THE UK Open began yesterday at the Butlins Resort, Minehead, with no fewer than 159 players all bidding for the £100,000 top prize. There were 127 matches completed on eight boards across two sessions and at the end of the day only 32 players remained, which included Plymouth professional Simon Stevenson. The Mirror Man entered the tournament in the second round and had to play Adrian Gray who had defeated Ian McFarlane 6-1 in round one. Simon could not have wished for a bett

VICTORY Inn A have moved up the Monday Premier League table and now have a share of the lead after a convincing 10-1 success away at Plympton Cons. They were driven by consistent performances from Gary Phillips (100x16) and Darren Collis (100x13) and there was also a good 601 doubles victory for Keelan Kay and Tony Conn whose best leg was claimed in 19. The Honicknowle side now share top spot with last week’s table-toppers Brewery Tap who defeated Prince Maurice 8-3 and just

THERE were some big wins this week in the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League, with no fewer than eight of the 10 fixtures being won in double figures, but unbeaten leaders Porters Patriots were not amongst them. But they did put in a good shift away at Victory Inn A to win 8-3 and produced some excellent performances in the individual phases. The fixture harvested 105 scores of a ton or more which included seven maximums and John Mann emerged as leading marksman with 17.