The Q School 2018/1 was the first of three qualifying tournaments for the Snooker Main Tour . After four years with just two tournaments, the Q School reverted to the original format to identify twelve new professionals. The winners in the four groups of this tournament were given the right to start for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons . The games took place May 14-20, 2018 at the Meadowside Leisure Center in Burton upon Trent .
Team Germany Felix Frede , semifinalist of the German Cup and three-time U16 champions Umut represented Dikme. The three-time Austrian champion Andreas Ploner was the third representative from the German-speaking area. Only Frede got past the first lap, but then lost in lap 3.
The four tour tickets won the Welshman Jak Jones and the three Englishmen Sam Baird , Hammad Miah and Sam Craigie . All four players had already played on the Main Tour in the 2017/18 season and ended up between 74th and 82nd in the world rankings . With that they would have lost their professional status, but with the Q-School success they kept it for 2 more years.
Results
202 players had registered for the tournament, 185 amateurs and 17 players who could not stay on the Main Tour last season and wanted to qualify again immediately. They played for the 4 qualification places that were available. According to the official tournament mode, the tournament was played in 6 rounds until the four semi-finalists were determined. The semi-finals and finals were then no longer held. 148 players competed against each other in round 1, 54 players were seeded for round 2. All games were played in best-of-7 mode (4 winning frames).
For the sake of clarity, the results are presented in 4 groups, each representing a quarter of the tournament tree.
Group 1
Round 1
game
Player 1
Result
Player 2
1
Gary Challis England
1 4 : 14th
England Shafaqut Hussain
2
Sean Maddocks England
3 4 : 34th
Sweden Belan Sharif
3
William Thomson Scotland
1 4 : 14th
India Jaspal Bamotra
4th
Ma Tingpeng China People's Republic
2 4 : 24th
China People's Republic Wu Shengguang
5
James Cahill England
0 4 : 04th
India Himanshu Dinesh Jain
6th
Ashley Carty England
4th 2: 4 2
England William Lemons
7th
Aaron Holland Ireland
4th 1: 4 1
England David Craggs
8th
Hans Blankaert Belgium
4th 1: 4 1
England Jamie Curtis-Barrett
9
Umut Dikme Germany
4th 3: 4 3
England Wayne Townsend
10
Ahmed Aly Elsayed United States
4th 3: 4 3
Poland Kacper Filipiak
game
Player 1
Result
Player 2
11
Fraser Patrick Scotland
2 4 : 24th
England Alex Millington
12
Mark Vincent England
3 4 : 34th
France Niel Vincent
13
Antony Parsons England
4th 1: 4 1
England Joshua Thomond
14th
Simon Bedford England
4th 2: 4 2
Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong
15th
Brandon Hall England
2 4 : 24th
England Christopher Keogan
16
Greg Casey Ireland
1 4 : 14th
Northern Ireland Billy Ginn
17th
Shane Castle England
0 4 : 04th
England Richard Somauroo
18th
Andrew Smith England
2 4 : 24th
England Andy Billiard
19th
Alex Borg Malta
4th 3: 4 3
Wales Jak Jones
Group 2
Round 1
game
Player 1
Result
Player 2
20th
James Silverwood England
4th 3: 4 3
England Sam Baird
21st
John Parkin England
1 4 : 14th
England Clayton Humphries
22nd
Aaron Cook England
4th 0: 4 0
Ireland Ross Bulman
23
Dean Goddard England
4th 0: 4 0
England Barry Pinches
24
Leong Manhoi Hong Kong
4th 2: 4 2
France Brian Ochoiski
25th
Zhao Xintong China People's Republic
1 4 : 14th
England Oliver Brown
26th
Jack Bradford Wales
1 4 : 14th
Scotland Michael Collumb
27
Ryan Causton England
1 4 : 14th
England Jake Keen
28
Tyler Rees Wales
4th 0: 4 0
England David Grace
game
Player 1
Result
Player 2
29
Saqib Nasir England
0 4 : 04th
Ireland Dessie Sheehan
30th
Heikki Niva Finland
0 4 : 04th
Pakistan Haider Ali
31
Steve Martin England
