Q School 2012

C'mon Ben, nervy last frame that. Wish they had streaming

He lost 4-3

:( Not much hope on the 'Order of Merit' either I guess. Shame.

Still proved himself this year as one of the best amatuers around, hopefully can get some good runs in the PTCs next year

Yep that'll be the focus. He's got more experience behind him but I tell you what, surely it doesn't help a player to always have to play in bloody best of 7s. So hard to settle into a rhythm and play well.

Yeah I was gonna say, it's ridiculous that matches that can change people's lives and have such great importance be played over the same amount of frames as a pro-am. There's no TV audiences to satisfy, there's no reason not to have it longer. If you're down 2-1 and you win the frame it's 2-2 and your level, lose it and suddenly you have to play mistake free for the rest of the game. A joke.

I agree it's a bit of a joke having Q School all best of 7 especially given the importance of the event. Best of 9s would take longer though obviously but as you say, every frame you lose or go behind in a best of 7 piles the pressure on.

I think one of the problems is that the level of the players in those events are very different. Some are really not up to the marks and when drawn against each other, even 7 frames take nearly 4 hours. With longer matches it might become even more difficult to stay on schedule.
Maybe only the draw for event one should be made ahead of the Q-School run. Then the draw for the other events, could be made just before they happen with a form of seeding. This would allow to avoid the multiple walk-overs and would at least guarantee that those who did well in the previous event(s) are not meant to play each other early on.

Alex Davies & Michael Wild into a decider.

The Tony Knowles dream is over for another year. At least he got a frame this time...

Cheesyman99 wrote:The Tony Knowles dream is over for another year. At least he got a frame this time...

joke they made him play on a Sunday

Gareth Allen and Justin Astley tied at 2 each.

Lee Page through 4 - 0.

Wild, can you give a list of the players who have won a tour card so far?

Thanks

Real shame about Gaz.

By my reckoning that leaves only 2 players who have reached the 3rd round of all 3 Q School events, Jordan Brown and Duane Jones. Ashley Wright can join them this afternoon. Find that low number a little surprising ...

Only 2 players ended up frameless over the 3 events as far as I can see (and one of those missed the 2nd event).

So close in the final frame between David Gray and Mitchell Mann... handful of points in it at the moment

Mitchell Mann takes it.

Skullman wrote:Mitchell Mann takes it.

Adrian Gunnell through already ...

Really surprised Jamie Barrett went down 0 - 4 to Saqib Nasir.

Ashley Wright now the third player to have made the 3rd round in each Q School event, and Robbie Williams through too.

OK, so some order of merit updates (ignoring the 2 3rd round matches though), firstly without crediting any frames for walkovers:

Jordan Brown 39
Scott Donaldson (OUT) 33
Michael Wasley 32
Ashley Wright 31
Ryan Causton 30 (FD 8)
Gareth Allen (OUT) 30 (FD 8)
Michael Wild 28
Rod Lawler 27 (FD 13)
Nick Jennings (OUT) 27 (FD 5)
Adrian Ridley (OUT) 27 (FD 5)
Gary Wilson (OUT) 26 (FD 10)
Jeff Cundy 26 (FD 8)
Greg Batten (OUT) 25
Duane Jones 24 (FD 13)
Ben Harrison (OUT) 24 (FD 7)
Marc Robertson 23
Joel Walker 22
David Gray (OUT) 21 (FD 6)
Fraser Patrick 21 (FD 2)
Adrian Gunnell 20

... and the players who are still in but further back ...
Allan Taylor 19, Adam Wicheard 19, Joe Delaney 18, Li Hang 18, Robbie Williams 18, Lucky Vatnani 18, Justin Astley 17, Lee Spick 16, Rhys Clark 16, James Cahill 16, Saqib Nasir 16, Lee Page 15, Mitchell Travis 13, John Sutton 12, Mitchell Mann 12, Habib Subah 12, Richard King 10, Josh Boileau 8

And Order of Merit with a credit of frames for each walkover. This time I've treated them as 4-3 wins from the point of view of frame difference. Players whose positions change notably are especially Duane Jones and Adrian Gunnell, also Gareth Allen and Joel Walker:
 
Jordan Brown 39
Scott Donaldson (OUT) 37
Gareth Allen (OUT) 34 (FD 12)
Michael Wasley 32
Ashley Wright 31
Ryan Causton 30 (FD 8)
Duane Jones 28 (FD 14)
Adrian Gunnell 28 (FD 11)
Michael Wild 28 (FD 10)
Rod Lawler 27 (FD 13)
Nick Jennings (OUT) 27 (FD 5)
Adrian Ridley (OUT) 27 (FD 5)
Gary Wilson (OUT) 26 (FD 10)
Joel Walker 26 (FD 9)
Jeff Cundy 26 (FD 8)
Greg Batten (OUT) 25
Fraser Patrick 25 (FD 3)
Ben Harrison (OUT) 24 (FD 7)
Allan Taylor 23 (FD 8)
Marc Robertson 23 (FD 7)

... and the players who are still in but further back ...
Li Hang 22, Jamie Barrett 22, Robbie Williams 22, Lucky Vatnani 22, Lee Spick 20, James Cahill 20, Adam Wicheard 19, Joe Delaney 18, Justin Astley 17, John Sutton 16, Mitchell Mann 16, Rhys Clark 16, Habib Subah 16, Saqib Nasir 16, Lee Page 15, Mitchell Travis 13, Josh Boileau 12, Richard King 10

Hopefully the above is at least reasonably accurate, no time to double check figures at the moment!

Appears Lee Spick came from 3-0 down to beat Lin Hang !

destiny journeymen plodders Lawler and Gunnell join fellow baize bore Davison back onto tour zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz