This was shared by Jason Francis on social media earlier this week:

The Draw for the World Seniors Snooker Championship Qualifier to be held at Crucible Reading has been made. Matches begin on Friday 28th. Format and match times to follow

Pre-Lim Matches

PL1 Nigel Howe v Marc Shaw

PL2 Paul Vallance v Dessie Sheehan

PL3 Michael Judge v Zhong Wei Tan

PL4 Michael Philbin v Damon Sykes

PL5 Chris Cookson v Ian Whiting

PL6 Muhammad Asif v Lee Stephens

PL7 Gary Thomson v Steve Porter

PL8 Kevin Palmer v Cary Kikis

PL9 Justin Eggins v Mark Sutton

Matches (with match number)

1 Peter Lines v Winner of Pre-Lim 1

2 Andrew Booker v Rodney Goggins

3 Lee Richardson v Winner of Pre-Lim 2

4 Gerard Greene v Gareth Prosser

5 John Hunter v Bal Sembi

6 Adam Denham v Craig Steadman

7 Steve Crowley v Winner of Pre-Lim 3

8 Adrian Morrissey v Ben Hancorn

9 Neil Craycraft v Gareth Edwards

10 Aaron Canavan v Milan Krstanovic

11 Steve Bird v Winner of Pre-Lim 4

12 Stuart Reardon v Jamshid Kharazchi

13 James Brown v James O’Sullivan

14 Mark Ganderton v Aaron Downey

15 Peter O’Malley v Winner of Pre-Lim 5

16 Dharminder Singh Lilly v Daniel Ward

17 Philip Williams v Ahmed Alashmi

18 Alfie Burden v Andrew Pagett

19 Dean Sycamore v Anthony Harris

20 Garry Coulson v Stephane Ochoiski

21 Patsy Fagan v Andy Battams

22 James Height v Winner of Pre-Lim 6

23 Matt Ford v Winner of Pre-Lim 7

24 David Brock v Paul Burrell

25 John Palmer v Daniel Mooney

26 Wayne Townsend v Simon Chandler

27 Karl Townsend v Winner of Pre Lim 8

28 Rod Lawler v Daren Millard

29 Andrew Greaves v Nigel Phillips

30 John Snape v Mohamed Shehab

31 Neal Jones v Winner of Pre-Lim 9

32 Stuart Watson v Gary Britton

Quite a few pros and “recent pros” in this draw.

Nice as well to see Stephane Ochoiski, from France, giving it a go. Stephane is Brian Ochoiski’s father. Brian was on the tour in recent years. Stephane runs a club in St Avold and is a coach.