WST has published the draw and detailed format for the 2024 Tour Championship:

Fixtures Confirmed For Johnstone’s Paint Tour Championship In Manchester

Snooker’s biggest names including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Allen, John Higgins, Mark Selby and many more will be in Manchester next week for the Johnstone’s Paint Tour Championship, and the match schedule is now confirmed. 

The best 12 players of the 2023/24 season will compete in the world ranking event which runs from April 1st to 7th at the fantastic Manchester Central venue in the heart of the city. 

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The top four seeded players go straight into the quarter-finals, while those seeded 5-12 start in round one. All matches are best of 19 frames. The schedule is:

Monday April 1st

1pm
Mark Allen v John Higgins (first eight frames)
Gary Wilson v Mark Selby (first eight frames)

7pm
Mark Allen v John Higgins (conclusion)
Mark Williams v Tom Ford (first eight frames)

Tuesday April 2nd

1pm
Barry Hawkins v Ali Carter (first eight frames)
Gary Wilson v Mark Selby (conclusion)

7pm
Barry Hawkins v Ali Carter (conclusion)
Mark Williams v Tom Ford (conclusion)

Wednesday April 3rd

1pm
QF4 Ronnie O’Sullivan v Hawkins or Carter (first eight frames)
QF3 Zhang Anda v Wilson or Selby (first eight frames)

7pm
QF4 Ronnie O’Sullivan v Hawkins or Carter (conclusion)
QF2 Ding Junhui v Allen or Higgins (first eight frames)

Thursday April 4th

1pm
QF1 Judd Trump v Williams or Ford (first eight frames)
QF3 Zhang Anda v Wilson or Selby (conclusion)

7pm
QF1 Judd Trump v Williams or Ford (conclusion)
QF2 Ding Junhui v Allen or Higgins (conclusion)

Friday April 5th

1pm 
Semi-final 2 (QF3 winner v QF4 winner) first eight frames

7pm
Semi-final 2 (QF3 winner v QF4 winner) conclusion

Saturday April 6th

1pm
Semi-final 1 (QF1 winner v QF2 winner) first eight frames

7pm
Semi-final 1 (QF1 winner v QF2 winner) conclusion

Sunday April 7th

1pm

Final (first eight frames)

7pm Final (conclusion)

Televised by ITV, the Johnstone’s Paint Tour Championship is the third and final event in the 2024 Players Series. Manchester Central hosts the event for the first time. 

2024 Hong Kong All Star Challenge

The action continues in Hong Kong and I really appreciate the help readers of this blog in the chase for images and videos. Thank you! You know who you are ❤️ … I can’t put everything in the post, it would be very long to read but the comments are there for all pick, chose and enjoy…

So here goes… Ronnie yesterday played two matches. The first match was delayed by nearly an hour because spectators were unhappy, and rightly so. The more expensive tickets – and they were really expensive – were for seats that were close to the table but basically level with it … and the persons seated in them could not actually see the bed of the table. How daft!

Ronnie’s first match was against Mark Williams. Willo won it by 5-4. Ronnie fought back from 4-2 down to force a decider but it as Mark who took it eventually.

Here are some images … (thanks Kalacs!)

Ronnie’s second match, in the evening was against Marco Fu and Ronnie beat him by 5-2.

That match is on Youtube (thanks Ben!) filmed by a spectator.

The action continues today and I will report on that tomorrow.

This is the programfo the event as known at this stage: