Scotland’s Scott Donaldson happy with two-year pro tour – Snooker Update
During the 2011-12 Snooker Season campaign, the snooker governing body, World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) announced that the new season selection of new players for the professional tour will be for two years rather than one year.
It means that any player who earns a place in the pro tour will remain in the tour for the next two seasons.
The news was indeed a plus for those cuemen who never got a chance to play in the pro tour. The two-year playing opportunity will definitely play an important role in the development and perfection of the skills of new players. After the announcement, the
emerging talent showed the best of their snooker genius and many of them were able to claim their place in the pro circuit for the next two years.
Reigning European Snooker Champion, Scotland’s Scott Donaldson was also one of those potters who booked their place in the professional circuit for the next two years. The Scot tried his luck in the 2012 World Snooker Qualifying School (Q School) but was
unlucky not to clinch the pro tour ticket but his classy form in the 2012 European Snooker Championship proved fortunate for him and he was able to win his place in the tour.
He is quite satisfied and happy with the two-year pro tour concept and believes it will play an important role in hunting new talent.
In his interview with the Pro Snooker Blog, Donaldson said, “Definitely, that’s massive. There is so much pressure off the first year really isn’t it? The second year is really the year where you want to start making a move. You do want to make a move in
the first year but it is a lot of pressure off and it makes a massive difference. It’s very handy.”
When questioned about his plans in the new snooker season, Donaldson responded, “I don’t have targets, just to try and enjoy myself and get a few results here and there.”
The Scottish potter still regrets that he missed the first two major ranking snooker events of 2012 Wuxi Classic snooker event and the 2012 Australian Goldfields Open because it caused him the loss of his ranking points.
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