Australian Goldfields Open Qualifying Discussion !!

Allan Taylor must be gutted. He was 4-0 up and is about to lose 5-4...

Kyren Wilson 5-2 Andrew Rogers
Patrick Einsle 4-5 Zak Surety
Craig Steadman 4-2 Antony Parsons
Allan Taylor 4-5 Saqib Nasir
Simon Bedford 5-1 Darryl Hill
Elliot Slessor 5-4 Jamie Rhys Clarke
Li Hang 5-1 Josh Boileau
Jamie O’Neill 5-1 Phil O’Kane

Skullman wrote:Allan Taylor must be gutted. He was 4-0 up and is about to lose 5-4...

very disappointing start to his pro career

Thursday 30th of May

2.30pm

Kyren Wilson 5-2 Andrew Rogers
Patrick Einsle 4-5 Zak Surety
Craig Steadman 5-3 Antony Parsons
Allan Taylor 4-5 Saqib Nasir
Simon Bedford 5-1 Darryl Hill
Elliot Slessor 5-4 Jamie Rhys Clarke
Li Hang 5-1 Josh Boileau
Jamie O’Neill 5-1 Phil O’Kane

7pm

Ross Muir v James Cahill
Daniel Wells v Mitchell Travis
Chris Norbury v Matthew Day
Ryan Clark v Vinnie Calabrese streamed
Mohamed Khairy v Darrell Whitworth streamed
Lee Page v Chris Wakelin
Andrew Pagett v Noppon Saengkham
Li Yan v Dylan Mitchell

From 4-2 down Jamie Clark made breaks of 92 and 98 to pull back to 4-4 without Slessor scoring a point but Elliot held himself together to win the Decider 56-15

Impressive from both then. And poor old Albino Assassin. Gutted!

Ryan Clark on the stream tonight, he's the one who I saw lose to Ben at Q School. He clearly lacks experience, he was taking on all sorts of suicidal shots in that match but then he got quite a few impressive wins during Q School so maybe I caught him on a bad day. He's obviously talented and he's very tall and slim in the vein of Mark Williams when he first started out, and he likes to go for them so it'll be worth a watch. The word is raw with him at the moment but he has potential.

Sonny wrote:Impressive from both then. And poor old Albino Assassin. Gutted!

yup Taylor had chances every frame obviously cant say why he couldn't convert those chances in to 1 frame could be a number of reasons but very disappointing for him.

Sonny wrote:Ryan Clark on the stream tonight, he's the one who I saw lose to Ben at Q School. He clearly lacks experience, he was taking on all sorts of suicidal shots in that match but then he got quite a few impressive wins during Q School so maybe I caught him on a bad day. He's obviously talented and he's very tall and slim in the vein of Mark Williams when he first started out, and he likes to go for them so it'll be worth a watch. The word is raw with him at the moment but he has potential.

hes playing Vinnie the aussie who was scoring very well other day when he beat Ants.

Wrong Clark, I was talking about Rhys Clark. Yeah this is Ryan Clark, his safety game is top notch. It's what won him the match against Ben.

Vinnie needs to slow down.

Just wanted to see what you guys thought about the situation with Andy Hicks? Im sure theres another player or two in the same situation but this is the one I know about due to playing in the south west with people who know him well enough.

He finished 65 after this season which put him off the tour due to not finishing in the top 64 however due to Jogias and Lees suspensions still, is this fair? Well you could argue that out.

However Stephen Hendry still having a rank also caused the same problem when Hendry has said he isnt playing anymore so it seems unfair that Hicks should still be out of the tour? Anyway Hicks asked World snooker and they wouldnt have any of it, so Hicks then got in touch with Hendry who wrote a letter to world snooker explaining that he will not be playing again so should be erased from the ranks allowing hicks back in.

Just wanted to know your opinion.

Hendry's letter should swing it but rules are rules I suppose. Feel very sorry for Andy Hicks though, surprised he didn't enter Q School.

Clark is dominating Calabrese. Is Calabrese on tour as well? There are far better players than him who aren't that's for sure.

to be fair he finished 65 so hes off tour no point crying over it the situation was clear to all to see i for one hope Hendry's letter will be binned he did not even go to Q School to attempt to get back on so that alone should be it for hicks.

