Although the next event is the UK Championship Qualifiers 1 in Hong Kong, the draw and format are already available for the next one, in Clacton to be played on the last week-end of September.
Here they are:
And don’t forget … here is what awaits those who qualify!
PS: I know that the draw is hard to read, but you can click on each image and enlarge it …
Jason Francis announced this yesterday on the World Seniors Tour Forum on Facebook yesterday:
We are today announcing a change in the allocation of the prize fund for 3 World Champ qualifiers in Newbury, Jersey and Coulsdon The Prize fund will now reward any players reaching the Quarter finals, the invitation to the World Seniors Championship remains on offer to the winner of the event. The Prize money for these three events will be…
£1250 winner
£500 runner up
£200 semis x 2
£75 quarters x 4These changes were discussed by tour players on their forum and received unanimous support from those who commented. We will continue to work with our players to improve the tour for all those concerned.
This is indeed good news and further incentive for players to enter and try on the World Seniors Tour.
It’s also great to see that the forum is effectively a place where the players can express their concerns and wishes AND are actually listened to.
Today Jason Francis posted this on twitter
CUT OFF FOR CLACTON MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 16TH SEPT
CUT OFF FOR LIVERPOOL TUESDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER AT MIDNIGHT
WORLD CHAMPS Q1 NEWBURY HAS 10 PLACES LEFT, IT WILL CLOSE WHEN THEY ARE TAKEN.
Enter now by clicking here https://www.snookerlegends.co.uk/worldseniors_registration.html
@WorldSeniors
The ranking list has been updated too
This is the top 16
follow this link for the full list
He also published the current centuries list (after 3 events)
Remember there is a £5000 prize for the season highest break offered by Victor Wood Kia
Where? Barratts, 42 Kingsthorpe Rd, Northampton NN2 6EZ
When? 7-9 September 2018
Entries are closed.
The event has 74 runners which is the largest turnout so far this season and a fantastic chance to get ranking points. One person will join Sean Lanigan and Patrick Wallace at the European Open.
The line-up features players from England, Ireland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, Jersey, Iceland and Cyprus.
Tony Drago had entered the event but withdrew because of an ankle injury.
There will be four Easb referees on duty, two will be used on the stream tables and two will roving referees.
Here is the draw:
And here is the format:
Results:
Prelim round
Michael Wringley w/o Andy Papaiacovou
Sean Halligan w/o Bradley Fish
Adam Ingram 3-0 Steve Bird
Steve Evans 3-2 Paul Burrell
Robert Marshall 3-1 John Hunter
Graham Beardmore 3-1 Marcus Lord
Sanjay Meghani 3-0 Robert Barton
Neil Craycraft 3-1 Steve Evans
Sean Ward 3-0 Anthony Bonnard
Rodney Goggins 3-2 Andy Milliard
Mark White 3-1 Nick Neale
Sean Ward 3-0 Anthony Bonnard
David Brown 3-2 David Morritz
Last 64
Aaron Canavan w/o Chris Hart
Sean Ward w/o Tony Drago
Ian Wagstaff 3-0 George Apperley
Jon Charlton 3-0 Andrew Darken
Rhydian Richards 3-1 Andrew Diacopoulous
Richard Emery 3-2 David McDonnell
Sanjay Meghani 3-0 Darren Barton
Barry Pinches 3-0 Adam Ingram
Sean Lanigan 3-0 Michael Wrigley
Lee Richardson 3-0 Andrew Turner
Michal Judge 3-0 Simon Seabridge
Matt Ford 3-0 Bilal Ahmed
Gary Filtness 3-0 Ray Grall
Mark Ball 3-2 Sanjay Meghani
Dean Venables 3-1 Tony Corrigan
Nick Spelman 3-2 Graham Breadmore
Simon Dent 3-2 Neil Herd
Robert Marshall 3-1 Gary Miller
