International Open Series
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The International Open Series (often referred to as Pontin's
International Open Series or PIOS for sponsorship purposes), was a series of snooker
tournaments that ran from the 2001/2002 season
until the 2009/2010 season
. It was originally called the Open Tour but was renamed in 2005/2006
.
with professional competition, and the best performers were promoted to the Challenge Tour. It was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
during its first season, but the English Association of Snooker and Billiards
took it over from 2002/2003
. Following the EASB's split from the WPBSA, the entry criteria were revised barring professional and non-English players from entering. After the Challenge Tour was discontinued, the entry criteria were revised again to allow international amateur players to compete, and from 2005/2006
the competition promoted players directly to the Main Tour. The series was abandoned after the 2009/2010 season
and replaced by the Q School in the 2010/2011 season
.
Pontin's
Pontins is a British holiday business which was originally founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin. It specialises in offering half-board and self-catering holidays with regular entertainment on offer. Accommodation is usually in the form of chalets. The company once grew to be a major operator of...
International Open Series or PIOS for sponsorship purposes), was a series of snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
tournaments that ran from the 2001/2002 season
Snooker season 2001/2002
The snooker season 2001/2002 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 2001 and 2002. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.-Calendar:- Official rankings :...
until the 2009/2010 season
Snooker season 2009/2010
The snooker season 2009/10 was a series of snooker tournaments played during 2009 and 2010. The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.- Calendar :- Official rankings :...
. It was originally called the Open Tour but was renamed in 2005/2006
Snooker season 2005/2006
The snooker season 2005/06 was a series of snooker tournaments played during 2005 and 2006. The following table outlines the results and dates for the ranking and major invitational events that took place.-Calendar:- Official rankings :...
.
History
It was established to provide players not on the WPBSA Main Tour or Challenge TourChallenge Tour (snooker)
The Challenge Tour was a series of professional snooker tournaments that ran from the 1997/1998 season until the 2004/2005 season. The tour was immediately below the level of the WPBSA Main Tour...
with professional competition, and the best performers were promoted to the Challenge Tour. It was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, often abbreviated to the WPBSA, founded in 1968 and based in Bristol, England, United Kingdom is the governing body of professional snooker and English billiards...
during its first season, but the English Association of Snooker and Billiards
English Association of Snooker and Billiards
The English Association of Snooker and Billiards, often abbreviated to EASB, based in Surrey, England, United Kingdom, is the governing body for the game of snooker in England. It actively promotes snooker, arranging snooker competitions and fostering talent through coaching and development...
took it over from 2002/2003
Snooker season 2002/2003
The snooker season 2002/2003 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 2002 and 2003. This was the final season to have tobacco sponsored events to a legal ban apart from Embassy which would continue to sponsor the World Championship for another two years...
. Following the EASB's split from the WPBSA, the entry criteria were revised barring professional and non-English players from entering. After the Challenge Tour was discontinued, the entry criteria were revised again to allow international amateur players to compete, and from 2005/2006
Snooker season 2005/2006
The snooker season 2005/06 was a series of snooker tournaments played during 2005 and 2006. The following table outlines the results and dates for the ranking and major invitational events that took place.-Calendar:- Official rankings :...
the competition promoted players directly to the Main Tour. The series was abandoned after the 2009/2010 season
Snooker season 2009/2010
The snooker season 2009/10 was a series of snooker tournaments played during 2009 and 2010. The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.- Calendar :- Official rankings :...
and replaced by the Q School in the 2010/2011 season
Snooker season 2010/2011
The 2010/11 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments played during 2010 and 2011. The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.- Calendar :-New professional players:...
.
