Following the conclusion of event one of this month’s Q School last Tuesday, yesterday saw another four players book their places on snooker’s main tour for the next few seasons as event two was played to a finish in Burton.
Click below for a round-up of the action…
A week on at Burton and we know know the identities of the first four players to have come through this year’s Q School event, as Daniel Wells, Rhys Clark, Eden Sharav and Sydney Wilson all won their quarter-finals today.
Click here to view the updated 2015/16 tour roll call, or continue reading for my round-up of the action from event one…
Barely more than a week on from Stuart Bingham’s victory at the Crucible, snooker returns tomorrow with the start of this year’s Q School events, this year to be held at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton for the first time.
As was the case last year, there will be eight main tour cards up for grabs from two events, as well as important places on the Q School Order of Merit, from which the likes of Ashley Carty were able to enter so many events last season and gain valuable experience, despite having missed out on a professional place.
The first event will run until next Tuesday, when the first four of the promoted professionals will be confirmed.
You can view the draws for event one and event two at Snookerorg, while entry is free for anyone in the area who would like to go along and watch. Live scores are also available here.
Best of luck to all of the players involved!
Burton-On-Trent will host snooker’s Q School for the first time in May, and entry for fans will be FREE.
Away from the Crucible, another tour place for the 2015/16 season has today been claimed, as Pakistan’s Hamza Akbar has defeated former professional Pankaj Advani 7-6 to claim the 2015 Asian Championship in Cheras, Malaysia.
Akbar’s victory earns him a two-year tour card starting from next season and means that aside from Q School, there appear to be just two professional places still to be claimed for next season, as you can see here at my updated roll call article.
While April has seen all eyes focused upon the action here in Sheffield, a couple of weeks ago there was also an important event taking place in Beijing as Thailand’s Akani Songsermsawad claimed victory at this year’s Asian u-21 Championship.
Amidst the World Championship drama last night as the final places at the Crucible were being decided at Ponds Forge, there was another key story unfolding as Martin O’Donnell secured a return to the main tour through the EBSA play-offs event, with a 4-3 victory against fellow amateur Jamie Clarke.
Following his decision to resign his main tour place earlier this year, Australia’s Vinnie Calabrese has today won the 2015 Oceania Championship with a 6-3 victory against Matthew Bolton to earn a fresh two-year professional card from the start of the 2015/16 season.