Allan Taylor won Challenge Tour event five at the Winchester Club in Leicester, boosting his hopes of regaining a place on the World Snooker Tour.

This was, in fact, the ninth 2019/20 Challenge Tour event to be completed as it was rescheduled after being postponed earlier in the season.

Liverpool’s Taylor beat Michael Collumb 3-1 in the final to take the £2,000 top prize and jump into the top nine of the Challenge Tour rankings, with just one of the ten events to go. The leading player will then be awarded a Tour Card, with the next eight going into a play-off event for a second card.

Ashley Hugill tops the rankings but has already regained a tour card via the WSF Open, so if he finishes top the player finishing second will earn the automatic spot.

Taylor, 35, previously played on the pro tour from 2013-2019.

Germany’s Lukas Kleckers reached the semi-finals to boost his hopes of the automatic tour place, while Andrew Pagett went out in the last 16.

The tenth and final event runs on Sunday and Monday at the same venue – for results follow tournament director Brendan Moore on twitter here.

Event five results

Round 1
1) Joshua Cooper 2 (5) 3 Kayden Brierley
2) Fergal Quinn 2 (5) 3 Danny Brindle
3) Dylan Emery 1 (5) 3 Lewis Gillen
4) Lukas Kleckers 3 (5) 1 Sean O’Sullivan
5) Matthew Glasby 3 (5) 0 Peter Devlin
6) Andrew Pagett 3 (5) 1 Ian Preece
7) Ross Muir 3 (5) 1 Ben Mertens
8) Dean Young 3 (5) 0 Iulian Boiko
9) Oliver Brown 1 (5) 3 Keishin Kamihashi
10) Steven Hallworth 2 (5) 3 Michael Collumb
11) Andy Marriott 3 (5) 0 Lucky Vatnani
12) Simon Bedford 3 (5) 2 Paul Davison
13) Liam Davies 0 (5) 3 Sean Maddocks
14) Callum Lloyd 2 (5) 3 Daniel Womersley
15) Jamie McArdle 3 (5) 0 Ryan Davies
16) Jamie Curtis-Barrett 3 (5) 1 Andres Petrov
17) Andreas Ploner 0 (5) 3 Dave Finbow
18) Kuldesh Johal 0 (5) 3 Ben Hancorn
19) Stuart Watson 0 (5) 3 Zak Surety
20) Christopher Keogan 1 (5) 3 Luke Simmonds
21) Tyler Rees 3 (5) 1 Jake Nicholson
22) Luke Pinches 0 (5) 3 Alex Millington
23) Robbie McGuigan 2 (5) 3 Rory McLeod
24) George Pragnell 3 (5) 2 Jeff Cundy
25) Ronan Whyte 0 (5) 3 Sanderson Lam
26) Patrick Whelan 3 (5) 0 Daniel Holoyda
27) Zsolt Fenyvesi 0 (5) 3 Ashley Hugill
28) Adam Duffy 2 (5) 3 Allan Taylor
29) Garry Coulson 0 (5) 3 Simon Blackwell
30) Ryan Thomerson 0 (5) 3 Imran Puri
31) Lee Stephens 3 (5) 1 Sydney Wilson

Round 2
32) Kayden Brierley 1 (5) 3 Danny Brindle
33) Lewis Gillen 1 (5) 3 Lukas Kleckers
34) Matthew Glasby 2 (5) 3 Andrew Pagett
35) Ross Muir 3 (5) 2 Dean Young
36) Keishin Kamihashi 0 (5) 3 Michael Collumb
37) Andy Marriott 1 (5) 3 Simon Bedford
38) Sean Maddocks 3 (5) 0 Daniel Womersley
39) Jamie McArdle 2 (5) 3 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
40) Dave Finbow 1 (5) 3 Ben Hancorn
41) Zak Surety 3 (5) 1 Luke Simmonds
42) Tyler Rees 0 (5) 3 Alex Millington
43) Rory McLeod 3 (5) 1 George Pragnell
44) Sanderson Lam 3 (5) 2 Patrick Whelan
45) Ashley Hugill 0 (5) 3 Allan Taylor
46) Simon Blackwell 3 (5) 0 Imran Puri
47) Withdrawn Player 0 (5) 3 Lee Stephens

Round 3
48) Danny Brindle 2 (5) 3 Lukas Kleckers
49) Andrew Pagett 2 (5) 3 Ross Muir
50) Michael Collumb 3 (5) 0 Simon Bedford
51) Sean Maddocks 3 (5) 0 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
52) Ben Hancorn 2 (5) 3 Zak Surety
53) Alex Millington 1 (5) 3 Rory McLeod
54) Sanderson Lam 1 (5) 3 Allan Taylor
55) Simon Blackwell 0 (5) 3 Lee Stephens

Quarter-Finals
56) Lukas Kleckers 3 (5) 2 Ross Muir
57) Michael Columb 3 (5) 1 Sean Maddocks
58) Zak Surety 0 (5) 3 Rory McLeod
59) Allan Taylor 3 (5) 2 Lee Stephens

Semi-Finals
60) Lukas Kleckers 1 (5) 3 Michael Columb
61) Rory McLeod 2 (5) 3 Allan Taylor

Final
62) Michael Columb 1 (5) 3 Allan Taylor

Source: World Snooker