• Results

Ward won through four matches at The Crucible Club in Reading to earn the last spot in the 24-player line-up at snooker’s most iconic venue.

Sixteen hopefuls, who qualified via the two-year official and one-year ‘Race to the Crucible’ ranking lists, competed across two days for the opportunity to take on four-time World Seniors Snooker champion White.

The 44-year-old made a strong start to the weekend by whitewashing Matthew Day in the opening round before downing former English Amateur champion Jamie Curtis-Barrett 4-1 to reach the final day.

The weekend’s highest break of 106 helped Ward to a further 4-0 success in the semi-finals as he set up a final round meeting with Andrew Norman.

Former professional Norman was aiming to reach the final stages of the World Seniors Snooker Championship for a third successive year and had beaten Billy Ginn (4-2), Stephen Groves (4-0) and Mark Love (4-1) en route to the final.

Ward, who previously lifted the title in event five of the World Seniors Tour, took a tight opening frame on the black and never looked back – wrapping up the victory with a break of 59 in the fourth.

He will face White during the 12:00 session of Thursday 7 May with the winner set to take on Robert Milkins in the second round.

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A total of 16 players, who qualified via the two-year and ‘Race to the Crucible’ ranking lists, began the event and now Daniel Ward, Neil Craycraft, Andrew Norman and Mark Love are still standing.

The tournament winner will earn a place in the World Seniors Snooker Championship and face four-time World Seniors champion White in the opening round on Thursday afternoon.

Schedule

• 12:00 BST: Daniel Ward vs. Neil Craycraft
• 13:30 BST: Andrew Norman vs. Mark Love
• 16:00 BST: The Final

How To Watch

You can watch all the action live on Pluto TV, who will also broadcast the Worlds Seniors Snooker Championship next month following a new simulcast partnership with 5.

Live scores can also be follow via WPBSA SnookerScores.

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Players will compete for a total prize fund of £80,000 this May, up from £50,000 last year, with the winner set to receive £30,000 – the largest prize in the history of the WSS Tour.

The flagship event will take place at the iconic Crucible Theatre in Sheffield on 6-10 May and will feature the biggest ever line-up with 24 players – including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Williams, Jimmy White and many more!

Jason Francis, Chairman of WSS, said: “Follow last year’s World Seniors Snooker Championship, we promised both the fans and players that we would continue to grow the event and we are delivering on that promise with an expanded field and increased prize fund.”

“More than 4,000 tickets have already been sold and we are continuing our broadcast partnership with Channel 5 in the UK, with international coverage to be announced soon. The presence of players like Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Williams reflects their belief in what we are building. Seniors snooker is one big family and everyone is welcome.”

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• Results

The former ranking event winner arrived on Boxing Day expecting an early exit at the hands of current World Snooker Tour (WST) number 18 Stuart Bingham but delighted the crowds in Derby to lift his maiden title on the World Seniors Snooker (WSS) Tour.

British Open snooker returned to Derby for the first time since 1993 as a strong eight-player field embarked on the Vaillant Live venue for three days of action.

Perry kicked off the opening day against 2015 world champion Bingham, who was making his debut on the WSS Tour and arrived as the tournament favourite with title sponsors JenningsBet.

It was the man known as ‘The Gentleman’ who dominated, however, as a top break of 61 helped Perry to a whitewash win to reach the semi-finals.

There he faced former UK and Masters champion Matthew Stevens, who had won through a dramatic black ball shoot out on Friday evening to defeat Anthony Hamilton 4-3 in the quarter-finals.

In a contest that saw some remarkable displays of break-building, a total of seven contributions over 50 were compiled as Perry ran out a 5-3 victor with the tournament high break of 131 in the sixth frame.

The ever-popular White set up a title match meeting with Perry by coming from 2-0 behind to beat reigning World Seniors champion and recently-crowned Shoot Out winner Alfie Burden 5-3 in the last four.

