Ssb - hendry and higgins for scottish pro championship

[MySockPuppet]

Stephen Hendry and John Higgins head the field for the revived Scottish Professional Championship, which will be staged at the Lucky Break club in Clydebank in April.

The tournament has been restored to the calendar by its last winner, John Rea, who captured the title in 1989.

Hendry and Higgins join fellow Scottish stars Stephen Maguire and Graeme Dott as seeded players for the quarter-finals.

Due to huge interest from ex-professionals and amateurs the tournament has been opened up and qualifying rounds will precede the main event.

Former pros Billy Snaddon, Paul McPhillips, John Lardner, Murdo MacLeod and Scott MacKenzie are among those taking part.

Draw:

QUALIFIER 1
Stevie Wylie or John Rea v Mark Boyle or Davy McLellan
QUALIFIER 2
Scott MacKenzie or Craig MacGillivary v Murdo MacLeod or Richy McDonald
QUALIFIER 3
Paul McPhilips or Giulio Rea v Billy Snaddon or John Lardner
QUALIFIER 4
James McBain

PRELIM 1 (Lucky Break)
Jamie Burnett v QUALIFIER 3 (6th April @ 2.15pm)
PRELIM 2 (Lucky Break)
Alan Mcmanus v QUALIFIER 1 (6th April @ 7.30pm)
PRELIM 3 (Lucky Break)
Marcus Campbell v James McBain (8th April @ 2.15pm)
PRELIM 4 (Lucky Break)
Anthony McGill v QUALIFIER 2 (8th April @ 7.30pm)

QUARTER-FINALS (Lucky Break)
(1) John Higgins OR PRELIM 1 (11th April @ 7.30pm)
(4) Stephen Hendry OR PRELIM 2 (11th April @ 2.15pm)
(3) Graeme Dott OR PRELIM 3 (12th April @ 2.15pm)
(2) Stephen Maguire OR PRELIM 4 (12th April @ 7.30pm)

SEMI-FINALS
Winners of Higgins and Hendry matches (13th April @ 2.15pm)
Winners of Dott and Maguire matches (13th April @ 7.30pm)

FINAL(Lucky Break)
(14th April @ 7.30pm)


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[MattWilson]

How about an English version of this event, open to all professionals and amateurs? We previously had the English Open which (up to a few years ago) was open to professionals outside the top 64 and amateurs. We now have the Paul Hunter English Open, but this is, of course, open to any snooker player in the world.

A purely English event involving professionals and amateurs from around the country would be a fantastic event I believe.

And in my opinion there is only one place for it - SWSA, Gloucester!

MW