Top 32 and Awards week-end in Newbury

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Following a rather upsetting number of withdrawals, the composition of the groups has changed … here are the “revisited” groups:

Group 1: 1 Aaron Canavan 2 Lee Richardson 3 Rodney Goggins 4 Leo Fernandez 5 Stuart Watson 6 Richard Emery 7 Gary Britton 8 Lee Martin

Group 2: 9 Sean Lanigan 10 Gary Filtness 11 Rhydian Richards 12 Garoid O’Connor 13 Mark White 14 Jon Charlton 15 Sanjay Meghani 16 Tony Corrigan

Group 3: 17 Nick Spelman 18 Karl Townsend 19 Les Dodd 20 Aidan Owens 21 Neil Craycraft 22 Stephen Campbell 23 James O’Sullivan 24 Dean Venables

Groupp 4: 25 Johnny Stevens 26 Marcus Lord 27 Andy Milliard 28 Levi Meiller 29 Matt Ford 30 Dean Sycamore 31 David McDonnell 32 Neil Carroll

This post will be updated as the event unfolds.

results from the last 32 round robin and tables

Group 1
Aaron Canavan 4-3 Sean Lanigan
Neil Craycraft 4-3 Matt Ford
Aaron Canavan 4-3 Neil Craycraft
Matt Ford 4-1 Sean Lanigan
Aaron Canavan 4-1 Matt Ford
Neil Craycraft 4-0 Sean Lanigan

1 – Aaron Canavan
2 – Neil Craycraft
3 – Matt Ford
4 – Sean Lanigan

Group 2
Lee Richardson 4-2 Sanjay Meghani
Stephen Campbell 4-0 Johnny Stevens
Lee Richardson 4-2 Stephen Campbell
Sanjay Meghani 4-0 Johnny Stevens
Lee Richardson 4-1 Johnny Stevens
Stephen Campbell 4-1 Sanjay Meghani

1 – Lee Richardson
2 – Stephen Campbell
3 – Sanjay Meghani
4 – Johnny Stevens

Group 3
Rodney Goggins 4-2 Rhydian Richards
Karl Townsend 4-3 Marcus Lord
Rodney Goggins 4-2 Karl Townsend
Rhydian Richards 4-1 Marcus Lord
Rodney Goggins 4-1 Marcus Lord
Rhydian Richards 4-1 Karl Townsend

1 – Rodney Goggins
2 – Rhydian Richards
3 – Karl Townsend
4 – Marcus Lord

Group 4
Leo Fernandez 4-3 Aidan Owens
Jon Charlton 4-0 Dean Sycamore
Leo Fernandez 4-1 Jon Charlton
Aidan Owens — Dean Sycamore
Leo Fernandez 4-1 Dean Sycamore
Aidan Owens 4-0 Jon Charlton

1 – Leo Fernandez
2 – Aidan Owens
3 – Jon Charlton
4 – Dean Sycamore

Group 5
Garoid O’Connor 4-0 Stuart Watson
Les Dodd 4-3 David McDonnell
Stuart Watson 4-2 Les Dodd
Garoid O’Connor 4-3 David McDonnell
David McDonnell 4-2 Stuart Watson
Garoid O’Connor 4-1 Les Dodd

1 – Garoid O’Connor
2 – David McDonnell
3 – Les Dodd
4 – Stuart Watson

Group 6
Richard Emery 4-2 Tony Corrigan
Nick Spelman 4-0 Levi Meiller
Nick Spelman 4-0 Richard Emery
Tony Corrigan 4-2 Levi Meiller
Levi Meiller 4-1 Richard Emery
Tony Corrigan 4-2 Nick Spelman

1 – Nick Spelman
2 – Tony Corrigan
3 – Levi Meiller
4 – Richard Emery

Group 7
Gary Britton 4-0 Gary Filtness
James O’Sullivan 4-1 Neil Carroll
James O’Sullivan 4-0 Gary Britton
Gary Filtness 4-1 Neil Carroll
Gary Britton 4-1 Neil Carroll
James O’Sullivan 4-0 Gary Filtness

1 – James O’Sullivan
2 – Gary Britton
3 – Gary Filtness
4 – Neil Carroll

Group 8
Mark White 4-1 Lee Martin
Dean Venables 4-0 Andy Milliard
Lee Martin 4-3 Dean Venables
Mark White 4-1 Andy Milliard
Lee Martin 4-1 Andy Milliard
Mark White 4-2 Dean Venables

1 – Mark White
2 – Lee Martin
2 – Dean Venables
4 – Andy Milliard

Watch here the award ceremony

Player of the year: Patrick Wallace
Most improved player : Stuart Watson
Performance of the year: Rodney Goggins
Commitment to the tour: Lee Richardson
Champagne moment of the year: Igor Figuereido’s 146
Chairman’s award: Paul Tett alias Teabag … who is everywhere, all the time making sure things work! 

Results from the Rokit world seniors top 32 shoot out

Pre-lim
Sean Lanigan 1-0 Jason Francis

Round 1
Tony Corrigan 1-0 Johnny Stevens
Aaron Canavan 1-0 Levi Meiller
Neil Carroll 1-0 Garoid O’Connor
Gary Britton 0-1 Andy Milliard
Richard Emery 0-1 Mark White
Les Dodd 0-1 Dean Venables
James O’Sullivan 0-1 Stuart Watson
Nick Spelman 1-0 Stephen Campbell
Leo Fernandez 1-0 Rhydian Richards
Neil Craycraft 0-1 Aidan Owens
Lee Martin 1-0 Karl Townsend
Sean Lanigan 0-1 Gary Filtness
Marcus Lord 0-1 David McDonnell
Jon Charlton 0-1 Matt Ford
Dean Sycamore 1-0 Rodney Goggins
Lee Richardson 1-0 Sanjay Meghani

Round 2
Tony Corrigan 0-1 Aaron Canavan
Neil Carroll 1-0 Andy Milliard
Mark White 0-1 Dean Venables
Stuart Watson 0-1 Nick Spelman
Leo Fernandez 1-0 Aidan Owens
Lee Martin 0-1 Gary Filtness
David McDonnell 0-1 Matt Ford
Dean Sycamore 0-1 Lee Richardson

Quarter Finals
Aaron Canavan 1-0 Neil Carroll
Dean Venables 0-1 Nick Spelman
Leo Fernandez 0-1 Gary Filtness
Matt Ford 0-1 Lee Richardson

Semi Finals
Aaron Canavan 0-1 Nick Spelman
Gary Filtness 0-1 Lee Richardson

Final
Nick Spelman 1-0 Lee Richardson

Nick Spellman Shootout Winner 2010

Before the final Nick and Lee agreed to donate half of the money to children’s charity Sussex Snowdrop. Well done gentlemen!

Newbury Top 32 2019 - the finalists!

Main event Sunday Results:

Quarter finals

Leo Fernandez 4-3 Garoid O’Connor
Aaron Canavan 4-1 Mark White
Rodney Goggins 4-1 Nick Spelman
James O’Sullivan 4-3 Lee Richardson

Semi finals

Leo Fernandez 4-0 Aaron Canavan
James O’Sullivan 4-1 Rodney Goggins

The Final

Leo Fernandez 4-2 James O’Sullivan

Congratulations Leo!

Goodbye and good luck Barry Pinches, good luck Peter Lines

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The WSS says goodbye to Barry Pinches, who graduated through the Q-School 2019, event 3 and is returning to the Main Tour for at least two more seasons. Despite countless “teasing” posts on social media, make no mistake, Barry will be missed on the WSS ROKiT Tour.

Congratulations, Barry and good luck!

Barry last played at the Crucible … last April, when he made the Final of the 2019 WSS ROKiT Masters, beating Stephen Hendry, and the reigning World Champion Aaron Canavan before losing on the re-spotted black to Joe Johnson. The way Barry played in that event was impressive and he took that form to the Q-school apparently!

Another graduate, is no other than Peter Lines, the first WSS World Champion, who having lost his tour card after the World Championship 2019, immediately returns, thanks to a very consistent campaign in the Q-School. Peter graduated through the Order of Merit.

Congratulations Peter and good luck!

Rory McLeod joins the WSS ROKiT Tour

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As announced today on social media, Rory McLeod has decided to join the WSS ROKiT tour, following his recent relegation of the Main Tour.

Here is the announcement:

Today former World number 32, and the 2017 Ruhr Open Champion Rory McLeod has announced his decision to participate on the ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Tour next season. Rory first turned pro in 1991 and was one of the longest serving professionals on tour prior to his recent relegation. in 2009 he became the first Black player to qualify for the World Professional Championship, he also qualified in 2011 and 2017, the 2017 being particularly memorable as he defeated the current World Snooker Champion Judd Trump in round 1.

Rory MdLeod

Despite a recent failed attempt at Q School to regain his card, Rory had no thoughts of retirement and says he will embrace the challenge and opportunities that the ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Tour will give him, and look to regain his professional card status at Q School in 2020.Jason Francis, Chairman of the ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Tour said “Following on from Joe Swail’s decision to play on our tour we are delighted to welcome another great servant of the game who is embracing something we’ve created with the WPBSA that was never there before for players over 40 dropping off the main tour. Rory will prove to be a fierce competitor”Any player over 40 who is interested in getting their cue out and entering one of our qualifiers can do so by clicking here: https://www.snookerlegends.co.uk/rokit_ws_registration.html

Welcome Rory !

Women Tour Championship at the Crucible next August

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As previous announced, Women’s Snooker will be showcased at the Crucible during the WSS ROKiT World Championship 2019.

Here are all infos you need as publihed by WWS

Women’s Snooker Stars Set to Compete at Crucible Theatre

By  In News, WPBSA, WWS

World Women’s Snooker (WWS) will return to Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre this August for the all-new Women’s Tour Championship event.

To be staged as part of this year’s ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Championship, the invitational tournament will take place across one session from 10:00am on Saturday 17th August.

The event will feature the world’s top four ranked women’s players following this season’s Festival of Women’s Snooker event, including world number one Reanne Evans and reigning world women’s champion Ng On Yee of Hong Kong.

The pair will be joined by third ranked Rebecca Kenna who has reached two ranking finals so far this season, as well as Thailand’s Nutcharut Wongharuthai, who earlier this year became the first woman to compile a verified 147 break.

The Crucible Theatre has been the home of the professional World Snooker Championship since 1977 and the Women’s Tour Championship will represent the first time that women’s snooker will be played at the iconic venue since 2003 when Kelly Fisher lifted the last of her five world titles under the famous ‘twinkle’ lights.

The staging of the event will be the first of a three-year agreement which will see women’s snooker held at the Crucible until at least 2021.

Mandy Fisher, WWS President said: “All of us at WWS are hugely excited to be able to take women’s snooker back to the Crucible Theatre where so many unforgettable memories have been created and it will be fantastic to see the talented players that we have competing on the same stage.

“I would like to thank both Jason Ferguson of the World Professional Billards and Snooker Association and Jason Francis of World Seniors Snooker for helping to make this possible and I would encourage people to come along and see just what our players can do.”

Tickets are already on sale at the price of just £1.47 when purchased with a full-price ticket to any other session at the ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Championship, so book now to avoid disappointment, by phone 0114 249 600 or online HERE.

The ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Championship will run across four days from 15-18 August 2019 and feature several all-time greats of the game including ‘King of the Crucible’ Stephen Hendry and 10-time ranking event winner Jimmy White.

There will also be a session on the morning of Sunday 18th August held to showcase the talent on the World Disability Billiards and Snooker Tour.

 

Schedule for theTop 32 week-end in Newbury

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Next week-end the top 32 will be in Newbury for a special Top 32 event … and a trophy ceremony.

So here is the schedule for the event:

TOP 32 NEWBURY 7-9TH

MATCH SCHEDULE

FRIDAY 7TH JUNE @ 2PM

PLAYER 1 V PLAYER 4
Followed by
PLAYER 2 V PLAYER 3

FRIDAY 7TH JUNE @ 5PM

PLAYER 1 V PLAYER 3

FOLLOWED BY AWARDS AND BBQ

SATURDAY 8TH JUNE @ 10AM

PLAYER 2 V PLAYER 4

SATURDAY 8TH JUNE @ 12 NOON

PLAYER 1 V PLAYER 2
Followed by
PLAYER 4 V PLAYER 3

SATURDAY 8TH JUNE @ 4.00PM

THE SHOOTOUT!
31 MATCHES 10 MINUTES A MATCH.

