Q School 2011

The full entry list for the first ever World Snooker Q School was revealed recently and many high profile names make up the 124 players hoping to win one of the 12 places on the main tour next season. This includes the likes of; Reanne Evans, Luca Brecel, Tony Knowles and former Scottish Open champion David Gray.

Q SCHOOL 2012 ENTRIES OPEN

Q School 2012 Details Announced

Event 1 (May 11-16) - Results & Frame Scores

Event 2 (17-22 May) - Results & Frame Scores

Event 3 (23-28 May) - Results & Frame Scores

Event 1 Winners - David Grace (Eng), Adam Wicheard (Eng),

Andrew Norman (Eng), Robin Hull (Fin)

Event 2 Winners - Li Yan (Chi), Tian Pengfei (Chi),

Simon Bedford (Eng), David Morris (Ire)

Event 3 Winners - Kurt Maflin (Nor), David Gilbert (Eng)

Adam Duffy (Eng). Stuart Carrington (Eng)

Sean "The Storm" O'Sullivan Interview

Dr Khizar Raoof Interview

David Grace Interview

Lasse Munstermann Interview

Alex Borg Interview

The inaugural event runs from May 11 to 28 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield. There will be three events played and the four semi-finalists from each event will earn a place of the World Snooker professional tour for the 2011/2012 season where they will be competing for total prize money of £4.5 million and this figure is ever-increasing with each new tournament.

The list of of the 124 players entering feature a lot of new and old names. Many of the players that dropped off the pro tour after finishing outside the top 64 in the rankings are back again for another shot in the Q School, these include the likes of seven-times women's world champion Reanne Evans, the youngest ever player to make a professional 147; Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon, two-times Thailand Open champion James Wattana and Norway's top player Kurt Maflin.

The Q School will also see plenty of young talent trying to join their hero's on the main tour next season. The biggest name is obviously two-times European under-21 champion Luca Brecel who is now able to join the main tour finally reaching the legal age of 16. If Luca doesn't make it through the Q School he should receive the wildcard for his achievements anyway. Other young hopefuls include; Ronnie O'Sullivan Future Stars 2010 champion Joel Walker, Stephen Hendry's 18-year old nephew Jason Tart and 2008 Junior Pot Black champion Mitchell Mann.

A few more familar faces joining the line up are former main tour veterans; David Gray, Mike Hallett and Tony Knowles. David won the 2003 Scottish Open and was as high as 12 in the world rankings but dropped off the tour last year and Mike is the 1989 Hong Kong Open champion and former world no.6. Three-times world semi-finalist and 80's star Tony Knowles would be the oldest player on the tour if he was to make it through the Q School at the age of 55, could he cause a shock in Sheffield?

Entrants to the Q School come from all over the world also, leading the charge for Germany we have surprise EPTC package Lasse Munstermann, Brent Kolbeck from Canada and representing India we have Lucky Vatnani. There is also a large portion of players making the trip over from Asia, including former China Open wildcards; Li Hang, Yu Delu, Cao Yupeng and the player who beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in last year's tournament; Tian Pengfei.

Here is the full list of players entering the 2011 World Snooker Q School;

VINNIE CALABRESE
BEN JUDGE
SIMON BEVZ
HANS BLANCKEART
LUCA BRECEL
BRENT KOLBECK
YU DELU
LI HANG
TIAN PENGFEI
MEI XIWEN
LI YAN
CAO YUPENG
CHEN ZHE
ZHANG ANDA
ROBIN HULL
AUGUSTO RUCKAUF
LASSE MUNSTERMANN
MANISH JAIN
SHAHBAAZ ADIL KHAN
MOHAMMED KHIZAR RAOOF
ADITYA MEHTA
LUCKY VATNANI
BRIJESH DAMANI
ALEX BORG
SHAHRAM CHANGEZI
NAJMUR REHMAN KHAN
LYNDON GORDON
JOHN JAMES ASTLEY
CRAIG BARBER
IAN BURNS
STEPHEN CRAIGIE
JEFF CUNDY
ALEX DAVIES
ADAM DUFFY
DAVID GRACE
STEPHEN GROVES
MIKE HALLETT
MARC HARMAN
BEN HARRISON
SAM HARVEY
TONY KNOWLES
MITCHELL MANN
CHRIS NORBURY
ANDREW NORMAN
LEE PAGE
ANTONY PARSONS
STEPHEN ROWLINGS
MATTHEW SIMPSON
JASON TART
ALLAN TAYLOR
JOEL WALKER
MICHAEL WASLEY
SHAUN WILKES
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
SIMON BEDFORD
KURT MAFLIN
LEE STEPHENS
JAMES LOFT
GARETH ALLEN
JAMIE RHYS CLARKE
GARETH EDWARDS
KISHAN HIRANI
DUANE JONES
ALEX TAUBMAN
LEE WALKER
ROSS JONES
BOBBY CRUIKSHANKS
LESLIE MICHAEL
DAVID McLELLAN
FRASER PATRICK
JAMES MCBAIN
DAVID MORRIS
THEPCHAIYA UH-NOOH
THANAWAT THIRAPONGPAIBOON
JAMES WATTANA
SAM BAIRD
OLIVER BROWN
JAMES BURRETT
STUART CARRINGTON
RYAN CAUSTON
TONY ELSE
GARETH COATES
IAN GLOVER
DAVID GRAY
JAMES HILL
IQBAL SHAHZAD
NICK JENNINGS
GEORGE MARTER
LIAM MONK
SAQIB NASIR
MARTIN O'DONNELL
STEPHEN ORMEROD
SEAN O'SULLIVAN
SACHIN PLAHA
DAVID SINGH
JAMES SILVERWOOD
LUKE SIMMONDS
BHAVESH SODHA
LEE SPICK
STEPHEN ELLIS
ZAK SURETY
ROBERT VALIANT
CHARLIE WALTERS
MICHAEL WILD
SYDNEY WILSON
MITCHELL TRAVIS
ROB JAMES
CRAIG STEADMAN
GARY WILSON
JAMIE WALKER
JAMES WELSH
BASH MAQSOOD
DEAN VENABLES
STEVE JUDD
ALEX O'DONOGHUE
DAVE PORTMAN
JUSTIN ASTLEY
JAK JONES
ADAM WICHEARD
PHIL O'KANE
KYREN WILSON
DAVID BROWN-GILBERT
JAMIE O'NEILL
REANNE EVANS