by Wildey » 13 Mar 2023 Read
https://wst.tv/wpbsa-qualifiers-announc ... mpionship/ Hai Long Ma –
2023 WSF Championship Winner Stan Moody –
2023 WSF Junior Championship Winner / 2023 WSF Championship Runner-up Liam Davies –
2023 WSF Championship Semi-Finalist Yang Gao –
2023 WSF Championship Semi-Finalist Liam Pullen –
2023 WSF Junior Championship Runner-up Iulian Boiko –
2023 WSF Junior Championship Semi-Finalist Filips Kalnins –
2023 WSF Junior Championship Semi-Finalist Martin O’Donnell –
2023 WPBSA Q Tour Winner Liam Graham –
2023 EBSA European Under-21 Championship Winner Bulcsú Révész –
2023 EBSA European Under-18 Championship Winner Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan –
2023 World Women’s Snooker Champion Ross Muir –
2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.2 Daniel Wells –
2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.3 Billy Castle –
2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.4 George Pragnell –
2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.5 Farakh Ajaib –
2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.6No Room there for Ashley Carty who won the Q Tour play offs
Ash Carty was 55th on the Q School order of Merit so the chances he gets a spot as a Top up is unlikely to say the least
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by lhpirnie » 13 Mar 2023 Read
Wildey wrote:https://wst.tv/wpbsa-qualifiers-announced-for-cazoo-world-championship/
Hai Long Ma – 2023 WSF Championship Winner
Stan Moody – 2023 WSF Junior Championship Winner / 2023 WSF Championship Runner-up
Liam Davies – 2023 WSF Championship Semi-Finalist
Yang Gao – 2023 WSF Championship Semi-Finalist
Liam Pullen – 2023 WSF Junior Championship Runner-up
Iulian Boiko – 2023 WSF Junior Championship Semi-Finalist
Filips Kalnins – 2023 WSF Junior Championship Semi-Finalist
Martin O’Donnell – 2023 WPBSA Q Tour Winner
Liam Graham – 2023 EBSA European Under-21 Championship Winner
Bulcsú Révész – 2023 EBSA European Under-18 Championship Winner
Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan – 2023 World Women’s Snooker Champion
Ross Muir – 2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.2
Daniel Wells – 2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.3
Billy Castle – 2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.4
George Pragnell – 2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.5
Farakh Ajaib – 2023 WPBSA Q Tour No.6
No Room there for Ashley Carty who won the Q Tour play offs
Ash Carty was 55th on the Q School order of Merit so the chances he gets a spot as a Top up is unlikely to say the least
There is a reserve list, which will probably come into play. But with only 121 active professionals, there will be at least another 7 places available, perhaps via the Q School top-up list.
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by The_Abbott » 13 Mar 2023 Read
No Ian Preece thread this year then
There will be more places with all the suspensions currently in place.
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by SnookerFan » 13 Mar 2023 Read
The_Abbott wrote:No Ian Preece thread this year then
There will be more places with all the suspensions currently in place.
He's been fleeced, he's Ian Preece.
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by Wildey » 13 Mar 2023 Read
1 Ross Muir
2 Steven Hallworth
3 Sunny Akani
4 Daniel Wells
5 Florian Nüßle
6 Ross Bulman
7 Ian Martin
8 Kurt Maflin
9 Michael Holt
10 Haydon Pinhey
11Andrew Higginson
12 Michael Georgiou
13 Soheil Vahedi
14 Brandon Sargeant
15 Rory McLeod
16 Ben Mertens
17 Cheung Ka Wai
18 Luke Simmonds
19 Ben Hancorn
20 Peter Devlin
21 Robbie McGuigan
22 Harvey Chandler
23 Leo Fernandez
24 Lee Walker
25 Lewis Ullah
26 Gao Yang
27 Daniel Womersley
28 Tyler Rees
29Liu Hongyu
30 Rodney Goggins
With 121 pros without the suspended players That's the list of Top Up players, the Top 7 is definitely in or been invited to make the draw up to 128 with the 16 wild cards making it 144.
The likes of Kurt Maflin, Andrew Higginson and Michael Holt has to wait to see if there are more spots available
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by HappyCamper » 13 Mar 2023 Read
euro under 21 and 18 champ, but not the main event?
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by Wildey » 13 Mar 2023 Read
HappyCamper wrote:euro under 21 and 18 champ, but not the main event?
Strange one
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by lhpirnie » 13 Mar 2023 Read
Wildey wrote:HappyCamper wrote:euro under 21 and 18 champ, but not the main event?
Strange one
Not strange at all if their aim is to try and promote young talent. I would say that should take priority.
But I also suspect they will be keen to have Michael Holt and Kurt Maflin.
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by HappyCamper » 13 Mar 2023 Read
lhpirnie wrote:Wildey wrote:HappyCamper wrote:euro under 21 and 18 champ, but not the main event?
Strange one
Not strange at all if their aim is to try and promote young talent. I would say that should take priority.
But I also suspect they will be keen to have Michael Holt and Kurt Maflin.
though they do have the main wsf open in addition to the wsf junior. so it ain't really consistent.
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by Wildey » 13 Mar 2023 Read
Of course they always got the option of thoes 7 places vacated by thoes suspended players.
we also know Stephen Hendry will play he wont pass up a chance of a best of 19 match can he win i doubt it but who knows.
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by Dan-cat » 14 Mar 2023 Read
Ian Preece has cooked his Geese.
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by The_Abbott » 14 Mar 2023 Read
remember when Bagley was invited. Not been same player since
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by SnookerFan » 14 Mar 2023 Read
The_Abbott wrote:remember when Bagley was invited. Not been same player since
J-Bags.
