Rory Mcleod lost this morning ending 18 years as a pro
One of the slowest players on tour last year Rory 1st turned pro in 1991, he was on and off the tour untill 2001 when he turned pro again and remained on the tour until this year, he finished 71st so just missed out in the top 64
He lost in the 3rd round in Q School 1 He lost in the 4th round in Q School 2 He lost in the 1st round of Q School 3
23rd in the Q School order of merit so no chance of getting in via that route either, he is 48 now so will be interesting if he enters Q School next year or if he enters the Challenge tour this season.
I doubt he will go onto the seniors tour due to the shot clock they have
Ross Muir and Sean O'Sullivan also lost early in Q School 3 and like McLeod are to far down the order of merit to earn a place that way, so another 2 ex pros who will have to settle for Challenge Tour
Alex is 50 tomorrow and from Malta, Alex has been pro a few times before and last dropped of the tour at the end of the 17/18 season Alex has a career high ranking off 80th and has a total of 15 century breaks with a high break of 135 Despite being on the tour for a number of years 15 in total on and off, he has never got past the 3rd round of a ranking event
Andy Hicks
Andy is 45 and from Devon, Andy was a pro from 1991 until he dropped off the tour in 2013. Andy has a career high ranking of 17th which he achieved in the 95/96 season. Andy has 152 career centuries and achieved a 147 in the 2012 UK Championships
Andy has never reached a ranking final but has made 6 semi finals including losing in the 1995 World Championship semis to Nigel Bond.
Barry Pinches
Barry is a 48 year old from Norwich, Barrt was on the tour from 1989 until 1997 then 1998 until 2016,
Barry has a career high ranking of 18 which he achieved in 2005/2006.
Barry has made 146 Career centuries including making a 147 in the 2000 Welsh Open Qualifiers
Barry has never got past a quarter final in a ranking even, however he did beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final of a PTC event in 2010 and earlier this year beat Aaron Canavan in the Scottish Masters Qualifying event, then in the main event he beat Ken Doherty and Stephen Hendry before losing to Joe Johnson in the final.
Alexander Ursanbacher
Alexander was on the tour last season so no need to go into details
That is mad, 3 of 4 players later than mid 40s. Then a youngster , great to see 2 16 year olds qualify via the order of merit. Hope they can make a couple of 2nd rounds and do well, it wont be easy at that age.
So slight derail, Pool (Blackball rules) The next couple of weeks there are tournaments in blackpool which are open to all levels, this week Thursday-Sunday 3 man comp, Amateur Series. Next Thursday - Sunday 4 man pro-am, 1 professional allowed.
We went to the 4 man last year and will again this year with 5 people ( 3 sets of 4 so we just rotate who misses out), the reason it might be of interest it gets streamed, I will post if I get on a streamed table, but also its something to watch if you enjoy a bit of pool.
Youtube/Facebook beard productions, if you want to follow the events its golden8ball.co.uk. Would be interesting if someone else from here was going.
Last year was the first time I went and was a quality few days, around world cup so me and my mates basically just all day drinking and playing the comp, got through to the gold cup (Gold or Bronze after group stage) we then played a team with 1 IPA pro and his brother who went on to make final of singles (out of 512) we lost 7-3 first 2 we didn't touch the table after losing the lag. Went into Silver and bowed out 7-5 respectively, but its more about the craiq.
sorry I know not snooker related but just thought if anyone was bothered or going more likely they would be in here.
Rod Lawler 4-2 Yang Qingtian Yan Bingtao 4-2 Anthony McGill Chen Zifan 4-2 Michael Georgiou Chang Bingyu 4-2 Ian Burns Luca Brecel 4-0 Andy Hicks Mei Xiwen 4-0 Paul Davison Ricky Walden 4-1 Si Jiahui Mike Dunn 4-0 Mitchell Mann Alan McManus 4-1 Billy Joe Castle Yuan Sijun 4-2 Noppon Saengkham Sam Cragie 4-2 Long Zehuang Michael Holt 4-1 Ross Bulman Ali Carter 4-1 Xu Si Jak Jones 4-1 Thor Chuan Leong Louis Heathcote 4-3 Ryan Day
All credit to 21 year old Louis Heathcote, his 1st ever match as a pro player and he beats Ryan Day to qualify for the Riga Masters
He was in a pool tour the weekend aswell , scrap that he forfeited his match was supposed to be in the Leicester tour event 2. I do see him pop up in a few but surprisingly hasn't really run deep in any.
Forget to update the last few days so will just do it all together
Riga Masters Qualfiers Results Alexander Ursenbacher 4-1 Hamza Akbar Lukas Kleckers 4-2 Riley Parsons Xiao Guodong 4-1 Chae Ross Christopher Keogan 4-3 Andy Lee Allan Taylor 4-1 Lei Peifan Adam Stefanow 4-0 Michael White Graeme Dott 4-3 Robbie Williams Mark Joyce 4-1 Sam Baird Stuart Carrington 4-0 Andrew Higginson Liam Highfield 4-2 Stephen Maguire Brandon Sargeant 4-2 Ashley Carty Scott Donaldson 4-2 Fraser Patrick Jack Lisowski 4-2 David Lilley Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-3 Eden Sharav Craig Steadman 4-3 Dominic Dale
Gerard Greene 4-2 John Astley Kurt Maflin 4-1 Simon Lichtenberg Daniel Wells 4-1 Elliot Slessor Lee Walker 4-1 Peter Lines Lyu Haotian 4-1 Jamie Rhys Clark Oliver Lines 4-1 Shane Castle Joe O'Connor 4-3 Peter Ebdon Luo Honghao 4-2 Barry Pinches David Grace 4-2 Alfie Burden Jackson Page 4-0 Hammad Miah Ben Woollaston 4-2 Mark Davis Gary Wilson 4-3 Chris Wakelin Tom Ford 4-0 Alex Borg James Cahill 4-0 Jimmy White Matt Selt 4-2 Jimmy Robertson Ian Preece 4-3 Dave Gilbert
Jamie O'Neil 4-1 Barry Hawkins Joe Perry 4-2 Fan Zhengyi Soheil Vahedi 4-0 Andreas Ploner Li Hang 4-1 Stuart Bingham Lu Ning 4-1 Martin O'Donnell Anthony Hamilton 4-1 Andrew Pagett Kyren Wilson 4-1 Fergal O'Brien Kacper Filipiak 4-3 Zhao Xintong Mark King 4-1 Martin Gould Zhang Anda 4-3 Shaun Murphy
The Riga masters doesnt take place till 26th July and the last remaining qualifiers will take place at The Venue like normal.
But Snooker continues tomorrow with more Qualifying matches, this time for the International Championship(which takes place 4th August) so 4 more days of matches to see who will earn a place in Daqing.
Rod Lawler 4-2 Yang Qingtian Yan Bingtao 4-2 Anthony McGill Chen Zifan 4-2 Michael Georgiou Chang Bingyu 4-2 Ian Burns Luca Brecel 4-0 Andy Hicks Mei Xiwen 4-0 Paul Davison Ricky Walden 4-1 Si Jiahui Mike Dunn 4-0 Mitchell Mann Alan McManus 4-1 Billy Joe Castle Yuan Sijun 4-2 Noppon Saengkham Sam Cragie 4-2 Long Zehuang Michael Holt 4-1 Ross Bulman Ali Carter 4-1 Xu Si Jak Jones 4-1 Thor Chuan Leong Louis Heathcote 4-3 Ryan Day
I’m waiting for the day Thor Chuan Leong hammers someone.
Mark Davis 6-2 Bai Langning Xiao Guodong 6-4 Eden Sharav Louis Heathcote 6-4 Noppon Saengkham Matt Selt 6-1 Lee Walker Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-3 Rod Lawler Ali Carter 6-4 Mitchell Mann Peter Ebdon 6-5 Soheil Vahedi Alan McManus 6-5 Andy Hicks Shaun Murphy 6-4 Riley Parsons Jimmy Robertson 6-3 Barry Pinches Rob Milkins 6-3 Alexander Ursenbacher Mark Selby 6-1 Sam Baird Barry Hawkins 6-3 Jimmy White Ken Doherty 6-4 David Lilley
Ryan Day 6-5 Jamie Rhys Clark Duane Jones 6-4 Lyu Haotian Liang Wenbo 6-4 Craig Steadman Kurt Maflin 6-1 Long Zehuang Zhao Xintong 6-4 Andy Lee Stuart Bingham 6-1 Tian Pengfei Jack Lisowski 6-3 Chen Feilong Ashley Carty 6-1 Martin O'Donnell Yuan Sijun 6-0 Gerard Greene Daniel Wells 6-2 Alex Borg Graeme Dott 6-2 Fan Zhengyi Jak Jones 6-0 Mike Dunn Neil Robertson 6-0 Oliver Lines Michael White 6-4 Jackson Page
David Grace 6-1 Anthony Hamilton(Anthony pulled out at 3-1 down due to ill health) Mark Joyce 6-3 Luo Honghao Elliot Slessor 6-2 Li Hang Ricky Walden 6-0 Chen Zifan Chang Bingyu 6-2 Michael Georgiou Dave Gilbert 6-0 James Cahill Mark King 6-2 Adam Stefanow Gary Wilson 6-2 Lei Peifan Zhou Yuelong 6-5 Mei Xiwen Michael Holt 6-3 Hammad Miah Joe Perry 6-4 Joe O'Connor Mark Williams 6-5 John Astley
1 more match from yesterday and it wont please @AddicksAddict Ben Woollaston 6-4 Thor Chuan Leong
Now I have given alot of credit to Louis Heathcote and rightly so, 2 matches as a pro and 2 wins against Day and Saengkham.
However Chang Bingyu also deserves alot of credit, he is the second youngest player on tour and doesnt turn 17 until August, he has also won 2 from 2 and qualified for both events beating Ian Burns and Michael Georgiou
Tom Ford 6-1 Fraser Patrick Martin Gould 6-2 Harvey Chandler Liam Highfield 6-4 Si Jiahui Zhang Anda 6-2 Lu Ning Robbie Williams 6-4 Billy Castle Hossein Vafaei 6-5 Dominic Dale Scott Donaldson 6-2 Ian Burns Andrew Higginson 6-4 Xu Si Matthew Stevens 6-2 Kishan Hirani Chris Wakelin 6-2 Ross Bulman Stuart Carrington 6-1 Kacper Filipiak Stephen Maguire 6-1 Jamie O'Neil Nigel Bond 6-2 Fergal O'Brien Kyren Wilson 6-4 Brandon Sargeant
Belgium 4-1 UAE Israel 4-1 Malaysia Scotland 4-1 Cyprus China B 5-0 Australia Switzerland 3-2 Malta Wales 4-1 India China A 4-1 Germany Austria 3-2 Poland Norway 3-2 Thailand England 3-2 Hong Kong Northern Ireland 4-1 Saudi Arabia Iran 3-2 Ireland
Group A 1-China A 4 points 2-Austria 3 points 3-Norway 3 points 4-Thailand 2 points 5-Poland 2 points 6-Germany 1 point
Group B 1-Northern Ireland 4 points 2-England 3 points 3-Iran 3 points 4-Ireland 2 points 5-Hong Kong 2 points 6-Saudi Arabia 1 point
Group C 1-Belgium 4 points 2-Scotland 4 points 3-Israel 4 points 4-UAE 1 point 5-Malaysia 1 point 6-Cyprus 1 point Group D 1-China B 5 points 2-Wales 4 points 3-Switzerland 3 points 4-Malta 2 points 5-India 1 point 6-Australia 0 points
China B 3-2 Malta Switzerland 3-2 India Wales 4-1 Australia Northern Ireland 3-2 Hong Kong England 3-2 Ireland Saudi Arabia 3-2 Iran Belgium 4-1 Israel Malaysia 3-2 Cyprus Scotland 4-1 UAE China A 4-1 Norway Thailand 3-2 Austria Poland 3-2 Germany
Not snooker, but watching the world cup of 9 ball pool on sky. What the hell has happened to Tony Drago. Doesn't look like the same guy. He's lost so much weight.
Comments
One of the slowest players on tour last year Rory 1st turned pro in 1991, he was on and off the tour untill 2001 when he turned pro again and remained on the tour until this year, he finished 71st so just missed out in the top 64
He lost in the 3rd round in Q School 1
He lost in the 4th round in Q School 2
He lost in the 1st round of Q School 3
23rd in the Q School order of merit so no chance of getting in via that route either, he is 48 now so will be interesting if he enters Q School next year or if he enters the Challenge tour this season.
