Sporting Digest: Snooker

NEW SKODA GRAND PRIX (Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool) First qualifying round: P O'Donoghue bt D Mellon 5-2; M Fernandez bt J Barnes 5-3; A Burden bt M O'Sullivan 5-3; T Dunphy bt L Heard 5-3; E Barker bt G Tugby 5- 4; J Rous bt D Sharpe 5-0; M Maher bt M Ganderton 5-1; G Kwok bt H Vaizie 5-3; A Edmonds bt S Van Der Broght 5-3; C O'Sullivan bt J Scott 5-3; G Dot bt J Curtis 5-1; G Stevens bt D Skinner 5-3; R King bt A Osman 5-3; M Vassalo bt P Smith 5-3; M Catchpole bt T Miah 5-3; A Halpin bt J Buckley 5-0; S Wescott bt J Fitzmaurice 5-2; S Journet bt D Lennox 5-4; M Billaney bt T Parry 5-2; S Popplewell bt Z Vaic 5- 1; S Evans bt K Smith 5-2; S Journet bt D Lennox 5-4; J McGouran bt P Delsemne 5-4; A Buckley bt I Simmonds 5-2; J Vicarey bt L Fatt 5- 4; C Gilchreest bt D Mole 5-1; K McCallum bt C Bernstone 5-1; S De Baets bt L Harney 5-1; A Photiou bt J Khan 5-3; A Photiou bt A Milliard 5-3; E Matthiasson bt I Stark 5-0; A Radford bt M Colmer 5-4; M Stevens bt P Williams 5-0; D Zagaroli bt S Berry 5-1; S Day bt J Mills 5-1; R Culham bt P Green 5-0; S Taylor bt L Walker 5- 3; S Cooney bt C Achilles 5-1; G Stevenson bt M Cackett 5-2; P Lloyd bt J Donnelly 5-4; I Hurdman bt M Green 5-0; J Van Goetham bt S Henderson w/o; K Jit Singh bt M Spade 5-4; Craig Glanville bt K Johnstone 5-2.