Sporting Digest: Snooker

NEW SKODA GRAND PRIX (Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool) First qualifying round: J Morris bt C Flight 5-3; R Michael bt M Lee 5-3; G Williams bt R Somaurod 5-4; S Rigg bt E Clark 5-4; S Archer bt Huseyin Hursid 5-1; M Bailey bt S Chong 5-2; N Wiangchai bt L Walters 5-3; P Hefford bt A Colitts 5-0; C Bradshaw bt R Surin 5-4; A Alexandrou bt S Keeton 5-0; R Mallow bt T Burke 5-2; N Spelman bt M Bayley 5-4; S Cook bt A Highfield 5-4; B Smits bt P Thomerson 5-1; N Selman bt J Mullane 5-1; J Buckingham bt A Barbacane 5-0; A Neck bt N Jones 5-4; K Townsend bt R Grenville-Smith 5-1; B Haneveer bt J Singh 5-4; C Barnard bt A Taylor 5-2; G Chilcott bt E Manning 5-0; E Lott bt E Munro 5-1; S Pettman bt G Jones 5-3; R Marshall bt I Bullimore 5-3; R Fabrie bt J Whittaker 5-0; S Parker bt S Kershaw 5-2; N Noppachorn bt S Hillyard 5-4; A Bishop bt M Devon 5-4; L Wai Lee bt A Borg 5-2; W Brown bt S Whalley 5-1; S Lehmens bt M Taylor 5-3; M McGrotty bt S Reardon 5-4; P Bullen bt M O'Neill 5-3; J Bodle bt D Athorn

5-3; L Smith bt W Rendle 5-4; S Lynskey bt H Lakhani 5-1; S Prest bt A Krasinski 5-4; P Sweeny bt P Medati 5-1; D Zeid bt J Pegram 5-2; S Morris bt J Greaves 5-1; C Harrison bt D Gracey 5-0; D Peach bt J Manley 5-4.