Karl Dryer starts with front three in his match with Amanda Larkin. Stephen Joyce takes early lead against Darragh McLoughlin after he missed a single pin in frame two.
Dave English starts well to lead against Pat Irvine. Barry Foley opens his first competitive bowling this year solidly to lead against John Kennedy.
McLoughlin doubles to take lead from Joyce. Ryan Press shoots front eight but leaves a solid ten-pin in frame nine.
Conan Mackey pacing 290 after four frames against Eamon Ward, who himself is pacing 278. Greg Gardner shoots a turkey to make up for an open frame in frame three. He leads Grant Duggan comfortably in game one of their match.
Barry Foley struggling a little at the minute, but he only trails John Kennedy by 2 pins after frame six. Darragh McLoughlin on a five-bagger as he looks to build a lead against Stephen Joyce. Joyce however is not letting McLoughlin get too far away from him.
In the losers' section, Enzo bowls 215 against PJ Shine's 141. Nick King's 264 is too good for Paul Chandler in game one. Chandler bowled a 230 to stay in touch though.
Grant Duggan leads Greg Gardner 236-222 after game one. This one looks like it could go right down to the wire.
In the winners' section, defending champion Barry Foley is really struggling. He sits on 117 after frame nine of game one. His opponent John Kennedy leads him by 70 pins.
Dave English leads Pat Irvine 216-189. Karl Dryer leads Amanda Larkin 213-178.
John Kennedy leads Barry Foley 220-126. McLoughlin leads Joyce 255-201. Mackey leads Ward 232-218.
Greg Gardner shoots front five in game two. Grant Duggan keeps up with front four.
Paul Stott leads Shane Hendrick 264-173.
McLoughlin is holding onto his lead over Joyce in the early exchanges of game two. Foley continues yo be inconsistent in his match with John Kennedy.
Gardner leaves another solid 7 pin and shows some frustration on the approach. He takes the spare with a two-handed reverse shot to post 213 in game two. He trails Duggan 464-435 going into the final game.
Dave English struggling in game two of his match with Pat Irvine. He trails overall, 341-310.
Ryan Press shoots 706 in round one of the losers' section. He will hope he can recapture that form when he goes into competitive action in round two, after having a bye in round one.
Paul Chandler goes front six in game three against Nick King. He now only trails by 8 pins.
McLoughlin still leads Joyce by 40 pins in what is becoming a battle of spares in game two. Foley shhots 152 in game two. He now trails 463-278 after two games.
Paul Chandler goes front eight, but a four bagger from King keeps him in fornt. King rode hid luck in this one, and will surely count himself lucky that Chandler had a bad day in terms of luck and carry in the pocket. King advances to the next round, but for an unlucky Chandler its the end of the road for this year.
Hannah Cullen leads Dave Noonan by 40 pins going into the final game of their round two match.
Eamon Ward leads Conan Mackey 460-424 as they begin their final game. Joyce levels things up in his match with McLoughlin. They are tied 419 a piece so its winner takes all in game three of this one.
Gardner pips Duggan 691-673 in a tightly-fought contest. Gardner advances to round two in the losers' section.
Paul Stott giving Shane Hendrick no chance. He is 544 for his first two games, with Hendrick able to do nothing but look on and admire some top class bowling.
Stephen Joyce makes the first mistake in his match with McLoughlin, leaving the 3-4-6-7-10 split in frame two. He steps up and spare it though in a high-pressure game. This one is going to go right to the final ball.
Hannah Cullen's lead over last year's runner up Dave Noonan is down to just 11 pins half way through their final game. This looks like another tight match-up.
Barry Foley is resigned now to joining the losers' section. He lies 180 pins down on John Kennedy coming towards the end of their matc. Dave English is also in danger of joinig the losers section. He is 50 pins down coming to the end of his match with Pat Irvine.
Mackey still trails Ward by 20 pins. They have five frames of their match remaining.
Joyce is starting to take a grip of his match with McLoughlin. He leads by 20 as they reach the halfway point of game three.
Hannah Cullen knocks last year's finalist Dave Noonan into the losers section. Cullen struck in the tenth to close the door on Noonan, who had closed the gap from the first two games to give himself a chance.
Mackey advances in the winner's section with victory over Ward. Ward will now join the losers' section.
Paul Stott shoots 823 to complete as comfortable a victory as you're likely to see over a helpless Shane Hendrick.
Joyce completes what turned out to be a comfortable victory over McLoughlin to move into round three. Karl Dryer beats Amanda Larkin 630-586.
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