Name: Stuart Carrington
DOB: 14th July 1990
Nationality: English
Turned Pro: 2011
Highest Ranking: #N/A
Highest Break: #N/A
Career Highlights: 2011 Q School Event Three qualifier
Early Career
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of fellow Grimsby cueists Mike Hallett, Dean Reynolds, Ray Edmonds and Sean Storey, Stuart Carrington first rose to prominence when he won the 2006 Junior Pot Black title, defeating Anthony McGill at the Crucible Theatre in the final.
He came close to earning a place on the main tour back in 2009 as he finished second on the EASB Pro Ticket Tour list behind Jimmy Robertson but had to settle for another season on the PIOS where despite a run to quarter-finals of Event Six that year, he was unable to finish higher than 30th and so would remain among the amateur ranks for the following season.
2010/11
Following the introduction of the new Players Tour Championship events, amateur players now had the opportunity to play competitively against the very best on a regular basis and Stuart was one of the players to take advantage of this. Defeating the likes of Mark King, Robert Milkins, Martin Gould, Alan McManus and Adrian Gunnell throughout the course of the PTC events, Stuart certainly made an impression and despite an 8-2 defeat to John Whitty in the final of the Northern section of the English Amateur Championship, headed to the Q School as one to watch.
Stuart at the 2011 PTC2
While he could not progress from the first two events, he had managed to win two matches in each before falling to Chen Zhe and Simon Bedford at the third round stage.
It was however all to come together in the third and final event as he overcame Nick Jennings, Justin Astley, Li Hang and Ian Burns to reach the final round before edging out fellow youngster Stephen Craigie to earn his tour card for 2011/12.
2011/12
Stuart was to experience a difficult start to life as a professional in 2011/12, winning just one match during the 12-event PTC series (against Matthew Stevens at PTC6), while also struggling to record victories during the season’s full-ranking events.
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2 comments
JPK123
May 29, 2011 at 10:45 pm (UTC 0)
Some info for you:
Other Grimsby pros: Ashley Wright recently (who lost all but one match on the tour), and Craig Edwards who reached the Crucible in 1991. There may be more I’ve forgotten; Sid Hood was a top amateur.
Stuart has played at the Crucible himself, beating Anthony McGill to win Junior Pot Black in 2006.
matt2745
May 29, 2011 at 10:47 pm (UTC 0)
Ah cheers. Hadn’t clicked that it was him who beat McGill, I was there for that!