2006 UK Open

Template:Infobox individual darts tournament 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
23 October 2005 (Irish) Colin Lloyd 2–1 Andy Smith
6 November 2005 (Scottish) Adrian Lewis 2–0 Colin Lloyd
8 January 2006 (North East) Kevin Painter 2–0 Colin Lloyd
12 February 2006 (South West) Mark Dudbridge 2–0 Dennis Priestly
5 March 2006 (Southern) Chris Mason 2–1 Barrie Bates
19 March 2006 (North West) Alan Tabern 2–1 Steve Maish
9 April 2006 (Midlands) Raymond van Barneveld 2–0 Ronnie Baxter

Friday 9 June

Preliminary round, best of 11 legs

Player	Score	Player
Template:Flagicon Eddie Lovely	3–6	Template:Flagicon Norman Fletcher
Template:Flagicon Mark Thomson	6–4	Template:Flagicon Kevin Spiolek
Template:Flagicon Steve Evans	3–6	Template:Flagicon Jan van der Rassel
Template:Flagicon Simon Craven	6–2	Template:Flagicon Guy Christyn
Template:Flagicon Dave Jowett	6–4	Template:Flagicon Darren Webster
Template:Flagicon John Quantock	5–6	Template:Flagicon Shaun McDonald
Template:Flagicon Peter Locke	6–3	Template:Flagicon Dave Whitcombe
Template:Flagicon Cliff Lazarenko	6–5	Template:Flagicon Al Hedman

1st Round, best of 11 legs

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

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

2nd Round, best of 15 legs

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

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

Saturday 10 June

3rd Round, best of 15 legs

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

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

4th Round, best of 21 legs

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

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

Sunday 11 June

Last 16 to Final

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

External links

• Darts Database 2006 UK Open Results