Welsh snooker star Jackson Page has guaranteed himself a share of £15,000 before the World Snooker Championship has even begun.
Page also equalled a World Snooker Tour record with a maximum 147 break in his third qualifying round clash.
WSTPage produced his first-ever maximum 147 break in World Championship qualifying[/caption]
WSTThe feat equalled the all-time record for most 147 breaks in a season[/caption]
Page faced Allan Taylor in a best of 19 frames encounter on Sunday.
Already leading 6-1, ‘Action’ moved even closer to victory with his first-ever 147 break in the eighth frame.
It is also the 13th maximum of the 2024/25 season, equalling the all-time record for a single campaign.
The record could still be broken with another round of qualifying and the main draw of the World Snooker Championship to come over the next three weeks.
Thai player Noppon Saengkham hit the only maximum of last year’s event during the qualifying rounds.
Meanwhile, Page has secured himself a share of £15,000 in additional prize money with the feat.
The prize pot is on offer for the highest break made at both the Crucible and the qualifying stage at the English Institute of Sport.
He has also guaranteed at least £15,000 in earnings by making the final preliminary round, with a further £5,000 added if he makes the main draw.
Either Joe O’Connor or Iulian Boiko await the winner for a spot in the main draw and the last 32.
The world no.35 returned from the final interval after nine frames with an 8-1 lead.
He needed just two more frames to see off Taylor to move one win away from the main draw.
Page would be making just his third appearance in the main draw, having turned professional in 2019.
Last year’s tournament saw him thrashed 10-1 by seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan in the first round.
Meanwhile, Page’s best performance came on his main draw debut in 2022.
After beating Barry Hawkins in the opening round, he fell to fellow Welsh cueist Mark Williams in the last 16.
The 2025 World Snooker Championship is scheduled to run from Saturday until the final on May 5.
Kyren Wilson is the defending champion having secured his maiden title 12 months ago.
The Warrior also enters the tournament as the top seed as he looks first champion to retain their title since the Crucible first hosted in 1977.
It remains to be seen whether Ronnie O’Sullivan will take part in the tournament as he chases a record-breaking eighth world title.
