Yesterday was the last day of the 2023 NI Open Qualifiers and here is the report by WST:

Moody Off The Mark

Highly-rated teenager Stan Moody scored his first win as a professional with a fine 4-2 victory over Zhou Yuelong to qualify for the final stages of the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open.

Yorkshire’s Moody, who turned 17 last month, qualified for the tour by winning the WSF Junior Championship earlier this year. He has had a series of narrow defeats so far this season but bounced back today by beating world number 22 Zhou. From 2-1 down, Moody took the last three frames with a top break of 108 and he goes through to Belfast to face Rod Lawler.

Stuart Bingham, sporting a new pair of glasses, edged out Ashley Hugill 4-3 with a top break of 117. Estonia’s top player Andres Petrov made a superb 112 in the deciding frame to beat in-form Sanderson Lam 4-3. Stephen Maguire was another 4-3 winner as he recovered a 3-1 deficit to beat Fergal O’Brien, firing runs of 126 and 100.

BetVictor English Open runner-up Zhang Anda top-scored with 100 in a 4-1 defeat of Si Jiahui, while Michael White came from 2-0 down to beat Mink Nutcharut 4-2.

All the detailed results are on snooker.org

The event proper starts tomorrow and WST has published its schedule

BetVictor Northern Ireland Open Match Schedule

The Waterfront Hall in Belfast hosts the BetVictor Northern Ireland Open from October 22-29.

Below is the provisional match schedule and this will be updated as the tournament progresses.

Sunday October 22

10am
Neil Robertson v Wu Yize
Robert Milkins v Cao Yupeng
Ryan Day v Ma Hailong

Not before 1pm
Judd Trump v Jenson Kendrick
Kyren Wilson v Sam Craigie
Ricky Walden v Ben Woollaston

Not before 2pm
Mark Williams v Tian Pengfei
Jack Lisowski v Rebecca Kenna
Robbie McGuigan v Muhammad Asif

7pm
Mark Allen v Ben Mertens
Gary Wilson v Louis Heathcote
David Gilbert v Joel Connolly

Not before 8pm
Shaun Murphy v Ryan Thomerson
Anthony McGill v Jimmy White
Rory McLeod v Ahmed Aly Elsayed

Monday October 23

10am
Barry Hawkins v Elliot Slessor
Hossein Vafaei v Mark Joyce
Tom Ford v Haydon Pinhey

Not before 1pm
Jackson Page v Jack Lisowski or Rebecca Kenna
Ryan Day or Ma Hailong v Martin O’Donnell
Graeme Dott v Xing Zihao

Not before 2pm
Jordan Brown v Neil Robertson or Wu Yize
Dylan Emery v Robert Milkins or Cao Yupeng
Aaron Hill v Fan Zhengyi

7pm
Shaun Murphy or Ryan Thomerson v Marco Fu
Rod Lawler v Stan Moody
Dean Young v Matthew Selt

Not before 8pm
Mark Allen or Ben Mertens v Andres Petrov
Lukas Kleckers v Gary Wilson or Louis Heathcote
Zak Surety v Sean O’Sullivan

Tuesday October 24

The matches listed below will take place on Tuesday, but the schedule is yet to be confirmed.

Stuart Bingham v Xu Si
Chris Wakelin v Alfie Burden
Jamie Clarke v Yuan Sijun
Barry Hawkins or Elliot Slessor v Jiang Jun
Ricky Walden or Ben Woollaston v Dominic Dale
Lyu Haotian v Tom Ford or Haydon Pinhey
Michael White v Joe Perry
Ian Burns v Ken Doherty
Ross Muir v Rory McLeod or Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Judd Trump or Jenson Kendrick v Julien Leclercq
Jimmy Robertson v Peng Yisong
Mark Davis v Jak Jones
Hammad Miah v Kyren Wilson or Sam Craigie
James Cahill v Stephen Maguire
Anthony McGill or Jimmy White v Robbie McGuigan or Muhammad Asif

Wednesday October 25 

The matches listed below will take place on Wednesday, but the schedule is yet to be confirmed.

Matthew Stevens v David Gilbert or Joel Connolly
Zhang Anda v John Astley or Thor Chuan Leong
Noppon Saengkham v Barry Pinches
Mark Williams or Tian Pengfei v Robbie Williams
Anton Kazakov v Hossein Vafaei or Mark Joyce