May 12
Following my post last week confirming the route onto the main tour for wannabe professionals for 2013/14, it is time for my annual ‘roll call’ post, to track how all of the tour places will be filled. Click below for the latest breakdown and summary as to how the 133 will be made up… Updated …
May 11
Earlier this week, World Snooker issued extensive information concerning the main tour in 2013/14, as well as players packs for the first four ranking events of the new season. Click below for a summary of what I believe to be the key points of interest from the documentation available…
May 08
With the 2012/13 season now at an end, attention turns to the new campaign as the 2013 Q School gets underway this Saturday, with 12 more tour spots up for grabs. But what about the other places? It had previously been announced that the tour would increase to 128 players for the new season, but …
May 01
As the World Championship prepares to enter its final phase, today sees the quarter-finals played to a conclusion, as the identities of the last four players remaining at this year’s tournament are revealed. Click below for updates throughout the day, with quotes from the players and my thoughts on the matches…
Apr 30
While Barry Hearn as the chairman of World Snooker is the man responsible for commercial side of professional snooker, the man at the head of the sport’s regulatory body, the WPBSA, is former world number 28 Jason Ferguson, who since his re-election to the board as chairman in July 2010, has overseen a period of …
Apr 30
A breakthrough meeting between the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and the International Billiards and Snooker Federation will see snooker in the International Olympic Committee-approved body of the World Confederation of Billiard Sports.
Apr 29
A range of incredible snooker-related items including a drawing by renowned artist Damien Hirst is being auctioned during the Betfair World Championship to raise money for World Snooker’s official charity Bluebell Wood.
Apr 26
The WPBSA has launched the CueZone Into Schools programme, which will get 10,000 school children playing snooker by the end of this year. The programme was launched at Sheffield Park Academy on Thursday by snooker legend Steve Davis who will be the ambassador for the scheme, along with WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson and Head of …
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