WDBS Events Update The WDBS have announced a further update with regards to the planned return to play later this year. As previously announced, it was intended that the Return to Sport Committee would meet again in early July following the 21 June easing of Covid-19 restrictions in England to review the next steps. Because
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The World Women’s Snooker Tour is set to resume from this September and they are continuing to add new dates to the calendar with confirmation that the Australian Open and Eden Masters are both scheduled to return this year. The third staging of the Australian Women’s Open is set to run from 2-5 October at the Mounties
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Trying out a new sport can be a great way to stay active. Even sports that don’t require much physical exercise can provide many benefits, such as helping you stay busy, mentally active, and even make new friends and social connections. Snooker, while clearly not as physically demanding a sport as football or similar sports,
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This means there will be more opportunities for amateur snooker players on the World Snooker Tour events. Due to the global pandemic, several major international amateur snooker competitions were not held. As a result the World Snooker Tour have announced that there will be just 122 professional players on tour. The remaining places will be
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Much is being said about the apparent lack of talent coming through the amateur snooker ranks at the moment. There are many and various solutions of course but one of the main ways, in my opinion, is to get kids playing. Never mind saying they are only interested in their phones, XBox, Playstation etc, let’s
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After many gruelling weeks of Q School, we finally have 14 players willing to flex their muscles to compete on the professional tour. Two players are 50 years old or older. Three qualifiers are teenagers. Just one individual will be making his debut on the tour this season. The upcoming season starts with the Championship
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Judgement Day Eve. Who else has been cast into the cauldron of amateur snooker for next year? Of those who were on the main tour last season, affectionately called “relegated pros”, who hasn’t made it to Judgement Day? Round 3 – Mitchell Man beat Rod Lawler 4-2 and Bai Langning beat Lou Honghao 4-0 Round
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It’s the final weekend of the last event of Q School 2021 The last 16 matches of Round 3 will be played before Round 4 is played this afternoon and this evening. Looking back over the last couple of days, relegated pros Daniel Wells, Eden Sharav, James Cahill and Riley Parsons will all be back
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Hopes dashed, pressure mounting and Order of Merit becoming more relevant As many are already on their way home after being knocked out of the final event, the pressure to qualify will be mounting on some and as there are two places on the main tour to be awarded to the top two on the
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Four ex-pros return to the main tour Only one, Barry Pinches, was on of the pros relegated last season. The other three, Craig Steadman, Alfie Burdon and Michael Judge have been on the tour previously. Even of the four losers Michael Collumb, Kuldesh Johal, Hammad Miah and Sanderson Lam, only Collumb hasn’t been a professional.
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