TSB - India to host pro snooker event next year

[ferret]

BANGALORE: Nearly two decades after playing host to a few top world snooker professionals in an invitational event in the country, India will get to see who’s who of snooker on a regular basis. For, come February 2012, India will host its first-ever World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) ranking event. “We will host ... Continue Reading

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[jrc750]

With 6 wildcard entries i hope our khizzy gets one of them

[cally]

So i take it being in feb this is going to replace the welsh in 2012?...

[ferret]

No it will probably be in the slot which The Malta Cup would be in at the start of the month as it is only a (Invitational) 1 week event.

But this would mean that the rumored return of The Malta cup is either not on the cards or set for another date.

[JanieWatkins]

Yes it's a new event, not replacing anything else

[cally]

Ok, thanks for that...

[snoopy2608]

hopefully they'll release an updated calendar soon to see where it fits in

[khizzy]

With 6 wildcard entries i hope our khizzy gets one of them

SUPERLIKE,

world snooke has offered a second wildcard for the pro tour to india, fingers crossed.

[snoopy2608]

so if another wildcard is available there's another player quitting/not taking up a place

[cally]

so if another wildcard is available there's another player quitting/not taking up a place

No... This is just a 'wildcard' for a specific event not the 'Tour' bud...

[khizzy]

No... This is just a 'wildcard' for a specific event not the 'Tour' bud...

there are going to be 6 wildcards for that specific event for indian players, and other than that world snooker is offering 2 wildcards to indian players for the next main tour, aditya mehta has already been confirmed as one wildcard by virtue of being runner up at the asian championship the other is yet to be decided.

[wildJONESEYE]

there are going to be 6 wildcards for that specific event for indian players, and other than that world snooker is offering 2 wildcards to indian players for the next main tour, aditya mehta has already been confirmed as one wildcard by virtue of being runner up at the asian championship the other is yet to be decided.

where has these tour wild cards sprung from ??

who has quit the tour ?

[Gerry Armstrong]

As someone has already mentioned above, it's just wild card entries to the Last 32 of this specific event, not the tour as a whole.

[jrc750]

As someone has already mentioned above, it's just wild card entries to the Last 32 of this specific event, not the tour as a whole.

That's not what khizzy said ??? in post no 11

[wildJONESEYE]

As someone has already mentioned above, it's just wild card entries to the Last 32 of this specific event, not the tour as a whole.

and other than that world snooker is offering 2 wildcards to indian players for the next main tour,

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