Unfortunately I was not there for the morning session on Friday but nonetheless I still have a few stories to tell and photos to share as the third qualifying round of the World Championship came to a conclusion…

Congratulations to 18-year-old Kyren Wilson who this week took his first PIOS event victory to move himself up to third in the rankings and almost certainly book his place on the main tour next season…

As noted in the comments section of my “Who will stay and who will go” article yesterday, the 72 players who will retain their main tour players as of right have now been decided, click below for confirmation.

Note that my Friday review will follow in due course but that my rankings pages are now up to date.

Having now had a bit of sleep, here is my report from yesterday at the EISS as Jimmy White’s Crucible dream was ended for another year and Ken Doherty booked his place in the final qualifying round…