Q School 2017/1

Q School 2017 Event 1
Tournament type:	Qualifying tournament
Attendees:	206
Venue:	Guild Hall Preston
Opening:	May 9, 2017
Endgame:	May 14, 2017
Winner:	Lukas Kleckers Allan Taylor Billy Joe Castle Ashley Hugill
Highest Break:	140 ( Sean O'Sullivan )
← 2016/2   2017/2 →

The 2017/1 Q School was the first of two qualifying tournaments for the 2017/18 snooker season . It took place May 9-14, 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall .

mode

The 206 participants were drawn into four groups at the beginning. Each group played a group winner in the knockout system , who received a place on the Main Tour 2017/18 and 2018/19 . The remaining results were entered into an Order of Merit . Together with the results of the second Q-School tournament , this results in four further Main Tour qualifiers.

All matches took place in best-of-7 mode .

Results

1 round

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (A)  Leigh Robinson  4th2: 42  Lukas Kleckers  (A) 2 (A)  Geng Mingqi  14 : 14th  Andreas Ploner  (A) 3 (A)  Stefan Risidi  4th3: 43  Sam Thistlewhite  (A) 4th (A)  Imran Puri  24 : 24th  Paul Anthony Taylor  (A) 5 (A)  Adrian Rosa  34 : 34th  Brandon Sargeant  (A) 6th (A)  Ashley Carty  14 : 14th  Ian Martin  (A) 7th Joe Swail  24 : 24th  Lu Ning  (A) 8th (A)  Josh Mulholland  4th3: 43  Ng On Yee  (AF) 9 (A)  Darren Cook  4th1: 41  Heikki Niva  (A) 10 (A)  Shane Haines  4th2: 42  Stuart Watson  (A) 11 (A)  Danny Gladstone  4th1: 41  Mohammed Ali  (A) 12 (A)  Alex Taubman  4th1: 41  Hu Hao  (A) 13 (A)  Kacper Filipiak  24 : 24th  Keishin Kamihashi  (A) 14th (A)  Joshua Thomond  4th3: 43  Darryl Hill 15th Martin O'Donnell  24 : 24th  Ka Wai Cheung  (A) 16 (A)  Scott Lyons  4th0: 40  Ben Fortey  (A) 17th (A)  Ronnie Blake  4th0: 40  Sydney Wilson 18th (A)  Lu Chenwei  24 : 24th  Stephen Kershaw  (A) 19th Duane Jones  4th0: 40  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 20th (A)  Ross Jones  4th1: 41  Daniel Devlin  (A) 21st (A)  Keith Keldie  34 : 34th  Mark Owens  (A) 22nd (A)  Dean Galbally  24 : 24th  Mark Vincent  (A) 23 (A)  Lewis Roberts  34 : 34th  Andy Hicks  (A) 24 Gareth Allen  4th1: 41  Stephen Craigie  (A) 25th Allan Taylor  24 : 24th  Jason Weston 26th Sanderson Lam  4th0: 40  Simon Dent  (A) 27 (A)  Rahul Sachdev  34 : 34th  Dylan Mitchell  (A) 28 (A)  Abu Saim  kl.  