Snooker Legends have announced a brand new series of junior events planned for the latter end of 2021. Recently, Jason Francis said on Facebook “For quite some time the thing I’ve been asked most about is whether I can help Junior Snooker. Juniors are the future of our sport, giving them competitions and reasons to […]
An announcement on the Snooker Legends Facebook reads: We spoke about this being more than just a series of events for juniors, about how we want to mentor our champions to prepare them for Q School in 2022. How sometimes its about more than just ability to pot balls and how important the psychological side
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Well done to Ryan Day for winning the 2021 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out. Day beat Mark Selby in the final, bringing Selby’s hopes of beating the record of 11 consecutive ranking event finals he currently holds with Stephen Hendry, to an end. The event, however, belonged to the amateur snooker players involved. Although this was
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Following an Annual General Meeting held yesterday (Monday 18 January) the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards (EPSB) has today announced the details of a Board restructure to shape the future development of snooker and billiards in England. The past 18 months has been a period which has seen significant change to the structure of
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Barry Hearn, Chairman of the World Snooker Tour, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours for his services to sport. Read the story on the World Snooker Tour site hereBarry Hearn awarded OBE There is also an in depth interview with Hearn on sportinglife.com Apart from the obvious achievements over the last
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That’s about the size of it! The UK is in lockdown again so just about all we can do is wait. Update: The Prime Minister announced yesterday (27/01/21) that schools wouldn’t open before 8 March. It’s not looking good for snooker clubs to open before April. Before this lockdown ends we need the government to
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Yesterday the World Snooker Tour (WST) announced the draw for the Challenge Tour Play-off and the full line-up of players for the Betfred World Snooker Championship. Challenge Tour Play-off The Challenge Tour Play-off features the top eight in the Challenge Tour rankings who have not already secured their main-tour place for next season. Ashley Hugill
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Competitive Amateur Snooker Returns to England This Weekend The first post-lockdown tournament is the regular monthly singles handicap at Lincoln Snooker Club The event has had to be limited in numbers to meet the social distancing requirements and of course was over subscribed! Lincoln Snooker Club is a very popular venue and already has an
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Clubs in England are announcing their opening and how they are meeting the COVID-19 Guidelines. It’s going to feel strange at first but it’s certainly better than not being able to play and hopefully keeps us all as safe as possible. The rest of the UK will follow suit soon I’m sure, but the catalyst
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It’s official – Snooker Clubs in England can open and allow snooker! Late last night the following statement came out of the WBSA: The statement includes: The WPBSA and EPSB are both therefore delighted to receive this clarity from Mr Huddleston and that our clubs will now be able to reopen ahead of other sports.
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