SUNDAY 8TH JUNE @ 9.30AM

QUARTER FINALS – BEST OF 7

SUNDAY 8TH JUNE @ 1PM

SEMI FINALS BEST OF 7

SUNDAY 8TH JUNE @ 5PM

THE FINAL BEST OF 7

Regarding the awards …

END OF SEASON AWARDS! YOU DECIDE!

So working in conjunction with the players committee the WSS chairman is asking for you to vote on 5 categories this season. Votes will NOT be accepted on here, only by email. You can comment on here though if you so wish.
VOTES TO jason@snookerlegends.co.uk
Jason Francis will announce the winners on Friday 7th June in Newbury.

1, PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Nominations
a, Johnathan Bagley
b, Aaron Canavan
c, Barry Pinches
d, Patrick Wallace

2, MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
Nominations
a, Stuart Watson
b, Lee Martin
c, Johnny Stevens

3, PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Nominations
a, Stuart Watson (Jersey Final)
b, Rhydian Richards (Semi Final Newbury)
c, Rodney Goggins (Clacton no frames lost)

4, COMMITMENT TO THE TOUR
Nominations
a, Dharmendra Patel
b, George Apperley
c, Richard Emery
d, Lee Richardson

5, CHAMPAGNE MOMENT
Nominations
a, Igor Figueiredo 146 in Houston
b, Leo Fernandez (Respot Black v Hendry in Hull)
c, Rodney Goggins (Clearance v Ken in Goffs)
d, Aaron Canavan (Clearance v Ken in Belfast)

6, CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
(To be awarded on the night)

Awards

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News from our sponsor

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This was shared on various social media this morning

News from our Tour partner this morning…

ROK Drinks re-brands as ROKiT Drinks

Name Change Implemented to Align ROKiT Drinks with ROKiT Phones Sports Sponsorships

ROK Drinks, proud owners of the 700 year old ABK Brewery in Bavaria and the Bogart’s range of spirits within its growing drinks portfolio, has announced it has re-branded as ROKiT Drinks with immediate effect.

https://rokitdrinks.co.uk/

The change of name is designed to align ROKiT Drinks with the extensive sports sponsorship activities undertaken by its sister company ROKiT Phones.

ROKiT Phones, with unique glasses-free 3D screens and dual-SIM capability, is the multi-year Title Sponsor of the ROKiT Williams Racing Formula 1 team as well as Nic Hamilton’s British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) team.

In addition, ROKiT is the Official Jersey Partner of NBA team the Houston Rockets and is the Official Wireless Partner of NFL team the Los Angeles Chargers.

Furthermore, ROKiT is the Title Sponsor of the ROKiT World Senior Snooker Tour and has recently announced multi-year Brand Ambassador agreements with a host of leading tennis players including Jo Konta, Gael Monfils and three time Grand Slam champion, Stan Wawrinka.

ROKiT Chairman Jonathan Kendrick said “It makes complete sense to align all our ROKiT companies under the same brand name as each will benefit symbiotically from the support they can give to each other across the entire range of our brand-building and marketing activities.”

 

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A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF SOFT DRINKS AND ALCOHOL BRANDS ACROSS SPIRITS, BEER, WATER AND ENERGY DRINKS.

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And Jo Konta

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… and more!

Joe Swail joins the WSS ROKiT Tour

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Joe Swail lost his professional status at the end of last season and has decided to compete on the Seniors tour this season, as reported by WPBSA

Swail to Compete on ROKiT World Seniors Tour

28th May 2019

Two-time former World Championship semi-finalist Joe Swail has announced his intention to compete on the ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Tour next season.

Northern Ireland’s Swail was relegated from the professional World Snooker Tour at the end of the 2018/19 season following defeat to Joe O’Connor at April’s World Championship qualifiers. Known by his nickname ‘The Outlaw’ Swail decided not to attempt to regain his tour card through Q School and will instead switch his focus to providing coaching and competing on the Seniors circuit.

