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The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has announced the relaunch of WPBSA Q Tour which will run during this current season. Initially unveiled last June as a replacement for the previous Challenge Tour system, Q Tour will provide a clear pathway to the World Snooker Tour with two professional places to be won… Read More

Allan Taylor beat Adam Duffy 4-0 in the final of the Challenge Tour Playoff to seal a return to the World Snooker Tour, earning a two-year tour card. Liverpool’s Taylor had dropped off the circuit at the end of the 2018/19 campaign, he subsequently missed out on immediately bouncing back at Q School. However, Taylor… Read More

The draw and format for the 2019/20 Challenge Tour Play-off is now available. Click here for the draw Click here for the format The eight-man event, with one place on the World Snooker Tour available for the winner, will take place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on July 20th. The event was… Read More

The eight-man Challenge Tour Play-Off event, with one place on the World Snooker Tour available for the winner, will take place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on July 20th. The event was originally scheduled for March 29th in Clacton-on-Sea but was then postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will now take… Read More

WST and the WPBSA have today taken the decision to postpone this season’s Challenge Tour Play-offs until further notice following recent government advice regarding the coronavirus outbreak. Scheduled to take place on 29 March at Pot Black in Clacton-on-Sea with eight players bidding to claim a coveted two-year professional tour card, the event will now… Read More

The draw for the 2020 Challenge Tour Play-off is now available. The event will take place on Sunday March 29th at Pot Black in Clacton on Sea, with eight players battling it out for a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour. Click here for the draw Click here for the format

Germany’s Lukas Kleckers has earned a place on the World Snooker Tour for the next two seasons thanks to his performances on the 2019/20 Challenge Tour. Kleckers, age 23 from Essen, finished second in the Challenge Tour rankings after ten events, behind only Ashley Hugill. Englishman Hugill had already secured a tour card by winning… Read More

Adam Duffy won the tenth event on the 2019/20 Challenge Tour series, beating Kuldesh Johal 3-1 in the final. Sheffield’s Duffy took the £2,000 top prize at the Winchester Snooker Club in Leicester. Ashley Hugill finishes the season as the top player on the Challenge Tour rankings. He has already earned a World Snooker Tour… Read More

Allan Taylor won Challenge Tour event five at the Winchester Club in Leicester, boosting his hopes of regaining a place on the World Snooker Tour. This was in fact the ninth 2019/20 Challenge Tour event to be completed as it was rescheduled after being postponed earlier in the season. Liverpool’s Taylor beat Michael Collumb 3-1… Read More

Challenge Tour event nine will take place in Llanelli on February 15-16. Click here for the draw Click here for the format The leading player in the Challenge Tour rankings after the after ten events will be awarded a Tour Card, with the next eight going into a play-off event for a second card.