2017 World Seniors Championships

The hotly contested Masters class always guarantees a high standard of play, with some exceptional talent in the mix at each event. Therefore it should be of great interest to all players that Snooker Legends have not only set up a potential route to playing at the World Championship in Sheffield, but they have also offered Welsh Snooker one free nominated entry. Whilst we are finalising the criteria for the nomination with them in the next day or two, we thought we should tell you about the tournament if you don't already know.

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PRESS RELEASE

THE 2017 WORLD SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIPS

STEPHEN HENDRY TO PLAY AGAIN AND GO IN SEARCH OF ANOTHER WORLD TITLE

Open to any player not currently on tour aged over 40 on Jan 1st 2017

Winner to receive £10,000 plus a place in the 2017 BetFred World Professional Snooker Championships.

It’s never too late to dream, win a qualifier and you could be just 7 matches from facing Ronnie O’Sullivan or Mark Selby in the Crucible Theatre. This is Snookers equivalent to the Road to Wembley and the ‘King of the Crucible’ is back to give it another go.

4 Qualifiers will take place in Feb / March 2017,

17-19 Feb – The Crucible Sports and Social Club, Newbury (Southern venue)

22-25th Feb The Northern Snooker centre Leeds (Northern venue)

3-5 March – Ballroom Nuremberg Germany (European Venue)

10-12th March – D’Arcy McGees at Spawell, Dublin (Irish Venue)

Each winner takes their place alongside 8 invited legends in the World Seniors Championship at Baths Hall in Scunthorpe from 21-25th March.

WORLD SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDS

1, Stephen Hendry MBE(Sco)

2, Cliff Thorburn CA (Canada)

3, John Parrott MBE (Eng)

4, Dennis Taylor (N.Ire)

5, Joe Johnson (Eng)

6, Patsy Fagan (IRE)

7, Tony Knowles (Eng)

8, Willie Thorne (Eng)

Entries for the Qualifiers open Monday 23rd Jan. Details on www.snookerlegends.co.uk