This morning saw the new season get underway with the start of the 2012 Wuxi Classic qualifiers from the Academy in Sheffield. It was to be a mixed day for India as Aditya Mehta progressed, but Pankaj Advani fell to Chinese youngster Chen Zhe, while veterans Rod Lawler and Adrian Gunnell were among the other winners…
It has been some journey, but today sees the conclusion of the 2012 Q School as the final four qualifiers for the main tour from the event will be confirmed. Click below for a round-up of the action so far…
So that is it, we now know exactly who will be at the Masters and the Shootout come January as the first mid-season seedings revision takes place today. Click below for a full round-up of all the key changes to the start of season seedings…
As promised, here are more of my photos from the action this week at the 2011 World Championship qualifiers. These photos are all from the second round stage…
Apologies for the lack of a post yesterday, unfortunately there just aren’t enough hours in the day at the moment. Click below for my reflections on the round two matches that I saw while I have also updated the provisional rankings and drawsheet at the usual places…
More photos will follow on Friday while you can also read my play by play updates over at Twitter.
Click here for the full qualifying draw…
Onto the third quarter of my World Championship qualifiers, will I be brave and tip any of the lower ranked players this time? Only one way to find out…
Click to view the latest projected seedings…
Day three from Sheffield already it has seen a fast start from yesterday’s star performer Kurt Maflin who has followed up his win against Jack Lisowski with 5-1 victory against Dave Harold. Things are also looking good for Mark Joyce (pictured) and Anthony Hamilton at the time of writing too…
While the professional season has now been completed, the race for tour places for 2010/11 rages on and this week has seen another eight names confirmed via the PIOS route. Click below to see who has already been confirmed for next season and where the remaining names will come from…