I doubt he will go onto the seniors tour due to the shot clock they have
The 4 qualifiers from that are:
Alex Borg
Alex is 50 tomorrow and from Malta, Alex has been pro a few times before and last dropped of the tour at the end of the 17/18 season
Alex has a career high ranking off 80th and has a total of 15 century breaks with a high break of 135
Despite being on the tour for a number of years 15 in total on and off, he has never got past the 3rd round of a ranking event
Andy Hicks
Andy is 45 and from Devon, Andy was a pro from 1991 until he dropped off the tour in 2013.
Andy has a career high ranking of 17th which he achieved in the 95/96 season.
Andy has 152 career centuries and achieved a 147 in the 2012 UK Championships
Andy has never reached a ranking final but has made 6 semi finals including losing in the 1995 World Championship semis to Nigel Bond.
Barry Pinches
Barry is a 48 year old from Norwich, Barrt was on the tour from 1989 until 1997 then 1998 until 2016,
Barry has a career high ranking of 18 which he achieved in 2005/2006.
Barry has made 146 Career centuries including making a 147 in the 2000 Welsh Open Qualifiers
Barry has never got past a quarter final in a ranking even, however he did beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final of a PTC event in 2010 and earlier this year beat Aaron Canavan in the Scottish Masters Qualifying event, then in the main event he beat Ken Doherty and Stephen Hendry before losing to Joe Johnson in the final.
Alexander Ursanbacher
Alexander was on the tour last season so no need to go into details
The 4 players top of the order of merit not to have won an event also get tour cards, they are the following
Billy Joe Castle and Peter Lines who were both on the tour last season so no update required
Si Jiahui
Si is 16 years old, turning 17 next month, he is from China and is a pro for the 1st time, he has made 5 centuries and has a high break of 131
Lei Peifan
Lei is also 16 but unlike Si, Lei only turned 16 4 days ago, he is also from China and is a 1st time Pro, Lei has never made a century
1-Ronnie O'Sullivan
2-Judd Trump
3-Mark Williams
4-Neil Robertson
5-John Higgins
6-Mark Selby
7-Mark Allen
8-Kyren Wilson
9-Barry Hawkins
10-Ding Junhui
11-Jack Lisowski
12-Dave Gilbert
13-Stuart Bingham
14-Shaun Murphy
15-Luca Brecel
16-Stephen Maguire
17-Ali Carter
18-Ryan Day
19-Joe Perry
20-Gary Wilson
21-Yan Bingtao
22-Graeme Dott
23-Anthony McGill
24-Jimmy Robertson
25-Xiao Guodonng
26-Lyu Haotian
27-Tom Ford
28-Mark King
29-Li Hang
30-Ricky Walden
31-Zhou Yuelong
32-Martin Gould
33-Mark Davis
34-Matt Selt
35-Scott Donaldson
36-Robert Milkins
37-Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
38-Noppon Saengkham
39-Ben Woollaston
40-Hossein Vafaei
41-Liang Wenbo
42-Martin O'Donnell
43-Matthew Stevens
44-Michael Holt
45-Michael White
46-Michael Georgiou
47-Peter Ebdon
48-Chris Wakelin
49-Kurt Maflin
50-Stuart Carrington
51-Alan McManus
52-Akani Songsermsawad
53-Yuan Sijun
54-Mark Joyce
55-Marco Fu
56-Len Doherty
57-Andrew Higginson
58-Zhao Xintong
59-Daniel Wells
60-Robbie Williams
61-Liam Highfield
62-Anthony Hamilton
63-Fergal O'Brien
64-Mike Dunn
65-Lu Ning
66-Sam Craigie
67-Tian Pengfei
68-Joe O'Connor
69-Mei Xiwen
70-Luo Honghao
71-Sam Baird
72-Craig Steadman
73-John Astley
74Zhang Anda
75-Jak Jones
76-Elliot Slessor
77-Alfie Burden
78-Oliver Lines
79-Jordan Brown
80-Lee Walker
81-Ashley Carty
82-James Wattana
83-Thor Chuan Leong
84-Jamie Clarke
85-Zhang Jiankang
86-Chen Feilong
87-Harvey Chandler
88-Kishan Hirani
89-Hammad Miah
90-Adam Stefanow
91-Andy Lee
92-Fan Zhengyi
93-Simon Lichtenberg
94-Dominic Dale
95-Eden Sharav
96-Gerard Greene
97-Ian Burns
98-Duane Jones
99-Nigel Bond
100-Rod Lawler
101-James Cahill
102-Jimmy White
103-Mitchell Mann
104-Kacper Filipiak
105-Jackson Page
106-Steve Mifsud
107-Igor Figueiredo
108-Chang Bingyu
109-Bai Langning
110-Brandon Sargeant
111-David Grace
112-Xu Si
113-David Lilley
114-Jamie O'Neil
115-Soheil Vahedi
116-Chen Zifan
117-Fraser Patrick
118-Louis Heathcote
119-Riley Parsons
120-Alex Borg
121-Andy Hicks
122-Barry Pinches
123-Alexander Ursenbacher
124-Billy Joe Castle
125-Peter Lines
126-Si Jiahui
127-Lei Peifan
128-TBA
The 128th will be the winner of the African Champion which is held in Tunisia in July
That is mad, 3 of 4 players later than mid 40s. Then a youngster , great to see 2 16 year olds qualify via the order of merit. Hope they can make a couple of 2nd rounds and do well, it wont be easy at that age.
