Much to the relief of many it was confirmed last year that the World Championship will remain at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield until at least 2014 but today came the news that this deal has been extended by a further year as Sheffield strengthens its claim further to be the number one city for snooker…
Tag: Barry Hearn
Postcard from the Crucible media room
The tournament is well under way and today we are entering round 2 already. This morning there is no snooker and I thought I’d take the “spare time” to share some of my experience here as a “media” person. It’s been absolutely fantastic and I’d want to thank Grove Leisure and WPBSA for giving me this opportunity.
Doyle Out – Let battle commence
Earlier today it was confirmed that Lee Doyle, the chairman of 110sport, has today resigned from the board of the WPBSA and in doing so made his opinion on the proposals of Barry Hearn clear…
Ebdon warns players to be 'very careful'
While players such as Mark Allen, Mark Selby, John Higgins and Stephen Maguire have all spoken out in favour of Barry Hearn’s plans to revolutionise the game, not everyone in the game shares their enthusiasm as first Mark Davis and now Peter Ebdon have expressed their concern…
Barry's Vision…
Barry Hearn’s ’20 page document’ has been the subject of much speculation recently and you can now view it in full for the first time over at The Snooker Forum by clicking here. Thoughts?
PokerStars to sponsor Wembley Masters
Good news today as leading online poker website PokerStars.com has been announced as the title sponsor for next week’s Masters tournament from Wembley…
Ten questions to be answered in Telford
This week marks the halfway point of the 2009/10 season and with so much at stake this week, there are many questions to be answered…