PRESS RELEASE: Stephen Hendry to play again & go in search of another world title
THE 2017 WORLD SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIPS
STEPHEN HENDRY TO PLAY AGAIN AND GO IN SEARCH OF
ANOTHER WORLD TITLE
Open to any player not currently on tour aged over
40 on Jan 1st 2017
Winner to receive £10,000 plus a place in the 2017
BetFred World Professional Snooker Championships.
It’s never too late to dream, win a qualifier and
you could be just 7 matches from facing Ronnie O’Sullivan or Mark Selby in the
Crucible Theatre.
This is Snookers equivalent to the Road to Wembley
and the ‘King of the Crucible’ is back to give it another go.
4 Qualifiers will take place in Feb / March 2017:
17-19 Feb – The Crucible Sports and Social Club,
Newbury (Southern venue)
22-25th Feb The Northern Snooker centre Leeds (Northern venue)
3-5 March – Ballroom Nuremberg Germany (European
Venue)
10-12th March – D’Arcy McGees at Spawell, Dublin (Irish Venue)
Each winner takes their place alongside 8 invited
legends in the World Seniors Championship at Baths Hall in Scunthorpe from
21-25th March.
WORLD SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDS
1. Stephen Hendry MBE(Sco)
2. Cliff Thorburn CA (Canada)
3. John Parrott MBE (Eng)
4. Dennis Taylor (N.Ire)
5. Joe Johnson (Eng)
6. Patsy Fagan (IRE)
7. Tony Knowles (Eng)
8. Willie Thorne (Eng)
We are delighted to announce the Heritage Room, last
displayed in 2005, will be at our event for all four days. There is no greater
collection around the history of snooker in attendance.
Further
Information
1. How the seedings were chosen
Qualifying
players ranked in order of:
1)
Most world titles won
2)
Most triple crown events won
3)
Most ranking events won
4)
Most total professional tournaments won (ranking or invitational)
5)
Highest world ranking
All
UK Championship titles are to be classed as full ranking event wins, including
those during its period as a non-ranking event (1977-1983):
Invited
Legends who declined participation in this event were Steve Davis, Ray Reardon,
Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo & Doug Mountjoy
2. Format of the event
All
matches in qualifiers and up to the final in Scunthorpe will be best of 5 but
if the match is 2-2 then the final frame is decided by a single black ball
respot. The World Seniors Final will be best of 7 with a black ball to decide
it if the match goes 3-3.
In
the Final Stages in Scunthorpe a 30 second shot clock will be introduced with a
player having two time outs in the match.
All
matches will be played under standard WPBSA rules.
All
venues can cater for disabled and wheelchair players and we welcome their
participation.
3. AOB
The
World Seniors Championships is being promoted and produced by Jason Francis at
Snooker Legends in partnership with Stephen Hendry MBE. It is only open to
Amateur players, no player currently holding a professional tour card is
eligible to enter.
The
Baths Hall is owned by North Lincolnshire Council and managed, on their behalf,
by SMG Europe. Opened in November 2011 the venue's flexibility is its strength.
With retractable seating, The Baths Hall can cater for 1,024 guests when in all
seated mode or 1,800 with a standing floor and seated balcony. Situated in
Scunthorpe, just five minutes from the M180 and 20 minutes from the M18, The
Baths Hall is the region’s newest and most exciting venue and perfect for
hosting conferences and events.
A
Launch Dinner will be held at the venue on March 21st – tickets will be
available to buy to enjoy a great night with the legends.
1000
tickets are being put aside to use in the community to bring in school
children, disabled groups and care homes from the local area.
A Golf Day will be held at local Forest
Pines Course on March 21st. Our partners can
enjoy a four ball with a legend. The course meanders through majestic pines,
offering over 6000 yards of beautiful, scenery, and challenging holes.
Ranking
list, provide by WPBSA, excluding players who declined an invitation were:
1. Stephen Hendry - 7 world titles, 18 triple crown
events
2. Cliff Thorburn - 1 world title, 4 triple crown
events
3. John Parrott - 1 world title, 2 triple crown
events, 9 ranking events
4. Dennis Taylor - 1 world title, 2 triple crown
events, 2 ranking events
5. Joe Johnson - 1 world title, 1 triple crown
events
6. Patsy Fagan - 0 world titles, 1 triple crown
events
7. Tony Knowles - 0 world titles, 0 triple crown
events, 2 ranking events
8. Willie Thorne - 0 world titles, 0 triple crown
events, 1 ranking event, 6 professional events
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