2006 UK Open

2006 Budweiser UK Open
2006 Budweiser UK Open
Tournament information
Dates	9–11 June 2006
Venue	Reebok Stadium
Location	Bolton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£124,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Champion(s)
	Raymond van Barneveld
«2005	2007»

The 2006 Budweiser UK Open was the fourth year of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, between 9–11 June 2006.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion but got knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Raymond van Barneveld. Van Barneveld went on to win the title, winning 13–7 against Barrie Bates in the final.

Format[]

Qualifying events were held at Greene King pubs across the UK – winners from each pub event progressed to one of four Regional Finals, to be staged in their relevant area. Players who reach the final eight in the Regional Finals will qualify for the televised stages of the UK Open in Bolton.

In addition there were eight UK Open Regional Finals for the "professional" players. All events were open to all darts players on payment of an entry fee – which means that players from both the PDC and BDO were eligible to enter. Players who enter through the Greene King Qualifying Round were not eligible to play in the regional qualifying events and vice versa.

The results of the eight qualifiers were then collated into an Order of Merit table (Winner £4000; Runner-up £2000; 3–4 £1000; 5–8 £500; 9–16 £250; 17–32 £100; 33–64 £50). The top 96 players plus ties in this Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers at the televised stages in Bolton.

1st round
Players who were ranked between 65 and 96 in the UK Open Order of Merit join the 32 Greene King qualifiers in the first round of the UK Open.

2nd round
Players ranked 33 to 64 join the first round winners.

3rd round
Players ranked in the top 32 join the second round winners.

2005/2006 UK Open Regional Finals[]

25 September 2005 (Welsh) Mark Walsh 2–1 Phil Taylor ^[1]
23 October 2005 (Irish) Colin Lloyd 2–1 Andy Smith ^[2]
6 November 2005 (Scottish) Adrian Lewis 2–0 Colin Lloyd ^[3]
8 January 2006 (North East) Kevin Painter 2–0 Colin Lloyd ^[4]
12 February 2006 (South West) Mark Dudbridge 2–0 Dennis Priestly ^[5]
5 March 2006 (Southern) Chris Mason 2–1 Barrie Bates ^[6]
19 March 2006 (North West) Alan Tabern 2–1 Steve Maish ^[7]
9 April 2006 (Midlands) Raymond van Barneveld 2–0 Ronnie Baxter ^[8]

UK Open Qualifiers[]

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Top 32 in UK Open Order of Merit (receiving byes into third round)[]

Numbers 33–64 of UK Open of Merit (receiving byes into second round)[]

Remaining numbers of UK Open of Merit (starting in first and preliminary round)[]

Greene King Qualifiers[]

Friday 9 June[]

Preliminary Round, best of 11 legs[]

Player	Score	Player
Eddie Lovely	3–6	Norman Fletcher
Mark Thomson	6–4	Kevin Spiolek
Steve Evans	3–6	Jan van der Rassel
Simon Craven	6–2	Guy Christyn
	6–4	Darren Webster

1st Round, best of 11 legs[]

Player	Score	Player
Steve Coote	6–3	Kevin Dalwood
Paul Williams	3–6	Gary Noonan
Alan Caves	5–6	Sean Palfrey
Cliff Lazarenko	3–6	Shayne Burgess
Bob Crawley	6–2	Alan Green
Jamie Harvey	6–2	Wayne Squirrell
Tom Wilson	5–6	Kevin Dowling
Steve Johnson	6–3	Pip Brown
Perry Regan	6–5	James Dorenbos
Danny Pinhorne	4–6	Rocco Maes
Ian Haines	6–2	Andy Hayfield
Darren Williams	6–5	Wayne Brown
Chris Hill	3–6	Geoff Harkup
John Harris	1–6	Jess Archer
Chris Allen	6–3	Paul Everson
Norman Fletcher	6–3	Peter Lock

Player	Score	Player
Yves Cottenge	6–2	Lee Rose
Darren Johnson	6–4	Rikki Blay
Glen Baxter	1–6	Graeme Stoddart
Gary Barnett	6–1	Peter Dillingham
David Fairbrass	6–1	Tony Smith
Tom Murphy	1–6	Wayne Atwood
Peter Hall	1–6	Lee Topper
Mark Thomson	2–6	Nigel Langton
David Platt	6–4	Mick Chambers
Jan van der Rassel	6–2	Coen Wiekamp
Stuart Pickles	6–2	Gary Miller
Darren Webster	6–0	Ian McLean
Nicky Turner	6–1	Tom Allies
	6–0	John Nesbitt
Johnny Haines	6–3	Dave Johnson
Dave Honey	6–1	Simon Craven

2nd Round, best of 15 legs[]

Player	Score	Player
Kevin Dowling	8–3	Shayne Burgess
Jess Archer	4–8	Jason Roberts
Bob Crawley	3–8	Ian Whillis
John MaGowan	8–6	Rocco Maes
Geoff Harkup	8–5	Steve Johnson
Michael Barnard	8–1	Nigel Langton
Mick McGowan	8–6	Yves Cottenjé
Lee Topper	8–4	Stuart Pickles
Simon Whatley	8–1	Dave Honey
Mark Robinson	8–3	David Fairbrass
Gary Barnett	6–8	Gary Welding
Darren Latham	8–7	Peter Allen
Robbie Widdows	8–4	Andy Hayfield
Graeme Stoddart	8–2	Nicky Turner
Darren Webster	6–8	Darren Johnson
Mark Frost	1–8	Alan Reynolds

