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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)
Entries for the Qualifiers open Monday 23rd Jan. Details on www.snookerlegends.co.uk
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.
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)
Entries for the Qualifiers open Monday 23rd Jan. Details on www.snookerlegends.co.uk
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.
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