Five Rileys Aces Qualify For Minehead

PAUL HOGAN, Dean Stewart Mark Cox, Jason Mold and Mark Jodrill are the first five Rileys Amateur Qualifiers to win places in March's Coral UK Open.

The Rileys Amateur Qualifiers are being held in Rileys Sports Bars across the UK throughout January and February, and will see 32 amateur players win a place in the three-day event at the Butlins Minehead Resort from March 4-6.

Hampshire-based Hogan won through Saturday's Rileys Harlow qualifier to secure his spot as an Amateur Qualifier in a third successive UK Open.

Hogan has won through to the Last 32 in Minehead in each of the last two years, losing out to Mark Webster in 2014 and against eventual champion Michael van Gerwen on the main stage 12 months ago.

Thetford's Mold - the Rileys Norwich qualifier - has also qualified for his third successive UK Open, having reached the Last 64 in 2015 by defeating Jamie Robinson and Matthew Edgar before losing out to Wes Newton.

Two players won through the Rileys Wolverhampton knockout, with both Swindon's Mark Cox and Willenhall's Dean Stewart set to compete in their seventh UK Open this March.

Cheshire's Jodrill, meanwhile, previously qualified for the 2008 and 2009 UK Opens during his previous stint on the PDC circuit and was the winner of the Rileys Chester knockout.

The Rileys Amateur Qualifiers continue on Saturday January 30 and Sunday January 31 and will run through to Sunday February 21.

Entry costs £6 per Qualifier - including a free drink voucher, or a £3 cashback voucher in Scotland - and players are permitted to compete in more than one of the knockouts.

Entries are being taken via www.rileys.co.uk/tournaments.

Full Terms & Conditions and Tournament Rules are also available at the Rileys website.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to circumstances beyond the control of Rileys, the Gillingham qualifier on February has been cancelled and replaced by Rileys South Benfleet on the same day. Entries for Gillingham remain valid at South Benfleet - for further information please contact Rileys.

2016 Coral UK Open
Rileys Amateur Qualifiers
Saturday January 23

Chester - Mark Jodrill
Harlow - Paul Hogan
Norwich - Jason Mold
Wolverhampton (Two Players Qualify) - Dean Stewart & Mark Cox

Saturday January 30
Chorlton
Coventry
Liverpool
Nottingham
Sheffield (6.30pm Close of Registration, 7pm Play Commences)
Twickenham

Sunday January 31
Aberdeen
Leicester
London Victoria (Two Players Qualify)
Worcester

Sunday February 7
Greenock

Saturday February 13
Sheffield
South Benfleet (Was Gillingham, which has now been moved to South Benfleet)

Friday February 19
London Victoria (Two Players Qualify)

Saturday February 20
Greenock
Liverpool
Norwich
Nottingham
Wolverhampton (Two Players Qualify)

Sunday February 21
Chester
Chorlton
Solihull
South Benfleet
Worcester