PDPA Qualifying Tournament
172 players lined up at the Holte Suite, Villa Park, Birmingham for the qualifiers for the World Championship on 2 December 2006. They included four former World Champions, Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Richie Burnett and Keith Deller. Former World Matchplay winners Peter Evison and Rod Harrington also attempted to qualify alongside two-time World Grand Prix finalist Shayne Burgess and former World finalist, Dave Whitcombe
They were all faced with a minimum of three matches (4 for Evison and Burnett) to qualify. Harrington and Evison both went at the first hurdle. Bristow, Lowe and Deller all managed to win their first matches, but then all fell in their second games (Lowe 4-5 to Ian Branks, Bristow 0-5 to Dennis Smith and Deller 4-5 to Dave Ladley). Burgess and Whitcombe also fell two matches short of qualification.
Richie Burnett managed to win four qualifying rounds to qualify for the first round proper at the Circus Tavern. He will be joined by Alan Green, Alan Tabern, Steve Smith, Wayne Atwood, Ian Branks, Adrian Gray Martin Burchell, Colin Osborne, Darren Webster, Alan Caves, Dave Ladley, Gary Welding, Dave Jowett, Mick McGowan and Mark Lawrence.
The draw for the Ladbrokes World Championship was made after the qualifiers were completed.
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