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Q School 2017 – Event 1
The 2017 Q School was a series of two snooker tournaments held at the start of the 2017–18 snooker season. An event for amateur players, it served as a qualification event for a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the following two seasons. The events took place in May 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall, Guild Hall in Preston, Lancashire, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the two tournaments and the Order of Merit. Format The 2017 Q School consisted of two events. The two events had 206 entries competing for 12 places on the main tour, four players qualifying from each of the two events, with a further four places available from the Q Tour Order of Merit.. All matches were the best of seven frames. Event 1 The first 2017 Q School event was held from 9 to 14 May 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall, Guild Hall in Preston, Lancashire, Preston, England. Lukas Kleckers, Allan Taylor (snooker player), Allan Taylor, Billy Joe Castle and Ashley Hugill qualified. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q School (snooker)
The Q School is an amateur snooker competition which serves as the qualification process for the World Snooker Tour. Overview The Q School was established in an attempt to streamline the qualification process for the World Snooker Tour. A series of play-offs are run every year before the season. Players pay a fixed entry fee to enter the play-off events, and there is no prize money. Each player who wins a quarter-final game qualifies for a two-year tour card on the Main Tour. Winners by event For each event, four winners which qualified for the World Snooker Tour are listed. ; Notes * Michael Georgiou represented England in 2014, but switched to Cyprus in 2016. Statistics * Craig Steadman has qualified from Q School on a record 4 occasions. Paul Davison and Fraser Patrick have both qualified through the event on three occasions. * Michael Georgiou, Jordan Brown, David Gilbert, Fan Zhengyi, Fergal O'Brien and Zhao Xintong are the six Q-School qualifiers to win a ranking e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |