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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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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Fresh from his efforts at the WST Pro Series, Michael White will now be gearing up for his first round match of the German Masters against Fergal O’Brien. Michael won 3 of his 7 Pro Series matches, only losing the other 4 on deciding frames – on on a re-spotted black! See the results for
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The new WST Pro series gets underway on Monday 18 January at 10:00am Click here for all the fixtures Click here for the schedule The first matches of the event includes amateur Haydon Pinhey playing against Joe Perry. Each player plays against each of the other players in his group and the top two players
That’s where it should have been! As we know, the UK Championship will be at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes – like the other tournaments have been. There was hope that the final stages could be played at the Barbican in York, but COVID has put paid to that – and my annual visit.
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There will be five amateurs competing at the next WST ranking event The World Snooker Tout (WST) Matchroom.live English Open starts on Monday 12 October and features five amateurs. Connor Benzy and Mark Lloyd feature as the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards (EPSB) nominations for their achievements on the junior stage. As the English
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