Sporting Digest: Snooker

BRITISH OPEN (Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool) Eighth qualifying round: P McPhillips (Sco) bt F Dezi (Eng) 5-3; S Whalley (Eng) bt E Henderson (Sco) 5-1; K Payne (Eng) bt D Clarke (Eng) 5-0; C Small (Sco) bt S Ali (Eng) 5-2; S Mazrocis (Eng) bt J Shilton (Eng) 5-3; S Reardon (Eng) bt S MacFarlane (Sco)

5-3; M Flowerdew (Eng) bt J Burnett (Sco) 5-1; D Walker (Eng) bt P Browne (Irl) 5-0; N Mosley (Eng) bt I Williamson (Eng) 5-0; D Gilbert (Eng) bt T Murphy (N Irl) 5-1; R Williams (Eng) bt C Morton (Eng) 5-3; J Higgins (Sco) bt I McCulloch (Eng) 5-0; J Lardner (Sco) bt P Lines (Eng) 5-1; M Couch (Eng) bt D McDonnell (Eng) 5-2; F O'Brien (Irl) bt M Campbell (Sco) 5-0; D Dale (Wal) bt N Dyson (Eng) 5-4; A Bishop (Eng) bt D McGlinchey (N Irl) 5-2; D Wilson (Eng) bt M Gray (Eng) 5-3; M Williams (Wal) bt P Daubney (Eng) 5-4; R Garrett (Eng) bt O King (Eng) 5-4; J Bodle (Eng) bt M Rowing (Eng) 5-2; A Bolsover (Eng) bt S Longworth (Eng) 5-1; I Brumby (Eng) A Rose (Eng) 5-2; S O'Connor (Ire) bt S Campbell (Eng) 5-1.