Q School 1 !!!

Jack Culligan was about 7/1 to beat Lei Peifan , he's currently leading 2 - 1

Raymond Fry forced a decider against Tony Knowles after being 1-3 down.

Vallomas wrote:Raymond Fry forced a decider against Tony Knowles after being 1-3 down.

Raymond Fry won

Not exactly young at 37 and was born the second day of the 1984 World Championship when Tony Knowles was World no 4 and lost that year in the 1st round to debutant John Parrott

Situation going in to Day 5 only 16 players left in Q School 1 after Today

SPOT 1 Quarter Finals DRAW
Michael White v Peter Lines
Lee Shanker v Alex Taubman
Leo Fernandez v Ian Burns
David Lilley v Paul Davies

SPOT 2 Quarter Finals DRAW
Raymond Fry v Fraser Patrick
Niel Vincent v Lei Peifan
James Cahill v Hammad Miah
Florian Nuessle v Bai Langning

SPOT 3 Last 16 DRAW
Billy Joe Castle v Oliver Brown
Callum Lloyd v Aaron Busuttil
Ian Martin v Si Jiahui
Michael Georgiou v Umut Dikme
David Donovan v Soheil Vahedi
Jackson Page v Michael Judge
Gary Challis v Hamim Hussain
Sanderson Lam v Sean Harvey

SPOT 4 Last 16 DRAW
Harvey Chandler v Rod Lawler
Mitchell Mann v Eden Sharav
Ryan Davies v Daniel Womersley
Duane Jones v Alfie Burden
Yuan SiJun v Alex Millington
Hayden Staniland v Luo Honghao
Daniel Wells v Sydney Wilson
John J Astley v Ross Muir

Thats 8 out of 8 wins in q school for Vahedi. Never beaten.

Come on Michael White!

A couple of minor surprises this morning: Brown beating Castle and Harvey beating Lam. It's pleasing to see the matches being finished in decent time.

lhpirnie wrote:A couple of minor surprises this morning: Brown beating Castle and Harvey beating Lam. It's pleasing to see the matches being finished in decent time.

You may have spoken too soon, Rod Lawler is up next!

SteveJJ wrote:

lhpirnie wrote:A couple of minor surprises this morning: Brown beating Castle and Harvey beating Lam. It's pleasing to see the matches being finished in decent time.

You may have spoken too soon, Rod Lawler is up next!

Well yes, that's one reason why I mentioned it now! In this morning's sessiom, there was only really one player in the category of 'old grinder'. There are a few more coming up...

Players are closing in on 4 Spots on tour

SPOT 1 Quarter Finals DRAW
Michael White v Peter Lines
Lee Shanker v Alex Taubman
Leo Fernandez v Ian Burns
David Lilley v Paul Davies

SPOT 2 Quarter Finals DRAW
Raymond Fry v Fraser Patrick
Niel Vincent v Lei Peifan
James Cahill v Hammad Miah
Florian Nuessle v Bai Langning

SPOT 3 Quarter Finals DRAW
Oliver Brown v Aaron Busuttil
Si Jiahui v Michael Georgiou
Soheil Vahedi v Jackson Page
Hamim Hussain v Sean Harvey

SPOT 4 Quarter Finals DRAW
Harvey Chandler/Rod Lawler v Mitchell Mann/Eden Sharav
Ryan Davies/Daniel Womersley v Duane Jones/Alfie Burden
Yuan SiJun/Alex Millington v Hayden Staniland/Luo Honghao
Daniel Wells/Sydney Wilson v John J Astley/Ross Muir

lhpirnie wrote:A couple of minor surprises this morning: Brown beating Castle and Harvey beating Lam. It's pleasing to see the matches being finished in decent time.

It has to be said if Gary Challis v Hamim Hussain had gone the distance it could have been very long

lhpirnie wrote:A couple of minor surprises this morning: Brown beating Castle and Harvey beating Lam. It's pleasing to see the matches being finished in decent time.

castle was very forgettable in his crucible qualifier vs tian pengfei , another one for the ' addiction and identity ' i suppose.

cupotee wrote:

lhpirnie wrote:A couple of minor surprises this morning: Brown beating Castle and Harvey beating Lam. It's pleasing to see the matches being finished in decent time.

castle was very forgettable in his crucible qualifier vs tian pengfei , another one for the ' addiction and identity ' i suppose.

Oh no, not at all!


Billy-Joe Castle is a real contender, and aged 28 he can reasonably expect to have a future in the game. He's had a bad season and dropped off the tour, but that's not a complete surprise given the circumstances of the last 15 months.