Jonathan Bagley 3-0 Brett Gant
Neil Caroll 3-1 Dean Sycamore
Sean Halligan 3-2 Stephen Campbell
Stuart Watson 3-1 Gary Skipworth
Wayne Cooper 3-1 Lee Martin
Gary Britton 3-1 David Brown
Steven Waldron 3-0 Daren Mirza
Patrick Wallace 3-1 Daniel Mooney
Lee S. Martin 3-0 Dharmendra Patel
Rodney Goggins 3-0 David Lilley
Mark White 3-0 Palmi Elmarsson
Lewis Walsh 3-0 Mark Davies
Garoid O’Connor 3-0 James Simpson
Aidan Owens 3-0 Kalr Townsend
Last 32
Lee Richardson 3-1 Neil Craycraft
Rhydian Richards 3-1 Jon Charlton
Richard Emery 3-2 Sean Lanigan
Barry Pinches 3-0 Ian Wagstaff
Gary Filtness 3-0 Mark Ball
Nick Spelman 3-2 Dean Venables
Michael Judge 3-2 Matt Ford
Robert Marshall 3-1 Simon Dent
Jonathan Bagley 3-0 Neil Caroll
Wayne Cooper 3-2 Stuart Watson
Patrick Wallace 3-0 Lee S. Martin
Aaron Canavan 3-0 Lewis Walsh
Geroid O’Connor 3-0 Aidan Owens
Mark White 3-2 Rodney Goggins
Gary Britton 3-0 Steven Waldron
Sean Ward 3-2 Sean Halligan
Last 16
Jonathan Bagley 3-1 Sean Ward
Barry Pinches 3-0 Wayne Cooper
Gary Britton 3-1 Richard Emery
Lee Richardson 3-0 Rhydian Richards
Patrick Wallace 3-0 Mark White
Aaron Canavan 3-1 Robert Marshall
Michael Judge 3-0 Nick Spelman
Gary Filtness 3-2 Garoid O’Connor
Quarters
Jonathan Bagley 3-1 Barry Pinches
Gary Britton 3-0 Lee Richardson
Aaron Canavan 3-2 Patrick Wallace
Michael Judge 3-0 Gary Filtness
Semis
Gary Britton 3-1 Jonathan Bagley
Michael Judge 3-1 Aaron Canavan
Final
Michael Judge 3-1 Gary Britton
Aaron Canavan scored the highest break: a 131.
Event: European Masters Qualifiers 2
When? 17-19 August 2018
Where? Snooker Palace, Noordzandstraat 4, 8000 Brugge
Here is how it unfolded:
Round 1
Alain Vandersteen (BE) 3-2 Jeremy Dorchue (FR)
Steve Lambrechts (BE) 3-0 John Van Gorp (NL)
Kurt Pollet (BE) 3-0 Bruno Cottenies (BE)
Keith Thomas (Wales) 3-2 Nico Smeets (BE)
Jonathan Charlton (England) 3-2 Wang Chooi Tan (BE)
Christophe Rives-Lange (FR) w/o Paul Burrell (England)
Miro Popovic (DE) 3-1 Jan Mortelé (BE)
Andy Turner (England) 3-2 Gino Verheyden (BE)
Stefan Buyse (BE) 3-1 Thierry Thenaisie (FR)
Remko Boselie (NL) w/o Mark Davies
Ludovic Arnaert (BE) 3-2 Stéphane Ochoiski (FR)
Win De Roeck (BE) 3-1 Mario Veltman (NL)
Nick Tielemans (BE) 3-2 Hossein Mosharaff (BE)
Lee Martin (England) 3-1 Joris Maas (BE)
Mohammed Al Joaker (UAE) 3-1 Steven Thomas (Wales)
Lieven Vanthornout (BE) 3-2 René Hemelsoet (BE)
Round 2
Jonathan Bagley (England) 3-0 Alain Vandersteen
John Hunter (England) 3-2 Steve Lambrechts
Richard Emery (England) 3-0 Kurt Pollet
Stuart Watson (England) 3-0 Keith Thomas
Michael Judge (IRL) 3-2 Jonathan Charlton
Rodney Goggins (IRL) 3-0 Christophe Rives-Lange
Raymond Grall (England) 3-2 Miro Popovic
Lee Richardson (England) 3-1 Andy Turner
Patrick Wallace (NI) 3-0 Stefan Buyse
Remko Boselie 3-1 Bradley Fish (England)
Ludovic Arnaert 3-1 Dean Sycamore (England)
Les Dott (England) 3-1 Wim De Roeck
Simon Dent (England) 3-0 Nick Tielemans
Lee Martin 3-2 Neil Herd (England)
Mohammed Al Joaker 3-1 Hans Blankaert (BE)
Sean Lanigan (England) 3-0 Lieven VanThournout
Last 16
Jonathan Bagley 3-1 John Hunter
Stuart Watson 3-0 Richard Emery
Rodney Goggins 3-2 Michael Judge
Lee Richardson 3-0 Raymond Grall
Patrick Wallace 3-0 Remko Boselie
Ludovic Arnaert 3-0 Les Dodd
Lee Martin 3-2 Simon Dent
Mohammed Al Joaker 3-2 Sean Lanigan
QF
Stuart Watson 3-2 Jonathan Bagley
Rodney Goggins 3-0 Lee Richardson
Patrick Wallace 3-0 Ludovic Arnaert
Lee Martin 3-0 Mohammed Al Joaker
SF
Stuart Watson 3-0 Rodney Goggins
Patrick Wallace 3-1 Lee Martin
Patrick Wallace 3-0 Stuart Watson
Centuries
Rodney Goggins 135 – this is currently the season High break.
