PTC 7 (Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy) Day 2 - Remember Paul Hunter

We lost Paul Hunter who died due to cancer five years ago - 9/10/2006. Rest in peace Paul and you will never be forgotten.

Paul Hunter and Matthew Stevens

Paul's best friend and pallbearer at his funeral Matthew Stevens won three matches today to enter to last 16. Stevens beaten Cao Yupeng, Mark Joyce and Ben Harrison to keep racing for the PTC 7 title. It will be a very meaningful victory if Stevens wins the title for Paul. Stevens competes with Ali Carter in last 16 on Sunday morning.

Two more Chinese players are returning on Sunday morning for last 16. They are Liang Wenbo and Li Yan. They may meet at quarter-finals if they are both through by beating Shaun Murphy and Jimmy Robertson respectively. Glad to see Liang raised his form before UK qualifiers start in November as he has dropped out top 32. Li keeps giving us surprises by beating big names.

Graeme Dott battled to the last 16 by winning two deciders over Steve Davis and Mark Allen. Dott will face the challenge from Jamie Jones which sent Ricky Walden and Mark Davis earlier today.

Results of PTC7 (Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy) Day 2, Saturday October 8

9am

45 Sam Craigie v Matthew Couch
46 Nigel Bond v Billy Castle
48 James Wattana v Alfie Burden
50 Graeme Dott v Justin Astley
51 Steve Davis v David Grace
53 Ken Doherty v Allan Taylor
55 Jamie Jones v Ian Burns
56 Ricky Walden v Lucky Vatnani

Not before 11am

41 Peter Lines v Jak Jones
42 Tom Ford v Robin Hull
43 Fergal O'Brien v Liang Wenbo
44 Sam Baird v James McGourna
47 Kurt Maflin v Shaun Murphy
49 Mark Allen v Zhang Anda
52 Alan McManus v Peter Ebdon
54 Mark Davis v Matthew Day

Not before 1pm

33 Judd Trump v Ian Glover
34 David Gilbert v Ryan Thomerson
35 Adam Duffy v Gareth Allen
36 Ali Carter v Andrew Norman
37 Yu Delu v Nick Jennings
38 Luca Brecel v Ben Harrison
39 Mark Joyce v Joe Swail
40 Matthew Stevens v Cao Yupeng

Not before 3pm

61 Jimmy Robertson v Paul Davison
62 Jimmy White v Eden Sharav
63 Andy Hicks v Joe Meara
64 Mark Selby v James Brown
57 Dave Harold v Sam Harvey
58 Liam Highfield v David Hogan
59 Li Yan v Brian Morgan
60 Mike Dunn v Adrian Gunnell

Not before 5pm

81 Judd Trump 4-2 David Gilbert
82 Adam Duffy 2-4 Ali Carter
83 Yu Delu 2-4 Ben Harrison
84 Mark Joyce 2-4 Matthew Stevens
85 Jak Jones 4-2 Tom Ford
86 Liang Wenbo 4-2 James McGouran
87 Sam Craigie 1-4 Nigel Bond
88 Shaun Murphy 4-0 Alfie Burden

Not before 7pm

89 Mark Allen 3-4 Graeme Dott
90 Steve Davis 4-2 Peter Ebdon
91 Allan Taylor 0-4 Mark Davis
92 Jamie Jones 4-1 Ricky Walden
93 Dave Harold 4-1 Liam Highfield
94 Li Yan 4-0 Adrian Gunnell
95 Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Jimmy White
96 Andy Hicks 4-0 Mark Selby

Not before 9pm

105 Judd Trump 3-4 Ali Carter
106 Ben Harrison 2-4 Matthew Stevens
107 Jak Jones 1-4 Liang Wenbo
108 Nigel Bond 1-3 Shaun Murphy
109 Graeme Dott 4-3 Steve Davis
110 Mark Davis 3-4 Jamie Jones
111 Dave Harold 1-4 Li Yan
112 Jimmy Robertson 4-2 Andy Hicks

PTC 7 (Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy) Day 1 - The Pink Army

Top players including Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Stephen Hendry in pink shirts turned up at South West Snooker Academy for PTC7 (Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy).

The Referees are in pink shirts too :-) 

All the players playing in PTC 7 are wearing pink shirts in aid of a charity to raise money for Breast Cancer Cancer and House Children's Hospice. The event has been named as Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy after Academy Owner Paul Mount's sister Kay Suzanne passed away due to breast cancer. The money raised will be sent to the two charities. Go to www.justgiving.com/BeatriceHiQ donate to Breast Cancer Care or www.justgiving.com/worldsnooker to donate to Haven House Children's Hospice.


Anthony Hamilton defeated the latest PTC winner, Neil Robertson 4-1 in the first round and 4-0 against Dominic Dale before losing 2-4 to Andrew Higginson. Hamilton had an impressive performance in the new season including reaching quarter-finals in Shanghai Masters. Higginson now faces Michael White in last 16 on Sunday.

The Rocket was safely landed

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Maguire were safely landed last 16 and will play against each other on Sunday morning. Ronnie won 3 matches today with only dropping a frame to Martin Gould in the last match - Ronnie seems to play really well in the PTCs to grab some points. Maguire beaten David Morris in last 32 who surprisingly defeated John Higgins in the previous round. 

Mark Williams lost to Michael Holt in the first round

Stephen Hendry who just dropped out of top 16 had an amazing performance today. Unfortunately he lost to Joe Perry in decider in last 32 despite the fact that he made 123 in the match and also 112 against Stephen Lee previously. Gutted to see Hendry nearly make it to last 16. Amateur Kyren Wilson is the biggest surprise today. Wilson defeated Michael Holt who won 4-2 over Mark Williams earlier the day, Ben Wollaston and Tian Pengfei to reach the last 16. Perry and Wilson will meet in last 16 on Sunday.

