In the past three days, players have been able to secure a spot for the final stage of UK Q-School in Milton Keynes.
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In addition to 24 outright winners, 72 places were also available through the UK Q-School Order of Merit. This ranking is based on points that could be earned from winning in full rounds. Players who became outright winners have been removed from this ranking.
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Of all the non-day winners, Danny Lauby performed the best during the first stage. The American collected eight points with a leg balance of +24. His leg balance was therefore better than that of Simon Stevenson, Kevin Burness and Darren Johnson, who also scored eight points.
Robert Owen, Richie Burnett, Ross Montgomery, Fallon Sherrock, Diogo Portela, Leighton Bennett, Chas Barstow, Andy Jenkins and Jamie Lewis further qualified through the Q-School Order of Merit.
UK Q-School Order of Merit (Phase 1)
Rank - Name - Points
1 Danny Lauby 8
2 Simon Stevenson 8
3 Kevin Burness 8
4 Darren Johnson 8
5 Connor Scutt 7
6 Alex Long 7
7 Robert Owen 7
8 Jamie Clark 7
9 Kevin McDine 6
10 Jason Hogg 6
11 Christopher Gilliland 6
12 Adam Atkinson 6
13 Andrew Hyland 6
14 Richie Burnett 6
15 Darryl Pilgrim 6
16 Scott Campbell 6
17 Stu Wilson 6
18 Graham Hall 6
19 Sean Fisher 6
20 Tom Lonsdale 6
21 Thomas Lovely 6
22 Adam Mold 6
23 Chris Quantock 5
24 Lee Budgen 5
25 Matt Clark 5
26 Nathan Girvan 5
27 David Wawrzewski 5
28 Ian Mackenzie 5
29 Ben Quenby 5
30 Stephen Burton 5
31 Josh McCarthy 5
32 Lee Cocks 5
33 Niall Culleton 5
34 Owen Emmett Bowden 5
35 Shane McGuirk 5
35 Joshua Richardson 5
37 Davie Kirwan 5
38 Mike Gillet 5
39 Callum Francis 5
40 Jordan Brooks 5
41 Michael Huntley 5
42 Arron Monk 5
43 Ben Hazel 5
44 Chris Hurds 4
45 Ross Montgomery 4
45 Fallon Sherrock 4
45 Scott Taylor 4
48 Paul Nesbitt 4
49 Diogo Portela 4
50 Leonard Gates 4
51 Leighton Bennett 4
52 Sam Cankett 4
53 Scott Williams 4
54 Carl Beattie 4
55 Chas Barstow 4
56 Gavin Carlin 4
57 Andy Jenkins 4
58 David Ladley 4
59 Jamie Lewis 4
60 Lewis Dare 4
61 Robert Collins 4
62 Mark Layton 4
62 Nathan Treadgold 4
64 Richard North 4
65 Scott Marsh 4
66 Gary Stone 4
67 Ryan Furness 4
68 Daniel Day 4
69 Adrian Gray 4
70 Rhys Hayden 4
71 Shaun Carroll 4
72 Kevin Lane 3
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73 Christopher Wickenden 3
74 Charlie Symons 3
75 Tony Newell 3
76 Ben Robb 3
77 John Bowles 3
78 Jack Pattinson 3
79 Stuart White 3
80 Jim Moston 3
81 Robert Nelson 3
82 Kelvin Heart 3
83 Lee Davies 3
83 Ian Lever 3
83 Wes Newton 3
86 Michael Burgoine 3
86 Jacob Gwynne 3
88 Ryan Harrington 3
88 Matt Padgett 3
90 Luke Getty 3
91 Lee Evans 3
92 Gary Eastwood 3
93 Kurt Parry 3
94 Billy Gallie 3
95 Ben West 3
96 Darren Armstrong 2
97 Alex Clyburn 2
98 Ryan O'Connor 2
99 Paul Rowley 2
100 Joshua Sinkovits 2
101 Neil MacDougall 2
102 Paul Holloway 2
102 Dave Prince 2
102 Dylan Slevin 2
105 John Imrie 2
106 Tommy Morris 2
107 Paul Carter 2
107 Adam Jenkinson 2
109 Alan Norris 2
110 Ricky Nathan 2
111 Scott Ridler 2
112 Petros Christodoulou 2
113 Luke Yates 2
114 Killian Heffernan 2
114 Martyn Turner 2
116 Sean Ross 2
117 Paul Hogan 2
117 Ronnie Rickner 2
119 Prakash Jiwa 2
120 Shane Hayward 2
121 Ryan Craddock 2
122 Ian Jopling 2
122 Ricky King 2
124 Colin Osborne 2
125 Owen Maiden 2
126 Mark Kingdon 2
127 Zion Thomas 2
128 Scottie Walters 2
129 Joseph Heywood 2
130 Ricky Palmer 2
131 Michael Baker 2
132 James Richardson 1
133 Alex Chubb 1
134 Paul Linwood 1
135 Craig Orr 1
136 Robert Adnams 1
137 Neilie Broouder 1
138 Will Harwood 1
139 Daniel Astbury 1
139 Glenn Gibson 1
141 Jason Wilson 1
142 Mark Dudbridge 1
143 James Richards 1
144 Steven Beasley 1
145 Joe Croft 1
146 Raymond Marshall 1
147 Jonny Kinsella 1
148 Ryan Anderson 1
149 Paul Mitchell 1
150 Roger Crook 1
150 Robbie Green 1
150 Keith O'Neill 1
153 Daniel Ayres 1
153 Nathan Derry 1
155 Llew Bevan 1
155 Jamie Green 1
155 Rhian O'Sullivan 1
158 Matthias Dietrich 1
158 Shaun Narain 1
160 Stuart Davies 1
161 Deta Hedman 1
162 Gavin James 1
163 Darren Latham 1
164 Philip Borthwick 1
164 Nitin Kumar 1
166 John Part 1
167 John Crossley 1
168 Jimmy Bristow 1
169 Stephen McNally 1
170 Pete Burgoyne 1
171 James Betts 1
171 Andrew Cox 1
171 Gary Stafford 1
171 Shaun Thompson 1
175 Daniel Lee 1
176 Thomas McCafferty 1
177 Daniel Cooper 1
177 Russell Murphy 1
179 Carl Gabriel 1
180 James Beeton 1
180 Wayne France 1
180 Richard Plowman 1
180 Mark Venables 1
184 Corrine Hammond 1
185 Max Baulcomb 1
185 Adrian Devine 1
185 Steve Hine 1
188 Andrew Mitchell 1
188 Ian Plumb 1
190 Tony Richardson 1
190 Alfie Thompson 1
192 Connor Beasley 1
193 Nathan Care 1
193 Sonny Johal 1
193 Shaun Moughtin 1
193 Michael Poole 1
193 James Waite 1
198 Chris Hogg 1
198 Nick Jennings 1
200 Dave Bayton 1
200 Carl Dockerill 1
200 Chris Hartrey 1
200 Paul Lawson 1
200 Brian Woods 1
205 Jason Lovett 1
205 Lewis Pride 1
207 Sean McGowan 1
208 Jaikob Selby-Rivas 1
209 Scott Hope 1
209 Simon Pattinson 1
211 Lee Hunter 1
212 Bruce Troup 1
213 Ger Kelly 1
214 Chris Millward 1
215 Douglas King 1
216 Coni Singh Nagi 1
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