STUART Reardon, the world No.88, had to concede a walkover to Paul

Wykes in the first round of the UK Championship at Blackpool yesterday.

Reardon, 23, from Barking, is serving a six-month jail sentence for

reckless driving, after an incident in January which resulted in the

death of two of his passengers, first-season professionals Chris Brooks

and Martin Carolan. First-round results included:

M Campbell (Scotland) beat R Bales (England) 5-4; B Snaddon (Scotland)

beat M Darrington (England) 5-3; C Small (Scotland) beat D McGlinchey (N

Ireland)

5-2; P McPhillips (Scotland) beat C Hamson (England) 5-1; J Rea

(Scotland) beat D Rippon (England) 5-1; W King (Australia) beat J

Donnelly (Scotland) 5-4; S Grewal (England) beat M MacLeod (Scotland)

5-3; A Higgins (N Ireland) beat P Cavney (England) 5-2; L Robinson

(England) beat D Campbell (Scotland) 5-2; G Horne (Scotland) beat N

Dyson (England) 5-1; P Donegan (Ireland) beat E Henderson (Scotland)

5-1; D Henry (Scotland) beat S Harrison (England) 5-1.