Thanks Paulio for the updates
So slight derail, Pool (Blackball rules) The next couple of weeks there are tournaments in blackpool which are open to all levels, this week Thursday-Sunday 3 man comp, Amateur Series. Next Thursday - Sunday 4 man pro-am, 1 professional allowed.
We went to the 4 man last year and will again this year with 5 people ( 3 sets of 4 so we just rotate who misses out), the reason it might be of interest it gets streamed, I will post if I get on a streamed table, but also its something to watch if you enjoy a bit of pool.
Youtube/Facebook beard productions, if you want to follow the events its golden8ball.co.uk. Would be interesting if someone else from here was going.
Last year was the first time I went and was a quality few days, around world cup so me and my mates basically just all day drinking and playing the comp, got through to the gold cup (Gold or Bronze after group stage) we then played a team with 1 IPA pro and his brother who went on to make final of singles (out of 512) we lost 7-3 first 2 we didn't touch the table after losing the lag. Went into Silver and bowed out 7-5 respectively, but its more about the craiq.
sorry I know not snooker related but just thought if anyone was bothered or going more likely they would be in here.
Results
Rod Lawler 4-2 Yang Qingtian
Yan Bingtao 4-2 Anthony McGill
Chen Zifan 4-2 Michael Georgiou
Chang Bingyu 4-2 Ian Burns
Luca Brecel 4-0 Andy Hicks
Mei Xiwen 4-0 Paul Davison
Ricky Walden 4-1 Si Jiahui
Mike Dunn 4-0 Mitchell Mann
Alan McManus 4-1 Billy Joe Castle
Yuan Sijun 4-2 Noppon Saengkham
Sam Cragie 4-2 Long Zehuang
Michael Holt 4-1 Ross Bulman
Ali Carter 4-1 Xu Si
Jak Jones 4-1 Thor Chuan Leong
Louis Heathcote 4-3 Ryan Day
He was in a pool tour the weekend aswell , scrap that he forfeited his match was supposed to be in the Leicester tour event 2. I do see him pop up in a few but surprisingly hasn't really run deep in any.
