Already into the third month of 2024, let’s check out what snooker occasions are going down in March.
February was a busy interval on the calendar with a number of trophies being handed out on the primary tour.
Judd Trump secured a fourth rating title of the season along with his triumph within the German Masters on the Tempodrom.
Gary Wilson subsequently captured the Welsh Open crown earlier than final week’s Gamers Championship went the way in which of Mark Allen.
On the newbie scene, the WSF Championship and the WSF Junior Championship have been received by Cheung Ka Wai and Bulcsú Révész respectively, with the pair incomes two-year playing cards to compete on the professional tour.
The Albanian Ladies’s Open was received by Ng On Yee with the Hong Kong cueist outlasting ladies’s primary Mink Nutcharut in a decider.
There shall be loads extra snooker on TV and on-line throughout the month of March, so let’s check out what’s developing on the schedule.
World Masters of Snooker
March 4-6
The inaugural Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker takes place subsequent week, marking skilled snooker’s first foray into Saudi Arabia.
The highest eight gamers from the official world rankings have been invited to compete alongside two wildcards from the Center East area.
Ronnie O’Sullivan will head the lineup alongside Judd Trump, Mark Allen, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Mark Williams, and Ali Carter.
Saudi Arabia’s Omar Alajlani and Qatar’s Ali Alobaidli full the sphere.
Ladies’s World Championship
March 11-17
The Ladies’s World Championship shall be staged in Dongguan, China for the primary time this 12 months.
Baipat Siripaporn is the reigning champion, however the kind gamers from this season on the World Ladies’s Snooker Tour have been Mink Nutcharut and Ng On Yee.
Reanne Evans will make her bid to win the title for a record-extending thirteenth time, whereas up-and-coming expertise Bai Yulu shall be hoping to triumph for the primary time on residence soil.
Championship League Winners’ Group
March 12-13
The conclusion to this season’s invitational model of the Championship League was initially scheduled for the beginning of the month.
The 2-day finale has been pushed again a few weeks and into the center of March, with the seven group winners vying for the title.
The lineup will embody defending champion John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Stuart Bingham, Kyren Wilson, Chris Wakelin, and Joe O’Connor.
The winner will earn an invite to the profitable Champion of Champions subsequent season.
Q Tour International Play-offs
March 13-15
Michael Holt has already assured his return to the professional scene after ending because the top-ranked participant on the feeder Q Tour.
There are an extra three primary tour playing cards out there, with 24 gamers set to take part within the Q Tour International Play-offs in Sarajevo.
The sector will embody a number of former professionals, together with Peter Traces, Rory McLeod, and Vinnie Calabrese.
World Open
March 18-24
The World Open is again on the schedule for the primary time since 2019, with Judd Trump lastly getting a possibility to defend his title.
An enormous prize fund, with £170,000 going to the winner, ensures that it’s an necessary rating occasion – notably for these decrease down the rankings.
The World Open would be the final alternative for a lot of the tour’s contingent to earn cash forward of the campaign-concluding World Championship.
World Combined Doubles
March 30-31
Again on the calendar for the second successive season, the World Combined Doubles will once more pair 4 high males with 4 of the most effective ladies gamers.
Neil Robertson and Mink Nutcharut return as defending champions, with Judd Trump partnering Baipat Siripaporn, Mark Allen in motion with Rebecca Kenna, and world champion Luca Brecel paired with Reanne Evans.
What different snooker occasions are on in March 2024?
On the World Seniors Snooker Tour, the Mr. Vegas 900 format (March 2) shall be performed at Goffs in Eire, with Stephen Hendry, Jimmy White, and Ken Doherty concerned.
The EBSA European Newbie Championships (March 15-23) shall be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the primary occasion and the under-21 event providing two coveted primary tour playing cards.
On the World Incapacity Billiards and Snooker tour, the Belgian Open (March 15-17) is pencilled in for a return to The Trickshot in Bruges.
There are a number of different newbie occasions occurring throughout March, with Snooker Hub providing a terrific useful resource to seek out native competitions throughout the UK.
If of any extra tournaments being staged world wide in March, tell us within the feedback part under.
Featured picture credit score: WST