Ross Muir 5-1 James Cahill
Daniel Wells 5-1 Mitchell Travis
Chris Norbury 1-4 Matthew Day
Ryan Clark 4-1 Vinnie Calabrese
Mohamed Khairy 3-4 Darrell Whitworth
Lee Page 4-3 Chris Wakelin
Andrew Pagett 3-4 Noppon Saengkham
Li Yan 5-1 Dylan Mitchell

Sonny wrote:Clark is dominating Calabrese. Is Calabrese on tour as well? There are far better players than him who aren't that's for sure.

lets not forget Vinnie going to WUXI Selby isnt

Doesn't mean he's not rubbish

Sonny wrote:Doesn't mean he's not rubbish

hes not the best on tour but hes a million miles from the worst from what ive seen of him

Thursday 30th of May

7pm

Ross Muir 5-1 James Cahill
Daniel Wells 5-1 Mitchell Travis
Chris Norbury 2-5 Matthew Day
Ryan Clark 5-3 Vinnie Calabrese
Mohamed Khairy 3-5 Darrell Whitworth
Lee Page 5-3 Chris Wakelin
Andrew Pagett 3-5 Noppon Saengkham
Li Yan 5-1 Dylan Mitchell

Well tonight he was totally outplayed by Ryan Clark who is a class above him on that performance. Clark's shot selection is consistently spot on.

Friday 31st of May

10am

Alex Davies v Ben Harrison
Andrew Norman v David Morris
John J Astley v Darren Bond
Lu Haotian v Ashley Carty streamed
David Grace v Oliver Lines
Hammad Miah v Sydney Wilson streamed
Sean O’Sullivan v Sanderson Lam
Martin O’Donnell v Ryan Causton

2.30pm

Pankaj Advani v Joe Swail
Dechawat Poomjaeng v Stuart Carrington
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Tony Drago
Tian Pengfei v Gary Wilson streamed
Yu De Lu v Michael Leslie
Jimmy White v Joel Walker streamed
Adam Duffy v Gareth Green
Jimmy Robertson v Scott Donaldson

7pm

Alan McManus v Kyren Wilson
James Wattana v Zak Surety
Kurt Maflin v Craig Steadman
Mike Dunn v Saqib Nasir
Barry Pinches v Simon Bedford
Cao Yupeng v Elliot Slessor streamed
Liu Chuang v Li Hang streamed
Nigel Bond v Jamie O’Neill

Ashley Carty made a century in the opening frame to lead Lu Haotian 1-0. Lu got in first in frame 2 but missed leaving Carty again in the balls.

Ben Harrison lost the first frame to Alex Davies the guy who put payed to Shaun Murphy in the Wuxi Classic earlier this week.

Sean O'Sullivan leads Sanderson Lam 1-0 and on a break of 30 in frame 2

impressive start from Ashley Carty breaks of 108 and 114 in the opening 2 frames to lead Lu Haotian 2-0

Ben Harrison levels at 1-1

Alex Davies 1-1 Ben Harrison
Andrew Norman 3-0 David Morris
John J Astley 1-1 Darren Bond
Lu Haotian 1-2 Ashley Carty
David Grace 2-1 Oliver Lines
Hammad Miah 2-1 Sydney Wilson
Sean O’Sullivan 3-1 Sanderson Lam
Martin O’Donnell 1-1 Ryan Causton

Two centuries in the first two frames from Ashley Carty and Lu Haotian is still 2-2 at the MSI. Impressive.

Alex Davies 2-2 Ben Harrison
Andrew Norman 4-0 David Morris
John J Astley 2-2 Darren Bond
Lu Haotian 2-2 Ashley Carty
David Grace 2-2 Oliver Lines
Hammad Miah 3-2 Sydney Wilson
Sean O’Sullivan 4-1 Sanderson Lam
Martin O’Donnell 1-2 Ryan Causton

Not great to watch this streamed version where camera angle is wrong and graphics are messed up constantly, ie not right player on table, points being added to wrong player... Almost impossible to know who is potting... : (