Eurosport will screen live coverage of the Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic, a new invitation event taking place next week.
The tournament features 12 members of the world's top 16 and all four days will be live on Eurosport2.
World champion Neil Robertson, world no.1 John Higgins, Chinese hero Ding Junhui and other top stars such as Ali Carter, Shaun Murphy and Stephen Hendry are set to play alongside local wildcards.
And 1985 world champion Dennis Taylor has also received an unlikely call-up to take part, having played in the first event staged in China in 1985.
Provisional TV times (CET, for UK time deduct one hour):
Thursday, March 10: 7-10am, 12-3pm
Friday, March 11: 7-10am, 12-3pm
Saturday, March 12: 7-10am, 1.45-3pm
Sunday, March 13: 7-10am, 14.15-3pm
I not sure that Dennis Taylors should accept invitations as it would be better to give to player and country who in more need.
ReplyDeleteCountry like Brazil and Spain players or Icelandics do better to promote sport.
Great news. It is like wall to wall snooker these days. Hope they are flying you to Hainan for the event Dave.
ReplyDeletedave can comment just as well from an office in england
ReplyDeleteBig prize money available here, too.
ReplyDelete£200k in total.
The winner will get more than for winning the recent Welsh Open.
Dont be fooled by the 200k prize money claims.
ReplyDeletelast time i added up..
40k (winner)
18k (runner up)
7k (semi finalists x 2)
3.5k (2nd place in group x 4)
1.5k (3rd place in group x 4)
0.5k (4th place in group x 4)
1k (top break prize)
5k (147 break prize)
...it only came to 100k
Eurosport: Champion Broadcasters!
ReplyDeleteExcellent news, thought my week off would consist of staring at the World Snooker scoreboard but can now watch some too. But what Dennis is doing there is anyone's guess.
ReplyDeleteI think having Dennis there to do trickshots and general ambassadorial work is a good idea, indeed they should extend it to other tournaments.
ReplyDeleteWhether he should be playing, though, is questionable.
At least 110 sport are doing tournament at last! Really happy eurosport are showing it, hopefully they will show the Brazilian masters and the world cup next year along with the two new ranking tournaments
ReplyDeleteWhich 4 aren't going?
ReplyDeleteI wonder why Dennis Taylor as opposed to say, Steve Davis?
ReplyDeleteAlpha
Davis is playing in the world qualifiers at the time
ReplyDeleteI must say I don't like when they call a brand new tournament a "CLASSIC"...
ReplyDeletesparky
ReplyDeletedo you want them to call it "the newbie"?
get a grip of yourself!!
"Davis is playing in the world qualifiers at the time"
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it is unbelievable that Dave had to explain that to people....
Come on Get with it.
Is there any news on who might be televising the PTC Finals as we're not far away now? Would've thought something would have been annouced
ReplyDeleteOn this tournament, sounds interesting, would be good to see Dennis Taylor in action, always a crowd pleaser & entertainer
The PTC finals will also be on Eurosport
ReplyDeleteDennis with his crazy glasses.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be such a hoot until someone has a fluke against him then the fun ends with immediate effect.
Whose place is Taylor taking out of the original 16 that were announced?
ReplyDeleteAlso who will be the host broadcaster for the PTC finals - will it be RTE or are TG4 involved again?
The host broadcaster is Eurosport
ReplyDeleteHopefully the confirmed 16 for Hainan will be announced tomorrow
witz78
ReplyDeletedo not be so picky. it was only a small error
Why was this event not know until recently?
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is outrageous to have Taylor for a one-off, as many others would have been unavailable and invitation events are about getting bums on seats and being, if you like, cartels and not about what's right.
I thought the PTC Finals might have been on have been on ITV 4, seems they were not too engaged by Power snooker to further their involvement.