Event finals
Season | Event | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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Open Tour | ||||
2001/2002 | Event 1 | Mark Gray Mark Gray (pool player) Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta... |
Shaun Murphy Shaun Murphy Shaun Murphy may refer to:*Shaun Murphy , English snooker player*Shaun Murphy , retired Australian soccer player*Shaun Murphy , aka Stoney, American singer-See also:... |
5–2 |
Event 2 | Brian Morgan Brian Morgan Brian Morgan is an English professional snooker player and coach. He is a former World Under-21 champion, and was among the top 32 players in the professional world rankings for several years.-Career:... |
Leo Fernandez Leo Fernandez Leo Fernandez is a current amateur and former professional snooker player born in Limerick, Ireland and living in London, England. He is currently competing on the Pontins International Tour , attempting to gain promotion to the Main Tour to regain professional status... |
5–2 | |
Event 3 | Robin Hull Robin Hull Robin Hull is a Finnish professional snooker player. For some time he was the sole Nordic player on the game's main tour, although his accent reflects the fact that he was largely raised in London, and his father is English.... |
Colm Gilcreest Colm Gilcreest Colm Gilcreest is a former professional snooker player from Kilmainhamwood, County Meath, Ireland.-Career history:He is a former Irish champion... |
5–4 | |
Event 4 | Matthew Couch Matthew Couch Matthew Couch is an English professional snooker player from Scunthorpe. A professional since 1992, Couch has had little success in ranking events, although he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in 1998, and his highest break is 141 from 2002.He returned to the Main Tour for the... |
Munraj Pal Munraj Pal Munraj Pal is a professional snooker player who lives in Derby. He got back onto the professional Tour in 2007/2008 by finishing fifth on the Pontin’s International Open Series Order of Merit. In the 2000 World Championship he reached the 6th qualifying round, eventually losing 10–8 to David Gray... |
5–3 | |
Event 5 | Lee Spick Lee Spick Lee Spick is an English snooker player. He has reached the last 48 of ranking events on four occasions, twice in the World Championship and twice in the China Open.-Career:He reached the last 48 of the 2006 World Championship and the 2007 China Open... |
Mark Gray Mark Gray (pool player) Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta... |
5–3 | |
Event 6 | Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham is an English professional snooker player. He was the 1996 English Amateur and World Amateur champion, but for many years was something of a journeyman professional. He had a run of strong results in late 2005, to earn him a top 32 world rankings place he has yet to lose... |
Matthew Selt Matthew Selt Matthew Selt is an English professional snooker player from Romford. He qualified for the professional tour by finishing seventh on the Pontin’s International Open Series in 2006/2007... |
5–4 | |
2002/2003 | Event 1 | Ryan Day Ryan Day -External links:* * *... |
James Reynolds | 5–4 |
Event 2 | Ryan Day Ryan Day -External links:* * *... |
Mark Gray Mark Gray (pool player) Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta... |
5–3 | |
Event 3 | Rory McLeod Rory McLeod (snooker player) Rory McLeod is an English professional snooker player. After ten years on the Challenge Tour he reached the Main Tour professional ranks for the 2001/2002 season, paving the way for a solid journeyman career.-Career:... |
Mark Gray Mark Gray (pool player) Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta... |
5–2 | |
Event 4 | Ricky Walden Ricky Walden -External links:**... |
Jamie Cope Jamie Cope -External links:***... |
5–1 | |
2003/2004 | Event 1 | David KL Taylor | Darren McVicar | 4–3 |
Event 2 | James Tatton James Tatton James Tatton is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1996 and his highest break is 142.-References:*... |
Lee Richardson | 4–2 | |
Event 3 | Lee Richardson | Jamie Barratt | 4–0 | |
Event 4 | Sean Bullock | Andy Radford | 4–0 | |
Event 5 | Andy Radford | Mark Sutton | 4–0 | |
Event 6 | Eddie Cooper | Nick Spelman | 4–2 | |
Event 7 | Alan Trigg | Wayne Cooper Wayne Cooper (snooker player) Wayne Cooper is a former English professional snooker player from Bradford, born 9 June 1978. He first qualified for the main tour in 1997, but soon dropped of the main tour and had remained as an amateur for 11 years. Wayne Cooper manage to regain his place in the 2008/09 pro tour by finishing top... |
4–1 | |
Event 8 | Paul Davison Paul Davison Paul Davison is a professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire.He has qualified for the snooker main tour on a few occasions, and has managed to do so for the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 season.-Career:... |
Wayne Cooper Wayne Cooper (snooker player) Wayne Cooper is a former English professional snooker player from Bradford, born 9 June 1978. He first qualified for the main tour in 1997, but soon dropped of the main tour and had remained as an amateur for 11 years. Wayne Cooper manage to regain his place in the 2008/09 pro tour by finishing top... |
4–2 | |
Final play-off | Wayne Cooper Wayne Cooper Artis Wayne Cooper is a retired American professional basketball player. He was born in Milan, Georgia.Cooper was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round of the 1978 NBA Draft. A 6 ft 10 in forward-center from the University of New Orleans, Cooper played in 14 NBA seasons from... |
