It was announced on the Championship League Snooker Facebook page that Ronnie has withdrawn from the 2024 CLS and that Group 7 will now continue with 6 players.

I said it before, Ronnie treats this event as paid practice. He doesn’t need to qualify for the Champion of Champions… he’s already “qualified” for it three times this season 😉.

He played four matches yesterday, won two, lost two. He was clearly not trying to win at all cost. He played some very good stuff in the first session, won those two matches in a decider, lost heavily to Jak Jones in the first evening match – Jak whitewashed him – then lost again, in a decider to Elliot Slessor. Jak is a player that Ronnie likes and rates very highly. Ronnie congratulated him warmly and didn’t looked aggrieved at all…

In general, his safety game and break building were excellent. His long potting let him down completely in the second session but he refused to change his approach … unsurprisingly.

During the evening session, Ronnie, who was wearing runners again, was caught on camera removing his shoes and massaging his foot. So, that injury is still a concern…

This is what officially never happened …