IAN Carvell fell at the first hurdle in his defence of his Winter Singles title at Padbrook Park.

He was beaten by Andy Rooker. Another notable result saw Richard Price get the better of scratch player Curtis Edwards.

Round 1 results: H Evans lost to H Chau, P Waters lost to D Payne, P Strawford lost to G Purcigo, J Locke lost to S Vile, N Cowley bt D Murgatroyd, C Edwards lost to R Price, D Wood lost to K Curtis, J Palmer bt G Lewis, M Mahoney lost to G Stevenson, T Martin lost to I White, A Gill bt N Woodman, I Carvell lost to A Rooker Round 2 draw: S Palmer v G Parker, K Radbourne v P Yolland, H Chau v D Payne, G Purcigo v S Vile, N Cowley v R Price, K Curtis v J Palmer, G Stevenson v I White, A Gill v A Rooker.