2025 UK Q School snooker completed as four players emerge from the carnage of the last chance saloon

David Grace, Ian Burns, Connor Benzey and Fergal Quinn made up the successful quartet of cueists who emerged from this year's second and final event at the Mattioli Arena. They are now all set to be part of the upcoming 2025/26 season that begins in the second half of June.

Liam Pullen, Oliver Brown, Alexander Ursenbacher and Mateusz Baranowski were the successful players from event one.

The first player through from event two was former UK Championship semi-finalist Grace, who immediately bounces back to the sport's top tier having been relegated from the pro ranks just a few weeks ago during the 2025 World Championship qualifiers.

En route to regaining his professional stripes, the 40-year-old Englishman defeated the very experienced duo of Andrew Higginson (4-3) and Barry Pinches (4-0) in the last 32 and 16, respectively.

In the final round, Grace crafted breaks of 61 and 69 in a 4-0 victory over Scottish teenager Jack Borwick.

It is the second time that Grace has navigated the Q School scramble in his career; in 2011, he was one of four players who made it through the very first Q School competition to be held.

Another player returning to the World Snooker Tour at the first possible avenue is Burns, who registered runs of 85, 56 and 63 in a 4-1 win over Andrew Pagett at the final hurdle. Pagett had also only recently been demoted.

In the previous round, Burns recovered from a 3-1 deficit against Kayden Brierley, winning the final three frames for a 4-3 comeback victory.

It is the third time that Burns has passed Q School following previous successful attempts in 2012 and 2021.

The third player to win a golden ticket to snooker's big time was 23-year-old Englishman Connor Benzey, who achieves a dream in turning professional for the first time.

At event one a few days earlier, Benzey matched his best finish at a Q School tournament by reaching the last 32. But in the last chance saloon of event two, he went three steps further to earn promotion.

A former European under-18 championship semi-finalist, Benzey came back from 2-0 down against Latvia's Rodion Judin - who was also aiming to earn a tour card for the first time - in the final round to win 4-2.

The final player to emerge from this year's Q School gauntlet was Northern Ireland's Fergal Quinn, who compiled breaks of 62 and 54 in a 4-1 last round triumph over Dean Young.

Like Benzey, 25-year-old Quinn is set to make his bow as a professional player in the coming weeks.

Having lost his opening match 4-1 in event one, Quinn responded in style by winning five matches at event two, all by the scoreline of 4-1. On his way, he eliminated ex-professionals Sean O'Sullivan, Ashley Carty and Young - the latter two names were both professional players last season.

A former national under-21 champion, earlier this year Quinn reached the semi-finals of the World Federation Snooker Championship in Morocco.

For results from the 2025 UK Q School event two, visit the World Snooker Tour website here.