Qualifying School - Event One

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 26-31 May 2023; Venue: Morningside Arena , Leicester, England; Type: Qualifying School; Twitter: #QSchool; Notes: See also results (204)

Final
		Alexander Ursenbacher	4	-	3	Barry Pinches
	8-125 (125), 98-0 (62), 86-22, 68-18 (66) 59-63 (AU 54), 57-73 (73, 51), 79-12 (69) Ursenbacher earns a spot on the World Snooker Tour for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.
		Andrew Higginson (a)	4	-	0	Haydon Pinhey (a)
	49-11, 75-52, 77-11, 76-40 Higginson earns a spot on the World Snooker Tour for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.
		Liam Pullen (a)	4	-	0	Alex Taubman (a)
	73-17, 85-15, 70-69, 68-15 Pullen earns a spot on the World Snooker Tour for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.
		Andrew Pagett	4	-	2	Iulian Boiko (a)
	49-38, 90-0 (62), 1-76, 76-20 51-74 (57), 65-49 Pagett earns a spot on the World Snooker Tour for 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.
Round 5 (Last 16)
1		Barry Pinches	4	-	0	Patrick Whelan (a)
2		Alexander Ursenbacher	4	-	2	Alfie Burden
3		Haydon Pinhey (a)	4	-	1	Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)
4		Andrew Higginson (a)	4	-	1	Fergal Quinn (a)
5		Alex Taubman (a)	4	-	2	Steven Hallworth (a)
6		Liam Pullen (a)	4	-	2	Sydney Wilson (a)
7		Andrew Pagett	4	-	2	Daniel Womersley (a)
8		Iulian Boiko (a)	4	-	3	Jamie O'Neill
Round 4 (Last 32)
1		Patrick Whelan (a)	4	-	3	Alfie Davies (a)
2		Barry Pinches	4	-	1	Simon Bedford (a)
3		Alexander Ursenbacher	4	-	1	Chris Totten (a)
	136 by Ursenbacher frame 1 was the highest break of the event
4		Alfie Burden	4	-	2	Louis Heathcote
5		Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)	4	-	3	Josh Mulholland (a)
	Decided on the final black
6		Haydon Pinhey (a)	4	-	3	Duane Jones
7		Fergal Quinn (a)	4	-	3	Brandon Hall (a)
8		Andrew Higginson (a)	4	-	1	Hayden Staniland (a)
9		Alex Taubman (a)	4	-	2	Dean Young
10		Steven Hallworth (a)	4	-	2	Zack Richardson (a)
11		Liam Pullen (a)	4	-	3	Craig Steadman
	Pullen was 3-0 down
12		Sydney Wilson (a)	4	-	0	Joshua Cooper (a)
13		Daniel Womersley (a)	4	-	0	Aaron Busuttil (a)
14		Andrew Pagett	4	-	0	Lee Shanker (a)
15		Jamie O'Neill	4	-	3	Joshua Thomond (a)
16		Iulian Boiko (a)	4	-	3	Stuart Carrington
Round 3 (Last 64)
1		Patrick Whelan (a)	4	-	2	Rory McLeod (a)
2		Alfie Davies (a)	4	-	3	Martyn Taylor (a)
3		Barry Pinches	4	-	2	Peter Lines
4		Simon Bedford (a)	4	-	2	Matthew Glasby (a)
5		Alexander Ursenbacher	4	-	1	Daan Leyssen (a)
6		Chris Totten (a)	4	-	2	Daniel Holoyda (a)
7		Alfie Burden	4	-	1	James Lee (a)
8		Louis Heathcote	4	-	2	Phil O'Kane (a)
9		Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)	4	-	1	John Parkin (a)
