THE venues for the four Holsten Qualifier Regional Finals for the Blue Square UK Open have now been confirmed.
Players who won through the first stage of qualifying in Holsten pubs around the country will now progress to one of four venues around the UK.
Regional Finals will be held on Saturday April 25 at Batley's Frontier Club and at the Aylesbury Ex-Services Club, with eight players from each venue winning a place in the UK Open Televised Finals in Bolton in June.
Sunday 26 will see the second pair of Regional Finals take place, at The Willows Variety Club in Salford and at Aston Villa FC in their Holte Suite.
Players who won through the pub qualifying round will receive written notification of their Regional Final.
Any players with queries can contact the Holsten Qualifiers helpline on 0191 251 0255, which re-opens on Tuesday April 14.
Please note:
Players should note a change of venue for the West Regional Final, which was initially planned for Worcester RU and advised to some qualifiers, but is now being held at Aston Villa.
Update: April 15
Over 400 players will be competing in this year's Regional Finals, with the players for each event listed below.
These include Michael Ovens and Dave Honey Jnr, the sons of PDC professionals Denis Ovens and Dave Honey.
Claire Stainsby, the partner of star Tony Eccles, has also won through to the Regional Finals, alongside a host of former Holsten Qualifiers and players with experience on the PDC circuit.
Update: April 21
Players should note the following information ahead of these events
Registration: 10.30am-11.45am
Play commences at 12pm
All players must register by 11.45am. Please give yourselves ample travelling time as there will be absolutely no exceptions to this rule.
Anybody not present when called to their board will be automatically eliminated from the tournament.
In accordance with PDC/DRA rules the following Dress Code will apply; no jeans, trainers, t-shirts or shorts. Players are required to wear dark trousers, collared shirts and black shoes.
Please be advised that ANYONE WEARING FOOTBALL SHIRTS OR FOOTBALL RELATED SHIRTS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE EVENT and shirts carrying logos or merchandising which conflicts with the sponsors Holsten/Blue Square and the PDC are strictly prohibited.
Anyone wearing this type of clothing will be asked to change it or alternatively to exit the event.
Saturday April 25
North-East Regional Final
Batley Frontier Variety Club
Bradford Road
Batley
WF17 6JD
Click here for Website/Directions
Tel: 01924 442 122
South-East Regional Final
Aylesbury Ex-Services Club
62-64 Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP21 7QP
Tel: 01296 482 358
Sunday April 26
North-West Regional Final
The Willows Variety Club
Willows Road
Salford
M5 5FQ
Click here for Website
Tel: 0161 736 8541
South-West Regional Final
Holte Suite
Aston Villa FC
Villa Park
Birmingham
B6 6HE
Player entries for each Regional Final are:
North-West Regional Final
JC Ainsworth
Mal Bailey
Paul Baines
Joe Bata
Kevin Beare
Paul Birch
Dave Blenkarne
Andy Bolton
Michael Brady
Alan Brown
Andy Brown
Mick Bushby Jnr
Mick Bushby Snr
David Butterworth
Drew Callary
Andrew Callary
Scott Chalmers
David Charnock
Stuart Coleman
John Cooper
Laurence Crease
Roy Cunnif
Jon Darlington
Fraser Dempsey
George Dempsey
George Dempsey Jnr
Robyn Dowell
Jeff Downey
Alex Field
Les Fitton
Kevin Formby
Duane Garfield
Jody Givens
Andrew Gourlay
Tony Green
Mark Griffiths
Ian Gunion
A Hamer
Stevie Hayton
Paul Heston
James Hill
Stephen Hill
Ralph Hirst
Phil Hutchinson
Garry Jardine
Dave Johnston
Mark Jones
Alan Kerr
Carl Langley
Chris Leather