Andrew Milliard  (A) 29 (A)  James Burrett  4th0: 40  Tyler Rees  (A) 30th (A)  Ashley Beal  4th2: 42  John Foster  (A) 31 (A)  Peter Devlin  4th1: 41  Michael Collumb  (A) 32 (A)  Ben Murphy  24 : 24th  Richard William King  (A) 33 (A)  Ross Vallance  04 : 04th  Ben Robinson  (A) 34 (A)  Lee Page  4th2: 42  Simon Lichtenberg  (A) 35 (A)  Callum Costello  14 : 14th  Aaron Busuttil  (A) 36 (A)  Alex Davies  24 : 24th  Barry Pinches  (A) 37 Sean O'Sullivan  34 : 34th  Chris Jones  (A) 38 (A)  James Height  34 : 34th  Daniel O'Regan  (A) 39 (A)  Ian Brumby  14 : 14th  John Fearick  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 40 (A)  Joe Steele  4th3: 43  Ryan Causton  (A) 41 (A)  Joel Walker  4th0: 40  Adam Stefanów  (A) 42 (A)  Gareth Green  4th2: 42  Jackson Page  (A) 43 (A)  Farakh Ajaib  4th0: 40  Declan Brennan  (A) 44 (A)  Adam Brown  4th2: 42  Billy Joe Castle  (A) 45 (A)  Shachar Ruberg  4th1: 41  Jason Tart  (A) 46 (A)  Roshan Mirchandani  24 : 24th  Jamie McArdle  (A) 47 (A)  Troy Brett  04 : 04th  Adam Edge  (A) 48 (A)  Tony Knowles  04 : 04th  Russell Morgan  (A) 49 (A)  Lee Shanker  4th0: 40  Richard Haney  (A) 50 (A)  Andres Petrov  24 : 24th  James Cahill 51 (A)  Aaron Cook  4th0: 40  Chen Zifan  (A) 52 (A)  Oliver Brown  34 : 34th  Brian Cini  (A) 53 (A)  Anthony Fieldsend  24 : 24th  Fraser Patrick 54 (A)  Shaun Sultana  4th0: 40  Matthew Day  (A) 55 (A)  Robert Cloherty  4th0: 40  Paul Davison 56 (AF)  Reanne Evans  4th1: 41  Charlie Walters  (A) 57 (A)  Mark Miller  4th1: 41  Ben Jones  (A) 58 (A)  Jake Nicholson  4th3: 43  Richard Beckham  (A) 59 (A)  Antony Parsons  14 : 14th  Michael Dubicki  (A) 60 (A)  Anthony Jeffers  4th2: 42  David Lilley  (A) 61 (A)  Craig Brown  4th1: 41  Richard Jones  (A) 62 (A)  Neal Jones  4th1: 41  Matthew Glasby  (A) 63 (A)  Rhydian Ap Owen  14 : 14th  Jaspal Bamotra  (A) 64 (A)  Louis Heathcote  4th3: 43  Mohammed Rangzib  (A) 65 (A)  Tugba Irten  24 : 24th  Zack Richardson  (A) 66 Michael Wild  34 : 34th  James Loft  (A) 67 (A)  Kuldesh Johal  14 : 14th  Mike Hallett  (A) 68 (A)  Michael Williams  04 : 04th  Conor McCormack  (A) 69 (A)  Chae Ross  04 : 04th  Mark Davies  (A) 70 (A)  Paul Burrell  4th0: 40  Simon Bedford  (A) 71 (A)  Joshua Cooper  4th3: 43  Saqib Nasir  (A) 72 (A)  Felix Frede  4th1: 41  Jamie O'Neill  (A) 73 (A)  Bash Maqsood  4th2: 42  Phil O'Kane  (A) 74 (A)  Haydon Pinhey  34 : 34th  Jeremiah Connors  (A) 75 (A)  Shehzad Iqbal  14 : 14th  Matthew Roberts  (A) 76 (A)  Ashley Hugill  24 : 24th  Jack Culligan  (A) 77 (A)  Brandon Hall  4th0: 40  George Pragnall  (A) 78 (A)  Steven Hallworth  04 : 04th  Zhang Jiankang  (A)

