There were only had 24 entries so there was no play on Friday.
The event did not reach 32 entries therefore top 8 seeded players from the Seniors World Ranking list have been placed into the draw with the other 16 drawn randomly to play a match to face a seed in the Last 16.
The format of the European Open is best of 5 with no deciding frame respot.
Here are day 1 – July 21 2018 – results
Left Half
Round 1
Paul Currie 1-3 Aidan Devenney
Paul Donaghy NS – Rodney Goggins WO
Owen Toland NS – Tony Bullimer WO
Tom O’Driscoll 2-3 Sean Gray
Round 2
Aidan Devenney 0-3 Jonathan Bagley
Rodney Goggins 3-1 Robert Marshall
Tony Bullimer 1-3 Dermot McGlinchey
Sean Gray 1-3 Michael Judge
QF
Rodney Goggins 3-1 Jonathan Bagley
Michael Judge 3-0 Dermot McGlinchey
SF
Rodney Goggins 2-3 Michael Judge
Right Half
Round 1
Joe Sims 0-3 Tommy Murphy
Paul TheCannon Canavan 1-3 Tony Corrigan
Hughie O’Donnell WO – Mark Davies NS
Pat Bonnar WO – James Flaherty NS
Round 2
Tommy Murphy 0-3 Lee Richardson
Tony Corrigan 0-3 Anthony Bonnar
Hughie O’Donnell 2-3 Joe Delaney
Pat Bonnar 0-3 Sean Lanigan
QF
Lee Richardson 3-1 Anthony Bonnar
Joe Delaney 2-3 Sean Lanigan
SF
Sean Lanigan 3-0 Lee Richarson
The Final
Sean Lanigan 3-1 Michael Judge
50+ breaks
Rodney Goggins 121, 62
Michael Judge 104 (attempted maximum), 97, 95, 57, 52, 51
Sean Lanigan 79,75,54
Tony Corrigan 78
Joe Delaney 74, 58
Lee Richardson 81
Jonathan Bagley 66
Dermot McGlinchey 66
Hughie O’Donnell 64
Aidan Devenney 60
Sean Gray 50
The WPBSA World Seniors Tour 
How can there be seeds at the start of a season? Unfair imo, should be a straight draw.
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Rankings are carried over from previous end of season, and also, some “Legends” are currently seeded in most events. For the time being at least, the purpose is to get sponsors interested I guess.
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