Wayne Jones is back in PDC's UK Open events

'The Wanderer' competed in Saturday's tournament, his first competitive match since a first round exit to Jerry Hendriks in December's World Championship.

Jones put that to bed with a 6-0 whitewash of Steve Randall but his old deficiencies reappeared when he progressed to the next phase, where he came across Arron Monk.

The 47-year-old from Wednesfield was guilty of missing chances and paid the price against the former World Youth champion, 22, who won 6-4.

Jones was back at the oche for yesterday's final event and had a stroke of luck when he received a bye past the first round.

But the Black Country darter struggled again, this time with Connie Finnan, losing by another 6-4 margin.

Rugeley's Mark Hylton will count a win over three-time World Championship finalist Peter Manley as his best work.

Hylton beat Manley 6-3 in his very first match during the extra event on Friday, before losing 6-1 to Brian Woods in his next game.

He was back at the oche on Saturday and dropped just a leg in defeating Lee White 6-1, which set up a second round game against the talented Dave Chisnall.

'Mile High' – a former airline cabin crew manager – made a fist of it against the World No.9 and took the match to the last leg, before eventually bowing out 6-5.

The 46-year-old then returned to the venue for yesterday's tournament and again made it to the second round, by virtue of a bye past the first stage.

But, when he did get going, Hylton was eliminated in his opening game by virtue of a 6-3 defeat against Jim Walker, ending his weekend's exploits.

Brierley Hill's Mark Jones, who has qualified for the UK Open twice, before matched Hylton with three second round runs over the weekend.

'Little Mon' had to come through a preliminary round qualifier against Joe Bata on Friday to seal his first round place, winning comfortably in a 6-2 victory.

Jake Patchett pushed him closer as the two players went to the last leg in their match, before Jones took the initiative and progressed with a 6-5 success.

Then came former world champion John Part and Jones had his chances against the Canadian, before exiting the tournament with a 6-4 reverse.

Jones was back at the venue yesterday and dropped just a leg in a 6-1 defeat of Kirk Shepherd before moving on to play Alex Roy, who beat him 6-2.

His last chance came yesterday and he again made it past the first hurdle, beating Neville Roberts 6-2, but then lost 6-3 to Mervyn King.

Stourbridge's Nick Fullwell had just one win from three tournaments to show for his first participation of the year.

'The Hero' pushed Terry Hayes all of the way on Friday but lost in the last leg 6-5, so then returned to the venue for Saturday's second event.

The 43-year-old did his best work in a 6-0 white-wash of Jordy Terburg before going out at the hands of David Copley, who beat him 6-4.

Another last leg decider yesterday again didn't go Fullwell's way, as he went out in the first round with a 6-5 defeat to Paul Amos.

Learning on the job was tough on Wednesbury's Matthew Dicken as he lost all three of his games after stepping up to the seniors.

The Youth Tour regular was competing in the UK Open qualifiers at Crawley's K2 Centre over the weekend and experienced tough draws all the way through.

First came Darren Webster on Friday, where Dicken performed admirably and even won three legs of his own before experiencing defeat by 6-3.

Steve Hine was his second opponent when the players returned for Saturday's second tournament and Dicken only won one leg in a 6-1 defeat.

An even tougher task awaited him yesterday in World No 14 Paul Nicholson, with 'the Asset' victorious by the same margin.

Dutch ace Michael van Gerwen won both of the weekend's events, both 6-2 final victories. The World Championship finalist saw off Chisnall and Brendan Dolan respectively.