Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 12:43:25 GMT 1
An early start for this thread this year, with the first Players Tour Championship event taking place next week.
The line-up of players for the new season is almost complete:
Top 64 from the end of last season:
John Higgins (still suspended pending investigation)
Neil Robertson
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ali Carter
Ding Junhui
Stephen Maguire
Shaun Murphy
Mark Williams
Mark Selby
Mark Allen
Stephen Hendry
Ryan Day
Graeme Dott
Marco Fu
Mark King
Liang Wenbo
Jamie Cope
Peter Ebdon
Joe Perry
Ricky Walden
Barry Hawkins
Steve Davis
Stephen Lee
Michael Holt
Matthew Stevens
Mark Davis
Judd Trump
Gerard Greene
Stuart Bingham
Ken Doherty
Dave Harold
Andrew Higginson
Mike Dunn
Rory McLeod
Stuart Pettman
Robert Milkins
Jamie Burnett
Nigel Bond
Joe Swail
Marcus Campbell
Tom Ford
Anthony Hamilton
Martin Gould
Adrian Gunnell
Dominic Dale
Alan McManus
Fergal O'Brien
Ian McCulloch
Rod Lawler
Peter Lines
Matt Selt
Michael Judge
Andy Hicks
Tony Drago
David Gilbert
Jimmy Michie
Barry Pinches
Mark Joyce
David Morris
Jimmy White
Joe Delaney
Bjorn Haneveer
Jimmy Robertson
Paul Davies
Top 8 from one year ranking list of those not in top 64:
James Wattana
Patrick Wallace
Zhang Anda
Simon Bedford
Joe Jogia
Matthew Couch
Michael White
Ben Woollaston
Top 8 from PIOS rankings:
Jack Lisowski
Liam Highfield
Paul Davison
Anthony McGill
Kyren Wilson
Jamie O'Neill
Justin Astley
Jamie Jones
Wildcards and winners of qualifying tournaments:
Alfie Burden (ISBF world champion)
Noppon Saengkham (World Under-21 champion)
Issara Kachaiwong (Asian champion)
Liu Chuang (Asian Under-21 champion)
Mohammed Sajjad (Asian wildcard - unconfirmed)
Shawn Budd (Oceania champion - unconfirmed)
James McBain (Winner of Scottish play-off)
Andrew Pagett (Welsh wildcard)
Robert Murphy (Irish wildcard - unconfirmed)
Dermot McGlinchey (Northern Irish wildcard)
Kuldesh Johal (Winner of English play-off)
Adam Wicheard (English wildcard)
Kurt Maflin (Winner of European play-off)
Jak Jones (European Under-19 champion)
Reanne Evans (World Snooker wildcard)
Igor Figueiredo (World Snooker wildcard)
Patrick Einsle (World Snooker wildcard)
2010/11 Calendar:
Jun 25-27: Players Tour Championship Event 1 (Sheffield)
Jul 9-11: PTC 2 (Sheffield)
Aug 2-5: Shanghai Masters qualifiers (Sheffield)
Aug 6-8: PTC 3 (Sheffield)
Aug 14-16: PTC 4 (Sheffield)
Aug 21-24: World Open qualifiers (Sheffield)
Aug 27-29: Euro PTC 1 (Germany)
Sep 6-12: SHANGHAI MASTERS (Shanghai)
Sep 18-26: WORLD OPEN (Glasgow)
Oct 1-3: Euro PTC 2
Oct 8-10: PTC 5 (Sheffield)
Oct 15-17: PTC 6 (Sheffield)
Oct 22-24: Euro PTC 3 (Frankfurt)
Oct 29-31: Euro PTC 4
Nov 5-7: World Seniors Championship (Bradford)
Nov 12-14: Euro PTC 5 (Hamm)
Nov 19-21: Euro PTC 6 (Halle)
Nov 24-Dec 1: UK Championship qualifiers (Sheffield)
Dec 4-12: UK CHAMPIONSHIP (Telford)
Dec 14-17: German Masters qualifiers
Jan 9-16: THE MASTERS (Wembley)
Jan 28-30: World Snooker Shoot-Out
Feb 2-6: GERMAN MASTERS (Berlin)
Feb 8-11: Welsh Open qualifiers (Sheffield)
Feb 14-20: WELSH OPEN
Feb 24-27: China Open qualifiers (Sheffield)
Mar 4-15: World Championship qualifiers (Sheffield)
Mar 17-20: PLAYERS TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Mar 28-Apr 3: CHINA OPEN (Beijing)
