CULLINGWORTH Conservative player Richard Denny knocked out defending champion Joe Hollings (Eccleshill Victoria Cons) in the first round of the Bradford Snooker Handicap, and will now host Peter Hamilton (Undercliffe Cricket Club) in the second round.

Adam Tipper, who won the event in 20124, faces Undercliffe clubmate Damian Bentley.

Four-time Bradford champion Gareth Green, who won the handicap event in 2015, together with ten-time Bradford champion Wayne Cooper have not entered, once again leaving the competition wide open.

Full draw: C Buchan (Windhill Cons) v A Stirk (Salthorn), G Cooper (Salthorn) v L Szula (Windhill Cons), M Glen (Laisterdyke WMC) v C Bottomley (East Bowling ILP), D Conlon (Tong Libs) v W Pickering (Windhill Cons), R Denny (Cullingworth) v P Hamilton (Undercliffe Cricket Club), D Brown (Eccleshill WMC) v R Lovett (Tong Libs), A Green (Harold Club) v A Devanney (Girlington Cons), C Smith (Tong Libs) v L Walsh (Eccleshill Vics), S Ratcliffe (East Ward) bye, A Rhodes (East Ward) v A Craven (Tong Libs), P Rennard (East Bowling ILP) v N Hudson (Baildon Woodbottom), S Harker (Clayton Libs) v P Gaunt (Undercliffe Cricket Club), T McDonald (Undercliffe Cricket Club) v M Fairclough (Salthorn), S Moore (East Ward) bye, C Davies (Tong Libs) bye, R Betts (Clayton Rugby) v R Hagerty (Calverley Cons), A Hodgson (Tong Libs) v C Sneddon (Shipley Cons), K Firth (Undercliffe Cricket Club) v J Cuthbert (Windhill Cons), D Parker (Laisterdyke WMC) v M Rhodes (East Ward), C Weir (Cullingworth Cons) v T Wood (Wibsey Cons), S Flannagan (Tong Libs) v S Jackson (Eccleshill Vic Cons), J Halliday Jnr (Tong Libs) bye, O Omato (Undercliffe Cricket Club) v D Robson (Shipley Social), W Randviir (East Bowling ILP) v H Mawson (Eccleshill Vic Cons), D Bentley (Undercliffe Cricket Club) v A Tipper (Undercliffe Cricket Club), M Pratt (Shipley Social) v D Jagger (Girlington Cons), P Rawlings (Great Horton Cons) v C Simmonds (Salthorn), J Walker (Undercliffe Cricket Club) v M Unsworth (Cullingworth), S Sandhu (Undercliffe Cricket Club) v A Austin (Eccleshill Vic Cons), M Yeadon (Baildon Woodbottom) v C Lockwood (Wibsey Cons), J Murgatroyd (Clayton Libs) v G  Coleman (Great Horton Cons), J Cavan (Tong Libs) v M Buchan (Windhill Cons).
* Matches to be played by Sunday, July 23.