The new season starts … in Bruges

Yes, we have the first event of the new season, in beautiful Bruges.

Here is the draw:

And the format:

Prelim Match: Ricky Sadhwani 0-3 Hans Blankaert (replaces Stephane Ochoiski) – winner to play Lee Richardson

Last 32

Patrick Wallace 3-0 Jan Mortelé
Alain Vandersteen 3-0 Markus Silja Fischer
Jonathan Charlton 3-0 Lee Taylor
Gary Filtness 3-1 Simone Zappi
Stuart Watson 3-0 Ian Spawton (replaces Garry Coulson)
Andy Turner 1-3 Wang-Chooi Tan
Andreas Papaiacovou 3-1 George Apperley
Max Acquati 0-3 Rodney Goggins

Michael Judge 3-0 Philip Owen Blackburn
Lieven Vanthournout W/O … Wasseem Shurih
Les Dodd 3-1 Giuseppe Colonna
Saman Rasool … W/O Sean Lanigan
Richard Emery 3-0 Jos Voets
Dean Sycamore 2-3 Ludovic Arnaert
Dharmendra Patel 2-3 David Coltro
Lee Richardson 0-3 Hans Blankaert

Last 16

Patrick Wallace 3-2 Alain Vandersteen
Jonathan Charlton 2-3 Gary Filtness
Stuart Watson 3-0 Wang Chooi Tan
Andreas Papaiacovou 0-3 Rodney Goggins

Michael Judge 3-1 Lieven Vanthournout
Les Dodd 1-3 Sean Lanigan
Richard Emery 3-1 Ludovic Arnaert
David Coltro … W/O Hans Blankaert

Belgian Referees on the final day