Snooker Premier League hits Venue Cymru, Llandudno

Jun 25 2009 by Judith Phillips, North Wales Weekly News

FOUR of the biggest names in world snooker are among those likely to be taking part in a televised event at Venue Cymru in Llandudno in November.

Seven times world champion Steve Hendry, current world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan, world champion John Higgins and UK champion Shaun Murphy will be among seven players contesting the 2009 PartyPoker.com Premier League.

Defending champion and crowd pleaser O’Sullivan will be attempting to lift this title for an astonishing sixth consecutive season and ninth time overall.

The Essex-based “Rocket” has made this event his own in recent times, beating Mark Selby 7-2 in last year’s final, John Higgins 7-4 in 2007, and Jimmy White 7-0 in 2006.

Now entering its 24th season, Premier League Snooker is the world’s only major snooker tournament played to a league format and goes out live on Sky Sports on Thursday nights.

All matches are over six frames, with two points for a win and a point for a three-all draw.

Following the round robin section of play, the top four players move forward to the big money play-offs in December.

The field consists of seven of the very best players in the world and each player plays the others once over the best of six frames, making a total of 21 matches.

All the Venue Cymru action takes place on Thursday, November 19 and tickets are available from the box office priced at £15 and £12.50 each. Contact 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk

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