World Snooker has announced details of entry for the 2020 BetVictor Gibraltar Open
Entry for all amateur players is now available with no entry fee.
After removing entry fees to World Snooker events for professionals, it did seem strange that amateurs were still being charged for this one.
This is the fourth and final event in the new BetVictor Series and the amateur stages of the tournament will be on March 11-12 (subject to the number of entries), followed by the last 128 from March 13-15, with total prize money of £251,000.
Entry Details
Details and Standard Conditions of Entry are available here
Update: 03/03/2020
Entries are now closed and we are waiting for the draw to be announced.
Lee Prickman and Gareth Lopez have been awarded wild card places in the last 128. Prickman is Gibraltar’s top-ranked player, while Lopez is ranked second.
Full story: https://wst.tv/prickman-and-lopez-handed-gibraltar-wild-cards/
The tournament runs from March 11 to 15 at the Europa Sports Complex, with the amateur stages on March 11-12 and the last 128 on March 13-15.
The draw
Click the button to see the full draw and schedule courtesy of snooker.org
It is sad to see that only one woman, Nutcharut Wongharuthai, has entered. These events are the perfect opportunity for the world’s top women to show that they can compete with the best male amateurs and even the professionals.
Should a Pro-Am be included in the Main Tour?
Following the changes to the Paul Hunter Classic, this event is now the last remaining “Pro-Am” on the World Snooker Tour.
Last season many of the entries were criticised for treating this as a bit of a knees-up and not taking the event seriously. With no entry fee will this be repeated?
It’s also the final event of the BetVictor Series and with the £150,000 bonus potentially still to play for, those still in the hunt will definitely be taking it seriously.
The series also includes the controversial Shoot Out in a hope that more professionals will enter. Last season was a bit of a disaster of that front!
For me though, the way to make these events look more like proper events rather than “circus-like”, would be to have the same format as the usual ranking events.
Get your game in shape
The Mission of The Snooker Gym is
to help people just like you play better snooker