10		Josh Mulholland (a)	4	-	2	Halim Hussain (a)
11		Duane Jones	4	-	1	Paul Deaville (a)
12		Haydon Pinhey (a)	4	-	3	Bulcsu Revesz (a)
13		Brandon Hall (a)	4	-	2	Michael Collumb (a)
14		Fergal Quinn (a)	4	-	2	Ben Fortey (a)
15		Andrew Higginson (a)	4	-	3	Billy Castle (a)
16		Hayden Staniland (a)	4	-	2	Michael Holt (a)
17		Alex Taubman (a)	4	-	0	Brian Ochoiski (a)
18		Dean Young	4	-	1	Bash Maqsood (a)
19		Steven Hallworth (a)	4	-	1	Eden Sharav (a)
20		Zack Richardson (a)	4	-	0	Jack Harris (a)
21		Craig Steadman	4	-	2	Lewis Ullah (a)
22		Liam Pullen (a)	4	-	3	Gary Britton (a)
23		Sydney Wilson (a)	4	-	0	Jordan Shepherd (a)
24		Joshua Cooper (a)	4	-	1	Riley Parsons (a)
25		Aaron Busuttil (a)	4	-	2	Alex Millington (a)
26		Daniel Womersley (a)	4	-	3	Connor Benzey (a)
	Decided on the final black
27		Lee Shanker (a)	4	-	3	Sean McAllister (a)
28		Andrew Pagett	4	-	2	Gerard Greene
29		Jamie O'Neill	4	-	2	Kayden Brierley (a)
30		Joshua Thomond (a)	4	-	3	Umut Dikme (a)
31		Iulian Boiko (a)	4	-	2	Liam Davies (a)
32		Stuart Carrington	4	-	2	Harvey Chandler (a)
Round 2 (Last 128)
1		Rory McLeod (a)	4	-	3	Gary Thomson (a)	Re-spotted black in frame 3
2		Patrick Whelan (a)	4	-	1	Sean Maddocks (a)
3		Martyn Taylor (a)	4	-	2	Edwin Depoorter (a)
4		Alfie Davies (a)	4	-	2	Jamie Wilson (a)
5		Peter Lines	4	-	2	Ben Robinson (a)
6		Barry Pinches	4	-	3	Nathan Jones (a)
7		Simon Bedford (a)	4	-	1	Keith Keldie (a)
8		Matthew Glasby (a)	4	-	0	Jack Bradford (a)
9		Alexander Ursenbacher	4	-	0	Tan Wang Chooi (a)
10		Daan Leyssen (a)	4	-	0	Jason Wright (a)
11		Chris Totten (a)	4	-	0	Jack Haley (a)
12		Daniel Holoyda (a)	4	-	1	Ian Martin (a)
13		James Lee (a)	4	-	0	Joe Fenton (a)
14		Alfie Burden	4	-	0	Neil Craycraft (a)
15		Phil O'Kane (a)	4	-	1	Ryan Davies (a)
16		Louis Heathcote	4	-	2	Alex Clenshaw (a)
17		John Parkin (a)	4	-	3	Hamim Hussain (a)
18		Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)	4	-	0	Fraser Patrick
	Patrick conceded the fourth frame when he was 9 points ahead with one red remaining on the table because of a neck problem
19		Halim Hussain (a)	4	-	3	Saqib Nasir (a)
20		Josh Mulholland (a)	4	-	3	Luke Pinches (a)
21		Duane Jones	4	-	1	Stuart Watson (a)
22		Paul Deaville (a)	4	-	2	Florian Nüßle (a)
23		Haydon Pinhey (a)	4	-	1	Matthew Roberts (a)
24		Bulcsu Revesz (a)	4	-	1	Aidan Murphy (a)
25		Michael Collumb (a)	4	-	2	Darryl Hill (a)
26		Brandon Hall (a)	4	-	1	Kuldesh Johal (a)
	Johal retired at 2-1 down due to a neck injury
27		Ben Fortey (a)	4	-	0	Vladislav Gradinari (a)
28		Fergal Quinn (a)	4	-	0	Tom Maxfield (a)
29		Andrew Higginson (a)	4	-	0	Labeeb Ahmed (a)
30		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Mark Vincent (a)
