Pinches on the ropes

World number 18 Barry Pinches was in danger of a shock first-round exit as the Travis Perkins UK Championship got under way in York today.

Pinches on the ropes

World number 18 Barry Pinches was in danger of a shock first-round exit as the Travis Perkins UK Championship got under way in York today.

The Norwich professional, who reached the quarter-finals of the season’s first ranking tournament, the Grand Prix in Preston, trailed 6-2 to Dominic Dale with nine frames required to book a meeting with Peter Ebdon in round two.

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