Michael Barnard finally broke his Bolton jinx to book his place in the last 64 of the UK Open at The Reebok. The Unicorn contender was impressive…. demolishing Nigel Langton 8 legs to 1 in their 2nd Round clash. Barnard was in cruise control and actually missed one dart at the bull for an 8-0 whitewash. “I am just relieved to get through,” he admitted. “I played well but there is a lot left in the tank, so let’s see what tomorrow brings!” Barnard’s reward is a clash with Liverpool’s Lee Palfreyman. One of the highlights of the 3rd Round sees Unicorn’s Colin Lloyd face his best mate Alan Warriner. Phil Taylor plays London postman Gary Noonan and John Part faces a tough test against Gary Welding. In the match of the round, Peter Manley goes head-to-head with Roland Scholten and Unicorn’s former World Champion Bob Anderson will roll back the years against Richie Burnett Full 3rd Round draw (best of 15 legs) Team Unicorn players in capitals Matt Clark v Steve Coote Jason Roberts v Alan Tabern Darren Johnson v Graeme Stoddart ADRIAN LEWIS v Kevin Dowling Geoff Harkup v Terry Jenkins Jimmy Mann v Colin Monk Owen Caffrey v Denis Ovens Gary Welding v JOHN PART Chris Allen v Dennis Priestley Gary Noonan v PHIL TAYLOR Barrie Bates v Wayne Atwood Kevin Pearson v Alex Roy Robbie Green v Chris Mason Roland Scholten v PETER MANLEY Simon Whatley v Raymond Van Barneveld Mark Robinson v Adrian Gray Robbie Widdows v Keith Deller Mick McGowan v Mark Walsh Steve Maish v Colin Osborne Andy Jenkins v Alan Reynolds Wayne Jones v Steve Hine John Magowan v KEVIN PAINTER Andy Hamilton v Lee Topper Richie Burnett v BOB ANDERSON Wes Newton v Darren Latham Dave Askew v Mark Dudbridge Ian Whillis v Wayne Mardle MICHAEDL BARNARD v Lee Palfreyman Tom Kirby v Andy Callaby Andy Smith v JAMES WADE COLIN LLOYD v Alan Warriner Lionel Sams v Ronnie Baxter
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