31		Michael Holt (a)	4	-	1	Jeff Cundy (a)
32		Hayden Staniland (a)	4	-	0	Rhys Clark (a)
33		Brian Ochoiski (a)	4	-	2	Andrew Robson (a)
34		Alex Taubman (a)	4	-	1	Faizaan Mohammed (a)
35		Bash Maqsood (a)	4	-	2	Niel Vincent (a)
36		Dean Young	4	-	1	David Allender (a)
37		Steven Hallworth (a)	4	-	2	James Height (a)
38		Eden Sharav (a)	4	-	3	Jason Tart (a)
39		Jack Harris (a)	4	-	1	Elias Martin-Beris (a)
40		Zack Richardson (a)	4	-	3	Laxman Rawat (a)
41		Lewis Ullah (a)	4	-	2	James Silverwood (a)
42		Craig Steadman	4	-	3	Bai Yulu (af)
43		Gary Britton (a)	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
44		Liam Pullen (a)	4	-	3	Jed Mann (a)
45		Sydney Wilson (a)	4	-	2	Jake Crofts (a)
46		Jordan Shepherd (a)	4	-	1	Farakh Ajaib (a)
47		Riley Parsons (a)	4	-	3	Mitchell Mann
48		Joshua Cooper (a)	4	-	2	Neal Jones (a)
49		Alex Millington (a)	4	-	3	Antoni Kowalski (a)
50		Aaron Busuttil (a)	4	-	1	George Pragnell (a)
51		Connor Benzey (a)	4	-	0	Peter Devlin (a)
52		Daniel Womersley (a)	4	-	0	Wayne Townsend (a)
53		Sean McAllister (a)	4	-	1	Jack Borwick (a)
54		Lee Shanker (a)	4	-	1	Nicolas Mortreux (a)
55		Andrew Pagett	4	-	0	Amaan Iqbal (a)
56		Gerard Greene	4	-	0	Anthony Krysa (a)
57		Jamie O'Neill	4	-	3	Robin Hull (a)
58		Kayden Brierley (a)	4	-	3	Tyler Rees (a)	Re-spotted black in frame 5 (58-58)
59		Umut Dikme (a)	4	-	3	Darren McVicar (a)
60		Joshua Thomond (a)	4	-	0	Aman Goel (a)
61		Liam Davies (a)	4	-	0	Paul Burrell (a)
62		Iulian Boiko (a)	4	-	3	Oliver Sykes (a)
	Decided on the final black
63		Harvey Chandler (a)	4	-	0	Samuel Lee Stevens (a)	Re-spotted black in frame 2 (47-47)
64		Stuart Carrington	4	-	0	Scott Bell (a)
Round 1 (Last 208)
1		Gary Thomson (a)	4	-	3	Carl Bennett (a)
2		Patrick Whelan (a)	4	-	0	Ian Barlow (a)
3		Edwin Depoorter (a)	4	-	0	Robert Cloherty (a)
4		Alfie Davies (a)	4	-	1	Daniel Webb (a)
5		Jamie Wilson (a)	4	-	1	Rodion Judin (a)
6		Ben Robinson (a)	4	-	1	Neil Jones (a)
7		Nathan Jones (a)	4	-	3	Mike Finn (a)
8		Simon Bedford (a)	4	-	0	Jeremiah Connors (a)
9		Jack Bradford (a)	4	-	3	Ross Bulman (a)
10		Matthew Glasby (a)	4	-	2	Thomas Peasland (a)
11		Tan Wang Chooi (a)	4	-	1	Ian Desmier (a)
12		Jason Wright (a)	w/o			Rupesh Thakkar (a)	Thakkar didn't show up
13		Jack Haley (a)	4	-	2	John Fearick (a)
14		Ian Martin (a)	4	-	0	Andy Marriott (a)
15		Daniel Holoyda (a)	w/o			Ivan Kakovskii (a)
16		Joe Fenton (a)	4	-	2	Imran Puri (a)
17		Neil Craycraft (a)	4	-	3	Aristos Pampouris (a)
18		Phil O'Kane (a)	4	-	1	Andrew Doherty (a)
19		Louis Heathcote	4	-	0	Marc Shaw (a)
20		Alex Clenshaw (a)	4	-	0	Bradley Tyson (a)
21		John Parkin (a)	4	-	2	Ronnie Kralj (a)
22		Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)	4	-	0	Dylan Smith (a)
