Jason Weston (born 11 January 1971 in
Portsmouth
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former professional
snooker
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player. He competed on the
main tour between 1991 and 1997 and intermittently until 2003, at one point being ranked the world number 90.
After successfully entering
Q School in 2015, Weston regained his professional status for the
2015–16 season after a twelve-year absence.
Career
Weston, first turned professional at the start of the
1991–92 season,
in a season which he reached the semi-final of the
Benson & Hedges Satellite Championship, losing to future World Champion
Ken Doherty
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As an amateur, Doherty won the Irish Amateur Championship twice, the World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the World Amateur C ...
, an event which the winner gain entry as a wildcard to the
Masters.
Weston qualified for the
1992 British Open in
Derby
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, losing to
Eddie Charlton
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in the last 32.
However he then struggled to match these season and had an on-off career on the main tour, before ending to his career in 2003 after suffering from
chronic fatigue syndrome
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.
During the
2014–15 season Weston returned to competition snooker at the pro-am
2015 Gdynia Open.
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In May 2015, Weston entered in the two
Q School events of which eight two-year professional tour cards were on offer.
Weston was successful in the
second event with wins over
Corey Deuel
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, Owais Ali, Simon Dent, Matthew Day, Joe Roberts and
Kuldesh Johal
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Career
Born in 1980, Johal played in Challenge Tour qualifying events in the ea ...
4–2 in the quarter final ensured his place of the
World Snooker Tour
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for the
2015–16 and
2016–17 seasons.
Weston only won 4 matches (including one
walkover
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) during the 2015/16 season, all at the minor-ranking European Tour events. The following season was even worse, as his only win came at the single-frame
Shoot-Out event. As a result, Weston was relegated from the tour.
Performance and rankings timeline
References
External links
Jason Westonat ''CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database''
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English snooker players
Sportspeople from Portsmouth
Living people
1971 births