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Northern Ireland Open (snooker)
The Northern Ireland Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament held in Belfast as part of the four-event Home Nations Series. The players compete for the Alex Higgins Trophy, named for the late two-time world champion who was born and raised in Belfast. The inaugural edition of the tournament was held in 2016 and was won by Mark King. The reigning champion is Kyren Wilson. History On 29 April 2015 World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn announced that the "Northern Ireland Open" at a Belfast venue would be added to the main tour in 2016, as part of a new Home Nations Series with the existing Welsh Open and Scottish Open, and the new English Open tournaments. In 2017, Yan Bingtao became the youngest player to reach a ranking final. Yan came close to breaking Ronnie O'Sullivan's record of being the youngest player to win a ranking event, which had stood for 24 years, but he narrowly lost to Mark Williams 8–9 after having led 8–7. This final also featured one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BetVictor Northern Ireland Open Logo
BetVictor, founded in 1946, is an online gambling company based in Gibraltar, owned by British businessman and racehorse owner Michael Tabor. It provides services such as sports betting and online casinos. History The company was founded by William Chandler, the proprietor of Walthamstow Stadium, a greyhound racing track located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest in East London in 1931. Victor Sr. and Jack took over the bookmaking business following William Chandler's passing in 1946. Victor Sr. died unexpectedly in 1974, and his son Victor Jr., who was then employed in the hospitality industry in Spain, assumed control of the business. In 1998, the headquarters relocated to Gibraltar to avoid the UK’s gambling taxes. The company underwent a rebranding in 2004, changing its name to "VC Bet," but eventually reverted to "Victor Chandler" in late 2008. In 2012, to ensure consistency and recognition across international markets, the company underwent another rebranding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Open (snooker)
The Welsh Open is a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that has been held annually since 1992. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which ran annually from 1980 to 1991 and was open only to Welsh players. The Welsh Open is now the longest running ranking event after the World Snooker Championship, World Championship and the UK Championship. Since the 2016–17 snooker season, 2016–17 season, it has been one of four tournaments in the Home Nations Series, alongside the Northern Ireland Open (snooker), Northern Ireland Open, the Scottish Open (snooker), Scottish Open, and the English Open (snooker), English Open. Since 2017, the winner of the event has received the Ray Reardon Trophy, named after the Welsh six-time world champion. Reardon himself presented the newly named trophy to 2017 Welsh Open (snooker), 2017 winner Stuart Bingham. Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams is the only Welsh winner, having captured the title in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |