The Challenge Tour ninth event in Sheffield was won by the local man, Adam Duffy.

Here is the report on Worldsnooker:

Sunday 27 Jan 2019 09:05PM

Adam Duffy won the ninth event in the 2018-19 Challenge Tour series, beating Matthew Glasby 3-1 in the final at the Star Academy in his home city of Sheffield.

Duffy, who dropped off the pro tour at the end of last season, won six matches to take the £2,000 top prize.

But with just one tournament to go in the series, he is too far behind the top two in the Challenge Tour rankings to have a chance of promotion to the professional tour. Brandon Sargeant reached the semi-finals to extend his lead at the top of the list.

The tenth and final Challenge Tour event of the season is on March 6-7 at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester.

Results

Round 1
1) Joel Walker 3 (5) 2 Joshua Cooper
2) Sydney Wilson 0 (5) 3 Farakh Ajaib
3) Sergey Isaenko 3 (5) 2 Andreas Ploner
4) Rodion Judin 1 (5) 3 Lee Shanker
5) Jake Nicholson 2 (5) 3 David Lilley
6) Peter Devlin 3 (5) 0 Saqib Nasir
7) Sean Maddocks 0 (5) 3 Leo Fernandez
8) On Yee Ng 3 (5) 0 Zsolt Fenyvesi
9) Kevin Van Hove-Speltincx 2 (5) 3 Mark Vincent
10) Jack Bradford 1 (5) 3 Matthew Glasby
11) Jamie O’Neill 3 (5) 0 Patrick Whelan
12) David Grace 2 (5) 3 Steven Hallworth
13) Barry Pinches 0 (5) 3 Mitchell Mann
14) Callum Lloyd 3 (5) 0 Iulian Boiko
15) Ryan Davies 1 (5) 3 Brandon Sargeant
16) Jackson Page 3 (5) 2 Ben Hancorn
17) William Lemons 3 (5) 1 Dylan Emery
18) Andy Marriott 3 (5) 2 Luke Pinches
19) Simon Bedford 1 (5) 3 Adam Duffy
20) Jamie McArdle 3 (5) 0 Reanne Evans
21) Felix Frede 2 (5) 3 Joshua Thomond
22) Oliver Brown 3 (5) 0 James Trump
23) Andy Milliard 2 (5) 3 Christopher Keogan
24) Danny Brindle 3 (5) 0 Heather Clare

Round 2
25) Ka Wai Cheung 3 (5) 1 Joel Walker
26) Joshua Saywell 0 (5) 3 Farakh Ajaib
27) Sergey Isaenko 0 (5) 3 Lee Shanker
28) Ryan Thomerson 0 (5) 3 David Lilley
29) Peter Devlin 2 (5) 3 Leo Fernandez
30) On Yee Ng 0 (5) 3 Mark Vincent
31) Matthew Glasby 3 (5) 2 Jamie O’Neill
32) Labeeb Ahmed 2 (5) 3 Steven Hallworth
33) Mitchell Mann 3 (5) 0 Callum Lloyd
34) Louis Heathcote 2 (5) 3 Brandon Sargeant
35) Simon Blackwell 0 (5) 3 Jackson Page
36) William Lemons 3 (5) 1 Andy Marriott
37) George Pragnell 0 (5) 3 Adam Duffy
38) John Foster 0 (5) 3 Jamie McArdle
39) Joshua Thomond 2 (5) 3 Oliver Brown
40) Christopher Keogan 3 (5) 2 Danny Brindle

Round 3
41) Ka Wai Cheung 3 (5) 0 Farakh Ajaib
42) Lee Shanker 0 (5) 3 David Lilley
43) Leo Fernandez 0 (5) 3 Mark Vincent
44) Matthew Glasby 3 (5) 0 Steven Hallworth
45) Mitchell Mann 1 (5) 3 Brandon Sargeant
46) Jackson Page 3 (5) 2 William Lemons
47) Adam Duffy 3 (5) 1 Jamie McArdle
48) Oliver Brown 3 (5) 0 Christopher Keogan

Quarter Final
49) Ka Wai Cheung 3 (5) 2 David Lilley
50) Mark Vincent 2 (5) 3 Matthew Glasby
51) Brandon Sargeant 3 (5) 2 Jackson Page
52) Adam Duffy 3 (5) 2 Oliver Brown

Semi Final
53) Ka Wai Cheung 2 (5) 3 Matthew Glasby
54) Brandon Sargeant 1 (5) 3 Adam Duffy

Final
55) Matthew Glasby 1 (5) 3 Adam Duffy

And the excellent analysis by Michael Day.

CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT 9 | DUFFY’S HOME COMFORTS

Adam Duffy became the eighth different winner on this season’s Challenge Tour, as he won Event 9 this weekend at the Star Snooker Academy in his home city of Sheffield.

