woods
Kelvin Hart 5-1 Matt Padgett
Joey Ten Berge 5-4 Ryan Palmer
Colin Lloyd 5-1 Kirk Shepherd
Joe Murnan 5-3 Mark Hylton
Ken MacNeil 5-2 Ricky Williams
Benito van de Pas 5-0 Lee Palfreyman
Jason Lovett 5-0 Wayne Atwood
Nathan Derry 5-2 Gary Stone
Eddie Dootson 5-4 Aden Kirk
Jamie Bain 5-3 Terry Temple
Dean Winstanley 5-4 Joe Cullen
Jan Dekker 5-3 Tony Newell
Josh Payne 5-2 Steve Brown
Matthew Edgar 5-2 William O'Connor
Gerwyn Price 5-2 Steve Smith
Kevin Painter 5-0 Lee Moffat
Aaron Turner 5-4 Max Hopp
James Wilson 5-4 Martin Thomas
Jason Wilson 5-4 Jonathan Worsley
Jeffrey De Zwaan 5-4 Mike Zuywijk
Connie Finnan 5-3 Roxy-James Rodriguez
Adam Hunt 5-1 Steve McNally
Jeff Batham 5-1 Martyn Turner
Andy Parsons 5-1 Barrie Bates
Mark Dudbridge 5-2 Mark Walsh
Robbie Green 5-1 Haruki Muramatsu
Paul Nicholson 5-4 Magnus Caris
Stephen Willard 5-2 Kurt Parry
Paul Milford 5-1 Ian Moss
Jim Walker 5-1 Shaun Griffiths
Matthew Dennant 5-2 Mark Barilli
First Round
Arron Monk 5-3 Ian White
Colin Fowler 5-3 Harry Ward
Scott Dale 5-2 Andy Pearce
James Richardson 5-2 Jamie Landon
Mark Webster 5-1 Jyhan Artut
Steve Douglas 5-2 Alan Tabern
Cristo Reyes 5-0 Kieran Evans
Alan Norris 5-4 David Pallett
Justin Pipe 5-3 Tony Richardson
Jonny Clayton 5-1 Paul Amos
Darren Johnson 5-0 Colin Littlecott
Kelvin Hart 5-4 Joey Ten Berge
Jelle Klaasen 5-2 Mick Todd
Nick Fullwell 5-2 John Bowles
Karl Merchant 5-4 Stuart Kellett
Joe Murnan 5-3 Colin Lloyd
Mervyn King 5-1 Colin Osborne
Ben Ward 5-4 Nigel Birch
Chris Dobey 5-1 Richie Howson
Benito van de Pas 5-1 Ken MacNeil
Mensur Suljovic 5-1 Darren Webster
Dirk van Duijvenbode 5-3 Steve Hine
John Henderson 5-3 Nigel Heydon
Jason Lovett 5-0 Nathan Derry
Tomas Seyler 5-2 Brendan Dolan
Ronny Huybrechts 5-4 Darren Weaver
Michael Barnard 5-2 Kevin Bambrick
Eddie Dootson 5-3 Jamie Bain
Wes Newton 5-4 Kyle Anderson
Steve West 5-4 Dean Winstanley
Robert Owen 5-2 Daryl Gurney
Josh Payne 5-3 Jan Dekker
Terry Jenkins 5-0 Ian Lever
Devon Petersen 5-3 Darren Whittingham
Dennis Smith 5-0 James Kerwick
Gerwyn Price 5-2 Matthew Edgar
Andrew Gilding 5-2 Kevin McDine
Wayne Jones 5-3 Kevin Painter
Kevin Thomas 5-4 Robert Wagner
James Wilson 5-3 Aaron Turner
Stephen Bunting 5-1 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Richard North 5-2 Andy Smith
Dave Honey 5-1 Paul Anthony
Jason Wilson 5-1 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jamie Caven 5-0 Darren Mawer
Ronnie Baxter 5-2 Dave Ladley
Andy Boulton 5-2 Chris Aubrey
Connie Finnan 5-3 Adam Hunt
Vincent van der Voort 5-2 Luke Woodhouse
Johnny Haines 5-3 Jamie Lewis
Ryan Harrington 5-3 Jason Marriott
Jeff Batham 5-1 Andy Parsons
Andy Hamilton 5-3 John Part
