Las Vegas Desert Classic VII - Day 1
CO STOMPE earned his debut in a PDC major tournament as one of the first eight qualifiers for the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic VII.
The Dutchman moved onto the PDC circuit in mid-June, and has made an immediate impression to win a place in the first round of the Desert Classic, which begins on Wednesday.
He defeated Roger Carter 5-2 in his deciding game, was a 5-4 winner against Denis Ovens in the last 32 and had dropped only one leg in opening wins over John Murray and Simon Whatley.
American Carter hit a nine-darter in defeating Wes Newton in the last 32, only to fall at the final hurdle in his bid for a place in the main event.
Scotland
^s Robert Thornton, another recent mover onto the PDC circuit, was pushed all the way by Joe Slivan before taking a 5-4 win in his deciding game, after the American missed darts for victory in the eighth leg.
Mervyn King qualified for the main tournament for a second successive year, defeating Barrie Bates 5-3 in the decider
Adrian Gray, who is likely to claim the final qualifying place for the Stan James World Matchplay, overcame Kevin Dowling 5-3 to win his place in the main tournament.
Canadian Shawn Brenneman will make his debut on the televised stage later in the week after he sneaked past Bristol^s Steve Brown 5-4, and also defeated Ireland^s Mick McGowan and Australian Paul Nicholson during the opening day of qualifiers.
Mark Walsh knocked out Kevin Painter 5-3 to win his place in the first round draw, having followed up his run to the semi-finals of Sunday^s Las Vegas Players Championship by dropping only one leg in his three games to reach the decider.
Steve Maish celebrated his third wedding anniversary with a 5-3 win over Alan Tabern to qualify, while former World Championship qualifier Martin Burchell, from Crawley in West Sussex, produced a fine display to whitewash Kit Young and earn his first appearance on the Mandalay Bay stage.
Number one seed Ronnie Baxter was a first round casualty, going down 5-4 to Jelle Klaasen, who was defeated in a deciding leg by Dowling in the last 32.
They will join just under 200 players who return on Tuesday to play off for the final eight places in the Desert Classic.
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Las Vegas Desert Classic VII
Day One Qualifiers
Adrian Gray
Mervyn King
Co Stompe
Shawn Brenneman
Mark Walsh
Robert Thornton
Martin Burchell
Steve Maish
Day One Qualifier Results
Preliminary Round
Ron Colvard 5-0 Keith Luck
Martyn Graham 5-1 Roger Goswell
Steve Smith 5-2 Taro Yachi
Kevin McDine 5-1 Tony Little
Kevin Dowling 5-1 Brian Jones
Paul Lim 5-2 Dave Essex
Scott Burnett 5-0 Danny Llanes
Mark Tiller 5-3 Wayne Atwood
Robbie Clear 5-4 Alan Codlin
Richie Burnett 5-0 Ron Peppers
Tom Wilson 5-0 Davey Harris
Brian Derbyshire 5-3 Jerry Hull
Sam Sawyer 5-0 Steve Randall
