Here is WST report on the action in Leicester yesterday:

Jamie Jones came through a hard-fought Group 30 at the BetVictor Championship League to book his place in the second stage.

Jones kept up the sequence of a Welshman topping a group each day, following victories earlier in the week for Ryan Day, Mark Williams, Matthew Stevens, Michael White and Jackson Page.

He opened with a 3-0 win over Chris Totten, top scoring with 124, then crucially came from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 draw with Ishpreet Singh Chadha. The group was in the balance ahead of his final match with Liu Hongyu, but by coming from 1-0 down to draw 2-2 with breaks of 99 and 68, Jones finished just ahead of Singh Chadha on frame difference.

Leicester’s Ben Woollaston took the spoils in Group 29. He trailed Stan Moody 2-0 in his opening match but hit back for a 2-2 draw, and that proved the turning point for Woollaston as he went on to beat Dylan Emery 3-0 and Dominic Dale 3-1.

Results / Fixtures

I’m happy to see Ben Woollaston slowly regaining form after years of struggles with health issues. Stan Moody came second in that group, undefeated. At 17 he’s showing a lot of maturity. Dylan Emery, on the other hand, was nowhere near the level needed at professional level.

In the other group very little separated Jamie Jones from Ishpreet Singh Chadha, or even from Chris Totten who came third. None of those three won more than one match, not because of lack of quality but because nearly every frame was hard fought. Liu Hongyu was disappointing but, of course, it’s only the start of the season and, maybe, he was only just back from China.

There is no play today. Happy Fathers Day to all fathers out there!