Any snooker player who has dreamed of turning professional will have a chance of earning a tour card at Q School 2017 in May. There will be 12 two-year tour cards available, with the opportunity to join the global snooker circuit and compete for prize money of £10 million. Q[Read More…]
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Eight More Turn Pro Via Q-School
Q-School 2 has ended with eight additional players earning their Main Tour cards in Burton for the next two seasons. Michael Georgiou immediately returns despite failing to break into the top 64 in the world rankings before the end of the last campaign. The Cypriot, who previously competed under the[Read More…]
Chinese Conquer Q-School 1
Three players from China have emerged from the first Q-School event with a two-year professional card for the Main Tour. Cao Yupeng secured his immediate return to the circuit after dropping outside the top 64 in the world rankings last season. Cao reached the last 16 of the World Championship[Read More…]
Casey Confident About Q-School Chances
There’s no rest for the wicked, the wicked being amateurs, as 2016’s Qualifying School gets under way on Wednesday in Burton. Around 200 hopefuls descend on Meadowside Leisure Centre this week in an effort to gain one of the 12 coveted Main Tour spots available to join the professional ranks.[Read More…]
Q-School to Provide Four Extra Tour Cards
Following a record level of entries to 2016 Q School, World Snooker has decided to increase the number of tour cards available from eight to 12. A total of 182 players have entered Q School, which runs from May 11 to 22 at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. The[Read More…]
174 Hopefuls Enter Q-School
A record 174 players have entered World Snooker’s 2016 Q School, all bidding for the chance to join the professional tour. They will all head to the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton from May 11 to compete for places on the World Snooker Tour. There are eight two-year tour cards[Read More…]
2016 Q-School Entry Deadline Looming
The deadline for entering this year’s Q-School is on the horizon with April 6th looming large for all aspiring amateurs. Once again there will be two events whereby eight players will have the opportunity to secure a two-year Main Tour card. The entry fee is £600, which might seem like[Read More…]
Q-School Open for Entry
Amid the hullabaloo surrounding Ronnie O’Sullivan’s triumph in the Masters last week, details of this year’s Q-School were also announced by World Snooker. The tournament will start on May 11th and will be staged at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. Once again there will be eight two-year tour cards available, given[Read More…]
Clark Foils Fernandez Tour Return
Rhys Clark denied Leo Fernandez a return to the Main Tour after a 4-1 victory over the Irishman in the final round of Q-School Event 1 in Burton. The young Scot joins the professional ranks for the first time in his career and is joined on the graduate list by[Read More…]
Evans in Hunt at Q-School as Irish Falter
Reanne Evans continued her quest to join the main tour as she knocked out Ireland’s Greg Casey in Q-School Event One in Burton on Sunday. The Englishwoman, who gained widespread media coverage during the World Championship qualifiers when she competed against another Irishman in Ken Doherty, edged Cork’s Casey in[Read More…]