‘The Whirlwind’, who had earlier overcome 1997 world champion Ken Doherty 4-2 on the opening day, was welcomed into the arena on Sunday afternoon to a rapturous ovation from the Derby crowd – but it was Perry who comfortably took the opening frame of the best-of-13 contest.

The final was a tense and evenly matched affair as the first six frames were shared between the two players – White pulling out a stunning clearance from brown to black in the sixth to hit back after Perry had scored a break of 100 in the previous frame.

There remained nothing between the two fierce competitors, with neither player being more than a frame ahead at any point when the score was once again levelled at 5-5 in the race to seven.

A pair of half-century breaks then saw Perry pull away to secure the first WSS Tour title of his career.

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The event will be shown live on Channel 5 in the UK with former world champions Ken Doherty and Stuart Bingham joined by four-time World Seniors champion Jimmy White, newly-crowned Shoot Out winner Alfie Burden and former UK and Masters victor Matthew Stevens.

Ranking event winners Joe Perry, Dominic Dale and Anthony Hamilton complete the eight-player line-up in Derby.

The Draw

• Quarter-Finals (Friday 26 December)
  • Alfie Burden (1) vs. Dominic Dale
  • Ken Doherty (4) vs. Jimmy White
  • Matthew Stevens (3) vs. Anthony Hamilton
  • Stuart Bingham (2) vs. Joe Perry
• Semi-Finals (Saturday 27 December)
  • Burden/Dale vs. Doherty/White
  • Stevens/Hamilton vs. Bingham/Perry
• Final (Sunday 28 December)
  • Winner of SF1 vs. Winner of SF2

The afternoon session begins at 13:00 on Boxing Day with 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham making his debut on the World Seniors Snooker Tour.

The 49-year-old, who also won the Masters in 2020, is the JenningsBet tournament favourite and will begin his campaign against ‘The Gentleman’ Joe Perry on Friday afternoon.

Jimmy White and Ken Doherty will conclude the afternoon session as two of the sport’s most popular stars go head-to-head at the Vaillant Live.

The quarter-final match is a repeat of the 2020 World Seniors Snooker Championship final, where ‘The Whirlwind’ came back from a 4-0 deficit to win 5-4 in an epic Crucible contest.

Anthony Hamilton and Matthew Stevens get the evening session underway in Derby as ‘The Sheriff of Pottingham’, a former German Masters champion, takes on the two-time World Championship runner-up on his World Seniors Snooker Tour debut.

The concluding match of the opening round features reigning World Seniors champion Alfie Burden, who won the first ranking event title of his career last month as a late entry at the Shoot Out. He will face ‘The Spaceman’ Dominic Dale – a former winner of the Grand Prix and Shanghai Masters.

Format

The format for the event is as follows:

• Quarter-Finals: Best of 7 Frames
• Semi-Finals: Best of 9 Frames
• Final: Best of 13 Frames

In an exciting and unique twist, should any match in the event go the distance then the deciding frame will be replaced by a respotted black.

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The quarter-final line-up in Sheffield was completed by the close of play on Thursday as Burden and Jonck were joined by Tony Drago, who dramatically defeated Gerard Greene in a deciding frame, and Hassan Kerde – who whitewashed Tony Knowles on his Crucible debut.

A blockbuster afternoon session saw four-times World Seniors Snooker champion White and 1997 world champion Doherty in action in front of a buzzing Yorkshire crowd at snooker’s most iconic venue.

An all-London affair saw ‘The Whirlwind’ taking on Burden in a repeat of the 2023 World Seniors Snooker Championship final and it was the ‘Golden Ticket’ play-off qualifier who made a strong start to move into a 2-0 lead.

White hit back with an 82 break to reduce the deficit but never truly got going in his pursuit of a record-extending fifth title and it was opponent who comfortably got over the line a 4-1 victor with a concluding break of 92.