Player	Score	Player
Dennis Smith	5–8	Adrian Gray
Robbie Green	8–7	Jamie Harvey
Keith Deller	8–6	Steve Beaton
Roland Scholten	8–3	Vic Hubbard
Colin Osborne	8–5	Jason Clark
Henry O'Neill	5–8	Wesley Newton
Matt Chapman	4–8	Jimmy Mann
David Platt	6–8	Andy Callaby
Sean Palfrey	7–8	Kevin Pearson
Wayne Atwood	8–6	Johnny Haines
Steve Coote	8–3	Shaun McDonald
Chris Allen	8–6	Perry Regan
Jan van der Rassel	3–8	Lee Palfreyman
Gary Noonan	8–4	Darren Williams
Dave Askew	8–0	Norman Fletcher
Steve Hine	^{[note 1]}	Eric Clary

^ Steve Hine received a bye in his match versus Eric Clary.

Saturday 10 June[]

3rd Round, best of 15 legs[]

Player	Score	Player
Matt Clark	8–6	Steve Coote
Jason Roberts	7–8	Alan Tabern
Darren Johnson	5–8	Graeme Stoddart
Adrian Lewis	8–1	Kevin Dowling
Geoff Harkup (Q)	1–8	Terry Jenkins
Jimmy Mann	8–2	Colin Monk
Owen Caffrey	3–8	Denis Ovens
Gary Welding	3–8	John Part
Chris Allen	5–8	Dennis Priestley
Gary Noonan	4–8	Phil Taylor
Barrie Bates	8–6	Wayne Atwood
Kevin Pearson	1–8	Alex Roy
Robbie Green	8–4	Chris Mason
Roland Scholten	8–5	Peter Manley
Simon Whatley	0–8	Raymond van Barneveld
Mark Robinson	3–8	Adrian Gray

Player	Score	Player
Robbie Widdows	2–8	Keith Deller
Mick McGowan	7–8	Mark Walsh
Steve Maish	8–6	Colin Osborne
Andy Jenkins	8–7	Alan Reynolds
Wayne Jones	8–3	Steve Hine
John MaGowan	8–5	Kevin Painter
Andy Hamilton	8–4	Lee Topper (Q)
Richie Burnett	5–8	Bob Anderson
Wesley Newton	8–7	Darren Latham
Dave Askew	8–3	Mark Dudbridge
Ian Whillis	4–8	Wayne Mardle
Michael Barnard	8–4	Lee Palfreyman
Tom Kirby	7–8	Andy Callaby
Andy Smith	8–6	James Wade
Colin Lloyd	8–2	Alan Warriner – Little
Lionel Sams	3–8	Ronnie Baxter

4th Round, best of 21 legs[]

Player	Score	Player
Adrian Lewis	11–10	Wayne Mardle
Dave Askew	3–11	Phil Taylor
Steve Maish	3–11	Colin Lloyd
Jimmy Mann	4–11	Raymond van Barneveld
Bob Anderson	11–4	Dennis Priestley
Graeme Stoddart	5–11	Alex Roy
Keith Deller	7–11	Terry Jenkins
Andy Smith	7–11	Alan Tabern

Player	Score	Player
Wesley Newton	5–11	Denis Ovens
Michael Barnard	7–11	Ronnie Baxter
Wayne Jones	8–11	Barrie Bates
Andy Hamilton	6–11	John Part
Mark Walsh	6–11	Robbie Green
Matt Clark	4–11	John MaGowan
Roland Scholten	11–5	Andy Jenkins
Andy Callaby	11–6	Adrian Gray

Sunday 11 June[]

Last 16 to Final[]

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5th Round Best of 21 legs		Quarter-finals Best of 21 legs		Semi-finals Best of 21 legs		Final Best of 25 legs

Raymond van Barneveld	11

Bob Anderson	3
		Raymond van Barneveld	11

		Phil Taylor	10
Phil Taylor	11

Colin Lloyd	2
				Raymond van Barneveld (96.45)	11

				John MaGowan (86.22)	7
John MaGowan	11

Adrian Lewis	6
		John MaGowan	11

		Robbie Green	8
Robbie Green	11

Terry Jenkins	6
						Raymond van Barneveld (91.50)	13

						Barrie Bates (82.98)	7
Barrie Bates	11

Roland Scholten	5
		Barrie Bates	11

		Alex Roy	10
Alex Roy	11

Ronnie Baxter	9
				Barrie Bates (82.80)	11

				Alan Tabern (85.17)	9
Denis Ovens	10

Alan Tabern	11
		Alan Tabern	11

		Andy Callaby	5
John Part	9

Andy Callaby	11

Random draws were made after each round up to the quarter final stage. Draw bracket has been compiled retrospectively.

References[]

^ "UK Open Qualifier 1". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "UK Open Qualifier 2". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "UK Open Qualifier 3". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "UK Open Qualifier 4". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "UK Open Qualifier 5". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "UK Open Qualifier 6". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "UK Open Qualifier 7". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "UK Open Qualifier 8". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "2006 UK Open Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ "Averages + Flag reference". Master Caller. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

External links[]

Darts Database 2006 UK Open Results

[Bye-10] Steve Hine received a bye in his match versus Eric Clary.

[1] "UK Open Qualifier 1". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[2] "UK Open Qualifier 2". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[3] "UK Open Qualifier 3". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[4] "UK Open Qualifier 4". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[5] "UK Open Qualifier 5". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[6] "UK Open Qualifier 6". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[7] "UK Open Qualifier 7". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[8] "UK Open Qualifier 8". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[9] "2006 UK Open Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[da-11] "Averages + Flag reference". Master Caller. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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