WPBSA to invite
Pankaj Advani for World qualifier
Excepts from
worldsnooker.com
WPBSA has announced
an first list of amateur players to compete in the qualifying rounds
of the Betfred World Championship next month.
These players have won or reached the final of major amateur events
and will all now receive an official invitation to join all
professional players outside the top 16 seeds, to battle for 16
coveted spots in the final stages at the famous Crucible Theatre.
The qualifiers run from April 6 to 13 at Ponds Forge in Sheffield
with all players needing to win three matches to earn a spot at the
Crucible.
Ladies World Champion Ng On Yee has already been announced as one of
the players to compete at Ponds Forge. The others at this stage are:
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Pankaj Advani (India) – IBSF World Champion
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Zhao Xintong (China) – IBSF World runner-up
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Boonyarit Keattikun (Thailand) – IBSF World
Under-21 Champion
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Jamie Rhys Clarke (Wales) – IBSF World
Under-21 runner-up
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Ka Wai Cheung (Hong Kong) – IBSF World
under-18 champion
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Jak Jones (Wales) – EBSA Champion
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Josh Boileau (Ireland) – EBSA Under-21
Champion
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Brandon Sargeant (England) – EBSA Under-21
runner-up
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Tyler Rees (Wales) – EBSA Under-18 Champion
Any further
players, including the winner and runner-up from the Asian Under-21
Championship, will be announced in due course.
England
:: 04 March
2016
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