Sport in Short: Snooker

ROTHMAN'S GRAND PRIX (Blackpool): First round (Eng unless stated): B Jones bt M Gray 5-2; M Campbell (Sco) bt F O'Brien (Irl) 5-3; P Gibson bt P Morgan 5-1; E Henderson (Sco) bt S Campbell 5-4; D McGlinchey (N Irl) bt D Sheehan (Irl) 5-3; T Rampello bt M Gibson (Sco) 5-3; M Valentine (Sco) bt P Browne (Irl) 5-1; C MacGillivray (Sco) bt J Cundy 5-2; B Snaddon (Sco) bt A Higgins (N Irl) 5-1; M Rowing bt P Kenny 5-4; P McPhillips (Sco) bt S Ali 5-3; B Rowswell bt P Dawkins (Wal) 5-0; D Harold bt K Burrows 5-2; A Davies (Wal) bt J Rea (Sco) 5-2; A Hicks bt C Morton 5-4; S Lanigan bt J Wallace 5-2; N Terry bt B Bunn 5-3; O King bt W King (Aus) 5-4; S Meakin bt R Foldvari (Aus) 5-3; M Davis bt A Trigg 5-0; N Pearce bt D Murphy 5-1; M Boyd bt T Shore 5-2; N Fruin bt J Shilton 5-0; R O'Sullivan bt S Duggan 5-2; J Higgins (Sco) bt J Delaney (Irl) 5-1; D McLellan (Sco) D McDonnell 5-1; B Oliver bt J Michie 5-3; S MacFarlane (Sco) bt D Grimwood 5-1; A Hamilton bt M MacLeod (Sco) 5-2; J Weston bt G Rigitano (Can) 5-0.