AFTER the drama of The Cazoo World Snooker Championship 2024 ends in a few week’s time, 16 of the perfect World Seniors will take to the identical stage to contest the World Seniors Championship at Sheffield’s Residence of Snooker.
The Mr Vegas World Seniors Championship begins on the eighth Might and ends on the twelfth.
Seniors winner and all-time favorite Jimmy White will defend his title once more this yr – having gained it final yr – as 16 gamers from eight totally different nations contest the draw this time round.
World Ladies’s Senior Champion participant Tessa Davidson is the one girl within the draw, (we’ve interviewed Davidson on this web site earlier than) and there’s additionally an awesome turnout for the Irish gamers, together with Michael Choose and Rodney Goggins with 1997 World Champion Ken Doherty main the sector.
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Davidson has scooped many good occasions this yr, together with 4 Winchester Ladies’s Collection in addition to the World Ladies’s Seniors occasions on the Ladies’s Tour.
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Dechawat Poomjaeng, who has been an actual character on the snooker circuit, and well-known for dropping a body on the three miss rule, can also be in motion in addition to the Thai Legend James Wattana.
As with the principle occasion which has simply began, you’ll be able to count on the sudden and there’s all the time loads of drama on the Theatre of Desires.
Tyson Crinis additionally represents Australia because the 41-year-old Asian Pacific winner. The good line-up additionally contains Andrew Norman, a two-time English Novice finalist and Barry Pinches, who made a ton eventually yr’s Snooker Legends 900. Collection 2.
The primary-round draw is accomplished by Pan-American Seniors champion Igor Figueiredo taking over World Ladies’s Snooker Seniors champion Tessa Davidson – with the winner set to doubtlessly meet ‘The Whirlwind’ within the quarter-finals ought to he make it that far.
First-round matches will happen on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 Might, with the quarter-finals and semi-finals going down on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 Might earlier than the Mr Vegas World Seniors Championship remaining takes place on Sunday 12 Might.
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Good luck to everybody who competes within the World Seniors Snooker Championship.
Tickets are on sale and could be bought from simply £17.50 at www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk