The World Seniors Snooker Championship is underway at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield, with an extended field featuring a number of senior players who are still competing at the highest level on the main tour. Ironically, this has been made possible by the failure of the negotiations between WST and Jason Francis 🙂.

Amongst the big three of 92, Ronnie and Willo entered the event. Willo however withdrew. But Ronnie is competing. The results can be found on snookerscores.net. There are however no actual live-scores on that site. These can be found on flashscores although there were not always up-to-date earlier this week.

The event is shown on Channel Five and on Pluto TV but even with my vpn I was unable to watch anything. 😞 …it used to work on my MacBook but I can get it working on the iPad even with the vpn.

Anyway… here are the reports shard on the WSS site so far:

WHITE STORMS INTO ROUND TWO AND DOHERTY SETS UP MEETING WITH O’SULLIVAN

7th May 2026

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Jimmy White kept his hopes of a record-extending fifth JenningsBet World Seniors Snooker Championship title alive with a 4-1 opening round victory over Daniel Ward on Thursday afternoon.

‘The Whirlwind’ capitalised on a nervy start from the Crucible Theatre debutant, who won the Golden Ticket qualifier to reach this stage, to race into a 3-0 lead before getting over the line in the fifth to set up a second round meeting with Robert Milkins on Thursday evening.

There was black ball shootout drama in the same session as Ken Doherty overcame Gerard Greene to set up a first ever Crucible contest against Ronnie O’Sullivan.

Doherty had trailed 3-2 to Gerard Greene, but fired in a break of 88 to force a shootout decider before potting the final black to advance.

Also on Thursday afternoon, an impressive display from Dominic Dale saw him sweep aside Wayne Townsend 4-0 with a top break of 92 while Peter Lines held off a comeback from ‘The Sheriff of Pottingham’ Anthony Hamilton to win 4-2.

The action began on Wednesday evening as Craig Steadman, Roger Farebrother and former World Seniors champions Igor Figueiredo and Aaron Canavan each advanced in a session that concluded after midnight.

The biggest story of the opening day came from Crucible Theatre debutant Farebrother, who stunned two-time World Seniors Championship semi-finalist Tony Drago by defeating ‘The Tornado’ 4-2.

The second round action begins at 7pm BST on Thursday evening.

O’SULLIVAN DOWNS DOHERTY ON WORLD SENIORS SNOOKER DEBUT

8th May 2026

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Ronnie O’Sullivan made a dominant start to his JenningsBet World Seniors Snooker Championship debut by defeating Ken Doherty 4-1 at the Crucible Theatre.

‘The Rocket’ claimed not to have picked up a cue since his dramatic World Championship defeat to John Higgins last month, but rarely looked threatened by the 1997 world champion as he overcame ‘The Darling of Dublin’ to secure a quarter-final berth.

Next up for the seven-times world champion is former professional Peter Lines, who shocked the 2015 Crucible king Stuart Bingham 4-2 to earn a dream Crucible meeting with snooker’s greatest ever player.

Elsewhere on Friday afternoon, there was more black ball drama as Craig Steadman came from 3-2 behind to defeat 1995 world finalist Nigel Bond – Bond agonisingly losing on the final ball as the result of a time foul. There was also a 4-2 victory for reigning British Seniors Open champion Joe Perry against Jersey’s Aaron Canavan.

The second round began on an eventful Thursday evening session that saw the exit of four-time World Seniors champion Jimmy White, who battled back from 2-0 behind against Rob Milkins before losing out in a black ball shootout decider.

Ali Carter, another World Seniors Championship debutant, was unexpectedly forced to work hard against Australian debutant Roger Farebrother but a break of 94 in frame six ultimately secured ‘The Captain’ a 4-2 success.

fault with table two resulted in an unfortunate situation which saw Matthew Stevens and Dominic Dale forced to conclude their contest on table one after midnight, with Stevens coming through a 4-2 victor, while Igor Figueiredo whitewashed Alfie Burden in a match contested in a private area of the practice room due to time constraints.

The quarter-finals get underway at 7pm BST live on Channel 5 and Pluto TV. How to watch.

And Ronnie was honoured…

O’SULLIVAN AWARDED GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS

8th May 2026

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Ronnie O’Sullivan was presented with five new Guinness World Record titles at the Crucible Theatre during the JenningsBet World Seniors Snooker Championship.

A presentation took place with Guiness World Record representatives after ‘The Rocket’ had defeated Ken Doherty 4-1 in his World Seniors Championship debut on Friday afternoon.

The records include O’Sullivan’s recent record break of 153, set during the World Open in Yushan, China in March, as well as the fastest competitive 147 break – famously fired in at the 1997 World Championship in just 5 minutes and 8 seconds.

The five new records bring O’Sullivan’s total to 19, the full list of which can be viewed below:

RECORDS:

Youngest winner of snooker’s UK Championship – aged 17 years 358 days, achieved on 28 November 1993
Most wins of snooker’s UK Championship – 8, achieved in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2023
Most wins of the Masters snooker – 8, achieved in 1995, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016–17 and 2024
Fastest 147 break in snooker – 5 minutes 8 seconds, achieved on 21 April 1997
Most competitive 147 breaks in snooker – 17, achieved between 21 April 1997 and 15 August 2025
Most 147 breaks made in Snooker World Championships – 3, jointly achieved with Stephen Hendry. Ronnie O’Sullivan achieved the record in 1997, 2003 and 2008; Stephen Hendry achieved the record in 1995, 2009 and 2012
Most Premier League Snooker titles – 10, achieved between 1997 and 2011
Most World Snooker Championship wins (modern era) – 7, jointly achieved with Stephen Hendry between 1990 and 2022
First snooker player to make 1,000 competitive centuries – achieved between 20 June 1992 and 10 March 2019
Most points scored in a snooker match without reply – 556, achieved on 17 January 2014
Oldest winner of snooker’s UK Championship – aged 47 years 363 days, achieved on 3 December 2023
Most wins of snooker’s “Triple Crown” tournaments – 23, achieved between 1993 and 2024
Most career ranking titles won in snooker – 41, achieved between 28 November 1993 and 21 January 2024
Fastest time to win a match at the World Snooker Championships – 1 hr 48 min, achieved on 3 August 2020
Most World Snooker Championship appearances – 34, between 1979 and 2026
Most century breaks at the World Snooker Championship – 219, achieved between 1993 and 2026
Oldest snooker player to record a maximum 147 break in professional competition – aged 49 years 253 days, achieved on 15 August 2025
Highest break in snooker – 153, achieved on 20 March 2026
Most century breaks in a snooker career – 1,330, achieved between 20 June 1992 and 26 April 2026