Rutger Beijderwellen won the Open Championship

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Rutger Beijderwellen won the Open Championship (Photo: Samir Patel)

Rutger Beijderwellen won his first Open Championship, following the withdrawal of Chris Clarke due to injury. This is the first time in the event's 102 year history that the final has been decided in this way.

Ian Burridge and Jonathan Kirby won the Doubles Championship.

The knock-out has eight seeds, and was drawn so as to avoid players who have met in the Qualifying Swiss meeting in the early rounds. In the Qualifying (Burridge) Swiss:

• Players winning a five games progress to the knock-out and do not play any further Swiss games
• The Swiss continues for ten rounds (approximately twice the number of wins to qualify)
• Players no longer able to achieve five wins are removed from the Swiss.