The eight semi-finalists across the two events will earn a coveted spot on the WST for the next two seasons. Mark Joyce, Peter Lines and Liam Highfield are among the former pros set to battle it out, as well as 39-year-old Allan Taylor, who may have scratched his head when first casting an eye over his Q School draw to see the name Ronnie Sullivan.

Attempting to make his way onto the pro tour at the third time of asking, Sullivan hasn’t had much success in his previous two Q School events.

Attending his first Professional Tour Qualifier last year, the teenager was thrashed 4-0 by Riley Parsons. And it was the same scoreline when he met Stephen Kershaw in another qualifier five days later.