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A CHAPTER has closed in the amateur snooker career of Basildon break builder Zak Surety.
After three fruitless seasons at Q School, the 22-year-old is this year able to “sit back and let everyone else worry”.
And that’s because he was handed a two-year Main Tour card after coming through the European Billiards & Snooker Association Qualifying Tour play-offs at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, last month.
“It feels great,” said Surety. “I’ve been in Q School the last three seasons and played in various PTC (Players Tour Championship) events.
“It was nice way to do it, through the play-offs, as I can sit back and let everyone else worry about Q School.”
With the confidence of turning professional next season, Surety bowed out of the amateur game with his first tournament win on the English Ranking Series.
He pocketed £450 after edging James Brown (Oldbury) 5-4 in a scrappy final of the eighth and last leg at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester.
“We both struggled for some reason and I somehow crawled over the line,” admitted Surety.
But he added: “I played good stuff over the weekend and it was nice to end with a win.”
Elsewhere, Jeff Cundy (Scunthorpe) picked up the high-break prize of £50 for a 127 in the third frame of his first match against Richard Haney (Dudley). It was the only century scored during the two-day event.
In the next round, Cundy knocked out runaway rankings winner Mitchell Mann (Birmingham).
Tim Dunkley
EASB Media Officer South and World Snooker coach
The English Association of Snooker & Billiards is the national governing body for the amateur game in this country. For more information about competitions, rankings lists and results, see www.easb.co.uk.
After three fruitless seasons at Q School, the 22-year-old is this year able to “sit back and let everyone else worry”.
And that’s because he was handed a two-year Main Tour card after coming through the European Billiards & Snooker Association Qualifying Tour play-offs at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, last month.
“It feels great,” said Surety. “I’ve been in Q School the last three seasons and played in various PTC (Players Tour Championship) events.
“It was nice way to do it, through the play-offs, as I can sit back and let everyone else worry about Q School.”
With the confidence of turning professional next season, Surety bowed out of the amateur game with his first tournament win on the English Ranking Series.
He pocketed £450 after edging James Brown (Oldbury) 5-4 in a scrappy final of the eighth and last leg at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester.
“We both struggled for some reason and I somehow crawled over the line,” admitted Surety.
But he added: “I played good stuff over the weekend and it was nice to end with a win.”
Elsewhere, Jeff Cundy (Scunthorpe) picked up the high-break prize of £50 for a 127 in the third frame of his first match against Richard Haney (Dudley). It was the only century scored during the two-day event.
In the next round, Cundy knocked out runaway rankings winner Mitchell Mann (Birmingham).
Tim Dunkley
EASB Media Officer South and World Snooker coach
The English Association of Snooker & Billiards is the national governing body for the amateur game in this country. For more information about competitions, rankings lists and results, see www.easb.co.uk.
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