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Clive Everton To Receive MBE
Clive Everton, best known as one of snooker’s leading television commentators for over 40 years, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Clive, age 81, will receive the award from the Queen at Buckingham Palace later this year. In his youth, Clive excelled as a billiards players, winning the British under-16 and… Read More
Ponds Forge To Host Snooker Stars
Many of snooker’s top players will be at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield from June 10th to 17th for the qualifying rounds of two world ranking events, and fans can watch the action for just £5. The Riga Masters qualifiers run from Monday June 10th to Thursday June 13th, followed by the International… Read More
2019/20 Tour Players
These are the players set to compete on the World Snooker Tour in the coming season… Top 64 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan 2 Judd Trump 3 Mark Williams 4 Neil Robertson 5 John Higgins 6 Mark Selby 7 Mark Allen 8 Kyren Wilson 9 Barry Hawkins 10 Ding Junhui 11 Jack Lisowski 12 David Gilbert 13… Read More
RAF Duo Achieve Longest Match Record
Two RAF Serviceman set a new Guinness World Record for the longest continuous snooker match by playing for 87 hours and 33 minutes. Sgt Chris Bullen and Corporal Joel Pickersgill achieved the record by playing from June 5th to 9th at the Royal Airforce Association Branch and Club in Newark. They are raising money for the… Read More
2019-20 Calendar
The updated calendar for the 2019/20 season is now available. Please note all dates and venues are provisional and subject to change. Click here for the calendar Tickets for certain events are already on sale – for details click here.
Eurosport Achieves Strong Figures
Eurosport achieves second-best week ever for channel share during Snooker World Championship The final week of the 2019 World Championship helped drive second best channel share ever in ABC1 Men 16+ demographic – second only to Andy Murray reaching the Australian Open final in January 2016 Eurosport achieves record live average audiences among individuals 4+… Read More
Trump Named Player Of The Year
Judd Trump has been named Player of the Year in the 2019 World Snooker Awards. Trump also scooped the prize in the Snooker Writers’ Player of the Year category. Victory at the World Championship last Sunday, his first Crucible crown, capped off a career-best season for 29-year-old Trump. He also won the Masters for the… Read More
2019/20 Season Calendar
The provisional calendar for the 2019/20 season is now available. Please note all dates and venues are subject to change. Further confirmation on certain events will be provided in due course. Click here for the 2019-20 calendar
More Announcements From Barry Hearn
World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn staged another press conference at the Betfred World Championship today. He announced the following. The World Cup will be staged in Wuxi, China every two years for the next ten years. This year’s event will take place from June 24 to 30. There will be 24 two-man teams from 23… Read More
EPSB Launches New Junior Snooker Programme
The English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards (EPSB) is delighted to announce a new initiative to boost junior snooker and billiards across the country. A collaboration between the EPSB, Sport England, Sport Structures and the 147 Club network will develop, fund and deliver a £15,000 project aimed at encouraging new players aged 11-16 to participate… Read More