World Snooker is delighted to announce that Betway has renewed its title sponsorship of the UK Championship for another two years. Betway sponsored the Triple Crown tournament for the first time in 2015, and has now signed up for 2016 and 2017. This season’s tournament at the York Barbican was[Read More…]
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Q-School Open for Entry
Amid the hullabaloo surrounding Ronnie O’Sullivan’s triumph in the Masters last week, details of this year’s Q-School were also announced by World Snooker. The tournament will start on May 11th and will be staged at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. Once again there will be eight two-year tour cards available, given[Read More…]
BetVictor Continues Welsh Open Partnership
World Snooker is delighted to announce that BetVictor will be title sponsor of the Welsh Open world ranking event for the fourth consecutive year in 2016. The BetVictor Welsh Open will run from February 15 to 21 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. John Higgins won the title last year,[Read More…]
Flat Draw Paints a Sorry Picture
It has been a fiercely contested debate since day one – are flat draws good or bad for the sport? From my point of view I was initially in favour of the initiation of a system which would allow all professional players the opportunity to enter an event on an[Read More…]
German Masters Gains 918.com Sponsor
World Snooker is delighted to announce that 918.com will be title sponsor of the German Masters for the first time. The 918.com German Masters will run from February 3 to 7 in Berlin and it will be the first world ranking event of 2016. It is staged at the famous[Read More…]
Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice Receives Betway Donation
The UK Championship principal sponsors Betway has donated £18,610 to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice after a superb fortnight of pocket-rattling action. Betway’s pre-tournament pledge to donate £10 for every point scored over 100, and £10 for each century break recorded, meant that a total of £17,610 was raised. Add to[Read More…]
Gibraltar Open Sponsored by Dafabet
World Snooker is delighted to announce Dafabet as the new title sponsor of this week’s Gibraltar Open. The televised stage of the Dafabet Gibraltar Open will run from December 11 to 13 at the Tercentenary Sports Hall and will feature top stars including Mark Selby, Judd Trump, John Higgins, Jimmy[Read More…]
Shoot-Out Moves to Reading
The Hexagon in Reading will host snooker’s celebrated Shoot-Out event for the first time in 2016. The Shoot-Out, first staged in 2011, was previously held in Blackpool and has become a firm favourite among fans for its non-stop thrilling action. This season’s event runs from February 12 to 14 and[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Gains 188BET Sponsor
188bet and Matchroom Sport are excited to announce that 188bet is the title sponsor of the 2015 Champion of Champions snooker tournament. Taking place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry from Tuesday to Sunday 10-15 November, the 188bet Champion of Champions will be broadcast live throughout on ITV4 in the UK.[Read More…]
UK Championship Tickets Selling Out
The final session of snooker’s Betway UK Championship has sold out, with fans snapping up tickets for the showpiece tournament at the York Barbican. It’s one of the sport’s Triple Crown events and always draws capacity crowds to the Yorkshire city to see the world’s best green baize stars competing[Read More…]