Man dies during solo Atlantic rowing trip
A man undertaking a solo charity rowing challenge across the Atlantic Ocean has sadly lost his life. Word of Michael Holt's death was announced on his Facebook page.
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A man undertaking a solo charity rowing challenge across the Atlantic Ocean has sadly lost his life. Word of Michael Holt's death was announced on his Facebook page.
Michael Holt took full advantage of Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision to skip the Championship League by winning Group 1 in Leicester after replacing the seven-time world champion at the season's first ranking event. Holt failed to regain his tour card at Q School last month after losing his place on the main circuit a year ago, but showed he still has the class to mix it with the elite by defeating Alfie Burden 3-0 in their group decider to progress on frames won.
Si Jiahui showed why Ronnie O'Sullivan expects him to become a future world champion with a classy display at the Championship League in Leicester. Returning to competitive action for the first time since the dejection of his agonising 17-15 loss to Luca Brecel in the World Championship semi-finals in April, Si picked up from where he left off by winning Group 25. Ad O'Sullivan has been quick to praise the talents of 20-year-old Si, who led Brecel 14-5 and was within two frames of the final on his Crucible debut.
Recent Crucible qualifier Pang Junxu dropped only one frame in winning Group 24 at the Championship League in Leicester. He was joined in the last 32 by fellow Chinese professional Long Zehuang, who topped Group 7 with seven points in his debut event on the World Snooker Tour circuit. Ad World No.
Alfie Burden recovered from trailing 3-0 to win four straight frames in a 4-3 victory over Michael Holt at Q School that crushed the Nottingham player's dream of a return to the World Snooker Tour circuit this season. Having lost his place among the elite a year ago, former Shoot Out winner Holt seemed on course to reach the final day of Event Two at the Morningside Arena in Leicester as he opened with 52 before winning the next two frames of the last-32 clash. Ad But recent World Seniors finalist Burden showed his determination to earn a fresh two-year card after finishing outside of the top 64 last season with runs of 62, 51 and a closing 66 enough to edge past Holt, who lost a tight sixth frame on the final few balls.
Alfie Burden put the disappointment of his World Seniors final defeat to close friend Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White behind him last month to regain his place on the World Snooker Tour on the final day of Q School in Leicester. Burden picked up from where he left off on Monday evening at Event Two of the 208-player competition after recovering a 3-0 deficit to overcome former Shoot Out winner Michael Holt 4-3 just before midnight. Ad A 4-2 win over Duane Jones in the last 16 on Tuesday morning, which included a closing 91, set the Londoner up for a quarter-final meeting with talented Ukraine teenager Iulian Boiko, who had defeated former World Seniors champion Peter Lines by the same scoreline.
Michael Holt suffered a surprise 4-2 defeat to Hayden Staniland in the third round of Event One at snooker Q School in Leicester on Monday night as his hopes of regaining his professional tour card suffered a setback. 'The Hitman' had enjoyed a solid 4-1 win over Jeff Cundy in his tournament opener on Sunday, but was dumped out of the competition in his second match at the Morningside Arena chasing four more wins to earn a two-year card for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons.
The 2023/24 snooker season begins in earnest on Friday morning with the latest edition of Q School at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. It is the 13th time the pressurised event has been staged with 208 players competing for only eight World Snooker Tour cards that will earn them playing rights for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons, respectively. Ad There are two tournaments with the four semi-finalists from each earning coveted spots on the professional circuit.