Nick Spelman | 5–1 | |
International Open Series | ||||
2005/2006 | Event 1 | Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Tian first competed on the main tour in the 2006/2007 season, dropping off the tour in the following season.... |
Martin Gould Martin Gould Martin Gould is an English professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He practises at the Whetstone Snooker Club. He works part-time as a debt collector, where he picked up his nickname "Solid Gould".... |
6–3 |
Event 2 | Mark Joyce Mark Joyce Mark Joyce is an English professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Championship in 2001, the English Open in 2005 and the English Amateur Championship in 2006, beating Martin O’Donnell 8–3 in the final.Joyce also... |
James Leadbetter | 6–3 | |
Event 3 | Liu Song | Stephen Rowlings Stephen Rowlings Stephen Rowlings is a professional snooker player from Preston. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season.-External links:****... |
6–1 | |
Event 4 | Colm Gilcreest Colm Gilcreest Colm Gilcreest is a former professional snooker player from Kilmainhamwood, County Meath, Ireland.-Career history:He is a former Irish champion... |
Mark Joyce Mark Joyce Mark Joyce is an English professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Championship in 2001, the English Open in 2005 and the English Amateur Championship in 2006, beating Martin O’Donnell 8–3 in the final.Joyce also... |
6–3 | |
Event 5 | Chris Melling Chris Melling (pool player) Chris "The Magician" Melling is a British 8-ball pool player and former world number 1.He won the English Pool Association World Rules World Championship twice, in 2001 and 2003. He was ranked #1 in 2003 by the World Eight-ball Pool Federation.... |
Paul Davison Paul Davison Paul Davison is a professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire.He has qualified for the snooker main tour on a few occasions, and has managed to do so for the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 season.-Career:... |
6–5 | |
Event 6 | Liu Song | Paul Davison Paul Davison Paul Davison is a professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire.He has qualified for the snooker main tour on a few occasions, and has managed to do so for the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 season.-Career:... |
6–3 | |
Event 7 | Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Tian first competed on the main tour in the 2006/2007 season, dropping off the tour in the following season.... |
Liu Song | 6–3 | |
Event 8 | Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson is an English professional snooker player, currently living in Widnes. He is best known for reaching the final of the 2007 Welsh Open as a virtual unknown... |
Jamie O'Neill | 6–3 | |
2006/2007 | Event 1 | Munraj Pal Munraj Pal Munraj Pal is a professional snooker player who lives in Derby. He got back onto the professional Tour in 2007/2008 by finishing fifth on the Pontin’s International Open Series Order of Merit. In the 2000 World Championship he reached the 6th qualifying round, eventually losing 10–8 to David Gray... |
Kurt Maflin Kurt Maflin Kurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising... |
6–3 |
Event 2 | Julian Logue | Alex Davies | 6–5 | |
Event 3 | Leo Fernandez Leo Fernandez Leo Fernandez is a current amateur and former professional snooker player born in Limerick, Ireland and living in London, England. He is currently competing on the Pontins International Tour , attempting to gain promotion to the Main Tour to regain professional status... |
Lee Walker Lee Walker Lee Walker is a Welsh professional snooker player.Walker reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 1997, with victories over Dave Harold 10–7 and Alan McManus 13–10, before he lost 13–8 to Alain Robidoux... |
6–5 | |
Event 4 | Kuldesh Johal Kuldesh Johal Kuldesh Johal is a professional snooker player. He has qualified for the main tour for the 2008/2009 season by finishing comfortably ranked number one on the Pontins International Open Series, where he earned a record 1070 points from the eight events. He previously contested the 2002/2003 season... |
Lee Walker Lee Walker Lee Walker is a Welsh professional snooker player.Walker reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 1997, with victories over Dave Harold 10–7 and Alan McManus 13–10, before he lost 13–8 to Alain Robidoux... |
6–4 | |
Event 5 | Kurt Maflin Kurt Maflin Kurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising... |
Ashley Wright | 6–3 | |
Event 6 | Jamie O'Neill | Ashley Wright | 6–2 | |
Event 7 | Bjorn Haneveer Bjorn Haneveer Bjorn Haneveer is a Belgian professional snooker player. Haneveer also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport.-Career:... |
Craig Steadman Craig Steadman Craig Steadman is an English professional snooker player.Steadman reached the quarter final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Manan Chandra 6-3. He reached the final of the European Snooker Championships 2008 but was defeated 7-6 by David Grace... |
6–2 | |
Event 8 | James McBain | Kurt Maflin Kurt Maflin Kurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising... |
6–4 | |
2007/2008 | Event 1 | Simon Bedford Simon Bedford Simon Bedford is an English professional snooker player. His best run to date in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship beating Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 10–6 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in... |
Gary Wilkinson | 6–3 |