2nd round

game Player 1 Result Player 2 79 (A)  Lukas Kleckers  24 : 24th  Geng Mingqi  (A) 80 (A)  Sam Thistlewhite  24 : 24th  Mitchell Travis  (A) 81 (A)  Imran Puri  14 : 14th  Jason Turnbull  (A) 82 (A)  Adrian Rosa  kl.  Lewis Gillen  (A) 83 (A)  Ashley Carty  4th3: 43  Joe Swail 84 (AF)  Ng On Yee  04 : 04th  Dessie Sheehan  (A) 85 (A)  Heikki Niva  4th3: 43  Ma Tingpeng  (A) 86 (A)  Stuart Watson  14 : 14th  Peter Delaney  (A) 87 (A)  Mohammed Ali  4th1: 41  Zak Surety  (A) 88 (A)  Hu Hao  04 : 04th  Shaun Wilkes  (A) 89 (A)  Kacper Filipiak  34 : 34th  Darryl Hill 90 Martin O'Donnell  04 : 04th  Stewart Hesketh  (A) 91 (A)  Ben Fortey  04 : 04th  Daniel Gorton  (A) 92 Sydney Wilson  04 : 04th  Jamie Brown  (A) 93 (A)  Lu Chenwei  34 : 34th  Daniel Womersley  (A) 94 (A)  Jamie Rhys Clarke  14 : 14th  Labeeb Ahmed  (A) 95 (A)  Daniel Devlin  4th2: 42  Greg Casey  (A) 96 (A)  Keith Keldie  4th0: 40  Daniel Ward  (A) 97 (A)  Dean Galbally  4th1: 41  Kishan Hirani  (A) 98 (A)  Lewis Roberts  14 : 14th  Andrei Orzan  (A) 99 (A)  Stephen Craigie  4th1: 41  Allan Taylor 100 (A)  Simon Dent  4th0: 40  Joe O'Connor  (A) 101 (A)  Rahul Sachdev  4th2: 42  Andrew Milliard  (A) 102 (A)  Tyler Rees  14 : 14th  Lucky Vatnani  (A) 103 (A)  John Foster  4th3: 43  Michael Collumb  (A) 104 (A)  Ben Murphy  4th1: 41  Jordan Brown  (A) 105 (A)  Ross Vallance  14 : 14th  Nick Manning  (A) 106 (A)  Simon Lichtenberg  04 : 04th  Corey Deuel  (A) 107 (A)  Callum Costello  4th0: 40  Alex Davies  (A) 108 Sean O'Sullivan  04 : 04th  David Singh  (A) 109 (A)  James Height  4th0: 40  Gary Challis  (A) 110 (A)  Ian Brumby  kl.  Yu Han  (AF)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 111 (A)  Ryan Causton  4th0: 40  Zhang Yong 112 (A)  Adam Stefanów  34 : 34th  Nikolas Charalambous  (A) 113 (A)  Jackson Page  14 : 14th  Stephen Ormerod  (A) 114 (A)  Declan Brennan  04 : 04th  Adam Morrey  (A) 115 (A)  Billy Joe Castle  24 : 24th  Jason Tart  (A) 116 (A)  Roshan Mirchandani  4th1: 41  Mateusz Baranowski  (A) 117 (A)  Troy Brett  04 : 04th  Nigel Howe  (A) 118 (A)  Tony Knowles  4th2: 42  Danny Connolly  (A) 119 (A)  Richard Haney  4th2: 42  Andres Petrov  (A) 120 (A)  Chen Zifan  04 : 04th  Darren Barton  (A) 121 (A)  Oliver Brown  14 : 14th  Simon Blackwell  (A) 122 (A)  Anthony Fieldsend  4th0: 40  Jamie Cope 123 (A)  Matthew Day  4th3: 43  Stephen Groves  (A) 124 Paul Davison  04 : 04th  Patrick Whelan  (A) 125 (A)  Charlie Walters  04 : 04th  Joshua Baddeley  (A) 126 (A)  Ben Jones  34 : 34th  Darren Burns  (A) 127 (A)  Richard Beckham  4th2: 42  Antony Parsons  (A) 128 (A)  David Lilley  04 : 04th  Richard Jones  (A) 129 (A)  Matthew Glasby  4th2: 42  William Lemons  (A) 130 (A)  Rhydian Ap Owen  4th2: 42  Jeff Cundy  (A) 131 (A)  Mohammed Rangzib  14 : 14th  Tugba Irten  (A) 132 Michael Wild  4th3: 43  James Silverwood  (A) 133 (A)  Kuldesh Johal  14 : 14th  Wayne Brown  (A) 134 (A)  Michael Williams  04 : 04th  Thomas Dowling  (A) 135 (A)  Chae Ross  4th3: 43  Simon Bedford  (A) 136 (A)  Saqib Nasir  4th3: 43  Luke Simmonds  (A) 137 (A)  Jamie O'Neill  34 : 34th  Michael Tomlinson  (A) 138 (A)  Phil O'Kane  4th1: 41  Tony Drago  (A) 139 (A)  Haydon Pinhey  4th3: 43  Clayton Humphries  (A) 140 (A)  Shehzad Iqbal  14 : 14th  Dhairya Bhandari  (A) 141 (A)  Ashley Hugill  14 : 14th  George Pragnall  (A) 142 (A)  Steven Hallworth  kl.  Ray Whelan  (A)

