 He then beat Steve Hine, Steve Johnson, and Steve Evans before losing to Kevin Painter.MaGowan qualified for the 2005 World Grand Prix and beat Alan Caves and then Peter Manley to reach the quarter finals.The run though was temporarily halted when he travelled to his son's wedding by helicopter before returning to the Citywest Hotel for his quarter-final game with Dennis Smith but the fatigue obviously got to him as he was beaten 4–0.