Post-match Burden reflected: “I first practiced with Jimmy when I was a 15-year-old boy. We’ve had this amazing friendship for many years and I don’t get any pleasure in beating Jimmy but I was focused on winning and I had to blank out who I was playing. I know he wants me to win it now.”

In one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Championship, South African qualifier Jonck overcame former world champion Doherty 4-2 on his Crucible debut.

The opening exchanges were scrappy but Doherty was able to move into a 2-0 lead before Jonck hit back and a break of 64 restored parity at 2-2.

From there, the reigning African Seniors champion visibly grew in confidence and ran out a 4-2 winner with a further contribution of 63 in the penultimate frame.

“That was surreal. It was the lifelong ambition becoming a reality” Jonck said, adding: “The crowd were electric and it was the best feeling ever. Everybody loves an underdog story, don’t they?”

After defeating White in the opening match of the afternoon, Burden will next face Malta’s Drago in the quarter-finals after ‘The Tornado’ came through a dramatic encounter with Greene in the evening session.

The Maltese cueist took the opener with a break of 75 and looked set to double his advantage before Greene managed to get two snooker’s and steal the second with a calm colour clearance.

The next four frames were shared, resulting in the tournament’s first decider, and it was Drago who fired in a break of 68 to reach the last eight.

Drago said: “At one time it looked like I might win easily and have an early night but then I collapsed in nearly every frame. I couldn’t have done this before, missing so many balls and then coming back from 3-2 down to win, so I think in my old age I am doing something right that I didn’t do before!”

The quarter-final line-up was completed by Australia’s Kerde as he impressed on debut to whitewash former world number two Knowles.

The Asia-Pacific Seniors champion will now face Jonck on Friday in a international clash after breaks of 53, 62, 66 and 59 gave Kerde victory in one of the finest performances of the opening round.

“I’m over the moon. I’ve watched the Crucible for the last 20 years and to just come and watch a match would have been awesome. This is everything, I consider myself one of the top amateur players in Australia and this is a world stage so to go all the way would mean everything for my life.” Kerde said following his victory.

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The victory means Doherty becomes the first player to win multiple titles under the World Seniors Snooker 900 format following his emotional success at Goffs earlier in the year.

Six players embarked on Epsom for the fourth edition of the unique and exciting event with Alfie Burden, Nigel Bond and Rory McLeod each making their debuts while Doherty, Drago and four-time World Seniors champion Jimmy White returned.

In a repeat of the final at Goffs last March, Doherty met White in the opening match of Group B. ‘The Whirlwind’ was looking to exact revenge after ‘The Darling of Dublin’ had defeated him in that title match and a 55 clearance saw White make the perfect start to the afternoon.

A win for 1995 world finalist and former British Open champion Bond over White on the final black then set up a dramatic conclusion to the group.

Doherty was able to advance to the semi-finals by overcoming the debutant and scoring a high break of two more points, while White topped the group courtesy of his half-century under the tie-break rules.

In Group A, Burden made a confident start to life under the World Seniors Snooker 900 format as he comfortably overcame both McLeod and Drago to reach the knockout stages as group winner. ‘The Tornado’ from Malta then beat McLeod to complete the semi-final line-up.

Both group winners were toppled at the semi-final stage as Burden was defeated by Doherty, while White was denied a fourth consecutive final by Drago.

Drago, who was competing in his maiden final under the format, made the perfect start to the best-of-three contest by firing in the day’s high break of 93 in the opener.

The Maltese cueist was in first in the second frame but broke down on 31, allowing Doherty to force a decider with a break of 56.

Another break of 56 saw Doherty take the initiative in the decider but Drago impressively held his nerve to clear the table and tie the frame – meaning a blue ball shootout would decide who took home the trophy.

The two players each potted the blue ball on their first attempt and it was Drago who was first to blink and he put his second effort wide of the target.

After taking a moment to compose himself, Doherty confidently fired home the title-winning blue ball to secure his second World Seniors Snooker 900 crown.

