Sporting Digest: Snooker

EMBASSY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Blackpool) Eighth qualifying round: N Walker (Eng) bt S MacFarlane (Sco) 5-2; D Dale (Wal) bt D Walker (Eng) 5-1; C Edwards (Eng) bt J Giles (Eng) 5-3; J Michie (Eng) bt D Hackeson (Eng) 5-2; F O'Brien (Irl) bt P Lines (Eng) 5-4; D Murphy (Eng) bt G Lees (Eng) 5-0; I Sargent (Wal) bt S Bigham (Sco) 5-2; R Hull (Fin) bt D Rippon (Eng) 5-3; M King (Eng) bt J Higgins (Sco) 5-4; S Meakin (Eng) bt S Longworth (Eng) 5-2; A Davies (Wal) bt C Morton (Eng) 5-0; M O'Neill (N Irl) bt P Daubney (Eng) 5-4; D Harold (Eng) bt A Robidoux (Can) 10-8; E Lott (Eng) bt W King (Aus) 5-3; R Foldvari (Aus) bt P Kenny (Eng) 5-3; I Brumby (Eng) bt A Cairns (Eng) 5-4; K Payne (Eng) bt B Rouswell (Eng) 5-2; G Peters (Wal) bt S Mellish (Eng) 5-4; S Lee (Eng) bt J Delaney (Irl) 5-0; J O'Boye (Eng) bt J Timson (Eng) 5-1; J Woodman (Eng) bt M Macleod (Sco) 5-3; J Burnett (Sco) bt A Harris (Eng) 5-0; M Rowing (Eng) bt A Fisher (Eng) 5-1; S Judd (Eng) bt C Scanlon (Eng) 5-3; T Shaw (Eng) bt M Gibson (Sco) 5-1; P McPhillips (Sco) bt D Guest (Eng) 5-2; S Storey (Eng) bt S Reardon (Eng) 5-1; K Broughton (Eng) bt S Lanigan (Eng) 5-3; A Barg (Malta) bt M Campbell (Sco) 5-2; G Ponting (Eng) bt M Couch (Eng) 5-4; J Grech (Malta) bt N Barrow (Eng) 5-4; T Bailey (Eng) bt E Henderson (Sco) 5-3; D McDonnell (Eng) bt M Boyd (Eng) 5-3.