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Allen down by £250 but how much will foul language cost Williams?
In a statement made by The WPBSA today Mark Allen will be fined £250 for swearing at a press conference in York in December, so if Allen is to be fined £250 for one incident then by my reckoning Mark Williams should be up to about £50,000 by now for his escapades on social networking site Twitter. Follow Mark @markwil147 on more …..
888 back for The Welsh
World Snooker is delighted to announce 888真人(pronounced 888 zhenren) as the new title sponsor of the Welsh Open. The world ranking event runs from February 13 to 19 at the Newport Centre and will be known as the 888真人Welsh Open. It will feature the world’s top 16 players, including Masters champion Neil Robertson, rising star more …..
Irregular betting patterns at The Snooker Shootout for the second year running
For the second year running there has been irregular betting paterns at TheSnooker Shootout, below is a statement released earlier today by World Snooker. The WPBSA have been made aware, by bookmakers of unusual betting patterns on the match due to take place at the Snooker Shootout in Blackpool on Saturday 28th January 2012 between more …..
Haikou To Stage Snooker’s World Open
Snooker’s World Open will be staged in the city of Haikou on Hainan Island in South China for the next five years. The world ranking tournament, which was announced at a press conference in China today (Monday), will be known as the Haikou World Open. This season, the event runs from February 27 to March more …..
WPBSA Statement
The WPBSA, working alongside the Gambling Commission, have completed a full investigation into suspicious betting patterns on a match at the World Snooker Shoot-Out between Jimmy Michie and Marcus Campbell on January 28th, 2011. The investigation has concluded that while there were irregular betting patterns on the match, there is currently no evidence to link more …..
WPBSA Launches Inquiry into Shanghai Masters Final
The WPBSA has launched an inquiry into an incident in the 17th frame of last Sunday’s Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters final between Mark Selby and Mark Williams. The match was stopped for several minutes while referee Eirian Williams had to make a difficult call as to whether Selby had hit a red or the more …..
Woollaston Wins First Pro Title at PTC3
World No 60 Ben Woollaston surprised Graeme Dott 4-2 in the final to win snooker’s Players Tour Championship event three in Sheffield. Former World Champion Dott had beaten the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins and Stephen Hendry to reach the final, but could not stop inspired Leicester cueman Woollaston winning his first professional title. more …..
STEVENS TAKES OPENING PLS NIGHT
STEVENS TAKES OPENING PLS NIGHT John Higgins 0-3 Matthew Stevens 18-91 (Stevens 91), 0-95 (Stevens 95), 10-65 (Stevens 35) Matthew Stevens won the opening night of the PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker as he recorded two 3-0 wins against Neil Robertson and then John Higgins in the final to take six points and head the early more …..
Rules Change & comments by Alan Chamberlain
A few days ago it was announced on WorldSnooker.com that some minor changes have been made to the rules, see these changes below; But first a brief word from Alan Chamberlain Firstly, may I say that the revision of the Rules of Snooker and English Billiards is on-going, as are the rules of any sport. more …..
Redundancies looming at World Snooker
Speaking to one World Snooker employee in January this year whilst at The Masters about staff cuts they said “We are all worried in the office, although nothing has happened yet since Barry has come on board we are all very aware that redundancies may come”, 5 months later and this is the case. In more …..
WPBSA Statement
Following a full and comprehensive investigation into a match at the UK Championship in December 2008, the Scottish Crown Counsel has decided that there is insufficient evidence to justify a criminal prosecution. This case has now been referred to the WPBSA for consideration of disciplinary proceedings against the two members who contested the match, Stephen more …..
Ding Accepts Disciplinary Charge
Ding Junhui has accepted a fine of £2,000 for failing to notify Tournament Officials of a medical condition that resulted in him not competing to the best of his ability in Euro Players Tour Championship event three earlier this season. During the match against Liang Wenbo in Russelsheim, Germany, on 23 October 2010 Ding did more …..
World Snooker Coaching Course great success
The World Snooker coaching team of Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths and Chris Lovell delivered its first course at the World Snooker Academy in March. Download course details This new and innovative coaching programme, developed by the WPBSA, centres around three areas. The Basics – led by Terry Griffiths, this section ensures that the coach can more …..
Q School entry deadline extended
As planned, World Snooker have extended the deadline in order to allow players dropping off the 2010/11 main tour to enter. They have also had a number of requests from National Governing Bodies to allow players who have recently found sponsorship to enter the Q School. The new deadline of April 15 which will be more …..