Oliver Brown is a fine player, but as an amateur he's had far less chance to play. So it's a good result for him against expectation.

Rocket Roddie 2-0 up

Luo Honghao 3-1 down

So it's the quarter-finals and we're down to 32 players.
Interestingly, the average age of the remaining players is the same as the average age of the field at the start of the competition, 30.

We have 5 teenagers remaining, with Lei Peifan being the youngest at 18. And 5 players over 40. 51 year-old Peter Lines is the oldest.

7 of last year's professionals are already out, but 14 remain.
We have 7 former pros and 11 who have not been on tour.

Only 4 players have a Q School win record below 50%, with Lee Shanker the worst at 29%.
Of those who've played more than 10 Q School matches, 4 have a win record over 80%, with Rod Lawler's 85% the best.

Peter Lines proved far too Strong for Michael White he wins 4-0

Was a good win for Lei Peifan on his 18th birthday. He has an outside chance tomorrow, although Cahill is favourite. Bai Langning is unproven yet.

Rocket Roddie currently 4 secs a shot faster than his opponent. He's losing, he'll have to go back to his natural game

SPOT 1 Semi Finals DRAW
Peter Lines v Lee Shanker
Ian Burns v David Lilley

SPOT 2 Semi Finals DRAW
Fraser Patrick v Lei Peifan
James Cahill v Bai Langning

SPOT 3 Semi Finals DRAW
Oliver Brown v Michael Georgiou
Jackson Page v Sean Harvey

SPOT 4 Semi Finals DRAW
Mitchell Mann v Duane Jones
Yuan SiJun v Sydney Wilson

Wildey wrote:Peter Lines proved far too Strong for Michael White he wins 4-0

That’s so disappointing.

So through to the semi-finals are 11 players who were on tour last season, 2 other former pros, and 3 who have never been professional. Those three are Sean Harvey (aged 36), Lee Shanker (33), and Oliver Brown (26). It's not surprising given the lack of practice opportunity for the amateurs, and given the seeded draw this year.

Harvey has played on tv before. I remember watching him win a match or get close to beating a pro a couple of years ago.
Brown has played in numerous ranking events and has regularly won matches, so I'm not surprised to see him at this stage. He is arguably the best player over 25 who has never been a professional.
Shanker is a massive surprise to see at this stage. Prior to this year he had won only 3 of 18 Q School matches. Last year he lost all his first round games. Well played to him for the improvement!

chengdufan wrote:So through to the semi-finals are 11 players who were on tour last season, 2 other former pros, and 3 who have never been professional. Those three are Sean Harvey (aged 36), Lee Shanker (33), and Oliver Brown (26). It's not surprising given the lack of practice opportunity for the amateurs, and given the seeded draw this year.

Harvey has played on tv before. I remember watching him win a match or get close to beating a pro a couple of years ago.
Brown has played in numerous ranking events and has regularly won matches, so I'm not surprised to see him at this stage. He is arguably the best player over 25 who has never been a professional.
Shanker is a massive surprise to see at this stage. Prior to this year he had won only 3 of 18 Q School matches. Last year he lost all his first round games. Well played to him for the improvement!

Sean Harvey despite being 36 has very little experience at this level having played Q School for the 1st time last year

I've gone for an 8 fold this morning , duane jones lei peifan ian burns jackson page bai langning oliver brown peter lines and yuan sijun , 52/1 with bet365.

cupotee wrote:I've gone for an 8 fold this morning , duane jones lei peifan ian burns jackson page bai langning oliver brown peter lines and yuan sijun , 52/1 with bet365.

Good luck!

Full marks to Jackson Page and Michael Georgiou who won their matches quickly and decisively this morning. It sets up a tough play-off, with a lot at stake....

SPOT 3 Final
Michael Georgiou v Jackson Page

Georgiou first turned pro in 2008 and has spend 7 season on tour without making much of an impact it must be said winning the Shoot Out aside Best performance 2020 German Open Quarter Finals losing to eventual Champion Judd Trump.

Jackson Page after his rookie 2 seasons winning 19 matches hes looking to bounce right back today

Yuan SiJun through 4-0

Wildey wrote:SPOT 3 Final
Michael Georgiou v Jackson Page

Georgiou first turned pro in 2008 and has spend 7 season on tour without making much of an impact it must be said winning the Shoot Out aside Best performance 2020 German Open Quarter Finals losing to eventual Champion Judd Trump.

Jackson Page after his rookie 2 seasons winning 19 matches hes looking to bounce right back today

I will be supporting Page in this one