Dafabet’s title sponsorship of snooker’s most prestigious invitation tournament has been extended for an extra three years. Dafabet has been the sponsor of the Masters since 2014 and this new extension brings the agreement to 2020. The Dafabet Masters is one of the sport’s Triple Crown events and it is[Read More…]
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Ranking Race for World Grand Prix and Players Championship
The 2016/17 snooker season gets underway later this month and all professional players will already have one eye on the race to qualify for the World Grand Prix and Players Championship. The campaign starts on May 28 and opens with the qualifying rounds of the Indian Open, World Open and[Read More…]
Shoot-Out to Become Ranking Event. No, Really!
Today, World Snooker announced a rather ridiculous intention to make next February’s Snooker Shoot-Out a ranking event. So let’s get this straight. A tournament that involves a format of a mere one frame per round, with a shot-clock and other variations from the general rules of the traditional game, will[Read More…]
Q-School to Provide Four Extra Tour Cards
Following a record level of entries to 2016 Q School, World Snooker has decided to increase the number of tour cards available from eight to 12. A total of 182 players have entered Q School, which runs from May 11 to 22 at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. The[Read More…]
Barry Hearn Announces 10-Year Deal with Eurosport
World Snooker and Eurosport have agreed a 10-year deal to broadcast the snooker season in its entirety. World Snooker supremo Barry Hearn made his second annual press conference at the Crucible today and the eagerly awaited “huge” announcement is a continued relationship with the continental sports broadcaster. The deal includes the[Read More…]
UK Championship Back in York
The York Barbican will once again host snooker’s top stars at the Betway UK Championship later this year. General admission tickets are now on sale, and tickets for the semi-finals and final will go on sale week commencing May 2. The Betway UK Championship is one of snooker’s most important[Read More…]
Masters Trophy to be Renamed Paul Hunter Trophy
World Snooker supremo Barry Hearn has held the first of his annual press conferences at the Crucible. Perhaps the biggest announcement which was made concerned the renaming of the Masters trophy – which from 2017 will be known as the Paul Hunter Trophy. Paul Hunter famously won a hat-trick of[Read More…]
174 Hopefuls Enter Q-School
A record 174 players have entered World Snooker’s 2016 Q School, all bidding for the chance to join the professional tour. They will all head to the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton from May 11 to compete for places on the World Snooker Tour. There are eight two-year tour cards[Read More…]
2016 Q-School Entry Deadline Looming
The deadline for entering this year’s Q-School is on the horizon with April 6th looming large for all aspiring amateurs. Once again there will be two events whereby eight players will have the opportunity to secure a two-year Main Tour card. The entry fee is £600, which might seem like[Read More…]
Framing Formats
There has been a lot of chatter lately on social media surrounding the various formats used in events. Since the beginning of the Barry Hearn era around six years ago, there has been a dramatic influx of tournaments on the calendar. This has been widely hailed as a huge success,[Read More…]