by SteveJJ » 10 May 2021 Read
With the deadline for entry to Q School passing today we will soon learn who has entered.
Of people not on tour this season, I've seen on twitter that the following will be having a go:
Michael Georgiou
Alfie Burden
Rebecca Kenna
Of those who fell off the tour this season - here is who might enter (my views rather than based on anything concrete).
I'd assume the following will enter:
Ian Burns, Yuan Sijun, Luo Honghao, Eden Sharav, Jackson Page, Daniel Wells, Mitchell Mann, Duane Jones, James Cahill, Rod Lawlor, Sia Jiahui, Peter Lines, David Lilley, Barry Pinches (confirmed on twitter), Sohail Vahedi, Lei Peifan, Bai Langning, Brandon Sargeant, Fraser Patrick, Billy Joe Castle, Riley Parsons
Others not so sure about:
Kacper Filipiak - alluded to quitting after being knocked out of the Worlds. Whether that was a spur of the moment decision or not we will find out. A shame if he isn't giving it another crack.
Alex Borg - hasn't he been relegated some ridiculous number of times from the tour? Maybe this will be one time too many for Malta's number one.
Others unlikely to see:
Steve Mifsud
Mei Xiwen
Amine Amiri - may hinge if he is in/able to get into the country for this.
Obviously, McManus has retired and Marco Fu joins Jimmy in getting a wild card.
Of the above, you have the traditional yo-yo players who fall off/get back pretty much straight away - Wells, Lawlor, Mann, Pinches, Cahill. Will be a new experience for Burns. I hope Langning qualifies as he was supposedly affected by travel restrictions this season but showed his worth in the World qualifiers. It would be a shame if Yuan Sijun didn't make it either.
Will the World Seniors champ be able to get back on the tour?
Which greats and not so greats of yesteryear will give it a go?
Will we have much of a foreign contingent this year? - Assume we may have those who entered the world qualifiers but unsure of how many others.
14 places up for grabs this year with the action starting on 27th May at Ponds Forge.