Follow live updates from the finals of the 2017 Red Dragon Champion of Champions at St. David’s Hall in Cardiff.

Play starts at 1pm this afternoon with 256 players battling it out for a slice of the £20,000 prize fund for grabs.

PDC tour card holders Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton are among the previous winners of the event, with Clayton back this year to defend the title he won 12 months ago.

Each player has won through a qualifier to reach today’s finals, with each match the best of three legs for the duration of the tournament.

2017 Red Dragon Champion of Champions Finals

Last 256

Adam Smith beat Carl Bruton

Nathan Mallett lost to Craig Venman

Ray Hardwick lost to Shaun Dibbs

Peter Wilcox los to Andrew Perkins

Rhys Palmer 2-1 Josh Jenkins

Andrew Davies lost to James Richards

Chris Manning lost to Aled Goode

Luke Johnson lost to Carl Hamilton

Jon Worsley lost to Steve Smith

Jake Dodgson lost to David Rogers

Andy Aspinall beat Steve Perry

Andrew Poole lost to Michael Taylor

Richard Langlois beat Gavin Sterio

Chris Pearce beat Joe Griffiths

Loz Barnes beat Aaron Bradley

Simon Delaney lost to Ashok Sehdev

Dai Randall beat Kevin Judge

Josh Lewis beat Lee Evans

Chris Austin-Hill lost to Ian Withers

Emyr Jones beat Dennis Smith

Sean Fisher lost to Phil Gooch

Aaron Dyer beat Sarren Burdett

Anthony Freeman beat Jack Fuller

Simon Furness beat Taylor Smoldon

Ian Lovergrove lost to Ben Davies-German

Dave Matthew lost to Ryan Hassell

Mark Lawrence beat Justin Nicholl

James Carroll lost to Sam Guest

John Davey beat John Herlihy

Chris Rees beat Anthony McDonald

Robert Williams lost to Craig Davies

Pat Smith lost to Lloyd Browning

Josh Davies beat Steve Shadwell

Mitch Butler beat Craig Latham

Josh Lloyd beat Simon Hartley

Darren Layden beat Andrew Smith

James Williams beat Luke Hayman

Clive Langford lost to Jordan Thomas

Kevin Thomas beat Alex Hughes

Peter Jacques beat Ian Matthews

Mike Beard beat Paddy Murphy

Mark Blandford beat Dean Cundy

Aaron Stevens lost to Garreg Thomas

Stephen Challenger lost to Andy Hughes

Rob Owen beat Neil Parsonage

Iwan Morgan beat Carl Lewis

Jeff Marshall lost to Trevor Burkhill

Paul Self beat Wayne Hewins

Sean Barnett beat Alan Reynolds

James Hughes beat Peter Watkins

Graham Brooks lost to Graham Usher

Robert Vaughan beat Steven Gillam

Johnny Haines beat Mark Lavers

Tony Bradley beat Rhys Jones

Lee Harris beat Jaimie Boyes

Danny May beat Carl Lloyd

Kevin Jeffreys beat Ben Chance

Brian Dawson lost to Paul Eves

Mark Wilson beat David Lewis

Carl Wilkinson beat Jeff Bass

Ben Farr beat Mike Harries

Bradley Meredith lost to Craig Gilchrist

Terry Temple beat Lee Rodmell

Paul Hogan beat Rob Warman

Gavin Bufton beat Ben Cloake

Mark Salmon beat David Copley

Roy Morris beat Andy McCracken

Barry Hamer beat Richard Hosey

Craig Lewis beat Chris Jones

John Gallagher beat Steve Evans

Justin Smith lost to Jon Clarke

Tom Evans lost to Tom Dimond

Aaron Williams lost to Paul Coray