4th 2: 4 2
Wales Matthew Roberts
32
Dan Woolloff England
4th 0: 4 0
China People's Republic Ning Kang
33
Lu Ning China People's Republic
2 4 : 24th
Denmark Daniel Kandi
34
Paul Burrell England
1 4 : 14th
England Daniel Walker
35
Andrew Pagett Wales
0 4 : 04th
Singapore Benny Loh Siang Leng
36
Craig Steadman England
2 4 : 24th
England Louis Heathcote
37
Heather Clare England
4th 0: 4 0
India Laxman Rawat
Round 2 best of 7 frames
Round 3 best of 7 frames
Round 4 best of 7 frames
Round of 16 best of 7 frames
Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames
England Sam Baird
4th
Scotland Marc J. Davis
0
England Sam Baird
4th
England John Parkin
0
England John Parkin
4th
England Manasawin Phetmalaikul
2
England Sam Baird
4th
England Barry Pinches
1
Ireland Ross Bulman
0
China People's Republic Fang Xiongman
4th
China People's Republic Fang Xiongman
3
England Barry Pinches
4th
England Barry Pinches
4th
England Luke Pinches
1
England Sam Baird
4th
England Adam Duffy
2
France Brian Ochoiski
0
England Steven Hallworth
4th
England Steven Hallworth
4th
China People's Republic Zhao Xintong
2
China People's Republic Zhao Xintong
4th
England Adam Brown
0
England Steven Hallworth
2
England Adam Duffy
4th
Wales Jack Bradford
2
England Adam Duffy
4th
England Adam Duffy
4th
England David Grace
1
England Ryan Causton
1
England David Grace
4th
England Sam Baird
4th
China People's Republic Hu Hao
2
England Saqib Nasir
3
China People's Republic Hu Hao
4th
China People's Republic Hu Hao
4th
Finland Heikki Niva
3
Finland Heikki Niva
4th
England Michael Williams
2
China People's Republic Hu Hao
4th
China People's Republic Ning Kang
2
Wales Matthew Roberts
2
Northern Ireland Jamie McArdle
4th
England Jamie McArdle
3
China People's Republic Ning Kang
4th
China People's Republic Ning Kang
4th
Ireland Ronan Whyte
2
China People's Republic Hu Hao
4th
China People's Republic Lu Ning
2
China People's Republic Lu Ning
4th
England Dave Nelson
0
China People's Republic Lu Ning
4th
England Callum Costello
1
England Paul Burrell
2
England Callum Costello
4th
China People's Republic Lu Ning
4th
India Laxman Rawat
2
Wales Andrew Pagett
4th
England Craig Steadman
1
Wales Andrew Pagett
2
India Laxman Rawat
4th
India Laxman Rawat
4th
China People's Republic Chen Zhe
1
Group 3
Round 1
game
Player 1
Result
Player 2
38
Jackson Page Wales
1 4 : 14th
England Simon Blackwell
39
Jamie O'Neill England
0 4 : 04th
England George Pragnall
40
Joel Walker England
0 4 : 04th
England Stefan Mazrocis
41
John Pritchett England
4th 1: 4 1
England Jamie Cope
42
Darren Burns England
4th 1: 4 1
China People's Republic Wang Zepeng
43
Lee Daegyu Korea South
0 4 : 04th
China People's Republic Fenghua Wei
44
Keith Keldie Scotland
4th 2: 4 2
England Anthony Jeffers
45
Hammad Miah England
0 4 : 04th
England Luke Garland
46
Fergal Quinn Ireland
kl.
Wales Dylan Emery
game
Player 1
Result
Player 2
47
Phil O'Kane England
0 4 : 04th
India Lucky Vatnani
48
Daniel Womersley England
3 4 : 34th
Hong Kong Ng On Yee
49
Haydon Pinhey England
1 4 : 14th
United States Corey Deuel
50
Wladyslav Vyshnevskyi Ukraine
kl.
England James Welch
51
Peter Delaney England
4th 1: 4 1
England Daniel Devlin
52
Amir Sarkhosh Iran
kl.
Scotland Dylan Craig
53
Steven Evans England
4th 3: 4 3
England Daniel Gorton
54
Joshua Saywell England
4th 0: 4 0
England Owais Ali
55
Jenson Kendrick England
4th 0: 4 0
Saudi Arabia Omar Alajlani
Round 2 best of 7 frames
Round 3 best of 7 frames
Round 4 best of 7 frames
Round of 16 best of 7 frames
Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames
Wales Jackson Page
3
England Ben Hancorn
4th
England Ben Hancorn
4th
England Samuel Thistlewhite
0
England Jamie O'Neill
3
England Samuel Thistlewhite
4th
England Ben Hancorn
4th
England Joel Walker
3
England Joel Walker
kl.