Mark Frost 5-3 Jamie Robinson
James Hubbard 5-2 Nathan Aspinall
Robbie Green 5-3 Mark Dudbridge
Simon Whitlock 5-3 Ricky Evans
Andy Jenkins 5-2 Jay Foreman
Matt Clark 5-3 Ross Smith
Paul Nicholson 5-4 Stephen Willard
Steve Beaton 5-3 Tony Randell
Paul Milford 5-2 Michael Power
Prakash Jiwa 5-2 Mickey Mansell
Matthew Dennant 5-1 Jim Walker
Second Round
Colin Fowler 5-2 Arron Monk
James Richardson 5-1 Scott Dale
Mark Webster 5-2 Steve Douglas
Cristo Reyes 5-4 Alan Norris
Jonny Clayton 5-4 Justin Pipe
Darren Johnson 5-3 Kelvin Hart
Jelle Klaasen 5-1 Nick Fullwell
Karl Merchant 5-2 Joe Murnan
Mervyn King 5-2 Ben Ward
Benito van de Pas 5-3 Chris Dobey
Mensur Suljovic 5-0 Dirk van Duijvenbode
John Henderson 5-4 Jason Lovett
Tomas Seyler 5-4 Ronny Huybrechts
Eddie Dootson 5-2 Michael Barnard
Steve West 5-1 Wes Newton
Robert Owen 5-2 Josh Payne
Devon Petersen 5-4 Terry Jenkins
Gerwyn Price 5-0 Dennis Smith
Wayne Jones 5-2 Andrew Gilding
James Wilson 5-0 Kevin Thomas
Stephen Bunting 5-2 Richard North
Jason Wilson 5-0 Dave Honey
Jamie Caven 5-2 Ronnie Baxter
Andy Boulton 5-4 Connie Finnan
Vincent van der Voort 5-0 Johnny Haines
Ryan Harrington 5-0 Jeff Batham
Andy Hamilton 5-0 Mark Frost
Robbie Green 5-3 James Hubbard
Andy Jenkins 5-4 Simon Whitlock
Matt Clark 5-3 Paul Nicholson
Steve Beaton 5-3 Paul Milford
Prakash Jiwa 5-1 Matthew Dennant
Third Round
James Richardson 5-4 Colin Fowler
Mark Webster 5-3 Cristo Reyes
Jonny Clayton 5-2 Darren Johnson
Jelle Klaasen 5-0 Karl Merchant
Mervyn King 5-3 Benito van de Pas
Mensur Suljovic 5-0 John Henderson
Eddie Dootson 5-3 Tomas Seyler
Steve West 5-2 Robert Owen
Devon Petersen 5-4 Gerwyn Price
Wayne Jones 5-2 James Wilson
Stephen Bunting 5-2 Jason Wilson
Andy Boulton 5-1 Jamie Caven
Vincent van der Voort 5-3 Ryan Harrington
Robbie Green 5-1 Andy Hamilton
Matt Clark 5-2 Andy Jenkins
Steve Beaton 5-0 Prakash Jiwa
Fourth Round
Mark Webster 5-1 James Richardson
Jonny Clayton 5-2 Jelle Klaasen
Mervyn King 5-1 Mensur Suljovic
Steve West 5-2 Eddie Dootson
Wayne Jones 5-3 Devon Petersen
Andy Boulton 5-2 Stephen Bunting
Robbie Green 5-1 Vincent van der Voort
Steve Beaton 5-0 Matt Clark
Qualifiers
Mark Webster
Jonny Clayton
Mervyn King
Steve West
Wayne Jones
Andy Boulton
Robbie Green
Steve Beaton
Reserves Play-Off First Round
Jelle Klaasen 5-1 James Richardson
Eddie Dootson 5-2 Mensur Suljovic
Devon Petersen 5-1 Stephen Bunting
Vincent van der Voort 5-0 Matt Clark
Second Round
Jelle Klaasen 5-3 Eddie Dootson
Devon Petersen 5-4 Vincent van der Voort
Third-Place Play-Off
Vincent van der Voort 5-2 Eddie Dootson
Final Play-Off
Devon Petersen 5-4 Jelle Klaasen
Reserves
1 Devon Petersen
2 Jelle Klaasen
3 Vincent van der Voort