During his professional career Swail’s best performance was his run to the final of the 2009 Welsh Open, while he also reached a further nine ranking semi-finals, including at the 2000 and 2001 World Championship events.

Swail will now join a rapidly expanding Seniors circuit and will play for the right to compete at major events alongside the likes of seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry and former UK and Masters champion Jimmy White. The 49-year-old is already guaranteed to be in action at one major event following the decision to seed him through to the final stages of the ROKiT 6-Red World Seniors Championship, to take place in Coleraine in June 2020 with a £20,000 ‘winner takes all’ top prize, won this year by White.

Jason Francis, World Seniors Snooker Chairman said: “It is testimony to the growth of the ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Tour during that has been such a short time that a player of Joe Swail’s calibre has chosen to join us for the new season. We have demonstrated over the past 12 months that there is a viable alternative for players of all ability once their professional career is at an end and we look forward to welcoming more players like Joe over the coming months.”

The ROKiT 6-Red World Seniors Championship takes place at the Riverside Theatre in Coleraine from 5-6 June 2020. Tickets are now on sale HERE and include a meet and greet option with all the players.

Joe Swail will have to qualify for most events, but he has been given a seeded spot in the 2020 ROKiT 6-Red World Seniors Championship. This decision has not pleased everyone, with some regulars on the seniors tour arguing that Joe’s career doesn’t justify such privilege. Playing qualifiers doesn’t come cheap and players who are regulars invest a lot of money and efforts in the seniors tour. Someone seemingly getting “fast-tracked” isn’t going down well, understandably. However Joe isn’t given a “Legends” status, he’s given a seeded spot just for that one event, that will be held in his country, Northern Ireland. Joe is extremely popular in Northern Ireland, and his guaranteed presence at the venue, is also a guarantee to strongly attract the local audience and to help the success of the tournament as a whole. Commercially, it’s the right decision. This is beneficial to everyone involved in the WSS ROKiT Tour, a tour that is still in development and needs to grow its income to be able to further expand.

Disability Snooker to be Showcased at Crucible Theatre next August

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When the announcement was made that the WSS ROKiT World Championship would be held at the Crucible next August, it was announced at the same time that both Disability Snooker and Women Snooker would be showcased during the event.

WDBS has now announced who the WDBS players will be, who will play at the Crucible

Disability Snooker to be Showcased at Crucible Theatre

By  In Events, General News, WPBSA

Four leading players from the 360Fizz World Disability Billiards and Snooker Tour have earned the opportunity to compete at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield this August for the first time.

To be staged as part of the 2019 ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Championship, the session will take place on the morning of 18 August from 10:00am and feature four highly decorated players who compete regularly on the WDBS circuit.

Among those in action will be Daniel Lee, who plays in the Group 2 wheelchair category and earlier this year was named as the Vic Hartley Player of the Season in recognition of his success during the 2018/19 campaign.

He will be joined by Daniel Blunn, who was born with cerebral palsy and competes as a Group 4 player. Blunn has been a part of the WDBS family since our first event in November 2015 and has to date claimed an incredible eight events, including three during the current campaign.

Representing sensory disabilities are Coventry’s Nick Neale, a six-time winner of competitions for players with visual impairments and deaf player Shabir Ahmed, who has established himself as the dominant player in his category with six titles and was last year recognised at the Deaf Sports Personality of the Year Awards by finishing in third place in the overall voting.

The event will be the first as part of a three-year agreement which will also see disability snooker return to Sheffield in 2020 and 2021.

Nigel Mawer, WDBS Chairman said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for our players to be able to play at the home of snooker and from speaking to them already I know just how excited they are to be able to live their dream and walk out on the same stage as their heroes.

“The event is going to be a real celebration of disability snooker and I would like to encourage all of our players to come along and support those competing and make it a day to remember!”

Tickets are already on sale at the price of just £1.47 when purchased with a full-price ticket to any other session at the ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Championship, so book now to avoid disappointment, by phone 0114 249 600 or online HERE.

The ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Championship will run across four days from 15-18 August 2019 and feature several all-time greats of the game including ‘King of the Crucible’ Stephen Hendry and 10-time ranking event winner Jimmy White.

There will also be a session on the morning of Saturday 17th August held to showcase the talent on the World Women’s Snooker Tour.