Chris Longhorn
Joseph Lynch
Fran Lynch
Alan Mager
Stuart Mann
Ken Mather
Simon McCall
John McCullough
Eamon McGovern
Andy McGrath
Eddie McKearn
Mark McKinnon
Ian McNeil
Peter Meakin
Carl Miles
Ian Thompson
Robert Morrison
Terry Mullins
John Murdoch
Joe Murnan
John Newton
John Nicol
G O'Donnell
Paul Oxton
Andrew Pitt
Stephen Porter
Christopher Quirk
Edwin Randles
Mike Renshaw
Stephen Rigby
Alyn Robert
Harry Robinson
John Rock
Phil Rogers
David Rowan
Kevin Simm
Malcolm Smallshaw
Mark Stevens
Evander Stevenson
Gary Stone
Adam Theobald
Derek Ulke
Anthony Urmston-Toft
Ian Walters
M Waterworth Jnr
S Whittle
Lee Whitworth
Paul Whitworth
Derek Williams
Stuart Wilmott
David Windsor
North-East Regional Final
Stephen Abigail
Simon Alldritt
P Ashton
Terry Baggaley
Paul Bellenger
Scott Bennett
Darren Bohme
J Bowler
Anthony Broughton
Kevin Brown
D Broxup
Daniel Burgess
David Butt
Jason Callashaw
Roger Corby
Richard Corner
Mick Costello
A Cutting
Alan Davie
Ian Dawson
Keiron Devlin
Stephen Dickson
Arthur Dobey
Gordon Dobey
Glen Durrant
Kevin Edwards
Graham Elvidge
Stuart Fletcher
Eddie Fletcher
Carl Forrington
David Foster
David Garside
Ian Gleeson
Michael Gregg
Pip Hair
Chris Hall
Martyn Hannant
Nick Hanslow
Neil Hart
Kevin Hatfield
Tommy Herron
Gary Hobson
Chris Hornby
R Horrocks
Richard Hunter
Tom Ignatowski
Jamie Ingle
Steve Inman
Shane Johnson
Robert Jones
Joe Kelsall
Bob Kent
M Kings
Nigel Langton
Lutz Leutzsch
Stuart Limbert
Andy Lynn
Murray MacInnes
John Martin
Chris Matthews
Darren Mawyer
Dave Midgley
Tony Mitchell
Phil Monaghan
Stuart Monaghan
Carl Myers
John Nesbitt
Phill Nixon
James O'Connell
Matthew Padgett
S Parkinson
Andrew Rawley
Russ Redden
Sally Reel
Pete Riley
Micky Roberts
Mark Robinson
Kevin Ryan
Clive Shepherd
David Sidebottom
Paul Skelton
David Smurthwaite
Chris Spencer
John Spoors
Claire Stainsby
Mark Stanton
Gary Stephens
Dale Stephenson
Mick Stocks
Rich Taylor
Paul Temke
Dan Timmins
Graham Usher
Dave Wade
Scott Waites
Vernon Walsh
Chris Walsh
John Watson
Darren Weaver
James Weldon
Adrian Welsh
Anthony White
Stephen Whitehouse
Ian Wilson
Mark Wilson
Richie Winpenny
John Young
South-East Regional Final
Cliff Amey
Terry Andrew
M Atkins
John Barry
Ian Bell
Nick Bloom
N Bone
Dan Bowers
James Brooke
Stephen Brown
Gary Brown
Darren Burch
Steve Burgess
Mark Card
Alan Casey
M Caste
Mick Chambers
D Claydon
Scott Clifford
Paul Copeland
Dave Cross
P Currie
Graham Dando
Mel Davis
Lee Dawson
Robert Dell
Tony Denman
Stephen Dolan
Paul Downes
John Duckett
Martin Dunston
Joe Etherington
Jason Evans
Joe Evans
M Evans
David Everley
Colin Flomp
Liam Fox
Adrian Genery
Lee Gladman
David Goodchild
Chris Goodman
Bradley Gray
Anthony Greasley
Peter Green
Dave Gunn
Darren Hagon
Geoff Harkup
Martin Harrison
Doug Harwood
Mark Harwood
Roy Haydon
Darren Hazelwood
John Hedges
L Henderson
Alex Hogg
M Hook
Steve Hopkins
Martin Horne
Wayne Hornswell
Ray Houlihan
Paul Hudson
Wayne Hutt
Graham Iniss
Paul Jaggard
Leon Jarram
Daniel King-Morris
Richard Lacey
Kev Langley
Mark Larkins
Dennis Laverty
Matt Llewelyn
Ian Long
Keith Lucl
Andy MacKinnon
A Madden
Steve Maund
John McGuirk
Wayne McLean
S Mortimer
Neil Munro
Jason Neville
Gary Noonan
Andrew Noy
Terry O'Brien
Richard O'Leary
Michael Ovens
Mark Payne
Steve Penny
Mick Pepper
Stuart Pickles
Carl Poore
Jez Porter
David Poutchey
Scott Quinn
James Richardson
Darren Ridgeon
Jamie Robinson
Terry Rose
John Scott
Paul Scott
John Sinclair
Tim Standring
James Stephenson
Ben Stevenson
Steve Taylor
Terry Taylor
Gareth Thomas
Gary Thompson
Gary Trood
Andy Turnbull
Nick Veal
M Walton
Coen Wiekamp
Robin Wigg
Carl Wilkins
Keith Williams
Chris Wilson
D Wilson
Graham Wraight
Alan Wyatt
