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This means there will be more opportunities for amateur snooker players on the World Snooker Tour events. Due to the global pandemic, several major international amateur snooker competitions were not held. As a result the World Snooker Tour have announced that there will be just 122 professional players on tour. The remaining places will be […]

Judgement Day Eve. Who else has been cast into the cauldron of amateur snooker for next year? Of those who were on the main tour last season, affectionately called “relegated pros”, who hasn’t made it to Judgement Day? Round 3 – Mitchell Man beat Rod Lawler 4-2 and Bai Langning beat Lou Honghao 4-0 Round

It’s the final weekend of the last event of Q School 2021 The last 16 matches of Round 3 will be played before Round 4 is played this afternoon and this evening. Looking back over the last couple of days, relegated pros Daniel Wells, Eden Sharav, James Cahill and Riley Parsons will all be back

Hopes dashed, pressure mounting and Order of Merit becoming more relevant As many are already on their way home after being knocked out of the final event, the pressure to qualify will be mounting on some and as there are two places on the main tour to be awarded to the top two on the

Four ex-pros return to the main tour Only one, Barry Pinches, was on of the pros relegated last season. The other three, Craig Steadman, Alfie Burdon and Michael Judge have been on the tour previously. Even of the four losers Michael Collumb, Kuldesh Johal, Hammad Miah and Sanderson Lam, only Collumb hasn’t been a professional.

Round 2 is completed and Round 3 begins with a new high break mark. Ross Muir kicked off Round 3 in fine style with a 4-0 win over Fergal Quinn which included a break of 140 – the new high break for the tournament. Jenson Kendrick had a fine win over David Lilley, the recently

Round 2 is completed and Round 3 begins with a new high break mark. Ross Muir kicked off Round 3 in fine style with a 4-0 win over Fergal Quinn which included a break of 140 – the new high break for the tournament. Jenson Kendrick had a fine win over David Lilley, the recently

The names start to fall as pressure begins to build It may be early in the 2nd event and there is still another event to go, but the pressure to qualify is increasing. Just to play at Q School is enough for some, but for others it means much more. Some of the relegated pros

White presses on and Wallace makes highest break of the event so far. Michael White kicked off his Event 2 with a 4-2 win over Germany’s Richard Wienold. He will play Ben Fortey next in a repeat of Round 3 of Event 1. Patrick Wallace is now the current high break holder with a 138

Round 1 of Q School 2021 Event 2 produced what is probably the most celebrated result of the round. Rebecca Kenna produced a 92 break to take the deciding frame against John Pritchett. No disrespect to Pritchett, but Kenna’s win made the headline for the WST report. Kenna faces Phil O’Kane in the next round.