3rd round

game Player 1 Result Player 2 143 (A)  Lukas Kleckers  14 : 14th  Sam Thistlewhite  (A) 144 (A)  Imran Puri  4th2: 42  Adrian Rosa  (A) 145 Joe Swail  4th3: 43  Ng On Yee  (AF) 146 (A)  Ma Tingpeng  24 : 24th  Stuart Watson  (A) 147 (A)  Zak Surety  4th2: 42  Hu Hao  (A) 148 (A)  Kacper Filipiak  4th3: 43  Martin O'Donnell 149 (A)  Ben Fortey  04 : 04th  Sydney Wilson 150 (A)  Lu Chenwei  4th0: 40  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 151 (A)  Greg Casey  4th2: 42  Daniel Ward  (A) 152 (A)  Kishan Hirani  4th1: 41  Lewis Roberts  (A) 153 Allan Taylor  04 : 04th  Joe O'Connor  (A) 154 (A)  Andrew Milliard  34 : 34th  Tyler Rees  (A) 155 (A)  Michael Collumb  4th2: 42  Jordan Brown  (A) 156 (A)  Ross Vallance  34 : 34th  Simon Lichtenberg  (A) 157 (A)  Alex Davies  4th0: 40  Sean O'Sullivan 158 (A)  Gary Challis  4th1: 41  Ian Brumby  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 159 Zhang Yong  04 : 04th  Adam Stefanów  (A) 160 (A)  Jackson Page  34 : 34th  Declan Brennan  (A) 161 (A)  Billy Joe Castle  34 : 34th  Mateusz Baranowski  (A) 162 (A)  Troy Brett  04 : 04th  Danny Connolly  (A) 163 (A)  Andres Petrov  4th2: 42  Chen Zifan  (A) 164 (A)  Oliver Brown  4th2: 42  Jamie Cope 165 (A)  Stephen Groves  4th0: 40  Paul Davison 166 (A)  Charlie Walters  04 : 04th  Ben Jones  (A) 167 (A)  Antony Parsons  34 : 34th  David Lilley  (A) 168 (A)  William Lemons  14 : 14th  Jeff Cundy  (A) 169 (A)  Mohammed Rangzib  4th1: 41  James Silverwood  (A) 170 (A)  Kuldesh Johal  4th3: 43  Michael Williams  (A) 171 (A)  Simon Bedford  14 : 14th  Luke Simmonds  (A) 172 (A)  Jamie O'Neill  24 : 24th  Tony Drago  (A) 173 (A)  Clayton Humphries  24 : 24th  Shehzad Iqbal  (A) 174 (A)  Ashley Hugill  04 : 04th  Steven Hallworth  (A)

4th round

game Player 1 Result Player 2 175 (A)  Lukas Kleckers  04 : 04th  Adrian Rosa  (A) 176 (AF)  Ng On Yee  4th3: 43  Ma Tingpeng  (A) 177 (A)  Hu Hao  4th0: 40  Martin O'Donnell 178 (A)  Ben Fortey  4th3: 43  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 179 (A)  Daniel Ward  34 : 34th  Lewis Roberts  (A) 180 Allan Taylor  14 : 14th  Andrew Milliard  (A) 181 (A)  Jordan Brown  4th1: 41  Ross Vallance  (A) 182 Sean O'Sullivan  04 : 04th  Ian Brumby  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 183 Zhang Yong  34 : 34th  Jackson Page  (A) 184 (A)  Billy Joe Castle  14 : 14th  Troy board  (A) 185 (A)  Chen Zifan  4th3: 43  Jamie Cope 186 Paul Davison  34 : 34th  Charlie Walters  (A) 187 (A)  Antony Parsons  4th3: 43  William Lemons  (A) 188 (A)  James Silverwood  4th3: 43  Michael Williams  (A) 189 (A)  Simon Bedford  34 : 34th  Jamie O'Neill  (A) 190 (A)  Clayton Humphries  4th2: 42  Ashley Hugill  (A)

5th round

game Player 1 Result Player 2 191 (A)  Lukas Kleckers  34 : 34th  Ma Tingpeng  (A) 192 Martin O'Donnell  04 : 04th  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 193 (A)  Daniel Ward  4th3: 43  Allan Taylor 194 (A)  Ross Vallance  4th3: 43  Sean O'Sullivan

game Player 1 Result Player 2 195 Zhang Yong  4th1: 41  Billy Joe Castle  (A) 196 Jamie Cope  4th2: 42  Paul Davison 197 (A)  William Lemons  24 : 24th  Michael Williams  (A) 198 (A)  Simon Bedford  4th2: 42  Ashley Hugill  (A)

Quarter finals

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
199	(A)  Lukas Kleckers	14 : 14th	Martin O'Donnell
200	Allan Taylor	04 : 04th	Sean O'Sullivan
201	(A)  Billy Joe Castle	24 : 24th	Paul Davison
202	(A)  William Lemons	4th2: 42	Ashley Hugill  (A)

Century breaks

14 Centuries were played during the tournament.

Sean O'Sullivan 140 , 133 Hu Hao 128 Lu Ning 127 Tugba Irten 121 Jamie Cope 116, 108 Simon Lichtenberg 109

Chen Zifan 107 Alex Davies 104 Ashley Hugill 102 Simon Bedford 100 Phil O'Kane 100 Zack Richardson 100

Individual evidence

1. ^ Q School - Event 1. In: snooker.org. Retrieved May 14, 2017 (English). 
2. ↑ 2017 Q School - Event 1. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed May 14, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Q School 2017 Event 1st Centuries. (No longer available online.) In: livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , archived from the original on May 23, 2017 ; accessed on May 20, 2017 (English).