Crucible dreams are on the line when Yorkshire’s top snooker players join a global field in the Cazoo World Championship qualifiers this week.
Former world champion Mark Williams may have tagged himself as a “decent outside bet” to regain the title – after winning the Johnstone's Paint Tour Championship on Sunday night – when the 17-day tournament cues off in Sheffield a week on Saturday. But at the city’s English Institute of Sport, two miles down the road from the Crucible and away from the spotlight, those players outside of the world’s top 16 must battle through upto four qualifying rounds for a coveted finals spot.
Father and son Peter and Oliver Lines – also from Leeds – return for another crack at qualifying. Peter, 54, plays Egypt’s Mohamed Ibrahim in the first round on Wednesday, while son Oliver, 28, joins in the second round, when he meets either Louis Heathcote or Oliver Sykes on Thursday.
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