Michael Judge is the first Senior player to book his place at the Crucible come April. He won the first Seniors Masters 2018 qualifying event in Newbury in some style: indeed he made three centuries – 134, 111 and 106 – on his way to the title.

He beat Lee Richardson in the final

Michael Judge took home the beautiful trophy by Pete Odell as well as the dazzling prize for the highest break

Here are the full results:

There were two other centuries during the event: 109 by Patrick Wallace and 103 by Stephen Campbell.

The new ranking list is now available