Davies, O’Kane, O’Sullivan And Cheung Earn Cards At Q School

Written on 05/25/2026

Liam Davies, Phil O’Kane, Sean O’Sullivan and Cheung Ka Wai all successfully negotiated the Q School gauntlet to earn two-year tour cards on the final day of event one in Leicester.

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Welsh 19-year-old Davies bounced back from tour relegation last month with a 4-2 defeat of fellow ex-professional Dean Young, to secure his status for the next two years.

Davies is one of Welsh snooker’s brightest young prospects. This was underlined in 2022, when a victory against Aaron Hill, aged 15, made him the youngest ever match winner at the World Championship. That record stood until this year when it was eclipsed by Poland’s Michal Szubarczyk.

A 10-9 loss at the hands of Marco Fu in this year’s World Championship qualifiers temporarily ended Davies’ run as a professional. However, he quickly recovered ahead of Q School. He scored three 4-3 wins en route to today’s final round, where a break of 134 was the highlight in his 4-2 win over Young.

Davies said: “It feels unbelievable. Some of the games this week, the way I was playing, I thought snooker might not be for me! I managed to scrape through and I played pretty well in the last two games.

“I never want to come back here. I will be honest with you. I managed to come through so hopefully I can do a bit better over the next two seasons.”

At the 14th time of asking, English 33-year-old O’Kane finally cracked the Q School code and earned a maiden tour card, beating former professional Jamie O’Neill 4-1.

Having first tried his hand at Q School as a teenager back in 2011, it has been a long road to snooker’s top table for O’Kane. However, wins over Oliver Spooner, Zack Richardson, Daniel Womersley and Jeff Cundy earned him a crack at getting over the line today.

Breaks of 63 and 55 helped O’Kane to victory over O’Neill today and he was understandably emotional afterwards.

“I’m overwhelmed. I was clearing up at the end whilst holding back tears, sweating and shaking. I was an emotional wreck and it just means the world to me,” said O’Kane.

“I went to a pool tournament about eight weeks ago. I said to the owner of my club, after this you will see me in the club seven days a week and working hard. He messaged me this morning and said that everything had paid off. It is all affirmation.”

O’Sullivan secured his return after two years away from the tour with a 4-2 win against Joshua Thomond.

The 32-year-old looked to be over the line in the decisive frame, before being pegged back when Thomond got the snookers he needed. At the second time of asking O’Sullivan got over the line though and enjoyed a massive release of emotion as he walked out of the arena.

O’Sullivan said: “It was even more relief after needing to pot match ball twice. I am proud to be able to get back on the tour. It has been a tough couple of years so to get back and give it another go, I’m really proud of myself.”

Hong Kong’s Cheung booked his immediate return to the circuit with a 4-1 win against Welshman Jack Bradford.

Cheung won the biggest amateur title in the sport in 2024, beating Gao Yang 5-0 in the final of the WSF Championship. That earned him a professional berth, but he wasn’t able to maintain his place after two years. Breaks of 78, 57 and 54 this morning helped him to a momentous victory.

Cheung said: “I’m very happy to get through after dropping off last year. I didn’t have much expectations. The tour is very tough and when you are losing every time, your confidence goes down. I’m happy that I performed well today.”

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