New Nationwide Pro-Am Tournament!

[Sarah Mount]

Happy New Year to you all!

In 2010 On Q Promotions will be running the first Pink Ribbon Pro-AM tournament in association with Breast Cancer Care.

The tournament director is Roland Van Laere who is currently involved in running the PIOS.

Professional players confirmed to be taking part include Jimmy White, Stephen Lee, Robert Milkins and Barry Hawkins with more to be confirmed.

This competition is open to everyone of any age or ability who would like to take part in a new tournament and support Breast Cancer Care at the same time. All of the preliminary rounds will be held at your local snooker clubs with the chance to win a place at the finals in Gloucester at the new South West Snooker Academy later in the year.

All of the details are on our website at www.onqpromotions.co.uk

Thanks for taking the time to read this and good luck to everyone who enters!

Sarah Mount

[jonplayer]

Thanks for the thread, I'll be in for sure. What clubs will the prelim stages be played at? My local club hasn't mentioned anything.

[Sarah Mount]

Hi Jonplayer!

Thanks for the interest!

Any club can host the prelim stages. It may be that your local club is not aware yet but if you and others at your club are interested then please do visit the website for more information and let your club know to see if they are interested enough to find out more information.

Thanks again for your interest!

Sarah

Hope that helps!

[cazmac1]

Hi Sarah,
sounds good I'll have a look a your web link.

[ferret]

What are the dates for this event?

We are in the middle of arranging a snooker event for TSF members and we don't want to clash the dates, ours are scheduled for the 2nd sunday(s) in February, March and April.

[Sarah Mount]

Hi Sarah,
sounds good I'll have a look a your web link.

Thanks Cazmac1! Hope you found all of the information you were looking for online. If you do have any questions feel free to let me know or to email the tournament director, Roland Van Laere, who's email is on the website.

Thanks again!

Sarah

What are the dates for this event?

We are in the middle of arranging a snooker event for TSF members and we don't want to clash the dates, ours are scheduled for the 2nd sunday(s) in February, March and April.

At the moment the plan is to allow each local club to choose the dates and times that best suit their venues diary's, within a time frame of course, so there should be no problems regarding clashing with your proposed event.

Best of luck with your TSF members event!

Sarah

Hi Jonplayer!

Thanks for the interest!

Any club can host the prelim stages. It may be that your local club is not aware yet but if you and others at your club are interested then please do visit the website for more information and let your club know to see if they are interested enough to find out more information.

Thanks again for your interest!

Sarah

Hope that helps!

I should have mentioned that promotional material will be being sent to every snooker club in the UK and Ireland so each club should be aware of the tournament over the next few days.

More information can now be found here.

We also have a facebook fan page which you are more than welcome to join here.

Sarah

[jonplayer]

Sarah!

mmm, not heard any more about this, and the website is down?
Anyone else got a bad feeling?

[Sarah Mount]

mmm, not heard any more about this, and the website is down?
Anyone else got a bad feeling?

The website shouldn't be down?!? It's working fine for me. Perhaps I did the link wrong. Try HERE

Everything is coming together very nicely. There has been a lot of interest in this tournament which we are really pleased about-obviously! There is a facebook group that you, or anyone interested, could join HERE

If there are still problems I'd appreciate it if you could let me know!

Thanks

Sarah

[jonplayer]

website

Hi Sarah
Thanks for putting my worried mind at ease. I still can't access it but it maybe just me.
Is there a list of clubs that are running matches?

[ja.]

onqpromotions website doesnt work for me either

[Sarah Mount]

Hi Sarah
Thanks for putting my worried mind at ease. I still can't access it but it maybe just me.
Is there a list of clubs that are running matches?

Hi Jonplayer,

No problem at all. I can access the site so I hope it is running ok. We've had a large number of hits this morning as well so I'd imagine others are accessing it ok. Hopefully you'll be able to view it soon.

We started sending letters and posters to snooker clubs this week. Any club can hold qualifiers and the top four players qualify for the regional rounds. If any one club have only 4 applicants then they will automatically qualify for the next round, then we choose regional clubs to give us regional
winners. The PIOS players and the Pro's then join and contest the finals in Gloucester at the new South West Snooker Academy.

Hope that answers a few questions. Feel free to ask me any more questions you may have.

Sarah

[magicman]

Oh dear, nor me.

[Sarah Mount]

onqpromotions website doesnt work for me either

Oh no! That's not good! Sorry about that. I will get someone to look into it and hopefully have the problem rectified asap.

Thanks for letting me know Ja.

Sarah

Oh dear, nor me.

This is quite definitive! Are you following the link in my post or are you typing www.onqpromotions.co.uk? If one of you could please be kind enough to see if that makes a difference I'd be very grateful.

Sarah

I've spoken with IT support and there is a problem with our websites at the moment. Apologies to everyone who has been trying to view them. They are working to try and rectify the problem so hopefully they will be available again later today.

Thanks to everyone who flagged up the issue!

Sarah

[Sarah Mount]

*update*

Hello All!

We have now confirmed the date of the finals which are to be held at the South West Snooker Academy between Thursday 17th June-Sunday 20th June 2010.

There has been a lot of interest from clubs, PIOS players and Pros so it is sure to be a great event and we are confident of raising a substantial amount for breast cancer charities.

If anyone wishes to enter but hasn't seen anything in their club, feel free to email me at sarah.mount@onqpromotions.co.uk and I will forward everything your club would need. The more people we get to enter, the more money raised for charity as well as the more people to join in the fun!

The club player who progresses the furthest in the tournament will win the chance for one or more of our stable of professional players to play an exhibition match at their club, free of charge!

Once again, feel free to get in touch if you need anymore information.

Sarah Mount

[magicman]

This sounds like a fantastic resource for the local area Sarah. I can't seem to find which local area it is though. Maybe it's me but there doesn't seem to be an address on the site anywhere. I'm assuming the construction isn't over; does this mean you don't know the address yet?

In looking on your Q site I saw the pink ribboned event and just wanted to clarify that your borrowing from poker in allowing buy-ins from players already knocked out?

Also, I can understand pro's getting straight through to the venue but what is the reasoning for PIOS players too? Is this fair for all the players that have played local then regional rounds to find someone else is playing round 1? Or are you just basing you format on the MT? lol

Whoever is responsible for this Academy should be commended. It's a much needed facility in the South and I hope it goes from strength to strength. Well done and good luck!