Due to late entrants, Michael Keady and Steven Bradbury will no longer have a BYE in the first round, they will play Emily Middletone and Matt Hilsdon at the Kite
The first frame was a bit of a slow start where both side missed chances, eventually being taken by Stoppa with a skills shot on the black. The next frame almost went Nicki and Stoppa's way until a missed black to the middle left me with a tap in for the frame.
John had been in attacking mode all night, doubling balls and taken on the clearances. A couple of unlucky disturb efforts had contributed to dispite this us being 2-1 behind, only to then see us raise our game with a combination of a sensible safety followed by John taking out two decent finishes in the fourth and fifth frame to get us the win - including a double on the final black. Very Well played partner