Bond reaches World

Provisional world number 45 Bond was the only current tour player in action and won all three of his matches 2-0.

He sealed his passage to the 16-man event in Portsmouth next month with a century break against Gary Wilkinson.

The 1995 World Championship runner-up will face 1985 Crucible champion Dennis Taylor in the opening round.

Les Dodd, Barry West and Tony Chappel also made it through to the main event on October 27-28.

Tony Chappel 2 - 0 Patsy Fagan

Barry West 2 - 0 Ian Brumby

Les Dodd 2 - 1 Stephen Meakin

Nigel Bond 2 - 0 Gary Wilkinson

Patsy Fagan 2 - 1 Nigel Gilbert

Tony Chappel 2 - 1 Ian Barry Stark

Barry West 2 - 0 David Roe

Ian Brumby 2 - 0 Gary Miller

Gary Wilkinson 2 - 0 Steve Ventham

Les Dodd 2 - 0 Bill Oliver

Nigel Bond 2 - 0 Steve James

Stephen Meakin 2 - 0 Giulio Rae

Patsy Fagan 2 - 1 Tony Brown

Ian Barry Stark 2 - 1 Wayne Jones

Gary Miller 2 - 1 Jimmy O'Shea

Ian Brumby 2 - 0 Dave Harold

Steve Ventham 2 - 1 John Leahy

Barry West 2 - 0 Ashley Beal

Tony Chappel 2 - 0 Stefan Mazrocis

Bill Oliver 2 - 0 John Rea

Gary Wilkinson 2 - 0 Dean Reynolds

Les Dodd 2 - 0 Andrew Milliard

Stephen Meakin 2 - 0 Dessie Sheehan

Nigel Bond 2 - 0 Peter Williams

Dennis Taylor v Nigel Bond

Darren Morgan v Joe Johnson

Alain Robidoux v Les Dodd

Dene O'Kane v Barry West

Jimmy White v Mike Hallett

Tony Knowles v Karl Townsend

Steve Davis v Cliff Thorburn

Tony Drago v Tony Chappel