Tomokazu Onoda 5-3 Marcus Maraitis
Anton Pein 5-0 Niall Rooney
Dave Cameron 5-2 Robbie Newland
Dave Honey 5-0 Joe Formica
Eddie White 5-4 Cyril Pearce
Michael van Gerwen 5-1 John Worthington
Sam Rooney 5-0 Bobby Peters
Alan Matthews 5-2 Alan Wyatt
John Murray 5-1 John Hursey
Simon Whatley 5-0 Par Rihonen
Scott Kirchner 5-0 Darren Dixon
Gary
Blades 5-4 Robert Heckman
Steve Mason 5-0 Steve Hogan
Donnie Strode 5-0 Marc Garcia
Sue Cusick Bye (Steven Harbert timed out)
Roger Carter 5-1 Kenji Mayama
Steve Hine 5-0 Jason Smith
Nick Rivera 5-0 Takeyama Daisuke
Steve Beaton 5-0 James Stephenson
Geoff Daniels 5-4 Christopher Eberley
Steve Brown 5-2 Russell Stewart
Peter Walford 5-2 Scott Clifford
Michael Rosenauer 5-0 Dan Lauby
Chris White 5-0 Mark K Robinson
Shawn Brenneman 5-1 John Dawes
Steve Hills 5-1 Joseph Swick
Andy Mason 5-2 Dave Ansell
Robert Watson-Lang 5-3 Matt Clark
Mark Nielsen 5-1 David Uribe
Mark Frost 5-0 Jayson Barlow
Sean Palfrey 5-3 Dave Smith
Dan Olson 5-0 David Ley
Dale Arthur 5-3 Napoleon J MacPherson
Ben Hendon 5-1 Robert Race
Graham Warburton 5-0 Vasilios Gavrielatos
Keith Bedding 5-0 Gary Mawson
Robert Thornton 5-1 Isaac Julian
Stephen Panuncialman 5-3 Paul Nicholson
Ben Burton 5-1 Isen Veljic
Peter Wright 5-1 Thomas Jackowski
Steve Cusick Bye (Tarek Hamdy)
Joe Slivan 5-4 Dale Masterman
Mark Card 5-2 Alexander Plachutin
Steve Grubb 5-4 Pete Riehl
John Quantock 5-1 Paul Cohen
Steve Farrow 5-0 Gilbert Llanes
Dennis Smith 5-3 Anthony Clark
Martin Burchell 5-2 Gregor Cruickshank
Mark Carter 5-0 Stephen Grant
Philip Smith 5-3 Gordon Dixon
Greg Lewis 5-4 John Kuczynski
Terry Stewart 5-2 Jim Withers
Andy Beardmore Bye (Victor DeWilde)
Stacy Bromberg 5-3 Frederick Krueger
John Ferrell 5-1 Nigel Panton
Danny King 5-4 Bryan Willis
Mena Maximo 5-1 Brenda Roush
Mark Stephenson 5-4 Geoff Dyer
Stuart Holden 5-0 Karl Loiseau
Tony Ayres Bye (Martin Tremblay)
Alan
Caves Bye (Anthony Eugenia)
Danny Pinhorne 5-1 Grant Firmager
Dan Zimmerman 5-2 Tony Thompson
Steve Maish 5-2 Rocco Maes
First Round
Jelle Klaasen 5-4 Ronnie Baxter
Ron Colvard 5-4 Martyn Graham
Aaron Turner 5-4 Steve Smith
Kevin Dowling 5-4 Kevin McDine
Adrian Gray 5-1 Gary Broomhead
Paul Lim 5-1 Scott Burnett
Lee Holden 5-1 Steve Perkins
Mark Tiller 5-0 Robbie Clear
Mervyn King 5-2 Jimmy Williams
Tom Wilson 5-2 Richie Burnett
Brian Derbyshire 5-1 Peter Webb
Sam Sawyer 5-2 Tomokazu Onoda
Barrie
Bates 5-2 Alan Warriner-Little
Anton Pein 5-2 Dave Cameron
Dave Honey 5-1 David Fatum
Michael van Gerwen 5-0 Eddie White
Denis Ovens 5-0 Mark Billing
Alan Matthews 5-4 Sam Rooney
Co Stompe 5-0 John Murray
Simon Whatley 5-1 Scott Kirchner
Wes Newton 5-4 Masahiko Sano
Steve Mason 5-2 Gary Blades
Donnie Strode 5-0 Chris Chadwick
Roger Carter 5-1 Sue Cusick
Colin Osborne 5-0 Phil Jones
Steve Hine 5-0 Nick Rivera
Steve Beaton 5-3 Terry Takacs