Martyn Moore beat Nathan Treadgold

Stephen Cake beat Peter Aleman

Jason Williams beat Darren Bennett

Andy White beat Stu Alner

Alex Clyburn beat Shane House

Jason Drage lost to Lee Wreford

Chris Lacy beat Ewan Johnson

Ryan Rawlinson beat David Neads

Tony Lincoln beat Darren Johnson

Ben Bevan beat Paul Green

Ian Williams lost to Leighton Jones

Mike Rees beat Geoff Whybrow

Jason Ettridge lost to Robert Hawker

Marshall James lost to Tim Jones

Scott Bishop lost to Chris Harris

Robert Hughes beat John Murphy

Nathan Perry beat Dale Hughes

Lee Hughes beat Darren Evans

Chris Davies beat Matthew Smith

Danny Dyer lost to Matthew Edgar

Brian Lewis lost to Peter Evans

Ray James lost to Michael Huntley

Alec Small lost to Andy Kerry

Ritchie Edhouse lost to Kieran Harris

David John beat Wayne Warren

Dan Raby beat Keith Aldridge

Brian Wonnacott lost to Mark Rice

Adam Smith-Neale beat Barrie Bates

Jason Lovett lost to Stuart Davies

Ash Richards lost to Adrian Rees

Daniel Thomas lost to Tony Darlow

James Bevan 2-0 Dai Powell

Terry Diamond beat Bryan Cook

Brian Flew beat Lyndon Gore

Jonny Clayton 2-0 Jeff Thomas

Marcus Hawkins beat Paul Rumph

Ralph Barnett beat Mike Fleet

Adrian Jones beat Tommy Livingstone

AJ Urmston-Toft beat Andy Tee

Stephen Davidson 0-2 Dai Caller

Steve Brown lost to Mark Layton

Sean Lewis lost to Michael Rowlands

Craig Draper lost to Stephen Carrett

Ricky Tonkin lost to Dilwyn Martin

Joe Price lost to Lee Bowen

Clive Wilford lost to Mark Penny

Patrick Aldoescu beat James Richardson

Matthew Hannaford 2-0 Robert Benns

Antony Allen lost to Darren Beveridge

Kevin Holvey beat Ben Evans

Jarrod Powell 0-2 Stuart Barrowcliffe

Adam Wardell beat Peter Loft

Chris Smart 2-1 Ryan Palmer

Richie Boucher beat Scott Varley

Kacey Jones lost to Gary Lloyd

Last 128

Adam Smith beat Craig Venman

Shaun Dibbs beat Andrew Perkins

Rhys Palmer lost to James Richards

Aled Goode beat Carl Hamilton

Steve Smith lost to David Rogers

Andy Aspinall beat Michael Taylor

Richard Langlois lost to Chris Pearce

Loz Barnes lost to Ashok Sehdev

Dai Randall lost to Josh Lewis

Ian Withers lost to Emyr Jones

Phil Gooch 2-0 Aaron Dyer

Anthony Freeman beat Simon Furness

Ben Davies-German lost to Ryan Hassell

Mark Lawrence beat Sam Guest

John Davey beat Chris Rees

Craig Davies lost to Lloyd Browning

Josh Davies beat Mitch Butler

Josh Lloyd lost to Darren Layden

James Williams lost to Jordan Thomas

Kevin Thomas beat Peter Jacques

Mike Beard beat Mark Blandford

Garreg Thomas lost to Andy Hughes

Rob Owen beat Iwan Morgan

Trevor Burkhill lost to Paul Self

Sean Barnett lost to James Hughes

Graham Usher beat Robert Vaughan

Johnny Haines beat Tony Bradley

Lee Harris beat Danny May

Kevin Jeffreys lost to Paul Eves

Mark Wilson lost to Carl Wilkinson

Ben Farr lost to Craig Gilchrist

Terry Temple lost to Paul Hogan

Gavin Bufton beat Mark Salmon

Roy Morris lost to Barry Hamer

Craig Lewis beat John Gallagher

Jon Clarke beat Tom Dimond

Paul Coray beat Martyn Moore

