8:48am Tuesday 9th February 2010
By Dave Flett
ACOMB arrows ace Chris Thompson claimed his first major scalp of 2010 when he dumped world number six Mervyn King out of the Gibraltar Players Championship.
Thompson beat two-time world championship finalist and Premier League runner-up King 6-2 in the first round and went on to whitewash 2004 UK Open winner Roland Scholten.
The St Paul’s player missed out on a place in the last 16, however, when he succumbed to former world champion Ritchie Burnett, going down 6-2.
Mitre’s John Quantock, meanwhile, lost 6-4 to 2009 world championship quarter-finalist Paul Nicholson after knocking out Jeremy Cruz (6-2) and Michael Schmidt (6-0).
Martyn Turner, of Rawcliffe, fell at the first hurdle, losing 6-1 to Steve Brown.
In the StanJames.com Eddie Cox Memorial Trophy, Thompson beat Steve Evans (6-3) and 1996 World Masters winner Colin Monk (6-2) before bowing out to world number four Terry Jenkins (6-1) in the second round.
Quantock was edged out 6-5 by one-time UK Open finalist Vincent van der Voort while Turner lost to Mark Lawrence 6-3.
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