World Snooker
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Wild Cards Named For German Masters
Belgian prodigy Luca Brecel is among the eight wild cards who will compete in snooker’s German Masters in February. All amateur players from continental Europe were given the chance to earn a wild card for the world ranking event, which runs from February 2 to 6 at the at the Tempodrom in Berlin, via the more …..
WPBSA Announces New International Coaching And Development Strategy
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Chairman Jason Ferguson and six-times World Champion Steve Davis today announced a new coaching scheme aimed at boosting snooker at grassroots level on a worldwide scale. The WPBSA will integrate its coaching activities with those of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) for a combined effort to spread more …..
Tickets On Sale For Snooker’s Blackpool Bonanza
Rocket Ronnie O’Sullivan, legends Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis and Jimmy White and current Betfred.com World Champion Neil Robertson will be among the green baize kings heading to Blackpool next month for the brand new Snooker Shoot-Out. The innovative tournament, a creation of World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn as part of his new era for the more …..
Joyce Calling For Local Support
Walsall’s Mark Joyce is urging fans to support him in the biggest snooker match of his life tomorrow – and World Snooker are helping out with a special two-for-one offer on tickets. Joyce faces Mark Williams in the quarter-finals of the 12BET.com UK Championship at the International Centre in Telford on Thursday, with the first more …..
Allen Expects Final Breakthrough
Mark Allen is looking ahead to the 12BET.com UK Championship in Telford with confidence and believes that it won’t be long before he reaches his first ranking event final. The 24-year-old from Antrim in Northern Ireland, widely recognised as one of snooker’s most exciting young talents, has appeared in four ranking semi-finals, including last year’s more …..
WPBSA Board Receives Vote Of Confidence
Snooker’s governing body, under the leadership of Jason Ferguson, was given a huge vote of confidence with victory at the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association’s Annual General Meeting in Sheffield today. The sport of snooker has gone through a major restructure this year and the WPBSA now controls the governance of the sport and more …..
Top Draw Snooker Returns To Ireland
World Snooker will stage a tournament in the Republic of Ireland for the first time in six years when the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals take place in Dublin next March. The event will run from March 16 to 20 at The Helix. It will feature 24 of the best players on the planet, and more …..
Sky Shootout Draw
The Draw Andrew Higginson v Jamie Burnett Tom Ford v Stephen Maguire Robert Milkins v Martin Gould Fergal O’Brien v Stephen Hendry Jimmy Michie v Marcus Campbell Mark King v Jimmy Robertson Alfie Burden v Matthew Selt Peter Lines v Barry Hawkins Ronnie O’Sullivan v Marco Fu Stephen Lee v Michael Holt Michael Judge v more …..
World Snooker – Award for Hunter Foundation
The Paul Hunter Foundation’s North Lancs Training Group snooker youth club has finished second in a national competition run by the Home Office, for its work in encouraging young people to play the sport. Delivered twice weekly in Accrington, in partnership with Hyndburn’s YNOT team, the project gets youngsters off the streets and on to more …..
Excited Murphy Targets Telford Success
Shaun Murphy hopes to repeat his 2008 victory at the 12BET.com UK Championship and believes his game is strong enough to go all the way to the title. Murphy beat Marco Fu 10-9 in a dramatic final at the International Centre two years ago to become one of just ten players to have won both more …..
Passionate Fans Inspire Rocket
Snooker ace Ronnie O’Sullivan praised the ‘passion’ of snooker fans in Telford as he looked ahead to next month’s 12BET.com UK Championship. The tournament runs from December 4 to 12 at the International Centre in Telford and O’Sullivan will be battling the likes of Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Neil Robertson and defending champion Ding Junhui more …..
Q School
The Q School is a brand new system for qualifying for the professional World Snooker Tour. There will be 12 places available for the 2011/12 circuit. These will be awarded to the four semi-finalists in each of three tournaments. Players entering the Q School can play in all three tournaments so they have three chances to qualify.