Event 2 | Kuldesh Johal Kuldesh Johal Kuldesh Johal is a professional snooker player. He has qualified for the main tour for the 2008/2009 season by finishing comfortably ranked number one on the Pontins International Open Series, where he earned a record 1070 points from the eight events. He previously contested the 2002/2003 season... |
Andrew Pagett Andrew Pagett Andrew Pagett is a Welsh professional snooker player.He became a professional in 2003, and first qualified for the Main Tour in 2008/2009, but lost his place after just one season. He regained his place for the 2010/2011 season by topping the Welsh rankings... |
6–4 | |
Event 3 | Paul Davison Paul Davison Paul Davison is a professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire.He has qualified for the snooker main tour on a few occasions, and has managed to do so for the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 season.-Career:... |
Michael King | 6–2 | |
Event 4 | Matthew Couch Matthew Couch Matthew Couch is an English professional snooker player from Scunthorpe. A professional since 1992, Couch has had little success in ranking events, although he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in 1998, and his highest break is 141 from 2002.He returned to the Main Tour for the... |
Michael Wild | 6–3 | |
Event 5 | Peter Lines Peter Lines Peter Lines is an English professional snooker player from Leeds. He practices at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.He qualified for the World Championship in 1998, compiling a magnificent 141 total clearance in the process before losing 10–3 to John Parrott in Round One... |
Daniel Wells Daniel Wells (snooker player) Daniel Wells is a Welsh professional snooker player, from Neath.-Early career:He was awarded the inaugural Paul Hunter Scholarship. This gave him the chance to practise in the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, alongside professional players, such as Peter Ebdon and Ding Junhui.He first qualified... |
6–5 | |
Event 6 | Kuldesh Johal Kuldesh Johal Kuldesh Johal is a professional snooker player. He has qualified for the main tour for the 2008/2009 season by finishing comfortably ranked number one on the Pontins International Open Series, where he earned a record 1070 points from the eight events. He previously contested the 2002/2003 season... |
Simon Bedford Simon Bedford Simon Bedford is an English professional snooker player. His best run to date in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship beating Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 10–6 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in... |
6–5 | |
Event 7 | Jamie Jones Jamie Jones (snooker player) -Early career:In 2002, he became the youngest ever player to make a 147 in an official event, making it aged 14, a record that has since been beaten by Judd Trump.... |
Peter Lines Peter Lines Peter Lines is an English professional snooker player from Leeds. He practices at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.He qualified for the World Championship in 1998, compiling a magnificent 141 total clearance in the process before losing 10–3 to John Parrott in Round One... |
6–2 | |
Event 8 | Liam Highfield Liam Highfield Liam Highfield is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, with finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:... |
Justin Astley Justin Astley Justin Astley is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2001, but lost his place. He returned for the 2005/2006 season, but he couldn't defend his place. In the 2009/2010 season he reached the finals of the last two events of the International Open Series and was ranked... |
6–2 | |
2008/2009 | Event 1 | Bjorn Haneveer Bjorn Haneveer Bjorn Haneveer is a Belgian professional snooker player. Haneveer also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport.-Career:... |
Andrew Atkinson | 6–2 |
Event 2 | Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong is a Chinese professional snooker player, who turned professional for in 2007 by winning the Asian Under-21 Championships.-Career:... |
Noppadol Sangnil Noppadol Sangnil Noppadol Sangnil is a professional snooker player from Thailand. He first entered the professional tour for the 2001/02 season.-External links:***... |
6–5 | |
Event 3 | Shokat Ali Shokat Ali Shokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani descent, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Ali turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-fnals, beating... |
Michael White Michael White (snooker player) Michael White is a Welsh professional snooker player from Neath. He is the resident professional at the Whitez Snooker Club in the Uplands, Swansea.-Early career:... |
6–3 | |
Event 4 | Craig Steadman Craig Steadman Craig Steadman is an English professional snooker player.Steadman reached the quarter final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Manan Chandra 6-3. He reached the final of the European Snooker Championships 2008 but was defeated 7-6 by David Grace... |
Mike Hallett Mike Hallett Mike Hallett is an English professional snooker player and television sports commentator.-Career:Hallett was a consistently solid snooker player, but never achieved the very top ranks... |
6–1 | |
Event 5 | Chris Norbury Chris Norbury Chris Norbury is an English professional snooker player. He played in the latter stages of the Paul Hunter Classic in both 2008 and 2009, losing in the first round to Shaun Murphy 4-1 in 2008, and losing to Dave Harold 4-2 in 2009.... |