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by Womble » 21 Mar 2023 Read
Wildey wrote:Of course they always got the option of thoes 7 places vacated by thoes suspended players.
we also know Stephen Hendry will play he wont pass up a chance of a best of 19 match can he win i doubt it but who knows.
I would like to see hendry in a best of 19 match. Maybe he could get going in a match that long.
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by The_Abbott » 27 Mar 2023 Read
I guess we have to wait until after the Tour Championship to see who is claiming the spare spots from all the banned players.
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by lhpirnie » 27 Mar 2023 Read
The_Abbott wrote:I guess we have to wait until after the Tour Championship to see who is claiming the spare spots from all the banned players.
They could do the draw as soon as the top-16 is confirmed. I expect the top-up places to come from the Q School Order of Merit, but it's not clear.
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by gninnur karona » 28 Mar 2023 Read
lhpirnie wrote:The_Abbott wrote:I guess we have to wait until after the Tour Championship to see who is claiming the spare spots from all the banned players.
They could do the draw as soon as the top-16 is confirmed. I expect the top-up places to come from the Q School Order of Merit, but it's not clear.
They don't need to wait. WST know which players are going to occupy spots 18-112. Everyone knows the rules for setting position 17 so could be called 'Player 17' for now.
Not clear who would replace any WPBSA invitee who pulled out, but haven't WST said top-up places to replace non-entered professionals will come from the 2022 QSchool UK Order of Merit?
Hope to see the names of Kurt Maflin and Akani Songsermsawad in the draw.
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by HappyCamper » 28 Mar 2023 Read
In commentary at the TC Hendon indicated that the draw would be done this afternoon.
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by SnookerFan » 28 Mar 2023 Read
HappyCamper wrote:In commentary at the TC Hendon indicated that the draw would be done this afternoon.
I think he said it was already done, but would be announced today. Rather than done today.
But yeah, being pedantic. It should be out today.
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by SnookerFan » 28 Mar 2023 Read
TWITTER ATTACK!
David Hendon @davehendon
The World Championship qualifying draw will be announced today at 12.45pm
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by The_Abbott » 28 Mar 2023 Read
just adding the further nine players into this thread
Those nine players are: Steven Hallworth, Florian Nuessle, Ross Bulman, Ian Martin, Michael Holt, Haydon Pinhey, Andrew Higginson, Michael Georgiou and Soheil Vahedi.
Holt, Higginson and Goergiou have all been to the Crucible before during their spells as professionals, while the other six players will be vying for unlikely debuts at the sport’s most iconic venue.
No Sunny or Kurt
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by lhpirnie » 28 Mar 2023 Read
The_Abbott wrote:just adding the further nine players into this thread
Those nine players are: Steven Hallworth, Florian Nuessle, Ross Bulman, Ian Martin, Michael Holt, Haydon Pinhey, Andrew Higginson, Michael Georgiou and Soheil Vahedi.
Holt, Higginson and Goergiou have all been to the Crucible before during their spells as professionals, while the other six players will be vying for unlikely debuts at the sport’s most iconic venue.
No Sunny or Kurt
Also no Ash Carty or Bai Yulu. I would have thought they should be using these top-up places to give experience to players who could benefit. Carty will be on tour next season, and it's only a matter of time before Bai reaches the top of the women's game.
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by gninnur karona » 28 Mar 2023 Read
The_Abbott wrote:just adding the further nine players into this thread
Those nine players are: Steven Hallworth, Florian Nuessle, Ross Bulman, Ian Martin, Michael Holt, Haydon Pinhey, Andrew Higginson, Michael Georgiou and Soheil Vahedi.
Holt, Higginson and Goergiou have all been to the Crucible before during their spells as professionals, while the other six players will be vying for unlikely debuts at the sport’s most iconic venue.
No Sunny or Kurt
One eligible professional not entered?
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by Alex0paul » 28 Mar 2023 Read
Another fixed draw for Hendry
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by The_Abbott » 28 Mar 2023 Read
Judd giant killer Rory McLeod is in the draw so must have been a last minute replacement.
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by The_Abbott » 28 Mar 2023 Read
The second section with Ken looks very open
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by The_Abbott » 28 Mar 2023 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Another fixed draw for Hendry
I'd say Ken V Reanne was more fixed
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by SteveJJ » 28 Mar 2023 Read
gninnur karona wrote:The_Abbott wrote:just adding the further nine players into this thread
Those nine players are: Steven Hallworth, Florian Nuessle, Ross Bulman, Ian Martin, Michael Holt, Haydon Pinhey, Andrew Higginson, Michael Georgiou and Soheil Vahedi.
Holt, Higginson and Goergiou have all been to the Crucible before during their spells as professionals, while the other six players will be vying for unlikely debuts at the sport’s most iconic venue.
No Sunny or Kurt
One eligible professional not entered?
Is it Fraser Patrick? Apparently had neck issues meaning he can't get down on shots properly
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by SteveJJ » 28 Mar 2023 Read
The_Abbott wrote:Judd giant killer Rory McLeod is in the draw so must have been a last minute replacement.
Vahedi?
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by The_Abbott » 28 Mar 2023 Read
SteveJJ wrote:gninnur karona wrote:The_Abbott wrote:just adding the further nine players into this thread
Those nine players are: Steven Hallworth, Florian Nuessle, Ross Bulman, Ian Martin, Michael Holt, Haydon Pinhey, Andrew Higginson, Michael Georgiou and Soheil Vahedi.
Holt, Higginson and Goergiou have all been to the Crucible before during their spells as professionals, while the other six players will be vying for unlikely debuts at the sport’s most iconic venue.
No Sunny or Kurt
One eligible professional not entered?
Is it Fraser Patrick? Apparently had neck issues meaning he can't get down on shots properly
Fraser is in the draw in round 2
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