After the final, Doherty said: “I’m absolutely delighted! I wasn’t expecting it – I flew in this morning on a 7am flight. I love playing in the 900, I love the concept of it and it was a great final. To play Tony in the final was just amazing and to go down to the blue ball shoot out was was incredible.”

“I was just thinking when he potted the first blue in the shoot out – ‘just try and cue it, don’t twitch and put your elbow in the front row!’ Then, when he missed the second one, I was just thinking the same and it just went right in the middle and I said ‘yeah’ before it even went in. It was a lovely moment.”

Looking ahead to the 2025 World Seniors Snooker Championship, which has eluded Doherty so far in his illustrious career, he reflected: “I’ve been beaten in a couple of finals – last year against Igor (Figueiredo) and of course against Jimmy White when I was 4-0 up and I collapsed like a cheap tent but we won’t mention that! I’d love to win it but, if I don’t, it doesn’t matter – I’ve been very lucky and blessed in my life by playing the game that I love. I’m still playing it and I still love it!”

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World Seniors Snooker returns to the venue where seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry won the inaugural edition of the format by defeating long-time rival Jimmy White in the final twelve months ago.

‘The Whirlwind’ returns to Epsom next Monday aiming to avenge three consecutive title match losses under the ‘900’ format and he is joined by Goffs champion Ken Doherty, ‘The Tornado’ Tony Drago and debutants Nigel Bond, Alfie Burden and Rory McLeod.

How It Works

All matches throughout the tournament are just a single frame and each of these frames has a time limit of just 15 minutes. Should the frame not be complete at the end of the allocated 15 minutes, whoever is leading the frame claims the win. 

Played with a spotted cueball, cueists have just 20 seconds per shot and there are no extensions or time-outs (unless at the discretion of the referee). 

For every shot played, either a ball must be potted, or a cushion must be struck with the cueball or an object ball. 

All fouls result in cueball in hand for the opponent. 

At the end of the 15 minutes, should the players be tied on points, a blue-ball shoot-out will be used to determine the winner. 

The six players will compete in two round-robin groups of three players, with the top two advancing to the semi-finals. The winner of Group A will face the runner-up in Group B, and the winner of Group B will face the runner-up in Group A in the last four.

Group A

Malta’s Tony Drago is the only player in Group A with prior experience under the ‘900’ format having made his debut in the previous event in Hull, where he lost to eventual champion Igor Figueiredo in the semi-finals.

Alfie Burden, the 2023 World Seniors Championship runner-up and current World Snooker Tour (WST) professional, makes his ‘900’ debut in Epsom and will kick off the action on Monday afternoon when he meets Drago in the opening match.

The three-player group, from which the top two will advance to the semi-finals, is completed by fellow debutant Rory McLeod – a former professional of over 30 years who famously defeated Judd Trump at the Crucible Theatre during the 2017 World Championship.

Group B

Ken Doherty arrives in Epsom as the only player in the line-up to have previously lifted a title at a World Seniors Snooker 900 event.

On an emotional afternoon in County Kildare, Doherty overcame Jimmy White in the final at the iconic Goffs to secure the crown in the same venue he used to work in as a boy.

Doherty and White will go head-to-head in the opening match of Group B on Monday afternoon and their group is completed by a debutant, Nigel Bond, who won the 1996 British Open and reached the final of the 1995 World Championship during an illustrious career that spanned more than 30 years.

Schedule

The action gets underway at 14:00 BST on Monday, broadcast live on Channel 5.

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‘The Whirlwind’ and ‘The Darling of Dublin’ will be joined by Malta’s Tony Drago, who makes his second appearance under the format, as well as debutants Nigel Bond, Alfie Burden and Rory McLeod.

The event will see a return to the Epsom Racecourse, twelve months on from the inaugural Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 there which was won by Stephen Hendry, and will be broadcast live on Channel 5.

Learn more about each of the six competitors in Epsom below:

Jimmy White

The record-breaking four-time World Seniors Snooker champion Jimmy White will head to Epsom aiming to secure his maiden Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 title.