PTC 7 (Kay Suzanne Memorial Trohpy) Day 1 Results, Friday October 7

9am

9 Mark King 4-2 Ian McCulloch
10 Anthony McGill 1-4 Patrick Wallace
11 Jamie Burnett 3-4 Duane Jones
12 Ryan Day 4-3 Daniel Wells
17 Dominic Dale 4-0 Kacper Filipiak
18 Neil Robertson 1-4 Anthony Hamilton
19 Andrew Higginson 4-1 Marco Fu
20 Tony Drago 4-2 Scott MacKenzie

Not before 11am

5 Stephen Maguire 4-1 Liam Monk
6 Barry Hawkins 4-1 Stuart Carrington
7 David Morris 4-2 Liu Song
8 John Higgins 4-2 John Sutton
13 Marcus Campbell 3-4 Liu Chuang
14 Stuart Bingham 4-0 Barry Pinches
15 Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-3 Ashley Wright
16 Rory McLeod 4-0 Mitchell Mann

Not before 1pm

1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 Jordan Winbourne
2 Xiao Guodong 3-4 Aditya Mehta
3 Craig Steadman 4-0 Chris Norbury
4 Martin Gould 4-3 Rod Lawler
29 Matthew Selt 1-4 Jack Lisowski
30 Michael Holt 4-2 Mark Williams
31 Ben Woollaston 1-4 Kyren Wilson
32 Joe Jogia 2-4 Tian Pengfei

Not before 3pm

21 Andrew Pagett 4-1 Alex Taubman
22 Michael White 4-2 Martin O'Donnell
23 Robert Milkins 4-3 Michael Wasley
24 Passakorn Suwannawat 1-4 Gerard Greene
25 Stephen Hendry 4-2 David Gray
26 Stephen Lee 4-2 Gary Wilson
27 Jamie Cope 3-4 Joe Delaney
28 Joe Perry 4-1 Adam Wicheard

Not before 5pm

65 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 Aditya Mehta
66 Craig Steadman 1-4 Martin Gould
67 Stephen Maguire 4-2 Barry Hawkins
68 David Morris 4-2 John Higgins
69 Mark King 4-3 Patrick Wallace
70 Duane Jones 3-4 Ryan Day
73 Dominic Dale 0-4 Anthony Hamilton
74 Andrew Higginson 4-1 Tony Drago

Not before 7pm

71 Liu Chuang 4-3 Stuart Bingham
72 Dechewat Poomjaeng 1-4 Rory McLeod
75 Andrew Pagett 2-4 Michael White
76 Robert Milkins 1-4 Gerard Greene
77 Stephen Hendry 4-0 Stephen Lee
78 Joe Delaney 1-4 Joe Perry
79 Jack Lisowski 2-4 Michael Holt
80 Kyren Wilson 4-0 Tian Pengfei

Not before 9pm

97 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-1 Martin Gould
98 Stephen Maguire 4-1 David Morris
99 Mark King 4-0 Ryan Day
100 Liu Chuang 4-0 Rory McLeod
101 Anthony Hamilton 2-4 Andrew Higginson
102 Michael White 4-0 Gerard Greene
103 Stephen Hendry 3-4 Joe Perry
104 Michael Holt 1-4 Kyren Wilson

UK Championship 2011 Draw

One of the biggest tournaments UK Championship will move back to Barbican Centre in York with a brand new format. The event takes place from December 3 to December 11.  (Updated: UK Championship 2011 Results/Draw, Live Streaming & Match/TV Schedule)

Higgins beaten Williams from behind to win the title last year

John Higgins won UK Championship in December right after his six-month ban to declare his return and regain his world number one spot. Higgins won the title by beating Mark Williams 10-9 after trialling 7-9.

The upper quarter of the main draw is as follow:

John Higgins v Rory McLeod
Stephen Maguire v Stephen Hendry
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Steve Davis
Judd Trump v Dominic Dale
Ding Junhui v Mark Davis
Matthew Stevens v Marcus Campbell
Graeme Dott v Matthew Selt
Neil Robertson v Tom Ford

Defending Champion John Higgins is seeded number one but he has a tough draw. Higgins may face his fellow country man Stephen Maguire in last 16 and may play the winner between Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals. It is similar to Higgins' road to win the world title this year after beating O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals and Trump in the final. Indeed Trump v O'Sullivan will be a fabulous clash. Matthew Stevens who just getting back into the top 16 may face Ding Junhui in the last 16. A possible rematch for the Crucible final 2010 is set between Graeme Dott and Neil Robertson.

The lower quarter of the main draw:

Mark Williams v Joe Jogia
Stephen Lee v Ricky Walden
Martin Gould v Peter Lines
Shaun Murphy v Li Yan
Ali Carter v Robert Milkins
Mark Allen v Adrian Gunnell
Stuart Bingham v Marco Fu
Mark Selby v Ryan Day

The new reigning world number one Mark Selby is seeded at the bottom of the draw which may meet top16 new comer Stuart Bingham in last 16. Last year runner-up Mark Williams could meet again Shaun Murphy in last 8, after their meeting in semis last year if both of them are through.

UK Championship tickets are on sale now.To book call 0844 854 2757 or visit www.yorkbarbican.co.uk or Click Here. For details of format, ticket prices and seating plan click here

Qualifiers Draw can be found here. Since Stephen Hendry dropped out of top 16, he needs to win one match in order to qualify for the main draw. Hendry may face Gerard Greene, Jimmy Robertson, Kurt Maflin or David Hogan in his qualifying match. The qualifiers will be held at South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester from November 6 to 9. Tickets will be available for qualifiers - for details please visit http://www.southwestsnookeracademy.com/tickets-uk.html.