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Q School 1 !!

Postby Wildey

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Friday 26th of May~Wednesday 31st of May at the Morningside Arena, Leicester

Gerard Greene, Robin Hull, Rory McLeod, Peter Lines, Barry Pinches, Alexander Ursenbacker, Alfie Burden, Andrew Higginson, Michael Holt, Iulian Boiko as well as 1980s veterans Tony Knowles and Dean Raynolds have entered Q School this year.

Also in the draw is Bai Yulu who holds the Record Break by a woman in competition, a Break of 127 done earlier this year.

Who will be the first 4 Graduates of 2023 and earn their Spots on the World Snooker Tour?

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ORDER OF PLAY (Times in CEST)

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Postby lhpirnie

Wildey wrote:Also in the draw is Bai Yulu who holds the Record Break by a woman in competition, a Break of 127 done earlier this year.

Her 127 was a record for the Women's World Championship. Her 142 in the CBSA Tour Qualifiers was the record by a woman in competition.

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Postby gninnur karona

Hefty increase in number of entrants compared with 2022 coupled with reduction in qualifying tickets from 12 to eight. Not the easiest QSchool to navigate.

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Postby chengdufan

58 players have a historical Q School win percentage of 50% or better, and it seems likely that most if not all qualifiers will come from this pool:

Peter Lines 79
Robin Hull 79
Alexander Ursenbacher 78
Craig Steadman 77
Alfie Burden 75
Duane Jones 74
Barry Pinches 73
Billy Joe Castle 72
Eden Sharav 71
Fraser Patrick 71
Jamie O'Neill 69
Rory McLeod 68
Rhys Clark 68
Michael Holt 67
Andrew Doherty 67
Dean Young 67
Riley Parsons 67
Farakh Ajaib 66
Andrew Pagett 65
Steven Hallworth 64
Simon Bedford 63
Mitchell Mann 63
Alfie Davies 63
Andrew Higginson 63
Stuart Carrington 63
Kuldesh Johal 62
Luke Simmonds 62
Sydney Wilson 62
Ross Bulman 62
Jamie Wilson 62
Louis Heathcote 61
Daniel Womersley 60
Daan Leyssen 60
Haydon Pinhey 60
Peter Devlin 60
Ian Martin 59
Sean Maddocks 59
Florian Nüßle 59
Mark Lloyd 57
Rodion Judin 57
Jamie Curtis-Barrett 57
Robbie McGuigan 56
Fergal Quinn 56
Hamim Hussain 55
Chae Ross 55
Brian Ochoiski 55
Harvey Chandler 54
Alfie Lee 54
Liam Davies 54
Ryan Davies 54
Liam Pullen 54
Laxman Rawat 54
George Pragnell 53
Jeff Cundy 52
Saqib Nasir 50
Alex Taubman 50
Antoni Kowalski 50
Gerard Greene 50

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Postby chengdufan

Rhys Clark is one of the more intriguing entrants. The now 28 year old qualified to become a pro in his fourth year of Q School in 2015. He retained his pro spot in 2017 through the one-year ranking list, but barely played in the 2018-19 season and has not been seen on the baize since, as far as I know. If memory serves, he quit snooker in favour of modelling, though I may be confusing him with someone else.

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Postby chengdufan

Notable absentees:
Lee Walker
Kurt Maflin
Soheil Vahedi
Michael Georgiou
Ben Hancorn
Leo Fernandez
Ka Wai Cheung
Brandon Sargeant
Ng On Yee
Reanne Evans
Sergey Isaenko
Lee Stephens

Re: Q School 1 !!

Postby chengdufan

chengdufan wrote:58 players have a historical Q School win percentage of 50% or better, and it seems likely that most if not all qualifiers will come from this pool:

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Rhys Clark 68
Michael Holt 67
Andrew Doherty 67
Dean Young 67
Riley Parsons 67
Farakh Ajaib 66
Andrew Pagett 65
Steven Hallworth 64
...

Among the more familiar names on this list, Andrew Doherty jumps out as a surprise. The 27 year old has only entered Q School once, 4 year ago, but won 6 of his 9 matches. He could be one to watch.

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Postby lhpirnie

chengdufan wrote:Rhys Clark is one of the more intriguing entrants. The now 28 year old qualified to become a pro in his fourth year of Q School in 2015. He retained his pro spot in 2017 through the one-year ranking list, but barely played in the 2018-19 season and has not been seen on the baize since, as far as I know. If memory serves, he quit snooker in favour of modelling, though I may be confusing him with someone else.

I met him before he quit, along with one of the other young Scottish professionals at the time. They weren't sure if they could enter the World Championship, for financial reasons. As we now know, it's a common problem, not just for young players.

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Postby lhpirnie

chengdufan wrote:Notable absentees:
Lee Walker
Kurt Maflin
Soheil Vahedi
Michael Georgiou
Ben Hancorn
Leo Fernandez
Ka Wai Cheung
Brandon Sargeant
Ng On Yee
Reanne Evans
Sergey Isaenko
Lee Stephens

Of course, Vahedi and Cheung qualify for the Asia/Oceania Q School. The closing date for entry is 15th May, and they are saying they will try to make the draw as soon as possible.

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Postby Wildey

Lets Go

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Postby SteveJJ

Looks like Kakovskii is a no show or visa issues as Holoyda gets a walkover

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Postby SteveJJ

Edwin Depoorter goes 2-0 up. Is the 58 yr old the new Belgian bullet?

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Postby chengdufan

I've just finished work. 6 tables available to view on Migu :D

But I'm taking the family out for dinner shortly :-(

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Postby chengdufan

Pretty sure that's Andre on table 1 Thomson v Bennett.
Haven't had a good look at him yet

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Postby chengdufan

Jamie Wilson looks totally different from when he was on tour. He was young before, but blimey. Really wondering if it's the same person

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Postby chengdufan

SteveJJ wrote:Jamie Wilson wins 4-1

My stream must be really slow. I have him 31 up with 75 remaining

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Postby chengdufan

Well, actually, the scoreboard is frozen...

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Postby SteveJJ

chengdufan wrote:Jamie Wilson looks totally different from when he was on tour. He was young before, but blimey. Really wondering if it's the same person



Live scores have it as the same person. Now 19 yrs old

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Postby SteveJJ

chengdufan wrote:Well, actually, the scoreboard is frozen...


I'm going on Live Scores. It did jump to 4-1 pretty quickly

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Postby chengdufan

Well, that definitely isn't Rodion Judin. I have no idea what match I just watched...

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Postby SteveJJ

Patrick Whelan wins 4-0 and will face former pro Sean Maddocks next

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Postby chengdufan

Young guy who isn't Jamie Wilson beat someone in their 40s/50s 4-1

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Postby SteveJJ

chengdufan wrote:Young guy who isn't Jamie Wilson beat someone in their 40s/50s 4-1


The plot thickens, by the scoring, Wilson/Judin is the only 4-1 finish so far! Are you watching last years?!

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Postby chengdufan

Well, on Migu, Andre is reffing on tables 1 and 6. It's the same stream with different scoreboards.

Tech issues, very unusual on snooker streams

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Postby SteveJJ

Thats just Andre's skill as a ref to do two games at the same time


   

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