‘The Whirlwind’ has reached the final of all three previous events under the format, including in Epsom twelve months ago, but is yet to secure the title having suffered defeats to Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty and Igor Figueiredo respectively.

The ten-time ranking event winner and former Masters champion will be aiming to go one better and take home the title next month.

Ken Doherty

Former world champion Ken Doherty maintains his ever-present record at Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 events and will be looking for a repeat of his emotional victory on home soil back in March.

The 1997 Crucible winner, who still competes on the World Snooker Tour, defeated Tony Knowles, Fergal O’Brien and Jimmy White to earn a famous victory at the iconic Goffs venue in Ireland.

‘The Darling of Dublin’ will head to Epsom hoping to round off the year in style with another success.

Tony Drago

Malta’s Tony Drago will bring his remarkably fast-paced play to Epsom next month for his second appearance in a Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 event.

The man known as ‘The Tornado’ made his debut under the format in Hull back in September and will be looking to improve on a run to the semi-finals, where he lost to eventual champion Igor Figueiredo.

A former ranking event semi-finalist with a professional career spanning over thirty years, Drago has reached the semi-finals of the World Seniors Championship at the Crucible Theatre in 2023 and 2024.

Nigel Bond

Nigel Bond is one of three players who will make their Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 debut in Epsom next month.

The 58-year-old from England maintained an unbroken spell as a professional between 1989 and 2022 and won a ranking event title in 1996 when he defeated John Higgins 9-8 in the British Open final.

Bond reached the World Championship final in 1995, losing to Stephen Hendry at the Crucible Theatre, and also made it to back-to-back World Seniors Championship finals – defeating Tony Chappel in the final in 2012.

Alfie Burden

Another Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 debutant, Alfie Burden will compete for the title in Epsom in December.

Burden reached the final of the 2023 World Seniors Championship at the iconic Crucible Theatre with impressive victories over former world champions Ken Doherty and Stephen Hendry, before losing to Jimmy White in the title match.

A four-time ranking event quarter-finalist, the London cueist has competed on the World Snooker Tour for over 20 years and regained his professional status in 2021 via Q School.

Rory McLeod

Former professional Rory McLeod completes the line up in Epsom as another player making his Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 debut next month.

A professional over a spell of more than 30 years, McLeod reached the last 16 of ranking events on 11 occasions – including at the Crucible Theatre in 2017, where he famously defeated Judd Trump in the opening round.

The 53-year-old is a regular competitor on the World Seniors Snooker tour and won one of this season’s Race To The Crucible series events in Reading earlier this year.

Ticket Information

As well as the unique and exciting action on the table, there will also be a VIP Legends Lunch which will offer the chance to meet snooker legends Dennis Taylor and John Virgo, enjoy a two-course meal prior to the action getting underway in Surrey as well as a reserved seat, commentary ear piece, programme and more.

Tickets start from £50 with the limited VIP Legends Lunch tickets available at £147 per person. For ticket enquiries, please contact info@seniorssnooker.com.

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The event will see a return to the Epsom Racecourse, twelve months on from the inaugural Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker 900 there which was won by Stephen Hendry, and will be broadcast live on Channel 5.

There will also be a VIP Legends Lunch which will offer the chance to meet snooker legends Dennis Taylor and John Virgo, enjoy a two-course meal prior to the action getting underway in Surrey as well as a reserved seat, commentary ear piece, programme and more.

Jason Francis, Chairman of World Seniors Snooker, said: “We are delighted to be returning to Epsom for the second year in a row and look forward to welcoming the fans for an afternoon of enthralling, unpredictable action under the World Seniors Snooker 900 format.

“We would also like to once again thank our title sponsors Mr Vegas Casino and our host broadcaster Channel 5 for their continued support.”

Tickets start from £50 with the limited VIP Legends Lunch tickets available at £147 per person. For ticket enquiries, please contact info@seniorssnooker.com.

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