At the time of writing we are down to the last quarter final between Mark Williams and Tom Ford. Ali Carter should have been playing Ronnie O’Sullivan but has had to withdraw citing heath problems – not Covid related according to WST. We wish him well and a speedy recovery. Jordan Brown has beaten Mark
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Next month’s BetVictor Gibraltar Open will be staged in the UK, due to the coronavirus pandemic, and there will be no amateur rounds. See the full WST announcement here I suppose it was inevitable, and sensible, that the amateur rounds were cancelled. It wouldn’t have been seen as fitting for hundreds of amateurs to descend
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After the “bonkers” of the Shoot Out, and during a few matches in the Championship League, we are now starting to look forward to the BetVictor Welsh Open. The magnificent Celtic Manor resort will certainly make a welcome change from Milton Keynes for the players. This event is the penultimate leg of the BetVictor European
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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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Pro-Am Snooker UK are organising a 32 player event to take place as soon as possible! Obviously it is all COVID dependent, but it will be ready as soon as conditions allow. This event is a little different in that it will be played using two or more venues and will be played over a
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Lets face it, it surely can’t get much worse! As we kick off 2021 there’s not a lot of amateur snooker to look forward to. But there is one major event taking place next week, the World Seniors Qualifying School. World Seniors Qualifying School There’s actually 4 events as qualifiers – 2021 ROKiT Phones World
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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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