All four players selected totally deserve the honour to be there. Actually there are so many deserving WBDS players that it must have been very hard to select only four. Those guys – and gals – are true everyday’s heroes, not allowing their disabilities to stop them achieving their dreams. Not just those four, but all of them at WDBS. Daniel Blunn is also a referee, in addition to be a player. Some of those players are coaches as well. They are a credit to the sport we love. Come and support them!

WSS Tour – End of season Top 32 Week-end in Newbury – 7-9 June 2019

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At the end of the season, the Top 32 on the ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Tour get together for a final weekend at Crucible Sports & Social Club Newbury 7-9th June. Everyone is welcome for a great weekend to celebrate our season.

Dare to dream
A player from each seeds group will be randomly drawn into their playing group for the weekend, top 2 progress to the quarters. Over £3000 up for grabs, and we are supporting a fantastic charity over the weekend. Our competitors are…

Seeds 1-8
Johnathan Bagley, Aaron Canavan, Lee Richardson, Barry Pinches, Rodney Goggins, Leo Fernandez, Stuart Watson, Richard Emery.

Seeds 9-16
Gary Britton, Lee Martin, Sean Lanigan, Gary Filtness, Rhydian Richards, Garoid O’Connor, Mark White, Jonathan Charlton

Seeds 17-24
Sanjay Meghani, Tony Corrigan, Nick Spelman, Karl Townsend, Les Dodd, Simon Dent, Aidan Owens, Neil Craycraft

Seeds 25-32
Stephen Campbell, James O’Sullivan, Dean Venables, Johnny Stevens, Steve Evans, Marcus Lord, Andy Milliard, Levi Meiller

As well as the group event, which already has 3k in the pot, on Saturday at 5pm there will do a random draw for the SHOOTOUT. 10 Minutes per frame of madness and abusing everyone who is playing, with forfeits for in offs…

And remember the event charity is nominated by our good friend Ian Spawton which is snowdrop so everyone will be donating via the raffles and for every foul made in the shootout.

Jason Francis is looking for some raffle prizes and also anyone who wants to add to the prize fund.

Currently it is:

£1000 winner
£500 runner up
£250 semis
£100 quarters
£40 for second in your group
£30 for third in your group
£20 for the wooden spoon in your group

Shootout is £250 winner and £100 runner up.

High break over the weekend is £100.

Donations are welcome…
Money to go into the prize fund…
Prizes for the raffle (dig out some crap) ALL income to snowdrop charity.

The good news is all the action will be free to watch on www.snookertv.net

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The SnowDrop Trust

When a child has been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, it is devastating news and all too often parents don’t know where to turn to get the extra information, help and nursing support at home, they so desperately need. The Sussex Snowdrop Trust was founded 26 years ago to bridge the gap – and the services we provide for children and their families are even more in demand today than they were then. Nowadays children are at home very quickly after operations, travel daily to hospital for radiotherapy treatment and children with complex needs are at home and cared for by their parents. They need the vital support of a qualified children’s nurse to enable them to cope with the day to day demands of looking after a very sick child. The Snowdrop Care at Home Team of Paediatric nurses and our counselors are the professional friends that our Snowdrop families depend on – day by day – throughout their child’s illness.
The Snowdrop nurses also provide end of life care within the comfort, reassurance, and familiarity of home. Since Snowdrop was founded, nearly all children in our area, who have become terminally ill, have been at home during this very sad time. Parents say that being able to be at home with their child, gives them such precious time together.

 

Goodbye David Lilley, and good luck!

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David Lilley is leaving the WSS ROKiT tour … because he has just qualified for the main tour and earned himself a two years professional card. It has been a long time coming, and we surely wish him all the best for the coming season.

In the Q-School event 1, David has defeated Barry Lee (4-1), Stephen Kershaw (4-1), Adam Duffy (4-2), Rodion Judin (4-0), Si Jiahui (4-1) and Sean Maddockx (4-0) to gain his professional status.

Congratulations David Lilley, and good luck!

There were a number of players involved in the event.

Amongst them, other than David, Lee Richardson and Barry Pinches did well and reached round 4.

All the results of the Q-school 2019 Event 1 are available on snooker.org