Iran Mohammadali Pordel
England Joel Walker
4th
England Jamie Cope
1
England Jamie Cope
4th
England Adam Edge
2
England Ben Hancorn
2
England Hammad Miah
4th
China People's Republic Wang Zepeng
1
Korea South Lee Daegyu
4th
Korea South Lee Daegyu
3
England Reanne Evans
4th
England Anthony Jeffers
3
England Reanne Evans
4th
England Reanne Evans
1
England Hammad Miah
4th
England Hammad Miah
4th
England Jeff Cundy
2
England Hammad Miah
4th
England Farakh Ajaib
1
Wales Dylan Emery
2
England Farakh Ajaib
4th
England Hammad Miah
4th
England Luke Simmonds
0
England Phil O'Kane
4th
Turkey Tugba Irten
1
England Phil O'Kane
4th
England Daniel Womersley
2
England Daniel Womersley
4th
Scotland Shehzad Iqbal
2
England Phil O'Kane
3
England Haydon Pinhey
4th
England Haydon Pinhey
4th
England Kuldesh Johal
1
England Haydon Pinhey
4th
England Patrick Whelan
2
England James Welch
0
England Patrick Whelan
4th
England Haydon Pinhey
2
England Luke Simmonds
4th
England Daniel Devlin
4th
Scotland Dylan Craig
1
England Daniel Devlin
4th
Germany Felix Frede
1
England Daniel Gorton
2
Germany Felix Frede
4th
England Daniel Daevlin
0
England Luke Simmonds
4th
England Owais Ali
0
England Luke Simmonds
4th
England Luke Simmonds
4th
Saudi Arabia Omar Alajlani
0
Saudi Arabia Omar Alajlani
4th
England Andy Marriott
3
Group 4
Round 1
game
Player 1
Result
Player 2
56
Andy Hicks England
2 4 : 24th
Hong Kong Ka Wai Cheung
57
Long Zehuang China People's Republic
2 4 : 24th
England Labeeb Ahmed
58
Lewis Ullah England
4th 2: 4 2
England James Burrett
59
Ben Fortey Wales
4th 2: 4 2
England Jake Nicholson
60
Every man England
3 4 : 34th
Isle of Man Darryl Hill
61
Michael Judge Ireland
3 4 : 34th
England Mitchell Mann
62
Kishan Hirani Wales
3 4 : 34th
England Danny Brindle
63
Imran Puri England
4th 0: 4 0
England Jamie Brown
64
Kristjan Helgason Iceland
3 4 : 34th
England Mike Finn
65
Jason Turnbull England
4th 1: 4 1
England David Lilley
game
Player 1
Result
Player 2
66
Mark Ganderton England
4th 2: 4 2
Wales Ben jones
67
Ahmed Aseeri Saudi Arabia
4th 0: 4 0
England Matthew Day
68
Michael Wild England
4th 2: 4 2
England Alex Davies
69
Matthew Glasby England
4th 0: 4 0
China People's Republic Geng Mingqi
70
Andreas Ploner Austria
4th 3: 4 3
Ireland Leo Fernandez
71
Daniel Ward Wales
0 4 : 04th
Romania Mihai Vladu
72
Chae Ross England
3 4 : 34th
Australia Ryan Thomerson
73
James Height England
4th 1: 4 1
Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai
74
Bash Maqsood England
4th 0: 4 0
England Peter Devlin
Century breaks
23 century breaks were achieved during the six days. With the highest break of 133 points, Sam Baird completed his 4-2 victory in the round of 16.
England Sam Baird
133, 102
England Phil O'Kane
125
England Michael Williams
124
England Sam Craigie
119, 101, 100
England Hammad Miah
118, 101
England Ben Hancorn
118
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown
118
England James Silverwood
117
England Haydon Pinhey
114
China People's Republic Hu Hao
114
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^ Final Q School Entry List. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 24, 2018, accessed April 26, 2018 .
↑ Q School 2018. (PDF; 133 kB) Provisional Format of Play. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 25, 2018, accessed April 26, 2018 .
↑ Q School 2018 - Event 1 - Draw. (PDF; 989 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 24, 2018, accessed April 26, 2018 .
↑ Qualifying School - Event One (2018). Snooker.org, accessed May 19, 2018 .
^ Centuries. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018 ; accessed on May 19, 2018 (English).
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