South-West Regional Final
Nicholas Alan Harvey
Sam Allen
Jess Archer
Jamie Atkins
Charlie Atwood
Matthew Aubrey
Dene Baldwin
Andy Barnwell
Wayne Beirne
Mark Bellerby
Gary Bird
Chris Blackmore
Geoff Bladen
Jeremy Booker
Paul Brookes
David Broome
Dave Brummell
Andrew Burnett
Daniel Butler
Jay Carter
Mick Chater
Tony Clark
Paul Cook
Dylan Cook
Neil Cooper
Mark Cox
Chris Dale
J Day
Garry Dennant
Matthew Draper
Kevin Dunstan
Danny Dyer
Jim Elsey
John Farmer
Graham Filmer
Ryan Frisby
Andy Godwin
Chris Gough
Ben Green
Dave Green
Stephen Greenwood
Kevin Griffiths
Paul Hacquoil
Johnny Haines
Graham Harris
David Harris
P Harrison
Nigel Haydon
R Herrington
Steve Hillier
Chris Hill
Dave Honey Jnr
Joseph Hopkins
Eddie Hughes
Mark Hylton
Danny James
Aylwin Jones
Liam Kelly
Jamie Kelly
Mike Langley
Mark Layton
Stephen Lees
Alan Leighton
Steven Lippett
Sam Luscombe
Steven Mason
A McCready
Paul Milmoor
Scott Mitton
Mike Nott
Ryan Palmer
Steve Paris
Stephen Parry
S Pascoe
Tom Pauling
Michael Payne
Andy Pearce
Phil Pearce
Simon Pearce
Ivor Phillips
Steve Poulter
W Price
Paul Price
Raymond Procope
David Randell
Martin Richell
Andy Roberts
Paul Rowley
Matty Royle
Robert Rubery
Joe Sharratt
Mark Stocker
Wayne Thomas
Elvert Thomas
Alf Turley
M Turnbull
Paul Turner
Ian Vince
Michael Waring
Steven Wellington
A West
Adrian Whatcoat
Dave Wicks
Jim Young
Players who won through the first stage of qualifying in Holsten pubs around the country will now progress to one of four venues around the UK.
Regional Finals will be held on Saturday April 25 at Batley's Frontier Club and at the Aylesbury Ex-Services Club, with eight players from each venue winning a place in the UK Open Televised Finals in Bolton in June.
Sunday 26 will see the second pair of Regional Finals take place, at The Willows Variety Club in Salford and at Aston Villa FC in their Holte Suite.
Players who won through the pub qualifying round will receive written notification of their Regional Final.
Any players with queries can contact the Holsten Qualifiers helpline on 0191 251 0255, which re-opens on Tuesday April 14.
Please note:
Players should note a change of venue for the West Regional Final, which was initially planned for Worcester RU and advised to some qualifiers, but is now being held at Aston Villa.
Update: April 15
Over 400 players will be competing in this year's Regional Finals, with the players for each event listed below.
These include Michael Ovens and Dave Honey Jnr, the sons of PDC professionals Denis Ovens and Dave Honey.
Claire Stainsby, the partner of star Tony Eccles, has also won through to the Regional Finals, alongside a host of former Holsten Qualifiers and players with experience on the PDC circuit.
Update: April 21
Players should note the following information ahead of these events
Registration: 10.30am-11.45am
Play commences at 12pm
All players must register by 11.45am. Please give yourselves ample travelling time as there will be absolutely no exceptions to this rule.
Anybody not present when called to their board will be automatically eliminated from the tournament.
In accordance with PDC/DRA rules the following Dress Code will apply; no jeans, trainers, t-shirts or shorts. Players are required to wear dark trousers, collared shirts and black shoes.
Please be advised that ANYONE WEARING FOOTBALL SHIRTS OR FOOTBALL RELATED SHIRTS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE EVENT and shirts carrying logos or merchandising which conflicts with the sponsors Holsten/Blue Square and the PDC are strictly prohibited.
Anyone wearing this type of clothing will be asked to change it or alternatively to exit the event.
