Snooker in July 2012

One month of travelling has just ended the other day and here we are, back for more.

Seems like the Asian continent is getting more and more snooker friendly, so this year between 2 and 7 of July we are flying to Thailand's Bangkok to be part of the "SangSom 6 Red World Championship". A tournament that seems to get a lot of attention from the fans, as well as a lot of "booo-s" from the purists who don’t see how playing with six reds could qualify for playing snooker. Either way, is a tournament that will definitely see some interesting upsets and scorelines.

Two days after the end of the Thai tournament we are switching continents and land in Australia's Bengido, where the second edition of the Australian Goldfields Open is taking place between 9 and 15 of July with Stuart Bingham as defending champion.

The end of the month will find us back home with the first UK PTC event being held between 18 and 22 of July at the South West Snooker Academy from Gloucester and the qualifying rounds for the Shanghai Masters in Sheffield from 24 until 27 of July.



When?: 2-7 July
Where?: Bangkok, Thailand
Defending champion: Mark Selby
Who's playing?: click here for the draw.
Prize money: winner (2,000,000 THB), runner-up (800,000 THB), losing semi-finalists (400,000 THB), losing quarter-finalists (200,000 THB), Last 16 (100,000 THB) and for the Last 32 (50,000 THB).
Ranking points: -

Welcome to Australia, mate!

When?: 9-15 July
Where?: Bendigo, Australia
Defending champion: Stuart Bingham
Who's playing: click here to see the draw.
Prize money: winner ($70,000), runner-up ($30,000), losing semi-finalists ($20,000), losing quarter-finalists ($15,000), Last 16 ($10,000), the Last 32 ($7,500) and for the Last 48 ($2,000). There's also a prize money of $2,500 for the highest TV-break and one of $500 for the highest non-TV break.
Ranking points: winner (5,000), runner-up (4,000), losing semi-finalists (3,200), losing quarter-finalists (2,500), last 16 (1,900), last 32 (1,400 and 700*), last 48 (1,150 and 575*), last 64 (900 and 450*), last 80 (650 and 325*) and for the last 96 (400 and 200*).
* seeded loser


3. UK Players Tour Championship Event One (UK PTC 1)

When?: 18-22 July
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).

Shanghai chicken anyone?

4. Shanghai Masters (the qualifying rounds)

When?: 24-27 July
Where?: World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, UK
Who's playing?: update needed.