A BUMPER RECORD of 156 entries has been secured for Occasion 4 of the QTour, – as the very best variety of entries over 4 seasons thus far.
This season’s occasion has seen winners from Estonia, China, and Wales with Andres Petrov, Zhao Xintong and Dylan Emery scooping the QTour 2024/5 this season.
A whopping 156 gamers from 29 totally different international locations symbolize the play the place the occasion shall be held on the new Membership 200 in Manchester, which solely opened earlier this yr, in three days time.
Regardless of there being 156 gamers, it may be decided primarily based on the standard of gamers that the likes of Zhao Xintong, who got here again from a ban from snooker earlier this aspect of this yr, has a very good likelihood of being within the operating once more for getting very near successful a few of these occasions and doubtlessly getting again on tour.
The primary QTour occasion of the season noticed simply two shy of this occasion’s upcoming QTour – with 154.
There are many nice English gamers within the draw, together with Craig Steadman and Barry Pinches, and Harvey Chandler and Rory McLeod – and others representing England who’ve an opportunity of being within the prime 4 on the finish.
A really robust draw for everybody – there are many different nice gamers from the opposite international locations who even have an opportunity on the day.
In final season’s QTour 2023/4, England’s Michael Holt scooped three QTours – which finally led to him getting again on tour.
Former World Seniors Champion Peter Traces additionally received a QTour final season and has been within the attracts.
Sixteen gamers – the event winners, and the highest-ranked gamers who had not already secured a spot on the principle tour for the 2024–25 season – will acquire entry to an additional occasion, the WPBSA Q Tour World Playoff. They are going to be joined by gamers from the Q Tour World; qualifying from regional Q Tour sequence. These gamers will compete for an additional three locations on the World Snooker Tour.
Over two seasons of the QTour, this can be a file variety of entries – sadly, nevertheless, there are not any ladies within the draw for this occasion which is a disgrace.
The best variety of QTour entries for 2023/4 was 139 on the luxurious Landywood Snooker Membership in Walsall, slowly changing into the brand new South West Snooker Academy (which was in Gloucester) of snooker within the West Midlands and past and not too long ago held the World Billiards Championship.
Regardless of the file variety of entries nevertheless, the identical names are nonetheless dominating prime beginner snooker, and subsequently, it reveals that the sport is just not rising quick sufficient at decrease ranges and growing youthful gamers on the grassroots of the sport or, certainly, is it holding on to gamers of all ages and talents to develop their video games sufficient.
Good luck to everybody competing within the draw.
Native League Snooker 2024/5…
Native league snooker is the place all of it begins for pleasant enjoyable and competitors. The Oxshott League 2024/5 season has no fixtures for the A, B, and C groups this week, however there’s a fixture between Surbiton and Ashtead at the moment within the Oxshott League.
Look ahead to enjoying one other fixture of the Oxshott League subsequent week…