The draw for the latter stages of the Yorkshire Snooker championships has been made with quarter final ties as follows:
Johnathon Bagley v Dave Nelson
Lewis Walsh v Mark Ball
Winners to face each other in semis
Martin Lawrence v Michael Whaley
Kevin Firth v Lewis Gillen
Winners to face each other in semis
The ties will take place at the host club, Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds on Sunday 25th October. This will be subject to COVID guidelines regarding numbers and dates and the way we play the matches may yet change.
Both quarter final and semi final ties will be played on this day unless we are advised otherwise by Health Officials or at the request of the management at the Northern.
We may also find that spectators will not be allowed or limited but we have a number of weeks before a final decision is taken.
In the event we can’t hold the event on that date, we have contingency plans in place to enable us to complete the event over the next couple of months, whether this be staggering start times or playing on separate dates
More information will be posted on here in due course and Tournament Director Andy Kitson will keep in touch with players to keep them informed.
At this stage the Snooker Handicap last 16 onwards is still on hold but hoping to complete this once lockdown rules are relaxed, but it is looking highly likely that the Snooker Pairs event for the 2019/20 season will be a nonstarter and look to have this event in the new year for the new season.
The Yorkshire league is still in limbo with the 6 person Government rule dictating we cannot satisfactorily adhere to safe practices with full teams in attendance and may need to rethink the logistics of completing the remaining matches. We will look to get this completed at the earliest opportunity and advise captains as soon as possible.
Thanks for your patience, it’s a frustrating time for everyone and getting back on the tables in a competitive manner is what we all want but please be assured we will get things back on track once we get back to some sort of normality.
All the best and stay safe
Richard Bakes
YBSA – Secretary & Treasurer
