Snooker in September 2012

A new month brings new snooker and after all those qualifying rounds it's time to start the actual travelling around the world.

The snooker gladiators will do no less than two trips to China, once for the grand Shanghai Masters, which is due to take place between 17 and 23, and twice for the second APTC (aka. Asian Players Tour Championship) between 23 and 27.

The rest of the month will see the main action taking place inside UK's boarders with three Premier League events taking place on September 6 (at Stoke), September 13 (at Carlisle) and September 27 (at Banbury ).

The last PTC taking place at the South West Snooker Academy is also on September's schedule (5-9), at the end of it the last "pink" champion being crowed in Gloucester.


When?: 6 September
Where?: Biddulph Valley Leisure Centre, Stoke, UK
Who's playing?: Stephen Lee v Peter Ebdon and Mark Selby v Neil Robertson
Prize money: £1,000 for each frame won, £1,000 for each century break and £25,000 for a maximum break.
Ranking points: N/A



When?: 5 -9 September
Where?: South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, UK
Who's playing?: click here for the draw.
Prize money: winner (£10,000), runner-up (£5,000), losing semi-finalists (£2,500), losing quarter-finalists (£1,500), last 16 (£1,000), last 32 (£600) and the last 64 (£200). 
Ranking points: winner (2,000), runner-up (1,600), losing semi-finalists (1,280), losing quarter-finalists (1,000), last 16 (760), last 32 (560) and the last 64 (360).


When?: 13 September
Where?: The Sands, Carlisle, UK
Who's playing?: Shaun Murphy v Stuart Bingham and John Higgins v Mark Allen
Prize money: £1,000 for each frame won, £1,000 for each century break and £25,000 for a maximum break.
Ranking points: N/A

When?: 17 - 23 September
Where?: Shanghai, China
Who's playing?: click here to see the draw.
Prize money: winner (£75,000), runner-up (£30,000), losing semi-finalists (£18,000), losing quarter-finalists (£10,000), last 16 (£7,500), last 32 ( £6,000), the last 48 (£2,300) and for the last 64 (£1,500). There's also a prize money of £2,000 for the highest TV break and one of £200 for the highest non-TV break.
Ranking points: winner (7000), runner-up (5600), semi-finals (4480), quarter-finals (3500), Last 16 (2660), Last 32 (1960 and 980*), Last 48 (1610 and 805*), Last 64 (1260 and 630*), Last 80 (910 and 455*) and for the Last 96 (560 and 280*).
* seeded loser


When?: 23 - 27 September
Where?: Yixing, China
Who's playing?: update needed.
Ranking points: winner (2,000), runner-up (1,600), losing semi-finalists (1,280), losing quarter-finalists (1,000), last 16 (760), last 32 (560) and the last 64 (360).
Prize money: winner (£10,000), runner-up (£5,000), losing semi-finalists (£2,500), losing quarter-finalists (£1,500), last 16 (£1,000), last 32 (£600) and the last 64 (£200). 


When?: 27 September
Where?: Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, UK
Who's playing?: Mark Allen v Peter Ebdon and Neil Robertson v Shaun Murphy
Prize money: £1,000 for each frame won, £1,000 for each century break and £25,000 for a maximum break.
Ranking points: N/A