Patrick Wallace 124
Ludovic Arnaert 109
Jonathan Bagley 106
Lieven Vanthournout 104
Meet the players ….
And some pictures taken at the Snooker Palace club… Belgium has some snooker history!
This good news was posted by Jason Francis this morning:
After a period of ill-health we are delighted to announce that “The Tornado” Tony Drago will be one of the legends playing for the £20,000 WINNER TAKES ALL prize in Belfast in March at the World Seniors 6 Reds World Championship. Tony joins Stephen Hendry, Jimmy White, Ken Doherty, Joe Johnson and Aaron Canavan as the 6 seeds, they will be joined by a NIBSA nominated player and the winner of the qualifier in Newbury in February.
http://waterfront.co.uk/w…/all-events/world-seniors-snooker/
Very happy to see Tony back. He’s always a great asset to any event!
This Press Release was issue by Jason Francis
PRESS RELEASE
MORE PRIZE MONEY IN HONG KONG!
Our partners at i20 in Hong Kong have added 7500 HKD to the prize fund next month. The runner up will now get 5000HKD and the losing semi finalists will play a 3rd and 4th place play off for 2500HKD.
A fantastic gesture from our hosts in a wonderful city. You still have time to enter and come on a trip of a life time….
Enter now by clicking here: :https://www.snookerlegends.co.uk/worldseniors_registration.html
Players in China or Hong Kong can enter by contacting Sam Hon or Angel angel@xpertdental.com.hk
This is certainly great news!
Willie Thorne, who recently had an eye surgery in the hope to be able to play snooker at a high level again is set to return to Goffs for the 2019 Irish Masters.
Willie said “What a thrill to be going back to Goffs. I got to the final in 85 and 86 losing to Jimmy and Davis. great memories & one of the best venues. I remember Ken Doherty selling programmes as a young boy as well!!”
Willie could possibly face Jimmy in the final again … or Ken, who, surely won’t be selling programs this time!
Tickets for the tournament are on sales now
News has filtered – via WPBSA website – that Mark Johnston-Allen is eager to join the World Seniors Tour as he has unfinished business.
Johnston-Allen to Return for “Unfinished Business”
29th July 2018
Former world number 31 Mark Johnston-Allen is the latest player who will dare to dream on the World Seniors Snooker Tour (WSST) having entered a qualifying event for the 2019 World Seniors Snooker Championship.
A two-time ranking event finalist, Johnston-Allen is perhaps best remembered for his perfect 3-0 record against seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry, who he could yet meet once again on the WSST. His best performance at the World Championship came in 1992 when he qualified for the Crucible for the only time, losing to Tony Knowles in the opening round.
In recent years the Bristolian has also become a familiar face as both a commentator and Master of Ceremonies at several events.
“This is unfinished business for me!” said Johnston-Allen, “I haven’t played for 15 years but I am looking forward to catching up with my old sparring partners once again.”
The WPBSA World Seniors Snooker Tour is open to any player over 40. Enter a qualifying event online.
So here is the man about whom Hendry once said “I keep losing to people who shouldn’t be in the same room as me”. Come on Jason, you’ll need two players lounges! (just kidding!).
You can read about the incident and other snooker bust-ups in this typical David Hendon piece.
The schedule for the Seniors UK Championship 2018 in Hull has been published and here it is:
The event is played end October 2018 and, as you can see above, on Wednesday 24 October six of the Legends involved in the tournament will be in action. Not to be missed. On the next morning, the Seniors reigning Champion, Aaron Canavan and Ken Doherty will enter the fray.
Someone else who will be in Hull, is the inaugural World Snooker Federation Masters Champion in Malta, Igor Figuereido from Brazil, pictured here with Jason Ferguson.
Igor is a larger than life cheerful character, with a broad infectious smile. But make no mistake, at the table, he’s there to win and he’s seriously good! He will definitely be a contender in Hull!
The WPBSA World Seniors Tour 