Saturday April 25
North-East Regional Final
Batley Frontier Variety Club
Bradford Road
Batley
WF17 6JD
Click here for Website/Directions
Tel: 01924 442 122
South-East Regional Final
Aylesbury Ex-Services Club
62-64 Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP21 7QP
Tel: 01296 482 358
Sunday April 26
North-West Regional Final
The Willows Variety Club
Willows Road
Salford
M5 5FQ
Click here for Website
Tel: 0161 736 8541
South-West Regional Final
Holte Suite
Aston Villa FC
Villa Park
Birmingham
B6 6HE
Player entries for each Regional Final are:
North-West Regional Final
JC Ainsworth
Mal Bailey
Paul Baines
Joe Bata
Kevin Beare
Paul Birch
Dave Blenkarne
Andy Bolton
Michael Brady
Alan Brown
Andy Brown
Mick Bushby Jnr
Mick Bushby Snr
David Butterworth
Drew Callary
Andrew Callary
Scott Chalmers
David Charnock
Stuart Coleman
John Cooper
Laurence Crease
Roy Cunnif
Jon Darlington
Fraser Dempsey
George Dempsey
George Dempsey Jnr
Robyn Dowell
Jeff Downey
Alex Field
Les Fitton
Kevin Formby
Duane Garfield
Jody Givens
Andrew Gourlay
Tony Green
Mark Griffiths
Ian Gunion
A Hamer
Stevie Hayton
Paul Heston
James Hill
Stephen Hill
Ralph Hirst
Phil Hutchinson
Garry Jardine
Dave Johnston
Mark Jones
Alan Kerr
Carl Langley
Chris Leather
Chris Longhorn
Joseph Lynch
Fran Lynch
Alan Mager
Stuart Mann
Ken Mather
Simon McCall
John McCullough
Eamon McGovern
Andy McGrath
Eddie McKearn
Mark McKinnon
Ian McNeil
Peter Meakin
Carl Miles
Ian Thompson
Robert Morrison
Terry Mullins
John Murdoch
Joe Murnan
John Newton
John Nicol
G O'Donnell
Paul Oxton
Andrew Pitt
Stephen Porter
Christopher Quirk
Edwin Randles
Mike Renshaw
Stephen Rigby
Alyn Robert
Harry Robinson
John Rock
Phil Rogers
David Rowan
Kevin Simm
Malcolm Smallshaw
Mark Stevens
Evander Stevenson
Gary Stone
Adam Theobald
Derek Ulke
Anthony Urmston-Toft
Ian Walters
M Waterworth Jnr
S Whittle
Lee Whitworth
Paul Whitworth
Derek Williams
Stuart Wilmott
David Windsor
North-East Regional Final
Stephen Abigail
Simon Alldritt
P Ashton
Terry Baggaley
Paul Bellenger
Scott Bennett
Darren Bohme
J Bowler
Anthony Broughton
Kevin Brown
D Broxup
Daniel Burgess
David Butt
Jason Callashaw
Roger Corby
Richard Corner
Mick Costello
A Cutting
Alan Davie
Ian Dawson
Keiron Devlin
Stephen Dickson
Arthur Dobey
Gordon Dobey
Glen Durrant
Kevin Edwards
Graham Elvidge
Stuart Fletcher
Eddie Fletcher
Carl Forrington
David Foster
David Garside
Ian Gleeson
Michael Gregg
Pip Hair
Chris Hall
Martyn Hannant
Nick Hanslow
Neil Hart
Kevin Hatfield
Tommy Herron
Gary Hobson
Chris Hornby
R Horrocks
Richard Hunter
Tom Ignatowski
Jamie Ingle
Steve Inman
Shane Johnson
Robert Jones
Joe Kelsall
Bob Kent
M Kings
Nigel Langton
Lutz Leutzsch
Stuart Limbert
Andy Lynn
Murray MacInnes
John Martin
Chris Matthews
Darren Mawyer
Dave Midgley
Tony Mitchell
Phil Monaghan
Stuart Monaghan
Carl Myers
John Nesbitt
Phill Nixon
James O'Connell
Matthew Padgett
S Parkinson
Andrew Rawley
Russ Redden
Sally Reel
Pete Riley
Micky Roberts
Mark Robinson
Kevin Ryan
Clive Shepherd
David Sidebottom
Paul Skelton
David Smurthwaite
Chris Spencer
John Spoors
Claire Stainsby
Mark Stanton
Gary Stephens
Dale Stephenson
