Information about an event
As announced by Jason Fancis on twitter yesterday
Delighted to announce
@kendoherty1997 will be playing in the UK Seniors Championships@hull_venue in October. More legends will be announced soon. Tickets selling. Legends Lunches and VIP meet and greets available
The top 16 players – based on the final 2017/18 rankings – battled it out last week-end in Newbury and it was Patrick Wallace who came out the winner. He received his trophy from Nigel Coton, both Seniors and WDBS player.
Patrick faced Sean Lanigan in the final. Sean had defeated the reigning Seniors World Champion, Aaron Canava, in the semi finals.
There were also new goodies on offer and promoted by the top model on duty, Gary Filtness
Gary won the high break prize too but I wonder if he got his prize money; indeed this is what Jason Francis tweeted:
High Break at the seniors was a 109 by
@GaryFiltness we had 4 other centuries as well and too many 50+ to list. Thanks to@Magician147 for donating the £500 which Gary will get if he manages a 24 hour sponsored silence.
Big thanks to Shaun Murphy for his support!
Don’t forget that the new season is upon us.
Here is the line-up for the event that will see the top 16 amateurs (season 2017/18) do battle in Newbury …
Cliff beat Jonathan Bagley by 2-0 in the Final to lift the John Spencer Trophy … the same John Spencer who had beaten him in the first ever World Final at the Crucible, 41 years ago!
David Caulfield made an excellent account of Cliff’s triump on his blog
Here is an excerpt with Cliff’s quotes … to say that it meant a lot is a huge understatement!
The 1980 world champion said: “It’s very meaningful for me being back here at the Crucible. Jonathan actually beat me the last few times but I just felt good being here – there are lots of good memories here.”
“I’m 70 now and I get a little nervy but I’m just so proud to win the first John Spencer Trophy. John helped me to turn pro and he was a great friend for all of my life, he was a classy individual.”
And here are all the images I took at the event:
Yesterday evening, the Assetereum Seniors Masters 2018 was “launched” at the Mercure St Paul in Sheffield… there were Legends aplenty at the gala dinner attended by all the players.
Mike Watterson, the man without whom the World Championship wouldn’t be synonim of “Crucible”, was amongst the guests and was duly honoured.
The evening had everything, good food, laugher, quizzes and a karaoke…
This is what the tournament has in store for the fans and the players today…
Robert Milkins, a professional since 1995, who was once ranked as high as 13th in the world, had too much experience for Aaron who was competing in his first ever professional match. Robert eventually beat Aaron by 10-1. But the match wasn’t as one-sided as the score suggests. During the first half of the match, Aaron competed really well, in particular in the tactical department. However he didn’t have Robert’s scoring power and struggled with the pace of the table that was … too slow! Indeed, in preparation of this match, Aaron had practiced on a very fast table. Yesterday, in the English Institute of Sports, its was chilly and damp, and the tables were playing slow (this was told to me by both Aaron and Robert independently).
Disappointment obviously, but a great experience nonetheless.
Worldsnooker has published the draw and format for the World Championship 2018 Qualifiers.
Aaron Canavan, the Seniors World Champion will face Robert Milkins on the very first day of the competition over best of 19, two sessions: 11th of April, 10 am and 7pm (UK time). Best of luck Aaron. Should he win, Scott Donaldson or Tyler Rees would be waiting next.
Jason Francis took the opportunity to share some good news about next season. Here they are:
Assetereum World Seniors. We have some amazing facts so far! Over 500 players have entered the qualifiers this season. Peter Lines has flown the flag for our event, a very worthy Champion.
A minimum of 5 Senior events this coming season!
New opportunities for our Champions and we have qualifiers in Hong Kong and New York already lined up
Entry fee cut to £50, halved! We have joined with WDBS with a free place for their nominated player. Ladies are also now playing in our Tour
Ranking list will be official under WPBSA. £5500 on offer for top 16 at the end of the season Shootout
Lastly, next year at the end of the season we will have an event for the top 16 of the Tour and we will take them back to the Norbrek Castle where it all started for so many…
And I have published a gallery with all the images taken during the four days!
Willie Thorne who already was forced to withdraw from the Assetereum Seniors World Championship earlier this month, is still suffering from serious back problems. He will need to undergo a back surgery and is unable to play at the Crucible in less than two weeks. Tony Knowles replaces him in the draw.
And it has a great sponsor!
This is the Press Release, shared by Jason Francis, earlier today:
PRESS RELEASE
We are delighted to announce Assetereum, the asset backed cryptocurrency, as the main sponsor for the snooker 2018 World Seniors Masters which will be held at The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield between the 11th and 12th April 2018.Assetereum was the title sponsor for the recent WPBSA World Seniors Championships in Scunthorpe, won by Aaron Canavan from Jersey. The event saw many local people talking to the Assetereum team about how to get involved in a cryptocurrency.
Andy Papaiacovou, CEO, said,
“It was clear that many people were interested in our cryptocurrency, but wanted to be able to ask questions and meet us in person; it was great to do that as well as sponsoring a sport I love. It proved to be a really good week for our business with many local people investing with us in our asset backed crypto. To continue our association with the World Seniors Tour, in the home of snooker, was a very easy decision.”Jason Francis, creator of the World Seniors Snooker Tour said, “It’s brilliant to have Assetereum on board again. Feedback from those attending said it was great to have our sponsor on site and learn about what is a hot topic in the world right now – cryptocurrency. Their commitment to our tour is fabulous and we are so grateful.”
As well as being the title sponsor, they are awarding 10,000 Assetereum cryptocurrency tokens to the winner and 5,000 to the runner up. They will also multiply the highest break made at the championships by 30 and convert that into Assetereum tokens.
The winner of the Asseterum World Senior Masters title gets £7,500 and will be the first recipient of the John Spencer Trophy.
To find out about Assetereum and see how you can own some crypto coin for as little as £10 go to www.assetereum.io/Register/SnookerlegendsAndy Papaiacovou (ceo Assetereum) pictured here with Cliff Thorburn and World Seniors Champion Aaron Canavan
ASSETEREUM.IO
Here is the line-up for the first round:
The WPBSA World Seniors Tour 