Steve Brown 5-0 Geoff Daniels
Mick McGowan 5-3 David Wilderman
Michael Rosenauer 5-3 Peter Walford
Tony Eccles 5-2 Chris White
Shawn Brenneman 5-4 Steve Hills
Kevin Painter 5-1 Richie Blake
Robert Watson-Lang 5-3 Andy Mason
Ken MacNeill 5-0 Mark Nielsen
Sean Palfrey 5-2 Mark Frost
Mark Walsh 5-0 Ian Frame
Dan Olson 5-0 Dale Arthur
Ian Jopling 5-1 Pat Breithaupt
Graham Warburton def Ben Hendon
Andy Jenkins 5-0 Andy Relf
Robert Thornton 5-1 Keith Bedding
Stephen Panuncialman 5-1 Kim Whiffen
Ben Burton 5-2 Peter Wright
Kirk Shepherd 5-3 Lee Williams
Joe Slivan 5-4 Steve Cusick
Darren Moulsley 5-1 Mark Card
John Quantock 5-1 Steve Grubb
Mark Dudbridge 5-2 Brian Cyr
Dennis Smith 5-0 Steve Farrow
Martin Burchell 5-0 Danny White
Mark Carter 5-4 Philip Smith
Alan Reynolds 5-4 Andy Smith
Greg Lewis 5-2 Terry Stewart
Kit Young 5-2 Dennis Sayre Jnr
Andy Beardmore 5-3 Stacy Bromberg
Alan Tabern 5-0 Eddie Lawrence
Danny King 5-4 John Ferrell
John Rutherford 5-1 Mena Maximo
Stuart Holden 5-1 Mark Stephenson
Alex Roy 5-0 Scott Cummings
Tony Ayres 5-2 Alan Caves
Steve Evans 5-3 Danny Pinhorne
Steve Maish 5-1 Dan Zimmerman
Second Round
Jelle Klaasen 5-1 Ron Colvard
Kevin Dowling 5-2 Aaron Turner
Adrian Gray 5-3 Paul Lim
Mark Tiller 5-2 Lee Holden
Mervyn King 5-4 Tom Wilson
Brian Derbyshire 5-1 Sam Sawyer
Barrie
Bates 5-3 Anton Pein
Michael van Gerwen 5-2 Dave Honey
Denis Ovens 5-2 Alan Matthews
Co Stompe 5-1 Simon Whatley
Wes Newton 5-0 Steve Mason
Roger Carter 5-0 Donnie Strode
Steve Hine 5-4 Colin Osborne
Steve Brown 5-4 Steve Beaton
Mick McGowan 5-3 Michael Rosenauer
Shawn Brenneman 5-2 Tony Eccles
Kevin Painter 5-0 Robert Watson-Lang
Ken MacNeill 5-2 Sean Palfrey
Mark Walsh 5-0 Dan Olson
Ian Jopling 5-1 Graham Warburton
Robert Thornton 5-2 Andy Jenkins
Stephen Panuncialman 5-2 Ben Burton
Joe Slivan 5-2 Kirk Shepherd
John Quantock 5-2 Darren Moulsley
Dennis Smith 5-4 Mark Dudbridge
Martin Burchell 5-2 Mark Carter
Alan Reynolds 5-1 Greg Lewis
Kit Young 5-2 Andy Beardmore
Alan Tabern 5-0 Danny King
John Rutherford 5-4 Stuart Holden
Alex Roy 5-2 Tony Ayres
Steve Maish 5-1 Steve Evans
Third Round
Kevin Dowling 5-4 Jelle Klaasen
Adrian Gray 5-2 Mark Tiller
Mervyn King 5-2 Brian Derbyshire
Barrie Bates 5-3 Michael van Gerwen
Co Stompe 5-4 Denis Ovens
Roger Carter 5-3 Wes Newton
Steve Brown 5-3 Steve Hine
Shawn Brenneman 5-2 Mick McGowan
Kevin Painter 5-4 Ken MacNeill
Mark Walsh 5-1 Ian Jopling
Robert Thornton 5-1 Stephen Panuncialman
Joe Slivan 5-3 John Quantock
Martin Burchell 5-4 Dennis Smith
Kit Young 5-2 Alan Reynolds
Alan Tabern 5-3 John Rutherford
Steve Maish 5-3 Alex Roy
Losers £100
Fourth Round
Adrian Gray 5-3 Kevin Dowling
Mervyn King 5-3 Barrie Bates
Co Stompe 5-2 Roger Carter
Shawn Brenneman 5-4 Steve Brown
Mark Walsh 5-3 Kevin Painter
Robert Thornton 5-4 Joe Slivan
Martin Burchell 5-0 Kit Young
Steve Maish 5-3 Alan Tabern
Losers £200