The penultimate leg of this second-tier campaign drew in 56 entries from 11 different countries, but it was a native of the ‘Steel City’ who emerged victorious. Duffy began his bid with a 3-1 win over fellow ex-professional Simon Bedford, the player who claimed the previous event in Budapest, Hungary during November. He then eliminated George Pragnall (3-0) and Jamie McArdle (3-1) in the last 32 and 16 respectively.

Returning Sunday, Duffy defeated Oliver Brown (3-2), order of merit leader Brandon Sargeant (3-1) and then Matthew Glasby (3-1) in the final to take the trophy, title and £2,000.

Whilst the result rockets Duffy up into ninth on the Challenge Tour ranking list, he is out of contention in regards the top two promotion picture. This was however only his fourth stop on the circuit this season.

THE PROMOTION PICTURE

Despite his loss to Duffy in the semi-finals, it was a very satisfying weekend for Sargeant who now has one hand and several fingers on one of the two professional tour cards on offer.

The £700 he banked strengthened his position at the top of the order of merit. Sargeant’s running total is currently £6,625; he has a healthy advantage over second placed David Grace (£5,775) and third-placed Mitchell Mann (£5,725) – the only two players who could dislodge him.

It is an attractive lead, but not mathematically unassailable. At March’s tenth and final event, Sargeant would miss out if he lost in the last 64 (or if there is a prelim) and both Grace and Mann reached the final. However, this is the only way he could be denied, and with no seeding involved his closest rivals may be drawn in the same half, therefore he would be safe regardless of the outcome.

The draw of Event 10 will be pivotal. It would seem that if Grace could equal, or better, Mann’s result he would qualify back onto the top tier. Although fourth-placed David Lilley (£4,200), who reached the quarters in Sheffield, can gatecrash and swipe the second ticket if he were to win Event 10 and both Grace and Mann lost before the quarter-finals there.

For the full results from Challenge Tour Event 9 please visit the snooker.org tournament page here.

To see the latest provisional Challenge Tour ranking list, please visit snooker.org here.

The picture above is courtesy of the Star Snooker Academy, Sheffield.

Article written and published by Michael Day on the 27th January 2019

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Meanwhile, in Houston, Texas … Igor Figueiredo booked his spot in the WSS World Championship 2019.

Igor Figueiredo from Brazil wins the WSS World Championship 2019 – Q6 in Houston, Texas.

January 25, 2019 seniorsnookerUncategorized

The Seniors Tour is in Houston Texas for the sixth 2019 World Championship qualifying event of this season. It’s happening this week-end!

Here is the draw:

And the format:

And here is the Last 32 draw in a slightly easier-to-read presentation

Match 1: Lee Richardson (Eng) (1) 3-0 Christiano Galeses (Bra)
Match 2: Robert Bell (Ire) 1-3 Laslo Kovacs (USA)
Match 3: Steven Bremar (Ber) 3-0 Januario De Souza (Bra)
Match 4: Paul Fedden (Ber) 2-3 Majid Randhawa (USA)
Match 5: Levi Meiller (Can) (5) 3-0 Adel Guindi (USA)
Match 6: Jesus De Olivera (Bra) 3-0 Ricardo e Silva (Bra)
Match 7: William Hoenig (USA) 0-3 Daren Taylor (USA)
Match 8: Osni Xavier Kuss (Bra) 0-3 John White (Can) (4)
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Match 9: Richard Emery (Eng) (2) 3-0 Khan Laheeq (Pak)
Match 10: John Hoenig (USA) 0-3 Pedro Luiz Poli (Bra)
Match 11: Pravin Patel (USA) 0-3 Mark White (USA)
Match 12: Firmiano De Souza Neto (Bra) 2-3 Mihai Visovan (USA)
Match 13: Hans Blanckaert (Bel) (6) 1-3 Aleya Prabhakar (USA)
Match 14: Anita Chan (Can) 0-3 Charlie Brown (Can)
Match 15: Ernst Bezemer (USA) 3-2 Dayron Azevedo (Bra)
Match 16: Bernard Frerotte 0-3 (101, 71, 50) Igor Figueiredo (Bra) (3)

Last 16

Lee Richardson (84) 3-0 Laslo Kovacs
Steven Bremar 2-3 Majid Randhawa
Levi Meiller 3-0 Jesus De Olivera
Daren Taylor 3-0 John White
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Richard Emery 3-0 Pedro Luis Poli
Mark White 3-0 Mihai Visovan
Aleya Prabhakar 2-3 Charlie Brown
Ernst Bezemer 0-3 (146) Igor Figueiredo

QF

Lee Richardson 3-0 Majid Randhawa
Levi Meiller 2-3 Daren Taylor
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Richard Emery 3-0 Mark White
Charlie Brown 1-3 Igor Figueiredo

SF

Lee Richarson 2-3 Daren Taylor
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Richard Emery 0-3 Igor Figueiredo

The Final

Daren Taylor 0-3 (58,60,63) Igor Figueiredo

The trophies were presented by the President of the U. S. Snooker Association, Ajeya Prabhakar.

Well done to all involved!

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