May 6, 2012
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WPBSA Announces new appointment
Ken Doherty, one of snooker’s most experienced players, has joined the board of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). Former World Champion Doherty was co-opted as the second Non-Executive Player Director at a WPBSA board meeting during the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship this week. He will join six times World Champion Steve Davis more …..
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 …..
Mark Allen to face disciplinary
World Snooker has made the following statement saying that they have passed the issue of Mark Allen swearing in a press conference yesterday onto The WPBSA’s disciplinary committee. Is this a little dig at Mark for saying that Barry Hearn should resign? well year probably because I see no statements being made saying that they have forwarded more …..
O’Sullivan Apologises For Comment
In a statement from World Snooker today, Ronnie O’Sullivan apologises for comments made in a national newspaper last week, the apology comes after a complaint was made to WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson last week by a member of the public. The statement is below; Ronnie O’Sullivan has issued a formal apology for using the word more …..
WPBSA Concludes Inquiry
WPBSA’s findings on the 17th frame of the final of the 2011 Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters. Following the incident in the 17th frame of the Bank of Communications Shanghai Masters final, the WPBSA instigated an inquiry to establish whether tighter guidelines could be issued to referees to try to avoid confusion in a similar 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 …..
Nigel Mawer Joins WPBSA Board
Nigel Mawer QPM has joined the board of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as the new Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee. Nigel left the Metropolitan Police Service in 2010 as a Detective Chief Superintendent in the Specialist Crime Directorate based at New Scotland Yard. He was the head of the Economic and Specialist more …..
WPBSA Statement on Maguire/Burnett Case
World Snooker’s governing body has now reviewed evidence provided by the Strathclyde Police over allegations of suspicious betting on a match between Stephen Maguire and Jamie Burnett in 2008. The WPBSA’s findings agree that there was suspicious betting activity on this match by people outside of the sport and this required a detailed investigation by 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 …..
Foul and a miss follow up
You may remember the article I wrote a few months ago – Miss Rule Canvasing by The WPBSA Here is a except from a letter sent out to players this week regarding The Foul and Miss rule. As you all know, the WPBSA sent out a consultation document regarding the Miss Rule. The outcome of more …..
WPBSA Receives 100 Per Cent Support
World Snooker’s governing body held an EGM today to consider a new set of articles of association, and received 100 per cent support of votes in favour of the constitutional changes. The new articles provided key changes in the modernization of the company. Some of those changes are: – Permanently setting more …..
Miss rule canvasing by The WPBSA
A letter has been received by the players yesterday from Jason Ferguson canvasing them on a possible change to The Miss Rule, I have copies the contents of this letter below for you all to read, why not answer the 5 questions yourself and I will pass all of your answers onto Jason Ferguson, the main people more …..
NEW WPBSA Coaching Scheme full details
Full details of the new coaching scheme are provided below, including a detailed description of the programme for the two-day course. If you are interested in applying, Click Here For The Application Form The WPBSA are embarking on a brand new coaching programme to grow the game to support Barry Hearn’s snooker resurgence. Have you got more …..
