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All of the World Snooker Championship finals from the start of what is known as the "modern era" [2] in 1969 are included in the list, with the exception of 1970 and 1971. The referees for these two years are currently not known. Some earlier years have also been included where the information about referees is available.
Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it was the 14th and penultimate ranking event of the 2022–23 snooker season, following the WST Classic and preceding the World Championship. [3] The Tour Championship featured the top eight players from the one-year ranking list taking part in a single-elimination tournament following the WST Classic. [3]
Brendan Moore (snooker referee) Patricia Murphy (referee) P. John Pellew (snooker referee) S. Leo Scullion; John Smyth (snooker referee) John Street (snooker referee) T.
The 2024 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament that took place from 8 to 12 May 2024 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. [1] The 15th edition of the World Seniors Championship, [2] first played in 1991, [3] it was held at the Crucible for the sixth consecutive year and sponsored for the first time by online casino Mr Vegas. [4]
The event took place from 23 November to 1 December at the York Barbican in York, England. [6] [7] The ninth ranking event of the 2024–25 season, following the 2024 International Championship and preceding the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out, the tournament was the 48th edition of the UK Championship, which was first held in 1977 as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship.
Professional player and commentator Willie Thorne considered match-fixing endemic to snooker, noting that he himself was offered a bribe to throw a match. [1] The earliest known case of corruption in the game involved Joe Davis , pioneer of the professional sport and winner of the first 15 world championships, who is believed to have "carried ...
In the final frame of the match between White and Vafaei, referee Kevin Dabrowski called an unusual foul on Vafaei when, with ball‑in‑hand, he placed the cue ball slightly outside of the "D". [ 19 ] [ 20 ] In the evening session Mark Allen whitewashed Liu Hongyu , John Higgins beat Fan Zhengyi 4–2, and Wang Yuchen defeated Jack ...
Jan Verhaas (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑɱ vɛrˈɦaːs]; born 5 October 1966) is a Dutch snooker and pool referee. He was born in Maassluis , South Holland, and now lives in Brielle . [ 1 ] He is 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) tall.