Stephen Cake beat Jason Williams

Andy White beat Alex Clyburn

Lee Wreford lost to Chris Lacy

Ryan Rawlinson lost to Tony Lincoln

Ben Bevan lost to Leighton Jones

Mike Rees lost to Robert Hawker

Tim Jones lost to Chris Harris

Robert Hughes beat Nathan Perry

Lee Hughes beat Chris Davies

Matthew Edgar beat Peter Evans

Michael Huntley beat Andy Kerry

Kieran Harris beat David John

Dan Raby lost to Mark Rice

Adam Smith-Neale lost to Stuart Davies

Adrian Rees lost to Tony Darlow

James Bevan beat Terry Diamond

Brian Flew lost to Jonny Clayton

Marcus Hawkins lost to Ralph Barnett

Adrian Jones lost to AJ Urmston-Toft

Dai Caller lost to Mark Layton

Michael Rowlands lost to Stephen Carrett

Dilwyn Martin lost to Lee Bowen

Mark Penny beat Patrick Aldoescu

Matthew Hannaford lost to Darren Beveridge

Kevin Holvey lost to Stuart Barrowcliffe

Adam Wardell lost to Chris Smart

Richie Boucher beat Gary Lloyd

Last 64

Adam Smith lost to Shaun Dibbs

James Richards lost to Aled Goode

David Rogers 2-1 Andy Aspinall

Chris Pearce beat Ashok Sehdev

Josh Lewis beat Emyr Jones

Phil Gooch lost to Anthony Freeman

Ryan Hassell lost to Mark Lawrence

John Davey lost to Lloyd Browning

Josh Davies lost to Darren Layden

Jordan Thomas lost to Kevin Thomas

Mike Beard beat Andy Hughes

Rob Owen beat Paul Self

James Hughes lost to Graham Usher

Johnny Haines beat Lee Harris

Paul Eves lost to Carl Wilkinson

Craig Gilchrist lost to Paul Hogan

Gavin Bufton lost to Barry Hamer

Craig Lewis beat Jon Clarke

Paul Coray lost to Stephen Cake

Andy White lost to Chris Lacy

Tony Lincoln lost to Leighton Jones

Robert Hawker beat Chris Harris

Robert Hughes lost to Lee Hughes

Matthew Edgar beat Andy Kerry

Kieran Harris lost to Mark Rice

Stuart Davies lost to Tony Darlow

James Bevan lost to Jonny Clayton

Ralph Barnett lost to AJ Urmston-Toft

Mark Layton beat Stephen Carrett

Lee Owen lost to Mark Penny

Darren Beveridge lost to Stuart Barrowcliffe

Chris Smart lost to Richie Boucher

Last 32

Shaun Dibbs 0-2 Aled Goode

David Rogers 1-2 Chris Pearce

Josh Lewis lost to Anthony Freeman

Mark Lawrence beat Lloyd Browning

Darren Layden lost to Kevin Thomas

Mike Beard lost to Rob Owen

Graham Usher beat Johnny Haines

Carl Wilkinson lost to Paul Hogan

Barry Hamer beat Craig Lewis

Stephen Cake lost to Chris Lacy

Leighton Jones lost to Robert Hawker

Lee Hughes lost to Matthew Edgar

Mark Rice lost to Tony Darlow

Jonny Clayton beat AJ Urmston-Toft

Mark Layton beat Mark Penny

Stuart Barrowcliffe beat Richie Boucher

Last 16

Aled Goode 1-2 Stuart Barrowcliffe

Chris Pearce 0-2 Mark Layton

Anthony Freeman 0-2 Jonny Clayton

Mark Lawrence 2-1 Tony Darlow

Kevin Thomas lost to Matthew Edgar

Rob Owen 2-1 Robert Hawker

Graham Usher lost to Chris Lacy

Paul Hogan beat Barry Hawker

Quarter-Finals

Stuart Barrowcliffe 0-2 Mark Layton

Jonny Clayton 2-0 Mark Lawrence

Matthew Edgar 0-2 Rob Owen

Chris Lacy 1-2 Paul Hogan

Semi-Finals

Mark Layton 0-2 Jonny Clayton

Rob Owen 1-2 Paul Hogan

Final

Jonny Clayton 0-2 Paul Hogan