Q-School 2023

Lots of interesting names there

One that stands out is Harry Ward - he won a tour card 2 yrs ago by winning one of the qualifying days, then went on and backed that up by winning a players floor event that season and lots expected of him. Only in his early 20's. Then announced that he was giving up, saying he didn't have the hunger and desire to be a pro player

Name is on the list this year. One to watch with interest, good player

Simon Whitlock's son Mason on the list too

Not familiar with too many of the irish names, but Dylan Slevin looks to be amongst the in form players today, judging by his scoring

Dylan into las 16, won a close game just now v Graham Usher, both players averaging 95+

Brilliant, well done to him

Jesus wept. Imagine paying the 500 entry for that

Shane wins his L64 match and moves onto 4 points, should be enough there even before playing his L32 match

Yeah he’s a beast.

Still only 27, if he kept his head down and gave it a solid two years he would be in the top 10 with ease I reckon.

Ciaran Teehan out, never really kicked on from his couple of appearances at the worlds and decent enough showings in 2020 and 2021

Shane McGuirk moves on to 5 points and locks up his place in the second phase. Few other Irish still in, Stephen Rosney needs a win to be certain I'd say others probably need 2+ wins more

Billy Fogarty will get in if he wins the match hes playing now but he is 2-0 down currently

Fogarty and Gallagher both lost their L64 match 5-0 and are out. Niall Culleton 3-1 up in his L64 match, his set difference is decent so a win in this might be enough, if he wins this and his L32 match he'll be in

Conor Henegan and Michael Flynn auto qualified for stage 2. Thats it I think, yep Culleton through even if he loses this match 5-0

There are 9 players in the Euro Q school who didn't win a leg over the three days, one in the UK

I'm happy to see Fallon get through as an automatic qualifier, for herself as much as anything else. She has to be under a huge amount of pressure from all the hype Sky loads onto her.

Not easy that's for sure

I see none of the other high profile ladies e.g lisa ashton, lorraine winstanley made it through

Surprised Lisa Ashton didn't make it, good player and was close to winning a tour card last year

Well, it's kind of up to them and their personal circumstances really. It's unlikely but not impossible that challenge tour/pro-am darts is still their only full-time gig.

By the same token guys who we would consider 'full time pros' may also be running a pub or a property empire etc.

Slevin wins six legs on the bounce to get a 6-1 victory, continues his good form from the first phase. No points on the board yet, but helps the leg difference which could be vital