23		Halim Hussain (a)	4	-	1	Pommy Kang (a)
24		Luke Pinches (a)	4	-	2	Stephen Kershaw (a)
25		Josh Mulholland (a)	4	-	1	Mickey Joyce (a)
26		Stuart Watson (a)	4	-	1	Bradley Cowdroy (a)
27		Paul Deaville (a)	4	-	0	Heather Clare (af)
28		Matthew Roberts (a)	4	-	0	Andy Neck (a)
29		Bulcsu Revesz (a)	4	-	2	Alfie Lee (a)
30		Aidan Murphy (a)	4	-	2	Kyle Holland (a)
31		Darryl Hill (a)	4	-	1	Daniel Walker (a)
32		Brandon Hall (a)	w/o			Mandeep Singh (a)	Singh didn't show up
33		Vladislav Gradinari (a)	4	-	1	Juan Pedro Duran (a)
34		Tom Maxfield (a)	4	-	1	Robbie McGuigan (a)
35		Fergal Quinn (a)	4	-	2	Gary Widdecombe (a)
36		Labeeb Ahmed (a)	4	-	0	Kriangsak Chiranothai (a)
37		Mark Vincent (a)	4	-	2	Anthony Wall (a)
38		Jeff Cundy (a)	4	-	1	Ben Pacan (a)
39		Hayden Staniland (a)	4	-	0	Lucky Vatnani (a)
40		Rhys Clark (a)	4	-	0	Dale Prime (a)
41		Andrew Robson (a)	4	-	1	James Kirk (a)
42		Faizaan Mohammed (a)	4	-	2	Nigel Clarke (a)
43		Bash Maqsood (a)	4	-	2	Arturs Kengis (a)
44		Dean Young	4	-	2	Dharminder Singh Lilly (a)
45		David Allender (a)	4	-	1	Gary Miller (a)
46		James Height (a)	4	-	3	Simon Dent (a)
47		Jason Tart (a)	4	-	1	Danny Brindle (a)
48		Elias Martin-Beris (a)	4	-	0	Zac Cosker (a)
49		Zack Richardson (a)	4	-	1	Luke Simmonds (a)
50		Laxman Rawat (a)	4	-	0	Julien Leifert (a)
51		James Silverwood (a)	4	-	2	Sam McKay (a)
52		Bai Yulu (af)	4	-	3	Muhammad Aurangzaib (a)
53		Gary Britton (a)	4	-	1	Tam Mustafa (a)
54		Liam Pullen (a)	4	-	2	Mark Lloyd (a)
55		Jed Mann (a)	4	-	0	Manuel Ederer (a)
56		Jake Crofts (a)	4	-	0	Rees Carter (a)
57		Jordan Shepherd (a)	4	-	0	Scott Rogan (a)
58		Riley Parsons (a)	4	-	0	Ronnie Sullivan (a)
59		Neal Jones (a)	4	-	0	Andrei Orzan (a)
60		Joshua Cooper (a)	4	-	1	Abdul Raheem (a)
61		Antoni Kowalski (a)	4	-	0	Ronnie Blake (a)
62		Aaron Busuttil (a)	4	-	2	Riley Powell (a)
63		Connor Benzey (a)	4	-	2	Evan Plummer (a)
64		Daniel Womersley (a)	4	-	0	Simon Bevz (a)
65		Wayne Townsend (a)	w/o			Andy Lavin (a)
66		Jack Borwick (a)	4	-	1	Daniel Young (a)
67		Nicolas Mortreux (a)	4	-	2	Jake Robinson (a)
68		Amaan Iqbal (a)	4	-	2	Francisco Domingues (a)
69		Gerard Greene	4	-	0	James Burrett (a)
70		Anthony Krysa (a)	4	-	3	Andrew Milliard (a)
71		Robin Hull (a)	4	-	0	Richard Pipe (a)
72		Kayden Brierley (a)	4	-	3	Aidan Gallagher (a)
73		Darren McVicar (a)	4	-	0	Ayaan Iqbal (a)
74		Joshua Thomond (a)	4	-	0	Dean Reynolds (a)
75		Aman Goel (a)	4	-	2	Edward Warr (a)
76		Paul Burrell (a)	4	-	3	Andrew Greaves (a)
77		Oliver Sykes (a)	4	-	3	Chae Ross (a)
	Sykes was 3-0 down
78		Samuel Lee Stevens (a)	4	-	1	Andrew Tapper (a)
79		Stuart Carrington	4	-	0	Sheldon O'Connor (a)
80		Scott Bell (a)	4	-	3	Adam Williams (a)

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