UK Open March 6th - 8th

Irish entrants early rounds draw summary

Niall Culleton - enters round 1

Round 1 plays qualifier Lewis Pearce

Round 2 will have a bye if he wins as Tingstrom has withdrawn

Round 3 will play whoever gets through from Wesley Plasier, Owen Bates and Yorick Hofkens

Playing a qualifier and then a potential bye means he has a great chance of making round 3

Stephen Rosney - enters round 1

Round 1 plays qualifier Clive Langford

Round 2 plays winner of Stephen Burton and Jake Eichen

Round 3 plays Tribault Tricole

A great chance to make round 2 with a qualifier. Has been in decent form and might be a shout to make it past round 3.

Shane McGuirk - enters round 2

Round 2 plays Thomas Lovely

Round 3 plays Martin Lukeman

A sign of Shane's good start to the season that he is already ranked high enough to enter at round 2, passing some pros on the second year of their card, as a result is certain to get prizemoney and ranking points. Has gotten a kind draw especially if he gets past Thomas Lovely, which he will be favourite to do, Lukeman has not been in great form. A great chance to make it to Friday evening and then who knows

Keane Barry - Enters round 3

Round 3 plays Kim Huybrechts

A battle of 2 players that blow hot and cold this one. Keane has shown some glimpses of good form this year so far mixed in with some not so good. Is defending 10K from 2 years ago so will hope to get into Saturday at a minimum

Mickey Mansell - Enters round 3

Round 3 - plays winner of Greg Ritchie, Adam Leek, David Sharp

Will be fancied to progress but might be tricky facing someone who has already played 1 or 2 games.

Brendan Dolan - Enters round 3

Round 3 - plays Ricky Evans

A game that could go either way, probably depends what version of Evans shows up

William O Connor - Enters round 3

Round 3 - plays Ryan Miekle

Willie has had a poor start to the season, he is in a great spot in the rankings and likely to play most if not all the Euro tour events as well as the Matchplay and Grand Prix. Needs to get some runs going, Meikle wont be easy especially the way Willie has been playing. Hopefully the stage brings out a good performance and if he finds his form of last year combined with a kind draw or 2 he could have a deep run

Niall Culleton beats Lewis Pearse 6-3

6-5 win for Rosney. Poor game but got through it

Beau greaves out in her first match

Mansell loses 6-5 to Greg Ritchie

Stephen Rosney beaten 6-4 in round 3 by Tricole. Had some chances and actually had a better average but alas

Brendan Dolan lost to Ricky Evans

A few all top 16 games in the 4th round

Littler v Heta

MvG v Aspinall

Dobey v Wade

Also Luke Humphries v Luke Woodhouse

Niall Culleton beaten 10-8 by Dominic Gruellich in round 4. A good tournament for him but would have been great to get the 10k prize money with a win in that game