Riga Masters Qualfiers
Results
Alexander Ursenbacher 4-1 Hamza Akbar
Lukas Kleckers 4-2 Riley Parsons
Xiao Guodong 4-1 Chae Ross
Christopher Keogan 4-3 Andy Lee
Allan Taylor 4-1 Lei Peifan
Adam Stefanow 4-0 Michael White
Graeme Dott 4-3 Robbie Williams
Mark Joyce 4-1 Sam Baird
Stuart Carrington 4-0 Andrew Higginson
Liam Highfield 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Brandon Sargeant 4-2 Ashley Carty
Scott Donaldson 4-2 Fraser Patrick
Jack Lisowski 4-2 David Lilley
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-3 Eden Sharav
Craig Steadman 4-3 Dominic Dale
Gerard Greene 4-2 John Astley
Kurt Maflin 4-1 Simon Lichtenberg
Daniel Wells 4-1 Elliot Slessor
Lee Walker 4-1 Peter Lines
Lyu Haotian 4-1 Jamie Rhys Clark
Oliver Lines 4-1 Shane Castle
Joe O'Connor 4-3 Peter Ebdon
Luo Honghao 4-2 Barry Pinches
David Grace 4-2 Alfie Burden
Jackson Page 4-0 Hammad Miah
Ben Woollaston 4-2 Mark Davis
Gary Wilson 4-3 Chris Wakelin
Tom Ford 4-0 Alex Borg
James Cahill 4-0 Jimmy White
Matt Selt 4-2 Jimmy Robertson
Ian Preece 4-3 Dave Gilbert
Jamie O'Neil 4-1 Barry Hawkins
Joe Perry 4-2 Fan Zhengyi
Soheil Vahedi 4-0 Andreas Ploner
Li Hang 4-1 Stuart Bingham
Lu Ning 4-1 Martin O'Donnell
Anthony Hamilton 4-1 Andrew Pagett
Kyren Wilson 4-1 Fergal O'Brien
Kacper Filipiak 4-3 Zhao Xintong
Mark King 4-1 Martin Gould
Zhang Anda 4-3 Shaun Murphy
Murphy
Hawkins
Bingham
Maguire
Gilbert
All entered and all lost.
There were however good wins for the young names I tip to have a good season(not win ranking events, but have a good run in some)
Jackson Page
James Cahill
Joe O'Connor
Louis Heathcote
But Snooker continues tomorrow with more Qualifying matches, this time for the International Championship(which takes place 4th August) so 4 more days of matches to see who will earn a place in Daqing.
This time he beat Saengkham 6-4 so thats 2 events he has entered qualifying and 2 he has qualified for.
Qualifiers
Mark Davis 6-2 Bai Langning
Xiao Guodong 6-4 Eden Sharav
Louis Heathcote 6-4 Noppon Saengkham
Matt Selt 6-1 Lee Walker
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6-3 Rod Lawler
Ali Carter 6-4 Mitchell Mann
Peter Ebdon 6-5 Soheil Vahedi
Alan McManus 6-5 Andy Hicks
Shaun Murphy 6-4 Riley Parsons
Jimmy Robertson 6-3 Barry Pinches
Rob Milkins 6-3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Mark Selby 6-1 Sam Baird
Barry Hawkins 6-3 Jimmy White
Ken Doherty 6-4 David Lilley
Qualifiers
Ryan Day 6-5 Jamie Rhys Clark
Duane Jones 6-4 Lyu Haotian
Liang Wenbo 6-4 Craig Steadman
Kurt Maflin 6-1 Long Zehuang
Zhao Xintong 6-4 Andy Lee
Stuart Bingham 6-1 Tian Pengfei
Jack Lisowski 6-3 Chen Feilong
Ashley Carty 6-1 Martin O'Donnell
Yuan Sijun 6-0 Gerard Greene
Daniel Wells 6-2 Alex Borg
Graeme Dott 6-2 Fan Zhengyi
Jak Jones 6-0 Mike Dunn
Neil Robertson 6-0 Oliver Lines
Michael White 6-4 Jackson Page
Qualifiers
David Grace 6-1 Anthony Hamilton(Anthony pulled out at 3-1 down due to ill health)
Mark Joyce 6-3 Luo Honghao
Elliot Slessor 6-2 Li Hang
Ricky Walden 6-0 Chen Zifan
Chang Bingyu 6-2 Michael Georgiou
Dave Gilbert 6-0 James Cahill
Mark King 6-2 Adam Stefanow
Gary Wilson 6-2 Lei Peifan
Zhou Yuelong 6-5 Mei Xiwen
Michael Holt 6-3 Hammad Miah
Joe Perry 6-4 Joe O'Connor
Mark Williams 6-5 John Astley
1 more match from yesterday and it wont please @AddicksAddict
Ben Woollaston 6-4 Thor Chuan Leong
