Kammala wannan jumla: Pinches yana da mummunan yanayi na 2015 <unk> 16 kamar yadda kawai ya lashe wasanni biyu a duk shekara, duka biyu suna zuwa a
An buɗe Haining. Ya shiga cikin zane-zane guda biyu a lokacin kakar wasa. A Ruhr Open, Pinches da Alan McManus sun kafa tarihi don mafi tsawo na wasan snooker a minti 100 da dakika 24. Rikodin ya tsaya har zuwa Afrilu 2017. A cikin shirin karshe na 4<unk>1 da ya ci Pinches a zagaye na farko na Welsh Open, Ronnie O'Sullivan ya koyi cewa kyautar don yin 147 ita ce £ 10,000 kuma ya yanke shawara bayan ya zana ja na 14 don zana ruwan hoda kuma ya yi 146 a maimakon haka kamar yadda kyautar kudi ba ta isa ba. Pinches ya sauka daga yawon shakatawa a ƙarshen kakar kuma ya kasa dawo da matsayinsa a babban yawon shakatawa ta hanyar Q School. Ya cancanci shiga gasar Paul Hunter Classic ta 2016, amma ya yi rashin nasara 4-3 ga Cao Yupeng a zagaye na farko.