It’s official, the World Championships are here as Stage One got underway today at the EIS in Sheffield. Click below to see how the non-tour players have fared so far…
Preliminary Round One Results
Del Smith 5-0 Adam Osbourne
w/o
Phil Seaton 5-2 Philip Minchin
61(38)-26, 50-77(44), 70(63)-15, 41-50, 72-50, 63-48, 68-32
Ali Bassiri 1-5 Tony Knowles
17-76, 21-53, 40-69, 31-71, 63(32)-24, 38-48
Bill Kelly 1-5 David Singh
(Kelly arrived late and was docked a frame)
0-1, 56-43, 20-46, 9-66(30), 35-50, 2-50
Neil Selman 5-3 Paul Cavney
25-71(54), 16-69, 76-52, 46-11, 6-88(83), 86(86)-1, 66(33)-46, 80(40)-36
Barry Stark 5-3 Les Dodd
25-52, 61-11, 60-47, 72-18, 0-0, 35-58, 19-56, 82(34)-75(39)
Stephen Ormerod 5-0 Christopher Flight
68-5, 74-48, 71(34)-4, 62-41, 61(36)-52(46)
Good to see Tony Knowles winning his opening match against Ali Bassiri today, he might not be a serious contender these days but as David Hendon recently said, it shows just how much he must still love the game to continue to enter the tournament at the age of 53. You can read more about him on Dave’s blog post by clicking here.
The second preliminary round started at 7pm UK time and you can keep an eye out for the latest scores over at Global Snooker here.
Preliminary Round Two Results
Colin Mitchell 5-1 David Singh
51-41, 64-42, 69(50)-44, 56(35)-31, 2-65(37), 57-32
Neil Selman 5-1 Barry Stark
72(44)-9, 82(41)-18, 63-56(38), 37-78(54), 73-16, 76-37
Stephen Ormerod 1-5 Del Smith
16-80(36), 61(37)-52(39), 29-58, 50-57, 7-57(34), 13-64(57)
Tony Knowles 5-2 Phil Seaton
38-62, 48-50, 58-20, 80(49)-14, 74-19, 74-50, 66-29
Another win for Tony, but the former world number two will now come up against current main tour player tomorrow as the difficulty goes up a notch or two…