Mick Stocks
Rich Taylor
Paul Temke
Dan Timmins
Graham Usher
Dave Wade
Scott Waites
Vernon Walsh
Chris Walsh
John Watson
Darren Weaver
James Weldon
Adrian Welsh
Anthony White
Stephen Whitehouse
Ian Wilson
Mark Wilson
Richie Winpenny
John Young
South-East Regional Final
Cliff Amey
Terry Andrew
M Atkins
John Barry
Ian Bell
Nick Bloom
N Bone
Dan Bowers
James Brooke
Stephen Brown
Gary Brown
Darren Burch
Steve Burgess
Mark Card
Alan Casey
M Caste
Mick Chambers
D Claydon
Scott Clifford
Paul Copeland
Dave Cross
P Currie
Graham Dando
Mel Davis
Lee Dawson
Robert Dell
Tony Denman
Stephen Dolan
Paul Downes
John Duckett
Martin Dunston
Joe Etherington
Jason Evans
Joe Evans
M Evans
David Everley
Colin Flomp
Liam Fox
Adrian Genery
Lee Gladman
David Goodchild
Chris Goodman
Bradley Gray
Anthony Greasley
Peter Green
Dave Gunn
Darren Hagon
Geoff Harkup
Martin Harrison
Doug Harwood
Mark Harwood
Roy Haydon
Darren Hazelwood
John Hedges
L Henderson
Alex Hogg
M Hook
Steve Hopkins
Martin Horne
Wayne Hornswell
Ray Houlihan
Paul Hudson
Wayne Hutt
Graham Iniss
Paul Jaggard
Leon Jarram
Daniel King-Morris
Richard Lacey
Kev Langley
Mark Larkins
Dennis Laverty
Matt Llewelyn
Ian Long
Keith Lucl
Andy MacKinnon
A Madden
Steve Maund
John McGuirk
Wayne McLean
S Mortimer
Neil Munro
Jason Neville
Gary Noonan
Andrew Noy
Terry O'Brien
Richard O'Leary
Michael Ovens
Mark Payne
Steve Penny
Mick Pepper
Stuart Pickles
Carl Poore
Jez Porter
David Poutchey
Scott Quinn
James Richardson
Darren Ridgeon
Jamie Robinson
Terry Rose
John Scott
Paul Scott
John Sinclair
Tim Standring
James Stephenson
Ben Stevenson
Steve Taylor
Terry Taylor
Gareth Thomas
Gary Thompson
Gary Trood
Andy Turnbull
Nick Veal
M Walton
Coen Wiekamp
Robin Wigg
Carl Wilkins
Keith Williams
Chris Wilson
D Wilson
Graham Wraight
Alan Wyatt
South-West Regional Final
Nicholas Alan Harvey
Sam Allen
Jess Archer
Jamie Atkins
Charlie Atwood
Matthew Aubrey
Dene Baldwin
Andy Barnwell
Wayne Beirne
Mark Bellerby
Gary Bird
Chris Blackmore
Geoff Bladen
Jeremy Booker
Paul Brookes
David Broome
Dave Brummell
Andrew Burnett
Daniel Butler
Jay Carter
Mick Chater
Tony Clark
Paul Cook
Dylan Cook
Neil Cooper
Mark Cox
Chris Dale
J Day
Garry Dennant
Matthew Draper
Kevin Dunstan
Danny Dyer
Jim Elsey
John Farmer
Graham Filmer
Ryan Frisby
Andy Godwin
Chris Gough
Ben Green
Dave Green
Stephen Greenwood
Kevin Griffiths
Paul Hacquoil
Johnny Haines
Graham Harris
David Harris
P Harrison
Nigel Haydon
R Herrington
Steve Hillier
Chris Hill
Dave Honey Jnr
Joseph Hopkins
Eddie Hughes
Mark Hylton
Danny James
Aylwin Jones
Liam Kelly
Jamie Kelly
Mike Langley
Mark Layton
Stephen Lees
Alan Leighton
Steven Lippett
Sam Luscombe
Steven Mason
A McCready
Paul Milmoor
Scott Mitton
Mike Nott
Ryan Palmer
Steve Paris
Stephen Parry
S Pascoe
Tom Pauling
Michael Payne
Andy Pearce
Phil Pearce
Simon Pearce
Ivor Phillips
Steve Poulter
W Price
Paul Price
Raymond Procope
David Randell
Martin Richell
Andy Roberts
Paul Rowley
Matty Royle
Robert Rubery
Joe Sharratt
Mark Stocker
Wayne Thomas
Elvert Thomas
Alf Turley
M Turnbull
Paul Turner
Ian Vince
Michael Waring
Steven Wellington
A West
Adrian Whatcoat
Dave Wicks
Jim Young