ACOMB arrows ace Chris Thompson reached the third round of the Bobby Bourn Memorial Players Championships at Barnsley.

Thompson beat Ken MacNeil 6-5 and Michael Barnard 6-4 en route to meeting Peter Wright in the last 32 before losing 6-0 to the world number 34.

Fellow Minsterman Martyn Turner, meanwhile, succumbed 6-2 to Steve Hine in the first round.

In the Eddie Cox Memorial Players Championship, held at the same venue, Thompson beat Steve Evans 6-3 but went down to Mark Hylton by the same scoreline in the second round.