World Championship Qualifying

[Mr Snooker]

World Championship qualifying results

Li Yan 10 (China) Paul Davidson (England) 4
Daniel Wells (Wales) 10 Joe Swail (Nothern Ireland) 5


Joe Swail loses in the 1st qualifying round of the world snooker champions and also his place on the main tour which he as been a member of since 1992, getting as high as N0 10 in the world rankings and also reaching two consective world semi finals in 2000 and 2001 and also the final of the Welsh Open as well in 2009, Joe also did the remarkable thing of dropping out the top 16 in the world rankings, then dropping out of the top 32, only to return to the top 16 in the 2000/2001 season and he nearly did the same thing again in 2008, losing out to Liang Wenbo in the World Championships (Last 16) by 13-12 in a match that ended in controversy.

I am not sure if Joe as entered the Q school if not I think he will retire from snooker unless the WPBSA give him a wild card to next seasons tour.

If not I Wish Joe all the best in the future, he was one of my favourite players to watch and I will miss him on the tour and he seamed like a great person with a great personality as well

[PatBlock]

If not Wish I Joe all the best in the future, he was one of my favourite players to watch and I will miss him on the tour and he seamed like a great person with a great personality as well

Goes for me too. Always enjoyed watching Joe, an entertaining pro and a true gent.

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[gazza147]

Well Done Daniel Wells friend of mine just hope are other good Friends Jamie Jones and Michael White can also go thru, Andrew Pagett was 8-6 up also and Lost 10-8 thought he was Home and hosed! Unlucky Andrew next time m8.


Gaz.

[jarcher]

World Championship qualifying results

Li Yan 10 (China) Paul Davidson (England) 4
Daniel Wells (Wales) 10 Joe Swail (Nothern Ireland) 5


Joe Swail loses in the 1st qualifying round of the world snooker champions and also his place on the main tour which he as been a member of since 1992, getting as high as N0 10 in the world rankings and also reaching two consective world semi finals in 2000 and 2001 and also the final of the Welsh Open as well in 2009, Joe also did the remarkable thing of dropping out the top 16 in the world rankings, then dropping out of the top 32, only to return to the top 16 in the 2000/2001 season and he nearly did the same thing again in 2008, losing out to Liang Wenbo in the World Championships (Last 16) by 13-12 in a match that ended in controversy.

I am not sure if Joe as entered the Q school if not I think he will retire from snooker unless the WPBSA give him a wild card to next seasons tour.

If not Wish I Joe all the best in the future, he was one of my favourite players to watch and I will miss him on the tour and he seamed like a great person with a great personality as well

Very nice comment. Joes a mate of mine and I'm totally gutted for him. He's been struggling with pains in his neck and had to drop from a previous tournament because of it, mid-match, as he wanted to focus on the worlds. He'd put in so much practice too. Here's hoping he hasn't lost his drive and can make yet another comeback into the top 16 over the coming seasons

[Mr Snooker]

World Qualifying results

Friday 6th April (Round 1)

1 Igor Figurideo (Brazil) 10 Jamie O' Neil (England) 5


Saturday 7th April 2012 (Round 2)

1 Adam Wicheard (England) 10 Tiang Pengfei (China) 5
2 Daniel Wells (Wales) 10 Joe Swail (Northern Ireland) 5
3 Liam Highfield (England) 10 Matthew Couch (England) 5
4 Adiytha Metha (India) 10 Andrew Pagett (Wales) 8
5 Li Yan (China) 10 Paul Davison (England) 4
6 Yu De Lu (China) 10 Patrick Wallace (Northern ireland) 9

Centuary Breaks

Adiytha Metha 103
Andrew Pagett 102
Liam Highfield 101

[LittleMissAlexa]

Ian McCulloch is another former top sixteen player under threat (he was the world number 16 who had to qualify due to Shaun Murphys world championship) technically proving its not the top 16 its the world champion and the top 15 who arent

[DandyA]

Very nice comment. Joes a mate of mine and I'm totally gutted for him. He's been struggling with pains in his neck and had to drop from a previous tournament because of it, mid-match, as he wanted to focus on the worlds. He'd put in so much practice too. Here's hoping he hasn't lost his drive and can make yet another comeback into the top 16 over the coming seasons

it's always a treat to see Joe play so I'm another one wishing him the very best and hoping he continues on the tour - he's a true gentleman of the game ...

I watched some of the Ian McCulloch vs Luca Brecel match - I hadn't realised how far Ian had slipped down the rankings but, once again, he seems a true gent - he kept smiling (and it looked genuine rather than sarcastic) even when results or Lady Luck weren't going his way ...

[jarcher]

World Championship Qualifying

Thanks DandyA, will pass on your kind words. I don't know Ian personally but I know Joe is a good friend of his. The one thing I can say about Joe, is he's a true gent off the table as well as on. A real top notch, down to earth guy who hasn't let his professional career change who he is

[intothewild]

Sad to see Joe Swail fall off the tour. Always seemed like a decent guy when I saw him on TV. Good luck to him and I also hope to see him back one day. I don't know if he'll attempt to come back now that he's 42. It seems to have been a pretty sudden decline with him considering he was in the Crucible as recently as 2009. I've been watching the live streams of the qualifying and it's a pity they didn't show that match.

[trains]

I was looking at the rankings for this season and noticed that six of the players on the tour didn't enter the Crucible qualifiers (Bedford, Hull, Mackenzie, Hogan, Haneveer and Meara). Any reason for that? Sorry if this has been covered before. Looks like they haven't entered the last few tournaments.

Don't know about the others but the qualification criteria for next season is players who qualify via the best ptc 8 outside the top 64 get 2 years guaranteed in the pro's instead of just 1 if you're actually ranked much higher in the top 64,it was unlikely to impossible Bedford would miss out on that luxury so these qualifiers weren't essential for him.
The fact that he's coincidentally gave it a miss and seemingly allowed to seems a bit odd though,also Haneveer retired from pro snooker about 6 months ago.

[LittleMissAlexa]

Theres quite a few long time tour players loooking at the trap door and I havent seen whos going through on the order of merit although i know Li Yan (a new tour player) is guaranteed to stay on tour

outside the top 64 include Rod The Plod (hope he retires) Ian McCulloch (ex top 16) James Wattana (ex top 16) Adrian Gunnell i do hope Dave Gilbert stays on hes plaid to well this season to drop off hes hit more than 20 centuries

I dont think Andy Hicks is secure (greatest breakbuilder never to of made the top 16) or Barry Pinches i do hope the chinese players stay on Liu Song it would be unjust to eliminate him as hes had some points taken off due to covering for John Higgins last season

[trains]

Was I on the wrong type of leaves with thinking McCulloch would win! He didn't play that well though,interesting to see if Brecel doesn't enter q school as he'll probably get invited back anyway.

[brusque]

agreed ... i will miss him too ... loved his nickname as well ... "Outlaw"

[DartsMadJohn]

I was looking at the rankings for this season and noticed that six of the players on the tour didn't enter the Crucible qualifiers (Bedford, Hull, Mackenzie, Hogan, Haneveer and Meara). Any reason for that? Sorry if this has been covered before. Looks like they haven't entered the last few tournaments.

Bedford is going to survive via the PTC route, so he is probably saving some money (although why you skip the Worlds is beyond me).

Haneveer quit the Main Tour

Hull retired before through illness, so hopefully that hasn't struck again.

Hogan, Meara and Mackenzie I assume just ran out of funds! Also, they;re all in a position where they would need a ridiculous run, such as last 16 or Quarters, just to have a chance of Tour survival, which isn't going to happen.

[MasterBreak147]

Don't quote me but I'm sure Simon has a back injury and has had it a while already.