Snooker in August 2011

I can't even believe how fast the first half of this year has flown away. Here we are in August and snooker is growing more and more, with lovely tournaments to conquer each corner of this world.
If last month we travelled through China, Thailand and Australian, this month will be staying home (aka. in the UK) most of the time. Don't worry though, we still have some entertaining competitions for all the lads and lasses that love snooker ;-)

First, we will start with some qualifiers. Didn't you miss them? :-)) Shanghai Masters qualifiers will actually start tonight with some pre-qualifying matches and it will continue for the following four days in the hidden cubicles from World Snooker Academy in Sheffield. Soon after this will be over, we shall go to Gloucester, where the Players Tour Championship Event 2 will take place, at the lovely South West Snooker Academy.

The first series of matches of the brand new Premier League (it's not actually new, but it has a different format) will take us to Skegness, only to return to Sheffield by the second half of August for Players Tour Championship Event 3.

The month will end with a trip to Germany, Fürth being the city that will receive snooker once more with its arms open wide, as the forth event of the Players Tour Championship will kick off.





When?: 31th of July - 4th of August
Where?: World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, UK
Defending champion: -
Who's playing?: click here for the draw.
Prize money: -
Ranking points: -




When?: 6-10 August
Where?: South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, UK
Defending champion: Mark Selby
Who's playing?: click here for the draw (pre-qualifiers and qualifiers)
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?: 18th of August
Where?: Embassy Theatre, Skegness, UK
Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Who's playing?: For the semi-finals: (John Higgins v. Jimmy White and Neil Robertson v. Matthew Stevens); For the final: (Higgins or White v. Robertson or Stevens)
Prize Money: winner (£60,000), runner-up (£30,000), losing semi-finalists (£20,000), 5th place (£17,500), 6th place (£15,000), 7th place (£12,500), 8th place (£10,000) 9th place (£8,000) and for the 10th place (£6,000). There is also a prize of £1,000 for the highest break made during the League series, another £1,000 for ther highest break realised during the Play-offs and a £25,000 for the maximum break. (should two or more players acchieve that, the prize money will be shared between them).
Ranking points: -




When?: 17-21 August
Where?: World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, UK
Defending champion: Tom Ford
Who's playing?: click here for the draw (pre-qualifiers and qualifiers)
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?: 25-28 August
Where?: Fürth, Germany
Defending champion: Judd Trump
Who's playing?: click here for the draw (pre-qualifiers and qualifiers)
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).