Q School 2016 – Event 1

Q School – Event 1
Tournament information
Dates	11–16 May 2016
Venue	Meadowside Centre
City	Burton-upon-Trent
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Qualifying School
Highest break	Fang Xiongman (142)
Qualifiers	Fang Xiongman ; Christopher Keogan ; Cao Yupeng ; Chen Zhe
	← 2015 – Event 2 2016 – Event 2 →

Q-School 2016 – Event 1 was the first of two qualifying tournaments for the 2016/17 snooker season. It took place from 11 to 16 May 2016 at Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England.

The four qualifying spots were won by Fang Xiongman, Christopher Keogan, Cao Yupeng and Chen Zhe who beat , , and David Lilley respectively in the finals of their draw.^[1]

Format[]

The tournament consisted of players being randomly assigned to four sections. Each section plays in the knockout system with the winner of each section earning a two-year tour card to play on the main tour for the 2016/17 snooker season and 2017/18 snooker season. All matches will be the best-of-7.

Players in the tournament consist of former professionals trying to regain their tour cards and amateurs attempting to join the main tour for the first time. Former professionals in the tournament include former world number 10 Tony Drago as well as Cao Yupeng, Alex Davies, Alexander Ursenbacher, John Astley, Joel Walker, Gerard Greene, Steven Hallworth, Andy Hicks, Jamie O'Neill, Lucky Vatnani, Alex Borg, Barry Pinches, Adam Duffy, Peter Lines, Chen Zhe, Jordan Brown, Lyu Haotian and 2016 Ladies World Champion Reanne Evans who was attempting to regain a place on the main tour for the first time since 2011. Several continental and national amateur also competed such as 2016 Under-18 European Snooker Champion: Tyler Rees, 2013 United States Champion: Corey Deuel, 2013 German Champion: Lukas Kleckers, 2014 Welsh Champion: Jamie Clarke, 2015 : Andreas Ploner. Former English Champions and plus 2016 champion and 2015 Ladies World Champion Ng On Yee who along with Reanne Evans and were the only female competitors in the tournament.

Main draw[]

^[2]^[3]

Round 1[]

Best of 7 frames


	2–4
	2–4	Ng On Yee
	2–4	Lucky Vatnani
Jeff Cundy	0–4
Alex Borg	4–0
	3–4
	4–0
	4–0
	4–0
	0–4	Zak Surety
	0–4	Chris Totten
	0–4	Fang Xiongman
Ashley Carty	1–4
	3–4
	3–4	Corey Deuel
	4–0
	0–4
	2–4	Christopher Keogan
Gary Thomson	4–3	Barry Pinches
	0–4	Lu Chenwei
Peter Lines	4–2
	1–4	Joe O'Connor
	0–4
	0–4	Craig Steadman
Ian Glover	3–4
	2–4
	3–4


	2–4	Louis Heathcote
	4–1
Michael Georgiou	1–4
	4–1
	4–0
	4–0
John Astley	4–2
	0–4
Alexander Ursenbacher	0–4
	3–4	Kishan Hirani
	3–4
	2–4
Brandon Sargeant	4–0	Dessie Sheehan
	0–4
	0–4	Farakh Ajaib
	2–4	Joe Delaney
	1–4
Kuldesh Johal	4–2
Ian Preece	4–1	Ben Jones
	0–4
Chris Melling	2–4	David Lilley
Andy Hicks	4–0	Peter Devlin
	4–3
Gerard Greene	w/o–w/d
Jordan Brown	4–1
	2–4	Kevin Van Hove
	0–4	Adam Duffy

Section 1[]

Round 2 Best of 7 frames		Round 3 Best of 7 frames		Round 4 Best of 7 frames		Round 5 Best of 7 frames		Round 6 Best of 7 frames

	0

	4
			3

		Ng On Yee	4
	0

Ng On Yee	4
				Ng On Yee	3

					4
	1

Lucky Vatnani	4
		Lucky Vatnani	3

			4
	4

	2
							4

							0
	4

	2
			2

			4
	4

Alex Borg	0
					3

					4
	0

	4
			3

			4
	2

	4
									3

								Fang Xiongman	4
David John	3

	4
			3

			4
	4

	3
					1

					4
	1

	4
			4

		Jamie O'Neill	0
	2

Jamie O'Neill	4
							1

						Fang Xiongman	4
	0

Zak Surety	4
		Zak Surety	1

		Lyu Haotian	4
Lyu Haotian	4

Chris Totten	1
				Lyu Haotian	3

				Fang Xiongman	4
	0

Fang Xiongman	4
		Fang Xiongman	4

			1
	4

	1

Section 2[]

Round 2 Best of 7 frames		Round 3 Best of 7 frames		Round 4 Best of 7 frames		Round 5 Best of 7 frames		Round 6 Best of 7 frames

	3

	4
			0

		Adam Stefanow	4
Adam Stefanow	4

Corey Deuel	2
				Adam Stefanow	4

				Reanne Evans	2
Reanne Evans	4

Chen Zifan	0
		Reanne Evans	4

			1
	0

	4
						Adam Stefanow	3

						Christopher Keogan	4
Joel Walker	4

	1
		Joel Walker	3

		Christopher Keogan	4
Jamie Clarke	3

Christopher Keogan	4
				Christopher Keogan	4

				Lu Chenwei	0
Bradley Jones	4

Gary Thomson	1
		Bradley Jones	1

		Lu Chenwei	4
	2

Lu Chenwei	4
								Christopher Keogan	4

									0
	0

Peter Lines	4
		Peter Lines	2

			4
	0

	4
					3

					4
	3

Joe O'Connor	4
		Joe O'Connor	3

			4
Harvey Chandler	2

	4
							4

						Craig Steadman	1
	1

Craig Steadman	4
		Craig Steadman	4

			1
	0

	4
				Craig Steadman	4

					1
	0

	4
			4

			1
	0

	4

Section 3[]

Round 2 Best of 7 frames		Round 3 Best of 7 frames		Round 4 Best of 7 frames		Round 5 Best of 7 frames		Round 6 Best of 7 frames

	1

Louis Heathcote	4
		Louis Heathcote	4

			0
	4

	1
				Louis Heathcote	1

				Cao Yupeng	4
Cao Yupeng	4

	1
		Cao Yupeng	4

			2
	4

	1
						Cao Yupeng	4

						Jamie Curtis-Barrett	3
Jamie Curtis-Barrett	4

	2
		Jamie Curtis-Barrett	4

			3
	4

	2
				Jamie Curtis-Barrett	4

				Ashley Hugill	3
Fung Kwok Wai	4

	3
		Fung Kwok Wai	0

		Ashley Hugill	4
Ashley Hugill	4

John Astley	1
								Cao Yupeng	4

									0
	4

	1
			0

			4
	3

	4
					4

				Alex Davies	1
	1

Alex Davies	4
		Alex Davies	4

		Kishan Hirani	3
	0

Kishan Hirani	4
							1

							4
	2

	4
			4

			0
	0

	4
					4

				Brandon Sargeant	3
Lukas Kleckers	3

Brandon Sargeant	4
		Brandon Sargeant	4

			1
	4

	3

Section 4[]

Round 2 Best of 7 frames		Round 3 Best of 7 frames		Round 4 Best of 7 frames		Round 5 Best of 7 frames		Round 6 Best of 7 frames

	0

Farakh Ajaib	4
		Farakh Ajaib	3

			4
	2

	4
					1

				Chen Zhe	4
Steven Hallworth	4

	1
		Steven Hallworth	2

		Chen Zhe	4
Chen Zhe	4

	2
						Chen Zhe	4

						Ian Preece	2
Oliver Brown	4

Joe Delaney	2
		Oliver Brown	1

			4
Andreas Ploner	3

	4
					1

				Ian Preece	4
	3

Kuldesh Johal	4
		Kuldesh Johal	1

		Ian Preece	4
	1

Ian Preece	4
								Chen Zhe	4

								David Lilley	1
	3

	4
			1

		David Lilley	4
	0

David Lilley	4
				David Lilley	4

				Andy Hicks	1
	0

Andy Hicks	4
		Andy Hicks	4

			3
	3

	4
						David Lilley	4

						Adam Duffy	2
Tony Drago	3

Gerard Greene	4
		Gerard Greene	4

		Jordan Brown	3
Andy Lee	1

Jordan Brown	4
				Gerard Greene	0

				Adam Duffy	4
	2

Kevin Van Hove	4
		Kevin Van Hove	1

		Adam Duffy	4
	0

Adam Duffy	4

Century Breaks[]

^[4]

142, 103, 102 – Fang Xiongman
136, 130 – Lyu Haotian
135, 106 –
130 – Alex Borg
125 – Alex Davies
123 – Steven Hallworth
115 – Ian Preece
113 –
108 –
106 – Barry Pinches
106 – John Astley
106 – Cao Yupeng
100 – Zak Surety

References[]

^ "Q School Event One Qualifiers". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "Q School 2016 Event 1 Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ "Q School 2016 Event 1: Matches". worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "Q School 2016 Event 1: Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

[1] "Q School Event One Qualifiers". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[2] "Q School 2016 Event 1 Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[3] "Q School 2016 Event 1: Matches". worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[4] "Q School 2016 Event 1: Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

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Tournament information
Dates	11–16 May 2016 (2016-05-11 – 2016-05-16)
Venue	Meadowside Centre
City	Burton-upon-Trent
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Qualifying School
Highest break	Fang Xiongman (142)
Qualifiers	Fang Xiongman Christopher Keogan Cao Yupeng Chen Zhe
← 2015 – Event 2 2016 – Event 2 →