Zeyes wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:05 pm ...because they obviously all believe they have an excellent shot at winning one, and aren't just doing it for the Challenge Tour and/or as a show of gratitude.

Zapp Brannigan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:12 pm

Zeyes wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:05 pm ...because they obviously all believe they have an excellent shot at winning one, and aren't just doing it for the Challenge Tour and/or as a show of gratitude.

So now they are spending £450 on a show gratitude?

clemy1989 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:23 pm In terms of the challenge tour once it starts, whats the situation if say Williams doesn't get a card, plays the challenge tour and gets high enough to make up the numbers on a pro tour event? Is he therefore banned from Lakeside at that stage? I know that was the case previously but wasn't sure since the rules were relaxed.

trotter01 wrote:

clemy1989 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:23 pm In terms of the challenge tour once it starts, whats the situation if say Williams doesn't get a card, plays the challenge tour and gets high enough to make up the numbers on a pro tour event? Is he therefore banned from Lakeside at that stage? I know that was the case previously but wasn't sure since the rules were relaxed.

I'm trotter01 now..I couldn't log in as trotter and it kept telling me I didn't exist....??

Anyway...I would assume the same rules apply...if you don't get a card then you can play BDO events until you actually play a pro tour....if somebody doesn't get a card they don't have to enter Pro Tour events even if they sit number 1 on the Challenge tour so I suppose it's up to each player really...they know the score..

Kyeavfc wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:16 pm Does Cameron Menzies know he has to register? He’s not assuming that just because he gets free entry he doesn’t have to do anything??? Seem to remember he forgot to register for UK open last year...

PreciesJJ wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:29 pm

Kyeavfc wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:16 pm Does Cameron Menzies know he has to register? He’s not assuming that just because he gets free entry he doesn’t have to do anything??? Seem to remember he forgot to register for UK open last year...

He said on twitter he has registered a couple of weeks ago.

PreciesJJ wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:29 pm

Kyeavfc wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:16 pm Does Cameron Menzies know he has to register? He’s not assuming that just because he gets free entry he doesn’t have to do anything??? Seem to remember he forgot to register for UK open last year...

He said on twitter he has registered a couple of weeks ago.

Kyeavfc wrote:

PreciesJJ wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:29 pm

Kyeavfc wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:16 pm Does Cameron Menzies know he has to register? He’s not assuming that just because he gets free entry he doesn’t have to do anything??? Seem to remember he forgot to register for UK open last year...

He said on twitter he has registered a couple of weeks ago.

I couldn’t see his name on the link above..

Ginge wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:34 pm

Kyeavfc wrote:

PreciesJJ wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:29 pm

Kyeavfc wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:16 pm Does Cameron Menzies know he has to register? He’s not assuming that just because he gets free entry he doesn’t have to do anything??? Seem to remember he forgot to register for UK open last year...

He said on twitter he has registered a couple of weeks ago.

I couldn’t see his name on the link above..

All the CT free entries are being added after the deadline as they dont need to pay.

DavidB wrote:

Nobilo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:23 am

DavidB wrote:Would be interesting to know if the snooker tour Barry looks after has wildcards written into their rules or not as they are given...

Jimmy White
Ken Doherty

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Yes thanks. These two were given wildcards to the tour, my question was is wildcards written into their rules or not?

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:00 pm

trotter01 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:52 pm I'm with John Lowe on the Durrant issue...I think a 3 time successive Lakeside winner should be offered a card...no arguments.
I hope he gets one..and Williams..and Waites..and Jamie Hughes and Menzies....there was so much dead wood got cards in the past couple of Q Schools I really hope cards are won by serious players with serious prospects of getting to the business end of Tour events and going on to get into TV events..but I honestly feel a special case should be made for Durrant as a one off..

Serious players? Jamie Hughes wasn’t even good enough to finish in the top 10 of the challenge tour OOM. Plenty of players better than him at Q school.

Durrant, Waites and Williams should all be good enough over 4 days to win one. Hope Menzies wins one too as I love watching him play.

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:14 pm

Kyeavfc wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:05 pm

phil davies wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:00 pm

trotter01 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:52 pm I'm with John Lowe on the Durrant issue...I think a 3 time successive Lakeside winner should be offered a card...no arguments.
I hope he gets one..and Williams..and Waites..and Jamie Hughes and Menzies....there was so much dead wood got cards in the past couple of Q Schools I really hope cards are won by serious players with serious prospects of getting to the business end of Tour events and going on to get into TV events..but I honestly feel a special case should be made for Durrant as a one off..

Serious players? Jamie Hughes wasn’t even good enough to finish in the top 10 of the challenge tour OOM. Plenty of players better than him at Q school.

Durrant, Waites and Williams should all be good enough over 4 days to win one. Hope Menzies wins one too as I love watching him play.

Did Hughes miss a number of CT due to qualifying for ET? I think he will get a card not sure there’s 18 players who will be at QS who are currently better than him. Should be an interesting QS and hopefully some fresh faces get there cards.

He missed one weekend. But in the 16 events he was in other than winning one event as well as one semi and one quarter his results in the other 13 were god awful. In 7 of them he made zero money and in a further 3 he only got £50 for reaching the last 64. Their is most definetly 18 players better than him at Q school not that means that he won’t be good enough on one day to win one. I won’t be selecting him for the comp however put it that way.