Apr 16-May 2: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Sheffield)
The line-up of players for the new season is almost complete:
Top 64 from the end of last season:
John Higgins (still suspended pending investigation)
Neil Robertson
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ali Carter
Ding Junhui
Stephen Maguire
Shaun Murphy
Mark Williams
Mark Selby
Mark Allen
Stephen Hendry
Ryan Day
Graeme Dott
Marco Fu
Mark King
Liang Wenbo
Jamie Cope
Peter Ebdon
Joe Perry
Ricky Walden
Barry Hawkins
Steve Davis
Stephen Lee
Michael Holt
Matthew Stevens
Mark Davis
Judd Trump
Gerard Greene
Stuart Bingham
Ken Doherty
Dave Harold
Andrew Higginson
Mike Dunn
Rory McLeod
Stuart Pettman
Robert Milkins
Jamie Burnett
Nigel Bond
Joe Swail
Marcus Campbell
Tom Ford
Anthony Hamilton
Martin Gould
Adrian Gunnell
Dominic Dale
Alan McManus
Fergal O'Brien
Ian McCulloch
Rod Lawler
Peter Lines
Matt Selt
Michael Judge
Andy Hicks
Tony Drago
David Gilbert
Jimmy Michie
Barry Pinches
Mark Joyce
David Morris
Jimmy White
Joe Delaney
Bjorn Haneveer
Jimmy Robertson
Paul Davies
Top 8 from one year ranking list of those not in top 64:
James Wattana
Patrick Wallace
Zhang Anda
Simon Bedford
Joe Jogia
Matthew Couch
Michael White
Ben Woollaston
Top 8 from PIOS rankings:
Jack Lisowski
Liam Highfield
Paul Davison
Anthony McGill
Kyren Wilson
Jamie O'Neill
Justin Astley
Jamie Jones
Wildcards and winners of qualifying tournaments:
Alfie Burden (ISBF world champion)
Noppon Saengkham (World Under-21 champion)
Issara Kachaiwong (Asian champion)
Liu Chuang (Asian Under-21 champion)
Mohammed Sajjad (Asian wildcard - unconfirmed)
Shawn Budd (Oceania champion - unconfirmed)
James McBain (Winner of Scottish play-off)
Andrew Pagett (Welsh wildcard)
Robert Murphy (Irish wildcard - unconfirmed)
Dermot McGlinchey (Northern Irish wildcard)
Kuldesh Johal (Winner of English play-off)
Adam Wicheard (English wildcard)
Kurt Maflin (Winner of European play-off)
Jak Jones (European Under-19 champion)
Reanne Evans (World Snooker wildcard)
Igor Figueiredo (World Snooker wildcard)
Patrick Einsle (World Snooker wildcard)
2010/11 Calendar:
Jun 25-27: Players Tour Championship Event 1 (Sheffield)
Jul 9-11: PTC 2 (Sheffield)
Aug 2-5: Shanghai Masters qualifiers (Sheffield)
Aug 6-8: PTC 3 (Sheffield)
Aug 14-16: PTC 4 (Sheffield)
Aug 21-24: World Open qualifiers (Sheffield)
Aug 27-29: Euro PTC 1 (Germany)
Sep 6-12: SHANGHAI MASTERS (Shanghai)
Sep 18-26: WORLD OPEN (Glasgow)
Oct 1-3: Euro PTC 2
Oct 8-10: PTC 5 (Sheffield)
Oct 15-17: PTC 6 (Sheffield)
Oct 22-24: Euro PTC 3 (Frankfurt)
Oct 29-31: Euro PTC 4
Nov 5-7: World Seniors Championship (Bradford)
Nov 12-14: Euro PTC 5 (Hamm)
Nov 19-21: Euro PTC 6 (Halle)
Nov 24-Dec 1: UK Championship qualifiers (Sheffield)
Dec 4-12: UK CHAMPIONSHIP (Telford)
Dec 14-17: German Masters qualifiers
Jan 9-16: THE MASTERS (Wembley)
Jan 28-30: World Snooker Shoot-Out
Feb 2-6: GERMAN MASTERS (Berlin)
Feb 8-11: Welsh Open qualifiers (Sheffield)
Feb 14-20: WELSH OPEN
Feb 24-27: China Open qualifiers (Sheffield)
Mar 4-15: World Championship qualifiers (Sheffield)
Mar 17-20: PLAYERS TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Mar 28-Apr 3: CHINA OPEN (Beijing)
Apr 16-May 2: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Sheffield)