However Chang Bingyu also deserves alot of credit, he is the second youngest player on tour and doesnt turn 17 until August, he has also won 2 from 2 and qualified for both events beating Ian Burns and Michael Georgiou
Qualifiers
Tom Ford 6-1 Fraser Patrick
Martin Gould 6-2 Harvey Chandler
Liam Highfield 6-4 Si Jiahui
Zhang Anda 6-2 Lu Ning
Robbie Williams 6-4 Billy Castle
Hossein Vafaei 6-5 Dominic Dale
Scott Donaldson 6-2 Ian Burns
Andrew Higginson 6-4 Xu Si
Matthew Stevens 6-2 Kishan Hirani
Chris Wakelin 6-2 Ross Bulman
Stuart Carrington 6-1 Kacper Filipiak
Stephen Maguire 6-1 Jamie O'Neil
Nigel Bond 6-2 Fergal O'Brien
Kyren Wilson 6-4 Brandon Sargeant
TOM FORD PICKED UPTHE 152ND 147 IN SNOOKER HISTORY AND HIS 4TH
Tom Ford picked up the 152nd 147 in Snooker history and his 4th
China A: Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao
China B: Zhou Yuelong and Liang Wenbo
England: Kyren Wilson and Jack Lisowski
Scotland: John Higgins and Stephen Maguire
Wales: Mark Williams and Ryan Day
Republic of Ireland: Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien
Northern Ireland: Mark Allen and Jordan Brown
Belgium: Luca Brecel and Ben Mertens
Thailand: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Noppon Saengkham
Switzerland: Alexander Ursenbacher and Luis Vetter
Germany: Simon Lichtenberg and Lukas Kleckers
Iran: Hossein Vafaei and Soheil Vahedi
Hong Kong: Andy Lee and Ka Wai Cheung
Norway: Kurt Maflin and Christopher Watts
Malaysia: Thor Chuan Leong and Moh Keen Hoo
Poland: Adam Stefanow and Kacper Filipiak
Cyprus: Michael Georgiou and Antonis Poullos
Austria: Andreas Ploner and Florian Nuessle
Australia: Steve Mifsud and Ryan Thomerson
Israel: Eden Sharav and Sachar Ruberg
Saudi Arabia: Omar Alajlani and Ahmed Aseeri
India: Himanshu Jain and Lucky Vatnani
United Arab Emirates: Mohamed Shehab and Mohammed Al Joaker
Malta: Alex Borg and Brian Cini
Day 1 results
Belgium 4-1 UAE
Israel 4-1 Malaysia
Scotland 4-1 Cyprus
China B 5-0 Australia
Switzerland 3-2 Malta
Wales 4-1 India
China A 4-1 Germany
Austria 3-2 Poland
Norway 3-2 Thailand
England 3-2 Hong Kong
Northern Ireland 4-1 Saudi Arabia
Iran 3-2 Ireland
Day 1 standings
Group A
1-China A 4 points
2-Austria 3 points
3-Norway 3 points
4-Thailand 2 points
5-Poland 2 points
6-Germany 1 point
Group B
1-Northern Ireland 4 points
2-England 3 points
3-Iran 3 points
4-Ireland 2 points
5-Hong Kong 2 points
6-Saudi Arabia 1 point
Group C
1-Belgium 4 points
2-Scotland 4 points
3-Israel 4 points
4-UAE 1 point
5-Malaysia 1 point
6-Cyprus 1 point
Group D
1-China B 5 points
2-Wales 4 points
3-Switzerland 3 points
4-Malta 2 points
5-India 1 point
6-Australia 0 points
Day 2 Results
China B 3-2 Malta
Switzerland 3-2 India
Wales 4-1 Australia
Northern Ireland 3-2 Hong Kong
England 3-2 Ireland
Saudi Arabia 3-2 Iran
Belgium 4-1 Israel
Malaysia 3-2 Cyprus
Scotland 4-1 UAE
China A 4-1 Norway
Thailand 3-2 Austria
Poland 3-2 Germany
Day 2 Standings
Group A
1-China A 8 points
2-Austria 5 points
3-Thailand 5 points
4-Poland 5 points
5-Norway 4 points
6-Germany 3 points
Group B
1-Northern Ireland 7 points
2-England 6 points
3-Iran 5 points
4-Ireland 4 points
5-Hong Kong 4 points
6-Saudi Arabia 4 points
Group C
1-Belgium 8 points
2-Scotland 8 points
3-Israel 5 points
4-Malaysia 4 points
5-Cyprus 3 points
6-UAE 2 points
Group D
1-Wales 8 points
2-China B 8 points
3-Switzerland 6 points
4-Malta 4 points
5-India 3 points
6-Australia 1 point
Has he been ill?