Alfie Burden Alfred Burden Alfred "Alfie" Burden is an English professional snooker player who lives in London.-Career:Burden originally had his eyes set on making a career as a professional footballer, but a badly broken leg curtailed this ambition. He spent a couple of seasons at Arsenal F.C. as a schoolboy apprentice,... |
6–2 | |
Event 6 | Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong is a Chinese professional snooker player, who turned professional for in 2007 by winning the Asian Under-21 Championships.-Career:... |
Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black.... |
6–0 | |
Event 7 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is a professional snooker player from Thailand. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season with winning the 2008 IBSF World Amateur Championship.-External links:***... |
Lee Page Lee Page Lee Page is a professional Snooker player from Kidderminster. He first entered the professional tour for the 2006/07 season, but was unable to retain his place for the following season's tour. He has qualified the second time for 2009/10 season-External links:****... |
6–3 | |
Event 8 | Joe Jogia Shailesh Jogia Shailesh Jogia, commonly known as "Joe", is a British professional snooker player of Indian extraction, born in Leicester, England on 13 November 1975. He lives in the Hertfordshire town of Letchworth.he now lives back in leicester... |
Ben Woollaston Ben Woollaston -External links:**... |
6–5 | |
2009/2010 | Event 1 | Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black.... |
Liam Highfield Liam Highfield Liam Highfield is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, with finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:... |
6–5 |
Event 2 | Liam Highfield Liam Highfield Liam Highfield is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, with finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:... |
Neal Jones Neal Jones Marvin Neal Jones, Jr. is an American stage, film, and television actor. His roles range from Billy Kostecki in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing to Sergeant Major John Sixta in the 2008 HBO original miniseries Generation Kill.Jones was born in Wichita, Kansas to Marvin Neal Jones, Sr. and Marian Myrl... |
6–2 | |
Event 3 | Paul Davison Paul Davison Paul Davison is a professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire.He has qualified for the snooker main tour on a few occasions, and has managed to do so for the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 season.-Career:... |
Kyren Wilson Kyren Wilson Kyren Wilson is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing fifth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:... |
6–4 | |
Event 4 | Jamie Jones Jamie Jones (snooker player) -Early career:In 2002, he became the youngest ever player to make a 147 in an official event, making it aged 14, a record that has since been beaten by Judd Trump.... |
Jak Jones Jak Jones Jak Jones is a Welsh professional snooker player. He became a professional in 2010, by winning the 2010 European Under 19 Snooker Championship.-External links:***... |
6–0 | |
Event 5 | Anthony McGill Anthony McGill (snooker player) Anthony McGill is a Scottish professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing fourth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Stuart Carrington in the 2006 Junior Pot Black.... |
Farakh Ajaib | 6–0 | |
Event 6 | Kyren Wilson Kyren Wilson Kyren Wilson is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing fifth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:... |
Liam Highfield Liam Highfield Liam Highfield is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, with finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:... |
6–4 | |
Event 7 | Paul Davison Paul Davison Paul Davison is a professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire.He has qualified for the snooker main tour on a few occasions, and has managed to do so for the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 season.-Career:... |
Justin Astley Justin Astley Justin Astley is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2001, but lost his place. He returned for the 2005/2006 season, but he couldn't defend his place. In the 2009/2010 season he reached the finals of the last two events of the International Open Series and was ranked... |
6–2 | |
Event 8 | Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black.... |
Justin Astley Justin Astley Justin Astley is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2001, but lost his place. He returned for the 2005/2006 season, but he couldn't defend his place. In the 2009/2010 season he reached the finals of the last two events of the International Open Series and was ranked... |
6–1 |
Order of Merit winners
Season | Winner |
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2005/2006 | Liu Song |
2006/2007 | Kurt Maflin Kurt Maflin Kurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising... |
2007/2008 | Kuldesh Johal Kuldesh Johal Kuldesh Johal is a professional snooker player. He has qualified for the main tour for the 2008/2009 season by finishing comfortably ranked number one on the Pontins International Open Series, where he earned a record 1070 points from the eight events. He previously contested the 2002/2003 season... |
2008/2009 | Joe Jogia Shailesh Jogia Shailesh Jogia, commonly known as "Joe", is a British professional snooker player of Indian extraction, born in Leicester, England on 13 November 1975. He lives in the Hertfordshire town of Letchworth.he now lives back in leicester... |
2009/2010 | Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black.... |