Top 8 in PIOS

[crucible77]

They are now known, and these are the new main tour players for 2009/10

* Xiao Guodong
* Lee Page
* Bjorn Haneveer
* Joe Jogia
* Stephen Rowlings
* Ben Woollaston
* Noppadol Sangnil
* Craig Steadman

[ferret]

Stephen Rowlings is that the snooker coach Stephen Rowlings - http://www.snookercoaching.co.uk ?

[steedee]

Joe Jogia!!!!!

excellent!

Glad to see Craig Steadman too.

Expecting more from Wolleston this time round

[crucible77]

Interesting to see how Xiao Guodong does after beating Ding in China

[steedee]

Stephen Rowlings is that the snooker coach Stephen Rowlings - http://www.snookercoaching.co.uk ?

it is the same bloke.

his profile is on globalsnooker

[ferret]

it is the same bloke.

his profile is on globalsnooker

Ah cool, Stephen is a really nice bloke and he put alot of work into the coaching DVD he sells, I was amazed at the amount of info and printable info that you can take to the table with you too!

There will be a review up shortly about his coaching DVD and some snippets form it too.

[crucible77]

Matt's Article on Pro Snooker blog about the players

http://prosnookerblog.com/2009/05/08...med/#more-7906

[Goldspark]

Who d'you reckon will stay on the tour out of those 8? I'd say Xiao and Haneveer, but the others might find it hard.

[steedee]

Xiao is probably the strongest based on the fact he won in china and won 2 pios events.

haneever and Jogia are possibly the Peter Lines' of this selection, ie they've been here a few times before and could have enough experience to win the early qualifiers and stay on tour.

I expect big things from Lee Page but to be fair I expected big things from stephen cragie this year so we will see

ben wolleston on the other hand really should survive as ive heard an awful lot expectation there and was suprised he dropped off last year

Rowlings as a 32 year old debutant doesn't fill me with much hope unfortunately

i know nothing about Sangil

and as for Steadman i've seen him play in a few clubs and he looks a great player with great potential but this has been said about SOOOO many players before, i hope he can do himself justice and wish him well.

if pushed for a prediction...

Xiao
Page
Wolleston

and possibly Sagnil???

[Matt_2745]

It's just so hard for tour newcomers because of the starter points unfortunately, though I guess the majority of these eight have all had previous experience and like you say, could do a Peter Lines.

I'll be writing their profiles over the course of the next few days so if anyone has any information on them that I can use then by all means get in touch, any help appreciated.

[rivercard]

Nice to see that Craig Steadman finally made it on the Tour.

[matoski]

Congrats to all of them, too bad that Mike Hallett didn't make it

[1lawyer]

I thought Michael White would do it..maybe too early for him but top 32 in 5 years for me.

[ADR147]

I thought Michael White would do it..maybe too early for him but top 32 in 5 years for me.

and for me - ben wooleston is a good player.

[Goldspark]

I think Michael White has qualified for the main tour via some other route.